Today's Trades & Hollywood Headlines

Monday’s box office leads our briefing, followed by Susan Hill’s library deal, the Beatles film release plan, and Banijay’s U.S. ambitions. Plus ten more casting, project and distribution headlines—all in one place.

In this briefing

• Weekend box office
• Susan Hill and John Gore Studios
• Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films
• Banijay’s U.S. scripted plans
• Also in the Trades: casting, animation, theater and distribution

Reporting cutoff: October 12, 16:50 UTC.

Original reporting

• ‘The Social Reckoning’ Bombs With $5.5 Million Opening, Horror ‘Other Mommy’ Rules Weekend’ – Box Office Update
• Hammer Films Owner John Gore Studios Acquires Rights to ‘The Woman in Black’ Author Susan Hill’s Complete Works (EXCLUSIVE)
• ‘Beatles’ Producer Pippa Harris Shares Update On Sam Mendes Film Series & Explains Staggered Release Strategy — LFF
• Banijay Plots U.S. Expansion As Marco Bassetti Says ‘Peaky Blinders’ Maker Is Not “Jealous” Of Hollywood Studios
• Antonio Banderas To Star As Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés In Feature From Paul Mignot & Nicholas Kazan
• Anime Series ‘Sentinel 6’ in Development With NBA and NFL Pros Michael Carter-Williams and Jamaal Williams as EPs
• Miami Vice 85 First Look
• ‘Sense and Sensibility’ and ‘Hamnet’ Breakout Bodhi Rae Breathnach Signs With UTA (EXCLUSIVE)
• Guy Branum Signs With Gersh
• Sacha Baron Cohen to Star in Quentin Tarantino’s First Play
• ‘Artemis Fowl’ Animated Series Greenlit At Disney Channel, Disney+ With Author Eoin Colfer As EP — NYCC
• Prime Video Swoops For Princess Diana Series With Unheard Audio: Streamer Will Launch As ‘Diana: Her Secret Confessions’
• Fremantle Takes Singapore Dating Format ‘Wingman’ Global in Mediacorp Deal
• Cineflix Rights Sells Nordic Blue Crime Hit ‘Hildur’ to Canal+ in France, Australia’s SBS in Multi-Territory Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

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HBO orders Crazy Rich Asians, filings detail David Zaslav’s merger payout, and Paramount develops Cyberpunk 2077. Plus Elizabeth Banks’ Karen Read series and ten more deals and project headlines.

In this briefing

• Crazy Rich Asians: returning cast and HBO series order
• David Zaslav: merger stock proceeds
• Cyberpunk 2077: Paramount film development
• Karen Read: Prime Video series with Elizabeth Banks
• Also in the Trades: Rabbit, 6 Bed 1 Bath, Miraculous, One Night Out, Medieval Times, CookieRun, Garden City, Scott Bakula’s CBS project, TCM and Marvel’s Zodiac

Reporting cutoff: October 8, 22:17 UTC (3:17 p.m. Pacific / 6:17 p.m. Eastern).

Original reporting

• ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Gets Series Order At HBO From Adele Lim, Jon M. Chu & Kevin Kwan
• David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
• David Zaslav Cashed Out More Than $600 Million in Warner Bros. Stock in Connection With Sale to Paramount
• Paramount And Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Developing Movie Based On ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Video Game
• Elizabeth Banks-Led Karen Read Series Ordered At Prime Video
• American ‘Ludwig’ Adaptation Nabs ABC Pilot Order
• Colin Jost & Danny Chun To Launch New Comedy Series ‘6 Bed 1 Bath’
• ‘Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir’ Getting Live-Action Series Adaptation From ‘Slow Horses’ Banner See-Saw Films and Miraculous Corp (EXCLUSIVE)
• Aldis Hodge And Wunmi Mosaku To Star In Orion Pictures Thriller ‘One Night Out’ With George Tillman Jr. Directing
• Paramount Teaming With Medieval Times On Family Comedy Movie; Eric Appel Directing From Script By Blaise Hemingway
• Big Shot Pictures Lands Film Rights To ‘CookieRun’ Game Franchise; 2029 Theatrical Release Eyed
• Paul Walter Hauser Set For Crime Drama ‘Garden City’ From John Curran, Magenta Light Studios
• Scott Bakula To Headline Detective Drama In Works At CBS From Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment
• Turner Classic Movies To Sit Within Skydance Film Group
• Marvel Sets New Live-Action Spy Thriller Series ‘Zodiac’ For 2028

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