EXCLUSIVE: One of Japan‘s leading talent agencies is betting big on short-form drama. Yoshimoto Kogyo, which reps some of the nation’s biggest comedians and actors, has joined with Fany Corporation on a new vertical short drama app titled Fany D – kicking off with 15 projects and targeting 50 per year. Audiences can watch an
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Nominations for the 82nd annual Golden Globes are set to be revealed today, December 9, beginning at 5:15 a.m. PT/8:30 a.m. ET. Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut will announce nominees in 27 movie and television categories in a ceremony that will air live beginning at 5:15 a.m. PT at CBSNews.com/GoldenGlobes and on the CBS News
David Tennant will host the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards. Once again hosted at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, the event will mark Tennant’s second consecutive year as host. “We couldn’t be happier that David Tennant is returning to host the EE BAFTA Film Awards in 2025,” BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip said of Tennant’s re-appointment.
Director, actress and producer Olivia Wilde was in the spotlight today at the Red Sea Film Festival, taking a look back at her career and sharing insight into how she chooses projects, while warning against conflating art and acceptance, and advocating for women to be given more opportunities to step behind the camera. Wilde, who
Jacques Audiard’s latest Emilia Pérez dominated the European Film Awards this evening in Lucerne, Switzerland, taking Best Film and Best Director. Check out the full winners list below. The Netflix crime drama won all four of it’s nominations. Audiard’s pic came into this evening’s tied with Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door for the most
Paul Maslansky, the producer behind the Police Academy franchise, has died. He was 91. The Emmy nominee’s death was announced by Police Academy (1984) writer Pat Proft in a heartfelt statement on Friday, recounting their work together on Proft’s first film, which launched six sequels and two series, one animated and one live-action. “Thankful for
Aaron Pierre is sharing his thoughts on playing John Stewart in HBO’s DC series Lanterns. In a new interview, Pierre noted his excitement over bringing to life the superheroes in the new live-action series from the Green Lantern universe. “What I can tell you is that the team are just super, super excited to have
EXCLUSIVE: Stage, a regional streamer known for an appearance on Shark Tank India, has joined ZEE5 Global‘s U.S. add-ons suite. Indian aggregator service ZEE5 has been building out its ZEE5 Add-Ons offer in the past 18 months, and will now offer Stage’s dialect-based programming, beginning with content in the Haryanvi and Rajasthani languages. Bhojpuri, Awadhi
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Barrera is no longer with WME. The actress signed on with talent agency around 2019 as her feature career was taking off with a big role in Jon M. Chu and Warner Bros’ feature take of Broadway musical In the Heights. The actress remains represented Sugar 23 management, ImPRint and Gang, Tyre, Ramer,
The BBC has landed on what it hopes will be its next big adaptation, a TV series version of Caleb Azumah Nelson‘s buzzy debut Open Water, while drama boss Lindsay Salt has outlined ambitions for a new crime show that “tests the boundaries.” Open Water follows Marcus and Effie. From the moment they meet, they
As 2024 draws to a close, there are still several film releases based on books coming out in theaters and on streamers. Several other well known books have transformed for the big screen this year, including comics like The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, childhood stories like Harold and the Purple Crayon and more. Read on
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting the scripts behind the year’s buzziest films today shines the spotlight on the marvel that is Deadpool & Wolverine, the superhero mashup that paired Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in the third installment of the Merc with the Mouth movie series, and marked the first Deadpool movie at Disney‘s
Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has paid a moving tribute to much admired award-winning producer and first assistant director Adam Somner, who died just before Thanksgiving from anaplastic thyroid cancer. They worked together on McQueen’s wartime movie Blitz, which seemed appropriate for two Londoners. The highly regarded Somner was the go-to AD for the likes of Steven
A healthy ecosystem and healthy competition is the biggest challenge for Netflix EMEA, according to chief Larry Tanz. Tanz threw the gauntlet down to competitors by urging: “We need all of us to develop the next generation of storytellers and want to get ahead on how we develop and upskill storytellers, writers, directors, producers and
The 34th annual Gotham Awards kick off the fall awards season in New York City Monday night with 39 feature films and 25 performances nominated in ten award categories for outstanding and breakthrough performances and films, director, and screenplay. The gala is taking place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City and attendees and
When John David Washington, the star of features like Tenet, Monsters and Men, and BlacKkKlansman logs onto our Zoom call from Los Angeles, I’m first struck by his t-shirt. He’s wearing one of those commemorative Do The Right Thing tees from Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule brand/production house. That same week I’d started
The UK’s new independent body for reporting bullying and sexual harassment in the TV and film industries is to create industry-wide standards following a set of high-profile incidents, the latest being Gregg Wallace. The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) is seeking input for a consultation looking to inform minimum standards of behavior, which will
Samuel L. Jackson wants to dispel a myth about the Academy Awards — namely the humility of creatives who say they are honored just by the reception of a nod. In a recent interview with the Associated Press promoting Netflix’s August Wilson adaptation The Piano Lesson, the MCU actor joked that he’s been in the
Despite his latest film being censored, Luca Guadagnino remains cautiously optimistic about the power of filmmaking. After a screening of Queer was banned in Istanbul earlier this month, the Oscar-nominated director vowed to “fight any institution that wants to tarnish” cinema while speaking at the Marrakech International Film Festival, where he presides over this year’s
EXCLUSIVE: Xavier Samuel and Sonal Sehgal have been cast to lead The Great Departure. The film, from producer Arvind Reddy’s KVR Productions and directed by the Camera d’Or-nominated Pierre Filmon, is currently in post-production having shot entirely in India. Sehgal wrote the script during lockdown, with the film originally titled Travellers. Plot explores patriarchy in society
Sterling K. Brown, Rita Ora and John Kim have been cast in Amazon MGM Studios’ Voltron movie, joining previously announced stars Daniel Quinn-Toye and Henry Cavill. Rawson Marshall Thurber is directing from a script he wrote with Ellen Shanman. Plot details are under wraps, but Thurber shared a video message with Voltron fans during VoltCon in which
Emmanuel Macron and a TV crew headed this morning to Notre-Dame, which reopens next weekend five and a half years after the devastating fire. You can check out some pics below. The French President journeyed with cameras and journalists to the iconic Paris cathedral to view the epic renovation, which is estimated to have cost
Dolph Lundgren has shared some very good health news. Nine years after being diagnosed with cancer that was considered terminal, the Rocky IV actor has revealed on Instagram that he’s “finally cancer free.” “Health update – finally cancer free with gratefulness and excitement for a bright future. Thanks for all your support always. 🙔, Lungren
James Gunn has wrapped filming for Peacemaker Season 2. The DC Studios co-head shared on social media that the filming for the second season of the superhero series starring John Cena has been completed. “And that is a WRAP on #Peacemaker season 2, including our last remaining actors Steve Agee, Tim Meadows, Sol Rodriguez &
Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to famed French-Congolese musician and dancer Fally Ipupa, affectionately known as the “Prince of Rumba,” and Belgian-Iranian writer-director Hamed Mobasser. The pair are behind upcoming Congolese feature Rumba Royale, a film
“This is a matter of saving the culture of Afghanistan,” Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf said to a parliamentary committee this morning as he pled with the UK government to house dozens of creatives in danger from the Taliban. Makhmalbaf, a decorated auteur who has been campaigning and helping around 800 Afghani creatives and their families
Amazon MGM Studios‘ giant robot movie Voltron is getting bigger with the addition of Alba Baptista, Samson Kayo and Tharanya Tharan to the cast. They join previously announced Sterling K. Brown, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Henry Cavill, Rita Ora and John Kim. Rawson Marshall Thurber is directing off a screenplay he wrote with Ellen Shanman. The story,
The Berlin Film Festival will occupy two new venues across the German capital during next year’s edition. The festival announced today that it will use Stage Bluemax Theater at Marlene-Dietrich-Platz as a new premiere screening venue. The festival said that once adapted for the event, the venue will offer a seating capacity of around 500.
Charlize Theron is set to join the cast of Christopher Nolan’s next film at Universal. He joins a cast that already includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o. The film will have an Imax release on July 17, 2026. The date falls in line with a number of Nolan films that have had similar release dates in
The highest grossing R-rated movie of all-time just won’t stop breaking records. Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine became the most-watched live action film across Disney+ worldwide in its debut since Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with a 6 day watch of 19.4M views. Deadpool and Wolverine premiered on Disney+ on Nov. 12. Also that doubles as