The 2026 Toronto Film Festival kicked off Thursday, September 10, and features a slew of world premieres including the official opening-night film Being Heumann, Oscar winner Siân Heder‘s follow-up to her Best Picture winner CODA. The event’s 51st edition features 10 days of premieres, gala presentations and more as the third leg of the fall […]
Deadline•Erik Pedersen11 Sept
While the title of Being Heumann is a reference to disability rights activist Judy Heumann’s tireless efforts in legislating accessibility, the biopic is better viewed as an ensemble piece that captures the entire movement she championed. In writer/director Siân Heder’s followup to her 2021 Oscar winner Coda, she recounts the 28-day occupation of San Francisco’s […]
Deadline•Glenn Garner11 Sept
Warner Bros and Alcon’s Practical Magic 2 is off to a solid start in previews with an estimated $3.5M to $4M after showtimes that began at 2PM. Those figures are higher than the previews of Sandra Bullock’s romantic adventure pic Lost City ($2.5M, $31M 3-day opening) and the George Clooney and Julia Roberts romantic comedy, […]
Deadline•Anthonypauldalessandro11 Sept
Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico was posted to YouTube on Thursday evening rather than the late-night host’s ABC broadcast amid concerns over an FCC enforcement action. “Why are they so scared of you?” Kimmel asked Talarico at the outset of the 20 minute interview, noting that Stephen Colbert also posted a sit down with […]
Deadline•Ted Johnson11 Sept
Stephen King has weighed in on Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Carrie, and he has a positive review. The supernatural horror miniseries premieres on October 7 on Prime Video with Summer H. Howell in the title role. Ahead of its release, the author of the 1974 novel the series is based on shared his take on […]
Deadline•Armando Tinoco11 Sept
In 2015, Alyssa Hill’s startling Holocaust-themed script made the Black List of best unproduced screenplays. Now, a decade later, it has finally been made, and somehow the timing is just right for this challenging and pertinent portrait of a woman who lived a lie, hiding in plain sight until an intrepid young New York Times […]
Deadline•Pete Hammond11 Sept
The first night of Donald Trump’s midterm convention failed to generate a ratings bounce for Fox News, with the audiences comparable or even slightly below regular primetime programming. Fox News’s coverage of the convention dominated the primetime hours on Wednesday, drawing an average 2.3 million viewers. But that is less than its September, 2025 primetime […]
Deadline•Ted Johnson11 Sept
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details on Big Brother Season 28, Episode 32, which aired on Thursday, September 10. As Big Brother Season 28 winds down, the game intensifies, and big moves have to be made to make it to finale night. Host Julie Chen Moonves returned for a new live eviction episode where one […]
Deadline•Armando Tinoco11 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Staten and Quinn will be staying together forever as Netflix has opted not to proceed with a third season of the Texas romantic drama Ransom Canyon starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly. The decision comes a month and a half after Season 2 was released on July 23. Ransom Canyon, an adaptation of the […]
Deadline•Nellie Andreeva11 Sept
Just under two years after Dan Schneider was given a green light on his Quiet on Set defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros Discovery and others, a trio of appeal judges just handed the former Nickelodeon producer a big defeat. Slamming Schneider for relying on “a theory of defamation by implication,” the Golden State’s Second District […]
Deadline•Dominic Patten11 Sept
Several best-selling books will make way for returning TV shows and new ones in 2026. Summer has seen several adaptations like Every Year After, Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie, Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend, Apple TV’s Lucky and Silo Season 3 and Netflix’s Ransom Canyon Season 2 and My Life With the Walter Boys Season […]
Deadline•Dessi Gomez11 Sept
Ahead of the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia, Netflix released a Friday Night Lights-inspired pre-game opener. Directed by Peter Berg and narrated by Kyle Chandler, the clip titled “For the Love of Football” taps into the nostalgia of fans of the film and TV series. The […]
Deadline•Armando Tinoco10 Sept
In the latest twist in the Jimmy Kimmel and James Talarico interview drama, the White House is now accusing the late night host and his network of spinning a fake tale of federal strong-arming. Put another way, Team Trump insists there was never any pressure on Kimmel and ABC from the MAGA administration to scuttle […]
Deadline•Dominic Patten10 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Jack Huston (Spider-Man Noir, Boardwalk Empire), Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale, Bullets Over Broadway) and Kathleen Chalfant (The Copenhagen Test, The Affair) have joined Ellen Pompeo and Jodie Whittaker in the Hulu pilot Chicks. From writer and executive producer Katie Robbins, Chicks is a family dramedy set in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of old Boston. It follows Chickie (Pompeo) and Doreen […]
Deadline•Rosy Cordero10 Sept
The first international game of the 2026 NFL season will be live from Melbourne, Australia, where the Los Angeles Rams will host their NFC West rivals, the San Francisco 49ers. As the road to Super Bowl LXI begins, the first Thursday night football game will be thousands of miles away at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. […]
Deadline•Armando Tinoco10 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: The new CBS series NCIS: New York is gearing up for its explosive premiere on October 6, with the release of new photos and an interview with star LL Cool J and showrunner Byron Balasco, both of whom are also executive producers. The images below are from Episode 102 titled “Family Business,” and Episode 103 titled “Carousel.” […]
Deadline•Rosy Cordero10 Sept
As sweetened production incentives roll out in Texas, an Austin-based company wants to help filmmakers capture the maximum possible rebate from the Lone Star State and beyond. Its new platform called Goldenrod is now live for productions based in Texas, with pilot projects in Kentucky and Louisiana. The launch announcement is timed to the Toronto […]
Deadline•Jillg36610 Sept
Adrian McElwee, son of the filmmaker Ross McElwee, was such an interesting child, full of precocious wisdom. For instance, when his father asked young Adrian during a seaside trip, “Why do you think you like fishing so much?” the boy spontaneously replied, “I don’t know. I just love the deep surprise of the ocean.” The […]
Deadline•Patrick Hipes10 Sept
A witch-meets-boy tale is brewing early next year. Crunchyroll has acquired anime feature Witch on the Holy Night and set it for a January 29 release in North American theaters. Watch the trailer above, and check out the poster below. Based on the 2012 visual novel by Kinoko Nasu and developed by Type-Moon (the Fate […]
Deadline•Erik Pedersen10 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Danny Huston, Sofia Black D’Elia, Paul Sparks, Boris McGiver, and Shea Whigham are joining Kristen Stewart and Will Arnett as part of the series regular cast of Prime Video’s The Challenger. Created by Maggie Cohn and inspired by Meredith E. Bagby’s book The New Guys, the series chronicles the events leading up to the 1986 Challenger […]
Deadline•Rosy Cordero10 Sept