Focus Features held a star-studded screening of Morgan Neville’s new documentary Lorne on Tuesday night at the Steven Spielberg Theater on the Universal lot, an event that drew the documentary’s subject, Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels, and the theater’s namesake Spielberg. They were joined…

Universal will be extending the exclusive theatrical window for its 2027 movie releases to 45 days (seven weekends), Deadline has confirmed. This theatrical window will not extend to Uni’s Focus Features titles, which will remain around 17 days. Note, Uni playing movies at five weekends…

Dame Donna Langley, NBCUniversal Entertainment’s chairman, has been awarded BAFTA’s highest accolade. The first British woman to run a major Hollywood studio, Langley was today handed a Fellowship prize at the BAFTA Film Awards in London. She was awarded the prize by Prince William, who hailed…

NBCUniversal Entertainment chairman Dame Donna Langley teased a potential Mamma Mia threequel this afternoon at the BAFTA Film Awards, where she is set to receive the BAFTA Fellowship Award, the arts charity's highest accolade.  "Yes, I'm going to say right now that there will be a Mamma Mia 3,"…

BAFTA will fete NBCUniversal Entertainment chair Donna Langley with the BAFTA Fellowship at this year's Film Awards. BAFTA today said that Langley will be presented with the honorary award for her "transformative leadership in the face of rapid change and disruption" along with her "sustained…

The American Cinematheque Award is not meant to be a “Life Achievement” honor like the AFI bestows, but rather a “mid-career” tribute, at least most of the time, and Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton Ballroom Michael B. Jordan became, at 38, one of…

EXCLUSIVE: At the end of the day, NBCUniversal's poach of Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan came down to money. Sources said that the five-year deal that begins in 2029 (earlier for movies) is at the unprecedented $1 billion territory. That is how…

Speaking shortly after her sister label Focus Features made the first big buy at TIFF with the Curry Barker directed horror movie, Obsession, for what’s expected to be $15M+, NBCUniversal Chairman of Entertainment & Studios Chairman Donna Langley, ever the industry sage, sat down with TIFF CEO this…

Immediately after last night’s star-studded dedication of The Steven Spielberg Theater, Universal Studios’ brand-new. state-of-the-art movie showcase, I spoke to the legendary director himself about this moment. He still was stunned by this honor at the…

A year ahead of the next contract negotiations with Hollywood’s most powerful guilds, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers has its first new boss since 2009. Greg Hessinger will take over from the retiring Carol Lombardini as president of the studios and streamers’ bargaining…

NBCUniversal's long-awaited restructure is now official. Donna Langley, Chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios and Matt Strauss, Chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group have restructured their teams after their promotions last year. For Langley, the two biggest pieces are Pearlena…

EXCLUSIVE: Change is coming at NBCUniversal. As the company prepares for a broad restructure across its television business, Deadline understands that unscripted chief Corie Henson is leaving the company. Henson has been EVP, Unscripted Content, Competition and Game…