Timothée Chalamet is certainly showing off his sweet tooth — dressed fully as Willy Wonka — while filming for the upcoming film across the pond. The actor was spotted at Oxford University Tuesday in full “Wonka” gear and shooting scenes for the movie, it’s not the first time we’ve seen him in the garb, but
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The Oscars finally has a Covid policy. Presenters and performers at next month’s Academy Awards will not be required to show proof of vaccination, but nominees and guests will. People in the latter group also must have two negative PCR tests, Deadline has confirmed. In a story posted tonight, The New York Times quoted an Academy of
Following the debut of Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler, the victims from the documentary respond to the news of the Hollywood ambitions of alleged scammer Shimon Yehuda Hayut, also known as Simon Leviev. Directed by Felicity Morris, the true-crime documentary follows the story of three women who were victims: Cecilie Fjellhoy, Pernilla Sjoholm, and Ayleen Charlotte. Recently, the
FX Chief John Landgraf provided an update at the network’s TCA winter tour panel today on Noah Hawley’s Alien series. “There are some big surprises in store for the audience,” exclaimed the network boss. But when asked by Deadline, he said Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley won’t be starring. FX Networks @ TCA: Deadline’s Complete Coverage “Alien takes
Sony’s Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg-starrer Uncharted has been dated for a March 14 release in China. The studio’s Weibo account shared the news today with a video message from Holland and Wahlberg and a subtitled trailer, as well as a new poster (see it in full below). This comes at the same time as China has
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a strong first English-language trailer for director Rama Burshtein’s (Fill The Void) anticipated TV debut Fire Dance, which has just been announced for Series Mania’s main competition. The story of impossible love set in a tight-knit ultra-Orthodox religious community heralds from Shtisel, Fauda and Your Honor outfit Yes Studios. Launch is lined up
Blake Lively is known for her many acting credits, but recently she showed off her directing chops for the first time when she helmed Taylor Swift’s music video “I Bet You Think About Me.” The video that starred Miles Teller and Taylor Swift went viral and was recently nominated for Video of the Year by
EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Steven Caple Jr, the Creed II director who is currently in post-production on the upcoming Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, which Paramount Pictures releases June 9, 2023. Caple Jr had been repped by WME. He took over the reins of the Creed franchise from director Ryan Coogler, with Michael B. Jordan,
It’s over between Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley — the power couple has called off their engagement after less than 2 years together. The 38-year-old NFL MVP and actress, 30, have reportedly ended things for good … months after they were rumored to have split The couple started seeing each other shortly after the quarterback’s
Ahead of Peacemaker‘s Season 1 finale, HBO and HBO Max’s Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys hinted that a second season of James Gunn’s Suicide Squad spinoff series is in the offing. (UPDATE: HBO Max confirmed the renewal today.) “I’m feeling good so stay tuned. The show has been doing great,” Bloys told Deadline during an
Fortnite has announced that its upcoming Uncharted crossover will include alternate styles for the movie and game likenesses of each character, including Tom Holland’s portrayal of Nathan Drake, making it the actor’s second Fortnite skin. Tom Holland first appeared at the start of Chapter 3 Season 1 as Spider-Man in Fortnite, alongside Zendaya’s MJ, as part of
Alokesh Lahiri aka Bappi Lahiri, the popular Indian singer, composer and record producer, has died at the age of 69. He passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, according to numerous local reports and a statement released by his family. Lahiri was known for working on multiple box office successes
Sony will release it’s first movie of 2022, and second Tom Holland title after Spider-Man: No Way Home over the 4-day Presidents Day weekend, Uncharted, in what is expected to be a $70M+ haul worldwide. Broken down that’s another $40M overseas from 47 markets starting Wednesday with France and Korea, then traveling to Australia, Germany, Italy, Mexico,
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced that its 70th anniversary edition in August will include the debut of the annual MIFF Film Competition. Already the Southern Hemisphere’s largest and longest-running film festival, MIFF will now also offer one of the world’s most substantial festival prize pools. Initially comprising three awards, the MIFF Film Competition‘s flagship
Mission: Impossible 7 had to have been a difficult movie to make. That’s not because of whatever insane stunts Tom Cruise ended up doing, though certainly that happened. The movie was a massive production that took place entirely during a global pandemic, and so just making the film became much more complex than it otherwise
Marvel debuted the latest trailer for its upcoming Disney+ series, Moon Knight, during the Super Bowl today. The series follows Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac), a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, as he is plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As
Tyrese Gibson sure knows how to sweeten a deal, and it’s paying off for him … to the tune of nearly $3 million. The actor/singer has accepted an offer on his Woodland Hills, CA mansion — and while it has 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and 5,225 sq ft. of luxury ready-made for entertaining … the
Despite her young age, Indian-born British actress Alia Bhatt has sustained herself as a leading lady in Hindi cinema for the past decade, racking up credits including Gully Boy, Raazi and Highway. Among the awards and box office successes have also been a selection of high-profile premieres at international festivals, which is not routinely a
Based on the video game franchise, Uncharted has all the ingredients of a fun and entertaining adaptation, but the recipe doesn’t blend everything together well enough. Movie adaptations of video games don’t have the best history, though there are a few exceptions. Uncharted, however, is unfortunately not one of them. Directed by Ruben Fleischer from
Seymour Wishman, who was president of distributor First Run Features for nearly four decades and produced the documentary feature Sex & Justice, has died. He was 79. First Run confirmed that he died January 29 in Bridgewater, CT. Wishman started out as a criminal and civil rights attorney in New York and New Jersey and
For those who can’t have their fill of the Lord of the Rings in the upcoming Amazon series, there’s The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime movie from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation which the studio has set for release on April 21, 2024. The movie explores and expands
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is sick and tired of having streaming sand kicked in its face. As Village Roadshow heads back to the court docket today to further push ASAP on the breach of contract lawsuit the longtime financier of tentpole flicks filed last week against the WarnerMedia-own studio over box office disappointment The Matrix Resurrections,
After a long career out of making audiences laugh so hard they would fall out of their chairs – directing and producing films like Ghostbusters and Animal House – filmmaker Ivan Reitman has passed away at the age of 75. The news has been confirmed by his family that he died peacefully in his home
The return of popular American sitcom Friends to streaming services in China has provoked a significant online backlash after viewers noted numerous changes that had been made to the show, including the removal of LGBTQ references. Friends became viewable again in China from February 11, including on streaming service Tencent Video. The Weibo social media
An unopened VHS copy of ‘Star Wars: Episode IV’ is getting some love on the auction block — it’s expected to fetch $60K!!! Goldin Auctions is hosting an online auction featuring a ton of vintage VHS tapes, and the star of the show is from a galaxy far, far away. The copy of ‘Star Wars:
Ivan Reitman, director of Ghostbusters and Twins, died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday at the age of 75. His family confirmed the news to the AP. “Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband, father, and grandfather who taught us to always seek the magic in life,” children Jason Reitman, Catherine Reitman,
An industry insider believes that a remake of the classic GoldenEye 007 might be announced sometime in the next few weeks. First released on the Nintendo 64 by famed developer Rare back in 1997, Goldeneye 007 managed to overcome the usual fate of movie tie-in games and was highly regarded as one of the most
Saturday AM Update: Refresh for more analysis and chart Two major studios this weekend took a bold swing and decided to go after the challenged older female demo over Valentine’s Day weekend in a continued pandemic, and while the results were in line with projections, they wouldn’t be anything to brag about in a pre-pandemic
A tender love story set in rural China, Li Ruijun’s Return To Dust is a wonderfully atmospheric entry to the Berlin Film Festival competition. It opens with the arrangement of a marriage between Ma Youtie (Wu Renlin) and Cao Guiying (Hai Qing), by two families who are patently keen to get rid of them both.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a whole brood of kids and seems pretty close to all of them, if social media holds any truth to the situation. His youngest child Joseph Baena, while not sharing his famous father’s last name, seems to take after Schwarzenegger the most. Baena’s career closely mirrors that of his father’s and the