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EXCLUSIVE: Lyrical Media and Embrace have sold feature package Butcher & Blackbird, a dark romance based on the bestselling novel by Brynne Weaver, to Amazon MGM Studios, for release worldwide on Prime Video. Chris McKay, the filmmaker who directed Amazon’s Chris Pratt sci-fi actioner The Tomorro…

EXCLUSIVE: Wallander, the latest series featuring the titular detective, has landed homes in the UK and North America. The BBC has picked up UK rights to the Swedish crime drama, with MHz Choice becoming the buyer in the U.S. and Canada. Distributor Banijay Rights has also shopped the TV4 series…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has acquired live-action film rights to the bestselling comic book series D'Orc, with its author and illustrator Brett Bean attached to adapt for the screen. The film plot is under wraps, but the comic book series marries swashbuckling humor with sprawling magical…

EXCLUSIVE: After a decade-long effort to secure the film rights to I Never Promised You a Rose Garden —Joanne Greenberg's classic 1964 novel, which she calls "one of the most arresting and authentic explorations of mental illness ever written” — Ashley Avis has done it. The rising filmmaker…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the film's premiere at Screamfest, Cineverse has beaten out rivals to The Night Driver, starring Josh Lucas, Alyssa Milano and David Arquette. Terrifier outfit Cineverse acquired North American rights to the film from VMI International. Also appearing are Charlotte Kirk…

Netflix has bought a raft of films and series from Brazilian powerhouse Globo including Walter Salles' Oscar-winning movie I'm Still Here. The U.S. streamer's agreement with Globo fare is the largest ever programming deal between the two. Netflix has acquired a package of fourteen movies, a trio…

Paramount has acquired film rights to Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling sci-fi book series Red Rising, enlisting Francis Lawrence to direct an adaptation of the first installment, Deadline can confirm. Justin Rhodes, a writer-producer with credits like Terminator: Dark Fate and the Prime…

Sony Pictures Classics has taken U.S. and key international territory rights to the student drama The Julia Set starring Chase Infiniti. The movie, directed by Niki Byrne, drew headlines at the Toronto Film Festival as it repped Infiniti’s next feature outing following the multi-Oscar winning One…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has preemptively acquired Canopy, a horror-thriller creature feature spec from Brandon Feldman, sources tell Deadline. Reps for Netflix declined comment. We’re told this was a six-figure deal; Verve held the auction. Comped to films like Apex, Predator and The Shallows, Ca…

Strand Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to Hanaël El Yousfi's The Daughters of Abraham following its international premiere in the Discovery section at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. The debut feature of French director Hanaël El Yousfi, The Daughters of Ab…

Outerlight Entertainment, formerly known as First Look Entertainment, has acquired independent feature film studio Bleecker Street Media. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Currently, Bleecker Street has the Alex Gibney-directed documentary Musk in release, about SpaceX and Tesla…

The UK culture secretary is “minded to intervene” over the £1.6B ($2.1B) Sky-ITV deal. Lisa Nandy issued her notice over “public interest considerations” including “the need for free expression of opinion in news media,” “the need for a sufficient plurality of views in news media in each market&#8221…