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WGA Showrunners’ Strike Fund Donations Near $500K; Boots Riley, Lilly Wachowski & ‘TWD’s Angela Kang Among Contributors
EXCLUSIVE: As the WGA, studios and streamers prepare to restart negotiations later this week, hundreds of united showrunners are on the verge of making a major donation to help those hit hard by the ongoing strikes.
Launching off an initial $200,000 culled from a group of veteran showrunners, around…
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Hip-Hop At 50: Cheo Hodari Coker On Icons, Evolution & The Spirit That Remains – Guest Column
Editors' Note: This guest column by former Luke Cage showrunner and Creed II writer Cheo Hodari Coker is part of Deadline’s series commemorating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop on August 11.
In 1999, Yasin Bey — then known as Mos Def – dropped the seminal album "Black On Both Sides.”
The first…
Sarah Silverman Now Less Pissed Off About SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements After Leadership Meeting, Says AMPTP Can Still “F*cking Kick Rocks”
Sarah Silverman isn't quite so upset about the interim agreements that SAG-AFTRA has been handing out during the strike, but the comedian is still pretty "cynical" about the whole thing.
Less than 48 hours after talking to social media to rail against about the dozens of deals the 160,000-member…
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‘I’m A Virgo’ TV Review: Originality Stands Tall In Boots Riley’s Small-Screen Debut
I'm a Virgo is a triumph of imagination and ideology.
A boomerang throwback to Amazon’s early streaming years when poignant oddballs like Transparent and Patriot dominated Jeff Bezos' slate, the Boots Riley-created series that launches Friday on Prime Video is a revitalizing return to originality…
‘Mrs. Davis’ Showrunner Tara Hernandez On WGA Strike Solidarity, Solitary, & ChatGPT – Guest Column
Editor’s Note: The co-creator & showrunner of Mrs. Davis, Tara Hernandez has put artificial intelligence at the core of her creativity in the just completed Peacock limited series. Today, in a guest column on the Writers Guild of American strike, the Young Sheldon writers’ room alumna takes a different PO…
‘Sorry To Bother You’ Director Boots Riley On WGA Strike, Struggle, Solidarity, Sacrifice & AI – Guest Column
Editor’s note: As a founding member of The Coup and the director of the acclaimed Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley has always brought a social consciousness and activism to his work. Today, the creator of Prime Video's upcoming TV series I'm a Virgo, which previewed at SXSW and the SFFILM Festival earlier…
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Boots Riley Inks Overall Deal With Media Res
EXCLUSIVE: I'm a Virgo creator, executive producer and showrunner Boots Riley has signed a two-year overall television deal with Media Res, the indie studio behind the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series starring Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us).
Filmmaker Riley got the attention of Media Res founder and…
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Amazon Orders ‘I’m A Virgo’ Starring Jharrel Jerome From Boots Riley & Media Res
I'm a Virgo, a dark absurdist comedy from Sorry to Bother You writer-director Boots Riley, has been ordered to series by Amazon.
When They See Us star Jharrel Jerome is leading the cast of the half-hour series, which is a co-production between The Morning Show producer Media Res and Amazon Studios.
The show is an…
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Boots Riley Teases New Series ‘I’m A Virgo’ With Jharrel Jerome To Star
Sorry to Bother You writer-director Boots Riley is teasing details of the new series he’s doing with Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res. As we reported in 2018, Riley had inked a script deal with Media Res for a project, whose premise was not revealed, that would be shopped to premium outlets.
“I have a show about a 13-ft…
Notes On The Season: Oscar Nominees Start Final Stretch; Awards Shows Mushrooming All Over Town
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit
The calendar has turned to February, and that means the final stretch of this six-month awards season has begun — as if you couldn’t guess by the flurry of activity heating things up just as the outside temperature in many places is all about the big…
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Final Draft Awards: Callie Khouri, Boots Riley, Tanya Saracho To Be Honored
Thelma & Louise Oscar winner Callie Khouri, Sorry To Bother You‘s Boots Riley and Vida creator/executive producer Tanya Saracho will be the honorees at this year’s 14th annual Final Draft Awards.
Khouri will be presented the Hall of Fame Award for her contribution to the art of screenwriting and devotion to writers…
The Weird Science Of Lakeith Stanfield: ‘Sorry To Bother You’ And The ‘Batman’ Villain He’s Determined To Play
Lakeith Stanfield is headed home. That is, if he can remember where he lives. "I forgot my street," he chuckles to the driver. He snaps his fingers once, twice, three times, and like magic, summons his address to mind.
To be fair, he hasn't been living there long. Since his career started to click, the 27-year-old…
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