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The Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, if it goes through, would not only have a major impact on the future of the media business, but on our collective past. Skydance Media, through its acquisition of Paramount, already controls the CBS News archive. If Paramount succeeds in taking over WBD, it will also assume control of the

Warner Bros. Animation President Sam Register says partnering with Webtoon Entertainment will power up its push into streamer-friendly YA animation. Register and Webtoon Entertainment’s CFO David J. Lee spoke to Deadline at the recent Vancouver Web Summit and as they unveiled new shows they are co-developing. “We are blessed with an amazing library of content;

Supergirl opens in theaters on June 26, and ahead of its release, film critics have shared their first reactions to the Craig Gillespie-directed film on social media. Starring Millie Alcock as the titular character in the DC Studios film following her cameo in last summer’s Superman. The film features Jason Momoa as Lobo with David

Tom Holland has played Spider-Man across the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it will not be forever. As the fourth film looms, the actor already has an idea of who could play the superhero after him. In a new interview, Holland said the Adolescence actor would be a good successor as Peter Parker. “Owen Cooper would

With three days to go until the world premiere of Minions & Monsters at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Universal’s Illumination has released an extended trailer for the movie. The latest adventure of the mischievous army of yellow underlings first introduced in 2010 breakout Despicable Me, sees the Minions land in the Golden Age

HBO Max has appointed Movistar Plus+ film chief Guillermo Farré, who produced Oliver Laxe’s Sirât, to lead local original production in Spain. Farré will assume responsibility for the Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) streamer’s scripted projects in Spain, reporting to Deniz Sasmaz Oflaz, VP Local Originals Spain, Italy and Turkey at HBO Max. The news comes

Sony Pictures just released a new trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which includes a first look at Mark Ruffalo‘s reprisal of the Hulk. “What is happening to me?” Tom Holland‘s Peter Parker says in the teaser. “I’m losing my mind. I am totally out of control, and I gotta fix whatever this is right

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For the first time in 16 years, Shrek and Donkey are setting out on a new adventure. And now, thanks to a just-released teaser trailer, we’re getting a sense of what that adventure will entail. Plot points for Shrek 5 have been kept quiet, but the teaser indicates the film involves Shrek, Donkey and Shrek’s

Steven Knight, creator of the Peaky Blinders franchise and writer of the next James Bond film, has called on U.S. streamers to make financial contributions to growing UK creative talent. The British writer stopped short of calling the intervention a “streamer levy” — an idea that has been kicked around in the UK for many

Mariska Hargitay is riding high right now — selling out her Broadway debut Every Brilliant Thing (she replaced Daniel Radcliffe in the role), watching her beloved Knicks take the NBA crown after 53 years and continuing to star in TV’s longest-running drama, Law & Order: SVU, playing the longest-running character in it and winning an

YouTube will pivot back to original content according to former exec Susanne Daniels. She spearheaded the platform’s stunted move into original fare with the likes of Cobra Kai, before exiting the Google-owned platform in 2022 when it moved away from having its own programming. But the veteran exec and YouTube alum said she anticipates a

Lionsgate’s martial arts action film The Furious and RuPaul-starring Stop! That! Train! debuted to nos. 8 and 9 at the domestic box office with the The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act from Fathom rounding out the top ten in week 2. The Furious from Lionsgate kicked up $2.75 million on 1,251 screens — at

Season 3 of Cross is in production and creator and showrunner Ben Watkins revealed that the next chapter of the Prime Video drama will explore addiction through the lens of Alex Cross’ relentless pursuit of justice. “We need to see this character confronting a different challenge about himself and the people around him, and in

SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Cape Fear episode ‘Phantom Sensations‘ With a nod to the source material’s previous adaptation, this week’s episode of Cape Fear was a long time coming for creator Nick Antosca. The Apple TV+ series showrunner recently noted that he “always wanted” Juliette Lewis to join the cast after she

EXCLUSIVE: Kristin Scott Thomas collected her Golden Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival‘s opening ceremony on Friday night. At a press conference the following morning, the star slipped between English and French and talked about her career to date. She then sat down with Deadline and gave us the lowdown on playing an icy

RuPaul is back on the big screen with a handful of limited indie openings from Cannes-premiering Promised Sky to award winning documentary The Gas Station Attendant and O Horizon starring Maria Bakalova. The weekend is sprinkled with limited release restorations including Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores Perros from Mubi and The Third Man from Rialto Pictures.

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren, who has hit the headlines while at the Taormina Film Festival in Italy for comments on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, pleaded the case for artists not being “politicians” in a conversation with local students on Friday. Her comments came less 24 hours after uncharacteristically public critical comments about Israel, in which

After pouring his heart into his latest onscreen performance, Dwayne Johnson was admittedly let down to be snubbed at the Oscars. The Smashing Machine star recently noted that having the Academy Awards overlook his role as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in last year’s Benny Safdie-helmed A24 movie “lit a fire in my spine” to deliver

Colin Farrell is sharing an update on the filming of The Batman Part II and once again praising Matt Reeves’s script. In a new interview, Farrell shared that he is about to start filming the sequel to the 2022 film in which he plays The Penguin. “I will go fly to London in four or five

“HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery love Taormina,” declared WBD South Europe Boss Alessandro Araimo on Wednesday as he touched down in the picturesque Sicilian hilltop town for the continental European premiere of Season 3 of House of the Dragon. It is a love affair that began with the second season of The White Lotus, when

Paramount said to today that competition authorities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Serbia and North Macedonia have approved its pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Foreign direct investment authorities in Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Czechia, New Zealand, Italy, France and Romania are also on board, the David Ellison-run company said

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid has dropped out of jury duty at this year’s Marseille Film Festival after several filmmakers set to screen films at the fest withdrew their films to protest Lapid’s presence as part of a cultural boycott of Israel. The festival criticized the planned boycott this afternoon in a statement, noting that Lapid

The breakout success of YouTube creators is diminishing the influence of the industry’s older generation, according to vet German executive Robert Franke. The likes of Kane Parsons, Curry Barker and Markiplier have helmed successful movies of late, giving the box office a huge shot in the arm. Franke told a Seriencamp audience this is “scary

HBO Max famously acquired Heated Rivalry for the U.S. three weeks before the Canadian hockey series was to premiere on local streamer Crave. Starting off as a guilty pleasure, the romantic drama went on to became a worldwide obsession — and a critical darling, recently breaking Canadian Screen Awards records by winning 16 awards, including

Peddi from Prathyangira Cinemas debuted in India — where it’s the top Telugu opener of 2026 — as well as Stateside this weekend amid a social media controversy accusing the film of objectifying its female lead. In an unusual move, writer-director Buchi Babu Sana agreed Saturday to modify the scenes called out by critics of

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details on the latest episode of Love Island UK Season 13. George Knight left Love Island UK after only a few days in the villa, and the show is addressing his exit. After arriving as a bombshell on the first day, George decided to leave for “private reasons,” as Lorenzo

Anna Faris‘ iconic role as Cindy in the horror parody feature film series Scary Movie almost went to another actress, revealed writer, producer and star Marlon Wayans. In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Faris asked Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans if there was “ever a celebrity that desperately wanted to be in a Scary Movie,

Drake Doremus was shooting a commercial in Madrid during the pandemic when a chance encounter changed the course of his life completely. The writer-director initially packed for a nine-day trip but after meeting the woman who would later become his wife, he ended up staying in the Spanish capital for five months. The twist of

Like it did for many people, the pandemic changed things for writer/director Drake Doremus, whose last film, 2019’s Endings, Beginnings, now seems like a prophetic title for the filmmaker, a true romantic, who has since ended one relationship and then met a woman to begin another as his wife. That chance encounter in Madrid has