Mr. Rogers Pic Crewmember Dies; CBS Staffs Up C-Suite; Coogler Back for 'Black Panther 2'; Top Women in Global TV; Murphy's #MeToo; Stars' Wild Spending

What's news: THR details the 25 women who are running the global TV market. Plus: Ryan Coogler is officially back for Black Panther 2, why some stars spend money like it's going out of style and the tragic on-set death of a crewmember working on Sony's Mr. Rogers biopic. — Will Robinson [The Hollywood Reporter - Today In Entertainment]( October 12, 2018 What's news: THR details the 25 women who are running the global TV market. Plus: Ryan Coogler is officially back for Black Panther 2, why some stars spend money like it's going out of style and the tragic on-set death of a crewmember working on Sony's Mr. Rogers biopic. — Will Robinson ^Global TV's top women: One year since the rise of the #MeToo movement shook up Hollywood, women are changing the way the world watches TV from Beijing to Burbank, Scott Roxborough and THR staffers report: + Change (finally) taking place: "#MeToo was a long-overdue reckoning of a systematic problem of misogyny at all levels of our industry," says Catherine Tait, the first woman to run the CBC, Canada's public broadcast giant. "At last we have the inclusion rider in our productions — thanks to Frances McDormand." + Constant push for innovation: “There is no such thing as a creative risk,” says Anne Mensha, Head of Drama, at Sky in the U.K. “Being boring is more likely to make an audience switch off than being creatively forward thinking. That’s got to be an exciting place to be.” [Top 25.]( Film Success Eludes TV Creators Silver screen dreams: Dan Fogelman's Life Itself becomes the latest cautionary tale for film studios looking to capitalize on hot small-screen creators, Tatiana Siegel reports: + Fogelman's dud: Amazon had hoped that fans of Fogelman's NBC drama This Is Us would show up for the director's Sept. 21 release — a tearjerker that also features interconnected storylines and tragic events. But the film took in just $2.1 million in its opening weekend despite playing in 2,609 theaters. It has earned a paltry $4 million. + A rare recent win: TV success often is the result of exploiting underutilized niches. By following that strategy in film, TV megaproducer Greg Berlanti enjoyed a modest success with Fox's Love, Simon. That film, which marked the first from a major studio to focus on a gay teen romance, has earned $66 million worldwide off of a $17 million budget. + Smaller margins of success: "Film really is a merit-based system," says comScore's Paul Dergarabedian. "If the preponderance of them are not good and they get bad reviews and audiences are not interested in either the concept or been struck by the marketing that gets them compelled to go to the theater, you’re not going to have a hit." [Full story.]( Elsewhere in film... ► Crewmember on Sony's Mr. Rogers pic dies after fall. "Mt. Lebanon police said [sound technician James] Emswiller fell a couple of stories to the ground from the balcony at an apartment building in the 700 block of Shady Drive East. He was taken by medics to UPMC Mercy in critical condition, where he died roughly an hour after the incident, officials said." [[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review](] ► Disney donates $1M to Hurricane Michael relief efforts. The donation will go to the Florida Disaster Fund [managed]( by the Volunteer Florida Foundation to support recovery and disaster relief efforts. “The families and communities impacted by this devastating hurricane need our help as they begin to rebuild,” chairman and CEO Bob Iger said in a statement. ► Academy adopts new schedule for announcing shortlists for nine categories. Instead of [issuing]( a series of individual announcements, the Academy will reveal all of its shortlists for categories ranging from foreign-language film to song and score on the same day in mid-December, Scott Feinberg reports. ► Kumail Nanjiani, Catherine Hardwicke honor Student Academy Award winners. Gold, silver and bronze medals were presented to the young filmmakers at a ceremony Thursday night at Academy headquarters. [Winners list.]( ► Sarah Paulson nabs lead in Lionsgate thriller Run. Aneesh Chaganty will [direct]( the film in which Paulson plays a mother whose teenage daughter's life unravels as a sinister secret is revealed. ► Good Deed Entertainment is moving its headquarters to Ohio. The indie distributor behind Oscar-nominee Loving Vincent also is starting [production]( on a pair of upcoming horror films that will shoot in the Buckeye State: Mad River Valley and 27 Times. ► Malin Akerman signs with UTA. The actress [stars]( opposite Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti and Maggie Siff on Billions, which Showtime has renewed for a fourth season. She also flexed her comedy muscles as a series regular on Adult Swim's Childrens Hospital, HBO's The Comeback and ABC's Trophy Wife. ► Man arrested in possible connection to unsolved Malibu murder. L.A. County Sheriffs have [detained]( Anthony Rauda for a string of burglaries in the region and are exploring possible links to the June murder of Tristan Beaudette. [Quoted:]( "I felt bad for J.K. [Rowling] having to field all these various feelings from people out there. I felt bad that she had to take that. But ultimately, there is real controversy. The fact remains I was falsely accused, which is why I’m suing the Sun newspaper for defamation for repeating false accusations." — Johnny Depp, on Rowling supporting him amid abuse allegations from ex-wife Amber Heard. ^Coogler returns. Ryan Coogler, the filmmaker behind Marvel's $1.3 billion hit Black Panther, is expected to begin penning the follow-up next year, Borys Kit reports: + Patient approach: In the weeks prior and after the film’s February release, both Marvel and Coogler’s camp were hounded about when a sequel deal would be inked. While most would strive to get a deal done quickly, Coogler’s camp shook off the peer pressure and took its time in making a deal, which occurred under the radar some time ago. + Production timeline: Sources say the plan at this stage is for Coogler to write the script next year with an eye to start production in either late 2019 or early 2020. Marvel and parent company Disney, however, have not made any official announcements about Marvel's slate of movies beyond the release of the next Avengers pic in May 2019 and a Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel in July — and plans could shift. [Full story.]( + What Black Panther 2 could look like: What makes the future of Black Panther as a movie property so wonderfully, excitingly impossible to predict is the [combination]( of three coinciding factors, the sum of which is far greater than the individual parts, Graeme McMillan writes. On the festival circuit... ► Sandra Bullock-starrer Bird Box set for world premiere at AFI. The gala screening [lineup]( also includes the first three episodes of the new Netflix series The Kominsky Method, starring Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin. ► Hate U Give, Roger Ailes doc among big winners at Hamptons Film Fest. The 26th edition of the Long Island event, which has screened the eventual best picture winner at the Oscars for the past eight years, took place over Columbus Day weekend. [Winners list.]( ► DOC NYC reveals 2018 lineup. The documentary film festival will open with John Chester's The Biggest Little Farm and close with Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists. [More.]( ► Jordan Peele & Donald Glover almost starred in Sorry to Bother You. "[Peele] [emailed]( me and was like, I want to do this, and he wanted to play the lead," Riley told the audience at BFI Southbank on Thursday. "He had said that he had planned on not acting, but this would be his farewell piece." Honorees... ► Timothee Chalamet, Rachel Weisz tapped for Hollywood Film Award honors. Chalamet is being [recognized]( for Beautiful Boy, while Weisz is being feted for The Favourite. Musical notes... ► Lindsey Buckingham sues Fleetwood Mac. "Buckingham, 69, sued his longtime off-and-on bandmates — Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood — in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, after an announcement earlier this year that he had been removed from Fleetwood Mac’s 2018-2019 North American tour, which began this month." [[New York Times](] ► Fyre Festival promoter sentenced to six years in prison. Billy McFarland's lawyer had [urged]( leniency, saying the disgraced promoter suffers from mental illness that includes delusional beliefs that his talents will lead to "fame and fortune." Coming attractions... ► Teaser: Disney brings classic Aladdin to life. Aladdin stars Mena Massoud as Aladdin, Naomi Scott as Jasmine, Will Smith as the magical Genie, and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar, as well as Billy Magnussen and Nasim Pedrad. The trailer comes a day after Smith unveiled the first poster and more than a year after the actor showed off a cast selfie. [Watch.]( ► Trailer: Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell go head-to-head in The Best of Enemies. STXfilms's true-life race drama follows the real-life feud and subsequent friendship between civil rights activist Ann Atwater and former Ku Klux Klan leader C.P. Ellis in Durham, N.C. [Watch.]( ► Trailer: Glass brings M. Night Shyamalan's worlds together. Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis and James McAvoy complete the filmmaker's trilogy more than 18 years in the making. [Watch.]( ► Trailer: Julia Roberts tries to help Lucas Hedges escape drug-dealing past in Ben Is Back. Kathryn Newton, Alexandra Park, Courtney B. Vance, Rachel Bay Jones and Michael Esper make up the supporting cast of the Peter Hedges-directed film. [Watch.]( Fox exec pens memoir on experience with ghosts. Apart from working on marketing campaigns for Avatar, Deadpool and The Martian, Julie Rieger is adding ghouls to her résumé after [releasing]( The Ghost Photographer: A Hollywood Executive's True Story of Discovering the Real World of Make-Believe on Oct. 9. CBS Staffs Up C-Suite Filling out execs roster: While CBS searches for a permanent CEO, interim chief Joe Ianniello finds a new chief comms officer and hires the company's first-ever chief people officer. + Dana McClintock promoted to chief comms officer: The exec will soon take the place of Gil Schwartz, who announced his retirement two weeks ago. McClintock joined CBS in 1993 to help launch the Late Show with David Letterman, then served as director for Olympic communications during the Winter Games in Japan and was named director of communications for CBS shortly thereafter. * Ianniello's take: "Handing the reins from Gil to Dana will be a natural transition. I have been relying on Dana's expertise for many years now, and I am extremely pleased to have him as a senior member of my management team." [Full story.]( + Laurie Rosenfield named chief people officer. Ianniello said the role was created "to ensure we remain steadfast in our commitment to putting our people first." Rosenfield joined the company in May as a human resources executive. * Her mission: "The goal of transforming our shared experience into new accomplishments is an opportunity for all of us," Rosenfield said in a statement. "Our rich legacy of creativity is taking us forward into the digital future — an inflection point, which will see our mission and our values driven by our biggest asset, our people. I am honored and humbled to take on this role." [Full story.]( Elsewhere in TV... ► CBS News brings in magazine veteran Joanna Coles. Coles will [serve](CBS%20News%20Brings%20in%20Magazine%20Veteran%20Joanna%20Coles) as a creative advisor, initially working on CBS This Morning. In early August, Coles announced that she would leave Hearst after a lengthy stint at the company, which included a tenure as editor of Cosmopolitan. ► Execs drop out of Saudi "Davos in the Desert" event. Viacom's Bob Bakish, Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi and Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong are among those who rebuffed their invites in the wake of the controversial disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Zainab Fattah and Annie Massa report. [[Bloomberg](] ► Donald Trump to reportedly appear on 60 Minutes. The president's taped interview with Lesley Stahl will [air]( this Sunday. ► Pulse Films names Jamie Hall executive vp of scripted production. The former COO of Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions [will oversee]( scripted TV and film production globally for the studio, in which Vice Media owns a majority stake. ► Endeavor content makes first U.K. scripted TV partnership with Investment in Simon Maxwell's new indie. The terms of the investment — or the name of the banner — haven't been revealed, but the deal, announced Thursday, will see Endeavor [serve]( as the company's strategic partner. ► SAG-AFTRA slaps "do not work" order on TV movie Keys to the City. According to the union, as of two days prior to Oct. 11, the production entity “has [not completed]( the signatory process.” Greenlights and deals... ► FBI, on third showrunner, scores full-season order at CBS. The Dick Wolf procedural [ranks]( as the network's most-watched new series with more than 13 million total viewers after three airings. ► La La Land, Rent Live producer Marc Platt sets police drama at Fox. Saturday Night Special [follows]( a group of officers working the most dangerous shift of the week in Washington, D.C. ► Emma Roberts to star in Netflix ice skating drama Spinning Out. The streaming giant has [handed out]( a 10-episode, straight-to-series order. Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes) and Lara Olsen (90210) will exec produce and serve as co-showrunners. ► Kevin Hart inks first-look deal with Nickelodeon. The actor-comedian will [develop]( live-action scripted projects for the kids network through his HartBeat Productions banner. ► This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown signs pod deal at 20th Century Fox TV. The Emmy-winning actor will [set up]( shop at the studio that produces the NBC drama in which he stars. ► 50 Cent signs big overall deal with Starz. The new four-year pact [includes]( a commitment to three series from G-Unit, the company founded by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. ► Wu-Tang Clan scripted drama ordered to series at Hulu. RZA [created]( the series alongside writer Alex Tse and will exec produce the show with Imagine TV. It's been given a 10-episode order. ► Hulu takes Das Boot for U.S. Bavaria Fiction, Sky Deutschland and Sonar Entertainment [produced]( the sequel series to Wolfgang Petersen's submarine classic, starring Vicky Krieps and Tom Wlaschiha. ► Third season of Medici: The Magnificent sells globally ahead of season two premiere. The Italian co-production is getting bigger and better after the success of its first season debut. It's [sold]( to Sky Germany, Telefonica Moviestar+ Spain, Altice France, and Netflix in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada and India, debuting later this year. [Quoted:]( "I put it in a drawer in the back of my brain and moved on." — Candice Bergen's Murphy Brown, how the character managed her own #MeToo encounter from her college years. ^Podding for democracy: Without raising any outside investment, Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor's left-leaning podcast has 321 million downloads as the trio embark on a cable show Friday, Natalie Jarvey reports: + Balancing advocacy and content: Vietor: "Fox News was started by a Republican political operative who decided to call it 'fair and balanced.' That was the original sin of their bullshit. If you decide that you don't like our perspective, that's fine. I would rather have more young people in particular involved in democracy than not." + How donors have changed: Favreau: "Obviously, Hollywood donors are still giving a lot of money, but many of these democratic candidates are raising obscene amounts of money in low dollar donations. I think, as we go on, you can have less reliance on these typical, big-dollar donors. That is a good thing for Democrats, because hanging out with only rich people all the time … sort of seeps into your political decision-making process, or at least your thought process." [Full interview.]( Casting call... ► Sanaa Lathan boards Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone. Not much info is available on the gig, only that Lathan will [appear]( in the episode titled "Rewind." The only previous casting announcement has been Peele himself. ► The Daily Show adds Jaboukie Young-White as correspondent. Young-White is a comedy writer and filmmaker from Chicago who was most recently a staff writer on Netflix's American Vandal and a story editor on the streamer's animated comedy Big Mouth. He [debuted]( Thursday night. Digital digest... ► Shonda Rhimes hires former ELLE editor in chief to run website. Robbie Myers, editor in chief of the fashion magazine for 18 years, will [oversee]( the content strategy and editorial coverage for Shondaland.com, part of Hearst Digital Media, and tied to Rhimes’ award-winning television empire. Legal briefs... ► Adaptive Studios says Netflix docuseries producers "unapologetically stole" their idea. TJ Barrack and Marc Joubert of Adaptive Studios say the upcoming Netflix music docuseries ReMastered was their idea, and they're [suing]( executive producers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist. ► Bill O'Reilly wins bid to send ex-Fox News anchor's defamation lawsuit to arbitration. The former Fox News host wasn't a signatory to Laurie Dhue's settlement agreement with Fox. Nevertheless, a judge [concludes]( he isn't precluded from availing himself of an arbitration clause, Eriq Gardner reports. Mr. West goes to Washington... ► Trump praises, hugs Kanye West during bizarre Oval Office meeting. West, who [donned]( a Make America Great Again hat, said, "They tried to scare me to not wear this hat. But, this hat gives me power in some way." In memoriam... ► RIP Peggy McCay. The Emmy-winning actress who [portrayed]( the matriarch Caroline Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives for more than three decades died Sunday. She was 90. ► RIP Jerry Thorpe. An executive at Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Desilu Productions and a co-creator, director and producer on the David Carradine adventure series Kung Fu, [died]( Sept. 25 in Santa Barbara, his family announced. He was 92. Talking points... ► Melania Trump says she's the "most bullied person in the world." In a new clip from her sit-down with ABC News, the first lady said that the constant scrutiny she experiences on social media inspired her campaign against cyberbullying. [Watch.]( ► Michelle Obama shuts down #MeToo critics. "There's been a status quo in terms of the way women have been treated. What their [expectations]( have been in this society and that is changing and there's gonna be a little upheaval," she said about the current political climate. DC Universe's Titans, reviewed. "Titans is a try-too-hard stab at occupying a middle ground between grumpy, but still family-friendly, DC offerings like The CW's Arrow and the definitely-not-for-kids Marvel shows on Netflix," Daniel Fienberg writes. [Full review.]( Stars' Frivolous Spending Shop 'til you drop: Though it's not as visibly destructive as drugs and alcohol, runaway spending runs rampant among Hollywood stars, often stemming from a childhood need for attention, Zohar Lazar reports: + Responding to life changes: A drastic change in income can lead to the temptation to "scale everything up,” offers Kristin Lee, founder of business management firm KLBM, which looks after the books of many Hollywooders and sees "the ebb and flow of it all. I feel like I’m the bearer of bad news, but it’s necessary." + Fighting financial managers: L.A. psychiatrist Charles Sophy, whose caseload includes stars who have dug themselves into a hole, takes meetings with financial managers "all the time. You get another perspective for what's driving the spending. Sometimes they assume the big money will keep flowing." In his view, men tend to be more impulsive with money than women. [Full story.]( What else we're reading... — "Michael Myers, Unmasked." Simon Abrams interviews seven actors who played the Halloween boogeyman: "Michael Myers is, admittedly, a bit of a cipher... Each man who’s played him has brought something unique to the role." [[Vanity Fair](] — "Netflix Isn't Invincible." Neil Cybart analyzes: "Netflix’s grip on the paid video streaming market is not as strong as it may appear. The company’s competitive advantages in the marketplace are being oversold." [[Above Avalon](] — "Steve Carell Is Showing What He's Got." Bruce Handy profiles: "Comedians are notoriously—or perhaps stereotypically—driven by childhood scar tissue. But Carell is famous among his peers for keeping that scar tissue, if there is any, deeply hidden." [[Esquire](] — "Winning Bidder for Shredded Banksy Painting Says She’ll Keep It." Scott Reyburn reports — from the buyer: "When the hammer came down last week and the work was shredded, I was at first shocked, but gradually I began to realize that I would end up with my own piece of art history." [[New York Times](] — "Indiana Fortuna: The Homegrown Roots of Rudy." Jake Kring-Schreifels reports — director David Anspaugh on writer Angelo Pizzo: “That either one of us would have been so lucky to have even gotten into the film business, on any level, was pretty remote. But the odds that both of us [did]? That’s like winning the lottery.” [[The Ringer](] What else we're watching... + "Jonah Hill bribed his young Mid90s lead with Nutella." [[Tonight Show](] + "Dakota Johnson had no problem confronting her neighbors." [[Jimmy Kimmel](] + "Olivia Munn plays 'Who Were You When You Said That Thing?'" [[Late Late Show](] From the archives... + On Oct. 12, 1971, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar opened on Broadway. Though it became one of the duo's most beloved musicals, it faced protests from religious groups and drew the ire from the Times' critic: "You may want to attend simply to see how long a way a lot of bad taste can go. The results are spectacular." [[New York Times](] Today's birthdays: Josh Hutcherson, 26, Tyler Blackburn, 32, Joseph Kahn, 46, Kirk Cameron, 48, Hugh Jackman, 50, Carlos Bernard, 56, Lin Shaye, 75. Follow The News Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( ©2018 The Hollywood Reporter. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 All rights reserved. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Preferences]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Use]( October 12, 2018