EXCLUSIVE: Louise Lombard (After franchise) has signed on to a role in Christopher Nolan’s Universal Pictures thriller Oppenheimer. She joins a stacked ensemble led by Cillian Murphy that also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off her historic win at the SAG Awards on Sunday night, Ariana DeBose has her sights set on her next major project. The Oscar-nominated West Side Story star is set to join Sony Pictures’ Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson in the titular role. Although it’s unconfirmed, sources say DeBose […]
Sam Esmail’s adaptation of Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 film Metropolis finally is coming to the small screen. The streamer has handed a series order to the project, which comes out of the Mr. Robot creator’s massive overall deal at UCP. It will be written and directed entirely by Esmail, who also is behind Starz’s upcoming political drama series […]
EXCLUSIVE: Dean Georgaris’ agent drama Blank Slate has found its pilot director. Richard Shepard, who has directed pilots for series including Ugly Betty and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, will helm and exec produce the pilot episode of the NBC project. Shepard has directed ten television pilots to pick-up including Criminal Minds and has also directed episodes […]
Broadway continued its 2022 rebound last week, with 92% of available seats filled and box office receipts climbing 5% over the previous week to $23,004,259. Total attendance for the 19 Broadway productions during the week ending Feb. 27 was 177,701, a 3% increase over the previous week. The average ticket price was a robust $129. […]
Emmy nominee William Jackson Harper (Love Life) and Cristin Milioti (Made for Love) have been tapped to star in Peacock’s The Resort a true-crime love story from Palm Springs writer Andy Siara, Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail and UCP. The Righteous Gemstones‘ Skyler Gisondo also is set as a lead and Ben Sinclair (High Maintenance) […]
EXCLUSIVE: Even with his highly-anticipated HBO series Winning Time set to bow on Sunday, Jason Clarke is already lining up his next major project as he is the latest top talent to join Christopher Nolan’s next film Oppenheimer. The A-list ensemble already includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy, […]
HBO has given a pilot green light to Computer School, a single-camera comedy written/executive produced by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, creators of the cult Netflix sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. Robinson will co-star in the pilot, which is directed by Andrew Gaynord (Stath Lets Flats). In Computer School, […]
Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday) is expanding on her relationship with Netflix, with a deal for two more original films in which she’ll star, the streamer announced today. Lohan’s deal comes following her attachment to Falling for Christmas, a holiday rom-com that is slated to debut on Netflix later this year. In it, she plays […]
UK TV trade body Pact has called on its 700-strong member base to suspend all co-operation and trade with Russia. A statement posted in the last few minutes said Pact has removed all Russian production and business information from its website in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is into its fifth day. […]
The organizers of Mip TV are to follow all “government sanctions and policies in each territory where we operate” regarding Russia, with Deadline understanding there will effectively be no Russian presence at the Cannes TV market. A statement in the past few minutes from Mip owner RX France condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and […]
Afua Hirsch, a broadcaster, journalist and presenter on Samuel L. Jackson’s Epix series Enslaved, has been appointed Advisory Chair of this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival. Hirsch, a passionate diversity advocate, will examine themes around how those in the TV industry are in a unique position as storytellers to shape the world, asking which stories we […]
BBC Studios And Sky Deutschland Strike Factual Content Deal Sky Deutschland has become the pay-TV home for BBC Studios’ factual content in Germany after striking a deal unveiled at BBC Studios Showcase this morning. The network will host more than 150 hours worth of docs including Greta Thunberg A Year to Change the World, Louis […]
EXCLUSIVE: The excitement surrounding Steven Knight’s upcoming big-budget BBC war thriller Rogue Heroes has ramped up another notch with buyers in Europe, Canada and Australia acquiring the drama. As distributor Banijay Rights gets ready to unveil the show at tomorrow’s London Screenings event, HBO Max in Europe, Amazon Prime Video in Canada and Australian network […]
The Late Show host Stephen Colbert was sure that Chris Licht was the right person for the job of showrunner of his CBS late-night show when the pair met over a drink six years ago. But Colbert said, “I wasn’t sure whether I would like him, whether we would become friends, because we’re all show […]
An organization of owners and executives from the original United States Football League filed suit today in Los Angeles to block Fox Sports’ planned launch of a new version of the legacy league. Fox Sports’ USFL is scheduled to begin play April 16, with all eight teams using the same franchise names, logos and other […]
The FTC is set to decide over the next few weeks whether to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon’s planned merger with MGM. The Information reported this evening that the U.S. regulator is exploring actions that include hiring expert witnesses. The $8.45 billion deal was announced last May, around the same time as WarnerMedia-Discovery. The […]
The highest-ranked Ukrainian tennis player in the world, Elina Svitolina, announced today that due to the Russian invasion of her country, she would not play a “match against Russian or Belarussian [sic] tennis players until our organizations take this necessary decision.” That decision, she said, should be for the ATP, WTA and ITF to treat […]
Sony has become the latest studio to pause the release of its films in Russia — including the high-profile Marvel pic Morbius, starring Jared Leto — as the country continues its invasion of neighboring Ukraine. “Given the ongoing military action in Ukraine and the resulting uncertainty and humanitarian crisis unfolding in that region, we will […]
Roku is removing RT, Russia’s state-controlled television network, from its channel stores in Europe, according to a Roku spokesperson. On Sunday, the European Union announced additional sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, including a ban on RT and another Russian outlet, Sputnik. Facebook is restricting access to the outlets in the European countries. […]
There were big winners at the 22nd Annual Black Reel Awards which was presented by idobi. Featuring 12 live awards and 5 honorees, and unveiling a new statuette, the ceremony made sure to conduct tributes to films which made their mark in Black Cinema History. This year’s show became a battle of cinematic royalty, beginning […]
Shortly after Disney took a stand this afternoon and paused the theatrical release of Pixar’s Turning Red in Russia over the country’s invasion of Ukraine, Warner Bros has officially stopped the release of its highly anticipated The Batman for now in Russia. The movie was set to open on March 3, and Deadline was informed by the studio […]
Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B has boarded Beetlejuice 2, Deadline has confirmed, bringing a new sense of life to a project that has long been in the works at Warner Bros. The sequel remains in early development, with the script yet to be written. No other attachments have been disclosed at this time. Beetlejuice […]
2022 Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) has signed on to star alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline in Apple TV+’s upcoming series Disclaimer created by Alfonso Cuarón, which also has Sacha Baron Cohen in talks for a role, Deadline can confirm. The Ankler was first to report the news. Oscar winner […]
UPDATED with MPA statement: Hollywood hasn’t been the most bullish about taking an action that would dent its bottom line, but Disney today has taken the bold move of pulling its theatrical releases from Russia temporarily in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. We hear that other studios were scrambling to formulate their own […]
