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Fans may not associate the Guardians of the Galaxy movies with The Wizard of Oz, however, director James Gunn recently revealed the first film’s opening was inspired by the 1939 classic. As the director of the first two movies in the franchise, many credit Gunn with reinvigorating the Marvel Studios properties. Countering favorites like Spider-Man, Captain America,

UPDATED with video New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed skepticism about Broadway’s just-announced June 7 reopening date. “I wouldn’t use what Broadway thinks as a barometer of anything unless they’re in the public health business and have seen better numbers and models,” Cuomo said at his daily COVID-19 briefing. Asked by a reporter if he

British commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has outlined an emergency cost-cutting plan in its bid to weather the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic. In an all-staff conference call on Wednesday afternoon, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon outlined measures to slash the broadcaster’s 2020 content budget by £150M ($185M) and find £95M of operational savings, including reviewing investments and

Why Hustlers Fans Will Like It: Hustlers takes place during the 2007-2008 financial crisis, which is the catalyst for Destiny, Ramona, and others to start committing crimes to make enough money to survive. The Big Short does a great job of explaining the financial crisis to those completely unaware. The film helps contextualize the situation

EXCLUSIVE: UK actor, comedian and writer Stephen Mangan is set to make his feature film screenwriting debut with the adaptation of Alan Temperley’s popular children’s novel Harry And The Wrinklies. First published in 1997, the book follows a young boy who, after the sudden death of his parents, is sent off to live with an

Honor Blackman — one of the first iconic, and perhaps most iconic Bond girls of the movie franchise — has died. The 1960s and ’70s movie and TV star — who was considered a bonafide bombshell in her day — passed away peacefully at her home in Lewes, Sussex, surrounded by loved ones. Her family

Sony officially revealed the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller to the world today, detailing the successor to the DualShock model that has been such a prominent feature of the PlayStation family of consoles since their inception. Sony has been slowly unveiling new technology and hardware design for the PS5 over the past few months, culminating in a

Celine Rotterman, a veteran advertising sales executive with more than 20 years’ experience in the media and publishing industries, has been named SVP Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Deadline. She will be based in London and report to Stacey Farish, the Chief Revenue Officer & GM at Deadline, TVLine and GoldDerby. Rotterman has

As it faces up to the huge coronavirus challenge, exhibition giant Cineworld has suspended payment of its 2019 fourth quarter dividend of 4.25c per share and upcoming 2020 quarterly dividends in a bid to “conserve cash wherever possible”. The Regal-owner also announced today that executive directors will defer payment of their salaries and bonuses. Non-executive

Here’s the debut trailer for Netflix thriller Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth as a black-market mercenary who is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. Sam Hargrave, stunt coordinator on Captain America: Civil War, is directing the movie. Joe Russo, of Marvel fame, wrote the script and is producing with his

However, did you ever notice that there are few things about Grease that just don’t “go together?” Musicals have been historically dependent on suspension of disbelief, of course, so I can get past fantastically elaborate dance numbers, flying cars, and even Rydell High being filled with 30-year-olds who were held back a few too many

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Jeffrey Katzenberg says his new streaming service, Quibi, is revolutionary in the entertainment game — bringing the highest quality video exclusively to your phone, and with a starting price ya can’t refuse. The mega-producer launched Quibi on Monday, and joined us on “TMZ Live” to tell us all about his

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care as he battles coronavirus. Johnson was admitted to hospital yesterday (April 5) after initially testing positive for COVID-19 on March 27. Earlier today, he tweeted that he was “in good spirits” and was still keeping in touch with his team in government. However, this

Stephen Amell, star of The CW’s Arrow revealed he was sick while filming the first few episodes of season 2. The series recently concluded its impressive eight-season run with a final ten episodes. Arrow brought back several familiar faces for its final episode, including Tommy Merlyn, Moira Queen, and Felicity Smoak. The final season also served as a prolonged goodbye,

Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment is shifting a raft of theatrical releases online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered cinemas across the region. It’s rare for MENA distributors to forego theatrical releases on decent-sized movies given strict windowing rules. But the current climate will see Front Row kick off ‘Premium VOD’

The mother studio of franchise pics, Disney, made some release date changes today which further underscores studios’ planning that the summer box office season starts later than sooner. With Artemis Fowl, originally on Memorial Day weekend, heading to Disney+, and Universal’s Candyman now on Sept. 25, Disney/Pixar’s Soul is left standing at the expected first pic of summer. First off, despite

SPOILER ALERT:  This post contains details of tonight’s The Walking Dead  penultimate episode of Season 10, which is the de facto finale for the next little while thanks to the coronavirus crisis.  “You got a whole lot of family,” The Walking Dead‘s Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) tells the now parentless Judith Grimes (Cailey Fleming) in tonight’s

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Cate Blanchett’s voice is one of the first audiences hear in the prologue of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, during which time her character, Galadriel, explains the creation and history of the Rings of Power. Throughout here appearances in the trilogy, the wise elf provides guidance to

The UK’s Ambassador Theatre Group has announced that it is extending its suspension of London stage performances until May 31. Shows that are on hiatus at the group’s West End theatres include The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Lion King, 9 to 5, Pretty Woman, and Wicked. ATG released the following statement on its website: Due

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com A British actor known for playing Jesus in various films has the coronavirus and is extremely upset his country’s quarantining rules are putting people at extreme risk. Adam Bond is in a Malaysian hospital … he’s been there for weeks. Adam was filming his 7th movie in which he plays

The Palais is now home to the homeless. An occasional dog walker strolls the deserted Croisette. Once jammed restaurants on Rue St. Antoine are locked, as is the Hotel Du Cap. Cannes would normally be prepping frantically for its Film Festival May 12, but its delay and the subsequent lock down has slammed this once

There is something indelibly appealing about Greek mythology. It incorporates imaginative fantasy elements into the sincerity of religion. It is the magical realism of the highest order, wherein humans coexist with monsters. The gods themselves were every bit as flawed as humans, making them unexpectedly relatable. They were vain and vengeful, inviting convoluted and operatic

With movie theaters closed to hopefully no later than early June, the major studios have a permission slip to test out big pic releases in the home. Now, they’re not so insane that they’ll burn down the house to keep warm. Major movies like Disney’s Mulan and Black Widow which have the potential to do $1 billion at

With roughly a third of all Americans ordered to stay “safer at home” amid the coronavirus outbreak, the entertainment industry is chiming in with public service announcements about how to stay safe, maintain social distance, deal with isolation and uncertainty and try to grasp the concept of “what’s next?” Here’s a compilation. Some are newer

Epic Universe There’s a lot that isn’t happening right now on the theme park front, and for obvious reasons, but interestingly, the biggest current project of them all is reportedly still moving forward. Universal Orlando’s fourth gate, Epic Universe, is, according to the company, still moving forward. Universal states that all appropriate protocols are being

Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already 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 an

Exclusive Forget “Saving Private Ryan” … Steven Spielberg‘s saving our doctors and nurses by hooking ’em up with some grub as they work day and night to treat COVID-19 patients. We’re told the three-time Oscar winner’s production company, Amblin Entertainment, sent over a bunch of food to treat doctors and nurses at Providence Saint Joseph

Sony’s PlayStation Plus, as well as other console manufacturers’ online services, should be free for all users, if only for a time. Games, and particularly online games, are providing a welcome escape from the frightening and stressful real world of today, which makes it feel cruel that these companies are still charging users money for

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is terminating all licensing arrangements it has in place with Kew Media Distribution, including for hit British drama Line Of Duty, after talks with the collapsed company’s administrator broke down. Deadline understands that Netflix has the rights to stream a number of Kew Media Distribution titles in various territories and made administrator FTI

In what is considered an anomaly in the industry for an on-demand rental title (not sellthrough): Dreamworks Animation/Universal’s Trolls World Tour is now available for pre-order on FandangoNOW in advance of the pic’s April 10 availability date. While pre-orders for sell-through titles like Bad Boys for Life are quite common, that’s not the case with VOD rental titles. In