The Kennedys have never shied away from symbolism, and it’s not hard to read the political message in a St. Patrick’s Day photo taken at the White House that includes President Joe Biden and dozens of members of the iconic political clan but very obviously does not include the family member who is himself running […]
EXCLUSIVE: Former USC football-turned convicted global drug kingpin, Owen Hanson, has been released early from a federal prison term of 21 years, and is on his way to transitional housing in Long Beach, CA, Deadline has learned per his attorney Mark F. Adams. Hanson is the subject of an Amazon Sports docuseries that’s being produced […]
EXCLUSIVE: Wavelength has revealed the 2024 recipients of its WAVE Grant. Ayesha Agarwal, Sharona D’Ornellas, Alaysia Renay Duncan, Amy B Tiong and Brittany Young each will receive $5,000 to create their first short film alongside production mentorship from Wavelength’s executive team. Read a bio for each recipient below. The WAVE Grant, which stands for “Women at […]
SXSW organizers on Monday announced the Audience Award winners for the festival’s recently wrapped 31st edition. The list includes Tracie Laymon’s dramedy Bob Trevino Likes It, which prevailed in Narrative Feature Competition, and the action thriller Monkey Man marking Dev Patel’s directorial debut, which dominated the Headliner section. Other notable winners included A24’s Sing Sing […]
Exhuma (Korean title: Pa-myo) has taken $67.8 million at the Korean box office, having notched more than 9.3 million admissions. The film stars Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hae-jin and Lee Do-hyun and is directed by Jang Jae-hyun. Exhuma follows two shamans, a feng shui expert and an undertaker as they seek to help a […]
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed comedian, writer and actor Leo Reich (Too Much) for representation in all areas. Reich is perhaps best known for his debut live show, Literally Who Cares?!, a New York Times Critics’ Pick, which earned him nominations for Best Newcomer at the Dave Comedy Awards, and Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne […]
EXCLUSIVE: Vault Entertainment has added industry veteran Craig Baumgarten as a manager/producer. The move reunites Baumgarten and Vault founder, Adam Griffin, who previously worked together. Baumgarten most recently was a partner at management/production company Wonder Street. Baumgarten previously served as VP of Paramount Pictures, President of Keith Barish Productions, EVP of Production at Columbia, President of Lorimar […]
EXCLUSIVE: After seeing his Amazon MGM romantic drama The Idea of You debut to glowing reviews on the closing night of SXSW, Michael Showalter has been set to reteam with the studio on Oh. What. Fun, a holiday comedy to star Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit). In the film, […]
CNN is adding a Saturday replay of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher to its schedule starting this week. The replay will air at 8 p.m. ET. The show runs on HBO on Friday evenings, but CNN has been tinkering with its weekend schedule. It’s the latest bit of corporate synergy between the Warner Bros. […]
Bill Maher is heading to CNN. Real Time with Bill Maher, which airs on Friday nights on HBO, will repeat on Saturdays on sister network CNN. The move starts on March 23. It’s not a huge surprise that Warner Bros. Discovery is using properties from one of its linear networks to bolster that of a […]
EXCLUSIVE: Andscape, the Black multimedia platform from Disney and ESPN, on Monday revealed &360, a new documentary anthology intended to explore the influence of Black culture on American society, expanding perspectives, telling previously untold stories, and revealing truths about some of the biggest sports and cultural moments of our time. Based on material generated and […]
EXCLUSIVE: Alessandro Nivola has joined Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in The Room Next Door, the first English-language film from Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Sony Pictures Classics will distribute and John Turturro is also on board. Almodóvar’s El Deseo is producing. The Room Next Door will be Almodóvar’s first feature-length project since 2021’s Parallel Mothers, which debuted at […]
EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA Award nominee Takehiro Hira (Shōgun, Gran Turismo) and Japanese Academy Award winner Akira Emoto have rounded out the cast of Searchlight’s Rental Family directed by Hikari (Beef) and starring The Whale Best Actor Oscar winner Brendan Fraser and Mari Yamamoto (Pachinko). Cameras are now rolling in Japan, with production to wrap around May. A release date has not been set. […]
The debut episode of The Don Lemon Show was posted on X/Twitter and other platforms this morning, with the former CNN anchor’s contentious interview with Elon Musk. Their sit down, running just over an hour, led to Musk canceling a deal he had with Lemon to post some exclusive content on X. Lemon is still […]
EXCLUSIVE: Storm Reid is attached to star in Teyana Taylor’s directorial debut Get Lite, which is in development at Paramount Pictures. Reid will also produce through her banner, A Seed & Wings Productions, alongside Kenya Barris and his Khalabo Ink Society. Along with Barris and Reid, the film will be produced by Bill Karesh through […]
Disney+ has revealed a spring premiere date for The Acolyte, the new Lucasfilm Star Wars series. Star Wars: The Acolyte will be released June 4 on the streaming service. The date was revealed Monday on Star Wars verified X account, which also teases more news to come tomorrow. (See below). Created by Lesley Headland (Russian […]
Raoul Peck, the filmmaker behind Academy Award-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro, is in production on his next feature doc — an investigation into the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise, tentatively titled, The Hands That Held the Knives. Over two years in the making, with unprecedented access to many of those involved, […]
TV Producer Dan Schneider has issued another response to an Investigation Discovery docuseries that uncovers the toxic and dangerous culture on the sets of his Nickelodeon children’s shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The first two installments that dropped Sunday were meant to reveal “an insidious environment rife with allegations of abuse, sexism, racism, and […]
EXCLUSIVE: The Good Doctor is getting a fitting conclusion with one of its most popular characters, Dr. Claire Brown, returning. Original cast member Antonia Thomas, who starred as Claire in the first four seasons of the ABC medical drama, will be back for two episodes in the current seventh season, including the series finale. Another […]
The new Warner Bros. Pictures Animation under President Bill Damaschke has booked the cast for their upcoming feature take of the Dr. Seuss classic, The Cat in the Hat, which they’re producing with Dr. Seuss Enterprises with SNL alum Bill Hader playing the title role. Joining him are Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), Bowen Yang (SNL), […]
NBC is setting up another reality summer. The network has unveiled premiere dates for its summer slate including America’s Got Talent, American Ninja Warrior, Password, The Wall and Weakest Link. It’s much the same look as last year, although without the likes of Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge, Dick Wolf’s LA Fire and Rescue and Jimmy […]
EXCLUSIVE: Ilfenesh Hadera (Godfather of Harlem) has been tapped to star opposite Denzel Washington in Apple and A24’s High and Low, an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller, from filmmaker Spike Lee. She comes to the project following collaborations with Lee on his acclaimed Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It, based on his […]
Cass Warner, a filmmaker and author born into Hollywood royalty and mother of Yellowstone actor Cole Hauser, has died. She was 76. The granddaughter of Warner Bros. co-founder Harry Warner, Cass Warner’s death was announced by her son Hauser. Additional information including cause and date of death was not disclosed. “It is with a heavy […]
EXCLUSIVE: Giancarlo Esposito, star of series including Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, is staying in the criminal underworld with his latest project. Esposito, coming off another turn as the sophisticated boss of a meth empire in Netflix’s The Gentlemen, is launching his first graphic novel. He has co-created The Venetian, a story of commitment […]
EXCLUSIVE: A famous face is about to show up on the streets of The Bold and the Beautiful. Hollywood vet Clint Howard has been cast to play a homeless man named Tom who provides pivotal clues to a mystery. Howard begins taping today. His episodes will air April 26 and April 29. Together with his brother […]
