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Clayface is officially joining the new DC Universe more than a year after Mike Flanagan pitched his take on the shapeshifting supervillain. Deadline has confirmed that Flanagan has been tapped to write the script for DC Studios amid his work on the upcoming Exorcist reboot. We understand the studio is still searching for a director.

EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming final performance of funk and R&B group Average White Band (AWB) is to be made into a concert film. Anthony Baxter (Flint) will direct Final Note: The Last Dance of Average White Band, chronicling the band’s farewell show. The Scottish band has scored multiple Grammy nominations and is known for track Pick

Although Sarah Michelle Gellar recently visited the set of the next I Know What You Did Last Summer installment, don’t expect a Helen Shivers resurrection. Following her Thanksgiving on-set photo from the upcoming sequel, the Golden Globe nominee confirmed “she dead” of her character in the original 1997 slasher, while admitting she “got in a

The 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will open with the world premiere of dark comedy Fabula from Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn and close with historical epic This City Is a Battlefield from Indonesian director Mouly Surya. With the festival taking place from January 30 to February 9 next year, IFFR

After vigorously defending himself against bombshell accusations in a lawsuit earlier today, Jay-Z stepped out tonight for the Los Angeles premiere of Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King with pretty much his entire family. Wife Beyoncé, who voices Nala in the film, and daughter Blue Ivy, who voices Kiara, were both there by his side. Beyoncé’s

Netflix leads the pack in the Golden Globes noms for 2024 on both the TV and film side, while A24 and HBO are well represented. Overall, Netflix picked up 23 TV nominations and 13 film, totaling 36. The streamer was helped along by Emilia Pérez landing 10, comfortably the most nominated pic. On the TV

The Motion Picture Television Fund telethon Lights, Camera, Take Action! returns for its third edition Sunday, airing live in Los Angeles on KTLA-Channel 5 from 7-9 p.m. PT. Yvette Nicole Brown and Tom Bergeron return to co-host the event, overseeing an evening of stories, songs and celebrity appearances to help raise funds for Hollywood crew

Tyler Perry is one of the most successful producers in the TV and movie business, but his commercial acumen has not always been matched by the same level of critical acclaim.  Perry’s latest Netflix title, The Six Triple Eight, has received good notices (read Deadline’s review here) but, the Mabel “Madea” Simmons franchise creator told

Selena Gomez is defending herself from Eugenio Derbez‘s criticism of her work on Emilia Pérez. Derbez was a guest on the Hablando de Cine podcast, where he said that Gomez’s acting was “indefensible.” Gomez plays the role of Jessi del Monte in the Jacques Audiard musical crime comedy film. The Wizards of Waverly Place alum

Brian Cox has doubled down on the description he used in his memoir of actors Johnny Depp and Steven Seagal as “overrated” and “ludicrous” respectively.  The Succession star published his memoirs in 2022, in which he described his The Glimmer Man co-star Seagal “as ludicrous in real life as he appears on screen.” In the

Women In Film and Foresee Films are hosting a screening of the black-and-white silent short film About Mannequin, featuring live accompaniment from the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Set for Friday, Dec. 6, WIF, Los Angeles will provide exclusive access to the virtual screening with the orchestra performing composer Giorgi Rtskhiladze‘s music until Friday, Dec. 13, as

EXCLUSIVE: James Mangold is sitting comfortably in a posh London hotel sipping tea. Actually, the seats are disagreeably sunken and the filmmaker jokes that we’re like “six-year-olds” because we’re sitting so low to the ground. “Yes, daddy, I’ll have tea,” he jokes. The filmmaker has been scooting around town like a rolling stone for London

EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Kidman says she was smitten the moment filmmaker and writer Halina Reijn revealed the name of a movie she was writing. “I love the title. So, I was like, ‘Oh! I’d like to be a Babygirl!’” The Oscar-winner says that when she read the script, she was “completely sort of hypnotized” by its “very modern

Baltasar Kormákur’s Icelandic box office hit Touch marks the fifth time that the filmmaker has been chosen as the country’s representative in the International Feature Oscar category, but it also reps something of a departure for the multi-hyphenate who’s perhaps more associated outside of Iceland with action and adventure titles like 2 Guns and Everest. 

Édith Lemay and Sébastien Pelletier and their four children have many stamps in their passports. Many, many stamps. From Namibia, Zambia, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Turkey, Egypt, Ecuador, Colombia and more. The family from Montreal punched their ticket to see the world not simply for the thrill of it, but with a very specific

Netflix is in early development on the comedy feature Little Brother starring John Cena (The Suicide Squad, Barbie) and Eric Andre (Trolls Band Together, The Eric Andre Show) from screenwriters Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel. The film follows a famous real estate agent whose carefully curated world is upended when his eccentric “little brother” unexpectedly

Lindsay Lohan’s latest holiday rom com, Our Little Secret, landed on Netflix just before Thanksgiving and right in time for Christmas rewatch season. The film, which also stars Ian Harding and Kristin Chenoweth, follows Lohan’s Avery and Harding’s Logan as they visit their significant others’ family for the first time at Christmas. There’ a twist,

EXCLUSIVE: A Day to Die and Call Her King filmmaker Wes Miller has set the legal thriller Wildcards as his next feature and has cast Leon (Swarm, Five Heartbeats), Elise Neal (All of Us), Aries Spears (Mad TV), and Stakiah Lynn Washington (Angel City) in lead roles.  BLacklight (Call Her King) is financing with Andrew

During a Q&A held at the Torino Film Festival, Sharon Stone reflected on her 1995 revisionist Western film The Quick and the Dead, during which she called out director Sam Raimi for his lack of “loyalty.” The iconic actress, who was in the northwest Italian city to receive a lifetime achievement award and present the

When John David Washington, the star of features like Tenet, Monsters and Men, and BlacKkKlansman logs onto our Zoom call from Los Angeles, I’m first struck by his t-shirt. He’s wearing one of those commemorative Do The Right Thing tees from Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule brand/production house.  That same week I’d started

Rachel Zegler paid a loving tribute to prolific first assistant director Adam Somner, with whom she worked on Steven Spielberg‘s West Side Story, following his death ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend. “i had the honor of making west side story with adam somner when i was seventeen years old,” she began on her Instagram Story.

Demi Moore has a tried-and-true approach when choosing her next film roles — and it might not be what you think. The veteran actress appeared on a recent episode of Sean Evans‘ popular Hot Ones video interview series, revealing that a certain degree of risk is crucial to the projects she takes on — including

Samuel L. Jackson wants to dispel a myth about the Academy Awards — namely the humility of creatives who say they are honored just by the reception of a nod. In a recent interview with the Associated Press promoting Netflix’s August Wilson adaptation The Piano Lesson, the MCU actor joked that he’s been in the

EXCLUSIVE: Xavier Samuel and Sonal Sehgal have been cast to lead The Great Departure. The film, from producer Arvind Reddy’s KVR Productions and directed by the Camera d’Or-nominated Pierre Filmon, is currently in post-production having shot entirely in India. Sehgal wrote the script during lockdown, with the film originally titled Travellers. Plot explores patriarchy in society

Despite roles in such major franchises as Harry Potter, MCU and most recently, Star Wars, Jude Law is nostalgic for a bygone era of Hollywood. The 2x Oscar nominee, whose Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres Monday, recently reflected on his early years as an actor making mid-budget films, which he says currently represent

Focus Features has acquired the sci-fi thriller Hot Spot, the second English-language feature from veteran Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska.  Focus will distribute the film in all territories worldwide, excluding Poland, Greece, and France.  Hot Spot, which wrapped production in Greece on November 22, features an original script from repeat Smoczyńska’s collaborator Robert Bolesto. The film

Silvia Pinal, an actress in Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema, has died. She was 93. Pinal had been hospitalized earlier this month for a urinary tract infection. Mexico’s Secretary of Culture confirmed Pinal’s death. “The Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico regrets the passing of leading actress Silvia Pinal,” read the statement posted

The 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is underway in New York City. The event is being hosted by Today Show personalities Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker. The parade is set to feature 17 character balloons, 22 floats, 15 heritage and novelty balloons, 11 marching bands, and performances from a selection of music stars.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is teasing that the I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel is filming. The Scream 2 and Buffy alum shared a photo from the set of the slasher film, which will be directed by her close friend Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. “Scooby Doo 3 coming soon….,” Gellar jokingly captioned her Instagram post,