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The first-ever Scooby-Doo preschool series is headed to HBO Max and Cartoon Network . CGI-animated adventure comedy series Scooby-Doo! And the Mystery Pups will join the Cartoonito preschool block in 2024. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Scooby-Doo! And the Mystery Pups finds the iconic best pals as camp counselors who lead a “paw”-some new crew on mystery-solving adventures at sleepaway camp. Per the official logline: As counselors in a lakeside sleepaway camp, Scooby and Shaggy don’t know much about canoes and archery, but they do know how to solve a mystery! In a summer filled with nature hikes, rafting trips and fireside ghost stories, the goofy, good-hearted and can-do duo will share their love for chasing clues with three young camper pups destined to become their own preschool version of Mystery Incorporated. Scooby-Doo vets Frank Welker and Matthew Lillard will lead the voice cast, playing Scooby and Shaggy respectively. Mark Palmer ( Hello Ninja, … [Read more...] about Scooby-Doo Preschool Series Greenlighted By HBO Max & Cartoon Network

EXCLUSIVE : Range Media Partners has added two key staffers to it scripted television division at Range Studios, with Sarah Brownstein joining as VP of Scripted Television, and Kathleen Schenck coming aboard as a Creative Executive of Scripted Television. The pair will work under President of Scripted Television Heather Kadin, who recently joined Range Media Partners after a 12-year stint at Secret Hideout to bolster the company’s Television business. These hires come on the heels of the strategic investment between Range Media Partners and A+E Networks, which will help build a wide-ranging production and content slate for Range Studios’ Scripted Television division. Prior to joining Range Media Partners, Brownstein was the Director of Heyday Television U.S. ( Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , Marriage Story ), there developing series based on Liane Moriarty’s #1 New York Times bestseller Apples Never Fall and Dolores Redondo’s book The North Face of the … [Read more...] about Range Media Partners Adds Two To Scripted Television Division

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Kolbrenner ’s Lit Entertainment Group is expanding its ranks, adding Raquelle David as Manager and Producer and Patrick White as Creative Executive. David established herself as an indie producer and held executive positions at Screen NSW and The Seven Network in her native Australia before launching her U.S. management career in 2017. She brings with her to Lit Entertainment Group clients including screenwriters/filmmakers Jenny Yang (The Gordita Chronicles), Amos Mac ( Gossip Girl) , Dani Parker ( Midnight Mass ), Sean King O’Grady ( We Need To Do Something ), Perry Blackshear ( They Look Like People ), Aisling Chin-Yee ( The Rest of Us ) Johnny Ma ( To Live To Sing ) Jovanka Vuckovic ( Riot Girls ) and Peter Hutchings ( The Hating Game ). “When the opportunity arose to join Adam and the Lit Entertainment Group team, it was a no-brainer for me and my clients. His taste and instincts in an ever-changing market are both prolific … [Read more...] about Lit Entertainment Group Adds Raquelle David As Manager, Producer & Patrick White As Creative Executive

EXCLUSIVE: Danielle Pinnock , the breakout star of CBS hit comedy Ghosts , has signed with ICM Partners for representation. On Ghosts , Pinnock plays Alberta, a Prohibition-era lounge singer turned ghost who is trapped in a modern-day country estate recently inherited by two unexpecting new tenants. The hit comedy series recently wrapped its first season and has been renewed for a second season on CBS. Pinnock also co-created with Punam Patel ( I Love That For You ), the adult animated series Unmentionables , which is being developed for television by Emmy-winning producer Anthony Hemingway and Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson. The project revolves around a rag-tag group of undergarments and the occupational hazards and triumphs they go through with their millennial owner. Pinnock most recently hosted the Casting Society’s 37th Annual Artios Awards, which recognize execellence in casting from the year in entertainment. She also is developing a pilot of her … [Read more...] about ‘Ghosts’ Star Danielle Pinnock Signs With ICM Partners

SiriusXM has acquired Team Coco , Conan O’Brien’s podcast network and digital media business, including his popular podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend . Team Coco’s staff will continue to produce the network’s slate of podcasts and collaborate on new content for SiriusXM. The deal includes a five-year talent agreement for O’Brien to remain host of his namesake podcast, which will continue to be available widely. He’ll also collaborate with SiriusXM to create and exec produce a new full-time, original Team Coco comedy channel for SiriusXM subscribers. The agreement also includes distribution of select video from Conan’s podcast as well as from the archives of his long-running late-night show on TBS, live events and merchandise from the Team Coco brands. Team Coco launched a decade ago and has garnered more than 1 billion annual video views across YouTube and Facebook. It averages 180 million annual podcast downloads and reaches 17 million fans across social … [Read more...] about SiriusXM Buys Team Coco; Conan O’Brien To Remain Host Of Flagship Podcast, Launch New Comedy Channel In Multi-Year Deal

Last week, Halsey shared a TikTok from backstage at her tour rehearsals, suggesting she might start teasing new music. The untitled snippet the singer head-banged to in the video was almost inaudible but featured the atmospheric rock-tinge that colored their latest album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power . The track resurfaced with crystal clear audio over the weekend — but it wasn’t quite the tease fans might have expected. Halsey claimed in a TikTok video that while the song, and its accompanying music video, are complete, her label won’t greenlight a release “unless they can fake a viral moment on tiktok.” @halsey I’m tired ♬ original sound – Halsey “Basically I have a song that I love that I wanna release ASAP,” she wrote over a video of herself listening to the track. “But my record label won’t let me.” “My record company is saying that I can’t release it unless they can fake a viral moment on tiktok,” she continued. “Everything is marketing. I … [Read more...] about Halsey Claims Label Won’t Release New Song Unless They ‘Fake a Viral Moment on TikTok’

EXCLUSIVE : J.K. Simmons ( Being the Ricardos ), Jackie Earle Haley ( The First Lady ), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ( Suicide Squad ), Jessica De Gouw ( The Secrets She Keeps ) and Alice Lee ( Brittany Runs a Marathon ) have signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry in the Netflix thriller Our Man from Jersey , from director Julian Farino ( Ballers ). The film centers on Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton. Simmons won his first Oscar back in 2015 for his portrayal of cut-throat jazz instructor Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash , notching his second nom this year for his supporting turn in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the … [Read more...] about Netflix’s Spy Pic ‘Our Man From Jersey’ Adds J.K. Simmons, Jackie Earle Haley, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw & Alice Lee

EXCLUSIVE : Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment , Crazy Rich Asians producer SK Global , Jeff Sagansky and Florence Sloan have teamed to launch Jaya Entertainment , a content company focused on developing, producing and financing premium international series. Top TV producer Kaplan, prominent media investor Sagansky, Sloan and SK Global (via Ivanhoe Pictures) previously partnered in a Mumbai-based venture that produces the hit Hindi-language Netflix series Delhi Crime , which won the International Emmy for Best Drama Series and returns for a second season on the streamer later this year. Kilian Kerwin, formerly EVP International Production at SK Global, will helm the day-to-day operations of Jaya, which will initially focus its efforts in India and Israel. In the burgeoning Indian market, where the players already have a foothold, the company has six to seven projects in very active development, with four writers rooms up and running. In most cases, Jaya … [Read more...] about Kapital Entertainment, SK Global, Jeff Sagansky & Florence Sloan Launch Global Content Company Jaya Entertainment

With the motion picture business shifting almost exclusively to franchises over the past decades, screenwriters are increasingly put through the wringer as they find themselves replaced and replaced again throughout protracted development processes. It’s a punishing road that can be demoralizing for writers who have often spent months pitching for an open writing assignment. But as more and more streamers look to add content to their film slates, screenwriters are finding new opportunities to flip the script. A high-profile comic book movie set to debut next year recently had its final script submitted to the WGA for screenwriting credit, and insiders tell Deadline that a staggering 45 writers had some sort of involvement with the script at various stages through the development process. The likelihood that all those writers will get credit is “basically impossible”, according to one source close to the project. And while this might represent an extreme example, having as … [Read more...] about How Screenwriters Are Flexing Their Muscles To Find A New Way To Control The Script — Deadline Disruptors

Newen Studios ’ Spanish divison iZen has launched documentary producer CAPA Spain with Emmy and Peabody-winning director and journalist Tomás Ocaña. CAPA Spain will work to develop international documentaries in Spain and the wider Hispanic market. Investigative journalist Ocaña is known for docu-series such as Lucy in the Spiderweb , which was Spanish national television streamer RTVEPlay and selected to premiere on the 24th Malaga Festival in 2021. He has also participated in major investigative journalism projects such as the Panama Papers and the Swiss Leaks and many of his stories focus on rime, gambling, corruption, drug trafficking, environmental destruction, labor exploitation and fraud. As such, he was worked on drama projects such as Netflix’s El Chapo . Since 2017, Ocaña has led his own production boutique called The Facto Productions, based in Madrid and Miami to tell general interest stories that others can’t or won’t reveal. He uses … [Read more...] about Newen Studios-Owned iZen Launches Spanish Investigative Docs Producer CAPA Spain With Journalist Tomás Ocaña