Legendary Entertainment is making a big strategic move, buying out Dalian Wanda Groups stake in the company. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Legendary CEO Josh Grode framed the deal as being a right place, right time situation. Wanda was looking for some liquidity in some of its investments. And we are coming off a great first part of...

Succession might as well have been a documentary. The HBO series, about ruthless media mogul Logan Roy and the children who may or may not be equipped to inherit his empire, captivated audiences for four seasons. It may be over now, but the entertainment industry is still going through its own succession dramas, in some cases with a reality that...

Rob Gronkowski is the latest athlete to explore the entertainment business, teaming up with his former New England Patriots teammate Julian Edelman and Superdigital founder Assaf Swissa as a partner in the entertainment studio Nuthouse Sports. The premise of Nuthouse (which was spun out of Superdigital) is to serious athletes in unserious content. To that end, Gronk and Edelman will...

Mia Market, the international film and TV industry event, unveiled the lineup for its 2024 event, which runs Oct. 14-18 in Rome. Keynote speakers this year will include Sony Pictures Television Studios president Katherine Pope who has overseen such global hits as The Last of Us, Outlander, The Boys and Cobra Kai the Oscar-winning documentarian Odessa Rae (Navalny) and production...

Microsoft U.K. CEO Clare Barclay has been appointed chair of the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, a new role heading up the British governments strategy on eight key sectors, including the creative industries and technology, including AI. The council will provide advice to the government, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the Labour Party, along with other stakeholders. The appointment...

After a season of upheaval and internal conflict, Outfest has been sued by its former executive director for defamation, harassment and discrimination. Damien Navarro, in a lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims he repeatedly warned Outfests board of directors, several of whom blamed him for its collapse, of the organizations dire financial situation but that it...

Alien: Romulus star Archie Renaux is back on land with sights set on a new earthly venture a production company in partnership with Arjun Rose. The two didnt have to search far and wide for a name of their new initiative by calling it A2R2. Renaux and Rose met in 2016 at The Unseen, an acting academy and management firm...

Lionsgate has been sued for sex discrimination by a former director of development for Renegade Entertainment, who alleges she was illegally terminated because she took maternity leave. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Susan Merwin alleges the development department was run like a boys club. She seeks unspecified damages in the complaint that names Renegade,...

Multi-hyphenate Nicole Scherzinger has signed with CAA. The singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and TV personality has signed with the talent agency ahead of making her Broadway debut in the lead role of Norma Desmond in a musical revival of Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The U.S. production set for an opening night on Oct. 20 at the St. James...

Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando will reopen on Friday after Hurricane Milton forced a rare shutdown of Floridas theme parks. The companies previously announced phased closures beginning Wednesday, with plans to remain closed on Thursday. Their hotels remained open to service guests. Now both Disney and Universal say that they expect their theme parks to reopen Friday. Were grateful...

In June, Producers Guild of America president Stephanie Allain proclaimed that the issue of producer credits being bestowed as a perk on those who hadnt done the job had gotten completely out of control. The Exhibiting Forgiveness and Hustle Flow producer joked at her organizations annual conference, Somebodys dog-walker gets it now. Its an open secret that stars, managers and...

Will Netflix change how it pays talent for its series and films? While there may be a few bespoke deals, dont expect any major changes. That is according to Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria, who was asked about the streaming giants approach to compensation at the Bloomberg Screentime conference Thursday. Our model works great for talent. It works great...

Imax has named Jonathan Fischer as chief content officer, to oversee the entertainment technology companys content strategy around Hollywood tentpoles, international movie titles and other diversified content. Fischer, most recently vp of content strategy analysis, global films for Netflix, will be based in Playa Vista and report to Imax CEO Rich Gelfond. His appointment comes on the heels of Imax...