EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is developing Scope, a mystery action thriller from Warfare helmer Ray Mendoza and producer Jaume Collet-Serra, Deadline has learned. Billed as a mystery action thriller in the vein of Disturbia and Rear Window, Scope originated as a spec by Charley & Vlas Parlapanides (Netflix’s Blood of Zeus) and Scott Charnick, which Netflix picked […]
Deadline•Matthewgrobar6h ago
UPDATED, 8:16 a.m.: Laika has unveiled a final trailer for Wildwood, its sixth stop-motion feature opening exclusively in theatres on October 23. Tickets for the film, directed and produced by the studio’s Travis Knight, are on sale now.Set to open AFI Fest on October 21, it follows headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), who […]
Deadline•Patrick Hipes7h ago
James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision has acquired AI-driven tech startup and 3D specialist Outsyders for an undisclosed price as the company positions itself as a one-stop shop for 3D content creation. The two companies recently worked together on Paramount summer release Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), directed by […]
Deadline•Jillg3667h ago
Triple-Tony winner Patti LuPone is returning to the New York stage to portray iconic fashion editor Diana Vreeland in the one-woman Off Broadway play Full Gallop. The production, directed by Gordon Greenberg (Rope, Broadway’s The Heart of Rock and Roll), will begin a strictly limited 12-week engagement at NY City Center Stage II on Friday, […]
Deadline•Greg Evans7h ago
Fox Nation is leaning into Bachelor Nation with its new dating reality series hosted by Chris Harrison. Chris Harrison’s The Vow, which Deadline revealed in February, is set to premiere on the streamer on November 11. The six-part series will roll out weekly with the season finale on December 9. The show will see 30-year-old […]
Deadline•Peterdeadline7h ago
It finally happened: Sony’s highest grossing movie ever, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, is now the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office, defeating Star Wars: The Force Awakens which held the record for the last ten years with a final cume of $936.66M. As of yesterday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day counts a running […]
Deadline•Anthonypauldalessandro7h ago
EXCLUSIVE: A series of events have been set in Paris and New York to celebrate the centenary of the publication of Ernest Hemingway classic The Sun Also Rises. The celebration begins September 21 and 22 at Ritz Paris, with guests including filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, who is set to direct the upcoming A Farewell To Arms […]
Deadline•Andreas Wiseman7h ago
The British-American writer and cultural commentator Bonnie Greer has died. She was 77. Greer’s husband, David Hutchins, announced her death in a statement published this afternoon. Hutchins wrote that Greer died on Tuesday evening following a brief illness. Hutchins described Greer as “an acclaimed playwright, author, critic, cultural and political commentator whose intelligence, courage and […]
Deadline•Zac Ntim7h ago
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Worthington (Avatar), Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games), and Cara Delevingne (Club Kid) are set to play the lead love triangle in Paul Schrader’s upcoming erotic thriller Non Compos Mentis. Production is due to get underway next month in New York on the movie, which Oscar nominee Schrader has written and will direct. Additional […]
Deadline•Andreas Wiseman8h ago
A local Los Angeles TV news journalist and the pilot of an NBC L.A. news chopper are among the three people confirmed dead in last night’s Los Angeles-area helicopter crash. Journalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw were providing news coverage of a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth, CA, when their helicopter went down. The […]
Deadline•Greg Evans8h ago
EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian director Muayad Alayan’s Jerusalem-set drama Conversation with the Sea makes its North American premiere in Toronto on Wednesday, following its Venice debut, and Deadline can unveil the trailer. Kamel El Basha, who won Venice’s Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in The Insult in 2017, plays a 60-year-old Palestinian man, who […]
Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow8h ago
EXCLUSIVE: Zach Roerig (The Vampire Diaries), Kayla Bohan (Harper), Scottie Thompson (NCIS) and John Littlefield (Dexter) are starring in crime-thriller Undertow. Kate Bohan (From Embers) is writer-director on the indie feature, which wrapped filming in August, and heralds from Lyon Park Productions. The synopsis reads: “When a teenage girl, Dakota, (Kayla Bohan) is kidnapped by […]
Deadline•Andreas Wiseman8h ago
EXCLUSIVE: The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation has announced the recipients of its generous inaugural Documentary Film Award: Untitled “Ear Hustle” Film and Indígena. Each film earns an unrestricted $50,000 grant “in recognition of its artistic excellence,” and filmmakers will attend a creative retreat hosted by Points North Institute during the Camden International Film Festival, which begins Thursday […]
Deadline•Matthew Carey8h ago
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), the modest, two-person musical that charmed critics last season and scored eight Tony Award nominations, will play its final performance on Sunday, November 29. At the time of its closing, Two Strangers will have played 21 previews and 428 performances at the Longacre Theatre. The First National […]
Deadline•Greg Evans8h ago
Judith B. Sheindlin – Judge Judy to millions – announced this morning that she is retiring “from in front of the camera” after 30 years of passing judgements that were often caustic, usually funny and always final. Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America today with her son Adam Levy, lawyer and now presiding judge of […]
Deadline•Greg Evans9h ago
The upcoming New York revival of Spring Awakening has set its principal cast, with many of the roles going to Off Broadway newcomers. The musical revival, which begins performances at Studio Seaview on November 27 ahead of an official December 17 opening, will feature Jack Bateman as ‘Georg,’ Jada Simone Clark as ‘Thea,’ Leif Coomer […]
Deadline•Greg Evans9h ago
Chilean documentary-maker Patricio Guzmán, whose landmark documentaries included The Battle of Chile and Cannes prize-winner The Cordillera of Dreams, died in Paris on September 15. He was 85. Guzmán, who was born in the Chilean capital of Santiago on August 11, 1941, has been hailed as one of Latin America’s most important non-fiction directors. His […]
Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow9h ago
The Country Music Association will honor Dolly Parton with CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton, a live two-hour special set to air Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 9 pm on ABC and Disney+ internationally, available next day on Hulu. Produced by CMA, the special will be filmed live at Belmont […]
Deadline•Denise Petski10h ago
Rosie O’Donnell is headed back to Broadway, however briefly: She’ll join The Rocky Horror Show for two weeks in October as the “Narrator” while current star Rachel Dratch takes a short leave. O’Donnell’s engagement, announced today by the show’s producers, will begin Tuesday, October 6, and run through Sunday, October 18. The former co-host of […]
Deadline•Greg Evans10h ago
Earlier this year, HBO Max content boss Sarah Aubrey told us her team wanted to replicate the success of Emmy-winner The Pitt around the world, and France appears to be one of the first destinations. Unveiled today at La Rochelle Fiction Festival, HBO Max is making Rush [working title], a medical drama set in Paris […]
Deadline•Max Goldbart10h ago