EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian actor Gabriel Leone has been set by director Michael Mann to play a key role in Ferrari, which is revving up for an August 1 production start in Italy. Leone has just signed with CAA and joins a cast that includes Adam Driver in the title role, alongside Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley […]
EXCLUSIVE: The 2x WGA Award nominee and Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast member has wrapped production on her feature film directorial debut, First Time Female Director, Deadline has learned. Chelsea Peretti starred, wrote and produced the Fox Entertainment MarVista and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions movie which is set at a local theater in Glendale, CA, where a newly minted […]
EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) has signed on to star as Dr. Audrey Evans in Audrey’s Children—the biopic on the healthcare hero, which Ami Canaan Mann is directing for Amasia Entertainment (Wild Mountain Thyme) and Resonate Entertainment (Sitting in Bars with Cake). Evans is the revolutionary pediatric oncologist best known as the co-founder of Ronald McDonald House […]
Constance Wu tweeted today after a three-year break from social media, and she’s opening up about her attempting suicide following the backlash she received over comments she made about the sixth-season renewal of her ABC series Fresh Off the Boat. “I haven’t been on social media in almost 3 years,” she wrote on Thursday. “Tbh, […]
Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump, has died at the age of 73. The former president confirmed her death in a post on his Truth Social account. “I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sonic the Hedgehog franchise producer Original Film is developing a feature take of the Alexis Hall novel, Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake. Original’s Neal Moritz and Karina Rahardja are producing through their discretionary fund with Paramount. David Mandell is adapting the Forever book, which follows a young single mother who dreams of owning a […]
EXCLUSIVE: Following the critical success of his movie Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Dean Fleischer Camp has found his next project as he has been tapped to direct the live-action adaptation of the classic animated pic Lilo & Stitch for Disney. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback are producing. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is […]
“We say the same thing,” remarked Joe Russo when asked about the possibility that he and brother Anthony will direct a version of the Secret Wars plotline for Marvel. Indeed, they’ve been asked about it for years, giving cagey answers and trying to walk the line between enthusiasm and secrecy. The more Marvel Studios’ Phase […]
Fox’s The Resident is upping Kaley Ronayne to series regular for Season 6. The news follows Deadline’s exclusive announcement that Andrew McCarthy was promoted to series regular on the medical drama. McCarthy plays Dr. Ian Sullivan, father of Ronayne’s character Dr. Cade Sullivan. Cade is a double board-certified ICU and ER doctor whose love life […]
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has an exclusive track from Mychael Danna’s score for 3000 Pictures’ dramatic thriller Where the Crawdads Sing, which is slated for release by Decca Records tomorrow, as the film hits theaters in the U.S. Olivia Newman’s film based on the bestseller by Delia Owens tells the story of Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones), an abandoned girl who […]
The BBC has unveiled plans to merge its domestic and international news channels, with 70 jobs set to be cut in London HQ but 20 created in Washington. The landmark plan, which was first unveiled last year as the BBC battles to make millions of pounds of savings within its news division including 450 redundancies, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Marc Smerling, who produced and shot HBO’s classic true crime series The Jinx, is to explore a the complicated history of a Rust Belt town where car bombs and mob murders in a new podcast series. Smerling and his Truth.Media company have teamed up with Sony Music Entertainment for Crooked City: Youngstown, OH. The […]
EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek Into Darkness, Black Mirror and Belgravia star Alice Eve has joined the cast of Sky’s upcoming comedy-drama series The Lovers. Eve will join a cast that includes the likes of Roisin Gallagher (The Fall, The Dry), Johnny Flynn (Beast, Emma) and Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones, Holding). The series, first unveiled two weeks ago, follows Janet […]
The 65th annual Grammy Awards will air live from Crypto.com Arena (formerly known as the Staples Center) in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 5, CBS and The Recording Academy announced today. The three hour and 30 minute ceremony will kick off at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on CBS and available to stream live and […]
Contrary to internet rumors and some published reports, producers of Broadway’s Funny Girl say they were not “blindsided” by star Beanie Feldstein’s Sunday night Instagram post announcing her early departure. Using wording similar to that in Feldstein’s post, producers and Feldstein’s representative have released a joint statement saying that producers had “decided to take the […]
Dune studio Legendary Entertainment and Berlin-based indie producer and distributor Tobis are to create a joint venture aimed at developing and producing premium German-language serial content. The pair has entered into an agreement to launch the JV, which will be based at Tobis’s recently-opened Munich offices. The firm will focus on high-end scripted series and miniseries driven by […]
Twitter service went down during the 5 AM PT hour on Thursday, as users reported widespread outages. “We are currently investigating this issue,” Twitter’s API status page read. The outage lasted about 40 minutes, but apparently affected a variety of the social media platforms services. A company spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request […]
Fast-rising digital sports media player Jomboy Media has hired Andrew Patterson as its first CEO. In announcing the hire, the company described the former Major League Baseball official as “a proven executive with a history of navigating the digital sports world.” It added that he is someone “who shares our vision of who we are, […]
The Bear is roaring back with more original episodes: FX picked up a second season of the half-hour scripted series that streams on Hulu. The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), a young chef from the fine-dining world who comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after his brother’s suicide. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Moonbug Entertainment has teamed with with kids social network Zigazoo to launch a collection of NFTs for children’s educational program Blippi. The NFTs, available from July 21, will serve as unique collectibles and offer buyers the chance to be founding members of the Blippi Fan Pass, which will offer access to exclusive Blippi perks, videos and […]
EXCLUSIVE: The story of how the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is to become a film called Scoop, and Hugh Grant is one of the unconfirmed names in the frame to portray the disgraced royal, Deadline has learned. Acclaimed Your Honor screenwriter Peter Moffat is […]
Netflix has revealed cast for upcoming Indonesian original series Gadis Kretek, including award-winning actresses Dian Sastrowardoyo and Putri Marino. The historical drama, produced by Indonesia’s Base Entertainment, will also star popular actors Ario Bayu and Arya Saloka. It will be directed by Kamila Andini, whose Before, Now & Then won best supporting performance at this […]
BBC Studios Moves Showcase From Liverpool To London BBC Studios is moving its annual showcase from Liverpool to London. Following almost a decade in the Merseyside city, the BBC’s commercial arm said it will bring a “fresh focus on upstream creative projects from across its range of production houses, labels and partners.” The move will […]
American Beauty and House of Cards star Kevin Spacey has pled not guilty to five sexual assault charges at a court hearing at London’s famed Old Bailey court this morning and will face trial in June next year. The Oscar-winning actor, appearing under his real name of Kevin Spacey Fowler, was asked for his name and address […]
Paramount-owned British network Channel 5, Australia’s Network 10 and Fremantle are looking to a post-Neighbours future and working on a primetime thriller from Neighbours exec Jason Herbison, starring Stay Close actor Jo Joyner. Filming will get underway shortly in Australia on four-parter Riptide, which will follow Alison (Joyner), whose life is plunged into despair when her new Australian husband vanishes […]
