When the movie Kids came out in 1995 some people mistakenly thought it was a documentary. The misimpression came from the urgent, visceral presentation of a tribe of teenagers in New York’s lower east side who lived marginal lives built around sex, drugs and skateboarding. There were other reasons for the shock of authenticity—screenwriter Harmony
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If you didn’t Meet The Blacks in 2016, they’re back this weekend in Deon Taylor’s second horror-comedy installment. The first film was a send-up of The Purge. This one – The House Next Door: Meet The Blacks 2 — goes gothic. Star Mike Epps returns as Carl Black, about to face off with a neighbor
Artists, Writers and Artisans, the creator-owned graphic fiction publisher, has launched AWA Studios and named Zach Studin as president, starting a new chapter for the group in Hollywood. Studin, a former John Wells Productions, Lava Bear Films and Lionsgate executive, will oversee entertainment industry partnerships and build film and TV projects based on the company’s
I know, talk about some whiplash over here from Conjuring fans, but it goes to show that even if it wasn’t scary enough, it still earned its stripes in the horror genre. It’s definitely a bit more muted and mysterious than the previous chapters, but it even kept some people up the night they watched
EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Eckhart has boarded the pugilist thriller Rumble Through the Dark based on the Michael Farris Smith novel The Fighter. Smith adapted his own novel and Graham Phillips & Parker Phillips (The Bygone) will direct. Foresight Unlimited is introducing the movie for foreign buyers at the Virtual Cannes Market. Elevated’s Cassian Elwes is producing and will
Play video content TMZ.com Work is separating Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez for the time being, but he’s still making time to have some fun on his own … he’s in Las Vegas, hitting the tables and directing a project. Check out this video we got — Ben was at the Wynn Resort and Casino
The combined age of the key cast of the new comedy Queen Bees is so astronomical I can’t count that high. Ellen Burstyn is 88, James Caan is 81, Ann-Margret is 80(!), Loretta Devine is 71, Jane Curtin is 73 and Christopher Lloyd is 82. All of these actors have had stellar, awards-laden careers, and this
Even though new hero announcements have been scarce for Overwatch 2, Blizzard’s upcoming sequel to its wildly popular team-based FPS, some returning characters are getting a facelift. During the Summer Game Fest kickoff, Blizzard showed off redesigns of two Overwatch characters who will be returning in the sequel, Baptiste and Sombra. Sombra, a stealthy hacker that can turn
Netflix has picked up a second season of its praised fantasy series Shadow and Bone, based on Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling Grishaverse novels. The streamer ordered eight one-hour episodes for Season 2 of the series, which comes from writer Eric Heisserer (Bird Box) and Stranger Things EP Shawn Levy and his 21 Laps Entertainment. The renewal
Universal is going old school in its push of Jurassic World: Dominion, and for those interested in seeing a snippet of the latest installment, they’ll have to head to an Imax theater, starting on the domestic opening weekend of F9, June 25, in more than 40 countries. This is how big movies were teased in
Michaela Coel’s searing British drama I May Destroy You has just won an armful of BAFTAs, including best writer for Coel herself. So what better time to peer between the pages of her script for the BBC and HBO sexual assault survivor series? Welcome to Deadline’s It Starts On the Page, a series that highlights
The Vasectomy, as the drink is called, is a fantastic way to celebrate your father, according to Ryan Reynolds. The actor takes us through the steps to craft the perfect cocktail for Dad…partially because it’s Father’s Day and partially because Dad is probably going to need it. With cranberry juice, tonic and a healthy serving
Deadline Studio is back in action beginning this week with the launch of the Tribeca Festival and our virtual Tribeca Studio Presented by Verimatrix. It will be up and running beginning Thursday and featuring one-on-one video sit-downs with filmmakers and top talent at the fest, which kicks off tonight with its opening film In the
California native Donovan McCrary was only 12 years old when he played the young athletic version of Ricky — who’s college football dreamz are cut short after being murdered by gang members his senior year of high school — in the 1991 drama “Boyz n the Hood.” DM shared the big screen with some A-list
What do you get when you meld together the fan favorite God of Mischief, the actor who helped seal the Wedding Crashers deal, a Sex Education director, an Emmy winning Rick and Morty producer, a Lovecraft Country alum, a Black Mirror vet, and Marvel boss Kevin Feige? Well, check out my video review above of
Jon M. Chu’s long awaited feature adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes 4x Tony winning musical In the Heights finally hits theaters and HBO Max this Friday and in a recent Fandango poll of 1,3K-plus moviegoers, 96% of ’em say it’s the first movie they plan to see since pandemic started. The pic, which
EXCLUSIVE: We can reveal Friends star Lisa Kudrow as the first name for Disney+’s musical comedy Better Nate Than Ever, which is being produced by La La Land, Mary Poppins Returns and Cruella super-producer Marc Platt. Ferdinand scribe Tim Federle, who recently show-ran Disney’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, is adapting and directing the family
Movies can take a long time to get made. The wait can be frustrating for fans, but most films have so many hoops to jump through that the delay is inevitable. However, even the longest journeys start with a single step, and pre-production news can be just as exciting as a release date. Director James
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, MGM has secured feature rights to Minnie Schedeen’s short story Exoplanet. The Old Guard director Gina Prince-Bythewood is attached to helm, and Matt Tolmach (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Venom, Morbius) and David Manpearl are attached to produce for Matt Tolmach Productions. Schedeen will adapt her short story for the
Margot Robbie and her hubby are building a beachfront home smack in the middle of a homeless encampment that has overrun the area … but they are undeterred. The Aussie actress and her mister, Tom Ackerley, are knee-deep in construction at their Venice Beach house … which is chock-full of dirt, debris and Caterpillar machinery
Rob Zombie is pulling up to 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The rocker-turned-filmmaker said on social media today that he will tackle The Munsters as his next film project. The adaptation of the 1960s creepshow comedy will be for Universal 1440 Entertainment, NBCU confirmed, which likely means it will stream on Peacock. “Attention Boils and Ghouls!” he wrote amid
Imax announced Monday that Marvel Studios’ Black Widow — set for released by Disney July 9, will debut with 22 minutes of select scenes in expanded aspect ratio exclusively in Imax. The Scarlett Johansson-starrer is the first new movie in “Phase Four” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first new Marvel Studios theatrical release
The Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival on Monday unveiled winners for its just-wrapped 31st edition, bestowing its Audience Award for narrative feature on Ümit Ünal’s Love, Spells and All That and its best first feature honor on Marley Morrison’s Sweetheart. A total of 143 films including 33 features and five episodic series unspooled during the
Lisa Banes was almost killed by someone who mowed her down with a scooter and fled the scene out in New York City … TMZ has confirmed. Law enforcement sources tell us … the “Cocktail” actress was struck late Friday evening on the Upper West Side near the Lincoln Center — where she was reportedly
EXCLUSIVE: The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off in earnest this week and one of the indisputable highlights of this New York-centric fest as far as I am concerned is a documentary having its sold-out world premiere June 15 and chronicling a certain Southern California musical legend. Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road from director Brent Wilson (no
If you’ve been paying attention to Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kourtney Kardashian and new beau Travis Barker, you’ll notice that the new couple has been enjoying a lot of time together in Palm Springs. It turns out that Kourtney hasn’t been just lounging around Kris Jenner’s mansion. Instead, Kourtney purchased a $12 million compound for her
With more theaters reopening and film-goers slowly returning, life is being resuscitated into the specialty box office. This week we see a faith-based movie premiere banking serious dinero. Witnesses is a film recounting the early days of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and the translation of the Book of Mormon. The movie is directed and
The BAFTA TV Awards winners have been announced, and it was a big night for Michaela Coel, whose BBC and HBO series I May Destroy You scooped two of the biggest prizes of the evening. During a pre-recorded ceremony at London’s iconic Television Centre, Coel walked away with best leading actress for her performance as
The Last Night In Soho Cast Includes Anya Taylor-Joy and Matt Smith Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy seem to be co-leads of Last Night in Soho. Anya Taylor-Joy’s past work includes M. Night Shyamalan’s Split and Glass. She also appeared in The Witch, Emma, The New Mutants, Peaky Blinders, and The Queen’s Gambit. Thomasin McKenzie’s
Refresh for latest…: While the horror genre was the biggest global draw this weekend, the results are far from horrific — and therein is something to be said about the communal experience of scary movies. New Line/Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It led the international box office with $26.8M from 43