Comcast co-CEOs Brian Roberts and Mike Cavanagh had packages worth, respectively, $35.1 million and $71.8 million for 2025. Cavanagh, who was president of Comcast last year and rose to co-CEO in January, saw his package […]
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Recently departed Paramount president Jeff Shell had a 2025 package worth $60.7 million, according to an SEC filing Friday. Shell compensation was mostly $1.4 million in base salary and $58.7 million in stock awards. Paramount […]
Vertical’s Middle East Western Desert Warrior starring Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart and Ben Kingsley rides into 1,010 theaters this frame — the end of a long journey to screens for the $150 million project first […]
Ari Emanuel, executive chair and CEO of UFC and WWE parent TKO Group saw 2025 compensation of $67.4 million, up sharply from $18.1 million the year before on a large stock grant. The breakdown, according […]
Shareholders of Warner Bros. Discovery voted to sell the company to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance for $31 a share in cash at a special virtual meeting this morning. The approval was a key hurdle in […]
Is Peacock soon to turn a profit? Maybe, sort of, Comcast execs said Thursday. The streamer is at “a meaningful inflection point” and expected to “approach profitability” in the current second quarter, according CFO Jason […]
Comcast blew past Wall Street forecasts on the top and bottom lines for the three months ended in March as ad sales boomed and shaky broadband appears to be turning around. The Winter Olympics the […]
As Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders prepared to cast their votes on the company’s proposed sale to Paramount, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) released a 13-minute video titled Warner Bros-Paramount Merger, the Corporate Propaganda Monopoly: Ellison Media […]
In celebration of Earth Day, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has added an additional incentive to promote environmentally sustainable film and television production. Under the expanded program, projects recognized as a “certified green production” through the […]
Paramount CEO David Ellison reveled in “our first upfront as the new Paramount” Tuesday night at a NYC event with ad agency Omnicom for drinks, dinner and conversation about advertising opportunities and the upcoming slate. […]
Apple’s changing of the guard with low-key Head of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus, set to replace CEO Tim Cook in a matter of months, launches a new era at the tech giant. The question is […]
Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO, moving to executive vice president of the tech giant’s board of directors in a massive corporate shift. John Ternus, SVP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next […]
Satirical news outlet The Onion has inked another deal for InfoWars, the website founded by right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones who was sued into bankruptcy several years ago by families of the victims of the Sandy […]
Mother Mary strutted to a solid limited opening as The Christophers expanded nicely and Exit 8 kept going. A handful of limited releases and holdovers spiced up the specialty scene, along with faith-based historical pic […]
The nation’s four former presidents, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and assorted celebs took the stage at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia Saturday for History Talks, an event honoring the […]
Focus Features is out with Morgan Neville’s documentary Lorne at 414 locations, a behind-the-scenes look at Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live and one of television’s most influential creative forces. The doc features rare footage and never-before-seen archival […]
Marvel has dropped a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, which teased the arrival of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom, the most formidable foe our heroes have faced yet. The trailer was shown in the room […]
Twenty years after making their iconic turns as Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices […]
Paramount CEO David Ellison made an unexpected cameo at CinemaCon, handing exhibitors good news: the studio is committing to a 45-day theatrical window, starting immediately, and 90 days to SVOD, recieving a big round of […]
“While some of our competitors have dipped their toes in and out of the theatrical waters, for us, this isn’t a test or an experiment. Our commitment to release at least 15 films every year […]
Courtenay Valenti, head of film at Amazon MGM Studios, address the elephant in the room right off. “Now, I know you’re all wondering when we’re going to announce who’s playing James Bond,” she said taking […]
Steven Spielberg praised NBCUniversal Entertainment chair Donna Langley for moving to a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, accepted an award from the Motion Pictures Association, and sat down with Colman Domingo at CinemaCon to talk about […]
Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy – co chairs and co-CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group, took the stage at CinemaCon at a potential crossroads for the storied studio, whose parent has a deal […]
Warner Bros. Pictures today confirmed its new specialty film label, as Deadline revealed in December. The studio’s during CinemaCon presentation revealed the division’s named — Warner Bros Clockwork — and its first film acquisition, Ti Amo!, from Academy […]
Neon unveiled a new first look trailer for its big winter film, psychological thriller A Place In Hell, starring Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar-Jones, written and directed by Chloe Domont (Fair Play). The stars are two […]
President and CEO of Cinema United, Michael O’Leary put the biggest annual gathering of theater owners on alert today about the risks of “concentrating marketplace power in the hands of a smaller group of distributors […]
Director Takashi Yamazaki, who won an Oscar in 2023 for Best Visual Effects for Godzilla Minus One, took the stage at CinemaCon to introduce his next film, Godzilla Minus Zero. “The journey from Minus to Zero […]
MPA President and CEO Charlie Rivkin applauded theatrical exhibition for strong ties to U.S. communities and trust built up over the years, including with families, due in part, he said, to a movie ratings system […]
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse from Sony Pictures Animation swung into CinemaCon on Monday with a first-look scene and a big reaction from the room. The third in the Oscar-winning trilogy is set for release June […]
Sony’s Tom Rothman Tells Theaters To Enforce Longer Windows, Scrap Ads You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content April 13, 2026 7:38pm Services to share this page. Tom […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Angel Studios is adding five films to its 2026 slate with thriller Runner by Scott Waugh starring Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson set for Sept. 11. It unveiled a reimagining of John Wayne’s 1947 […]
Independent Film Company’s Faces Of Death Neon’s Exit 8 and A Great Awakening from Roadside Attractions all popped in the top ten –- at nos. 6, 7 and 8 respectively — making for an upbeat […]
It’s an energized indie weekend with a high potential crop of new specialty releases from wide to limited, original, and based off a hit video game, a cult horror and Shakespeare. BTS is back in […]
Paramount Skydance confirmed that its former president Jeff Shell exited the company on April 8 and outlined in a SEC filing how much he will be leaving with. He will be paid an amount in […]
Leading proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Service recommended Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders support the company’s sale to Paramount Skydance but to reject CEO David Zaslav’s potential $886 million merger-related golden parachute — calling it “extraordinary,” […]
Paramount Skydance confirmed syndication agreements with Middle Eastern funds to back its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and said it believes that the “resulting diversification of its shareholder base, the potential for strategic and […]
Roadside Attractions’ A Great Awakening nabbed the no. 6 spot at the domestic box office with a solid $2.1 million on 1,289 screens. The Sight & Sound production in honor of America’s 250th anniversary ths […]
Starz chief executive Jeff Hirsch saw a pay package of $6.75 million for 2025, a transitional year where the company separated from Lionsgate Studios. Hirsch received a base salary of $1.16 million; $2.53 million in […]
Roadside Attractions is out with Sight & Sound’s latest, A Great Awakening, by Joshua Enck, on 1,289 screens. Timed to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence — a yearlong celebration […]
An investigation into accusations of corporate indiscretion by Jeff Shell will make or break the future of the Paramount executive. As a probe by the law firm Gibson Dunn winds down, discussion are underway on […]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company abruptly shuttered its Sora video platform to focus on its “compute and our product capacity,” acknowledging that in the process he scuttled a landmark partnership with Disney which […]
Versant Media Group, which has been making tuck-in acquisitions since separating from Comcast and going public early this year, announced a deal for AI-powered StockStory to support CNBC‘s digital growth. Financial details weren’t disclosed. The […]
In a big global deal, giant Publicis Groupe has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire sports marketing and creative agency 160over90 from WME Group. Financial details weren’t disclosed but Deadline confirmed a WSJ report […]
Producer Kathleen Kennedy calls herself a tech optimist and a traditionalist both. At a conference this week, she said the creative community would embrace AI faster if there was more transparency around how it’s trained […]
EXCLUSIVE: Fifty years after one of the most unforgettable nights in hockey history, a new documentary will bring the story of the Philadelphia Flyers vs. Soviet Central Red Army game of January 11, 1976 back to the […]
Meta is scaling back and qualifying its use of the Motion Picture Association’s trademarked PG-13 film rating for Instagram Teen Accounts. It appropriated the 60-year-old moniker last fall to reassure parents amid controversy around youth […]
Netflix is looking to expand its relationship with the NFL by adding a Thanksgiving Eve matchup and one international game to its current Christmas Day doubleheader. The international game would likely be in the season’s […]