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EXCLUSIVE: Imelda Staunton will not make her bow as Queen Elizabeth II until 2022 as “The Crown” takes a filming break this year amid its final cast changeover, Deadline can reveal. Left Bank Pictures won’t get cameras rolling on Season 5 of the Netflix franchise until June next year, meaning the streamer will be without …

Universal Music Group and music streaming giant Spotify inked a multiyear global licensing pact on Wednesday. The deal will allow Universal — the world’s largest record label which reps the likes of Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Drake and Kanye West — to promote its artists on Spotify’s platform and be an early adapter of the …

Grant Morrison has been riding out the coronavirus pandemic at a safe distance from Hollywood. “As a writer, you’re self-isolating your entire life anyway,” Morrison says from his home in his native Scotland. “So it hasn’t been that difficult. We’re in the country, so you barely notice what’s been going down. But we’re looking at …

What started as another dip in the TV nostalgia pool has ended up making waves for NBC as most of its independently owned affiliates are pledging not to air Thursday night’s “30 Rock” reunion. The prime-time reunion, created by and starring the team behind the original NBC comedy mainstay, including Tina Fey, is scheduled to …

It’s been a busy year for new streaming services, with Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max and Quibi entering the arena. Now, NBC is jumping in with Peacock. The platform, launching July 15, will have a free tier with more than 13,000 hours of movies, shows and live programming in NBC’s late-night, reality, sports and news …

Lazy TV viewers didn’t know what they had until it was gone. The ability to choose what to watch on demand is what drove consumers to streaming in the first place. Now, with thousands of movies and series to select from on over 200 streaming networks globally, users are suffering choice paralysis, because even picking a …

NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service is set to launch Wednesday, and it’s facing more than a few hurdles. The new video platform is banking on a cheap price that’s supported by ads as well as a catalog of shows like “30 Rock” and “The Office.” But it joins an already crowded landscape with well-established rivals like …

Normally the summer music-festival season would be in full swing now, but this year it’s been put on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. So instead, the Governors Ball Music Festival is pressing rewind and replaying some memorable sets from over the years on Thursday and Friday on YouTube. On Thursday’s bill is Travis Scott …

Animated kids flick “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run” will bypass movie theaters and instead debut on premium video-on-demand early next year. The upcoming release from Paramount and Nickelodeon earlier had been slated to hit the silver screen on Aug. 7, and was among the first batch of Hollywood movies scheduled to play in …

The Karate Kid is moving to a bigger dojo. “Cobra Kai” is relocating to Netflix after two seasons on YouTube, TVLine has learned. Under the terms of the deal, Seasons 1 and 2 of the “Karate Kid” sequel series will be available on Netflix later this year, with the all-new Season 3 to follow at …