As negotiations on negotiations on new Covid protocols drag on between the AMPTP and DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, the Teamsters and the Basic Crafts, CBS Studios has modified some of their rules about testing and contact tracing. They were spelled out in a note sent to crews earlier this week, a copy of which was obtained
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CBS Studios is ramping up its international order book. The company has landed a series order at Australian streamer Binge for romantic comedy Colin from Accounts. Production on the eight-part series has begun in Sydney for the Foxtel-owned streamer The series was created, written by and stars, Patrick Brammall (No Activity) and Harriet Dyer (Wakefield ). Centred on Ashley (Dyer) and
Last Tango In Paris is getting its own The Offer-style making of drama series. The tumultuous events surrounding the making of the 1972 erotic drama, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, is to be turned into a television series by CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures. The series comes from Entourage
Alex Kurtzman, the top producer on CBS Studios’ roster and architect of the studio’s Star Trek universe, has closed a massive new nine-figure overall deal there for his Secret Hideout banner. No financial terms are being disclosed but I hear the pact is in the $150 million range, putting Kurtzman in the very top tier