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Although Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong pioneered the stoner comedy genre, the cult film franchise nearly looked much different. While appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, the duo discussed their new documentary Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie and reminisced about the Oscar-nominated director they tried to recruit to helm one of their […]

There is an idea of a Patrick Schwarzenegger… who is campaigning to star in Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming American Psycho adaptation. Following his recent turn on HBO’s The White Lotus, the actor is once again setting his sights on the coveted role of Patrick Bateman, which was previously portrayed by Christian Bale in the 2000 feature […]

Hot Docs, the internationally renowned nonfiction film festival in Toronto, announced awards tonight for the 32nd edition of the event. Best International Feature Documentary went to I, Poppy, written and directed by Vivek Chaudhary. The film centers on a son who “fights corrupt officials while his mother tends their poppy farm in India.” The award […]

With the third installment of the Knives Out franchise premiering this year, Rian Johnson is advocating for a theater-going experience. Following Netflix boss Ted Sarandos‘ statement that movie theaters are “an outmoded idea” for many, the 2x Golden Globe nominee said he hopes Wake Up Dead Man gets a proper theatrical run before hitting the […]

Relatives of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer tragically killed on the Santa Fe set of Western Rust, have come out in support of the film, encouraging movie lovers to see it. Olga Solovey, the DP’s mother, said, “I watched my daughter’s stunning film twice. I was so happy for the success of my daughter because it […]

The Avengers have assembled to support Thunderbolts*, the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Amid filming for Avengers: Doomsday, the cast of the upcoming superhero movie took a break to watch the new Marvel film. Robert Downey Jr., who returns to the MCU as Doctor Doom, shared a set of photos on social media […]

In partnership with Film Independent, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) Hollywood Bureau is expanding its Fellowship for American Muslim Filmmakers. Applications have opened for the 2025 fellowship, which will now offer two $10,000 grants to filmmakers accepted into Film Independent’s Artist Development programs who identify as American-Muslim. Recipients will be selected by the end […]

EXCLUSIVE: Martin Sheen has been tapped by James Cameron to narrate the audio book of Ghosts of Hiroshima, the Charles Pellegrino book set for publication by Blackstone on August 5. Cameron plans to use the book as the basis for a film of the same name, which the filmmaker will direct as his first non-Avatar […]

A logistical nightmare has been averted. Both the 2026 Academy Awards and the L.A. Marathon were scheduled for Sunday, March 15, but an agreement has been reached that solves the problem. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that organizers of the Oscars and the LA Marathon — the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences […]

Rust, the indie Western with a tragic backstory, is now out at at some 115 theaters through Falling Forward Films, as well as on PVOD. The release comes well over three years since the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a bullet from Alec Baldwin‘s gun on the New Mexico film set. An on-again-off-again involuntary manslaughter criminal […]

EXCLUSIVE: Under its first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Premeditated Productions has launched development on Shield of Sparrows, a feature adaptation of the forthcoming romantasy novel by Devney Perry. Derek Kolstad, architect of the action franchises John Wick and Nobody, is set to pen the script. Liz Pelletier, Publisher and CEO of Entangled Publishing, and […]

Phyllis de Picciotto, who founded the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, has died. She was 84. Daughter Lionie de Picciotto said her mother died April 14 but did not provide other details. After spending her early childhood in Chicago, de Picciotto and her family moved to L.A. She graduated from Fairfax High School and attended […]

As David Oyelowo and wife Jessica‘s production company expands its repertoire, they’ve faced an uphill battle in terms of representation. The 3x Golden Globe nominee recently teased their Yoruba Saxon banner’s upcoming adaptation of Tọlá Okogwu’s Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun and their long-gestating Rocketeer sequel, as they navigate “performative” inclusion that came […]

Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) and Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone) are set to star in Ruin, a new thriller based on the screenplay by Kaz Firpo and Ryan Firpo (Marvel’s Eternals), which topped the Black List in 2017. Hailing from Niki Caro, the director behind titles like The Mother and Mulan, the film is set […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is teaming with Pitch Perfect franchise and Last Breath producer Paul Brooks on worldwide rights to the survival horror film Rats!, which Lionsgate is launching for sales at the upcoming Cannes market. The film will see New York City in a race against time to stop a killer rat infestation unlike anything the world […]

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. Today, we tweak the format slightly to talk to two globe-trotting professionals shaking up the industry in the U.S. and internationally: Thomas Benski, the former CEO and co-founder of Pulse […]

EXCLUSIVE: On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride broke the ultimate glass ceiling, soaring into space as America’s first woman astronaut. For a time, she became the most famous person on Earth. Almost 42 years to the day after Ride left the planet aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, the documentary Sally, directed by Emmy winner Cristina […]

Brad Pitt’s Apple film F1 has a finish line in sight as well as other important details about the making of the movie that will interest viewers. The film, made in partnership with Formula 1 and its 10 teams, will arrive in 2025 with real racing world experts behind the product as well as big-name […]

Thunderbolts is about to strike the box office at the beginning of May, and the film pulls together a cast of Marvel Cinematic Unvierse characters from very different backgrounds and projects of the past phases. With their collective pasts, it’s easy to see why the group would begrudgingly work together while ignoring the urge to […]

EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has acquired North American rights to The Unholy Trinity, a Western actioner starring Pierce Brosnan (Golden Eye) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) alongside Brandon Lessard (Classified). In partnership with Roadside Attractions, the film will be released in theaters nationwide on June 13. A tale of revenge, dark secrets, and buried […]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories has promoted Aaron Katz to SVP of Acquisitions and Development and Alexandra Fredricks as VP of Theatrical Sales with both reporting directly to Dan Berger, president of the New York-based distribution company. Fredricks steps up after Andrew Carlin moved to Variance Films last month. Katz, VP of Acquisitions since 2015, joined Oscilloscope […]

EXCLUSIVE: Shudder has acquired the distribution rights to the supernatural thriller Good Boy in the U.S,, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand following the film’s premiere at SXSW in March. Good Boy, which redefines the haunted house genre by telling its horror tale through the eyes of a family dog, is co-written and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winners and husband-and-wife cinema royalty Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) and Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) are set to reunite on screen in psychological thriller Bunker from Oscar-winning writer-director Florian Zeller (The Father). FilmNation Entertainment will launch international sales on behalf of Blue Morning Pictures and MOD Producciones at the upcoming […]

EXCLUSIVE: Vanished, the indie action thriller from Randy Charach, is leading Glass House Distribution’s Cannes Film Festival slate. The pic comprises one of three Glasshouse has acquired in a worldwide rights deal with Charach Productions – the other two being David Lynch-inspired horror Texas Nightmare and action drama Clutch. Charach produces all three, with Michael […]

World of Wonder (WOW) founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato – two of the most successful creators in the documentary and unscripted spaces – have been named Guests of Honor at the upcoming Sheffield DocFest. The Emmy-winning executive producers of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and directors of documentaries The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Inside Deep Throat, […]

Marvel Studios celebrated the premiere of Thunderbolts* in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theater, where the stars of the film came together for the big event. Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman and Geraldine Viswanathan were present at the premiere. RELATED: ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Cast Photos: All […]

EXCLUSIVE: Actor, clean energy advocate and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger will receive the Legacy Award from the South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening, the opening night of the 20th edition of the festival. “The Legacy Award is honoring an iconic movie star, who began his trailblazing immigrant journey […]

Alfred Hitchcock enjoyed making his audiences suffer, and now that uneasy feeling is coming to Netflix in large doses. The streamer said today that it will add several of the horror-suspense master’s best loved films, including The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, his final film Family Plot and more. They join the filmmaker’s beloved and dreaded […]

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook) is set to star alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor and Norman Reedus in the Darren Aronofsky-produced feature Pendulum. The horror movie is currently shooting in New Mexico. From screenwriter and director Mark Heyman (Black Swan), Pendulum follows young couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail […]

The International Cinematographers Guild has chosen John Lindley as its new president and revealed the results of the rest of its officers elections. See the full list below. Lindley is returning to a role he previously held from March 2020 through June 2022, succeeding outgoing president Baird Benton Steptoe Sr. He, as well as all […]

Priscilla Pointer, the co-founder of the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop and a theater, TV and film actress who often played memorable mothers – especially to her daughter Amy Irving – died in her sleep on Monday at the age of 100, according to family. Pointer’s most prominent work over her eight-decade career includes roles in […]

Making a mid-budget movie or TV series just got a little bit easier in Los Angeles. The L.A. City Council on Tuesday passed a motion that reduces “onerous regulations and permitting” as well as other “unnecessary fees, inconsistent safety requirements.” The vote, which took place earlier today at City Hall, passed unanimously. It was introduced […]

EXCLUSIVE: China Lion Film Distribution has acquired all media rights from Universe Films to the upcoming Andy Lau-starrer A Gilded Game for release in Canada, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. China Lion has set May 8, 2025, as the theatrical release date in Australia and New Zealand, and May 9, 2025, as the theatrical release in North America. […]

Universal’s film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s second most recent novel, Reminders of Him will arrive in theaters between Paramount’s take on her Regretting Youbook and Amazon MGM Studios’ adaptation of her thriller Verity. The cast has been rounding out for the film, set to arrive in theaters next year. For everything we know about the […]

Lionsgate has unveiled the first trailer for Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the third installment in its magic-themed franchise Now You See Me, starring Jesse Eisenberg, which hits theaters on November 14. The third Now You See Me sees Eisenberg’s J. Daniel Atlas and his cohort of thieving illusionists, known as The Four […]

“This is a true story that happened in my town,” says a little girl in the first full-length trailer for New Line’s Weapons. “So this one Wednesday is like a normal day for the whole school, but today was different. Every other class had all their kids, but Mrs. Gandy’s room was totally empty. “And […]

On a night saluting the independence and go-for-broke cinematic life of Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino perhaps best summed up why the legendary filmmaker has opted out of accepting many honors over the decades by quoting Coppola himself, who once said, “The things you do when you’re young that you get fired for, are the […]

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has clocked a second commanding week at the box office, taking the flick’s worldwide tally to $ 161.6 M. The film’s rollout has been impressive and unconventional, with marketing materials largely aimed at educating audiences about the philosophy behind the movie’s technical ambitions, the prime example being Coogler’s now-viral Kodak explainer video. […]

More than 40 years later, Ralph Macchio paid back Francis Ford Coppola the best way he knew how at the director’s AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute. During Saturday’s gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the actor recalled an important lesson the filmmaker taught him on the set of 1983’s The Outsiders, repaying him […]

It was a booming box office weekend overall with a duo of event films popping too as fans flooded Pink Floyd and flocked to Mozart. On Swift Horses debuted in moderate release, Magic Farm opened at one theater. The Legend Of Ochi and The Shrouds expanded.   Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the concert film […]

Although Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong have long been subculture icons, the earnings from their breakout film almost immediately went up in smoke. In Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie, the titular stoner duo recalled the “huge horrible deal” that earned them $50,000 each on their first film Up in Smoke (1978), despite it grossing more […]

As Francis Ford Coppola received AFI’s 50th Life Achievement Award, Adam Driver praised his fearless approach to cinema. During Saturday’s gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the actor paid tribute to “one of my cinematic heroes” and his big swing with last year’s Megalopolis, which Coppola self-funded after first conceiving the idea in […]

Refresh for latest…: A very busy weekend at the global and international box office with strong holds for the films already in play and the impressive return of a Jedi. Before we dive into detail, here’s the topline information.  Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie crossed yet another century mark worldwide, now at $816.6M global after […]

Although Robert De Niro was passed over for The Godfather, his starring role in the sequel turned out to be the offer he couldn’t refuse. While paying tribute to director Francis Ford Coppola with the AFI Life Achievement Award, he and co-star Al Pacino reminisced about their time with the filmmaker on his seminal mafia […]

More than 45 years later, Spike Lee shared the impact Francis Ford Coppola had on him during the latter’s AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute. While paying tribute to his fellow director on Saturday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Lee recalled being “the first in line” to see Coppola’s war epic Apocalypse Now when […]

As the American Film Institute paid tribute to Francis Ford Coppola with its 50th Life Achievement Award, the acclaimed director celebrated a homecoming of sorts. In his acceptance speech during Saturday’s gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the Godfather director said he felt like he “returned to the old neighborhood where I grew […]

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe enters Phase Six, the stakes have never been higher, onscreen and off. With a year until Avengers: Doomsday hits the big screen on May 1, 2026, MCU stars Wyatt Russell and David Harbour recently revealed the pressure they’re under to keep a tight lid on spoilers for the upcoming movie […]

Tom Cruise may often be tagged “the last great movie star” and “the man who saved the film industry” during lockdown but, according to his co-star and friend Kenneth Branagh, he remains “underestimated” in his acting. Cruise’s contribution to filmmaking in the UK is being recognised with a BFI Fellowship – the British Film Institute’s […]

Hamdan Ballal, the Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land, recounted his brutal attack and capture by Israeli settlers, saying he was mocked for his accolade amid his kidnapping. Calling the incident the “worst moment of my life,” the filmmaker urged continued international attention on Palestine and the “near-daily violence” its residents experience. In a heartfelt […]

Although Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones lead the upcoming romantic drama On Swift Horses, don’t expect the typical sparks between the pair. Director Daniel Minahan teased the film, now playing in theaters, and how the dynamic between Elordi’s Julius and Edgar-Jones’ Muriel “transcends even sexuality” to explore the LGBTQ characters’ “platonic” romance. “I thought it […]