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EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Amani Ballour, the courageous subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Cave, has been granted a visa to enter the United States in time for the Academy Awards, Deadline has learned. Amani, whose efforts to run a subterranean hospital in the besieged Syrian city of Eastern Ghouta are documented in the film by Feras Fayyad,
All the action over Super Bowl weekend will be in the Hard Rock Stadium down in Miami, not at the box office. Two wide entries will enter the marketplace, IM Global/Paramount/Eon’s Blake Lively R-rated femme assassin movie Rhythm Section and United Artists Releasing’s PG-13 fantasy horror Gretel & Hansel, but neither are expected to make any kind
Netflix has greenlighted One Piece, a live-action series based on the best-selling manga titles of all time. The 10-episode series comes from Tomorrow Studios and One Piece publisher Shueisha. Tomorrow Studios also is behind another live-action Netflix series adaptation of a classic manga property, the upcoming Cowboy Bebop. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D.
During the Netflix documentary, Taylor Swift is shown talking about her struggles with an eating disorder. She said she would be triggered by a photo showing her stomach, or any kind of comment about her looking fat, and she would just stop eating. It took her a while to get past that, and she remarked
Just because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been quiet about its inner workings—a museum fund-raising announcement here, an Oscar press release there—doesn’t mean it’s been quiet inside. Every once in a while, rumblings from the Wilshire Blvd. headquarters are loud enough to be heard out here. This week, the loudest grumbles
Exclusive Getty Shaun Weiss — best known for playing Goldberg in “The Mighty Ducks” films — has reached the point of grave concern … and desperately needs help before it’s too late. Sources close to the troubled 41-year-old actor tell TMZ … he’s currently living on the street and dealing with several life-threatening problems, including
Heather Young’s debut feature film Murmer won the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival, which announced winners at the end of its 26th edition Thursday. Merawi Gerima’s Residue was named honorable mention and won the fest’s audience award. The jury called Murmur a “richly detailed and deeply humane drama” that “offers
Dancer on Dancing with the Stars and former host on America’s Got Talent, Julianne Hough posted a message about evolving love amid rumors that she had split with her husband Brooks Laich. The couple has been keeping their activities low as they try to figure out if they want to stay married. Laich and Hough met back in
EXCLUSIVE: Laika’s Missing Link lives up to its name — the Oscar-nominated adventure was made with old-school stop animation but also represents an evolutionary leap forward in new-tech puppetry craft. That’s abundantly clear in a new featurette that premieres today exclusively here at Deadline in the video above. The featurette spotlights the efforts of Benoit Dubuc,
As the coronavirus continues its rapid spread, China continues to struggle with consequences of the disease on myriad levels. The updated count of confirmed cases has crossed 6,000 on the mainland, with 132 people dead. Separately to the tragic human toll of the virus, the economic impact could exceed $40B on a global level. Today,
With the BAFTA Film Awards fast approaching this Sunday, London is poised to start swinging into revelry from Friday through to the wee hours of Monday morning. The party roster this year as compared to last is slightly different, but that shouldn’t dampen the spirit of the home stretch towards the Oscars on February 9
The video game industry is massive, with multiple studios and gaming companies competing for supremacy. But despite the clear invested audience, movie adaptations of video games have historically been unsuccessful. It looked like disaster had struck again with Jeff Fowler’s upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie, when the original trailer dropped and the title character’s appearance
A musical competition format, a documentary about Money Heist and a number of new dramas lead Netflix’s latest slate of Spanish originals. The streamer has found success with its Spanish-language titles including Money Heist and Elite and is doubling down on local originals. Sing On! is a new musical contest where six contestants will test
Breaking News Shaun Weiss — famous for playing Goldberg in “The Mighty Ducks” — was just arrested again … another chapter in a tragic downward spiral. Police in Marysville, CA say Weiss was busted for residential burglary and being under the influence of methamphetamine Sunday around 7 AM. Cops say they responded to a call
The usual studios — Universal, Paramount, Disney, and maybe even Fox — again are aboard to tease their upcoming event pics during Sunday’s Super Bowl. And the notion that the majors have sticker shock over this year’s record $5.6 million 30-second ad spot cost isn’t really stopping them from banging the drum before an estimated
Two brothers, Morgan and Mason McGrew, released a full-length, shot-for-shot, stop-motion remake of Toy Story 3 on YouTube. The McGrews teased the project last summer when they released a trailer for the meticulously recreated feature, shot entirely on iPhones. The project, officially called Toy Story 3 In Real Life, may have taken the brothers eight years to complete,
EXCLUSIVE: As globalization of the film and TV business continues apace, London has become increasingly attractive to U.S. talent and management firms. We spoke to local film and TV agents about the changing ecosystem, which we can confirm is soon to include a handful of WME film and TV agents who are relocating from LA. WME,
Nicolas Cage is certainly building on his resume of genre-driven films with the new sci-fi horror pic Color Out of Space, which opens in limited release January 24. The film marks the first feature from celebrated cult filmmaker Richard Stanley since Hardware. Based on the short story by H.P. Lovecraft, the film follows Nathan Gardner (Cage)
SAG-AFTRA has developed new guidelines for the use of intimacy coordinators who oversee sex scenes in films and TV shows. “These guidelines directly address the problem of sexual harassment on sets,” said David White, the union’s national executive director. “This is a homerun for our members and the entire industry. Having intimacy coordinators on sets
John Turturro The villains in The Batman we’ve mentioned so far fall under the ‘freak’ category, but John Turturro’s character, Carmine Falcone, is a more traditional sort of criminal. Introduced in Batman: Year One, Falcone is one of Gotham City’s most powerful mob bosses when Batman first hits the scene, and he featured prominently in
Southwest-native T.J. Kuhn was only a toddler when he landed the biggest movie role of his life as the kidnapped baby, Nathan Jr. — who gets taken on a crazy cat and mouse mission to evade the police and bounty hunters — in the Coen brother’s hilarious 1987 movie masterpiece, “Raising Arizona.” T.J. Kuhn was
This year’s Berlin International Film Festival will host a tribute program to German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger. She will attend the festival to receive the prize on February 22, prior to the world premiere of her documentary Paris Calligrammes, which is playing in the Berlinale Special strand. One of Germany’s most important filmmakers since the 1970s,
There’s a reason why Obsidian is seen as one of the best RPG developers in gaming. While The Outer Worlds stole the show in 2019, other recent releases like Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire have long showcased the veteran studio’s skill in the modern day. Deadfire now has a complete edition, which brings the sequel to
EXCLUSIVE: A potential TV spin-off of British director Jonathan Glazer’s cult sci-fi feature Under The Skin has sparked a bidding war between the film’s original financier Silver Reel and studio A24. Based on a novel by Michel Faber, Under The Skin was director Glazer’s first film in a decade when it landed in 2013, winning
Broadway continued to drop a some box office winter weight last week, though no one seems to have notified David Byrne: The former Talking Head’s American Utopia was not only a sell-out but surpassed the $200 mark for average ticket price. The priciest seat on Broadway after the blockbusting champ Hamilton, Byrne’s concert-style theater piece,
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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first clip for well-received Sundance NEXT movie The Mountains Are A Dream That Call To Me. The Park City world premiere marks the feature debut of Cedric Cheung-Lau, who was chief lighting technician on Monsters And Men, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night and Patti Cake$. Rathaus Films is producing. The
Felicity Huffman wasn’t able to escape to the U.S. criminal justice system, but she is trying to make a clean break from the coronavirus … which has apparently made its way stateside. The actor was out Saturday at JFK with her daughter, Sophia, who was roped into the college admission scandal last year. They were
BREAKING: Amazon Studios announced wide it has acquired North American rights to Herself, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!, The Iron Lady). The inspirational story about hope, perseverance and community world premiered Friday at the Sundance Film Festival. Amazon Studios is planning a theatrical release later this year. This becomes the second deal tonight, as