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📢 Editor's note: In observance of Memorial Day, there will be no Morning Rush on Monday. We'll be back Tuesday.
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PAUL MCCARTNEY CLOSES OUT A 'LATE SHOW' ERA WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM STEPHEN’S FRIENDS |
Stephen Colbert said goodbye to The Late Show after more than 10 years and 1,800 episodes. CBS announced the show's cancellation last July, setting up a long runup to Thursday night's finale.
The comedian kicked off his final episode on Thursday with an earnest piece to camera before Paul McCartney joined as his final guest. Bryan Cranston, Ryan Reynolds, Paul Rudd, Tim Meadows and Tig Notaro also appeared on the show.
"I want you to know this show has been a joy for us to do for you,” Colbert said. “In fact, we call this show The Joy Machine. We call it The Joy Machine because to do this many shows it has to be a machine, but the thing is, if you choose to do it with joy, it doesn’t hurt as much when your fingers get caught in the gears." >>>No-Show Pope
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals
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Washington's What Next - Hulu is developing What Remains, a thriller drama based on Wendy Walker‘s 2023 novel, with Kerry Washington set to star and executive produce. Chris Luccy is writing and McG is directing the adaptation from 20th Television and Kapital Entertainment. >>>Follows 'Little Fires Everywhere'
'Grogu' Groggy? - Lucasfilm/Disney’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu pulled in around $12M in North American Thursday night previews, according to initial estimates. The tally could be slightly lighter when the sun comes up in L.A. That preview figure is slightly less than the Thursday cash made by 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was $14.1M. Solo remains the low-water mark for the 49-year-old franchise >>>Will Families Flock?
Bringing The Heat - Jason Clarke is being eyed to join the cast of Michael Mann’s Heat 2 from Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists. >>>'Public Enemies' Reunion
Choose Your Own Movie - 20th Century Studios is eyeing a Choose Your Own Adventure movie, based on the long-running interactive book series, with Radio Silence (Ready or Not franchise) on board to direct and produce. >>>Tom Bissell Writing
Kemp Keeps It Apple - Courtney A. Kemp has signed a new multiyear overall deal with Apple TV. Kemp is the storyteller behind the Power universe, as well as the recently premiered crime drama Nemesis. >>>Developing TV Series
Deadline’s Reality TV Summit - Silent Witness star Emilia Fox will join experts to discuss the truth about true crime shows in a session just added to Deadline’s Reality TV Summit at SXSW London on June 2. >>>Register For Free
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Creators Of ‘The Boroughs’ Break Down Netflix Series They “Could Only Do With The Duffer Brothers” |
The second of two 2026 projects from Netflix and The Duffer Brothers’ Upside Down Pictures, The Boroughs has arrived on the streamer ahead of Memorial Day weekend, complete with sprawling mythology and ensemble cast.
Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, who have worked together for more than15 years and who created and produced The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance for Netflix via their Off Franklin Productions, created the series and serve as showrunners and executive producers.
Matthews recalls getting the call from the Stranger Things creators after they formed Upside Down Pictures with Netflix and were looking for shows to produce, which served as a specific prompt for what became The Boroughs.>>>Read The Interview
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QUOTABLE
"America could always count on a laugh" - Former President Joe Biden on Stephen Colbert’s decade-plus run as host of CBS’s The Late Show
"Thank goodness he's finally gone!" - President Donald Trump
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Joe Romano (Somewhere in Queens), Katie Monds (Chicago P.D.), Katie Aselton (The League), Richard Blackmon (A Simple Machine) and Will Yun Lee (The Odyssey) are set to guest star in HBO Max drama pilot How to Survive Without Me, from Greg Berlanti, Bash Doran and Warner Bros TV.
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Kyle Gallner is joining Oscar winner Brie Larson in Sony Pictures’ Skeletons. JT Mollner is directing the film, which J.J. Abrams is producing.
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Harry Melling (Pillion), Adam Nagaitis (Star City), and Aminah Nieves (1923) have landed roles alongside Mahershala Ali in the second season of HBO‘s lauded crime drama Task.
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English actress Sadie Soverall (Every Year After) is being eyed for a lead role in Brady Corbet‘s next film.
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Libby Kay (Nautilus) and Liam O’Halloran (Ridgewood River) have joined the cast of USA Network‘s The Rainmaker for Season 2.
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Andrew Schulz is set to join the cast of the Apple Original Films pic Running, from director Gavin O’Connor.
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Kelli Berglund (Heels) has been cast in a series regular role in Hulu’s upcoming Prison Break series.
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Hulu is hunting legendary mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger in a new docuseries narrated by Ben Affleck.
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BY THE NUMBERS
5.78 million - Number of live+same-day viewers for the last Season 50 episode of CBS’s Survivor, making it the show’s most-watched finale in six years.
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🎦 Imax has held early-stage talks with potential suitors of the large-screen exhibitor, Deadline has learned, confirming an initial report in the Wall Street Journal. The news of a possible deal comes after Imax delivered better-than-expected results in the first quarter.
🕺Lionsgate Studios Motion Picture Chair Adam Fogelson said the company is “really excited about the progress we’re making” on a second Michael film. The company has also shifted the release dates of Mel Gibson’s The Resurrection of the Christ, with Part One now set to arrive on May 6, 2027 (Ascension Day), and Part Two on May 25, 2028 (Ascension Day and Memorial Day weekend).
🖊️ California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Thursday designed to address fears of massive job displacement from AI. Newsom’s action came as President Donald Trump was preparing to sign his own executive order. But that ceremony has been postponed, Trump told reporters.
🧗 What a cliffhanger this is turning out to be. The Cliffhanger reboot, which has been stuck on a ledge following Row K’s woes, is heading towards a new domestic home, and that home could be Tom Quinn’s Neon.
🗣️ CAA teamed up with Charles Finch’s Finch & Partners to host an exclusive film symposium in Cannes and the teams are now eyeing an expansion of the event to other festivals/cities including Venice and Doha.
⚽ Apple TV is set to reach a sports production technology milestone on Saturday, streaming a live Major League Soccer match shot entirely with iPhones.
🎤 All seven Tony Award nominees in the Best Musical and Best Musical Revival categories will perform at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
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ON THE RADAR
Fri - Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu opens; The Chi final season premieres
Sat - Rick and Morty Season 9 premiere
Mon - U.S. Memorial Day; UK bank holiday
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'Peaky' Form - A first-look image of Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) as Tommy Shelby‘s eldest son, Charles Shelby, in Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders sequel series. Netflix and the BBC revealed the casting and photo today.
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