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EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard) and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight franchise) have wrapped on Liz Here Now, a new indie drama from director Sterling Macer Jr. Shot in Lexington, KY, the film is based on the novel of the same name by Todd Connor. The story follows Liz Baxter (Ellis-Taylor), who works as

Jason Blum couldn’t reveal details Friday about Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, but he brought New York Comic Con attendees the poster for the sequel to last year’s highest-grossing horror movie ($137.2M domestic, $291.4M). The first movie opened during the actors strike, day-and-date on Peacock, and defied all the hurdles of last fall’s marketplace. The

There is always space, it seems, for another warm-hearted story about the foibles of Irish working-class women, cosy as a fireside chat with a nice cup of tea. As for gay men and their mams, that’s a rich  seam of drama, comedy and whatever lies in between that is probably inexhaustible. The four mothers who

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes’ directorial debut My Dead Friend Zoe took the Grand Jury prize for Best Feature Narrative Saturday night as the Woodstock Film Festival presented awards for its silver jubilee edition. The film stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman in a tale of a female veteran of the war in Afghanistan

Sony may have skipped San Diego Comic-Con, but they came to the Big Apple on Friday for New York Comic Con showing off exclusively to the room, and not to anyone else, the first trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, which brings back not only OG Ralph Macchio’s Danny LaRusso from the original 1984 movie and

Roman Polanski’s film An Officer and a Spy is to receive its UK premiere, six years after winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, and despite being frozen out of the UK and American film market due to the director’s criminal past.  The Times newspaper reports that the UK Jewish Film Festival

After 20 years, Zach Braff is bringing the sounds of Garden State to the Golden State. The 3x Golden Globe nominee announced a 20th anniversary soundtrack concert, which will happen March 29, 2025 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, benefitting homeless shelter The Midnight Mission. Tickets are now available on Ticketmaster. “It’s been 20

Tom Holland is famous for being unable to keep a secret and recently gave an update on the development of Spider-Man 4. The actor teased that he and Zendaya had read a draft of the script and are excited about the direction the superhero film is headed. “We have a creative and a pitch and

Two senior execs and a creative associate are exiting the Netflix France scripted series team. Senior creative execs Clementine Gayet and Jimmy Desmarais are leaving, along with Ingha Mayo, who is a creative associate. A source in Europe said the execs left this week. Gayet has been with Netflix since 2019, joining from Iconoclast Films.

The year was 1971. The venue: Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The event: the (unofficial) Women’s World Cup soccer tournament, attracting a massive crowd of more than 110,000 madly-cheering fans – to this day, believed to be the largest gathering ever for a women’s sporting competition. The story of this extraordinary event – and how

Sometimes, looking back can help with what’s coming next. That was the message from Sony Pictures Television Studios president Katherine Pope on Wednesday during a keynote interview in Rome at the Italian confab MIA, in which she addressed everything from Season 5 of The Boys to calling for gaps between seasons to shrink. Asked to

EXCLUSIVE: Directing and screenwriting duo Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg have inked with Grandview for representation. Cohen and Halberg directed Screen Gems’ Tarot this past spring which grossed $50M off an $8M production cost — 62% of that from offshore. The twosome were the first selection for Screen Gems’ directing incubator, where they wrote, directed,

Saoirse Ronan could’ve starred opposite Scarlett Johansson in 2021’s Black Widow. The Lady Bird star recently addressed rumors she was offered the role of Yelena Belova in the Marvel film. During an appearance on Happy Sad Confused, host Josh Horowitz asked Ronan if she had been offered the role that ultimately was played by her

EXCLUSIVE: A drama adaptation of ‘The Tea House on the Death Pass’ – Daniel Edelson’s novel based on the true story of hundreds of hikers who became trapped while trekking in the Himalayas – is in the works. ZDF Studios and Paramount’s Ananey Studios are joining forces to co-produce. Euphoria creator Ron Leshem, Amit Cohen

EXCLUSIVE: Thomasin McKenzie says that because of her youthful appearance — she’s 24 — it has been “a bit of a struggle” to play her own age or older, but those worries are banished with her latest role. In the wonderful movie Joy, she delivers a remarkable portrait of Jean Purdy, one of the founding pioneers of human in

Todd Phillips explains why a Joker: Folie à Deux scene with Lady Gaga‘s Harley Quinn kissing another woman didn’t make the final cut. Paparazzi photos from the set of the Warner Bros. film in New York City from March 2023 featured the singer locking lips with a woman. The scene happens when Harley arrives at the courthouse to

Refresh for latest…: After its sadly disappointing start last weekend, Warner Bros and Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux is still a sad clown, adding an estimated $22.7M from 77 international box office markets this session (a 70.5% drop). The overseas running cume now stands at $113.7M and the worldwide total is currently $165.3M through

It’s official: Ready or Not 2 is in the works. The news is getting announced tonight by Radio Silence at a Searchlight screening for their 2019 cult horror pic which started it all. Principal photography and release date will be announced at a later date. Ready or Not launched Radio Silence to a greater marquee

Before Joaquin Phoenix reprised his role as The Joker in the sequel to Todd Phillips’ 2019 film that won Phoenix and Oscar, many other actors had portrayed the ultimate Batman villain, also known as the Clown Prince of Crime. Heath Ledger was the only other actor to win an Oscar after portraying the antihero in

Deadline’s Contenders event in back in London, kicking off movie awards season with panel conversations featuring some of the year’s hottest films in the race. As all Contenders connoisseurs know, this is a Deadline event specially designed for true movie lovers — so expect juicy teaser clips and star-studded panels packed with creative talent as

EXCLUSIVE: Talia Ryder (Dumb Money, Never Rarely Sometimes Always) has boarded Rob Burnett’s comedy film In Memoriam alongside Marc Maron. Burnett (The Fundamentals of Caring) wrote the script, and he will direct the film for Invention Studios (Thelma). In Memoriam will begin shooting in Los Angeles on Monday, telling the story of a veteran Hollywood

Sebastian Stan is not here for the Marvel criticism and defends the studio as the MCU continues to transition. The actor who is set to reprise his role of Bucky Barnes in Marvel’s Thunderbolts in 2025 has positive things to say about his time working with the studio. “I’ve never been part of a company

Welcome to Deadline’s roundup of the submissions for this year’s Best International Feature Film Oscar category. Below you will find details on each movie that has been officially put forward so far. The official deadline for submission was 5pm PT October 2. We’ve rounded up 83 submissions so far, against 88 last year, but hear

Something that comes up almost as an aside in this handsomely mounted period piece, co-written and produced by Korean auteur Park Chan-wook, is the astonishing detail that, in the 16th century, invading Japanese soldiers would saw off their victims’ noses as trophies of war. So prolific were these ad hoc amputations that there’s a shrine

James Gunn is teasing a new character for the DC Studios series Peacemaker Season 2. The filmmaker took to social media to share a photo of a character who will appear in the second season of the series starring John Cena. “Who might this be?” Gunn captioned the photo he posted on X, the social

Screening Kalki 2898 AD at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) this year, producers Swapna Dutt and Priyanka Dutt told Deadline that one of their goals is to secure distribution for the film in China and Korea. Raking in $140M at box offices globally so far, sci-fi epic Kalki 2898 AD is the highest-grossing Indian

EXCLUSIVE: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark filmmaker André Øvredal is returning to the horror space with an untitled project at Paramount Pictures. Former Warner Bros production executive Walter Hamada is producing via his production company 18hz, as part of his first-look deal with Paramount, alongside It screenwriter Gary Dauberman via Coin Operated. Zachary Donohue and T.W.

EXCLUSIVE: Comic Book creator Rob Liefeld is returning to Youngblood with Image Comics. The plan is to create new Youngblood media and merchandise, kicking off with a brand-new title written and illustrated by Liefeld, set to launch from Image Comics next year. Liefeld will reteam with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, who first launched Image Comics in April 1992.

The creative team behind BTS‘ RM’s RM: Right People, Wrong Place introduced the documentary onstage before its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), with RM absent due to military service commitments. “I remember when I first met RM, he shared with me a Korean phrase which translates to ‘every meeting must part,

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has set Emilie Anthonis as its new President and Managing Director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Anthonis will take up the post as of January 1, 2025, succeeding Stan McCoy, who is stepping down after more than a decade. Based in Brussels, Anthonis will report to