Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. For Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi, A Hero was the culmination of a long rumination on a recurring phenomenon he’d noticed being reported in his nation’s media. “I had been reading stories like
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Content Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the Showtime series Yellowjackets, as well as discussions of cannibalism, drugs, and animal abuse. Fans are unsurprisingly combing through the first season of Showtime’s Yellowjackets after its gripping finale. Some Redditors have found crucial clues that point to things that have happened (or could potentially take place)
HBO Max closed 2021 with 46.8 million domestic subscribers when combined with HBO, up 5.3 million over 2020, parent AT&T disclosed in its fourth-quarter earnings report. Overall subscribers were 73.8 million, as the company had indicated earlier this month. The company previously had not provided a domestic-international breakdown. Domestic revenue per subscriber was $11.15. AT&T
EXCLUSIVE: 2020 was a year of utter bewilderment as movie theaters went largely dark from Covid, and studios grappled with a complete stoppage of distribution. But with great chaos, came great opportunity as Lionsgate vets Mike Polydoros and Will Preuss decided to open the doors to PaperAirplane, a first-of-its kind marketing agency which is liaison
UPDATE, JAN 25, 2022 3:35 PM: The legal war between The Simpsons former composer Alf Clausen and the corporate overlords of the long running animated satire is over. Yesterday Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp lawyers for Disney & its Fox subsidiaries filed paperwork in LA Superior Court to end the two and a half year long
Disney Genie+, the add on service that provides line skipping capabilities on rides at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort, for a fee, has been met with mixed reviews since its launch last year. Some aspects of the service work well for some guests, while others don’t find it to be worth the money. But
Shilpa Shetty, the Indian actress known for her roles in Hindi movies and as a TV personality, has been cleared of “obscenity” charges dating back to a 15-year-old incident at a charity event. At an Aids awareness event in 2007 in India, Hollywood star Richard Gere publicly kissed Shetty on the arm and on both
One of the people involved in Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s multi-car wreck couldn’t believe her eyes … not only because of the movie stunt-like crash, but because she’s a huge fan of his. Habiba Muminova was one of the drivers who had a close encounter with Arnold’s SUV in Friday’s crash, and she tells TMZ … she
Sir Ian McKellen has said the last major professional achievement he would like to conquer is starring in a musical. Speaking on this morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today program, the 82-year-old legend of British theater, who was promoting his new detective play Whodunnit (Unrehearsed), said he “doesn’t have much to prove anymore” but being in a
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has shared a heartwarming video of his daughter pulling a pranking him. The wrestler-turned-actor has become one of Hollywood’s most successful performers over the course of the last two decades. Last year saw him debut in both Disney’s Jungle Cruise and Red Notice, with more projects set to hit theaters this year.
Critically acclaimed specialty holdovers continued to plant their flags in theaters as awards season advances and Oscar nominations loom — and on a weekend with few new releases, most not reporting grosses today. Among the bigger indies, United Artists Releasing’s Licorice Pizza by Paul Thomas Anderson grossed an estimated $683k in week nine from 772
BAFTA will not hand out honorary prizes at its 2022 Film and Games awards ceremonies as it plans to implement new vetting processes following the Noel Clarke controversy last year. Clarke was awarded the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the 2021 ceremony despite the org having been contacted with allegations of sexual conduct
With the world becoming more and more of a place where social media and online content determine public perception, celebrities, and people in general, are starting to be pretty careful about what they post online. One of the ways many people are doing this is by keeping their children’s faces off their digital accounts. Katherine
Newen Studios is moving into feature film after financier Anton increased its investment in the French production giant by 40% to €50M ($56.6M). The extension of the agreement comes after two years’ worth of Anton investment in which Newen has been behind the likes of OCS’ The Opera and France Télévisions/RTBF/ARD’s Crossroads. It is currently in production
6:40 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, they believe the accident was Arnold’s fault. They say he was turning left but there was a left turn arrow that was still red. Arnold was not ticketed. Arnold Schwarzenegger was just involved in a bad car accident … so bad his monster SUV rolled over
Thanks to a myriad of bugs and issues, as well as unpopular design decisions like swapping out classes for Specialists, Battlefield 2042 has had the worst release in the franchise’s history. Despite being the second most-played game on Steam at launch, Battlefield 2042’s overwhelmingly negative reviews are a testament to many Battlefield fans’ disappointment in the latest installment of the franchise. Steam
Refresh for latest…: With an amazing $1.69B worldwide cume through Sunday, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the No. 6 film ever globally, passing Jurassic World ($1.67B) and The Lion King ($1.662B) to get there. This includes a running $970.1M from the international box office, which should portend an eventual $1B overseas gross — and without a China bump. Domestic is at
Refresh for chart and more analysis Some studio distribution bosses use to say that moviegoing is a 52-week business. Well, that’s not the philosophy this weekend, and it’s even grimmer next weekend as most of the majors figured in the wake of MLK weekend, and a traditional box office dead zone like January with Omicron
“You know I think I have a slightly self-flagellating instinct when it comes to acting,” admits Resurrection star Rebecca Hall “I don’t particular enjoy it unless there’s a lot to do,” the Sundance Film Festival vet adds. “This was one of those scripts where there just was an enormous journey to go on, and the
After becoming a huge name for playing Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy, Kirsten Dunst has primarily gravitated toward offbeat, independent films and that trend will continue with her next project. The actress has signed on to be in Alex Garland’s next film, the writer/director behind one of the best science fiction movies in
Play video content The Deadline Podcast Crew Call Fans’ demands for Idris Elba to play James Bond are NOT falling on deaf ears for those who can make it happen … because he seems to be at the forefront of their minds. Two producers who are key to the franchise, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.
EXCLUSIVE: Jane Campion will have some new hardware on her mantel come March. The Power of the Dog writer-director and Oscar-winning The Piano scribe is set to receive the Art Directors Guild’s 2022 Cinematic Imagery Award. She will be honored at the 26th annual ADG Awards on March 5 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Nominations will be
How I Met Your Father features another confusing sibling dynamic like HIMYM’s Barney and James, but makes Jesse and Ellen’s explanations worse. While Jesse and Ellen being questioned as mixed-race siblings is one of the first repeated running gags from HIMYM, it isn’t the only relationship that the spinoff takes from the original series. Right off
The shadow of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 murder mystery Rear Window looms large over Chloe Okuno’s nail-biting Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry, Watcher — but this debut feature is much more than homage. In fact, quite a few other suspense classics get the nod in the film’s trim 95-minute running time. Still, Watcher is very much
Universal Pictures’ Billy Eichner romantic comedy Bros has moved from August 12 this year to September 30. The news comes after Paramount today moved Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 7 from that September 30 date to July 14, 2023. Bros is the only major studio release on September 30, the weekend before Sony/Marvel’s animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Shrek 4-D movie is gone from Universal Orlando Resort, but the Shrek franchise is still going strong inside the parks because Donkey is still there and Donkey is still talking some serious smack to the guests. Last week Donkey went off on somebody who wore Minnie Mouse ears inside Universal. And now he’s back
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first clip from Sundance premiere My Old School, the imposter story documentary starring Alan Cumming (The Good Wife). Filmmaker Jono McLeod’s nostalgic look at the strange but true story of his former classmate, Brandon Lee, is being sold by Dogwoof. In 1993, 16-year-old Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a
Meat Loaf — the singer with some monstrous hits — has died at the age of 74. The singer’s manager, Michael Greene, confirmed Meat Loaf died Thursday night. Sources with knowledge tell TMZ … he was supposed to attend a business dinner earlier this week for a show he’s working on — “I’d Do Anything
What if there was more to the Goldilocks story? Picture this: when the three Bears (who are in college) get home, Goldilocks has eaten all the porridge, got drunk, and is now passed out on the living room floor. However, instead of doing something about it, they drive around town for hours arguing about whether
Hitman 3‘s brand-new Steam release has taken off to a rocky start, as players are review bombing the title on the platform and blaming the developers for abusing the title’s price and releasing a half-baked VR mode. IO Interactive recently announced that it had more plans for Agent 47 and revealed that Hitman 3 would continue to receive