EXCLUSIVE: The Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson sci-fi thriller Mercy is adding four with A Star Is Born‘s Rafi Gavron, Chris Sullivan, Kenneth Choi and Kylie Rogers. Timur Bekmambetov directs the Amazon MGM Studios project, which was penned by Marco van Belle. It follows a detective (Pratt) who is accused of a violent crime, and […]
EXCLUSIVE: Léa Seydoux (Dune: Part Two) is attached to star opposite Josh O’Connor (Challengers) in Separate Rooms, an upcoming film from Luca Guadagnino, multiple sources tell Deadline. An adaptation of the 1989 novel by the late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli, the film is a non-chronological examination of the romance between the Italian iconoclast writer, Leo […]
EXCLUSIVE: Following her work with Netflix on its popular family films Family Leave and Yes Day, as well as The Adam Project, the sci-fi pic with Ryan Reynolds marking one of its biggest to date in terms of viewership, Jennifer Garner is back in business with the streamer after signing on to star in its […]
SPOILER ALERT: This article details The Good Doctor Season 7, Episode 5, “Who At Peace.” After the shocking death on The Good Doctor, the actor who suffered the fatal hit on the latest episode of the ABC drama is reacting. In a new social media post, Noah Galvin, who played Dr. Asher Wolke, is reflecting […]
Paramount Global and David Ellison’s Skydance Media have set an exclusive negotiating period for merger talks, Deadline has learned, a sign that things are moving forward after months of speculation. Paramount won’t engage with other parties on a deal for 30 days. Deal talk exploded in December when it first surfaced that Skydance was interested. […]
A New York judge decided today that Jonathan Majors will still be sentenced next week on his assault and harassment conviction. Judge Michael Gaffey has denied the defense motion to set aside the verdicts and strip the guilty results against the Creed III actor that a jury delivered on December 18 last year. With this last […]
April on Broadway, to mangle a phrase from a showtune classic, is bustin’ out all over with no fewer than 14 new plays and musicals set to open before the April 25 Tony Award eligibility cutoff date. So crowded are the final weeks of the 2023-24 theater season that three days each will see the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Cruella and I Tonya filmmaker Craig Gillespie is in talks to direct Supergirl for Warner Bros. DC Studios, we can tell you first. The plan is for DC to shoot the movie for Q4 after they’ve completed James Gunn’s Superman which is shooting in Georgia for a July 11, 2025 theatrical release. DC Bosses […]
“I’m finally home,” a radiant Kristen Wiig says at the top of the first promo for her Saturday Night Live hosting stint this weekend. “And the best part of returning home: Your childhood bedroom — or in my case, dressing room. Lorne promised he’s always leave it just the way I’d left it.” The former […]
After Disney declared victory in its proxy battle with activist investor Nelson Peltz, CEO Bob Iger went on a theme-park offensive during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Delivering scripted video remarks from a perch overlooking Disneyland, Iger extolled the parks as a key strategic area of focus and offered a brief first look at images […]
Their first on-screen romance came in 2019 feature Top End Wedding, and now Miranda Tapsell and Gwilym Lee are getting in the loving mood for a Prime Video Australia series. The pair are reprising their roles from the local box office hit in Top End Bub, with Tapsell and Top End Wedding co-writer Joshua Tyler […]
EXCLUSIVE: Actor-turned-executive Ella Wahlestedt on Wednesday announced the launch of Quarterlife Pictures, an L.A.-based production company dedicated to developing and producing women-centric and impactful narratives across film and TV. Quarterlife will look to blend meaningful storytelling with commercial viability, focusing on stories in the genre and science fiction space. Its emphasis on women-fronted projects comes […]
Free TV Networks (FTN), the new company with a portfolio of national, ad-supported over-the-air networks and FAST channels, is launching another national broadcast network called Dare that will feature unscripted series from A+E Networks. The new network will include series such as American Pickers, Storage Wars, Pawn Stars, Alone, Swamp People, Counting Cars, and Ax […]
Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger touted as a “win-win” the recent settlement of litigation with the Ron DeSantis-appointed special district board that oversees the company’s Florida theme park properties. At the company shareholders meeting today, Iger said that the settlement “will actually enable us to pursue the kinds of significant investment in our Florida […]
EXCLUSIVE: Social media and TV personality Trisha Paytas has signed with CAA. Paytas is an entrepreneur and author that has amassed an audience of more than 20 million followers across platforms since the mid-2000s. She has helped shape the creator landscape and has garnered over two billion views in the last 12 months with her lifestyle […]
Scoring a big and costly win this morning against Nelson Peltz’s second attempt to get on the Disney board, Bob Iger was both gracious and a little biting in victory. Once the results were announced in the big bucks corporate battle, the past and present CEO address the virtual meeting to thank “shareholders for your […]
Kirsten Dunst would’ve liked to have been part of Spider-Man: No Way Home had she been asked to reprise her role of Mary Jane Watson. In a new interview, Dunst revealed she would have agreed to have been part of the MCU that saw Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield reprise their Pater Parker roles alongside […]
EXCLUSIVE: Australian streamer Stan will bring Hotel Cocaine to its subscribers at the same time as the show launches in the U.S. having boarded the series. The show hails from Chris Brancato, creator of Narcos and Godfather of Harlem, who has described his new drama as “Casablanca on cocaine.” In the U.S. it will be […]
Max announced on Wednesday that its adaptation of John Green’s bestseller Turtles All the Way Down, from director Hannah Marks (Don’t Make Me Go) has been slated for release on Thursday, May 2. Check out a trailer above. Hailing from New Line Cinema and Temple Hill, Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its […]
EXCLUSIVE: Showrunner and screenwriter Trey Callaway (The Messengers) has taken on new reps at Independent Artist Group and Echo Lake Entertainment. Best known for his work in television, Callaway was the executive producer and showrunner of the CW fantasy drama The Messengers and co-showrunner of Fox’s crime procedural APB. He’s also written and produced on […]
Deadline’s Contenders Television, the event where stars and showrunners talk up their shows ahead of Emmy voting, has unveiled its panel lineup. The event kicks off Saturday, April 13 and runs through Sunday, April 14 at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. There will also be a virtual livestream. Full details and an […]
EXCLUSIVE: House of Ninjas creator Dave Boyle and the star and co-EP of the Netflix series, Kento Kaku, are opening the doors to their new production company, Signal181. The international nature of the venture is reflected in the name, which combines the country codes of Japan (+81) and the United States (+1). Signal181’s mission is […]
Bachelor Nation is giving the franchise’s inaugural series the ratings rose. Joey Graziadei and Kelsey Anderson got engaged last week in what is now the franchise’s most-watched episode in two years. After three days of multi-platform viewing, The Bachelor finale drew 6.31M total viewers, which is the highest it’s been since Clayton Echard’s finale episode. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Conservative media company The Daily Wire is launching a Judge Judy-style reality courtroom comedy series called Judged By Matt Walsh. Each episode of the arbitration-based show will see real-life litigants with petty grievances bring their cases before ‘Judge Walsh’ for a legal and binding decision. You can see the first trailer above. The “light-hearted” […]
EXCLUSIVE: MPI Media Group has acquired North American distribution rights for Saïd Belktibia’s French thriller Hood Witch starring Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant. The Chicago-based company announced the acquisition on the eve of the film’s screening at horror-focused The Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans this weekend, following a buzzy world premiere at SXSW. MPI […]