Christopher Nolan has told me that composer Ludwig Göransson’s score for the Golden Globe-winning Oppenheimer is “part of the DNA of the project.” The five-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker explains that music “isn’t something that we hastily add after we’ve shot the film.” It is, rather, an integral part of his movie-making process, “the secret sauce,” he adds. Göransson […]
EXCLUSIVE: Noah Jupe (Ford vs. Ferrari, Honey Boy) has signed with WME for representation. The agency will also rep his new production company, Double Garage Films. Jupe is best known for his portrayal of Otis in the Shia Labeouf-led film Honey Boy (2019) from director Alma Har’el, and Peter Miles in James Mangold’s Ford v […]
One of the most successful coaches in American pro sports history is parting ways with the team he led to a half-dozen championships. Bill Belichick said during a news conference today that he is leaving the New England Patriots after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl wins in nine appearances. “It’s with so many fond […]
The upcoming seventh season of ABC’s The Good Doctor will be the final chapter of the medical drama starring and executive produced by Freddie Highmore. The Good Doctor, from Sony Pictures Television and ABC Signature, is the second long-running ABC drama coming to an end this season, joining Station 19, and the latest series that […]
Isabela Merced has joined the cast of HBO‘s The Last of Us. She is the last of three major additions for the upcoming second season of the post-apocalyptic drama based on the video game of the same name developed by Naughty Dog for PlayStation. The other two are recently cast Kaitlyn Dever as Abby and […]
‘I think these problems extend beyond the entertainment industry, and that’s no excuse for what’s going on,” says Dr, Anita Hill of sexual harassment and discrimination in Tinseltown. “I think what I would also say is if there is any industry that should be operating from a place of inclusion, it’s the entertainment industry,” the […]
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actor Luther Ford, who broke out with his turn as Prince Harry in The Crown‘s final season, for representation in all areas. A film student booked from an open casting call, Ford can be seen in the Emmy-winning Netflix drama’s last set of six episodes, appearing opposite Ed McVey, who portrays […]
EXCLUSIVE: Boutique distributor Juno Films has taken North American rights to Playland, a queer genre-bender marking the first feature from writer-director Georden West. On the heels of a festival run that saw it world premiere in Rotterdam before going on to play the Tribeca Festival and others, the film is slated for a theatrical release […]
George Carlin’s daughter Kelly Carlin is not laughing at an AI-generated comedy special on YouTUbe consisting entirely of an “impersonation” of her comic-genius father. The special, titled George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead!, is attributed to the AI-generated Dudesy, with the Dudesy voice introducing the hourlong special by likening it to “Andy Kaufman impersonating Elvis […]
Radio Silence’s new movie with Universal has made its title known, and it’s Abigail. The pic was always set to open on April 19, 2024. Here’s the blurb: Children can be such monsters. After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Luo’s LA-based finance and training vehicle Stars Collective has teamed with Chinese-based documentary production company Meilin Culture on an international co-production agreement to team documentary films and TV projects. The first projects of the deal will be the feature films Chinatown and Panda and the limited series Across the Ocean. The subjects of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Brat TV, the Gen Z studio behind digital series like Chicken Girls, has acquired Crypt TV, a similar company in the horror space. The acquisition marks another expansion for Brat TV, which launched its flagship channel in 2016, and now includes Past Your Bedtime, a video podcast network, and an influencer marketing division called […]
A funny thing happened on the way to the presumed two-horse awards-season race between 2023 toon feature juggernauts. Netflix’s Nimona picked a fight today with Gkids’ Hayao Miyazaki hit The Boy and the Heron and Sony’s global smash Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, scoring a leading nine Annie Awards nominations. The others managed seven noms apiece. […]
NewsNation is adding a three-hour morning show to its weekend lineup, part of a series of programming moves. Morning in America with Hena Doba will debut on January 27, airing Saturdays and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET. Paid programming, reruns and religious fare have been airing in that time period. Starting on […]
EXCLUSIVE: New York-based Distrib Films has acquired U.S. rights for French-language road movie Amore Mio and dramatic comedy Spare Keys for theatrical release in the coming months. Spare Keys (Fifi) is the directorial debut of filmmaking duo Jeanne Aslan and Paul Saintillan. The coming-of-age comedy drama follows a teenager who gets the keys to a […]
The Publicists Guild has unveiled its film nominees for its 2024 ICG Publicists Awards, which will be handed out in March. Up for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign honoring outstanding achievement in publicity in 2023 are the individuals and teams behind Amazon/MGM Studios’ Air, Warner Bros. Pictures’ Barbie, Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, Walt […]
The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on Thursday unveiled its latest The Inclusion List, a data-driven ranking system that looks to identify the most inclusive TV series across broadcast, cable and streaming in front and behind the camera. The list, a collaboration of the Inclusion Initiative and the Adobe Foundation, used data on personnel from the 2021-2022 broadcast season […]
EXCLUSIVE: Candice Carty-Williams was catapulted to fame by her hit novel Queenie, which made her the first Black author to win a top prize at the British Book Awards, but she tells Deadline adapting for TV has proved a seriously tough task. The Channel 4-Hulu adaptation will air this year and Carty-Williams said she has […]
Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we’ll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to Reno Studios, a digital studio launched in Taipei in 2017, initially handling VFX for Taiwanese films, and now also bringing work from international clients […]
The memoir of Lisa Marie Presley, the singer-songwriter daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley who died one year ago, will be published by Random House in collaboration with Presley’s actor-daughter Riley Keough, the publishing house has announced. Described by the publisher as a “raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir [that] will lift the veil on one of […]
Fresh controversy is brewing in the French film industry just weeks after a bombshell documentary detailing sexual assault accusations against Gérard Depardieu divided its ranks. In what promises to be another divisive affair, actress Judith Godrèche has publicly condemned the relationship she openly had with director Benoît Jacquot in the late 1980s, which she says […]
EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired all rights worldwide to Ron Frank’s documentary Remembering Gene Wilder, a portrait of the life and career of the beloved actor and comedian. Featuring highlights from Wilder’s most memorable films as well as interviews with his closest friends, family, and fellow comics, the film will next play as the Closing […]
The people have have their say. The nominations for the People’s Choice Awards are out, spanning movies, TV, music and general pop culture during calendar year 2023. See the noms list for all 45 categories here. MCU star and Barbie actor Simu Liu will host the ceremony on Sunday, February 18, from Barker Hangar in […]
EXCLUSIVE: AGBO announced today that Louis D’Esposito will be presented with the inaugural award at the Russo Brothers’ Italian American Filmmaker Forum Event on January 18. The Renaissance Award celebrates outstanding contributions to Italian American heritage and the entertainment industry. This is the first annual event for the Russo Brothers’ Italian American Filmmaker Forum (RBIAFF). […]
After a late start to its fourth season and behind-the-scenes turmoil, The Drew Barrymore Show has received and early, drama-free renewal for a fifth season on the CBS Stations. It is the first pickup for the syndicated daytime talker since the major reorganization at the show’s producer and distributor CBS Media Ventures, which was put […]
