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Peacock’s October programming contains the streamer’s debut of several films like The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Asteroid City (2023), and Despicable Me 4 (2024). New shows hitting the streamer include Teacup, Happy’s Place, Anatomy of Lies and more. The finale of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist arrives Oct. 10. New seasons of The […]

After 20 years, Zach Braff is bringing the sounds of Garden State to the Golden State. The three-time 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 […]

Prime Video’s October programming holds plenty of spooky, scary and surprising movies and TV shows in store ahead of Halloween like the Haunted House movies, Monster House (2006), Goosebumps (2015) and more. House of Spoils (2024) is an original that will be sure to frighten. For the full list of Prime Video programming in October 2024, see below. Oct. […]

Although Sebastian Stan has taken on the role of a lifetime with The Apprentice, he still holds a light for some of the roles he didn’t get. The Golden Globe nominee, who portrays Donald Trump in the Ali Abbasi-helmed film, recently revealed that he was up for starring roles in Star Trek (2009) and Green […]

EXCLUSIVE: Denis Villeneuve says that his “break” is over and that he will ”go back behind the camera faster than I think” to film the third instalment of his “deep” immersion into Frank Herbert’s Dune universe. “I’m in the writing zone right now,” the filmmaker says, referring to Dune: Messiah, though he was careful not to call it Dune: […]

No Other Land, the powerful documentary set in a Palestinian community of the occupied West Bank, may lack U.S. distribution, but it’s got awards momentum behind it. The film directed by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers earned a place on DOC NYC’s coveted Short List — the festival’s nod to what it considers […]

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Safdie’s A24 ping pong prodigy feature Marty Supreme has added The King of Comedy actress and comedienne Sandra Bernhard. Bernhard will be playing a neighbor and friend of Fran Drescher in a cameo role. Bernard joins a cast that also includes Timothée Chalamet in the title role, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler, The Creator; Odessa A’zion, Penn […]

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos called artificial intelligence something of a mixed bag thus far, though it has a chance to become just the latest example of entertainment and tech joining hands. Fielding a Wall Street analyst’s question during Netflix’s third-quarter earnings call, Sarandos said there has been “lots of hype, good and bad” about AI’s […]

As Bridget Jones prepares to return to the big screen next year, a whole new generation is identifying with the beloved films’ literary source material. Author Helen Fielding recently opened up about her newfound fanbase at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and how the titular character has become even more relevant to friends of her 18-year-old […]

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 […]

After delivering a solid third-quarter earnings report, Netflix execs fielded the question top of mind for most investors (though definitely not for inflation-wracked subscribers): When will they raise prices in the U.S.? “Our approach to pricing has been remarkably consistent over many, many years,” Co-CEO Greg Peters said. “Our core theory is, we’ve got to […]

Andrew Garfield learned a lot from Mel Gibson on the set of 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge and says the filmmaker should continue making films. The We Live In Time actor, who is Jewish, feels that everyone deserves opportunities to grow and learn from their past mistakes, including Gibson following his antisemitic comments. “I learned a lot, […]

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos defended the streamer’s stance on theatrical – that is, mostly skipping it – assuring Wall Streeters on a quarterly earnings call Thursday that it’s good business. “Look, I’m just going to reiterate, we are in the subscriptions streaming business, and you can see our results. It’s a pretty good business and […]

EXCLUSIVE: After helping bring the Paddington franchise and a new Willy Wonka movie to life, director Paul King has his sights set on another iconic character. Sources tell Deadline that King has come on to direct a new Prince Charming movie at Disney. Simon Farnaby and Jon Croker are co-writing along with King. While plot […]

These days, every time I see a relatable, character-driven comedy about actual human beings I think, “Wow they sure don’t make ’em like this anymore.” It is like a shock to the system that someone managed to get one made and released. It makes me sad since this was once a popular genre with with […]

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, […]

Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong and Jimmy O. Yang have been set to star in Rock Springs, a new horror film written and to be directed by Two Sentence Horror Stories creator and Expats scribe Vera Miao. The plot centers on a grieving young girl who, along with her mother and grandmother, moves to Rock Springs, […]

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is generally credited (or faulted, depending on your perspective) for orchestrating President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race. But there was someone equally if not more responsible for that titanic political development: James Carville. The veteran Democratic strategist’s definitive role convincing the party establishment that Biden needed to […]

More than 20 years after making her screen debut in Camp, a beloved romp about the universal experience of being a theater kid, Anna Kendrick is unpacking the sexism of Hollywood through the true-crime genre with her directorial debut. While discussing her new movie Woman of the Hour, premiering Friday on Netflix, the Oscar nominee […]

Japanese media giant Toho is acquiring Gkids, the North American distributor of prestige animated films like the Oscar-winning The Boy and the Heron. Gkids will continue to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Los Angeles-based Toho International. Gkids Founder Eric Beckman will remain as CEO, and Dave Jesteadt will remain as President. The two execs […]

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy Award winner Ben Schwartz has joined the 20th Century feature Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as part of the ensemble cast, which includes Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza Gonzalez, Keith David, Jimmy Tatro and Arturo Castro. The film is a buddy action comedy from writer and director BenDavid Grabinski set in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Radar Pictures is producing an adaptation of Larry Loftis’ bestseller Into the Lion’s Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov – World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond, which The Karate Kid and Pink Panther 2 filmmaker Harald Zwart will direct. Loftis is writing the script, based on his […]

Krypto, the Superdog of DC Comics, will appear in James Gunn’s upcoming Superman movie, his first appearance in a live-action film, thanks to Ozu, Gunn’s own canine best friend. In a touching post on social media, Gunn described how his own rescue pup inspired him to include the character in the upcoming film set for […]

Netflix’s slate will adjust for fall viewing in October. The streamer’s catalog will incorporate thrillers and fall classics ahead of Halloween as the holidays approach. Franchises to look out for this month include the 21 Jumpstreet films, The Karate Kid movies, the Kung Fu Panda films and more. The Birds, Bridesmaids, Get Him to the […]