Ed Sheeran has weighed in on the dropping of Macklemore from his U.S. Loop tour following the rapper’s “Free Palestine” comments during the opening set. The “Thrift Shop” singer made the remarks at Sheeran’s MetLife Stadium shows in New Jersey on Sept. 4 and 5. He was then dropped from the tour Sept. 14. “I […]
Deadline•Dessi Gomez15 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: The volume of reality TV production in Los Angeles has been falling over the last five years and the situation is set to worsen as one of the biggest music competition shows is set to leave the city. Deadline understands that American Idol is moving production from Los Angeles to the Atlanta area in […]
Deadline•Peterdeadline15 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: KJ Apa (The Map That Leads to You) and Nadia Parkes (HBO’s Youth) have inked deals to star in Obey, a new horror film from Waypoint Entertainment (Project Hail Mary, Cuckoo) and Spooky Pictures (River, 4 X 4: The Event), which Sony’s Screen Gems has locked down for distribution. Plot details are currently being […]
Deadline•Matthewgrobar15 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has preemptively acquired We Are Your Pets, a high-concept family comedy pitch from Cameron Ali Fay, who will write the script for the studio, with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment aboard to produce. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Sources said Ali Fay brought the pitch to Amblin, which then set up […]
Deadline•Matthewgrobar15 Sept
A coalition of leaders across the entertainment industry and Capitol Hill lawmakers pressed for urgent action on a proposal for a federal film tax incentive to respond to a flight of production to other countries. The proposal has gained new momentum since President Donald Trump announced his support earlier this month. Key lawmakers behind the […]
Deadline•Ted Johnson15 Sept
The year HBO was first allowed into the Emmys, 1988, and landed its first six nominations, Apple released the iMac G3, Jeff Bezos started expanding his online book store Amazon into music and video sales and Netflix was still almost a decade away from launching as a DVD-by-mail rental company. HBO has been a dominant […]
Deadline•Nellie Andreeva15 Sept
A federal judge has again weighed in on the Kennedy Center’s effort to brandish Donald Trump’s name on the complex, blocking the institution from inscribing his name on its facade and designating its grounds for him. “Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without […]
Deadline•Ted Johnson15 Sept
The JustWatch Group, which is known for its streaming guide, is launching its own ad-supported and transactional service. The new outlet will be available in October within the JustWatch app and website in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy Spain, Australia and New Zealand. JustWatch, which was founded in 2014, […]
Deadline•Dade Hayes15 Sept
Let the backstabbing begin! The Celebrity Traitors is confirmed to return to the BBC next month. The eagerly anticipated series will premiere on October 1 (not September 23 as originally speculated) on BBC One and iPlayer, with a stacked cast including Bella Ramsey, Maya Jama, and Richard E. Grant. To mark the premiere date, the […]
Deadline•Jake Kanter15 Sept
Cheetah Chrome, guitarist of the pioneering punk band Dead Boys, died Sunday, September 13. He was 71. His death was announced on the band’s Instagram page. A cause of death was not disclosed. “We are incredibly sad to announce the news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Cheetah Chrome,” the statement said. […]
Deadline•Greg Evans15 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Holiday faith drama The One, starring screen legend Martin Sheen (The West Wing) and actress-singer Jana Kramer (One Tree Hill), has been picked up for U.S. distribution by Hawk Hill Pictures, which will release the movie in theaters nationwide on November 5, 2026. The release date coincides with National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, bringing […]
Deadline•Andreas Wiseman15 Sept
Nothing is getting in the way of true-crime’s popularity, data from Ampere Analysis revealed in Berlin today. During a session at Seriesly Berlin designed to explore if documentary tastes are changing, Ampere’s principal analyst, Rahul Patel, revealed that while overall TV commissions in the genre are falling, demand for true crime remains as steady as […]
Deadline•Jesse Whittock15 Sept
Nick Reiner will not face the death penalty if the youngest son of Rob and Michelle Reiner is found guilty for the killing of his parents, the Los Angeles County District Attorney revealed this morning. “In deciding whether or not the DA’s office was going to seek the death penalty, we have gone through a […]
Deadline•Dominic Patten15 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Former NFL stars Ricky Williams, Cris Carter, Marcedes Lewis and Calvin Johnson are in talks to join football-themed thriller Red Crown (working title). Heralding from Black Forge Productions, the feature is being written and directed by Diamond Batiste, and being made in association with StoryBridge Entertainment and Chaparral Films. Starring are Don Benjamin and […]
Deadline•Andreas Wiseman15 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Oscar nominee Nick Nolte (48 Hrs) and Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) are leading horror film Vested, which recently wrapped production in British Columbia, Canada. The synopsis reads: “Set in a remote, decaying mountain town, Vested follows a fractured family bound by an inherited legacy of violence and secrecy. When a series of brutal […]
Deadline•Andreas Wiseman15 Sept
That Taylor Swift cameo at the Emmys was actually filmed on the Law & Order: SVU set, by the way. After Monday night’s telecast of the 78th annual Emmy awards, producers Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay joined NBCUniversal’s EVP of Live Events & Specials Jen Neal to break down the biggest moments from […]
Deadline•Katie Campione15 Sept
Hogwarts has three new additions. HBO’s Harry Potter TV series has cast Rafe Spall as Arthur Weasley, Molly Hewitt-Richards as Moaning Myrtle, and Jasper Ambrose as Colin Creevey. The trio of actors will join the cast for Season 2, with filming currently underway at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the UK. Spall will take up […]
Deadline•Jake Kanter15 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Terrifier 3 sales outfit The Coven has boarded French- language horror picture Sunnyside as principal photograph begins in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The debut feature of Yoann Luis, Sunnyside is set in a dystopian world where humans are raised for food. “Sunnyside is part of the tradition of socially conscious genre cinema, where […]
Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow15 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: The 2026 Screamfest Horror Film Festival will open with Jeremy Weiss’s latest feature, The Night Driver, starring Josh Lucas, David Arquette, and Alyssa Milano. The festival, which runs October 6-15 at the TCL Chinese Theatre, announced its first wave of titles today. The lineup features 8 world premieres, 6 North American premieres, 1 US […]
Deadline•Zac Ntim15 Sept
Film and television studios, unions, guilds, film commissioners and entertainment industry groups have launched the U.S. Film & TV Production Coalition, a united front as a U.S production incentive begins to take shape. The group launched Tuesday along with a new study by consultancy Olsberg SPI commissioned by the Motion Picture Association laying out substantial […]
Deadline•Jillg36615 Sept