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“We did 11 hours to Munich, two hours to Milan, and then a two-hour drive,” veteran producer Stacey Sher explained this afternoon as she sat weary-eyed in a glass hotel suite at the Locarno Film Festival.  There are no direct flights from Los Angeles to the quaint Swiss town where Sher will be the guest

Deadpool & Wolverine is nearing the $900 million global box office mark as it enters its third week of worldwide play. With Tuesday’s grosses included, the current total on the Shawn Levy-directed smash is $879.2M, of which $421M comes from domestic and $458.2M from the international box office. When today’s figures are tallied, the global

Ahead of its exclusive streaming premiere on Paramount+ planned for this fall, the documentary We Will Dance Again examining Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel has been slated for a two-day theatrical run nationwide in partnership with Iconic Events Releasing. The film will first open at Laemmle Encino in Los Angeles for a week-long

Right as Christopher Meloni was starting his work on Law and Order: SVU as Detective Elliot Stabler, the actor had another big acting gig in front of him. Meloni was cast as Julia Roberts’ fiancé in 1999’s Runaway Bride. This movie was a huge deal for many reasons. Not only was Roberts the queen of

Colin Farrell is starring in the HBO Original series The Penguin based on the DC Comics character. and the showrunner is comparing it to Scarface. Lauren LeFranc said in a recent interview that the spinoff from Matt Reeves’s The Batman focused on the villain Oswald Cobblepot is similar to the 1983 crime drama film directed

Here’s Blake Lively channeling Britney Spears at her movie premiere … with a nod to one of the singer’s most iconic looks. Blake turned heads Tuesday at the “It Ends With Us” premiere in New York … wearing a one-strap Versace dress once worn by Britney herself. The homage to Britney comes on the heels

As debate continues to rage around whether a scene featuring drag queens in the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, speculation is now mounting over details of the closing ceremony on August 11. Artistic director Thomas Jolly – who has received death threats amid claims the scene was

EXCLUSIVE: Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has picked up the North American rights to the twisty sci-fi thriller Things Will Be Different which made its world premiere in the Midnight section at SXSW. An Oct. 4 theatrical day-and-date release has been set. The feature directorial debut of Michael Felker, which he also

Alamo Drafthouse has added five new auditoriums to its Downtown Brooklyn cinema in a major upgrade of the chain’s first NYC location and highest grossing theater since opening in 2016. The eat-in, art house, first run and repertory chain, acquired by Sony in June, has also just purchased six theaters in Dallas-Forth Worth and Woodbury,

Will J.D. Vance give CatVideoFest a surprise bump this year? “There’s a reason why any mention of cats or cat ladies or anything like that kind of takes off. Because it’s this sort of hidden army online. Until you tick them off,” says Will Braden, founder and curator of the annual compilation that hits theaters

Some minor tweaks on the Disney release schedule this AM. First off, the studio has taken off a Marvel Studios movie that was dated for July 24, 2026. Also, the limited release of the Jesse Eisenberg directed and starring Kieran Culkin movie, A Real Pain, shifts from Oct. 18 to Nov. 1. You’ll remember Searchlight

‘Kneecap’, the name of the Irish hip hop group, and the music biopic about — and starring — the groundbreaking trio, opens today on 700+ screens, following up a U.S. tour last fall and leading into another one.   The hybrid documentary, which was a buzzy Sundance title when Sony Pictures Classics nabbed it, recently

Here’s how Thursday went down at the box office: Deadpool & Wolverine grossed an awesome $18M, easily a R-rated record for a non-preview Thursday. M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap earned $2.2M, the best previews the director has had post Covid besting Old ($1.5M) and Knock at the Cabin ($1.45M), while Sony’s Harold and the Purple Crayon,

The boys are at it again, with yet another milestone crossed. Including Thursday’s numbers, Deadpool & Wolverine has licked the six-century global box office milestone, now counting $630.4M worldwide. Is it bittersweet that this means D&W has overtaken the lifetime of Hugh Jackman-starrer Logan’s $619M global (likewise an R-rated movie and one which is heavily referenced

The indie/arthouse market is showing some breadth as Kneecap has a great debut, CatVidoFest as well, and holdovers like Didi and Sing Sing are kind of raking it in considering how few screens they’re on. As more wide releases and tentpoles show up and take flight a rising tide may be raising indie boats –

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown will hit theaters on December 25. The movie, which stars Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, follows the singer’s rise from Minnesota to West Village balladeer to revolutionary folk singer. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement

UPDATED with more reactions: A lot of Hollywood power players may have be voting for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to be Kamala Harris‘ running mate, but now that Harris has chosen Tim Walz to be her VP, one of the Democrats’ biggest donor bases has a lot of good things to say about the Minnesota governor.

EXCLUSIVE: Kestrin Pantera (Pretty Problems) is set to direct and star in an untitled indie featuring a cast of top comedic performers. Among them are “Weird Al” Yankovic (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story), Tia Carrere (Wayne’s World), Jackie Tohn (GLOW), David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer) and The Sklar Brothers (What We Do in the

EXCLUSIVE: After Kenneth Branagh set Jodie Comer to star in his next director outing The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde, the Oscar winner has rounded out the rest of his ensemble. Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure, Michael Balogun, Kristina Tonteri-Young and Karla Crome have joined a cast that also includes Aiysha Hart

Who is the most successful entrepreneur in the commercial space sector? Most people would say Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, a company whose valuation exceeded $200 billion as of late June, per Forbes. But New Zealand native Peter Beck belongs in the conversation. Rocket Lab, the company he founded and runs, celebrated its 50th commercial

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has locked down rights to Hurt People, a legal thriller spec from Monarch creator Melissa London Hilfers, sources tell Deadline. Details as to the plot of the film are under wraps. Written amid last year’s writer’s strike, it marks the rising scribe’s fifth feature spec sale to date. Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter

Charles Cyphers, best known for his role as Leigh Brackett in the Halloween films, died Sunday, August 4 from a brief illness in Tucson, AZ, his manager Chris Roe confirmed to Deadline. He was 85. “Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” Roe said in a statement. “He always had the best stories, and you

Paquin Entertainment Group, the producer and talent agency repping the likes of Michael Bublé and Bryan Adams, has hired an ex-Cineflix exec as its first Chief Operating Officer. Andrew Akman took on the newly-created role last week and will help produce film and TV, exhibitions and large-scale events. Paquin said it is “currently in development

EXCLUSIVE: The life of comedian Mitch Hedberg, master of the one-liner and a talent beloved by fellow comics, will be the focus of an upcoming documentary from 222-2222 Films. The company announced Tuesday it has completed principal photography on the project, a five-year-long undertaking that features interviews with Margaret Cho, B.J. Novak, Lewis Black, Jim

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures International Productions and Mucho Mas Media are in development on The Pet Nup, an original rom-com to be directed by Elaine del Valle (Midnight Hustle). Cast for the pic will include Emeraude Toubia (With Love), Gregg Sulkin (Runaways), Halston Sage (Dark Phoenix) and Emmy winner Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl). Scripted

Netflix has unveiled a deep slate of originals out of Argentina including an animated adaptation of iconic comic strip Mafalda from Oscar-winning director Juan José Campanella. Another adaptation is El Eternauta, based on the graphic novel of the same name. There will also be a local version of dating series Love is Blind and a

Sometimes, a character and a project come around that impacts the zeitgeist deeply, and when that happens, the role becomes permanently attached to an actor’s legacy. This list includes over 30 actors from some of the greatest movies and TV shows who will forever be remembered for one role.  (Image credit: Warner Bros.) Daniel Radcliffe

Shelley Duvall, who famously co-starred in “The Shining,” is dead after a painful battle with diabetes. Dan Gilroy, Shelley’s life partner for decades, tells TMZ … he found Shelley unresponsive in their home in Texas at 7 AM Thursday. He says Shelley had been under hospice care, and bedridden, for the last few months while

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has proposed Saudi Arabia as the host country for its inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025. IOC President Thomas Bach said the partnership would tap into Saudi Arabia’s know-how in the Esports tournament domain. Saudi Arabia is currently hosting the first edition of the Esports World Cup, featuring 22 events across

EXCLUSIVE: Everyone in distribution loves a surprise, and spurring a lot of chatter throughout today is the $2.5M-$3M previews for NEON‘s serial killer horror movie Longlegs. This is per box office sources tonight. For the specialty distributor with a penchant Palme d’Or winning movies, that’s the best take ever in Thursday night previews for their