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Jamie Lee Curtis said at SXSW she wouldn’t have signed David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween if she’d known it was meant to start a trilogy, and used the moment to secure a development deal with Blumhouse. Blumhouse’s low-budget model and Curtis’s negotiations ultimately helped launch three more Halloween films, effectively reviving the franchise.
Lawyers for a board handpicked by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis accused Disney of making a "backroom deal" to retain development rights for one of its theme parks located in a special tax district. The board is expected to declare the previous development agreement with Disney "null and void" on April 26. The conflict began after Disney criticized DeSantis over his "Don't Say Gay" bill, which banned the discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation in public schools before fourth grade.