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Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande had a difficult time flying away from their characters Elphaba and Glinda. In a recent interview with the New York Times, the two leading women discussed how their on-screen friendship has bled into real life, becoming a cornerstone for them both. That meant wrapping the two-parter shoot was […]

UPDATED, with Mattel statement, 2:27 p.m.: “Mattel was made aware of a misprint on the packaging of the Mattel Wicked collection dolls, primarily sold in the U.S., which intended to direct consumers to the official WickedMovie.com landing page,” the company said in a statement to outlets. “We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action […]

More than 25 years after Kate Winslet‘s breakout role in Titanic, the band plays on. While making her new biopic Lee, the Oscar winner watched composer Alexandre Desplat lead a 120-piece orchestra for the film’s score, where Winslet reconnected with someone she worked with on the 1997 James Cameron film. “And I’m looking at this […]

Cannes Palm d’Or winner Anora went wide and A Real Pain added theaters in limited release, both nicely, with Crunchyroll’s Japanese epic fantasy OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom and Small Things Like These at the specialty box office. Sean Baker’s breakout Anora is looking at $2.55 million on 1,104 screens in week four of Neon’s slow rollout for […]

James Cameron is taking audiences back to Pandora, teasing a new out-of-this world experience. Ahead of the Dec. 19, 2025 premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ash, Disney unveiled new concept art for the third installment in Cameron’s franchise during this weekend’s D23 Expo in Brazil. An illustration by Dylan Cole, reminiscent of 2022’s Avatar: The […]

Refresh for latest…: New this weekend at the international box office, Warner Bros began pre-domestic release on Amazon MGM Studios’ Red One. The opening numbers on the Christmas-themed movie are within the range we expected heading into the frame, coming in at $26.6M from 75 offshore markets.  For Latin America, the film ranked No. 2 […]

Jon M. Chu had a bit of a scheduling conflict with the Los Angeles premiere of his sweeping musical Wicked. Ahead of the the film’s West Coast debut, held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Chu spoke to attendees, cast and crew in a recorded clip explaining that he was at the hospital awaiting the birth […]

As Pamela Anderson makes her long-overdue onscreen comeback, Gia Coppola is comparing the actress to another blonde bombshell. The Last Showgirl director was inspired by performers like Anderson and Marilyn Monroe when helming the Kate Gersten-penned film, which premieres Dec. 13 in theaters, after seeing the former’s 2023 Netflix documentary Pamela, a Love Story. “It […]

Anna Kendrick praised her Up in the Air co-star George Clooney for the “complete fiction” he told her to calm her nerves ahead of filming the six-time Oscar-nominated dramedy film. In a recent appearance on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?, the Woman of the Hour helmer and star admitted it was “absolutely terrifying” to act […]

Marvel Studios’ newly debuted Captain America: Brave New World trailer (see below) — unveiled at the inaugural Brazil D23 fan event — teases national mayhem as Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson takes up the mantle of the titular superhero. Premiering Feb. 14, 2025, the brand-new two-and-a-half minute preview of the action film also showcases first looks […]

Tony Todd, an actor who played the killer in Candyman and its 2021 sequel and appeared in the Final Destination franchise and Platoon among more than 240 film and TV credits spanning 40 years, died November 6 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 69. His reps confirmed the news to Deadline but did […]

Although The Penguin is wrapping up its first season, Colin Farrell might soon be making a trip back to Gotham City. After leading the HBO series spin-off, which is garnering Emmy buzz ahead of this weekend’s Season 1 finale, the Oscar nominee might be gearing up to reprise the villainous role for the upcoming sequel […]

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Barrera (Scream VI) is set to lead In the Cradle of Granite, a new Western thriller marking the English-language debut of Ariel Escalante (Domingo and the Mist). Based on an original screenplay by Jay Holmes, the film is set in the brutal American west of the late 1800s, where a young mother (Barrera) […]

Nicholas Hoult was destined for the DC Universe, but before landing the role of Lex Luthor in James Gunn’s Superman, he suffered an “emotional blow” when he found out he wasn’t going to star in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. In a new interview, the Skins alum opened up about discovering Robert Pattinson was landing the role […]

Denis Villeneuve is unfazed by critics of his work — at least, the ones who haven’t seen his work. After Quentin Tarantino said he’s “not interested” in seeing any remakes, the Dune director emphasized that “what I did was not a remake” as he responded to the critique during a recent appearance at Concordia University […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jordan has withdrawn Sareen Hairabedian’s documentary My Sweet Land as its official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, reportedly after coming under pressure from Azerbaijan, Deadline has learned. The award-winning documentary follows 11-year-old Vrej, who dreams of becoming a dentist in his village in Artsakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave within Nagorno-Karabakh, […]

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve seen efforts to share risk and upside in success, and many times they come and go. Artists Equity, hatched by pals Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and backed by a long-term financial commitment from RedBird Capital billionaire Gerry Cardinale, has a real chance to reshape the tenuous pay landscape in a talent-friendly way. […]

Created by Masashi Kishimoto, Naturo is a beloved manga series that chronicles the journey of Naturo Uzumaki, a young ninja recognized by his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. The series unfolds across three storylines: the original Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. The latter continues the […]

Three-time Grammy and 14-time Latin Grammy winner Shakira is coming back as the voice of Gazelle in Disney’s Zootopia 2. The news was just announced at D23 Brazil. Shakira also sang one of the 2016’s movie’s signature tunes, “Try Everything,” which went triple platinum. The Colombian singer said in a video: “I’m here to announce […]

Box office darling Anora, Sean Baker’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner from Neon, goes wide Friday after a slow platform, expanding to 1,104 screens as indies continue to bust onto screens. Searchlight Pictures’ A Real Pain adds eight locations, with Focus Features’ Conclave and A24’s Heretic continuing, and launching, respectively, in wide release.   A Real […]

UPDATED: Disney and 20th Century Animation announced Friday at D23 Brazil that Ice Age 6 is happening. The sixthquel will get a theatrical release. The original franchise was created by Blue Sky Studios, which Disney acquired through the 20th Century Fox merger, later shuttering the Oscar-winning animation division. Original castmembers Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Queen […]

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Nolan isn’t done adding some serious star power to his next film at Universal. Sources tell Deadline that Anne Hathaway and Zendaya are set to star in his next event film. They would join previously announced cast members Matt Damon and Tom Holland. The film will have an Imax release on July 17, […]

Joaquin Phoenix made his breakout performance in 2000’s Gladiator, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Nearly 25 years later, director Ridley Scott revealed that Phoenix nearly dropped out of the role of Commodus at the last minute, which resulted in co-star Russell Crowe calling him out. “He was in […]

As Whoopi Goldberg prepares to complete the holy trinity of her Sister Act franchise, one late sister will be there in spirit. The EGOT recently gave an update on that Sister Act 3 is still happening after her former co-star Maggie Smith previously died at age 89 in September, but the script is currently being […]