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Although Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal reunite for some an action-packed bromance in The Accountant 2, one familiar face is missing from the sequel. Franchise director Gavin O’Connor recently teased that he plans to have Anna Kendrick reprise her role as accountant Dana Cummings for a future third installment, as Affleck said he’s “just waiting […]

“I had to text Lily-Rose Depp and say I’m sorry,” casting director Kharmel Cochrane explained this afternoon during a Q&A session at Scotland’s Sands Film Festival.  The apology was on account of Cochrane dismissing Lily-Rose Depp as a serious contender for a leading role in Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu. The vampire remake is one of the […]

James Griffiths’s buzzy UK-shot and set comedy The Ballad Of Wallis Island received its first UK festival screening Friday evening in St Andrews, Scotland, as the opening film of the Sands International Film Festival. The crowd-pleasing comedy arrives at Sands after its debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film follows Charles (Tim Key), […]

SPOILERS: This post contains details about Final Destinations: Bloodlines After 25 years, death has a few twists in store for fans of the Final Destination franchise. With the sixth installment Final Destination: Bloodlines premiering May 16 in theaters, director Zach Lipovsky recently teased how the upcoming sequel deviates from the series of horror movies. “For […]

Suzanne Collins gave her readers a huge gift in returning to the world of The Hunger Games series, the first three books of which she wrote in 2008, 2009 and 2010, for the prequel story of one Haymitch Abernathy. Haymitch, portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the quartet of films based on Collins’ original book trilogy, […]

Bruce Logan, a respected director of photography and cinematographer who worked on classic films including Star Wars: A New Hope, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Tron, has died. He was 78. Logan passed away unexpectedly earlier this month. At the age of 19, having worked as an animator for the BBC, Logan scored a job […]

Despite how some audiences feel about Ben Affleck reprising his role as a man on the spectrum, The Accountant 2 director Gavin O’Connor wants the sequel to champion the neurodivergent community. Following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s recent rhetoric around people with autism, the Emmy nominee criticized the Secretary of Health’s comments as “such an ignorant […]

BAFTA winner Emma Mackey (Sex Education) is set to play the White Witch in Netflix’s Narnia movie from filmmaker Greta Gerwig, sources have confirmed to Deadline. Netflix declined to comment. Mackey joins a cast that will also include Daniel Craig, as uncle of Digory Kirke, and Meryl Streep as lion Aslan the Great. The film […]

More than six years after revealing her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, Selma Blair is ready to get back to work. The actress recently revealed that she has been relapse-free in her MS as she finds herself becoming “much more career-oriented” again and “would love” to return to acting, with a few movies in the works. […]

Earlier this year, a federal judge called the various bitter and big bucks demanding lawsuits between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over what may have occurred during the making of It Ends With Us and the film’s release essentially “a feud between PR firms.” Turns out back in early March Judge Lewis J. Liman was […]

Watch out Knives Out 3! Another Netflix murder mystery film, The Thursday Murder Club, is in the works from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Netflix, based on a book by BBC game show host and British TV presenter Richard Osman. The cast was stacked from the start, and production on the film was set to […]

EXCLUSIVE: Julia Eringer’s feature directorial debut Paring has found its cast. Written by Eringer and Heather McCallum, the pair stars in their psychedelic romantic-comedy alongside Alexandra Billings (Transparent, Never Have I Ever, The Conners), Devin Way (Queer as Folk, Grey’s Anatomy, Sistas) and Scott Turner Schofield (The Idol, The Blacklist). Currently filming in Santa Fe, […]

Updated with the latest: Colleen Hoover’s popular thriller Verity has wrapped production for the feature film adaptation with Amazon MGM Studios starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett. Two more of Hoover’s books, Regretting You, and Reminders of Him have been picked up for film adaptations as well, each growing its cast ahead of […]

Lar Park-Lincoln, the actress known for playing Linda Fairgate on Knot’s Landing, has died. She was 63. The Dallas-based actress’ death was announced by her company Actors Audition Studios after she died on Tuesday. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Lar Park […]

The Federal Communications Commission and Paramount have been in contact about steps needed for the agency to approve its sale to Skydance, Deadline has confirmed. The Wall Street Journal first reported the start of discussions over how the parties might work towards a green light of the deal announced last summer that’s been parked at […]

Looks like awards circuit habitués will have a little bit longer to recover over the winter holidays this season. The Palm Springs Film Festival said Thursday that the date of its awards event is being moved back one day to Saturday, January 3. It had been scheduled for Friday, January 2. The Palm Springs International […]

As Julia Garner joins the MCU, she’s getting a crash course in her mysterious Marvel comic book character. The Golden Globe winner recently recalled how she joined the cast of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which premieres July 25, explaining she “was confused” over the fact that her antagonist role, the Silver Surfer, is now […]

The 16th annual TCM Classic Film Festival gets underway Thursday night in Hollywood with a 45th anniversary screening at the Chinese Imax Theatre of the acclaimed second Star Wars feature, 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, with creator George Lucas on stage to talk about it. It certainly fits in with this year’s theme, “Grand Illusions: […]

Although David F. Sandberg might be done with superhero movies, he still has some blockbusters in him. The Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) director revealed that he got “death threats” over his work on the DCEU franchise, which nearly forced him to give up IP-based movies before his upcoming video game […]

Talk about turnarounds: Hollywood is getting high marks this week for two timely hits that are being devoured by Gen Z audiences worldwide. Filmgoers are lauding the game-based A Minecraft Movie and the original thriller Sinners — a veritable feast of video games and vampires. And memories are short. Two years ago at this moment […]

UPDATE, 1:55 PM PT: The second day of Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial in New York came to a close with defense lawyers seeking a mistrial. As dramatic as it sounds, the effort was cut short by Judge Curtis Farber within minutes. With the jury excused for the day, defense lawyers Arthur Aidala, Diana Fabi Samson […]

Pedro Pascal is expressing his support for the transgender community and made a big statement at the Thunderbolts premiere in London. The Last of Us actor made an appearance at the Cineworld Leicester Square in support of the Marvel film, sporting the viral “Protect the Dolls” t-shirt. Pascal had previously worn the shirt during his […]

A Delaware bankruptcy court judge today set a May 16 deadline for bidders interested in making a run at Village Roadshow, and a May 20 auction date if more than one party shows up. The number to top is $416.5 million offered by Alcon Entertainment, which was approved by Judge Thomas Horan today as a […]

The first reviews of Thunderbolts are coming in, and early reactions are praising the Marvel movie. Thunderbolts stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Hannah John-Kamen, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and more. The superhero film follows a group of antiheroes forced to work together on a dangerous mission after being caught […]