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Growing up, Danielle Brooks, best known for Orange Is the New Black, sang every week in church and recalls seeing photos of key figures in her Sunday School classroom — icons like Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson and gospel superstar Mahalia Jackson. So she believes it was fated that she eventually would get to play
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Robert Eggers’ next movie The Northman will be hitting theaters on April 8, 2022 via Focus Features. The revenge thriller from The Lighthouse filmmaker stars Alexander Skarsgard,  Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Björk and reteams the filmmaker with his Lighthouse star Willem Dafoe and The Witch star Anya Taylor-Joy. The Northman explores how far a Viking prince will go
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EXCLUSIVE: Amblin TV and Playtone have partnered with LD Entertainment to produce a feature documentary adaptation of Mama’s Boy: A Story from Our Americas, based on the 2019 memoir by Oscar-winning Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black. Deadline first revealed the docu when it was acquired by director/author Laurent Bouzereau as he was coming off the
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Nickelodeon is launching podcasts for Avatar: The Last Airbender and SpongeBob SquarePants. Avatar: The Last Airbender first aired in 2005 and ran for 3 seasons. Despite the show’s short run, it was met with plenty of critical and fan acclaim and paved the way for the Last Airbender film, The Legend of Korra and more upcoming sequels. SpongeBob SquarePants is Nickelodeon’s longest-running cartoon. Viewers first met the yellow
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Three popular Adult Swim series are getting a feature take: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse and The Venture Bros. Rather than send the movies straight to Adult Swim’s sister HBO Max immediately, the pics will get a release worldwide on Blu-ray/DVD and PVOD and electronic-sell-through (EST) with a 90-day exclusive window before hitting the streaming
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The National Association of Theatre Owners, the Motion Picture Association, studios and industry figures are teaming for The Big Screen Is Back, a conference to be held on Wednesday, May 19 at the AMC Century City 15 in Century City, CA which will rally the comeback of exhibition as it reopens from the pandemic and present studios
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EXCLUSIVE: Mark Gordon Pictures has acquired the rights Stephen McGinty’s forthcoming book, The Dive with plans to develop as a feature film and has tapped Edward Hemming to adapt. Mark Gordon and Beth Pattinson will produce for Mark Gordon Pictures. “I’m delighted to be working with Mark, Beth and Ed as they adapt The Dive into
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EXCLUSIVE: Six New Zealand screenwriters have been chosen to participate in the inaugural Black List New Zealand Project. The project, stemming from a partnership between the Black List and the New Zealand Film Commission, is a professional development workshop and mentorship series. Bolstered by the presence of global screen industry executives, who will head up panels,
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EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has set the main cast of YA supernatural drama Girl in the Woods based on the Crypt TV IP. Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) — who will play the lead — Misha Osherovich (Freaky) and Sofia Bryant (I Am Not Okay with This) are set as series regulars. The Good Doctor‘s Will Yun
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Starz has rounded out its cast for Becoming Elizabeth, its eight-episode drama series chronicling the early years of Queen Elizabeth I. Romola Garai (The Hour), Jessica Raine (The Informer), Tom Cullen (Weekend) and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) are among 14 cast members joining Alicia Von Rittberg in the Lionsgate-owned Starz series from UK producer
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EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award Nominee Emily Watson and Emmy-nominated actor Paul Mescal are set to star in the A24 psychological drama God’s Creatures with Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer directing. This will mark Holmer and Davis directing debut, who worked together on the award-winning feature The Fits. Davis will also edit. The film is currently in production.
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