After German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday outlined plans for the easing of restrictions caused by the coronavirus crisis, the country’s most populous state has said cinemas will now be able to open from May 30. North Rhine-Westphalia, which is home to such major cities as Dusseldorf and Cologne, set guidelines on Wednesday, but noted
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Nubia One last Amazon who should star in a Wonder Woman spinoff should be Hippolyta’s second daughter, Nubia. Just as Diana Prince was sculpted from clay, so is Nubia, but with a clay that gives her dark skin. Nubia is supposed to have the great strength of Diana, but Ares/Mars steals her from Hippolyta and
Trafalgar Entertainment, the International business specializing in live entertainment, has struck a deal with the New South Wales Government to operate Sydney’s Theatre Royal once it re-opens. The company has signed a 55-year sublease to take on the venue, which will open again in August 2021. It will act as a hub for the live-streaming
Breaking News Tom Cruise is set to boldly go where no actor’s gone before — like, for real — by making a movie in space, and NASA’s fully on board for the project. Yep, Mr. ‘Mission Impossible’ is going into orbit!!! NASA’s Jim Bridenstine, says they’re “excited to work with Tom Cruise on a film
Coming soon to a drive-in theater near you: a drive-in theater. Tribeca Enterprises, in partnership with Imax and AT&T, announced plans today for Tribeca Drive-In, a film series set for this summer at drive-in theaters and other exclusive venues nationwide. The limited engagement series is designed to “provide families with a safe, comfortable entertainment experience
When creating The Mandalorian for Disney+, Jon Favreau didn’t want Baby Yoda to be too cute – here’s how he made it happen. When The Mandalorian originally premiered, viewers were taken by surprise when, at the very end of the first episode, it was revealed that the titular Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) had been searching for a baby that looked
As the coronavirus crisis continues to take lives around the world, there is no time table yet for when production on big budget Marvel movies will start up, but blockbuster still belong in cinemas, Disney’s CEO declared today – at least for now. “No projections,” Bob Chapek told a conference call Tuesday of the House
The Sundance U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize winner for Ensemble Acting, Charm City Kings, has been acquired by HBO Max from Sony Pictures Classics. The Angel Manuel Soto-directed movie, which follows a 14-year old who wants to join an infamous group of Baltimore dirt-bike riders, was originally expected to open this spring before SPC moved the movie
ITV has revealed that it has furloughed roughly 15% of its UK workforce as it bids to cut costs amid the coronavirus crisis that has shut down the majority of its productions and ravaged advertising revenue. In a trading update on Wednesday, the UK’s biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster said that 800 staff have been placed
David Ayer’s comment about Jared Leto’s Joker was part of a larger conversation that started when a fan suggested that he’d be a good fit for a movie about DC Comics hero The Question. From there, the discussion shifted to The Joker’s ‘Damaged’ forehead tattoo, which was among the many critiqued aspects of the character.
Disney CEO Bob Chapek praised theatrical moviegoing during the company’s earnings call Tuesday, but said “case by case” decisions on how films roll out will be made during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. “We very much believe in the value of the theatrical experience,” he said in discussing Disney’s fiscal second quarter. “But we also
Elon Musk is having himself quite a week — he put 2 homes on the market, he’s potentially shooting a movie in space with Tom Cruise, and oh yeah … he had a baby with his girlfriend, Grimes. The Tesla honcho revealed the news on Twitter Monday evening by first replying to a tweet by
SPOILER ALERT: The following recap contains spoilers about tonight’s series finale of Disney+’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, “Victory and Death.” Visual awe and spectacle, more than the greater expansion of Star Wars mythology, was largely the star of tonight’s series finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. However, the show’s multi-hyphenate Dave Filoni certainly left us
For those who’ve so far missed their chance to play the Valorant closed beta, developer Riot Games is giving them a nice little consolation prize when the game launches in summer 2020. Although it isn’t much, it’s still a nice gesture of good faith to a community that is much, much wider than the relatively small pools
UPDATED MONDAY, 6:35 P.M. Two days after announcing that he was temporarily stepping back from his duties on ITV’s flagship morning show, Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan has revealed that he tested negative for COVID-19. Morgan said on Saturday that he was experiencing a “mild” COVID-like symptom, but today posted to Twitter that his
Cast members from Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Jagged Little Pill, Company, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicago, Diana, Mean Girls, Girl from the North Country, Six, and Mrs. Doubtfire will take part in Sunday’s Broadway Does Mother’s Day, a digital variety benefitting Broadway Cares’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The show is designed to replace
UPDATED MONDAY AT 2:20 P.M. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 28 new deaths and 568 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. That’s nearly 500 fewer new cases than were reported on Friday, continuing the rollercoaster fluctuations that have been reported this week. As she has noted previously, L.A. County Director of
When watching Stuber, I began to notice an abundance of Easter eggs, jokes, and other references to some of the biggest action properties of the 1980s. There were so many in fact, that I wanted to watch the movie a second time just to pick up on all of the things I missed the first
Activist hedge fund Elliott Management, which recently extracted concessions from AT&T and Twitter, has Quibi in its sights, financing interactive video company Eko’s patent-infringement lawsuit against the streamer, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal Sunday. As part of the financing, Elliott would end up with an equity stake in Eko, WSJ said,
Tom Hardy is trying his best to look like the late Chicago kingpin, Al Capone — but it’s becoming clearer with every new shot and still photo that comes out … they’re not a match. You might’ve heard about the new movie Tom’s starring in called ‘Capone,’ in which he plays the titular character …
Sue Bruce-Smith, Film4’s Deputy Director and a much-loved figure in the UK biz, has died at the age of 62 following a battle with cancer. She was diagnosed two years ago and had been receiving treatment at home in Dublin with the support of her family – she passed away on Saturday morning. Bruce-Smith started
In February, fans fell head-over-heels in love with Netflix’s series Love is Blind. The show asked contestants and viewers to put aside their shallow notions of the ideal mate. Instead, they were encouraged to look towards inner beauty and find their soulmates. Love is Blind became a global success. Fans rushed to watch this inventive new
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott began loosening the state’s coronavirus restrictions and allowed movie theaters and select businesses to reopen doors and function at a 25% capacity while keeping in line with COVID-19 safety protocols. Many major movie theater chains like Cinemark, AMC and Alamo Drafthouse decided to remain temporarily closed while Evo Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: Despite recent, scattered press reports suggesting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was snubbing Broadway by shutting the industry out of his New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board, the state and the theater industry are working closely on how to re-start, Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League, tells Deadline. “We are completely aligned
Waiting For Guffman (1996) Christopher Guest is responsible for some of the greatest mockumentary films of all time like This Is Spinal Tap, Best In Show, and Waiting For Guffman, a 1996 film about a small town in Missouri that thinks they found the perfect way to celebrate their 150th anniversary. Like everything else created
Editor’s Note: Deadline’s latest series, Reopening Hollywood, focuses on the incredibly complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved. Our goal is to examine numerous sides of the business and provide forum for leaders in Hollywood who have a vision for how production could safely restart in the
Universal made a TON of cash by skipping a theatrical release and dropping “Trolls World Tour” digitally instead — and pissed as theater chains are … it might well be a sign of changes to come post-pandemic. You might’ve heard about the beef between the movie studio and a few cineplex bigwigs who were irate
John Lafia, who directed the horror film Child’s Play 2 and co-wrote Child’s Play, died by suicide on April 29, in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office. He was 63. The coroner’s office listed Lafia’s cause of death as hanging and said he was found in his basement. In a
The opening war montage of X-Men Origins: Wolverine shows what the prequel movie should’ve focused on. After Fox’s first trilogy of X-Men films concluded, Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine was the most popular character in the franchise. As a result, the studio wanted more of him and decided to give him a solo film. Directed by Gavin Hood, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Paramount has given a date for a new Transformers movie of June 24, 2022. The studio is in development on two different projects: one by Murder Mystery scribe James Vanderbilt and the other by John Wick Chapter 3 EP and Army of the Dead scribe Joby Harold. The Vanderbilt project, from what we’ve heard, is based on Transformers spinoff Beast Wars which are robots that transform into robotic