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Simon Cowell has reportedly bagged another £90million since securing his latest television deal.

K.J. Yossman Simon Cowell has securitized the Got Talent franchise in what’s been described as a “groundbreaking” $125 million deal. The securitization relates to the intellectual property behind the franchise, including both the U.S. and British versions of the show, “America’s Got Talent” and “Britain’s Got Talent.” As part of the deal, the assets to the franchise and its spin-offs have been pooled, including “production margins and fees, digital income, franchise and original content sales and sponsorship income.” The Got Talent franchise has been commissioned across 72 global territories, including Armenia, Chile and Egypt. As of 2017, it holds the Guinness world record title for “Most international versions for a reality television format.”

Christian Bale has made fresh fans with his recent appearance as Gorr the God Butcher in Thor: Love and Thunder, but there’s one role in another franchise that he would entertain – to satisfy the kid in him. 

Sony Pictures has acquired film rights to Tarzan in a deal with the estate of original book author Edgar Rice Burroughs, Deadline has confirmed.Plans are in the earliest of stages we hear, with no writer, director or producer attached to what would be a full reinvention of the popular character first created by Burroughs in 1912; the author continued to write Tarzan books into the 1940s.Tarzan was the son of English nobility who was raised by apes in the African jungle after his parents were marooned there and died. He had no contact with Western culture until he was grown and “King of the Apes.”

After closing an $8.45 billion deal last year to buy MGM, the longtime home of the James Bond franchise, Amazon has announced that 25 Bond films are heading to Prime Video in the U.S., UK and a few other territories.

There’s a big update about the anticipated fourth movie to Star Trek.

EXCLUSIVE: The London, UK native music video director-turned-filmmaker has signed with CAA.

For fans who can’t get enough of the Jeopardy! franchise, Executive Producer Michael Davies has some promising news for you.

Professor Severus Snape, portrayed by the late Alan Rickman, is an intricate part of the "Harry Potter" legacy. However, in revealing new diary entries meticulously kept by the actor and shared with The Guardian, the infamous Snape almost never was – as Rickman wanted out of his role as the devious dark-sided wizard.  Rickman passed away in 2016 after battling cancer. In an excerpt dated Dec.

Actress Sofia Carson — known for her roles in the  franchise and the Netflix rom-com  spoke with ET at the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park over the weekend. Debuting on the streaming platform this past July, Carson plays the role of Cassie in , a woman who enters a «marriage of convenience» with a Marine named Luke as a way to get health insurance benefits to treat her type I diabetes. While the emotional film was met with success, it wasn't just the storyline that got fans talking — it was also Carson's hairstyle. In the film, Cassie often has her long dark hair tucked into the back of her jacket.

Alan Rickman, the late Harry Potter star, is making his mixed feelings about sticking with the franchise known through diary entries published Saturday by The Guardian.

Michelle Young wants to see some change from Bachelor Nation. On Saturday, ET’s Cassie DiLarua caught up with the Bachelorette at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, where she spoke out about the finale not addressing Erich Schwer’s Blackface controversy.  “If I’m going to stay a part of this franchise, this franchise is gonna change,” she says.

A next-level Bravo crossover. Over the years, Below Deck viewers have been surprised with cameos from some of the biggest Real Housewives stars.

Ever since the shocking “Red Wedding” scene and the subsequent “Purple Wedding” one on the original “Game of Thrones” series, fans have come to expect that any nuptials on the franchise could lead to blood, violence or a major death. And in the case of “House of the Dragon”, they weren’t wrong to suspect that a royal wedding between House Targaryen and House Velaryon would end in horror.

series, fans have come to expect that any nuptials on the franchise could lead to blood, violence or a major death. And in the case of, they weren’t wrong to suspect that a royal wedding between House Targaryen and House Velaryon would end in horror. “It was really, really tense, really, really deep,” says Theo Nate, who plays Corlys Velaryon’s son, Laenor.As teased ahead of Sunday’s premiere, Rhaenyra’s (Milly Alcock) position as the heir to the Iron Throne was once again threatened.

Zack Sharf The long-running “Scream” franchise is moving out of Woodsboro and coming to New York City for its upcoming sixth installment. It’s a creative decision that will make the franchise all the more terrifying, says cast member Melissa Barrera. No “Scream” film has ever been set in the big city. “It’s like 20 times more mortifying,” Barrera told Collider about setting the new “Scream” film in New York City. “It’s awful. Because you also see how, in a city like New York City, everyone is kind of doing their own thing and someone is screaming for help, and no one will come to their help.” Barrera continued, “No one comes to help them, you know, like, everyone’s kind of like, ‘I’m not getting into that.’ So it’s mortifying, because you’re chased by Ghostface, but you also see humanity and how that reacts in a situation like that. Anyway, I think I’ve already probably said too much.”

fired from the franchise in 2019, Jenelle Evans made her previously teased cameo on the MTV spinoff, on Tuesday night. The 30-year-old mother of three attended fellow star Briana DeJesus' party celebrating her defamation lawsuit win against co-star Kailyn Lowry and surprisingly the appearance was drama-free. The tension surrounding Jenelle's appearance at the party mostly involved star Jade Cline, who replaced Jenelle on the reality show after she was fired. Jenelle was fired in 2019 after an incident involving her husband, David Eason, allegedly shooting the family's dog, Nugget. David had been fired from the franchise in 2018 after posting a series of homophobic and transphobic tweets. «I don't know about Jenelle coming, like, am I going to be super nice to this girl just for her to go online the next day and talk s**t about me?» Jade asks her friend while getting ready for the party. Jade calls the tension over replacing Jenelle «this awkward thing,» saying she's worried about getting sucked into the former MTV star's drama. A post shared by Jade Cline (@jadecline_)«I feel bad, something happened with David or something, I don't know, it's like you want to be there for people, but at the same time, I don't want to get bit in the a** for people who go and turn around and talk s**t,» Jade says.

The Law & Order television franchise is “commercial” for a “defective product,” said John Oliver on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, capping a lengthy rant about the Dick Wolf cop shows that Oliver argued present an unrealistic and misleading depiction of law enforcement.

, stepped down in controversy after he defended a “Bachelor” contestant pictured at an Antebellum-themed college party.In 2004, when Palmer became the first professional athlete to star as “The Bachelor,” which was still a new TV concept, he gave his teammates the play-by-play.“As you can imagine, we had a lot of fun with that,” said Palmer, who also works as a college football analyst for ESPN. The popular franchise keeps bringing football players back to star as leading men and contestants and he understands why.

, the franchise reunited cast, with both Sean Kanan and Robyn Lively reprising their roles as Mike Barnes and Jessica Andrews on the Netflix series. While Kanan’s return was announced ahead of season 5’s debut on Sept.

The beloved Thomas & Friends cartoon franchise will introduce its first autistic character this month when Bruno the Brake Car makes his debut on Cartoon Network’s Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.