Negotiations to avert a threatened film and TV strike in British Columbia by the Directors Guild of Canada B.C. will resume April 25. The resumption of contract talks comes in the wake of the guild’s first-ever strike authorization vote, which was approved last week by an overwhelming majority – 92.2% of its 1,700 members. “Our […]
Lizzo is preparing for Saturday Night Live this weekend where she will be both host and musical guest, shooting promos for the NBC late-night show. The bits feature Lizzo alongside castmember Kenan Thompson, with the two joking about Thompson’s role as a Lizzo backup dancer, folding bedsheets and cloning. “How are you doing host and […]
Hot off his five Grammy wins including Album of the Year this month, Oscar winner Jon Batiste has joined the remake of The Color Purple, whose producers include Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones. Batiste, who has been band leader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since its 2015 launch, will make his […]
Riverdale star KJ Apa and 1883 actress Isabel May have nabbed the alien-sibling lead roles in The Wonder Twins, a live-action DC comedy for HBO Max. Apa will play Zan, and May will portray Jayna. While the plotline is under wraps, Jayna is known for her talent of transforming into an animal, while Zan is […]
EXCLUSIVE: U.S.-based Wonder Street and New Zealand-based Stripe Studios have struck a deal to team on a slate of unscripted TV series, kicking off the partnership with Snow Patrol as well as New Zealand Gold Diggers. Snow Patrol, for Bravo New Zealand, will follow the lives of the staff and crew of The Remarkables Ski […]
“I see nothing happening on a major scale to try to get the older audiences back to theaters,” griped Sony Pictures Classics’ co-president Tom Bernard. Ideally, Bernard wants NATO to trumpet cinema safety in a big public campaign. (A NATO rep says not in the cards.) He’d like that campaign alongside a creative marketing push […]
Jay Binder, whose more than four decades as a prominent Broadway casting director included finding just the right talent for such productions as The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, among many others, died peacefully today at his home. He was 71. His death was announced by a press spokesperson. Hollywood […]
Liz Sheridan, the veteran actress best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld’s mother on Seinfeld and also recurred on ALF and appeared in several Broadway shows, died today in New York City. She was 93. Her longtime friend and rep Amanda Hendon told Deadline that Sheridan died overnight in her sleep of natural causes. Sheridan already […]
EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Thirlby is joining the star-studded cast of Christopher Nolan’s feature film Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist whose work on the Manhattan Project led to the […]
CBS’ Thursday primetime slate returned strong after last week’s break, with newcomer Ghosts tying with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for the night’s top rating. Per Nielsen fast affiliates, Ghosts ticked up from the previous week to earn a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.78 million viewers. In the same hour, Law […]
EXCLUSIVE: Julian Fellowes’s breakout HBO period drama The Gilded Age is expanding its cast in a big way for Season 2, going from 12 to 24 series regulars, and deepening the Upstairs, Downstairs feel of the show. That includes thirteen actors who recurred in Season 1 and have been promoted to series regulars: Kelli O’Hara […]
Twitter said Friday its Board of Directors has unanimously adopted a limited duration shareholder rights plan, also called a poison pill, following Elon Musk’s unsolicited proposal to acquire the social media company. The plans is a defensive strategy that makes hostile takeovers more expensive and complicated, or, as per Twitter, reduces “the likelihood that any […]
EXCLUSIVE: Concord Originals has partnered with Outfest Fusion to launch a one-of-a-kind short film financing and IP licensing initiative, in support of up-and-coming LGBTQIA+ filmmakers of color. During Outfest Los Angeles in July, eligible filmmakers will pitch original short films incorporating one of three Concord-licensed songs to Outfest’s Artistic Director Faridah Gbadamosi, Concord Originals’ Director […]
EXCLUSIVE: Having already landed an A-list ensemble for its upcoming Barbie pic, Warner Bros and Mattel have upped the ante by rounding out the cast with some high-level talent. Sources tell Deadline that Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Ncuti Gatwa, Oscar winner Emerald Fennell, Sharon Rooney, Scott Evans, Ana Cruz Kayne, Connor Swindells, Ritu Arya and […]
EXCLUSIVE: Discovery+ revealed its Earth Day programming slate to be featured from April 15-24. Included as part of the line-up is content that celebrates the exploration and conservation of our planet and the inspiring people, places, and wildlife that depend on it to survive. A full breakdown can be found below. Chasing Ocean Giants- In […]
Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore whirled up $6M in Thursday previews that started at 2 p.m. at 3,350 venues. The David Yates-directed movie co-scripted by J.K. Rowling is expected to make $45M-$50M over the Easter holiday weekend stateside, with 73% of all K-12 schools off today, according to Comscore. Dumbledore also is expanding into […]
UPDATED, 8 AM: Jackass co-creator Bam Margera has dropped his lawsuit over his firing from the franchise’s Jackass Forever film. In court documents filed Wednesday, April 13 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Margera asks a judge that his case, alleging that he was wrongly fired by Paramount Pictures, be dismissed “with prejudice,” which means it […]
Turner Classic Movies is expanding its partnership with The Film Foundation with a multi-year financial commitment to fund education and restoration of classic movies. As a result of the expanded relationship announced Friday, a 4K restoration of Warner Bros.’ Giant will world premiere at the TCM Classic Film Festival. Prior to the screening at the […]
Pietro Marcello’s Scarlet will be the opening film at the 54th Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The drama, telling the story of young girl Juliette growing up alone with her First World War veteran father, and who is given a prophecy by a travelling magician, will have its world premiere on May […]
Mike Bossy, a prolific goal scorer who was a key member of the New York Islanders teams that won four straight Stanley Cup titles in the early 1980s, has died at age 65. The Hall of Fame player had revealed a diagnosis of lung cancer last October, stepping away from his duties as a TV […]
Her Majesty the Queen has missed the traditional Maundy Thursday service for the first time in 50 years, with the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall standing in for the monarch. British media reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were also present at the ceremony in Windsor, after meeting the Queen – […]
When the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson used a speech at a business conference to wax lyrical about a weekend trip to Peppa Pig World back in November 2021, he was slammed as “rambling” and “embarrassing”. However, it seems he – as the father of two young children, we should add – is not alone […]
EXCLUSIVE: Actor-comedian Pete Davidson has parted ways with Brillstein Entertainment Partners, sources tell Deadline. The Saturday Night Live star, who remains repped by ICM Partners, had been at Brillstein for awhile, and his manager there, Tim Sarkes, executive produced Pete Davidson’s standup specials, Pete Davidson: SMD (2016), and Pete Davidson: Alive from New York (2020). […]
A new state study suggests the number of people in Los Angeles County who have been infected with Covid-19 during the pandemic is far greater than the number confirmed through standard testing. That’s due largely to the number of people who never developed symptoms and so never got tested, or who couldn’t access tests, L.A. […]
Offstage, and sometimes on, David Mamet can be infuriating and exasperating, as anyone who has witnessed his recent nonsensical, offensive media blitz can attest, and then along comes something like American Buffalo – possibly his greatest work, all due apologies to Glengarry Glen Ross – with a cast so in sync with the playwright’s “profane […]
