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Apple has landed rights to develop an international drama series based on Min Jin Lee's best-selling novel Pachinko, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The drama landed at Apple with a sizable script-to-series commitment. 

Netflix is close to closing on on Black Stallions, which features a cast of Lil Rel Howery, Don Cheadle and Kevin Hart in a comedy about rival brother jockeys, according to Deadline.

CBS has ordered MILLION DOLLAR MILE (working title), a new 10-episode high-stakes competition series that challenges everyday athletes' physical and mental toughness like never before with an opportunity to change their lives forever.

Oscar-nominated Bruce Dern and Emmy Award-winning Brian Cox are set to star in Remember Me, a film by Martin Rosete, according to Variety. The film will go into production on August 24th, shooting in Spain, France and Los Angeles.

New York based Rialto Pictures will release John Carpenter's landmark horror movie THE FOG on October 26, in its first-ever major restoration. The horror classic, in a full 4K restoration from Studiocanal, opens October 26 for limited runs at the Metrograph, in New York, Landmark's Nuart in Los Angeles, and The Music Box Theatre in Chicago.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center l has announced its Main Slate of films for The 56th New York Film Festival, which occurs on September 28 – October 14.

Epix is developing the Universal Cable Productions' “Slaughterhouse-Five” series, according to Variety.

Winning all 6 half-hours of the night with “The Bachelorette” 3-hour Season 14 finale, ABC dominated runner-up NBC on Monday by 2.0 million viewers (6.7 million vs. 4.7 million) and doubled it among Adults 18-49 (+100% - 1.8/8 vs. 0.9/4), taking the young adult broadcast lead for the 9th week in a row this summer. “The Bachelorette” closed out as Monday's No. 1 TV program in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, standing as the No. 1 series on the night on each telecast of the season with young adults (11 consecutive weeks).

During the week of July 23, 2018, “Live with Kelly and Ryan” matched an 8-week high in Households (since the w/o 5/28/18), improving over the prior week by 11% (2.1 rating vs. 1.9 rating). In addition, “Live” grew week to week by 7% in Total Viewers (2.777 million vs. 2.584 million) to its largest overall audience since the beginning of July – since the week of 7/2/18.

Alt-rock mainstay Mayday Parade is thrilled to announce the Welcome To Sunnyland Tour, the first North American headlining run in support of the recently released LP Sunnyland, out now via Rise Records. Kicking off with a hometown show in Tallahassee, FL on October 2nd, the tour will feature support fromThis Wild Life, William Ryan Key (formerly of Yellowcard), and Oh, Weatherly,hitting most major markets before wrapping on November 24th. VIP packages are on sale beginning tomorrow, August 8th at 10AM local time with general on sale beginning Friday, August 10th at 10AM local time via http://maydayparade.com/tour.

CMT closes out its summer of electrifying music with the announcement of an all-new “Crossroads” mashup featuring multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning pop superstar Meghan Trainor and platinum selling singer/songwriter Brett Eldredgepremiering Monday, September 3 at 10 PM ET/PT.

Global Citizen announces The 2018 Global Citizen Festival at New York City's Central Park on Saturday, Sept. 29. Headlining the festival is The Weeknd, Janet Jackson, Shawn Mendes, Cardi B, and Janelle Monáe, with John Legend performing a special guest set.

Telenovela star, Ana Brenda Contreras will be taking over the role of Cristal Flores on Dynasty, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Warner Music Group has announced that it sold its entire $504 million stake in Spotify, according to Variety.

On Monday, Vin Diesel marked the first day of filming for Bloodshot by posting an Instagram video from a movie set in Africa.

Discovery Inc. CEO David Zaslav told participants in a conference call that HGTV, the network acquired by Discovery when it purchased Scripps Networks, has bought The Brady Bunch house, according to Variety.

Fox's “Last Man Standing” is adding Molly McCook and Jet Jurgensmeyer to its sitcom cast, according to Variety.

Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Robin Wright returns as President of the United States in the sixth and final season of the award-winning landmark series House of Cards.  The sixth season premiere is November 2nd.

The Dutton family's list of enemies keeps growing each week, but so does its number of fans. The new Paramount Network's recently renewed drama, 'Yellowstone,' set series high ratings in Live+3 viewing. Episode six entitled 'The Remembering' delivered a new ratings benchmark of 1.3 P 18-49. The season one finale bows Wednesday, August 22 at 10 PM, ET/PT, with season two premiering next year.

“City of Lies,” starring Johnny Depp, has been pulled from release schedule by Global Road Entertainment, a month before it was slated to hit theaters, according to Variety.