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Video footage of an accident on the set of the Eddie Murphy film The Pickup was released today by the New York Times. A cellphone video of the April 20 accident shows an SUV and armored truck colliding, then flipping over after veering off road. The New York Times obtained the footage and shared it Wednesday. Two […]

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer remembers Bruce Willis for his kindnesses towards the little guys. In their 1998 hit Armageddon, Bruckheimer noted how Willis acted toward the crew when the cameras weren’t rolling. “Bruce is such a good guy,” says Bruckheimer. “He was so generous to the crew.” Bruckheimer says that at the end of each week, […]

It’s been a long time coming. In a new promo for his directorial project IF, John Krasinski and Steve Carell met up for the first time in years. “Reunited and it feeeeels so gooooood!” the Quiet Place filmmaker wrote in a social media post. “[Carell] happens to be a dear friend,” Krasinski says in the […]

After finding himself an unwilling major selling point of Rebel Wilson’s memoir Rebel Rising, Sacha Baron Cohen is feeling a bit of vindication tonight. When the UK version of the book is published tomorrow, the chapter about him will be largely redacted, this after Baron Cohen’s attorneys threatened to sue Harper Collins over allegations his […]

Three-time Emmy winner Julia Garner is boarding New Line’s Weapons opposite Josh Brolin. The pic comes from writer-director Zach Cregger. who made the 2022 New Regency horror film Barbarian. Barbarian, released via 20th Century Studios, opened at No. 1 after pulling in a 93% Rotten Tomatoes critics score. The pic grossed 10 times its production […]

Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway) has signed on to star alongside Kelvin Harrison Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Halle Bailey in Universal’s untitled coming-of-age musical from director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams. No word yet on the role Henry will be playing. Written by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson, the film set in 1977 Virginia […]

Ari Emanuel, CEO of TKO Group as well as the soon-to-be-private Endeavor, saw a pay package valued at $64.9 million in 2023 as CE0 of TKO Group, the home of WWE and UFC. TKO is a relatively new company that started trading on the New York Stock Exchange last September. Emanuel’s compensation included a $911k […]

David Pecker stabbed impatiently at his veal piccata. We’d been having a cordial business lunch, but he was growing frustrated. The publisher of the National Enquirer was pitching an ambitious deal to me involving major money — not a Stormy Daniels sort of deal — but my disinterest in it puzzled him. “This could be […]

EXCLUSIVE: The new 28 Years Later trilogy from director Danny Boyle and Sony Pictures is gaining momentum, and some serious star power. Sources tell Deadline that Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes have boarded the first pic, a sequel to the original 28 Days Later. Boyle is directing the first movie from a script […]

Crunchyroll has dropped the trailer for Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle. Based on the original weekly Shonen Jump manga by Haruichi Furudate, the film is directed and written by Susumu Mitsunaka and series Haikyu!! is produced by Toho animation. The first four seasons of Haikyu!! are currently available to stream on Crunchyroll.  Haikyu!! is a slice-of-life sports […]

Saul “Canelo” Álvarez is a global boxing star from Mexico with his four division world championships, and named the most undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Born on July 18, 1990, in Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico, Álvarez has captivated fans worldwide by representing his Mexican values and heritage with his amazing exploits in the ring.  The […]

Kiefer Sutherland actually hung up on William Friedkin when the Oscar-winning director phoned him to ask if he might be interested in playing Lt. Commander Phillip Queeg (the role immortalized by Humphrey Bogart) in his television adaptation of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Being a huge fan of the legendary Friedkin, he thought this must be […]

Anne Hathaway is looking back at the start of her career and recalling a particular audition that she thought was “gross” as she had to fake excitement over kissing ten guys. In a new interview, Hathaway says that in the 2000s, it was “normal” to ask actors to make out with potential co-stars during chemistry […]

Editors note: Filmmaker and producer Davis Guggenheim directed 2006’s An Inconvenient Truth featuring Al Gore. The film won the Oscar and helped put Jeff Skoll’s social-impact-driven production company then known as Participant Media on the map, and also sounded an alarm about climate change that has become more pronounced since the film was released. In […]

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish saw his total compensation dip slightly in 2023, to $31.3 million from $32 million in the prior year. The latest figures were disclosed Monday in an SEC filing. The next-highest tally among top execs was for CFO Naveen Chopra, who collected $8 million, up from $6.5 million in 2022. Bakish’s […]

David Mamet is against the initiatives in Hollywood to create diversity, equity, and inclusion, referred to as DEI. “DEI is garbage,” the author said at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, as the Los Angeles Times reported. “It’s fascist totalitarianism.” Mamet has a particular gripe about the inclusion rules the Academy of Motion Picture […]

EXCLUSIVE: M88 has expanded its roster of multihyphenate talent with the signing of actor, environmental advocate and social entrepreneur Stephanie Suganami aka “Steph Shep.” Since acquiring its sister firm UNCMMN in 2023, M88 continues to diversify its services for clients in traditional and new media. “Now more than ever, it is obvious that the lines that […]

EXCLUSIVE: Emily Rios (Snowfall, Breaking Bad), Louis Ferreira (S.W.A.T., Breaking Bad), and Bonnie Root (Cruel Hearts, The Movie, Cold Case) will star in the new independent horror-thriller feature film, Don’t Let Them Out. Led by screenwriter Lila McLaughlin, who makes her directorial debut and penned the script, Don’t Let Them Out centers on a struggling […]

The 2024-25 film awards season continues to take shape as the Producers Guild of America reveals the date and timeline for its 36th annual PGA Awards. The 2025 ceremony is set for Saturday, February 8, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. See the full timeline below. Nominations for Theatrical Motion Pictures, Animated Motion […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed some rules changes for the 97th Annual Academy Awards next year. Among them are putting the brakes on the Covid-era rule about drive-ins as qualifying commercial venues and swapping one of the six qualifying U.S. metropolitan areas. A number of tweaks approved by the Board […]

It’s been a long road to a third ‘Deadpool’ film, but the wait is almost over. To celebrate, Deadline complied images Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Morena Baccarin, Leslie Uggams, Brianna Hildebrand, Josh Brolin and Zazie Beetz from the original Deadpool, Deadpool 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. Scroll through the photos below to see them all. […]

From premieres to gala events, consider Deadline as your red-carpet guide to showbiz parties for the latest photos from film festivals, and screenings to the best red carpet fashion. Check back daily for the latest updated gallery.

Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield (The Book of Clarence) is in talks to star in and produce a feature adaptation of the hit neo-noir video game El Paso, Elsewhere, Deadline has learned. Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s Di Bonaventura Pictures (Transformers, G.I. Joe franchises) and Colin Stark will also produce. The film will center on James Savage […]

EXCLUSIVE: Singer and actress Rita Ora, former NFL star Marshawn Lynch and Rogue Heroes star Jack O’Connell are set to join Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) in action-thriller He Bled Neon, which is an early Cannes market buzz title. This is the project we revealed last week from music video director Drew Kirsch, who came to prominence co-helming […]

The stars of The Blair Witch Project are banding together and sharing a public proposal to Lionsgate after the studio partnered with Blumhouse for a reboot. Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams shared a statement asking for retroactive and future residual payments, want “meaningful consultation” on any future Blair Witch projects and also want […]

Drew Barrymore recalls filming Never Been Kissed and being asked to “tone it down” because her character, Josie Grossie, was deemed “too unattractive.” In a recent episode of her talk show The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress talked about her experience while filming the 1999 romantic comedy, the first one from her production company Flower […]

James Gunn and Peter Safran are the co-heads of DC Studios and taking over the DCU. The DC Extended Universe launched with Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel in 2013 and ended with 2023’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. As Gunn and Safran draw start a new timeline for the DC superheroes, Snyder said he’s “excited” […]

The 21st Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards, which highlight Irish filmmakers, television creators and performers, saw Pat Collins’ That They May Face The Rising Sun win Best Film in an upset. Despite earning a second-best 11 nominations, the top award was its only win. Lies We Tell all with three wins: for Director […]

Samuel L. Jackson is revealing why he loves working with Quentin Tarantino. Amid the Pulp Fiction 30th Anniversary celebration, Jackson opened up about why he likes being part of Tarantino’s films. “Tarantino films are very different in that, yes, they are character-driven,” Jackson told AP on April 18. “So when you read a Tarantino script, […]

Debi Mazar has regrets. But none bigger than turning down a role in the 1998 rom-com classic The Wedding Singer. Mazar confessed her mistake during an appearance on Friday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. Mazar said she passed on playing the supporting role of Holly Sullivan, cousin to female lead Julia. “I wanted to […]

Jon Snow may know nothing, as the famous line from Game of Thrones goes. But the actor who played him, Kit Harington, knows he is happy to step outside the hero role and flex another side of his acting chops. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor expressed delight at taking on a different […]

Iconic actor Danny Trejo is set to receive one of the biggest honors of his career. The star of Machete, From Dusk Til Dawn, Spy Kids, Con Air, Heat, and hundreds of other films and television series will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Santa Fe Film Festival on Thursday, the festival’s […]

Hilary Swank has reflected on her role in Boys Don’t Cry two decades ago, saying changing awareness means she wouldn’t take the part today. Swank won her first Oscar for the role of real-life transgender man Brandon Teena, murdered in a hate crime, in the movie which was released in 2000. She told The Times […]

Taylor Swift has released the video for the first single from her new album, thrilling fans with a collection of familiar faces making cameo appearances. Friday saw Swift release the cinematic black and white video for ‘Fortnight’, in which her character has scientists conducting experiments on her following a failed love affair. Two scientists are […]

Ania Trzebiatowska has compiled an eclectic selection of fiction and non-fiction titles for the third annual Sands International Film Festival, which kicked off Friday evening in St Andrews, Scotland.  Mounted across this weekend in the ancient university town, Trzebiatowska — also a full-time programmer at Sundance — runs the festival with an impressive gang of […]

Firefighters responded to a call Thursday night at the Oregon hotel that was featured in director Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic, The Shining. The film used aerial shots of the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood in Oregon as part of its opening scene, and for exterior establishing shots. The Oregonian reported a portion of the Lodge […]

Max announced on Friday that the acclaimed wrestling drama The Iron Claw from Cannes and Sundance prize-winning filmmaker Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene) will begin streaming exclusively on the platform through its output deal with distributor A24 on May 10. Based on a true story, The Iron Claw follows the rise and fall of […]

Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec (Citadel) have been tapped to script a live-action Space Mountain movie for Disney, Deadline can confirm. While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, it’s based on the theme park attraction first introduced to Disneyland on January 15, 1975. Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, alongside […]

Paramount Global shares jumped 13% Friday as investors cheered news that Sony Pictures Entertainment is talking with Apollo Global Management about joining Apollo’s bid for Paramount. The beleaguered stock ended the day at $12.44 after registering more than twice its normal trading volume. Shares reached their highest point since February, offering fresh evidence that many […]

I never liked Tom Ripley but I keep meeting him. I’ve “met” Ripley in five films, and he’s now the protagonist of a somber eight-part Netflix series. So filmmakers clearly find his character intriguing. Even though he has no character. That, in itself, reminds me that Hollywood is suffering the same problem as Washington: an […]

Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. died of a lung condition, according to his death certificate obtained by TMZ. The actor died in Santa Monica on March 29 at the age of 87. According to the report, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), was the main cause of death, TMZ says, with heart failure and atrial fibrillation […]

EXCLUSIVE: Stephan Elliott, who directed the celebrated cult classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, tells this column that a sequel “is happening” and that the original movie’s stars Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving are back “on board” 30 years after the film’s initial release. “I’m not repeating myself, we’ll start the new film in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Ethan Coen has rounded out the cast for his comedy Honey Don’t! for Focus Features and Working Title, on which we were first to report. Newcomers include Charlie Day (Fool’s Paradise), Billy Eichner (Bros), Lera Abova (Anna), Jacnier (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory National Tour), Gabby Beans (Presumed Innocent), Talia Ryder (Dumb Money), Kristin […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Writer’s Colony is an LA-Based three month screenwriting residency where writers have the chance to develop an original script that showcases their writing voice and vision. Throughout the residency they workshop their scripts and have access to network with a variety of entertainment professionals at all levels to prepare them to launch into […]

Nathan Zellner and David Zellner’s Sasquatch Sunset is stomping into circa 850 theaters this weekend after debuting in 9 with a solid opening for a film many could find weird. A tribe of Sasquatch, possibly the last of their kind, live and love in the woods of northern California, where it was shot. “We are […]

Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl Champ Marshawn Lynch (Bottoms), Mustafa Shakir (The Deuce, Luke Cage), Cam Gigandet (Violent Night, Without Remorse), André Eriksen (Violent Night, The Trip, Norsemen), and Lio Tipton (Friend of the Family, Riddle of Fire) are boarding 87North and Universal’s original action movie With Love. They join previously cast Oscar winner winners Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose, as […]

Michael Douglas wanted to have a “serious” death scene in 2023’s Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and requested his character be killed off. As the actor promoted his Apple TV+ series Franklin, Douglas opened up about the Marvel film in which he played Dr. Hank Pym. Ahead of the third film in the Ant-Man saga, […]

Brian Cox is giving his take on Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and pondering on leaving the U.S. if Donald Trump wins the presidential election. In a new interview, Cox blasted Phoenix for his interpretation of the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, calling it a “terrible performance.” “Terrible. It’s terrible. A truly terrible performance […]

EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino’s movies are always full of surprises, and here is one about The Movie Critic we did not expect. Deadline can reveal that Tarantino has dropped the film as his 10th and final project. He simply changed his mind, Deadline has been told. Tarantino was going to have Brad Pitt as the principal […]

Georgia-born actress Neva Howell will portray Martha Kent, Clark Kent’s adoptive Earth mother, in Warner Bros/DC Studios’ Superman, from filmmaker and studio co-boss James Gunn. The news comes in the wake of Pruitt Taylor Vince landing the role of Pa Kent, who is Martha’s husband. Howell joins a list of those who’ve played Ma Kent […]