Category Archives: Deals and Dealmaking

Adult Swim Orders Two More Seasons Of ‘Robot Chicken’

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Matt Raub

While Adult Swim may just be a subdivision of Cartoon Network, a cable network that bases itself on mainly animated programming, they seem to be doing quite well for themselves. They’ve been able to stack the deck with highly watched … Continue reading →

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Conan and NBC Strike a Deal

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Joe Gillis

Even though it seemed Conan O’Brien was getting kinda shafted by his corporate masters at NBC, it looks now like he’ll at least come out ok in one area: a big settlement. According to Yahoo News, NBC is confirming that … Continue reading →

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Conan O’Brien Puts ‘The Tonight Show’ On Craig’s List

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Matt Raub

With the newest Late Night War firing up between NBC’s own Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, it seems that the feud has shifted focus to Conan vs. NBC. Earlier this week, Conan put out a statement directed at the network … Continue reading →

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Jonah Hill’s ’21 Jump Street’ Movie Gets ‘Cloudy’ Directors

Posted on December 21, 2009 by John Muth

Jonah Hill (Funny People, Superbad) who has been working on an update of the 80’s television show 21 Jump Street for Sony, has announced that the movie is in negotiations to sign it’s directors. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who … Continue reading →

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A Green Christmas for Roland Emmerich

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Bob Starr

It’s going to be a very green (as in $) for Roland Emmerich. For a long time Michael Bay seemed to be the go-to mega director in Hollywood. Well, it seems Emmerich, director of the recent disaster movie 2012, is … Continue reading →

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Comcast Buys NBCU for $13.75 Billion

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Joe Gillis

Comcast and General Electric announced early today they have made an agreement to combine GE’s NBC Universal with Comcast’s entertainment assets. The new company will be 51% owned, and managed, by Comcast. GE will have 49%. Jeff Zucker, president of … Continue reading →

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Twilight’s ‘Breaking Dawn’ To Be Split Into Two Films

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Matt Raub

With New Moon making over $230 million in the US and nearly $500 million worldwide, it was only a matter of time before the studio decided to try and milk the franchise for even more, and you really can’t blame … Continue reading →

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Paramount Picks Up Oren Peli’s ‘Area 51’

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Matt Raub

With the unbridled success of this fall’s Paranormal Activity, it seemed a sure thing that director Oren Peli’s next project would be an instant pickup for the studio, and that theory has proven to be true. According to Variety, Paramount … Continue reading →

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