EXCLUSIVE: On the 98th birthday of iconic singer Chuck Berry, Revelations Entertainment has optioned rights to his life story. The production company’s principals, Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary, plan to turn his story into a drama series chronicling the rock pioneer’s formative years. Berry died in 2017…

EXCLUSIVE: The musical stars are coming out for Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman’s The Gray House. Leslie Greif opened the series' playlist exclusively for Deadline and there is serious star wattage in there, including an original song performed by country music legend Willie Nelson, which closes the…

Morehouse graduate Edwin Moses, one of the greatest athletes of all time, will return to his alma mater next month for a unique occasion. The two-time Olympic champion in the 400-meter hurdles is expected on campus in Atlanta for the world premiere of Moses – 13 Steps, a documentary about his life on and…

EXCLUSIVE: We’re getting word about a series in the works from Sony Pictures Television’s AFFIRM television and Revelations Entertainment which is centering around the Biblical Nazarene movement. Created by John Christian Plummer, the untitled series is set six months after the crucifixion of Jesus…

Lori McCreary, the CEO of Morgan Freeman’s production company Revelations Entertainment, shared concerns about AI’s upheaval, and potential misuse in the motion picture industry, and in her sphere, it boils down to the rampant replication of the Oscar winner’s voice. Typically for McCreary she’s the…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has given the green light to what it calls the "next iteration" of its Emmy-contending documentary series Life on Our Planet, with Morgan Freeman set to return as narrator and Steven Spielberg as executive producer. The as-yet-untitled show from Silverback Films and Amblin…

Morgan Freeman, Olivier Marchal and Simone Ashley will be lauded at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival in June. Prince Albert II of Monaco will present Freeman with Festival's Crystal Nymph award. It had already been announced that civil war drama The Gray House, which Freeman exec produced with Kevin…

Morgan Freeman was among the stars who paid tribute to Nicole Kidman when the actress received the AFI Life Achievement Award. Freeman parodied Kidman’s viral AMC spot, which has been spoofed by many over the years. RELATED: AFI Life Achievement Award Honors Nicole Kidman Red Carpet Photos: Keith…

Nicole Kidman is the 2024 AFI Life Achievement Award honoree for her film career. "Nicole Kidman embodies the glamour and romance of Hollywood past – a true screen icon – but she is also a risk taker – and so each performance is something new and something profound," said Bob Gazzale, AFI President & CEO. "And like…

It turns out that Morgan Freeman’s first big break in show business was just kid’s stuff. After working in a few unmemorable productions, Freeman caught on with PBS’s The Electric Company, a show from the Children’s Television Workshop designed to teach basic reading skills to kids from 7 to 10 years old. The gig ran…

EXCLUSIVE: Lori McCreary and Morgan Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment is partnering with the podcast Ear Hustle — part of the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX — on a docuseries adaptation. Co-hosted by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, Ear Hustle launched in 2017 as the first podcast created and…

Michael Douglas, Geena Davis, Bill Pullman, Morgan Freeman and Tony Goldwyn appear in a new White House video in which the real president, Joe Biden, gets State of the Union advice from the fictional ones. The video is a preview and promotion for Biden’s State of the Union speech this evening. It…