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 Goldbart11h ago
EXCLUSIVE: A group of House lawmakers is launching a new caucus focused on the economic and cultural impact of movies, music, entertainment and sports. The Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports (MoMEntS) Caucus is being launched by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), whose district includes Culver City, and she will co-chair it along with Rep. María Elvira […]
Deadline•Ted Johnson11h ago
Laleh Marzban, who won Best Actress in Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti sidebar, has become the subject of a harsh smear campaign by Islamic Republic state media over comments in her acceptance speech dedicating the prize to the women of Iran. One TV station channel, aligned with the Basij, the paramilitary volunteer militia within the Islamic […]
Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow12h ago
EXCLUSIVE: Wonder Studios, the UK-based AI production outfit valued at $50 million last year, has expanded its Los Angeles operation with two hires. Inder Gill, a media finance agent at CAA, is joining Wonder as head of studio partnerships and packaging. He helped package and finance films including Monkey Man and If I Had Legs […]
Deadline•Jake Kanter13h ago
Trailer has dropped for Netflix’s Hunting Gary Glitter, the former pop superstar who was exposed as a serial child abuser. Check it out above. Launching October 14, the doc follows the pursuit of journalists alongside the survivors who speak out, charting Glitter’s 1997 conviction, through to his years on the run, and eventual incarceration. This […]
Deadline•Max Goldbart13h ago
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s breakout Cannes title La Bola Negra has been selected as Spain’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The Spanish Film Academy confirmed the selection this morning during a press conference. The film explores LGBT heritage and pays tribute to murdered Spanish poet and […]
Deadline•Zac Ntim14h ago
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Curtis is returning to the sitcom game, this time through audio. The Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder and Mr Bean writer-director is making Greatest Living Writer for BBC Radio 4 starring Bill Nighy, Nicola Walker, Nick Mohammed, Jim Broadbent, Meera Syal and Traitors star Madelyn Smedley. It is Curtis’ first sitcom in nearly 20 […]
Deadline•Max Goldbart14h ago
EXCLUSIVE: Jodie Whittaker’s next starring role will be a hotshot media lawyer in ITV drama In Contempt. Ahead of her role in Hulu pilot Chicks and a part in the London-set Only Murders in the Building Season 6, Whittaker will star in the “high-stakes” legal drama as barrister Olivia Savareid. The character’s top-drawer advocacy skills […]
Deadline•Jesse Whittock15h ago
Could Disney be about to unearth the next big K-pop hit? Disney Korea has struck a deal with Kakao Entertainment to launch what they are calling a “K-culture fund” and is aiming to pursue around 10 projects over the medium to long term. The pair will “collaborate on projects that bring together K-pop IP and […]
Deadline•Max Goldbart15h ago
Cate Blanchett will attend this year’s Tokyo Film Festival with a series of short films supported by her Displacement Film Fund. TIFF will screen five short works produced with support from the Displacement Film Fund, of which Japanese brand Uniqlo is a founding partner. Following the film screenings, there will be a Q&A session with […]
Deadline•Zac Ntim16h ago
Seriesly Berlin kept up its reputation for backing complex TV series with its latest batch of award winners. Hands Up, a music drama series pitch from the U.S. focused on an Israeli musician and a Palestinian singer brought together in Berlin’s hip-hop scene was the winner of the Writers’ Pitch Award last night at a […]
Deadline•Jesse Whittock17h ago
Los Angeles Fire Department has confirmed that a helicopter was downed in Chatsworth, leaving at least three people dead. The crash was reported around 7 p.m. (local time), and LAFD confirmed the aircraft went down between two commercial buildings. “56 firefighters responded to the incident. The fire has been completely extinguished. No exposure to any […]
Deadline•Armando Tinoco20h ago
Despite 10 nominations, Shrinking came up short at the Emmys on Monday, but the Warner Bros Television produced show may be taking centerstage in court soon. A longtime Key Second Assistant Director on the Jason Segel and Harrison Ford starring series says she was abruptly fired after a long day of shooting on July 10 […]
Deadline•Dominic Patten20h ago
Netflix has announced that speakers including Possible Love DoP Kim Ji-yong, The Blue Road director Han Jun-hee and WETA FX’s CTO Kimball Thurston will join the streamer’s Creative Asia programme at this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Ji-yong will deliver a masterclass on how he and Possible Love director Lee Chang-dong shaped the visual […]
Deadline•Liz Shackleton21h ago
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from night one of the Season 35 premiere of Dancing with the Stars. Back like they never left! The ballroom at CBS Television City was once again glittering with celebrities on Tuesday night to kick off Season 35 of Dancing with the Stars. There are 16 contestants vying for […]
Deadline•Katie Campione21h ago
This flawed but very entertaining two-hander belongs in the unique subgenre of literary biographies in which a cult author’s life is investigated through the highly specific prism of their work. Shirley Jackson, for example, was cast into a dark Gothic psychodrama in Josephine Decker’s Shirley; William S. Burroughs became a drug-addicted spy who reports to […]
Deadline•Damon Wise22h ago
Paramount and the State Attorneys General suing to block its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery were ordered by a judge to appear for a two-day settlement conference Oct. 14-15 in a San Francisco courtroom. It’s a mandated step for two sides approaching a trial, set in this case for early March, and doesn’t mean there’s […]
Deadline•Jillg36623h ago
NCIS: New York has dropped its first trailer (above), and there are so many details packed into the video, setting up the series premiere on October 6. In the pilot, after years of special assignments and covert ops, Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) returns to his hometown of New York City for a […]
Deadline•Rosy Cordero23h ago
Mikayla Matthews isn’t mincing words, and a day after saying she was leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, she confirmed it was because Taylor Frankie Paul was returning to filming. The Hulu reality series is currently filming Season 6 after Season 5 was truncated due to Paul’s domestic violence claims from her ex, Dakota Mortensen. “The […]
Deadline•Armando Tinoco23h ago
A second season of HBO Max’s Harry Potter TV series is in the works, and the cast continues to grow. The streamer has plans for an accelerated production of the series adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s book s, with Season 1 on the way and production looking to start soon for Season 2. Read on for […]
Deadline•Dessi Gomez15 Sept