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Mel Gibson is set to direct Lethal Weapon 5 and a sequel to The Passion of the Christ and shared an update on what he could direct first. In a new interview, the filmmaker opened up about his directorial plans, saying they’re not completely clear yet. “I don’t know, and that’s the funny thing, I […]

A Happy Gilmore sequel is coming thanks to Netflix, Adam Sandler and others. The actor, who will reprise his role as the titular former hockey player-turned-golfer, also has hinted at several special guest stars who may appear in the sequel film. Christopher McDonald, who played antagonist Shooter McGavin in the 1996 original film, first teased […]

Major League Baseball has rescheduled two crucial late-season games between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets as the now officially Cat. 1 Hurricane Helene barrels toward the Florida Gulf Coast and south Georgia. The two wild-card hopefuls instead will play a doubleheader Monday — one day before the MLB Playoffs start. The hometown Braves […]

Margaret Qualley had to embellish her resume for a chance to work with one of her onscreen favorites. The actress revealed that her husband Jack Antonoff “lied” to Adam Sandler about her golfing experience level as he advocated for her to join the cast of his upcoming Netflix sequel Happy Gilmore 2 after the original […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jonah Hauer-King is set to join the ensemble of Kathryn Bigelow‘s next film at Netflix. The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Anthony Ramos and Gabriel Basso. Bigelow will direct. Netflix had no comment on the casting. The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though […]

There’s only so much you can do when you catch your spouse stepping out on you – cry, get a divorce, forgive. In China, they’ve come up with an additional option when such circumstances present themselves (an admittedly not infrequent scenario for couples all around the world). There, you can hire someone to “intervene” in […]

With the awards race ramping up, and festival favorites emerging, the list of films in the Best Picture Oscar race can seem long, and, this early in the season, distinctly unclear. Fortunately, both Deadline’s Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic, Pete Hammond, and Film Awards Editor Damon Wise keep on hand an ever-evolving dossier of […]

With nearly a quarter of a century in Hollywood, McG is returning to his Newport Beach roots. The Uglies director’s River Jetty Restaurant Group has been tapped as the new operator of The Lido Theater as it reopens following a restoration to its original Art Deco design, just in time to host screenings for next […]

EXCLUSIVE: Acquisition news out today will have comedy fans giving thanks — Thank You Very Much, the documentary about the late Andy Kaufman, has been picked up by Drafthouse Films. The film directed by Emmy winner Alex Braverman is presented by Morgan Neville’s Tremolo Productions, Elara Pictures, and Jenifer Westphal’s Wavelength. The acquisition deal covers […]

Emmy nominee D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs) has joined the cast of Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller Caught Stealing from Sony Pictures, Deadline has confirmed. Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson (Austin Butler), a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ’90s NYC. We hear Woon-A-Tai will […]

Jared Harris, son of Richard Harris, who originated the role of Dumbledore in the Warner Bros. Harry Potter franchise, doesn’t see the need for HBO’s television reboot. In a recent interview with The Independent, Jared Harris — who followed in his late father’s footsteps with credits in Mad Men and Chernobyl (from HBO), garnering Emmy […]

Ryan Coogler’s new event movie at Warner Bros. starring Michael B. Jordan has landed a title, Sinners. The announcement was made on social media and also teased a trailer coming tomorrow. Coogler wrote and directed the pic with Jordan on board to star. Coogler also penned the script with the plot being under wraps. The […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Motion Picture Academy has rejected a plea from producers Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and fellow makers of Kiss the Future to reconsider its decision ruling the documentary ineligible for Oscar consideration. The award-winning film — exploring the 1990s siege of Sarajevo and how the city’s residents took inspiration from U2’s music amid a […]

Sujo, which won the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema following its world premiere there earlier this year, has been selected to represent Mexico in the 2025 Oscar race for Best International Feature Film. Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s drama centers on Sujo, the beloved son of a small-town cartel gunman who […]

Venu Sports, the joint sports streaming venture backed by Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery, has laid out its case to a federal appeals court, requesting permission to resume its plans to launch. The company’s brief, filed late Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, comes months after pay-TV operator […]

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and martial artist Lewis Tan (Mortal Kombat, Deadpool & Wolverine) has joined the ensemble cast in the 20th Century feature Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, a buddy action comedy set in the criminal underworld from writer and director BenDavid Grabinski. He joins Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza Gonzalez, Jimmy Tatro and […]

EXCLUSIVE: In what is gearing up to be an A-list pairing for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie, MRC is tapping Oscar-nominated actress and producer Margot Robbie and BAFTA-nominated actor Jacob Elordi to star in the adaptation of the classic novel. LuckyChap also will produce Fennell’s upcoming feature film adaptation based on the iconic romance novel […]

Twice nominated for the Academy’s Best Documentary Feature gong, Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi is one of nonfiction cinema’s best-known contemporary voices.  On Monday evening in San Sebastian, however, Alberdi launches her first departure from the factual world with In Her Place (El Lugar de la Otra), a cunning and deceptively ambitious crime romp she has […]

Dames, right? It’s the quiet ones you have to watch, although the more flamboyant also require a vigilant eye, especially if said dame is packing a pistol. Mercedes (Elisa Zulueta) is the self-effacing secretary to a senior judge in Santiago, Chile; Maria Carolina Geel (Francisca Lewin) is a murderer. The year is 1955 and, somewhat […]

EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Prinze Jr (The Girl in the Pool, Christmas with You) has officially joined Sony’s I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel film, reprising the role of Ray Bronson from the original 1997 movie and its 1998 follow-up, sources reveal to Deadline. Deadline revealed Prinze Jr and his co-star Jennifer Love Hewitt were […]

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s feature take of Ruth Ware bestselling novel The Woman in Cabin 10 has added a slew of actors to the Keira Knightley project. Joining the two-time Oscar nominees are Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, David Ajala, Gitte Witt, Art Malik, Daniel Ings, David Morrissey, Christopher Rygh, Paul Kaye, Kaya Scodelario, Lisa Loven Kongsli and […]

Facing overwhelming nerves at the prospect of sitting in the directors’ chair for the first time, Anna Kendrick sought out a pep talk of sorts from Pitch Perfect costar Brittany Snow to take on her feature film debut, the TIFF-acclaimed Woman of the Hour. “I spoke to Brittany Snow on the phone, and she, in a very […]

In his new memoir released this past week, Eric Roberts issued a public apology to sister Julia Roberts for his “asinine” comments where he took credit for her Oscar-winning career. “Now one of the things I’d like to apologize for in this book is for publicly saying on more than one occasion, ‘If it wasn’t […]

Natasha Lyonne is an actress who wears many hats — and she will soon possibly add feature film director and writer to that oeuvre. The star of His Three Daughters, opposite Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon, teased in a recent interview with the New York Times that she is working on her first movie, which […]