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Netflix Responds To Tyra Banks’ Defamation Suit Over ‘Next Top Model’ Docuseries
Netflix‘s move today against Tyra Banks‘ defamation suit probably will not see the former America’s Next Top Model host SMIZE.
Two months after supermodel Banks hit the streamer with a legal action over her depiction in the docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, the Greg Sarando- and Greg Peters-run Netflix has hit the court catwalk with an anti-SLAPP motion to toss the whole thing out.
“These are complaints about ordinary editorial decisions,” the motion filed Friday in L.A. Superior Court exclaims (read it here).
Aiming for an October 30 hearing on its anti-SLAPP and dismissal motion, Netflix’s attorneys at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher skewer Banks’ June 13 filing with Anna Wintour precision.
Friday’s motion adds: “Documentary filmmakers decide whom to interview, what to ask, which answers to include, how to sequence competing accounts, and what to leave on the cutting-room floor. Banks expressly agreed those decisions belonged to the filmmakers. Dissatisfaction with editorial judgments is not actionable defamation.”
In case you’re missing the point Netflix is making about Banks’ complaint, the motion lays it out with unadorned clarity.
“Strip away the Complaint’s rhetoric of ‘manipulation’ and ‘surgical editing,’ and Banks’s theory reduces to a request for more airtime and an edit more to her liking,” the 28-page motion says. “Defamation law does not permit that result, and courts do not second-guess editorial judgments merely because an interview subject would have preferred different ones.”
In a direct statement to Deadline, Netflix reiterated its opposition to Banks’ suit as well as its determination to not only defend Reality Check and its directors (who are named as defendant’s in the model’s suit).
“Directors Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy are respected documentarians who thoroughly interviewed the people behind America’s Next Top Model,” a Netflix spokesperson told Deadline on Friday. “Tyra Banks was given the opportunity to speak openly about her experience and the creators fairly presented her perspective alongside those of every other participant shown in this documentary. We stand behind Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model and will continue to vigorously defend it.”
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.
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The live-action adaptation of Disney animated classic Tangled will be opening in theaters on March 31, 2028.
A very small piece of footage, literally a shot of Rapunzel’s long blonde hair sprawled down long medieval stairs was shown. The camera lifts to show the face of actress Teagan Croft. We then see Kathryn Hahn stepping out from behind a door in a tunneled alley as Mother Gothel, exclaiming “Rapunzel!” The entire Honda Center at D23 screamed — a clear sign that fans’ requests were met. Many on social wanted Hahn to play the villain.
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Michael Gracey directed the pic that also stars Milo Manheim as Flynn Rider.
The original Tangled movie followed the magically long-haired Rapunzel (Mandy Moore), who has spent her entire life in a tower. But when a runaway thief (Zachari Levi) stumbles upon her, she sets out to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is. The cast also included Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman, Brad Garrett and Jeffrey Tambor.
It grossed $607.6 million at the global box office, including $200.8 million in North America.
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At its D23 fan event on Friday, Disney offered up a first look at its upcoming live-action adaptation of Tangled.
The clip began with a shot of Teagan Croft, who is playing Rapunzel, from behind, with her long blonde hair cascading over cobblestone streets. The footage then cut to Kathryn Hahn as the duplicitous Mother Gothel, before Hahn took the stage to thank fans for manifesting her casting. The star joked her character “may be a little overprotective, but that’s because she cares so much” and added, she’s “the best kind of villain, the kind who thinks she’s actually a hero.” Croft and co-star Milo Manheim also sent a virtual message, appearing in costume as they said hi to fans from their set in Spain. The studio also announced a release date of March 31, 2028.
At the beginning of the year, the studio cast rising Australian actress Croft as Rapunzel, the curious and plucky would-be princess with magical hair, and Zombies star Manheim as Flynn Rider, the cocky outlaw thief who helps her escape her tower prison. In the 2010 animated version — now regarded as a modern classic and part of Disney Animation’s second renaissance — those roles were voiced by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. Rounding out the live-action cast, Diego Luna has also joined the film in a new role.
Michael Gracey, who counts the musical biopics Better Man and The Greatest Showman among his credits, is directing the feature, which, like the original, will have big musical elements. Kristin Burr, who has long-standing ties to the studio and was a producer on Freakier Friday as well as 2021’s live-action Cruella, is producing. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Thor: Love and Thunder) and Michael Montemayor (Everyone I Know is Dead) wrote the script.
The original animated film grossed over $591 million and spawned a popular Disney Channel series. Filming for the new adaptation began earlier this summer in Spain.
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Good news and bad news, kids. The good news is that we have the first trailer for The Bluey Movie. The bad news is the pic doesn’t hits theaters for another year — oh, biscuits!
OK, so the release date isn’t exactly “news” — we’ve known that for nearly a year already — but the crowd at Disney‘s D23 event in Anaheim got its first look at the animated family adventure comedy Friday and you can check it out above.
Based on the Bluey series, The Bluey Movie takes place on an action-packed day when a big surprise changes everything for Bluey and her family. The film arrives in theaters on August 6, 2027.
Airing Stateside on Disney Junior and Disney Channel and streaming on Disney+, the wildly popular Australian series chronicles the life of Bluey, a blue heeler pup, and her family: mom Chilli, dad Bandit, and sister Bingo. The show, which ranked No. 2 among all streaming titles for the first half of 2026, follows Bluey as she explores life’s joys and challenges through imaginative play and heartwarming moments.
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The movie’s voice cast features Melanie Zanetti and David McCormack reprising their series roles as Mum (Chilli) and Dad (Bandit).
Series creator Joe Brumm and director Richard Jeffery helm The Bluey Movie from Brumm’s script. The CG-animated pic produced by Ludo Studio in collaboration with BBC Studios hits theaters on August 6, 2027.
Billed as “the ultimate Disney fan event,” D23 continues through Sunday with many of the experiences set for the Anaheim Convention Center near Disneyland and showcases down the street at the Honda Center.
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.
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