What's news: No Time To Die facing $30 million-plus hit due to date change, CinemaCon still going on as planned, the Film Academy gives Dawn Hudson a contract extension, the DGA and studios cut a new deal, Gray Television reportedly making an offer for Tegna, HBO developing The Last of Us TV series, Amazon reviving The Kids In The Hall. Plus: Harvey Weinstein finally goes to Rikers, and MSG sets its entertainment spinoff. --Alex Weprin

 'No Time To Die' Facing $30M-Plus Hit Over Date Shift

►MGM to take $30 million-plus hit after moving Bond film No Time to Die. Although the bulk of the marketing campaign for the Cary Joji Fukunaga-directed pic — the 25th installment in the storied 007 franchise — had yet to roll out, the marketing outlay already was significant with just four weeks to go before the release, including a $4.5 million Super Bowl spot that ran in February, Tatiana Siegel reports. MGM declined comment.

--Still, the alternative MGM was facing was far more costly, and even an eight-figure loss will be easier for a film like No Time to Die to withstand considering the broader profit margins on a Bond film. The story.

►CinemaCon moves ahead but plans enhanced measures amid coronavirus worries. The National Association of Theatre Owners on Thursday dispatched a memo reiterating that the convention will take place as planned from March 30-April 2 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. So far, no studio has scrubbed plans to attend despite travel restrictions being imposed at some of their parent companies, such as WarnerMedia. The story.

+TCM Classic Film Festival moves ahead amid coronavirus concerns. Organizers of the festival, which takes place at the TCL Chinese Theatre and Egyptian Theatre — unveiled a slew of new additions and guests for the event on Thursday. The festival also stated that, amid coronavirus concerns, it would be "closely monitoring this evolving situation. We are working with internal and external partners to ensure that the safety of attendees and staff are our priority." More.

+Regal owner Cineworld says no "material impact" on admissions from coronavirus. The exhibition giant reports "good levels of admissions in all our territories" and says that despite the delay of the new James Bond movie studios "currently remain committed to their release schedule." More.

►DGA and studios reach new deal. The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers reached an agreement March 4 on a new three-year agreement ahead of a June 30 contract expiration, the DGA announced Thursday. Details will be released after submission of the deal to the guild's national board on Saturday.

--Negotiations began Feb. 10 and were led for the union by Negotiations Committee Co-Chairs Jon Avnet and Todd Holland, and the Guild’s chief negotiator, National Executive Director Russell Hollander. For the studios and producers, AMPTP president Carol Lombardini was understood to be lead. The story.

►Film Academy renews CEO Dawn Hudson's contract through 2023. Hudson's contract was due to expire in May, but the board voted to extend it for another three years. The 64-year-old, who previously led Film Independent, will continue to oversee all aspects of the Academy and its 430 employees in Los Angeles, New York and London; work closely with producers and ABC on the production of the Oscars telecast; and oversee the ongoing development of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which will open Dec. 14. The story.

►Hachette employees stage walk-out over Woody Allen memoir. "We respect and understand the perspective of our employees who have decided to express their concern over the publication of this book. We will engage our staff in a fuller discussion about this at the earliest opportunity," Hachette Book Group told THR's Sharareh Drury in a statement. The story.

►Mulan tracking for heroic $85 million-plus U.S. opening. If those projections hold, the movie would score the biggest opening of 2020 to date (the current crown holder is Bad Boys for Life with $62.5 million). Bullish box office observers believe Mulan ultimately has a shot of matching, or exceeding, Aladdin's $91.5 million domestic launch in summer 2019, based on the strength of tracking. The story.

Elsewhere in film...

--Michelle and Barack Obama's Higher Ground Productions and Riz Ahmed are teaming up to tackle Exit West, an adaptation of the best-seller by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid being developed by Netflix.

--Sony's Vin Diesel-starrer Bloodshot will be the next motion picture release in the immersive ICE cinema format.

--Legendary Television has signed a first-look deal with DJ2 Entertainment, which specializes in adapting video games for other media.

--Frank Scheck reviews the Mark Wahlberg-starring Netflix film Spenser Confidential.

--Sony Pictures has delayed the theatrical release date for war drama Greyhound, the company announced Thursday. The film, directed by Aaron Schneider, was originally scheduled for release on May 8, 2020. The new date is June 12. According to studio insiders, the move had nothing to do with concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.

--Speaking of Greyhound, here's the trailer for the Tom Hanks-led film... And here's the trailer for the upcoming horror film Antebellum...

--Philip Kaufman, the auteur behind such films as The Right Stuff and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, is being honored this week with a lifetime tribute at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris.

 HBO Turns To Gaming For New IP

►The Last of Us series in the works at HBO. Craig Mazin, the creator of the acclaimed limited series Chernobyl, is reteaming with HBO to adapt the massive Sony PlayStation video game franchise. In a rare development in the world of video game adaptations, the writer and creative director of the game, Neil Druckmann, is also involved and will work with Mazin to pen and executive produce what is intended to be a series. The story.

►The Kids in the Hall revived at Amazon. Amazon has greenlit eight episodes of the Canadian sketch-comedy series. The five members of the comedy troupe — Dave Foley, Bruce McCullouch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson — will join with executive producer Lorne Michaels for a continuation of the show, which originally ran from 1988-95 in Canada and the U.S. It will be Amazon's first Canadian original series. More.

►Just in: Gray Television making $8.5 billion bid for Tegna. The deal, if approved, would continue the consolidation in the local television market. Gray owns local stations in 93 U.S. markets, with Tegna (formerly a part of Gannett) operating in 51 markets. The two companies have little overlap in markets, however. Reuters has the story.

►MSG's entertainment spinoff moves forward. The Madison Square Garden Company has filed a form 10 with the SEC, as the company's proposed spin-off of its entertainment assets moves forward. James Dolan will serve as CEO of the new company, to be named MSG Entertainment, while Andrew Lustgarten will be CEO of MSG Sports. The new entertainment business will own Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, The Forum in Inglewood, and the forthcoming MSG Spheres in Las Vegas and London, among other assets.

--Possibly the most notable news in the announcement is MSG CEO James Dolan handing day-to-day leadership of the sports business to Lustgarten. While Dolan will be executive chairman of both companies, he will only be CEO of the entertainment business, implying that is his business priority going forward. Before you get too excited New York Knicks fans: "Team operations for the Knicks and Rangers will continue to be overseen by Mr. Dolan."

+In other business news: Former MGM CEO Harry Sloan and former CBS entertainment president Jeff Sagansky have launched pricing on their new acquisition vehicle, Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. The company, which will trade on the new York Stock Exchange under the tickers “FEAC” and “FEAC WS,” will seek to acquire or merge with other businesses, including in the media and entertainment space. The sports betting and fantasy service DraftKings went public last year by merging with one of Sloan and Sagansky's acquisition firms.

Elsewhere in TV...

--Elisabeth Moss is set to make her directorial debut on Handmaid's Tale in the forthcoming fourth season of the award-winning Hulu drama.

--CBS All Access has given a series order to a dark comedy called Guilty Party, starring and executive produced by Isla Fisher.

--On My Block co-creator and showrunner Lauren Iungerich is cementing her working relationship with Netflix. Iungerich, who also created MTV's Awkward, has signed a multi-year overall deal with the streamer.

--Comedy Central has ordered a 20 episode second season of its Crank Yankers revival... The Octavia Spencer vehicle Truth Be Told will be back for a second season at Apple TV+...

--Daniel Fienberg reviews Amazon's drama ZeroZeroZero.

--Here's how Grey's Anatomy said farewell to Justin Chambers.

--Ratings: ABC's Volcano Live special Wednesday night didn't bring much ratings heat, falling below Nik Wallenda's last televised wire walk in June 2019. Fox's The Masked Singer retained its spot as the night's top show among adults 18-49 as the other broadcast networks were fairly steady.

 Harvey Weinstein Is At Rikers

 Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted last Monday on two felony sex crimes, left Bellevue Hospital and was admitted to the North Infirmary Command medical unit at the Rikers Island prison. Weinstein had been at the hospital since last Monday, when he experienced high blood pressure and heart palpitations, according to his lawyer Donna Rotunno.

--"He is being moved to Rikers as we speak," his spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, told THR on Thursday afternoon. Engelmayer said that Weinstein "has a heart procedure done and is now fit to go to NIC at Rikers." Weinstein, he said, "had a stent put in to open a blockage." More.

+Netflix settles shareholder dispute over executive bonuses. In April 2018, the City of Birmingham Relief and Retirement System filed a suit on behalf of Netflix that alleged board members, including Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, allegedly structured the company's executive bonuses to illegally circumvent taxes and mislead shareholders into approving those payments. The settlement details.

+Also: R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser... A Missouri man dressed at the Joker was charged Thursday with felony first-degree terrorist threats after he live-streamed himself saying he planned on killing random people...

►CNN looking past election day. Jeremy Barr emails: At an event for advertisers last night, CNN chief Jeff Zucker talked about how the company is planning and programming for 2021, when the political world might be churning a little slower. "We're ready for 2021," Zucker said. "CNN has a strategy, post-election. Whether it's our digital investment, whether it's our series or film investment, CNN will be ready for 2021. The company will offer "a full slate of original series" in 2021, he said, including new programming about Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, Abraham Lincoln and the history of the television sitcom, as well as films about Anthony Bourdain and Julia Child.

►Hillary: Regrets, denials and eight other secrets from Hulu's Hillary Clinton doc. With Hillary set to premiere March 6, THR's Lacey Rose breaks down everything from the Monica Lewinsky ask to the other filmmakers considered for the project. The list.

►Ken Loach takes on gig economy in new film: Workers "absolutely exploited to their bones." The 83-year-old social realist director's Sorry We Missed You portrays a worker toiling away at an Amazon Flex-like company as his family life slowly disintegrates around him. The interview.

►Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella pushes London opening due to "current global circumstances." The production, first announced by THR in 2018, was originally set to open this summer. Cinderella will now open Oct. 28, with previews beginning Oct. 9. More.

+Theater review: Girl From The North Country. "No disrespect to Bob Dylan, one of the greatest songwriters in modern American music, but hearing his tunes sung by the melodious voices in Girl From the North Country is a revelation — the second time even more than the first," David Rooney writes. The review.

Casting roundup: Former New Girl star Hannah Simone and Elizabeth Hurley will play lead roles in a CBS comedy pilot... Maura Tierney will follow up The Affair with a lead role opposite Jeff Daniels in the Showtime drama Rust... Delroy Lindo has found his next TV role. Lindo will star in ABC's drama pilot Harlem's Kitchen... Dylan McDermott is the latest to join Will Smith in King Richard...

Revolving door: Kelly Day has been named COO of ViacomCBS Networks International... Rogers & Cowan PMK has launched a multicultural communications division and hired veteran executive Stephen Macias to lead the new practice... French video game company Ubisoft has named company vet Marie-Sophie de Waubert as the new managing director of Ubisoft Paris... Media Rights Capital has hired two executives to key posts in its TV division. Stacy Fung will head up current programming for the indie studio, and Jeff Freid will be executive vp business and legal affairs... Former presidential hopeful Andrew Yang and his wife Evelyn have signed with CAA... Nicole Perlman, one of the industry's most sought-after studio tentpole scripters, has signed with WME for directing and producing... llumination Entertainment — the animation studio behind Despicable Me, Minions and most recently Sing — has named Keith Feldman as its new COO...

What else we're reading...

--"FX boss John Landgraf finally joins the streaming wars" [Vulture]

--"The end of pay-TV" [Matthew Ball]

--"Joe Biden not so ‘sleepy’ when Fox News plays it straight on Super Tuesday" [LA Times]

--"Bernie Sanders had a problem with MSNBC. Then came Super Tuesday" [NY Times]

--"ESPN plotting dream Monday Night Football booth: Al Michaels and Peyton Manning" [NY Post]

From the archives...

On March 6, 1998, the Coen brothers unleashed The Big Lebowski in theaters, where it would become a cult hit and gross $46 million globally. The Hollywood Reporter's original review.

Today's birthdays: Kiki Dee, 73, Shaquille O'Neal, 48, Tom Arnold, 61, Milo Manheim, 19, Tyler, The Creator, 29.