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EXCLUSIVE: Sir David Attenborough, fresh from his latest Emmy nomination, is partnering with National Geographic for the first time on a documentary that will explore the health of the world oceans. NatGeo announced today it has given the green light to David Attenborough: Ocean (working title), a…

Ron Howard's Jim Henson Idea Man led all comers in the documentary categories as the nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, racking up eight altogether, three more than the next most-nominated doc. Among its nominations are Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special…

The creators of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV say they're open to making a follow up to the series, which scored two Emmy Nominations today, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The five-part Investigation Discovery series documented alleged abuse suffered by stars of…

One of Rob Reiner's greatest filmmaking credits is the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. But he became the maker of an actual documentary – not a faux one – with Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. This morning (while working on the sequel to Spinal Tap in New Orleans) he learned he's become an Emmy…

Some of the entertainment industry's top filmmakers will go up against each other at the 76th Emmy Awards. Oscar winner Ron Howard's Jim Henson Idea Man earned eight Emmy nominations this morning, more than any other nonfiction contender in the race. The Disney+ film about the Muppets creator is…

More than 10,000 satellites are currently spinning around the globe – and there would be even more had a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket not failed in its upper stage last week, preventing the proper deployment of a batch of Starlink satellites. That anomalous incident notwithstanding, the number of…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor-producer Matthew Modine and Adam Rackoff's Cinco Dedos Peliculas production company have signed on as executive producers of I Hope This Helps!, a documentary that explores the promise and peril of artificial intelligence. Writer-director Daniel Freed enlisted Google's AI chatbot…

Major League Baseball icon Pete Rose, focus of a new HBO documentary series, says the gambling scandal that got him banned from the game cost him dearly. "You have to understand one thing, ladies and gentlemen," Rose said at a Q&A after the premiere of episode 1 of Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete…

EXCLUSIVE: Already under probation with the Department of Justice, scandal riddled and safety plagued Boeing is about to be grounded by one of America's leading documentarians, again. Downfall: The Case Against Boeing director Rory Kennedy has re-teamed with Imagine Documentaries with Netflix back on…

EXCLUSIVE: Director Sam Neave (The Jinx: Part Two) and Academy Award-winning producer Charles B. Wessler (Green Book) commenced production in May on a feature-length doc surrounding the Scottish football club, Partick Thistle. Neave’s documentary will follow Partick Thistle FC and its fans during…

As we head into the latter half of 2024, some frontrunners are emerging among documentaries in the race for Oscar recognition. On the latest edition of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey assess the state of play at this (admittedly) early stage in awards season, with…