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Entertainment Industry Mergers and Acquisitions
Sony Music Entertainment Japan has appointed Tim Erickson as CEO of Peanuts Worldwide, with Ken Ohtake as Chairman. Meanwhile, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, and Todd Slater have launched HKT Entertainment & Sports Group with backing from Thessalon First Nation.
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Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Reece Feldman for representation. Feldman is a content creator with a following of more than three million who has in recent years established himself as a digital authority on all things film, TV, and entertainment, operating under the handle @guywithamoviecamera. Feldman&
2026-06-05 16:30 UTC
Variety
In the wake of the March bankruptcy filing of iPic Theaters, Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired two iPic luxury theater locations in Los Angeles’ Westwood Village and New York and will rebrand them as The Cinemas. The locations will no longer operate with in-theater dining, but instead will f
2026-06-05 16:32 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Graham (Twinless), Patti LuPone (Beau Is Afraid) and Dan Bucatinsky (The Comeback) are set to star opposite Nick Borenstein in August, a comedy marking Borenstein’s feature directorial, screenwriting, and acting debut. Currently in production in New York City, the f
2026-06-05 16:41 UTC
Variety
Digital Brand Architects has snapped up creator management firm V1sion Ventures, which represents a range of digital stars including Keith Lee, Leigh Soriano, Joy Burnett, Chelsea Jordan, Rachel Wilson, Beyonce Janvier, Micah Hescott ad Zack Baun. V1sion Ventures founder and CEO Alina Benun will joi
2026-08-14 17:00 UTC
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EXCLUSIVE: Barry Keoghan, the Academy Award-nominated actor set to play Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, has signed with CAA. Keoghan is currently in production on the biopics, where he stars opposite Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn as
2026-08-14 17:00 UTC
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Netflix revealed its latest YA acquisition, Sunshine Girls, a coming-of-age series from Brat TV, today, setting the premiere window for December 2026. Starring Alma Marian as Olivia, Isabella Fowler as Taylor and Erin Rose Park as Riley, the show is set in Valley Hills, a “perfectly nice California
2026-08-14 17:00 UTC
Variety
Hong Kong film luminary Johnnie To’s “Two Gun Cohen,” based on an extraordinary true story, is among seven titles bowing in Frontières at TIFF: The Market, a standalone showcase aimed at co-producers, sales agents and buyers prospecting genre projects in Toronto this September. Frontières, the inter
2026-08-14 17:01 UTC
Variety
Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Ayra Starr is getting her hair blow-dried when she casually mentions that she has a plane to catch in an hour. It is less than 48 hours before release day, and our conversation has already been moved around to accommodate her recovery from surgery (the specific reason fo
2026-08-14 17:06 UTC
Variety
Will lightning strike a fourth time for Colleen Hoover? Amazon has released the trailer for “Verity,” a twisty thriller adapted from Hoover’s 2018 novel of the same name. The film hits theaters on Oct. 2. The film stars Dakota Johnson as Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling novelist hired
2026-04-27 21:17 UTC
Variety
Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Will Be 38.5% Owned by Middle Eastern Funds Following Close: Filing
Paramount Skydance said the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors, with about 38.5% of the equity in the new company held by a trio of Middle Eastern funds. In a filing Monday with the FCC, Paramount said Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will hav
2026-04-27 21:19 UTC
Variety
The long-awaited 6th edition of “Vampire: The Masquerade” is in active development at publisher White Wolf amid a flurry of transmedia development for the entire World of Darkness franchise. “Vampire: The Masquerade 6th Edition” was announced Thursday at Gen Con 2026 by World of Darkness creative di
2026-07-30 20:00 UTC
Deadline
Disney is shedding a linear asset, selling its 50% stake in A+E Global Media, Deadline has confirmed. The deal, believed to worth north of a $1 billion and all-cash, is being finalized and is expected to be revealed at Disney’s earnings call next week. Word of the pending announcement was twee
2026-07-30 20:07 UTC
Deadline
Sony Music Entertainment Japan has named Tim Erickson CEO of Peanuts Worldwide and Ken Ohtake as Chairman. Erickson, who had been in an EVP role with Peanuts, will now lead the company’s global business operations, strategic direction, and financial performance. He will oversee all commercial,
2026-10-13 13:11 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producers and entertainment executives Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin and Todd Slater have launched new media and content company HKT Entertainment & Sports Group with backing from Thessalon First Nation in a landmark partnership. The transaction marks a first investment in a f
2026-10-13 13:12 UTC
Variety
John Gore Studios, the fast-growing U.K. film and TV business set up by theater impresario John Gore, has announced that it’s to join forces with its U.S.-based sister company The John Gore Organisation under the common control of single holding company. The move, it claims, will “facili
2026-08-25 08:32 UTC