World Screen

OAKBROOK TERRACE: Redbox has inked a deal with Warner Bros. to deliver DVD and Blu-ray titles to its rental kiosks 28 days after retail release, while its upcoming streaming service with Verizon has also sealed a licensing agreement with the studio. Under the terms of the deal with Warner Bros. Home …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Actress Eva Longoria, executive producer on NBC’s upcoming dating series Ready for Love, has entered into a first-look development deal with Universal Television. The terms of the deal include a non-writing, executive-producer agreement with Longoria and her production company, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment. Announcing the partnership, Paul Telegdy, the president of …

NEW YORK: Rhea Perlman has joined the cast of the TV Land pilot Giant Baby, starring and executive produced by fellow Cheers alum Kirstie Alley. Perlman will play assistant and best friend to Alley’s character, a Broadway star whose life is turned upside down when the son she gave up for …

SANTA MONICA: Eleven brand-new titles make up the catalogue that MarVista Entertainment brings to this year’s American Film Market. One of the top highlights is Collision Course, a new action film featuring Tia Carrere, David Chokachi and Dee Wallace. “In addition to the intense action, there’s also an underlying mystery …

SANTA MONICA: Following a successful MIPCOM, Multicom Entertainment Group is optimistic heading into the American Film Market. There, the company will be presenting the new comedy feature Lovemakers, about a financially struggling dating agency in Budapest that is charged with making a Hollywood star fall in love with a woman …

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal has scored the exclusive U.S. media rights for the Premier League starting with the 2013-14 season.  NBCU will be the exclusive English- and Spanish-language media rights holder for all 380 matches across all platforms and devices in the U.S. The coverage will go out across NBC, NBC …

NEW YORK: The eighth annual New York Television Festival (NYTVF) has officially wrapped, with recipients having been selected for 19 development deals with such networks as IFC, A&E and Syfy as well as with studios and digital platforms.  From the NYTVF Pitch competition, the project I Want a New Life, …

STAMFORD: WWE Studios and ABC Family are developing Christmas Bounty, a holiday telefilm scheduled to debut next year. Christmas Bounty, starring WWE superstar The Miz, is an action-packed comedy about a former bounty hunter who goes home for the holidays to pursue one last bounty. The film is set to begin production …

SANTA MONICA: At this year’s American Film Market, VMI Worldwide is looking forward to presenting a lineup that shows the maturation of its film division, according to André Relis, the company’s president. “We’re also enthusiastic about our ever-increasing representation of the domestic rights to our films, turning VMI into a …

LOS ANGELES: Mark Cuban, who is the owner and chairman of AXS TV and the owner of the NBA team the Dallas Mavericks, is lined up to deliver the opening keynote at NATPE 2013, the organization’s 50th anniversary market.  Cuban will sit down with CNN’s Poppy Harlow. He will headline …