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Matt Grobar
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Matt joined the editors desk in March 2021 after five years as Awardsline's Assistant Editor. In that role, he contributed to the coverage and editing of the magazines throughout the year, focusing on artist interviews revolving around awards season and its big nights including the Oscars and Emmys. Matt also manages the Production Value video series, which spotlights the premier craft talent working in film and TV. He also is part of Deadline's festival studio team at the likes of Sundance, Tribeca and Toronto. Before Deadline he worked at UTA, 8thDay Pictures and Infinity Management International.
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Fola Evans-Akingbola, Ward Horton & Albert Jones Upped To Series Regular In ‘The Night Agent’ Season 3
EXCLUSIVE: Fola Evans-Akingbola, Ward Horton and Albert Jones are being promoted to series regulars for the upcoming third season of Netflix’s The Night Agent, Deadline can reveal.
On the action thriller series based on Matthew Quirk’s novel, Evans-Akingbola plays secret service agent Chelsea…
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Kyle Mooney, Ken Jeong, Roger Bart & Jane Krakowski Among 12 Additions To Amazon MGM’s Holiday Family Comedy ‘The Man With The Bag’
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has added 12 to the cast of its holiday family comedy, The Man with the Bag. They are Michael Cyril Creighton (Only Murders in the Building), Liza Koshy (upcoming Naked Gun), Kyle Mooney (SNL), Berkeley James (The Neighborhood), Ken Jeong (The Hangover franchise)…
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Noah Centineo Boards Thriller ‘Listen’ From Writer-Director Brian Birch; Will Smith Producing
EXCLUSIVE: Amid the second season launch of his Netflix series The Recruit, Noah Centineo has inked a deal to produce and star in Listen, a new thriller that Brian Birch will direct from his original script, in his feature debut, for Will Smith’s Westbrooks Studios, Bound Entertainment, and…
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Andrew Schneider Tapped To Lead Candle Entertainment As EVP
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producer Andrew Schneider has been tapped to lead Candle Entertainment, a division of Candle Studios, as EVP.
Schneider joins from Perfect Storm Entertainment, the production company of the Fast & Furious franchise’s Justin Lin, where he served as President. In his new role…
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Hulu Acquires Stavros Halkias Comedy ‘Let’s Start A Cult’
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has acquired exclusive U.S. rights to Let’s Start a Cult, an indie dark comedy co-written, executive produced by and starring top comic Stavros Halkias, slating it to premiere on February 4.
Directed by Ben Kitnick, the film follows an obnoxious loser who, having missed out on…
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Netflix Unveils New Clip From Russo Brothers’ Sci-Fi Actioner ‘The Electric State’ Starring Millie Bobby Brown & Chris Pratt
Netflix has unveiled a new clip from The Electric State, the Russo Brothers’ sci-fi actioner starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, which is slated to premiere globally on March 14.
Based on the graphic novel by Simon StÃ¥lenhag, The Electric State is set in the aftermath of a robot…
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Disney+ Sets Premiere Date For Concert Special ‘The Lion King At The Hollywood Bowl’ – Watch A New Trailer
Disney announced on Thursday that The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl, a new concert special celebrating the legacy of its Academy Award-winning animated classic The Lion King, is coming to Disney+ on Friday, February 7. Check out a new trailer above.
In honor of The Lion King‘s 30th…
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Corbin Bernsen & Stephen Tobolowsky Wrap On Indie Comedy Pilot ‘Woodstockers’
EXCLUSIVE: Corbin Bernsen (Clipped) has wrapped production on Woodstockers, an indie TV pilot for which he wrote the original draft, in which he stars opposite Stephen Tobolowsky (Nobody Wants This).
The original logline for the dark generational comedy teased the story of “two guys who went to…
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Eddie Murphy Documentary At Netflix Gets Title, First-Look Photo
Netflix announced on Thursday morning that Eddie, a new documentary on actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, is set to premiere on the service in 2025. The announcement was one of many made today as part of the service’s promotional event, Next on Netflix. They also unveiled a first-look photo from the…
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Netflix Dates Docs On Manson Murders & Pangolin Rescue Sting Operation; Teases Additional Films On Titan Submersible & U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds
Netflix has shared new information and materials on four feature docs premiering on the streamer this year: Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds, Chaos: The Manson Murders, Titan, and Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey.
Both newly announced titles, Chaos: The Manson Murders and Pangolin were dated for release on…
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‘Law & Order: SVU’s Octavio Pisano Making Feature Directorial Debut With Drama ‘Wet Under Blue Sky’
EXCLUSIVE: Octavio Pisano (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) has wrapped production on his feature directorial debut, Wet Under Blue Sky, a boxing drama for which he wrote the script, in which he also stars.
The film follows a fading boxing champion (Pisano) who fights to hold onto his legacy…
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Sugar23 Signs ‘Bridgerton’s Hannah Dodd
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Sugar23 has signed rising British actress Hannah Dodd.
Best known for her roles as Francesca Bridgerton in the hit Netflix series Bridgerton and as Sarah Chapman in Enola Holmes 2 alongside Millie Bobby Brown, Dodd has recently established herself as one of…
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