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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

Big Brother UK has welcomed its 16 new housemates for Season 21. AJ Odudu and Will Best returned to host the reality competition series and led the new housemates, who will compete for a cash prize of £100,000 (about $130,000). RELATED: ‘Love Is Blind UK’ Season 1 Cast Photos & Netflix Episode Release Date Schedule

Motherland, by veteran Filipino auteur Brillante Mendoza, had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Mendoza told Deadline about his motivation to make Motherland, shooting his next film Chameleon and the challenges that the Filipino film industry is currently facing. The making of Motherland The film follows the story of Dao-ayen, a

The pandemic and Hollywood strikes battered box office for independent cinema is turning a corner, distribution execs told a panel at the Zurich Summit industry conflab on Saturday. “We’ve been in a trench trying to get out,” said Rebecca Kearey, Head of International at Searchlight Pictures, which enjoyed box office success with Poor Things late last

Rising star Minha Kim unveils her first lead performance since breaking out in AppleTV+’s prestige drama series Pachinko, playing a young woman accused of murdering a best-selling author in Chun Sun-young’s feature debut A Girl with Closed Eyes. Premiering at the Busan International Film Festival, the yarn unspools as a polished crime thriller bolstered by a raft

Joel Kinnaman wants DC Comics fans to believe he will not reprise his role as Rick Flag Jr. in HBO’s Peacemaker. Kinnaman first appeared in the DCEU film Suicide Squad in 2016 and reprised his role in James Gunn‘s The Suicide Squad in 2021. Although Kinnaman’s character was killed off in the 2021 film, there

Emma Corrin, hot from playing villainous Cassandra Nova in Deadpool & Wolverine, will join Cate Blanchett in the eagerly awaited new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull at London’s Barbican Theatre in 2025. Another addition to an already sizzling company is Kodi Smit-McPhee, who shot to fame in Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. He also appears with an incandescent

EXCLUSIVE: The Fighter Oscar winner Melissa Leo has inked with Gersh for representation. Leo recently starred in Long Gone Heroes with John Hutcherson and King Ivory, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September. The New York City-born native who grew up in Putney and Bellows Falls, VT, won Best Supporting Actress at the

Josh Brolin had reportedly been in talks to play Hal Jordan in the HBO series Lanterns, based on DC Comics‘ Green Lantern. In a recent interview, the Dune star acknowledged that things “didn’t work out” and commented on reports that Kyle Chandler is in talks to play the superhero role. “You know what? Green Lantern

The 29th edition of the Busan International Film Festival opened Wednesday night with top stars like Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Song Joong-ki (Descendants of the Sun) and Gang Dong-won (Peninsula) walking the red carpet under the towering dome of the Busan Cinema Center, in front of more than 4,500 guests. With a new leadership team

The mental health crisis in the UK’s film and television study has deepened. That’s the headline finding of the Film and TV Charity‘s latest Looking Glass Survey, one of the industry’s most comprehensive studies on working conditions for British freelancers. Some 35% of 4,300 respondents described their mental health as “poor” or “very poor,” representing

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a really cool project that just got greenlit at DC Studios and Warner Bros Pictures Animation: Dynamic Duo. Dynamic Duo is the first joint project between DC Studios and the Bill Damaschke led WBPA. The 6th & Idaho movie scripted by Matthew Aldrich is being made by a new animation studio out of New