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Liam Neeson is seeing the end of the road, starring in action films, and the time seems to be coming soon. In a new interview, Neeson talks about his age and considers when he should stop taking on physically demanding roles. “I’m 72 — it has to stop at some stage,” Neeson told People. The […]

Sony’s Venom: The Last Dance chomped into its first suite of international box office markets today, with the Marvel symbiote nabbing a strong $9.3M start in China. This is the biggest opening day for a superhero film since Spider-Man: Far From Home in the market, and portends a five-day launch in the upper $30M neighborhood there. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Euphoria’s Maude Apatow has set the leads for her feature directorial debut, Poetic License, bringing aboard Andrew Barth Feldman (No Hard Feelings), Cooper Hoffman (Saturday Night), Leslie Mann (This Is 40) and Nico Parker (The Last of Us) for the film penned by Raffi Donatich. Marking the first produced project for Jewelbox Pictures, Apatow’s […]

Harvey Weinstein has cancer, Deadline can confirm. The incarcerated producer’s diagnosis was confirmed by sources close to him. Specifically, he has chronic myeloid leukemia, which is a form of cancer of the bone marrow. Weinstein, whose health issues are extensive, is undergoing treatment while at Rikers Island. NBC was first to report the news. “It […]

Nearly 45 years ago, Al Pacino knew his controversial 1980 film Cruising wouldn’t age well. In his new memoir Sonny Boy, the Oscar winner admitted he found the movie “exploitative” to the LGBTQ community upon its release, revealing that he donated his pay from the William Friedkin-helmed film to various charities. He explained he was […]

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Edward Berger says that Ralph Fiennes’ sublime performance as the cardinal charged with overseeing the election of a new pope in awards-season contender Conclave has a “whisper” of the inscrutability Anthony Hopkins displayed in his portrait of a veteran butler in James Ivory’s 1993 film The Remains of the Day.  Prefacing his comments by jokingly suggesting […]

Much like their onscreen counterparts, Robert Downey Jr. left quite the impression on Tom Holland. The Spider-Man actor recently recalled a gesture by MCU co-star that was “so great and so sweet” during his first day of filming Captain America: Civil War (2016) with Downey Jr. “I’m very grateful to Downey, but… When I did […]

Shut up! A Princess Diaries 3 is in the works with a scribe, director and star Anne Hathaway attached. The first film, starring Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Caroline Goodall, Mandy Moore, Sandra Oh and more in 2001. A sequel, Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, arrived in 2004 with the addition of Chris […]

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 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Up-and-comers Arlan Ruf and Ellis Hobbs IV will round out the cast of Way of the Warrior Kid, Apple Original Films’ youth empowerment tale, based on the novel by Jocko Willink. The project marks the first big film for both, who alongside Jude Hill, Levi McConaughey and Ava Torres, play a couple of the […]

After officially setting his next film at Universal and tapping Matt Damon to star, Christopher Nolan has set his sights on another A-lister to fill out this ensemble, with sources telling Deadline that Tom Holland is in talks to co-star. The film will have an Imax release on July 17, 2026. The date falls in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jayme Lawson (The Batman) has been tapped for a key role in The Running Man, Edgar Wright’s adaptation of the novel by Stephen King for Paramount Pictures. Lawson plays Sheila, the wife of Glen Powell’s Ben, who struggles to care for their sick child amid a dystopian future, leading to Ben’s participation in the […]

David Zaslav must have known linking arms with Elon Musk was going to blow up in his face, right? Well, either way, courtesy of Blade Runner 2049 producers Alcon Entertainment, it’s another day, another lawsuit against the “problematic” Tesla CEO, with Warner Bros. Discovery thrown in for good measure. Pissed off that their denial of […]

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Dinklage is set to join Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in the Miramax true crime pic Roofman, which Derek Cianfrance is writing and directing. Miramax recently came on to handle domestic and international distribution rights. The film is based on the true story of Jeffrey Manchester, an inmate on the run who hides […]

French actress Christine Boisson, who got her big-screen break as a 17-year-old in Emmanuelle, has died at the age of 68 in Paris. Boisson had just left school and was still a minor when Just Jaeckin cast her in his 1974 erotic classic as the sexually adventurous teenager Marie-Ange, who introduces Emmanuelle (Sylvia Kristel) to […]

Tales of love, unrequited or otherwise, interwoven over the festive season, laden with pop songs and narrated by one of the biggest celebrities in showbusiness, That Christmas is best viewed as a kid-friendly attempt by romcom auteur Richard Curtis to atone for his long-standing seasonal hit Love Actually. Beautifully rendered by Simon Otto, head of […]

Robbie Williams told Deadline on Saturday that Liam Payne’s tragic death had hit him hard: “We’re processing a world-wide shock. I’m sat in depression, and I’m sat in sadness. A huge part of that is Liam-shaped.” Williams called for action around the way society handles fame and celebrity, saying, “Nothing seems to change and if […]

At one point in The Summer Book, Charlie McDowell’s infinitely gentle adaptation of Tove Jansson’s novel about a small girl, her father and grandmother spending the short Finnish summer on one of the country’s thousands of islands, nine-year-old Sophia looks at a tapestry on the wall showing a rampant lion. “Is the lion going to […]

As Andrew Garfield opens up about the death of his late mother, he’s praising his The Eyes of Tammy Faye family for helping him through the loss. The 2x Oscar nominee recently said he was “really very grateful” for his time on the 2021 Tammy Faye Bakker biopic with co-star Jessica Chastain, who ultimately helped […]

As Smile 2 takes over the top spot at the box office this weekend, it is starting to sink in across the industry that defending champ Terrifier 3 has already racked up almost $30 million since its October 11 debut. After dealing an embarrassing blow to exponentially pricier rival Joker: Folie à Deux, the threequel’s […]

Pedro Almodóvar believes that both his two latest leading actresses should be Oscar-nominated for their performances in his latest film The Room Next Door – and he adds he wouldn’t mind one for himself.  The Spanish director’s first full-length film in the English language, it received an 18-minute standing ovation when it screened at Cannes […]

Whether its Donald Trump or Joker, Bill Maher doesn’t need to see the sequel. On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian discussed the looming threat of an “October surprise” ahead of the 2024 presidential election, arguing that it won’t “save us from a second Trump term.” “He’s banged a pornstar and […]

After 35 years, Teen Witch star Robyn Lively‘s biggest fan might just be her little sister. Marking the cult teen fantasy comedy’s milestone anniversary, the actress recalled how sister Blake Lively “would fan-girl over me” when Teen Witch premiered in 1989, and she continues to be a “massive” fan of the Dorian Walker-helmed film. “It’s […]

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 […]