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EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Lionsgate has landed Renegotiate, a high-concept action-thriller spec by Mark Townend, sources tell us. The film centers on a troubled FBI crisis negotiator who finds himself stuck in a time loop, re-living the events of a bombing and struggling to stop it before time runs out. Think Source Code meets […]

A cozy thatched cottage tucked beside a tree-lined lane, smoke curling from brick chimneys. Lampposts casting a glow over the scene. These are the soothing images – the functional equivalent of comfort food — that made artist Thomas Kinkade a fortune in the 1980s and ‘90s. Museums spurned the homespun canvases, but ordinary Americans couldn’t […]

Ryan Coogler is expressing his gratitude following the box office success of Sinners. The filmmaker penned an emotional letter thanking fans for their support of the period horror film, which stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles. “Eternal gratitude. My heart is bursting with it. I want to thank each and every one of you […]

Harvey Weinstein’s latest New York rape trial will see opening statements tomorrow now that a jury has finally been chosen. With the last alternate picked Tuesday after over a week of selection of literally hundreds of people, the much accused Pulp Fiction producer will plead his fate to a panel of seven women and five […]

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Soderbergh is out to the town with an untitled feature doc, centered on the final interview of John Lennon, multiple sources tell Deadline. This is the first doc in many years for Soderbergh, who released And Everything Is Going Fine — on the life of multi-hyphenate artist Spalding Gray — through Sundance Selects […]

EXCLUSIVE: Rising British actor Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) is set to star in Play Dead, the new survival thriller from Carry-On‘s Jaume Collet-Serra that we told you about back in February, sources tell Deadline. No details have yet emerged about Jupe’s character or the film’s plot, though it’s been described by sources as Don’t […]

Cinespia is paying tribute to the late David Lynch with a screening of his seminal 1986 noir Blue Velvet, following the auteur’s death at age 78 in January. For its 24th season, the Los Angeles outdoor screening series is partnering with Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video, kicking off with a Memorial Day weekend lineup […]

EXCLUSIVE: Bobby Cannavale (Unstoppable) and comedian Fortune Feimster (FUBAR) are the newest additions to the cast of Amazon MGM’s untitled new comedy starring Will Ferrell. Character details are under wraps. We were first to report on the project, hailing from writer-director Nicholas Stoller, who’s reunited with Ferrell following their work on the Amazon MGM wedding […]

The wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista can now add “honorary deputy sheriff” to his hyphenates. Taking to Instagram prior to the weekend, the Guardians of the Galaxy star revealed he was bestowed the distinction in his current residence of Hillsborough County, Fla., which encompasses the city of Tampa that he’s lived in for the past two decades. […]

For the second time this month, Warner Bros. turned its box office fortunes around at the last minute before a movie’s opening with Sinners overperforming to $48M after what appeared to be a mid $30M projection by some tracking services earlier this month. The first trailer for Sinners dropped in September and didn’t really make […]

Hayden Christensen will reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker in Ahsoka Season 2, teasing his appearance on the Disney+ series. During the Star Wars Celebration in Japan, the actor confirmed that he would return to the Star Wars universe as the Jedi Knight who turned to the dark side of the Force, becoming the Sith Lord Darth Vader. “There’s […]

Jacob Elordi is looking forward to audiences seeing what may be one of his most highly anticipated roles yet. The actor, who is set to star as romantic antihero Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights, gave Deadline a production update while speaking about his Amazon series The Narrow Road to the Deep […]

Andrew Garfield has made it no secret that he is open to reprising his Spider-Man role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). While making an appearance at the Middle East Film & Comic Con in Abu Dhabi, the actor explained the conditions under which his version of Peter Parker could coexist with Tom Holland’s. “I […]

EXCLUSIVE: With A Minecraft Movie owning the box office over the past month and HBO’ The Last of Us returning with a bang, Universal is looking to add its own video game adaptation to the mix with the help of two big superstars. Sources tell Deadline that the studio is developing a feature adaptation of […]

Five months after Blake Lively filed her sexual harassment and retaliation complaint with California’s Civil Rights Department against her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, his Wayfarer Studios and inner circle, a previously unrevealed subpoena-seeking lawsuit from Lively peels back some of the questions about when she knew about an alleged online […]

EXCLUSIVE: Joel McHale (Animal Control) and Paula Patton (Sacrifice) are set to star alongside Yonas Kibreab, the lead of Pixar’s forthcoming Elio, in Reimagined, a musical feature marking the directorial debut of composer Mateo Messina (Juno), which adapts his original symphony The Pageant. Written by Messina and Jeff Witzke, the film follows Felix McCoy (Kibreab), […]

Claude Lelouch’s 1966 romantic drama A Man and a Woman starring Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant is the inspiration behind the official posters for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which revealed them Monday ahead of the fest’s 78th edition. For the first time in Cannes’ history, the movie, which won the Palme d’Or that year, […]

In times of crisis, the Timoners stick together. When family patriarch Eli Timoner suffered a debilitating stroke in 1982 – at the height of his business career as Air Florida, the airline he founded in Miami, was flourishing – it was mom Lisa who rallied the spirits of their children – Rachel, Ondi, and David. […]

Ernie Hudson is taking over the late Carl Weathers’ voice role of action figure Combat Carl in Toy Story 5, Deadline has confirmed. Prior to his passing due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, pro football player turned actor Weathers voiced Combat Carl in two projects: the 2013 TV special Toy Story of Terror! and 2019’s Toy […]

Sarah Michelle Gellar knows more than what you did last summer, she knows she’s joining Searchlight’s Radio Silence sequel Ready Or Not: Here I Come with genre vet Elijah Wood, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, Kevin Durand, and David Cronenberg rounding out the cast. Cameras are rolling in Toronto today. All of them join previously announced Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton in […]

In an XO takeover of Coachella during Weekend 2, The Weeknd and Jenna Ortega made an appearance at the Indio, Calif. festival to promote the release of their forthcoming film Hurry Up Tomorrow. The fan event featured a ferris wheel takeover, announced by the four-time Grammy-winning Abel Tesfaye ahead of the weekend on Wednesday. Lasting […]

Academy Award-winning Steven Soderbergh recently reflected on his latest project, the buzzy and well-reviewed espionage thriller Black Bag, lamenting the dissonance between its critical success versus its lackluster draw at the box office. The prolific filmmaker sat down with The Independent to discuss his disappointment and disillusionment with the waning attendance at theaters, seeing it […]

The White House’s social media activity shows no sign of abating. This time around, the official POTUS Instagram celebrated a visit by actor Vince Vaughn, spoofing the poster from 2005’s Wedding Crashers for the occasion. On Friday, the Bad Monkey star and executive producer shared a joint post with President Donald Trump’s official social media […]

Despite the lackluster reviews and box office performance of last year’s Drive-Away Dolls, Margaret Qualley is re-teaming with Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke. As the 2x Golden Globe nominee reunites with the filmmaking couple on Honey Don’t!, she recently teased her role as the titular gay private detective Honey required her “to be a little […]