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(UPDATED WITH STATEMENT FROM MEGHAN MARKLE’S LAWYERS) While a London judge today dismissed a chunk of a lawsuit brought by Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, against the UK tabloid Mail on Sunday for publishing excepts of a letter to her father, the former Suits star vows to “move forward.” “The Duchess’ rights were violated;

Back in mid-March when rumors about the couple had just begun, Armas posted a set of beach photos. Ben Affleck commented on the post asking for “photo credit pls.” Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas filmed Deep Water in New Orleans back in November, which is about a couple in an open relationship. When one

Sausage Party producers and Point Grey principals Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have reteamed with Sony and producer Matt Tolmach (who worked with them on Hulu’s Future Man series) to develop an adult animated film based on the 2018 podcast, Bubble, which was created by Jordan Morris. Morris will adapt the screenplay. The 10-episode scripted

Irrfan Khan — Bollywood icon and star of films like “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Life of Pi” — has died after battling cancer. The Indian actor died Wednesday in a Mumbai hospital after being admitted to the ICU for a colon infection earlier this week. His rep says … “Irrfan was a strong soul, someone who

The greatest success of Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead, the first movie in his Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is that it isn’t a spoof of zombie movies. It works spectacularly as a zombie movie on its own – it just happens to be funny. RELATED: You’ve Got Red On

Netflix has removed an episode of political thriller series Designated Survivor in Turkey following a demand from the country’s censor board. The episode, number seven from season two (when the show was still made by ABC), depicts a fictitious Turkish president, played by Troy Caylak, as its antagonist. Kiefer Sutherland leads the show as U.S.

Sony’s The Nightingale WWII drama starring Elle and Dakota Fanning, which was suppose to come out at the end of this year, has been pushed to Dec. 22, 2021 due to the COVID-19 production shutdown. Real-life sisters Elle and Dakota Fanning will play on-screen sisters in the coming-of-age story adapted from Kristin Hannah’s international bestseller. Pic, which is

Deadline has confirmed that a live action version of the Disney 1997 animated feature Hercules is in development with Anthony and Joe Russo producing and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings screenwriter David Callaham tapped to write. Russos are set to produce through their AGBO label. Though not one of the uber huge grossing animated musicals

The Avengers (2012) From writer/director Joss Whedon, The Avengers sees our world-saving team of superheroes — specifically, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) — assembling for the first time in order to stop the mischievous Loki (Tom Hiddleston)

In one of the biggest individual donations to the relief efforts aimed at people in the industry impacted by the coronavirus-related production shutdowns, top TV producer Greg Berlanti has committed $1 million dollars to the cause. He revealed his gesture in a letter to the staffs of Greg Berlanti Productions’ 17 current series, a copy

Exclusive ‘American Horror Story’ star Leslie Grossman‘s husband is pulling the plug on their marriage … TMZ has learned. The actress’s longtime hubby, Jon Bronson, filed his divorce petition Tuesday in L.A. County Superior. Jon says they have one minor child … their 13-year-old daughter, Goldie. No word yet on what he’s looking for as

Discovery Inc. CEO David Zaslav saw his total compensation fall last year to $46 million compared with $129 million in 2018, when a large option grant related to a renewal of his contract made him the most highly compensated chief executive in the nation. His package last year included a base salary of $3 million;

Editors’ Note: With acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for

Hollywood’s Big 3 talent agencies estimate that it will cost them more than $10 million to produce all the documents the WGA is seeking in discovery as their yearlong legal battle over packaging fees winds its way slowly towards trial next March. The WGA, however, says the discovery costs to the agencies will be much

Director Antonio Margheriti Set only about 24 years apart, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds are relatively close together on the Tarantinoverse, so it makes sense that the former’s connection to the big picture is primarily through the latter. This one is easy to miss, however, so don’t feel bad if you

Dylan Sprouse has teamed with sci-fi and fantasy magazine Heavy Metal and Allyance Media Group’s DIGA Studios to bring his self-written comic book series to the page. The project is the first collaboration under DIGA Studios and Heavy Metal’s recently announced partnership, which aims to bring Heavy Metal content to film, television, podcasts and more.

Breaking News Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger have a baby on the way — their first together … which means Arnold Schwarzenegger will be a newly-minted grandparent too. TMZ has confirmed the married couple is expecting, though it’s unclear how far along Kat might be at the moment. Reports surfaced last year that they were

BBC drama controller Piers Wenger has shed light on the British broadcaster’s plans to get cameras rolling again on high-end scripted shows following the coronavirus lockdown. Wenger said the “TV world has been turned upside down” by the pandemic and he is working through “big logistical questions” about how to mount production again after most

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has claimed that the next generation of consoles will feel as dramatic a change as the jump from 2D to 3D. The PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X are due to be released at the end of 2020, but neither Sony or Microsoft have held a proper reveal event for either

Korea, the world’s fifth largest box office market, is re-opening a portion of its major cinemas this week after a soft-ish shutdown last month. One of the first new titles in the mix will be Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour which will play exclusively at the Megabox circuit, the market’s 3rd largest. The animated sequel

Despite Texas Gov. Greg Abbott permitting movie theaters to re-open on May 1 in his state numbering nearly 30 million, big movies chains like AMC and Cinemark, which is located in Plano, TX, are still eyeing mid-summer re-opening, not only out of safety, but also due to the lack of new, fresh studio content. Abbott

Going back to the aforementioned Deadpool movies, Ryan Reynolds has used both blockbusters to take pot shots at the star’s big swing-and-a-miss superhero epic. The first film has two, with a picture of the Emerald Knight featured in the opening credits, and then later when Wade Wilson is being prepped for “superhero school,” with the

When Deadline runs its Most Valuable Blockbuster film profitability countdown each year, readers often ask about certain films that make big bucks but don’t make the list because they don’t hit the minimum on domestic grosses. Here are five pics that deserve honorable mentions for 2019. (The takeaway for all the overachievers: screw Disney.) THE FILM

Play video content One guy in New York was ready to get his Don Lockwood on — ’cause he happily did a little number out in the rain, only he had his own twist to it … skip the clothes, cheeks out. Watch this very excited man dance butt naked on his roof in the

EXCLUSIVE: Upstart HBO Max has closed a deal for Catching Out, a feature pitch that will be scripted by Nic Sheff with 13 Reasons Why creator Brian Yorkey producing with Makeready’s Brad Weston. HBO Max stepped up in a competitive situation for a drama that is an exploration of a youth subculture. Yorkey created the

Not so long ago, before the Justice League film and well after Doomsday’s first rampage, Superman died in battle and had to be revived by Wonder Woman‘s ingenuity. Superman’s most famous death was the comics event of 1992, cinematically retold in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Meanwhile, in the pages of Justice League

Paramount has just made a few 2021 and 2022 release date changes with news that Mission: Impossible 7 will now open on Nov. 19, 2021 instead of July 23 next year. The Tom Cruise production was arguably the first Hollywood production to be halted out of safety due to the COVID-19 outbreak, with production completely stopped

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is close to completing its line-up of European content execs after hiring Davide Nardini as its Italian scripted chief. Nardini joins from Italian production company Palomar, the company behind John Turturro and Rupert Everett’s The Name of the Rose. Nardini, who grew up between Italy, Spain and France, has been responsible for international

SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains massive spoilers for Sam Hargrave’s Extraction. If you have not yet seen the film, proceed at your own risk! By the time that the third act fire fight in the action-thriller Extraction is ready to conclude, Chris Hemsworth’s Tyler Rake is in sincerely bad shape. The character takes some

SAG-AFTRA and management’s AMPTP said Friday that they will start negotiations for a new film and TV contract on Monday. In a joint statement, they said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state government stay-at-home orders, the talks will be conducted via video teleconference. Their current contract expires June 30. SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris