Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate’s A24 feature Marcel the Shell with Shoes On boasts one of the more captivating origin stories in recent memory. The stop-motion/live-action hybrid stems from a 2010 YouTube short of the same name that became the first in the series after going viral, also spurring the creation of two New York […]
Just one week after BA.5 had outcompeted all other Covid strains become dominant in the U.S., a new highly-mutated Omicron subvariant has arrived which may begin the cycle all over again. BA.2.75 has a large number of mutations when compared to its sister Omicron lineages. Some of those adaptations could allow the virus to bind […]
Tony Revolori (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Gabrielle Nevaeh Green (That Girl Lay Lay), and Kausar Mohammed (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous) are among 9 new castmembers joining the Nickelodeon animated series Monster High, premiering this fall. Rounding out the cast is Courtney Lin (Crash: The Animated Series), Iris Menas (West Side Story), Valeria Rodriguez (To Your […]
Get ready for memes to be turned into television series. My Therapist Says, an Instagram account that has 7.5M followers, is being developed as a live-action series by Artists for Artists, the company set up by SNL star Kenan Thompson and John Ryan Jr. It marks one of the most high-profile Instagram accounts to be […]
Daniel Kaluuya won’t reprise his Black Panther role in Disney and Marvel’s anticipated sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Deadline can confirm. The Oscar winner exited the project due to conflicts with scheduling on Jordan Peele’s horror Nope. In the original 2018 Black Panther film directed by Ryan Coogler, Kaluuya played W’Kabi—the confidant and best friend […]
EXCLUSIVE: Pamela Adlon’s untitled pregnancy comedy has rounded out its cast with John Carroll Lynch, Hasan Minhaj, Stephan James, Oliver Platt, the Lucas Brothers and Sandra Bernhard joining the already announced Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau. Adlon, who directed many of the episodes of her Emmy-nominated FX series Better Things, is making her feature-film directorial debut […]
EXCLUSIVE: Katherine Pope is once again taking the helm of a major TV studio. Pope, who has served as Head of Original Content at Charter Communications’ Spectrum Originals for the past four and a half years, is joining Sony Pictures Television as President of Sony Pictures Television Studios, overseeing all domestic scripted productions. She is […]
Netflix revealed today that’s it’s teaming up with Microsoft to launch its new advertising-supported subscription plan. “In April we announced that we will introduce a new lower priced ad-supported subscription plan for consumers, in addition to our existing ads-free basic, standard, and premium plans. Today we are pleased to announce that we have selected Microsoft […]
EXCLUSIVE: CatchLight Studios today announced the launch of Nuts & Bolts, a new division specializing in production services, to be overseen by Executive Vice President of Production, Yolanda T. Cochran. The mission of Nuts & Bolts will be to service worldwide production, from basic production service and compliance requirements, up to full third-party production services and […]
Netflix has launched production on You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!, a new YA comedy from Happy Madison & Alloy Entertainment. Adam Sandler (Hustle), Tony winner Idina Menzel (Uncut Gems) and SNL cast member Sarah Sherman are part of the pic’s sprawling ensemble, which also includes Sunny Sandler (Hustle), Sadie Sandler (Hubie Halloween), Luis Guzmán (Boogie […]
EXCLUSIVE: Joel Gretsch (All Rise) and Gustaf Skarsgård (Oppenheimer) are the latest additions to the cast of Ben Affleck’s Nike film for Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports and Mandalay Pictures. They join a star-studded ensemble led by Matt Damon and Affleck in the as-yet-untitled sports marketing pic, which will ultimately premiere on Prime Video in more than […]
Legendary director Martin Scorsese will be this year’s recipient of the Location Managers Guild International’s Eva Monley Award, presented to filmmakers who have demonstrated extraordinary support for the work of location professionals. It’s named in honor of the late-Eva Monley, who scouted locations for David Lean, John Huston, Otto Preminger and many others. The 9th […]
Rotten Tomatoes has teamed with Movieclips, an established YouTube destination for trailers and other movie material, to create a newly expanded entertainment video hub. Both Rotten Tomatoes and Movieclips are under the digital network umbrella of NBCUniversal-owned Fandango. The new Rotten Tomatoes YouTube Network will build on Movieclips’ 11-year history to offer more than 100,000 […]
Diane Lane is set as the female lead opposite Jeff Daniels in A Man in Full, Netflix’s six-episode limited series based on Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel, from David E. Kelley and Regina King. In A Man In Full, when Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Daniels) faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as […]
EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has licensed worldwide distribution rights on the Greg Mottola-directed Jon Hamm-starrer Confess, Fletch to Paramount Global Content Distribution. The film will have a limited theatrical berth and go day and date with Premium Video-on-Demand on September 16th. The comedy then premieres on Showtime October 28. Mottola, best known for helming Superbad and Adventureland, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Freida Pinto (Mr. Malcolm’s List) is developing Huma Abedin’s New York Times bestselling memoir Both/And, A Life in Many Worlds into a TV series through her production company, Freebird Films. Pinto will star as Hillary Clinton’s top aide and longtime advisor in the project, which is set up at Entertainment One through Freebird Films’ […]
EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. rights to Lindsay MacKay’s romantic drama The Swearing Jar, starring Adelaide Clemens (Under the Banner of Heaven), Douglas Smith (Don’t Worry Darling), Patrick J. Adams (Prime Video’s A League of Their Own) and Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner (The White House Plumbers). The Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company has slated the film […]
EXCLUSIVE: Traci Myman is leaving Disney where she most recently served as VP Business Affairs for ABC Entertainment and Walt Disney Television to join Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment as the indie studio’s new head of business operations. She replaces Sandra Ortiz who is departing Kapital after five years. During her tenure at Disney, Myman led […]
Disney+ has announced a new round of French-language original productions including its first feature, the romantic thriller Une Zone À Défendre, and the second season of hit comedy show Weekend Family. Set against the backdrop of the world of eco-protestors, Une Zone À Défendre is Romain Cogitore’s third feature after WWII drama 15 Lads and romance […]
Everything’s Trash duo Phoebe Robinson and Jonathan Groff are staying in business with The Walt Disney Company. The pair, whose new comedy launches on Freeform today, July 13, have extended their overall deals with ABC Signature. Robinson, who stars in, writes and exec produces the half-hour comedy adaptation of her own book, previously struck an […]
Paramount+ announced that season three of its hit original half-hour animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks will premiere on Thursday, August 25, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. Following the premiere, the remaining nine episodes of the 10-episode long season will be available to stream weekly on Thursdays. The official key art for the […]
Stranger Things’ Joe Keery, Camila Morrone and Aldis Hodge have been revealed as the key cast members of Keir O’Donnell’s heist romantic drama Marmalade as the production wraps in Minnesota. Cinematographer Polly Morgan, whose upcoming credits include Sony’s Where the Crawdads Sing and The Woman King starring Viola Davis, also is attached to the project. The feature is produced […]
The Locarno Film Festival has unveiled the selection of emerging film industry executives, filmmakers and critics selected for its long-running Locarno Academy programme aimed at nurturing the next generation of cinema professionals. The academy program, which will take place within the framework of the festival’s 75th edition running August 3-13, selects candidates who have already […]
Paul Schrader is set to be honored with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival. The American director and screenwriter will be presented with the award on August 13 at the festival’s Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema and the presentation will be followed by a special screening of his latest title, […]
Channel 4 has appointed its first ever Director of Inclusion to oversee diversity strategy for the It’s a Sin broadcaster, who will sit on the Executive Management Board. Marcia Williams, who has 30 years experience working for the likes of the Treasury, Transport for London and The Law Society of England and Wales, will lead the 4Inclusion […]
