After so many years in the DC universe, Zack Snyder comes back down to earth again with a violent but surprisingly human action thriller set in the jungles of an unidentified Latin American country. Its plotline — more of which later — could go either way, and since the director has been unfairly accused of […]
Deadline•Damon Wise14 Sept
60 Minutes debuted its new season on Sunday with an exclusive sit down with an Air Force officer who told of his harrowing rescue in Iran. It featured a hideen camera segment on pardon brokers who collect hundreds of thousands or even millions to try to secure Trump’s clemency. And it profile the Los Angeles […]
Deadline•Ted Johnson14 Sept
Margaret Qualley makes Amazon MGM’s new romantic drama worth watching. This is an actress who consistently becomes more fascinating it seems with each role, and as Maya in Love Of Your Life she plays a woman who finds love, loses it, faces extreme grief, wanders the world , and only comes back when she learns […]
Deadline•Pete Hammond14 Sept
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Episode 5 of HBO’s Lanterns. John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) has successfully taken down the last living manhunter and retrieved the power ring from Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) — but at what cost? One of the central intergalactic battles in HBO’s Lanterns came to a head during Sunday night’s […]
Deadline•Katie Campione14 Sept
Alas, Jack Palance was off in heaven doing one-armed pushups, but just about every other star from the landmark gathering of late ’80s young actors known as Young Guns was in Dallas this weekend for a Fan Expo. Lou Diamond Phillips posted a photo of himself and fellow castmembers Casey Siemaszko, Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, […]
Deadline•Tomt14 Sept
In 2022 Jodie Comer took the theatrical world by storm in Suzie Miller’s one woman play, Prima Facie which won Olivier Awards for the London West End production including Best Actress for Comer who repeated her triumph the next on Broadway and won the Tony Award. Now for whatever reason Comer did not reprise her […]
Deadline•Pete Hammond13 Sept
Indies including newcomer Runner and holdover Buddy nabbed five of the top 10 spots at the domestic box office this weekend. If I Go Will They Miss Me had a terrific exclusive opening in L.A., and documentary American Doctor passed $400k. Late-summer original horror-comedy hit Buddy from Roadside Attractions and Saban Films grossed $3.5 million in […]
Deadline•Jillg36613 Sept
Although he’s used to playing a man of steel, David Corenswet’s latest role in Mr. Irrelevant is a classic underdog story. On Sunday, Paramount and Skydance Sports released the trailer for the Jonathan Levine-helmed biopic about the late New York Giants running back, which premieres on Christmas, recounting his final months before his death at […]
Deadline•Glenn Garner13 Sept
Many suggestions have circulated about who could be the next 007 agent in the James Bond film franchise, and Pierce Brosnan has a new take on where the studio could go. Auditions for the role in the Denis Villeneuve film are already underway and have taken place over the summer, and Brosnan recently said there […]
Deadline•Armando Tinoco13 Sept
Barbie producer and Mattel Studios boss Robbie Brenner talked about a follow-up to the hit live-action movie in a session at the Toronto Film Festival. “We all want to see the Barbie sequel,” she told the TIFF crowd. “I want to see it too. I’m sure at some point, one day, there will be one.” […]
Deadline•Stewart Clarke13 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy winner and five-time Golden Globe nominee Jeff Daniels has been set to lead comedy The Reception, about a chaotic Scottish wedding. Trudie Styler is directing for her and Celine Rattray’s banner Maven Screen Media and Piers Tempest’s Tempo Productions. Beta Cinema is launching international sales at this week’s TIFF market. CAA Media […]
Deadline•Andreas Wiseman13 Sept
More details are coming into light about the 78th Emmy Awards ahead of the September 14 ceremony broadcast live from the Peacock Theater on NBC and Peacock. Jesse Collins confirmed on Thursday that the show will honor Dolly Parton, who died recently at the age of 80. Deadline hears that the tribute will feature Parton’s […]
Deadline•Nellie Andreeva13 Sept
The full trailer for Peacock’s Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake, which arrives Oct. 15 on the streamer, has been released. From A24 and creator Brad Caleb Kane, Crystal Lake stars Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees, a single mother who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically […]
Deadline•Dessi Gomez13 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Dyon “Mojo” Brooks (aka Mojo Brookzz) has announced that his debut special, I Know You Lying, is set to premiere globally on Netflix on October 6. No word on what Brooks discusses in the special. Filmed at Atlanta’s Center Stage Theatre in December 2025, it’s directed by Mike “Homeless Pimp” Lavin and produced by 3 […]
Deadline•Matthewgrobar13 Sept
Everything and nothing seems to happen in this curiously inert action drama, which stars Mahershala Ali as a philosophical Black Muslim hitman trying to raise three children after the death of his wife. The concept itself not without precedent — Forrest Whitaker calmly practised Tai Chi and composed haikus in between Mafia jobs in Jim […]
Deadline•Damon Wise13 Sept
Refresh for more…Warner Bros/Alcon’s Practical Magic 2 wound up flying to a $46M global debut, with $16M overseas and $30M domestic. Note the sequel to this Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman 1990s property is stateside driven, so expect a bulk of the gross to come from there. However, the $16M start is under the $18M-$23M […]
Deadline•Anthonypauldalessandro13 Sept
In Bertil Nillson’s feature directorial debut Masc, the writer/director teams up with co-writer and star Joshua Griffin to share a story of intersectionality and self-love. Making its world premiere last night in TIFF’s Next Wave Selects section, Masc stars Griffin as Robin, a queer, biracial man on the autism spectrum, who struggles over a year […]
Deadline•Glenn Garner13 Sept
On Sept. 22, 1985, the Pasadena Civic Auditorium was filled with 2,700 members of the year’s television elite, gathered together for the 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Hosted by Dynasty star John Forsythe, the ceremony was broadcast on ABC to 15.8 million homes – a staggering number today – and the stage was set to […]
Deadline•Antonia Blyth13 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: After the hot new distributor at TIFF last year, Row K, imploded, many films that the label scooped up at the fest were left homeless; one of the big titles they supposed shelled out eight figures for was Jaume Collet-Serra’s reboot of 1993’s Cliffhanger starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan. In a complete surprise, […]
Deadline•Anthonypauldalessandro13 Sept
The cast, crew and star of Scooby-Doo: Origins can finally take a pawse, as production has wrapped on the first season of the upcoming Netflix live-action series. It’s slated to premiere globally on the streamer in 2027. For the first time in Scooby-Doo franchise history, the title character is being portrayed by a real Great […]
Deadline•Denise Petski13 Sept