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As Superman crashes to a snowy Earth in today’s trailer for Superman, we see a bloodied Man of Steel, looking almost broken. In another shot, Superman is getting trash thrown at him by a slew of people — not exactly the traditional image we’re use to for a guy who saves lives. There’s a big

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series featuring the scripts behind awards season’s buzziest movies continues with I’m Still Here, Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries filmmaker Walter Salles‘ personal political drama from Brazil that just made the Oscar shortlist in the Best International Feature category. Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega co-wrote the screenplay based on Marcelo

Sony Pictures is set to co-produce and co-finance the highly anticipated new animated film, Scarlet, from Academy Award-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai, Belle, Wolf Children) with Studio CHIZU and Nippon TV. Sony will distribute Scarlet globally (outside Japan) with the U.S. release earmarked for winter 2025. Toho will release in the home market.  Producers are Yuichiro Saito (Studio

Move over Benji and Lassie. One of the scene stealers to look forward to in James Gunn‘s new Superman movie is the Man of Steel’s best friend, that being Krypto the dog. In a moving moment in the trailer, a bloodied Superman who has fallen to a snowy Earth suddenly whistles and out of the

Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King is not as regal as hoped in its global debut. The cume through three days of international box office play is $33M, which, with the domestic outlook, portends a $125M worldwide start through Sunday. That’s far off pre-weekend projections of a $180M worldwide debut. Domestically, as Anthony has detailed, is

Veteran actor Joe Pesci committed to the bit a little too much when he accidentally bit Macaulay Culkin‘s finger while shooting the 1990 Christmastime classic Home Alone. In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, star Daniel Stern — who portrays the goofier half to Pesci’s more determined robber — recalled what happened: “I totally forgot

James Gunn is celebrating the rollout of the trailer for Superman after releasing the preview for the DC Studios film on Thursday, December 19. The DC Studios co-head and filmmaker took to social media to thank everyone for their support. “Krypto really did take us home: With over 250 million views and a million social

EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has signed Usman Riaz, the director, animator and co-composer of the animated feature The Glassworker, which has been selected as Pakistan’s official entry for Best International Feature at this year’s Oscars and is vying for an animated feature nomination, as well. World premiering at Annecy, The Glassworker is the most ambitious

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies clinched a historic spot on the Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature Film this week, becoming the first Thai feature to ever make the December list. Thailand has submitted 24 films for the international Oscar to date, since 1984, but the country has never scored a nomination nor

The first trailer for James Gunn’s Superman premiered and showed audiences a preview of the new Man of Steel film set to be released in theaters on July 11, 2025. Gunn previewed the trailer for the press earlier in the week, saying that the movie was about “kindness” and “a movie about being good.” “I believe

Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist have topped the nominations for the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, making it into seven categories each. Further frontrunners in the nominations, announced today, include Edward Berger’s Conclave and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance with six nominations each. They are followed by Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez with

Although the involuntary manslaughter case against him was dismissed in July, Alec Baldwin still wants to tell his side of the 2021 Rust on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The Oscar nominee said there’s “another phase” to come in the next couple months as he seeks to “expose what really happened” on the New

James Gunn is teasing Superman ahead of the first trailer dropping on Thursday, revealing his influences for the DC Studios film. After dropping the first teaser for the upcoming superhero film, Gunn is spilling the tea on how Top Gun: Maverick inspired the filmmaker in “shooting flying things.” “I wrote up this big document on

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has whittled down a field of 85 eligible films to a shortlist of 15 which will now advance to the next round of voting, looking to secure a nomination for the International Feature Oscar.  In the mix on Tuesday’s shortlist are such expected titles as Jacques Audiard’s

Nick Smith and Ian Johnson, the joint Managing Directors of Shinfield Studios, will retire at the end of the year. The duo set up the studio complex, which spans 18 sound stages in Berkshire, southern England. The double retirement news paves the way for new leadership. After Smith and Johnson’s departure, daily operations at Shinfield

Australia has experienced a “collapse” of investment in drama production, according to the country’s screen producers body. The 2023/24 Screen Australia Drama Report, released today, points to a market facing myriad financial problems, with the number of Australian productions down 17.5% and a “large reduction in overseas investment from streaming services,” the SPA claimed in

A24 on Monday debuted the first trailer for Warfare, an immersive step into the reality of the Iraq War from the Navy SEAL’s perspective, which hits theaters in 2025. Written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (28 Years Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of

Refresh for latest…: Here we are in the pre-holiday period with strong returns from the top two studio titles already in the marketplace, and a not unexpected uninspiring start from a movie that has jumped around the calendar. Taking the latter first, much as it has Stateside, Sony’s Kraven the Hunter failed to whip up

A year after bouncing back from his stroke, Jamie Foxx‘s 57th birthday celebration was cut short on Friday when the actor had to get stitches. The Oscar winner was celebrating his birthday at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills when someone from another table threw a glass at him in a physical altercation, according to a

James Gunn is sharing an update, or lack thereof, on The Batman Part II following news of DC Studios setting a release date for a Clayface movie for Fall 2026. DC fans are seemingly eager for the future of the DC Universe and have been speculating about the upcoming movie slate. A fan took to

Prince Andrew, the British King’s brother who stood back from public life following his disastrous TV interview justifying his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, is in the crosshairs of another scandal concerning his friendship with a man accused of being a Chinese spy. The BBC reports that Andrew released a statement Friday, asserting that he had

Despite the critical and commercial success of their sole collaboration, Guy Pearce was blocked from working with Christopher Nolan for 20 years. The 2x Golden Globe nominee recently claimed he was denied roles in multiple Nolan films after a Warner Bros. exec took issue with him following their 2x Oscar-nominated movie Memento (2000). “He spoke

Chris Evans is coming back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Joe and Anthony Russo directed, Avengers: Doomsday. At this point in time, the role isn’t entirely clear, but sources say Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson character will also return as Captain America. Evans in the Captain America costume seems less likely. However, it wouldn’t

Hundreds of hours of ITV shows are about to hit YouTube while the UK commercial net has hired a Channel 4 exec to run a dedicated YouTube sales team. As UK broadcasters continue to burrow into the digital space, ITV has struck a deal with YouTube that will see the likes of Love Island, I’m

The internet went wild for Cillian Murphy as a zombie, but it seems people have bitten off more than they can chew. When the 28 Years Later trailer dropped on Tuesday, a glimpse of a lookalike zombie sparked fevered speculation that the film would feature an undead Murphy. Deadline was among those who speculated that

EXCLUSIVE: Jonny Coyne will be reprising his role as Imperial Warlord in Jon Favreau’s feature take of The Mandalorian streaming series, The Mandalorian & Grogu. Imperial warlord is part of the hologram Shadow Council in episode 7, season 3 of The Mandalorian in which he and other Imperial ranking officials meet with Giancarlo Esposito’s villain

EXCLUSIVE: Three Wiser Men and a Baby producer Lighthouse Pictures has upped Trevor McWhinney to SVP of Content. McWhinney was previously the Canadian studio’s VP of Business Development and VP of Production. His new gig will see him oversee Lighthouse’s strategy for developing and producing original TV movies. He will collaborate with writers, clients and

Jim Carrey revealed why he returned for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to reprise his role as Doctor Robotnik. During the film’s UK premiere in London, the Ace Ventura Pet Detective star joked about why he signed on to do the third installment of the film based on the Sega video game. “I came back to this universe

James Gunn is clarifying reports that suggested Superman would undergo reshoots and confirming that he will only film a few “pickup shots.” The writer, director, and DC Studios co-head took to social media to inform his fans about the additional filming for the superhero film. “Sort of. Not a few days. We’re doing a day

EXCLUSIVE: One of Japan‘s leading talent agencies is betting big on short-form drama. Yoshimoto Kogyo, which reps some of the nation’s biggest comedians and actors, has joined with Fany Corporation on a new vertical short drama app titled Fany D – kicking off with 15 projects and targeting 50 per year. Audiences can watch an