Barunson E&A, the production company behind Oscar-winner Parasite, is set to officially launch its new international ventures at the upcoming American Film Market as it looks to expand into co-production, financing and sales. The company's global operations will be divided into a sales division…

Neon, the independent film distributor founded by Tom Quinn and Tim League and which broke through at the 2020 Oscars with Parasite, the first foreign-language title to win Best Picture, is looking to be sold, Deadline has confirmed from sources. The company is hoping to branch out more into television and…

"Deliver a good entertainment, and the audience will come." That's what the venerable director Robert Wise told me after defying Hollywood doubters with his hit musical West Side Story (yes, the 1961 version). Courtly and gracious, Wise also was a tough realist who, following his success, decided to turn to…

ViacomCBS and CJ ENM have struck a global strategic partnership that will see the pair co-develop and co-finance scripted series and movies, while Paramount+ will launch in South Korea next year. The U.S. and South Korean conglomerates unveiled a string of ways in which they will “leverage combined global reach…

Endeavor Group Holdings is close to a deal to sell a majority interest in its content unit to South Korea media company CJ ENM, according to people familiar with the pending transaction. The CJ investment is said to be in the $900 million to $1 billion range. CJ, which gained a wider profile in Hollywood by…

Deadline won a SoCal Journalism Award for page design for its Awardsline 2019 Emmy-season cover story on Netflix’s Dead to Me, featuring an interview with the series’ stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini. The honor for the article, a Q&A titled “Friends In Law” and penned by Deadline Television Editor…

Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM has entered into a strategic partnership with leading Japanese animation studio Toei Animation as it continues to expand its global footprint. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate across both their libraries and team to create new product including…

With the global film industry in a state of flux amidst unprecedented shifts in the production and distribution landscape, Tom Quinn's indie label Neon isn't just weathering the storm, it's completely thriving. Currently in its fifth year of operation, the production and distribution company is quietly riding…

It just may turn out to be that the one, maybe only, thing the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival may have in common with the Oscars is that it is most remembered for screwing up the presentation of the big winner. As you recall, in 2017 Best Picture winners Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong…

After years of growing one of the world's strongest local entertainment industries with high quality product, a sophisticated audience and a box office that consistently ranks among the Top 5 international markets, South Korea seemed to suddenly burst into global consciousness with Bong Joon-ho's smash 2019 hit Pa…

South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM is eyeing a bigger role on the world stage, saying it will invest more than 5 trillion won ($4.5B) in content creation over the next five years. The company behind Bong Joon-ho's Oscar winner Parasite and Fox's I Can See Your Voice has already set aside 800B won…

When this is all over—Covid, unrest, financial reconstruction—will Los Angeles still be the Movie Capital? Perhaps not. This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency put Los Angeles County at the top of its new National Risk Index, which calculates danger from natural disasters like earthquakes, fire and…