SPOILER ALERT: The interview includes details about the Season 1 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In one of the biggest twists in the Season 1 finale of Prime Video’s LOTR: The Rings Of Power, Halbrand (Charlie Vickers), the charismatic King of the Southlands with strong Aragorn vibes about him, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sophia Bush (Good Sam) and Jeremie Harris (Fargo) will star alongside Simona Brown in MPI Original Films’ drama Freedom Hair from Oscar nominee Dianne Houston, which is currently in production in Atlanta. The film written and directed by Houston and produced by MPI is based on the true story of Melony Armstrong (Brown), a […]
Netflix stock dipped 1% to close the week at $230 a share as debate continued on Wall Street about the financial impact of the company’s embrace of advertising. Basic with Ads, the new subscription tier with four to five minutes of ads per hour of programming, will debut in early November in the U.S. and […]
The January 6th Committee’s proceedings this week may have been its final chance to deliver a closing argument about Donald Trump’s culpability in the attack on the Capitol, and it did so by once again exceeding expectations. Once again, the committee offered up new morsels of evidence and information, again with the heavy use of […]
“Pure imagination,” wrote Russell Crowe this morning in response to a book excerpt published months ago which had likely just come to the Oscar-winner’s attention. In the excerpt from Scott Meslow’s From Hollywood With Love, which was posted online by Vulture in February, My Best Friend’s Wedding director P.J. Hogan says he originally tried to […]
The Critics Choice Association revealed the list of honorees for its 2nd annual Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television taking place on November 13. The event, hosted by Justina Machado, recognizes standout Latino performances and work, both onscreen and offscreen. Desi Arnaz will be posthumously honored with the Icon Award for his lengthy and impactful […]
Writer-director Fridtjof Ryder makes an impressive debut with Inland, which had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival this evening. The German-English filmmaker – who also produces – has delivered an atmospheric meditation on family, loss, nature and the environment, with terrific turns from Mark Rylance and newcomer Rory Alexander. In the credits, […]
Max Woodward, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts executive and producer who oversaw the production of its theater programming for years before his retirement in 2016, died today of Alzheimer’s disease at a Washington D.C. care facility. He was 76. “Today, we mourn the passing of Max Woodward,” the Kennedy Center said […]
EXCLUSIVE: Gaia Scodellaro is set to join Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning in Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3 for Sony Pictures. Written by Richard Wenk, the film will being produced by Escape Artists’ Academy Award nominee Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch as well as Washington, and Fuqua. While the plot is being kept under wraps, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Dubuque, the co-creator of Netflix’s Ozark, has signed an overall deal with Fifth Season. The company formerly known as Endeavor Content will work with the writer and producer to develop his own slate of original series. It builds on Dubuque’s first-look deal with the studio. Dubuque has already been building out a development […]
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, who was one of the hosts of the recently canceled daytime series The Real, is moving into primetime television with a talent and development deal at NBCUniversal. Bailon-Houghton, the first Latina daytime talk show host on English-language television, has struck the deal with NBCUniversal Television and Streaming and it includes unscripted opportunities across its […]
Daniel Radcliffe paid tribute to his Harry Potter co-star Robbie Coltrane today, remembering the beloved actor as “one of the funniest people I’ve met.” In a statement obtained by Deadline, Radcliffe said of the actor who died today at 72: “Robbie was one of the funniest people I’ve met and used to keep us laughing […]
EXCLUSIVE: Yvonne Senat Jones (Sneakerella, Gone in the Night) has been cast in a recurring role in the Disney+ Original series, The Crossover. She will portray Janice, Filthy (Jalyn Hall) & JB’s (Amir O’Neil) English teacher at Hughes Middle School. She’s a great teacher, and a close, supportive friend of their mom, Crystal (Sabrina Revelle). Based […]
Ramy Youssef may not be the same person as the titular character in his Hulu series Ramy, but the Golden Globe-winning, multi-Emmy-nominated creator and star certainly relates to the New Jersey Millennial Arab-American man at the heart of his show. Joining 20 Questions on Deadline this week, Youssef delves into the parallels between his own […]
EXCLUSIVE: Alexandra Daddario is set to star in ACE Entertainment’s I Wish You All The Best with Tommy Dorfman making her directorial debut. The project is based on Mason Deaver’s bestselling novel of the same name which Dorfman optioned in 2019. Dorfman is writing the screenplay and will also produce the feature. The film revolves […]
EXCLUSIVE: Guy Burnet, Luca Diaz and Daniella Pineda have been cast opposite Anna Konkle in Amazon Freevee’s Western, a half-hour period comedy pilot from Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Studios and Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s Sony TV-based Lord Miller. Written by Michelle Morgan, Western is set in the 1800s. It follows Polly (Konkle), a young high-society woman from Philadelphia who travels out west […]
Peacock has released a first look of Joe Pesci and Pete Davidson from Bupkis, its new comedy that is also written and executive produced by the former Saturday Night Live comedian. Bupkis is described as a heightened, fictionalized version of Davidson’s real life. The series will combine grounded storytelling with absurd elements from the unfiltered […]
Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to the psychological horror film Family Dinner, which debuted at Tribeca earlier this year. Cinedigm plans to release the film early next year, streaming exclusively on its Bloody Disgusting-powered horror platform Screambox. Written and directed by Peter Hengl, produced by the Austrian company Capra Film and co-produced by […]
EXCLUSIVE: Bad Wolf has made its first signature hire since the Sony acquisition, signing up His Dark Materials EP Dan McCulloch in the newly-created role of Director of Content. McCulloch becomes one of the most senior figures at the I Hate Suzie and Industry drama producer, reporting to CEO Jane Tranter, having worked closely with […]
Universal’s release of Blumhouse, Miramax and Trancas’ Halloween Ends saw a Thursday night of $5.4M from 3,200 theaters. Showtimes began at 5PM. That figure is +11% from last year’s Halloween Kills‘ previews which were $4.85M. The third Halloween movie from David Gordon Green in a subset trilogy within the franchise is set to make around […]
Netflix’s Tudum has released new photos from Season 5 of The Crown, which includes the first images of Princes William and Harry, along with photos of Imelda Staunton as the Queen, Elizabeth Debicki as Diana and Dominic West as Charles, among others. In Season 5, with the new decade in its stride, the Royal Family […]
EXCLUSIVE: Mercury Studios has completed work on a documentary about the co-founder of one of the greatest rock n’ roll bands of all time. Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd explores the enigmatic Barrett, who wrote Pink Floyd’s first two hits and even came up with the band’s […]
Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi will no longer attend the London Film Festival premiere of his latest film Subtraction after authorities stopped him from boarding a flight to London. A spokesperson for the BFI London Film Festival told Deadline that Haghighi was turned away at the airport by Iranian authorities and his passport was confiscated. “He […]
EXCLUSIVE: Casting for Netflix’s highly-anticipated third season of Bridgerton is heating up and Hannah New, the star of Starz’ series Black Sails, is the latest Deadline can reveal. New will play Lady Tilley Arnold, a firebrand widow. Widowed at an early age, she enjoys the privileges and power that come with being at the helm […]
Welcome to the International Insider, Max Goldbart here. We’ve been all over the proverbial shop this week with Mel and Jesse in sunny Rome and Zac racing round London at the speed of light to cover LFF. Read on for the biggest news in international TV and film. Mipcom Cannes Back With A Bang Three […]
