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EXCLUSIVE: Nearly a year and a half after the producer and the agency took their first legal swing at the cable channel over alleged unpaid fees, self-dealing, gross receipts and more from The Walking Dead , they’re back today to take a new blockbuster-sized bite with some missing teeth. In a proposed amended complaint filed Tuesday, Frank Darabont and CAA claim that AMC have played even faster and looser with big money due to the producer from the five seasons-and-counting zombie apocalypse hit series. Surprisingly, the amended complaint has also altered the language of the wrong termination claim that had stood as a pillar of the original filing on December 17, 2013 . Darabont exited TWD abruptly in July 2011 after the first season had aired and Season 2 was in production. Whereas the initial complaint said that “AMC wrongful termination of Darabont is further manifest from its failure to comply with its own Standards and Conditions contained in the Agreement” the … [Read more...] about ‘Walking Dead’ Lawsuit: Frank Darabont & CAA Seek Millions More From AMC; Wrongful Termination Claim Finessed

Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland will go direct to the recently-launched Disney+ offshoot Star when the film launches on April 30 in the UK. The movie will be available to UK and Ireland cinema-owners once venues re-open. At present that will be from May 17 but that date could move back if the country’s Covid situation doesn’t improve as hoped. Oscar contender Nomadland has been a critical darling since it premiered at Venice last year, where it won the Golden Lion. The film also scooped the People’s Choice Award in Toronto and recently won Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director at the Golden Globes. Searchlight Pictures took world rights. Disney launched Star to add an additional adult-focused channel outside of the U.S. to its Disney+ service; it is included in the existing subscription package. Here’s Disney+ UK’s tweet revealing the news: The Golden Globe winning #Nomadland is coming to #DisneyPlusStar on April 30 and in cinemas when available. Don’t … [Read more...] about ‘Nomadland’ Going Directly To Disney+ Star In UK

EXCLUSIVE : Jason Concepcion is setting up his first audio and video projects since moving from The Ringer to Crooked Media . The former co-host of the popular Binge Mode podcast is launching two sports-centric projects at the Pod Save America producer. He will host a podcast, Takeline , with former WNBA star Renee Montgomery, and partial owner of the Atlanta Dream WNBA team, and a weekly video series All Caps NBA. Takeline , which launches March 16, will see the pair break down the games, players, and controversies that run both on and off the court. Expect Concepcion and Montgomery’s takes on everything from the NBA to The Bachelor. All Caps NBA, which launches March 19, will invite NBA fans to join a quick moving, snappy discussion for what’s happening in sports, culture, and politics. It will be available on Crooked’s new Takeline YouTube channel. Related Story Tenderfoot TV & Crooked Media Launch Political Podcast 'Gaining Ground: … [Read more...] about Crooked Media’s Jason Concepcion Launches Podcast ‘Takeline’ With Ex-WNBA Star Renee Montgomery & Video Series ‘All Caps NBA’

ITV has announced a glut of new content as part of a spring showcase, including revealing that it has greenlit a true-crime drama series on John Darwin, the former prison officer who was jailed for faking his own death. Objective Media Group’s Story Films is making four-part series The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe , which is based on an unpublished manuscript written by journalist David Leigh. The series tells the true story of how debt-laden Darwin and his wife, Anne Darwin, came up with an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies by faking his death in a canoeing accident in 2002. Anne told the world that her husband had gone missing off the coast of Cleveland, England, weaving a web of deceit that included lying to her sons about their own father’s death. Related Story 'Love Island' To Return To ITV This Summer Anne and John later moved to Panama City to start a new life together before their secret was exposed by the discovery of an … [Read more...] about ITV Sets John Darwin True-Crime Drama; Unscripted Orders Include ‘Ready To Mingle’ & ‘Queen Unseen’

LiveXLive Media, owner of PodcastOne , Slacker Radio , React Presents and Custom Personalization Solutions, has tabbed Andy Vick as head of programming and EVP of StudioOne , LiveXLive’s’s newly-formed content division. StudioOne will focus on developing and distributing new original programming and tentpole events across the LiveXLive platform, including LiveXLive’s OTT linear channel, social media channels, and network. Vick will create and expand digitally native content to drive subscribers, sponsors and new revenue streams across the LiveXLive flywheel – “listen, watch, attend, engage and transaction” – of audio, video, podcast/vodcasts, live-streaming, virtual goods, merchandise and pay-per-views. Podcasts will expand to include video and new scripted shows for the LiveXLive platform, as well as licensing content to Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services. Related Story LiveXLive Media Sets Two-Year Joint Venture With Podcast Producer Audio Up … [Read more...] about LiveXLive Media Names Andy Vick Head Of Programming And EVP, StudioOne