Category: Deals
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Ice Cube’s $1B+ film brand lands Outside Man with Tommy Lee Jones
Focus Features has worldwide rights to Brian Helgeland’s Outside Man, starring Ice Cube and Tommy Lee Jones, with cameras set for November.
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Westbrook, Malar Developing Fresh Prince Origin Series ‘215’
Westbrook Studios and The Malar Group are developing ‘215,’ a scripted origin story of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince set in late-1980s…
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Super Why! becomes a 117×7′ comic-book bet for Mipcom
Four new kids animated titles, a 117×7′ Super Why! spin-off and returning Daniel Tiger head to Mipcom with Scholastic and 9 Story.
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KO Distribution lands global sales, options ahead of Mipcom
Montreal’s KO Distribution adds buyers across Europe, North America, Africa and Australia, with format options placed in several European markets and Canada.
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Fremantle Names Sharon Levy CEO of Americas & Australia
Fremantle taps ex-Banijay exec Sharon Levy as CEO for the Americas and Australia from January 2027, folding U.S., Mexico and Australia under one leader.
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RedBird Adds $4B to Skydance-Warner Deal
RedBird Capital Partners has committed $6 billion in total to Skydance after adding $4 billion in new equity to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery takeover.
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Skydance Day 1: $70B giant flags layoffs ahead
The Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes as a nearly $70 billion company, with $6 billion in targeted savings and job cuts…
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Skydance Faces an $80B Debt After Warner-Paramount Merger
Skydance’s Warner-Paramount merger closes with $80B in debt and $6B in targeted synergies. Streaming and IP are the bets, but layoffs loom.
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Fitch cuts Paramount and WBD to BB on 7.8 times leverage
Fitch cuts Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to BB, citing 7.8 times leverage and risk to the $6B synergy target after the $110B merger…
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Skydance taps Mattel’s fixer for an $80B debt test
Ynon Kreiz takes day-to-day control at Skydance as it targets $6B in savings while carrying roughly $80B in debt and a controversial co-CEO structure.