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Searchlight Pictures Marketing EVP Michelle Hooper Exits Studio

Michelle Hooper is leaving Searchlight Pictures as executive vice president of marketing after two decades with the company. Since joining in 2006, Hooper’s work on publicity, awards and creative marketing helped earn the studio nearly 200 Oscar nominations and more than 130 Golden Globe nominations. Of those 200, Searchlight took home 49 wins, including bes

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Searchlight Pictures Marketing EVP Michelle Hooper Leaving Studio

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Searchlight Pictures’ EVP of Marketing Michelle Hooper, who delivered the specialty label numerous Oscar nominations and wins during her two-decade tenure, is exiting. Hooper led publicity, awards and creative marketing operations, earning the studio 21 Best Picture Oscar nominations — including Best Picture winners Slumdog Millionair

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Sam Nivola, Nico Parker And Paul Giamatti To Star In ‘Grandgear’ From ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director Takashi Yamazaki, J.J. Abrams And Sony Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: The sequel to Godzilla Minus One doesn’t bow until next month, but Takashi Yamazaki is already getting the wheels in motion for his first major studio pic, Grandgear, securing the cast to lead that movie. Sources tell Deadline that Sam Nivola and Nico Parker are set to join the pic, with Paul Giamatti in […]

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Sony Pictures TV Signs Content Creator Thea Von Engelbrechten to First-Look Deal, Launches Animated Microdrama ‘Hazelwood’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Sony Pictures Television has sealed a multiyear, first-look deal with content creator Thea Von Engelbrechten, who’s behind the popular “Moletown Drama” social platforms — which boast 2.5 million TikTok followers and 1 million Instagram followers. As part of the deal, Sony has the first-look rights to develop and produce original series from Von Engelbrechten

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Image Nation Studios, Spooky Pictures And Made By Us Studios Partner To Launch Creator-First Horror Label Made By Spooky

EXCLUSIVE: Made By Us, the studio arm of creator management firm Made By All, has partnered with frequent horror collaborators Image Nation Studios and Spooky Pictures to launch Made By Spooky, a new creator-first horror label. Made By Spooky will house and produce original short form, vertical serialized and longform IP revolving around digital native […]

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Gay Bodybuilder Romance ‘Test’ Acquired by Dark Star Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)

“Test,” the award-winning gay bodybuilding drama from director Sam McConnell, has been acquired by Dark Star Pictures for U.S. and Canadian distribution. Written by and starring Brock Yurich (“Goat”), the film also features Tammy Blanchard (“Into the Woods”), Matthew Morrison (“Glee”), Paloma Garcia-Lee (“West Side Story”), Evan Hall (“Orange Is the New Blac

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Watermelon Pictures Acquires North American Distribution Rights To Sara Ishaq’s ‘The Station’

EXCLUSIVE: The Station, the debut narrative feature from Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq, has been picked up for North America by Watermelon Pictures. Watermelon will release the film theatrically later this year. The Station debuted in the Critics’ Week competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. The official synopsis reads: Set against the backdrop

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