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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a really cool project that just got greenlit at DC Studios and Warner Bros Pictures Animation: Dynamic Duo. It will mark 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 […]

A restored 4k version of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre hits theaters today from MPI Media Group/Dark Sky Films on the 50th anniversary of the iconic indie scarefest by the late Tobe Hooper. It’s booked in 900 theaters with Regal, Cinemark, Cineplex, Marcus, Harkins and all Alamo Drafthouse locations. Other venues include the Music Box […]

UPDATE: Daniel Day-Lewis is in fact returning to acting in Focus Features and Plan B’s Anemone from Ronan Day-Lewis. The feature is from first time director Ronan Day-Lewis, the son of the 3x Oscar winning actor. Father and son wrote the screenplay which explores the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers and the dynamics […]

EXCLUSIVE: Add this one to the ongoing push-pull between streaming and theatrical. Wolfs, the Jon Watts-scripted and -directed film starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, has become the most viewed movie in Apple TV+ history. Apple doesn’t break out specifics, but I’m told the film boosted viewership by nearly 30% week over week on the […]

White Bird, the Marc Forster-directed film adaptation of author R. J. Palacio’s sequel/prequel to her worldwide hit book and 2017 movie Wonder, has taken a long and circuitous route to finally getting a North American release. Frustrating as it has been, this is a film that is well worth the wait and perhaps more timely […]

John Amos, star of Good Times, Roots, and many more, died Oct. 1 at the age of 84. Amos was known for playing Florida Evans in Maude and Good Times which spun off of Maude, for his role of James Evans Sr. on Good Times and for playing Gordy Howard the weatherman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which helped him break into […]

Former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger has become a hero to Democrats for turning on Donald Trump, but it’s come at great personal and political cost. In a new interview for Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, Kinzinger reveals he, his wife, and their toddler have become the target of constant death threats from Trump supporters after he […]

Tunisia has selected Nada Mezni Hfaiedh’s drama Take My Breath, exploring intersex identity, to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category of the 97th Oscars. The drama, which released in Tunisia late last year, stars Amina Ben Ismail as 23-year-old seamstress Shams, whose life is overturned when their intersex identity is exposed. Shams […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired Latin America, France, Scandinavia and a string of other international territories on Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson. Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Israel, Eastern Europe (ex Poland), all of Asia, and Africa are also included in the SPWA deal.  Set amid the the glittering world of Las Vegas entertainment, the Toronto Film […]

Warner Bros on Tuesday released the official trailer for Juror #2, the new movie from two-time Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood. The courtroom thriller starring Nicholas Hoult, Tony Collette and J.K. Simmons is gearing up for a limited release in North America on November 1 after hitting select markets internationally beginning October 30. It has its […]

Launched by the non-profit Bhutan Film Institute (BFI), the first Kingdom of Bhutan International Film Festival (KBIFF) wrapped after a week of screenings, masterclasses and honorary showcases — with organizers planning to double the program’s offerings for 2025. Organizers told Deadline that the festival invited around 100 guests for its inaugural edition, including domestic VIPs, […]

Barbra Streisand paid tribute to her A Star Is Born costar Kris Kristofferson, news of whose death broke today, remembering him as a “special” and “charming” performer. “The first time I saw Kris performing at the Troubadour club in L.A. I knew he was something special,” she wrote on Instagram. “Barefoot and strumming his guitar, […]

Through music and film, Kris Kristofferson has left an indelible mark on fans over the past 60 years. Following news of the Golden Globe and 3x Grammy winner’s death at age 88 on Sunday, friends and fans alike expressed their appreciation for his decades of talent with heartfelt tributes to Kristofferson. Kristofferson’s family announced his […]

Netflix has signed Tokyo Swindlers director Hitoshi One to an exclusive five-year deal. The agreement means Netflix will produce and distribute all of One’s upcoming series and films for the period. The offer came two weeks after Tokyo Swindlers launched on the streamer, One revealed. “I was surprised at how quickly I responded, but I […]

Jeff Bridges wasn’t too big a fan of his digitally altered appearance in 2010’s Tron: Legacy. Speaking on a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, The Old Man actor delved into past projects like Iron Man and The Big Lebowski. As the conversation turned to the 1982 cyberpunk sci-fi pic and modern-day […]

Refresh for latest…: We’re in a bit of a getting going/holdover this weekend at the international box office. There are two animated films continuing to roll out in the marketplace — both of which are highly scored, and performing to differing degrees. And neither should be counted out. To wit: Paramount/Hasbro’s Transformers One added $16.6M […]

John Ashton, the actor known for playing Sgt. John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop films, has died. He was 76. A rep for Ashton tells Deadline that the Some Kind of Wonderful actor died “peacefully” on Thursday in Ft. Collins, CO after a battle with cancer. “John was a loving husband, brother, father, and […]

Columbia Pictures’ Saturday Night from Jason Reitman debuted at $265k, a great $53k per theater that’s the second-best limited opening of the year, and the best since June when Kinds Of Kindness also opened in 5 theaters (to a $75k PTA). It’s been a long a slightly dower wait for something to pop. Saturday Night made $108K on […]

With less than two months to spare, Zachary Levi is making his political allegiance clear ahead of the 2024 presidential election. During a Donald Trump rally on Saturday in Michigan, the actor name-dropped his DC role in Shazam! (2019) while making a surprise appearance to endorse the twice-impeached president for a second term, after his […]

EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie says that roles such as her portrayal of Maria Callas — arguably the greatest prima donna assoluta soprano of all time — in director Pablo Larraín’s Maria, come along “once in a lifetime.” The Academy Award-winning artist laughs, then adds, “I mean, it’s certainly the most challenging,” clearly referring to the seven months she spent […]

True to form, Tom Cruise unexpectedly jetted to London to surprise nearly 3,000 fans at a Top Gun: Maverick orchestral event held at the famed Royal Albert Hall Sept. 27. “I’m very excited to be here with you all tonight to share in this unique cinematic orchestral experience with Top Gun: Maverick,” the action star said […]

Oscar winner Kate Winslet hates to “burst a bubble,” but the Lee star had to admit to audiences that the iconic door scene in Titanic was filmed in a “waist-height” tank. “Well that was quite an awkward tank, that one,” she began on a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast. “To burst […]

Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl took home the Special Jury Prize at the 2024 San Sebastián Film Festival, held in Spain’s Basque Country from Sept. 20 through 28. “For the high quality of its acting, packed with truth and nuances, which with great subtlety and restraint, brings us closer to the feelings of a group […]

After 25 years, Haley Joel Osment is fondly remembering his on-set experience with Bruce Willis. The Oscar nominee recently reflected on his “fantastic” time as a child actor working with Willis on the M. Night Shyamalan movie The Sixth Sense (1999) and how their behind-the-scenes friendship endured over the years. “I heard from [Bruce] a […]