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EXCLUSIVE: Itamar Moses, a Tony Award-winning playwright and screenwriter with television credits including Showtime’s The Affair and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, has sold Netflix the feature pitch for Stradivarius, a drama that he’ll adapt himself, sources tell Deadline. Netflix declined to…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Netflix has acquired the action thriller spec Kill Switch from Harrison Query, with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star. Described by sources as falling somewhere between Collateral and Sicario, the film’s logline is being kept under wraps. 6th & Idaho’s Matt…

EXCLUSIVE: Ted Sarandos’ testimony Tuesday in front of a pivotal Senate subcommittee could be countered with landmines from a MAGA think tank that are intended to blow up Netflix’s path to buying most of Warner Bros Discovery. Distributed to the White House and others, a recent report from a…

EXCLUSIVE: Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions, Cole Hauser’s American Outlaw Entertainment and MGM Television are teaming on a series adaptation of the book Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker, Doug J. Swanson’s definitive deep dive into the life…

Trinity CineAsia has acquired all UK and Ireland distribution rights for Chinese director Zhang Yimou's counter-espionage thriller Scare Out from Damai Entertainment. The Europe-wide distributor will open the film theatrically in the UK and Ireland on 20 February, timed to the Chinese New Year…

At tonight’s premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s Melania documentary, Donald Trump had something to say about some other streamers and studios. Asked by Deadline’s Ted Johnson if he was opposed to Netflix’s $83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros movie, TV, HBO and digital assets, POTUS replied…

EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired North American theatrical rights to Space Cowboy, an eye-popping documentary about skydiving stunt coordinator and free fall cinematographer Joe Jennings, a man known for driving cars out of airplanes to capture one-of-a-kind footage. The film directed by Marah…

HBO Max and Studiocanal are among the buyers of Gomorrah – The Origins, the Sky Italia prequel series to the pay-TV provider’s previous gangster drama. Beta Films has sold HBO Max rights in German-speaking Europe and Turkey, while Studiocanal has taken it in France, where is likely to play on…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary’s live-action feature adaptation of Gundam looks to have found a home as sources tell Deadline that Netflix is on board to distribute the pic. Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo are on board to star with Sweet Tooth director Jim Mickle helming. Netflix and Legendary could not…

EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has acquired U.S. rights for Canadian director Houston Bone's horror Son of Sara: Volume 1 about a troubled pregnant woman who accepts an invite to a dinner party which degenerates into a bloody and demented nightmare. New York-based Visit Films sealed the deal and will be…

EXCLUSIVE: Mubi is going all in on Julia Loktev's acclaimed nonfiction epic My Undesirable Friends. The global distributor, streaming service and production company announced it is acquiring both part one of Loktev's film, titled My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow, as well as…

Hulu has landed Australian thriller series Watching You, as U.S. buyers continue the recent trend of buying from the international drama market. The acquisition is part of a wider agreement between Disney and distributor ITV Studios (ITVS) that sees Watching You also streaming across EMEA…