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Glen Basner & Roeg Sutherland Open Their Global Sales Playbook: “You Have To Reset Yourself Every Two Weeks” — TIFF: The Market

Glen Basner and Roeg Sutherland opened their global sales playbook at TIFF: The Market. The duo discussed the realities of working in the modern-day independent film business during a conference session at TIFF’s newly-minted market. They also got into the weeds on the dos and don’ts of packaging indie film projects. Sutherland, CAA’s Co-Head of […]

Deadline•Stewart Clarke12 Sept

Gary Myers Dies: NASCAR Driver, Patriarch Of Racing Family Was 76

Gary Myers, the former NASCAR driver, stock car legend and patriarch of a noted racing family, died Thursday, September 10, following an extended period of ill health. He was 76. His death was announced on Facebook by his son, racecar driver Burt Myers. “Last night I lost my hero,” Burt Myers wrote. “He fought so […]

Deadline•Greg Evans12 Sept

Searchlight’s Matthew Greenfield On Getting People Into Movie Theaters & Finding New Talent On YouTube — TIFF: The Market

Searchlight Pictures boss Matthew Greenfield broke down how YouTube has become fertile ground for finding new stories and filmmakers. The Searchlight Pictures boss also spoke about the battle with familiarity and the need for original ideas to get people into movie theaters in the streaming age. After Obsession and Backrooms, studios and producers are scouring […]

Deadline•Stewart Clarke12 Sept

Venice 2026 Winners: Red Carpet Underway With Sightings Of ‘Woman Unknown’ & ‘Possible Love’ Directors Alongside Jury – Updating Live

The awards ceremony of the Venice Film Festival kicks off at 7pm local time (10am PT) and Deadline will be live updating the winners. The red carpet is already underway with Maggie Gyllenhaal and her jury posing for photos, with sightings of Golden Lion contenders May El-Toukhy (Woman Unknown) and Lee Chang-dong (Possible Love) suggesting […]

Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow12 Sept

‘ER’s Big Payday: How Hit Medical Drama Scored Record $13M An Episode From NBC – Book Excerpt

ER was an instant hit when it premiered on NBC in October 1994. But the project had not been an easy sell: it was created by an author, Michael Crichton, with no television record and conceived in a style drastically different from any other medical drama. Add to that a cast of then-largely unknowns and […]

Deadline•Nellie Andreeva12 Sept

Courteney Cox Is Ready To Direct A ‘Scream’ Movie: “I Think I Should”

As Courteney Cox returns to the director’s chair for her sophomore feature Evil Genius, she’s ready to take on a franchise she’s been with for 30 years. While discussing the TIFF true-crime film at the Deadline Studio, the Golden Globe nominee revealed she’d be open to directing an upcoming installment in the Scream franchise, in […]

Deadline•Glenn Garner12 Sept

Anthropic CEO Calls For Slowing Down AI Development, Warns Of “Swarm” Taking Over Internet In 6-12 Months

The CEO of Anthropic has called for slowing down, or “pacing,” the speed of AI development, warning of recent incidents that have caused alarm that the technology will get out of control and act on its own. In an essay posted to his website on Saturday, CEO Dario Amodei wrote that “over the last few […]

Deadline•Ted Johnson12 Sept

Iranian ‘A Bit Of Light’ Filmmakers Discuss Timely Venice Contender: “We Have To Talk About The Reality… Of The Mass Killing That Happened”

Iranian director Ali Asgari’s contemporary Tehran-set drama A Bit Of Light premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday evening as the penultimate competition screening. The raw, timely drama was shot in the immediate aftermath of the Islamic Republic’s brutal crackdown of pro-democracy protests in January 2026, in which thousands, if not tens of thousands, […]

Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow12 Sept

‘Being Heumann’ Producer Kevin Walsh Readies Star Vehicles For Paul Rudd & Sam Rockwell, Series With Casey Affleck: TIFF

EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of a splashy Thursday night TIFF opening night premiere of the Sian Heder-directed Being Heumann, producer Kevin Walsh has two star vehicles happening quickly. He’s next readying Reasonable People, a drama that Cory Finley will direct with Paul Rudd and Sam Rockwell starring. On the series side is The Hawk, which […]

Deadline•Mike Fleming12 Sept

‘The Odyssey’ Slays ‘Jurassic World’ To Become Universal’s Highest Grossing Movie Ever At Global Box Office With $1.68B

By the end of this weekend, The Odyssey will have crushed the ultimate record, becoming Universal’s highest grossing movie ever at the global box office with $1..684 billion. The pic will sail above Universal’s previous record-breaker, 2015’s Jurassic World which ended its run at $1.677 billion. By Sunday, The Odyssey will count $601.2M million domestic and […]

Deadline•Anthonypauldalessandro12 Sept

‘The Family Stone’ Sequel Set At Searchlight With Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Sarah Jessica Parker & Many More Returning

Some exciting news heading into the holiday season: Searchlight has announced a sequel to the beloved 2005 holiday film The Family Stone, with nearly the entire cast returning. This includes Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Tyrone Giordano, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider, and Brian White. The one big […]

Deadline•Matthewgrobar12 Sept

Brian Duckworth Dies: Country Musician, Member Of Taylor Made Band Was 56

Brian Duckworth, the country musician who performed with his brother and sister as the band Taylor Made, died Monday, September 7, at his home in Clarksburg, W. Va. He was 56. His death was announced by family. A cause of death was not disclosed. Taylor Made, which featured Duckworth, his brother Greg Duckworth and sister […]

Deadline•Greg Evans12 Sept

Jeremy Thomas Dies: Legendary UK Producer Of ‘The Last Emperor’ & ‘Crash’ Was 77

Jeremy Thomas, one of the UK’s most prominent independent film producers of the last 50 years, died on September 11. He was 77 years old. His family announced his death in a statement on Saturday. “Jeremy Thomas, the celebrated British producer of The Last Emperor and of over 40 other films, has died, at the […]

Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow12 Sept

Nashville Board Approves Renaming Airport For Dolly Parton

Nashville International Airport is a step closer to being renamed to honor the late country superstar Dolly Parton. The six-person board of the Metro Nashville Airport Authority voted unanimously on Friday to approve the proposed renaming. Details, such as the exact wording of the new name, are still to be hashed out in the coming […]

Deadline•Greg Evans12 Sept

How Meditation, Hope And Hard Work Brought Rosalind Eleazar Her “Long Shot” Dream Lead In Chris Rock’s ‘Misty Green’

Slow Horses star Rosalind Eleazar says she fights hard for roles that “people don’t immediately assume I could play.” The latest example of this is her titular role in Misty Green, the new film from director-writer-producer Chris Rock, in which he also stars. Misty Green is a Hollywood actress who no longer has the town at her feet. […]

Deadline•Baz Bamigboye12 Sept

Ocean Way Festival Canceled In Santa Monica Due To Beach Erosion & “Can No Longer Be Safely Held As Planned”

Ocean Way Festival has been canceled because of beach erosion caused by Hurricane Marie. The two-day festival was scheduled for Saturday, September 26, and Sunday, September 27, with headliners The Killers and Olivia Dean, along with artists like Jack White, Sublime, Alvvays, Khruangbin, Durand Jones & The Indications, and Hiatus Kaiyote. “Due to the impacts […]

Deadline•Armando Tinoco12 Sept

Gary Oldman Says HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Will Be “More Satisfying” Than The Movies

Gary Oldman is weighing in on the HBO adaptation of the Harry Potter saga and says one key difference from the films will make it “more satisfying” for fans. In a new interview, the actor who played Sirius Black across multiple movies in the Harry Potter universe revealed why he thinks the TV series will […]

Deadline•Armando Tinoco12 Sept

‘The View’s Sunny Hostin Defends AI As “New Art Form” Amid “Gatekeeping In Hollywood Around Black & Brown Creative Content”

Sunny Hostin received pushback from her co-hosts on The View as she defended the use of AI in Hollywood. Hostin, who recently licensed her name and likeness to AI company Fountain 0, argued that generative AI should be considered a “new art form,” noting that it can help the entertainment industry show more Black and […]

Deadline•Armando Tinoco12 Sept

‘Girl Group’ Review: Rebel Wilson’s Musical Comedy Is Fun Spiritual Sequel To ‘Pitch Perfect’ — Toronto Film Festival

Nearly 15 years after first stealing audiences’ funny bones as Fat Amy, Rebel Wilson has provided a new generation with a musical comedy that will have fans laughing and singing along just the same. In Girl Group, co-written and directed by Wilson, the Australian multihyphenate stars as popstar Tassie Young, who found fame with her […]

Deadline•Glenn Garner12 Sept

Russell Crowe Charms 1,400-Strong Venice Audience With ‘What Love Builds’ Doc Charting His Musical Career

Russell Crowe enjoyed an enthusiastic response to his bio-doc meets concert film What Love Builds as it premiered Out of Competition to a 1,400-strong crowd at the Venice Film Festival on Friday evening. Crowe, who wrote, directed and produced the documentary, told press conference earlier on in the day, that the work, showing the central […]

Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow12 Sept