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In December 2020, Disney+ is bringing a good amount of Christmas content, including an original movie, as well Pixar’s latest movie and the season finale of its most successful original TV show to date. With the coronavirus pandemic still going, streaming services continue to be the main source of entertainment for many, as well as

The end for Black Lightning is in sight. The CW confirmed Friday that the superhero drama will end with the upcoming fourth season, which is set to premiere early next year. The move follows the network’s announcement last week that it is planning a planted spinoff of the series titled Painkiller, with Jordan Calloway reprising

In a major sign of confidence in the future of theatrical moviegoing, Cineworld Group, the world’s second largest exhibitor and owner of Regal in the U.S., has secured significant additional liquidity that will help ensure its future despite ongoing challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes a new debt facility of $450M, while further

EXCLUSIVE: Highly sensitive employee data, including bank account details and home addresses, may have been breached after super-producer Banijay was the victim of what could be a major hack late last week. Banijay, the company behind global hits including MasterChef and Big Brother, had its IT systems compromised by a bad actor demanding a ransom,

Fatman (2020) Mel Gibson as a weathered, R-rated Santa Claus protecting his life and livelihood from a vengeful mercenary (Walton Goggins) hired by a rich, not-at-all-nice 12-year-old boy (Chance Hurstfield) who wants him dead. That’s the type of logline where you’re either with it or you’re not. If you’re like me, you’re sold instantly. If

Jason Momoa surprised superfan Danny Sheehan with a face time video call after a video report from local CBS Bosston affiliate WBZ of the seven-year-old getting a Aquaman toy went viral. Sheehan was diagnosed with Pineoblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, in January 2017. Since then, he has been bravely battling the disease with

Play video content Exclusive Details Courtesy Of Tyler Perry Studios Tyler Perry was in the giving mood this weekend — and it appears thousands more were in the receiving mood ahead of an extremely challenging Thanksgiving. Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta became the site of incredibly long lines of cars Sunday morning as folks came

EXCLUSIVE: As Disney continues to figure out what to do with Fox properties acquired in the merger, one of the biggest IPs, Deadpool, looks to be gaining momentum. Sources tell Deadline that Bob’s Burgers veterans Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin will write Deadpool 3, with Ryan Reynolds set to reprise his role as the wise-cracking

It’s up to the fans to make Killer Klowns from Outer Space 2 happen, according to director Stephen Chiodo. Killer Klowns from Outer Space came out in 1988, but unlike many iconic horror films from the decade, Stephen and Charles Chiodo’s sci-fi/horror movie initially didn’t appeal to movie-goers. Over the years however, Killer Klowns from Outer Space has turned into a cult classic. Even with

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Amazon will release their acquisition of Paramount Pictures’ Eddie Murphy sequel Coming 2 America on March 5, 2021. The movie was originally slated for a Dec. 18 theatrical release before Paramount unloaded the feature to Amazon for $125M in a global rights deal, as we first told you. It’s another be global pic launch for Amazon

Coronavirus seems to show no signs of slowing down as officials confirm 4,522 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The latest count from the Los Angeles Department of Public Health also shows a total of 34 new deaths, confirming officials’ predictions of a higher daily death count as the winter months roll in. Over the

The report also shares that Black men and women represent about half (45.7%) of the increase in people of color hires. Contracts going to women went up only a little over one percent, from 43.5 to 44.9%, with the gender pay gap still largely prominent in the theater community. Non-binary, gender non-conforming individuals and transgender

HBO has given a series order to The Last of Us, the adaptation of the PlayStation video game, from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, game creator Neil Druckmann and Game of Thrones exec producer Carolyn Strauss. The series is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television in association with PlayStation Productions, Word Games and Naughty Dog. The

Exclusive Holly Madison is gonna loooove this … her BF, Zak Bagans, just dropped a fat stack on the famous clown from “Poltergeist,” and wants to keep it in his bedroom!!! The “Ghost Adventures” star tells TMZ … he threw down a cool $80,000 at an auction, and snagged the original clown prop doll from

Valentina Pedicini, the Italian director whose credits include the 2019 award-winning documentary Faith, has died at the age of 42. Italian media is widely reporting that she had been ill for some time and her condition worsened in recent days. She was admitted to hospital in Rome, before passing away today. Pedicini was best known

Steam has announced upgrades for its support of the PS5 DualSense controller on its service. The online PC game distribution platform announced support for the next generation of console controllers about a week ago. The integration of PS5 controller support is a pretty impressive feat, considering how many advanced features the new gamepad contains. And there

EXCLUSIVE: A few hours after WGA West executive director David Young allegedly threatened to “kill” WME partner Rick Rosen during a heated phone conversation on August 11, Rosen fired off an email to WME attorney Courtney Braun that memorialized the phone call. Deadline has reviewed the email, which supports Rosen’s claim. “He screamed ‘I AM

Amazon is set to find the beat with the upcoming Sound of Metal starring Riz Ahmed which hits select theaters today before moving to Prime Video on December 4. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Darius Marder, who co-wrote the movie with Abraham Marder. Sound of Metal follows punk-metal drummer Ruben (Ahmed) who begins to experience intermittent hearing

AMC dropped a bunch of news today about the upcoming extended 10th season of The Walking Dead. The first of the six new episodes is set to debut on Sunday, February 28, while AMC+ will have them earlier starting on February 25 before their linear debut. Each new episode will debut on the streamer on the

As noted, we will once again get to see Sophia Lillis through a vision of the past in Uncle Frank, which is set in 1973. In the story she plays 18-year-old Beth Bledsoe, who has spent her entire life looking up to her Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany). After leaving her South Carolina home to go

More news on the Monster Hunter and Wonder Woman 1984 fronts with China dates now set for both films. The former, starring Milla Jovovich, has landed a December 4 release in the Middle Kingdom while Warner Bros/DC’s Gal Gadot sequel is due on December 18. Contrary to the situation domestically, where Deadline recently reported the

Matthew McConaughey is clearly flirting with running for Governor of Texas … what’s not clear is exactly when he’d do it. The Oscar winner gave separate interviews this week in which he talked about mulling a run for office. On the “Hugh Hewitt Show” Tuesday, he said that “it would be up to the people

EXCLUSIVE: The selections for the 2020 Disability List were unveiled Thursday night at the Media Access Awards. The Black List teamed with Easterseals Disability Services, the Writers Guild of America Writers with Disabilities Committee and Media Access Awards for the annual curated list of the most promising unproduced scripts featuring at least one lead character

Justice League‘s Knightmare version of Deathstroke (Joe Manganiello) has been revealed in the latest Snyder Cut image. Following the news that director Zack Snyder’s famed cut of Justice League will finally be released on HBO Max next year, fans have eagerly awaited every bit of new information they can get about the long-awaited movie. Snyder’s Justice League

Last Friday, the prayers of several Star Wars fans were heard as Katee Sackhoff made her live-action debut as Bo-Katan Kryze on Disney+’s The Mandalorian. It is the character she voiced for eight years on the series’ animated predecessors Clone Wars and Rebels. And Bo-Katan made it clear about her mission going forward: She wants to reclaim

AMC circuit CEO and President Adam Aron did not have words of hate tonight toward Warner Bros’ (actually, let’s be honest, WarnerMedia’s) decision to take their $200M DC superhero sequel Wonder Woman 1984 into theaters and onto HBO Max on Christmas Day. Aron gave his thumbs up, saying that the movie will play at close

Series Mania Pushed Back To May French TV festival Series Mania has been pushed back from its usual March home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Lille event will take place on May 28-June 5, with the Series Mania Forum being staged between June 1-3.  Registration will open online on January 18. “With the ongoing uncertainly

Since the decision is also a first for major big-budget releases, a number of fans are concerned as well. Most notably, the global fans of Wonder Woman have been left hanging with this announcement. Right now, theatrical and streaming plans are solely for people living in the U.S., and if audiences in other countries have

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired feature comedy Student Driver, an original pitch from writer Peter Hoare (Standing Up, Falling Down) and Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films, sources said. Written by Hoare, with Murder Mystery helmer Kyle Newacheck attached to direct, I hear Student Driver is an action comedy involving a substitute driver’s ed teacher and his students