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New Line on Thursday rolled out the first trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, its anime taking place 183 years before the events of the live-action LOTR trilogy, which is likewise based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Starring Succession‘s Brian Cox, Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods), […]

EXCLUSIVE: Power‘s Omari Hardwick has signed on to star in No Right Way, a new drama to be co-written and directed by Golden Globe, Emmy, and NAACP Image Award winner Anthony Hemingway (Red Tails). Hemingway is teaming with Ashoka Thomas and Clay Ayers to adapt the screenplay, inspired by Terrence Gallman’s 2014 book Finding Me, […]

Ryan Reynolds is celebrating Wesley Snipes on Deadpool & Wolverine and called for “more Blade.” The actor dedicated a social media post to Snipes, who made a cameo in the Marvel film, reprising the Blade role he first portrayed in the 1998 film directed by Stephen Norrington. “The reaction when @realwesleysnipes enters the movie is […]

This article contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus. Despite having the biggest movie of the week, there are some critics Fede Álvarez just can’t convince. The Alien: Romulus director briefly dropped into an Alien franchise subreddit this week to chat with fans about his new sequel, but the moderators weren’t having it, flagging Álvarez as an […]

John Cena opened up about baring it all in front of a camera for the big screen or in a room full of Hollywood A-listers at the Oscars. In a new interview, Cena said that filming intimate scenes is not a pleasant experience and on Club Shay Shay, “it’s the worst.” “There are so many […]

Paul Rudd and Jack Black might be heading to the jungle. Deadline is hearing that while no deal is done, the two are in early talks to star in new take on Anaconda at Sony Pictures. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten penned the script, with Gormican planning to […]

Daniela Melchior is set to join the ensemble of mystery thriller American Sweatshop, starring Lili Reinhart. Producers include Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. Uta Briesewitz will direct. In a device driven world, American Sweatshop will take a look at the toll of social media through the eyes of Daisy Moriarty (Reinhart), who while dealing with a chaotic personal […]

Edgar Bronfman Jr. has upped his bid for Paramount Global, Deadline has confirmed, attempting to pry the Shari Redstone-controlled company away from David Ellison’s Skydance, which signed a merger agreement in July. That deal, however, was contingent on no other better, or at least intriguing, offer for Par landing before midnight tonight. One did land. Bronfman […]

In a highly unusual move, Lionsgate is pulling its new trailer for Megalopolis, unveiled early this morning. The decision comes following controversy over critic quotes featured in the trailer, which digging by Vulture and other outlets revealed to be fabricated. “Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for Megalopolis,” said a spokesperson for the studio. “We […]

EXCLUSIVE: Gina Gershon (Borderlands), Katherine Waddell (Dinner in America), Ethan Slater (Wicked) and Jesse James Keitel (Queer as Folk) have signed on to star in The Designer, a new body horror feature from writer-director Em Johnson. The film centers on Gerry (Waddell), whose need for an identity pushes her to join the massive multi-level marketing […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tennessee-based Showdog Studio has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas, as it adds five projects to its production and development slate. The five projects include animated feature Baby on Board (slated to deliver in early 2025), the live-action feature The 442, scripted drama series Plan B and Sweet Toxins and nonfiction series […]

Well into the new dark crime comedy Greedy People, I had to check IMDb to make sure this wasn’t some movie one or both of the Coen brothers had actually made and somehow I didn’t realize before diving in. Nope, it was Potsy Ponciroli who directed, and Mike Vukadinovich who wrote it. No Coens anywhere […]

September 5 will be a beautiful day for U2 fans. V-U2: An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas will open that night at the state-of-the-art venue where it was shot. Watch a trailer above. Directed by Morleigh Steinberg and the band’s founding guitarist The Edge, V-U2 chronicles the Irish megaband’s U2:UV Achtung Baby Live […]

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to Allswell in New York, a dramedy co-starring and co-produced by The Bear Emmy nominee Liza Colón-Zayas, for release in theaters this fall and on digital in November. Also starring Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange Is the New Black) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (In the Heights), the film centers […]

EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo Bills fans will be the subject of the feature-length documentary Just One Before I Die from co-directors Addison Henderson (The Forgotten City, Givers of Death) and Kevin Polowy (Standing Up, Falling Down, In the Shadow of Beirut). Production of the indie project, conceived by executive producer Clayton Polowy, is set to begin this […]

Lindsay Lohan wants the filming of Freakier Friday to go on and on and on. The star of the much-anticipated sequel to the Disney aughts classic celebrated the last Monday of shooting, writing in an Instagram post featuring a couple of selfies that her “heart is so full.” She joined co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, who […]

Ryan Reynolds made sure to include a tribute to co-star Rob Delaney‘s late son, Henry, in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine after saying he’s “always kicked [his] own ass” for not doing so in the second installment of the franchise. “If there’s a bright side, even more people are seeing Henry’s name in the credits of […]

In Dovecote, an atmospheric drama short film byItalian director and co-writer Marco Perego turns the camera on society’s often unseen citizens: the women confined to a seaside prison in Venice. Making its debut at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, Dovecote, filmed inside Giudecca’s working women’s prison on an island in the Venetian lagoon, centers around […]

Francis Ford Coppola is among those being honored by the Directors Guild of America at its upcoming DGA Honors ceremony. See It Now Studios President and former CBS News Executive Susan Zirinsky, Broadway Stages Founder Tony Argento along with its CEO & President Gina Argento, and film distribution company Criterion have also been selected as honorees for the event, […]

Michael Madsen was arrested over the weekend for misdemeanor domestic battery after Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to call of a disturbance between the actor and his wife at their Malibu home, Deadline has confirmed. Deputies were called to the home shortly after midnight Saturday by a female adult who alleged Madsen pushed her […]

(Updated with CAA statement) Julia Ormond’s lawsuit against Disney, CAA and Miramax over an alleged 1995 sexual assault by the now-incarcerated Harvey Weinstein will be going forward. “Upon the foregoing documents, and oral argument having been held before the court on May 20, 2024, it is ordered that the motions of defendants The Walt Disney […]

What happens when generational dependency causes a pressurized role reversal that is both tender and heartbreaking when the child becomes the caretaker, and the mother becomes the dependent? Writer-director Ziyu Luo explores this intricate and delicate dynamic in her debut short film, American Daydream. Set in New York’s Chinatown, the story centers on the life […]

EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Krysta Rodriguez (Halston) and Alan Cumming (The Traitors) have signed on to star in Lunch Hour, a new indie comedy from director Larry Guterman (Cats & Dogs) and Winter State Entertainment. Delving into the anatomy of an affair, Lunch Hour watches as a soup-loving married man meets the soup-loving married […]

EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Kamala Harris has turned to an old friend and Hollywood veteran to help reintroduce her to the nation and the world at the Democratic National Convention this week. Reginald Hudlin has directed the short film on Harris that will precede the VP taking to the stage on Thursday for her acceptance speech […]