EXCLUSIVE: Fox is developing Billionaire Class, a one-hour drama from writer Eric Haywood (Law & Order: Organized Crime, Manifest), Malcolm Spellman and Nichelle Tramble Spellman’s The 51 and Fox Entertainment. Written by Haywood, Billionaire Class is described as a high-stakes wish-fulfillment drama offering a…

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of its Emmy-winning comedy Barry making its long-awaited Season 4 return, HBO is looking to stay in business with its star Henry Winkler as sources tell Deadline the premium cabler is developing King Rex, a limited series with Henry Winkler attached to star and his son, Max, directing the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier creator Malcolm Spellman has partnered with Chromatic Black on the Ida B. Wells Fund, a scholarship of $100k to be invested in 10 Black creatives (at $10k each) to produce independent film and documentary projects. To earn one of the 10 winning spots, Chromatic Black…

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Mackie has closed a deal to carry the shield and his first superhero picture in Captain America 4, sources said. Kevin Feige’s Marvel Studios keeps its details well under wraps and it isn’t clear whether the movie will involve Sebastian Stan, who starred with Mackie in the well-received Marvel…

In its tale about Sam Wilson’s Falcon taking up the shield to become the Black Captain America, Disney+/Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Solider asks necessary questions about representation today, righting past wrongs and the legacy and meanings of symbols. When it came to capturing those themes, EP and creator…

“We knew from the beginning we wanted to position this as a very, very modern superhero show,” said Malcolm Spellman, creator, executive producer and writer of the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which sees Sam Wilson/Falcon and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier team up on a global adventure. The show also…

Hip hop has been the subject of numerous films, both fiction and nonfiction, but there's never been a documentary series quite like FX's Hip Hop Uncovered. It takes an innovative approach to telling how the art form emerged and went on to become the dominant genre of music. "It was important to…hit it from an angle…

SPOILER ALERT: For those who still haven’t seen the Season 1 finale of Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, "One World, One People", this interview contains spoilers.  To control spoilers on the internet, Disney held off season finale interviews with the talent, showrunner and director of The Falcon and the Wint…

In the wake of Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s season finale last night on Disney+, the series showrunner, Malcolm Spellman, is already busy with Dalan Musson on a fourth Captain America, Deadline can report. While not confirmed sources say the project Spellman is writing could be one focused on Anthony Mackie's Sam…

Warning: This interview contains minor spoilers about tonight’s first episode of Disney+/Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Dropping at midnight, the Kari Skogland directed Disney+/Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier opener picks up not long after the events of 2019’s Avengers: Endgame blockbuster…

The story of hip hop has been told before – a world created by the likes of DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, the Sugarhill Gang and Run-DMC has had its fair share of ink and moving pictures. Many of the behind the scenes figures such as Sugar Hill Records founder Sylvia Robinson, Def Jam's Rick Rubin and Russell…

EXCLUSIVE: Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment has optioned Arthur T. Burton’s book Black, Red & Deadly for a TV series that they’ll develop about 19th century Arkansas slave-turned U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves. Revelations will work on the project with Malcolm Spellman, Ben Watkins, Josef Sawyer…