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EXCLUSIVE: British director Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull is adapting the first game from his new transmedia company into a TV series, and working on a second season of his YouTube chat show. Dulull, who is also a screenwriter and games developer, told Deadline that he is in talks with partners about an animated TV adaptation of

EXCLUSIVE: It was clear back in the mid-1990s when New Line made the first adaptation of the Midway videogame, and it’s still evident today: There’s a massive appetite for Mortal Kombat. WaveMetrix data reports that the latest trailer for the Simon McQuoid sequel has notched 106.8M worldwide views in its first 24 hours after being

“Making less.” If there’s a cure for superhero fatigue for Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige, particularly in the wake of the brand’s string of bombs including Eternals ($402M), Thunderbolts ($382M) and The Marvels ($206.1M), it’s that. “Making two or three movies a year, some years it will be one, some years it will be three,”

Ellen DeGeneres confirmed she and her wife, former actress Portia de Rossi, decided to permanently relocate to the U.K. following the re-election of president Donald Trump. While in conversation with broadcaster Richard Bacon at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre before kicking off her British tour, the former talk show host said she and de Rossi were initially

Having risen to fame in the late ’90s, Jennifer Love Hewitt was among the many starlets caught in the crosshairs of bubblegum misogyny in the early aughts, particularly when it came to tabloid media and paparazzi. In a sprawling profile with Vulture tied to the return of scream queen Julie James in the legacy sequel

Underworld and Pearl Harbor star Kate Beckinsale has announced the death of her mother, the actress Judy Loe, 78, in a public outpouring of grief on her Instagram account. “I don’t want to post this. I am only posting this because I have had to register my mother‘s death certificate and it will soon become

As David Corenswet takes on the red cape for James Gunn‘s Superman, DCU fans could still see Henry Cavill return in another role. The DC Studios boss recently said he “would love” to cast Cavill in his DCU as he recounted how he and co-chair Peter Safran broke the news to the “absolute gentleman” of

James Gunn is clearing up reports about the future of Wonder Woman as his DC Universe takes shape on the big screen following the release of Superman. The filmmaker took to social media to dispel rumors about who they are trying to cast in the Wonder Woman role. Gunn replied to a post from a

The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the official juries for its 82nd edition running from August 27 to September 6. On the main competition jury, previously announced jury president Alexander Payne, will be joined by French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé; Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero; Romanian director, writer and producer Cristian Mungiu; Iranian

“Outlander” – A Timeless Look Back at the Icon Series and a First Look at the Final Season (Starz). Panelists include executive producers Matthew B. Roberts and Maril Davis, star and executive producer Sam Heughan (“Jamie Fraser”), and stars Sophie Skelton (“Brianna MacKenzie”) and Richard Rankin (“Roger MacKenzie”). The panel will be moderated by Aisha Tyler (“Archer,” “Criminal Minds”). 10 a.m., Hall H Resident Alien, Season 4 (SYFY). Go

Having entered London’s High Court yesterday, UK actors union Equity and casting platform Spotlight will now have to wait weeks for a decision over a landmark case that could radically alter the landscape for how British actors obtain work. The pair spent around two and a half hours in court yesterday giving respective arguments to

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a young talent to watch: Eight-year-old Arabella Olivia Clark (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) has landed the lead role in Other Mommy, Universal and Atomic Monster‘s new supernatural horror film from director Rob Savage. Clark joins a cast that includes the previously announced Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, and Dichen Lachman. Based on the

‘Rick And Morty’ Producer Behind ‘The Rejects’ Animation EXCLUSIVE: Rick and Morty producer Rick Mischel is co-producing a Scottish-Canadian animation about rejects featuring the Lady of the Lake, Dr Watson and Friar Tuck. John McEwan-Whyte is creating The Rejects and Mischel, who is also behind Sony’s upcoming animated feature Goat, is producing with So Awkward

EXCLUSIVE: The genre maestros at BoulderLight Pictures (Barbarian) and Divide/Conquer (Heart Eyes) are teaming on Amityville, a radical new spin on the famed haunted house story for a new generation, sources tell Deadline. Joseph and Vanessa Winter, the married writer-director duo behind the excellent SXSW found footage horror movie Deadstream, are set to direct from

Happy Superman Day! Today, the skies of cinema are looking bright. While the exhaustive search for the next Man of Steel concluded some time ago with the casting of David Corenswet in James Gunn’s upcoming Warner Bros. Superman, we can still celebrate the enduring legacy of the hero today. Rachel Brosnahan joins him in the

John Torode, Gregg Wallace’s MasterChef co-presenter, has revealed himself to be the person accused of using racist language in the report published today into Wallace’s behavior. Taking to Instagram, Torode said “for the sake of transparency I can confirm that I am the individual who is alleged to have used racial language on one occasion.”

Final Cut in Venice, the Venice Film Festival industry program supporting works in progress from all African countries and Middle East territories Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Yemen, has unveiled its 2025 selection. They include documentary Legacy, the third feature from Senegalese director Mamadou Dia after Nafi’s Father, which won Locarno’s Golden Leopard in

SUNDAY UPDATE, Refresh for latest…: Superman, the first movie in Peter Safran and James Gunn‘s revamped DC Studios Phase I, “Gods and Monsters,” has leaped to a $217M global opening. That’s in line with the pre-weekend projection of at least $200M. Yesterday (see below), we increased that to the $210M+ range.  The majority of business

The shadow of the Maysles brothers looms large over the surprise winner of the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a documentary that can’t help but summon up the spirit of the duo’s 1975 masterpiece Grey Gardens. That film told the story of two women living in squalor in the New York residence of the

The 59th International Karlovy Vary Film Festival passed by in a blur this week after playing host to a stream of largely uncontroversial guests compared to previous years. With appearances by Festival President’s Award winners Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard, plus a special cameo from Michael Douglas, it was left to Crystal Globe

EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Cranston has made his position clear regarding the ongoing funding challenges facing indie movie Lone Wolf. In a message to Deadline, which you can read in full below, the Breaking Bad and Trumbo star said he won’t return to finish filming or promote the feature until all cast and crew that are owed

Norway famously gave us Liv Ullmann, muse to the Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman, but since then, this country of just 5.55 million people continues to punch above its weight, adding a long line of actresses of a similar caliber. To that list that includes Ane Dahl Torp, Helga Guren, Renate Reinsve and many more we

The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the 18 recently restored movies that will be showcased in its Venice Classics sidebar at upcoming 82nd edition. The line-up features Delmer Daves’ 1957 western 3:10 to Yuma, based on a 1953 short story by Elmore Leonard, which was revisited by James Mangold in 2007 in a version starring

Dean Cain has a problem with DC Studios co-head and Superman director James Gunn calling the superhero an immigrant. The MAGA supporter and Donald Trump fan said the superhero film might be too “woke” and turn away moviegoers. “What cracks me up is that people don’t like Superman — he was traditionally called the Big

EXCLUSIVE: Having kickstarted the careers of David Mitchell, Chris Morris and Jamie Demetriou, Channel 4 is taking its rich comedy heritage to YouTube with the launch of a new channel. The Gogglebox network has expanded its YouTube strategy by rolling out A Comedy Thing, which will publish weekly long-form programming for YouTube plus content on

The author of the bestselling memoir that was adapted for Toronto festival hit The Salt Path issued a long statement Wednesday answering allegations about her book that were raised in a UK newspaper article. Raynor Winn says the report in The Observer this week “is grotesquely unfair, highly misleading and seeks to systematically pick apart

The iconic Superman is back, entrusted this time not just to save the world from itself as usual but also probably Warner Bros, DC and comic book movies themselves. It is the first production for Warners under its newly minted DC Studios and the new management of writer-director-producer James Gunn and producer Peter Safran, who

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Eastern Promises industry strand has unveiled the winners of its project showcase, which opened on July 6 and ended this evening.  This year’s edition featured 40 film projects that were screened across the festival’s Works in Development – Feature Launch & Focus Queer and KVIFF Talents programs alongside the

EXCLUSIVE: New Europe Film Sales has boarded Croatian director and screenwriter Hana Jušić’s drama God Will Not Help ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival in August. It is Jušić’s second solo feature film after multi-award-winning 2016 debut Quit Staring at My Plate, on which New Europe also handled sales. Jušić’s

Veteran filmmaker Terry Gilliam is headed to the Umbria Film Festival in Italy, where a screening next weekend of his iconic 1985 dystopian black comedy Brazil will celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary. Nominated for two Oscars and winning a pair of BAFTAs, the movie centers on Jonathan Pryce’s Sam Lowry, who works in the sprawling