Deadline’s Virtual Screening Series welcomed MGM-Orion-Plan B’s acclaimed awards contender Nickel Boys, with director/co-writer RaMell Ross and cinematographer Jomo Fray joining me for a screening followed by a Q&A. The film, which debuted at the Telluride Film Festival, is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Colson Whitehead novel about two young boys who endure hardship, racism
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Eric Clapton Unplugged…Over 30 Years Later 90-minute MTV Unplugged special is set for premiere in select U.S. and UK theaters on Monday, Jan. 27 and Tuesday, Jan. 28, ahead of its streaming release on Paramount+ Wednesday, Feb. 12. Eighteen-time Grammy winner Clapton originally recorded his hour-long performance of Eric Clapton Unplugged in 1992 at Bray
Matthew Rankin’s second feature is something of an anomaly on this year’s Oscar shortlist for International Feature Film. For one thing, it takes place in a world that doesn’t actually exist, positing a surreal fusion of east and west that transplants the earnest rustic dramas of the Middle East to the bland, snow-covered industrial estates
Carol Kane received her first awards nomination 50 years ago next year. It was a big one, too; after just five years in film, working with directors of the caliber of Mike Nichols and Hal Ashby, Kane was feted by the Academy for her starring role in Joan Micklin Silver’s period drama Hester Street, a
Two-time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou revealed he still struggles to “make a living” in Hollywood despite receiving critical acclaim and awards attention for films big and small. In a recent interview on CNN’s African Voices Changemakers, the Beninese-born actor — whose most-known performances include Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, Steven Spielberg’s Amistad, Blood Diamond opposite Jennifer Connelly
A brutal windstorm caused several fires to break out in the greater Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, with a big blaze in the Pacific Palisades forcing families to evacuate and putting Santa Monica on evacuation notice. Another fire broke out in the east of the city in Eaton Canyon near Pasadena. The Hurst fire
As the Palisades and Altadena fires continue to ravage Los Angeles communities, celebrities like Jennifer Garner, Paris Hilton and others are mobilizing to donate, jumpstart relief funds and volunteer. Some, like Sharon Stone and Halle Berry, are donating clothing to those who have lost their homes or otherwise been displaced amid the ongoing state emergency.
Hong Kong moviegoers continued to prove their willingness to turn out for local productions in 2024, pushing Anselm Chan’s funeral drama The Last Dance to become the most successful local film of all time at the Hong Kong box office with over $18M. The success of The Last Dance followed Soi Cheang’s nostalgia-fueled martial arts
Robert Laemmle, the owner and former president of California’s arthouse chain Laemmle Theaters, has died. He was 89. Deadline confirms that Robert died on Thursday at Berkley East Healthcare Center in Santa Monica. A cause of death was not immediately known. Robert’s son Greg Laemmle, who took over as Laemmle Theatres president in 2004, told
EXCLUSIVE: Independent producers Floriane Andersen, Marianne Bourg, Yessi Sanchez, and Nina Seul have announced the launch of Artak Pictures, a new U.S.-based production company committed to fostering fresh voices and innovation in today’s entertainment landscape. With roots in France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Germany, the producing quartet are part of the next wave of European talent
Adrien Brody was momentarily overcome with emotion at the destruction underway in a Los Angeles deluged by fire. Jim Jarmusch was angry. Others taking the stage tonight at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards sent love from across the country. “We are all worried about our friends in LA,” said Jarmusch at the gala.
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Holland has made a deal to star in and produce The Partner, a drama based on the John Grisham 1997 bestseller that The Imitation Game’s Graham Moore is scripting for Universal. The novel was written by Grisham at a time he was getting as much as $8 million for movie rights to compulsively
Florence Pugh gives it all in her performances, and there are some that she “can’t do” due to the intensity. The Oppenheimer and Don’t Worry Darling star recently reflected on her career and said that to protect herself mental health, she couldn’t do a character like Midsommar again. “Protecting myself is something I’ve had to
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival has added two movies documentaries to its premiere section, The Alabama Solution and The Stringer. Sundance The Alabama Solution is from directors and producers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman and follows an incarcerated men who defies the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems. HBO will be releasing
UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures EVP of Production and Development Palak Patel is leaving the Culver City lot for a new gig as Chief Content Officer at Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios. Prime Focus Studios recently co-produced The Garfield Movie with Alcon Entertainment for Sony Pictures, which grossed over $257M worldwide. Prime Focus Studios was founded
Now hear this: The Motion Picture Sound Editors is out with the nominees for its 2025 Golden Reel Awards. See the list below. Now in its 72nd year, the Golden Reels honor outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in 20 categories spanning film, television and video games. Winners will
“Of course I want to dedicated this to my mother. You have no idea. She was here 25 year ago and this is like a proof that art can endure through life,” said Brazilian’s Fernanda Torres, accepting her Golden Globe for Best Female Actor in A Motion Picture Drama for Walter Salles I’m Still Here
Golden Globes pre-party events continued on Saturday evening with a series of star-studded parties, including the W Magazine party at the Chateau Marmont for the Best Performance issue; Paramount’s Golden Globe Nominee Celebration at Cipriani; the Golden Globe Awards: Golden Eve event, and the Vanity Fair x Amazon MGM Studios party at Bar Marmont, hosted
Trigger warning: This article includes mention of suicide that readers may find disturbing. A cause of death for Jeff Baena, the indie writer/filmmaker known for Life After Beth and The Little Hours, has been revealed, per a report by the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner. The screenwriter and director, who married actress/producer Aubrey Plaza
On the arrival of his film A Real Pain about two Jewish cousins seeking to make sense of their history by joining a Holocaust tour group in Poland, Jesse Eisenberg says he feels he has been the target of anti-Semitic prejudice his entire career. Eisenberg, who directed and co-stars with Kieran Culkin in the project,
Zendaya had a dehydration-induced health scare on the set of Dune: Part Two due to the remote desert location of the sequel. The Golden Globe winner revealed she suffered heatstroke while filming the Denis Villeneuve-helmed adaptation in Jordan, where the nearest bathroom was a “hike” away, so she opted not to drink water. “It was
Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot will begin streaming on Peacock on Friday, January 24. The animated film, based on Peter Brown’s New York Times bestseller, has brought in more than $324 million at the global box office since its September release. It’s also currently available to rent/purchase on Prime Video, Apple TV and other VOD platforms. Directed by
While creating one of the most erotic scenes of the year, Halina Reijn found out that truth is often sexier than fiction. The Babygirl writer and director explained how she came up with the scene in which Harris Dickinson‘s Samuel sends a glass of milk to his boss Romy (Nicole Kidman) at a bar and
EXCLUSIVE: Renowned Danish producer Kim Magnusson has boarded I’m Not a Robot, the Oscar-shortlisted live-action short from rising Dutch filmmaker Victoria Warmerdam, as an executive producer, with plans to help Magnusson adapt the film for the big screen. As we were first to report, Eric Martin, head writer and executive producer for Loki Season 2,
Film Independent President Josh Welsh passed away on December 31 after a five-year battle with colon cancer, the organization announced this evening. Welsh passed peacefully at home with his wife and daughter at his side. “We are devastated by the loss of Josh Welsh,” said Film Independent’s Board Chair Brenda Robinson. “Josh was a tireless
Happy New Year! As the Deadline team gears up for another busy and discovery-filled 12 months on the global film festival circuit, here is our annual (non-exhaustive) list of U.S. and international movies we expect to see on the way. While we scored better than an 80% strike rate for 2024, this year’s list features
As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker. Audiences looking forward to the fourth Bridget Jones film can anticipate streaming it on Peacock on Valentine’s Day in 2025. Other big name films based on books
As 2024 draws to a close, Deadline’s film critics have each chosen their Top 3 international movies of the year. A trio of those selected recently made the International Feature Oscar shortlist — though not all titles below were put forth by their country of origin. Overall, as Deadline’s Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic
Angus MacInnes, a Canadian actor who appeared in 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and 2016’s Rogue One, died Dec. 23, per a family statement. He was 77. “To all Angus’ fans around the world, with breaking hearts we write this: Angus MacInnes, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and actor
James Norton, the Happy Valley star who has been heavily linked to James Bond, thinks men should be proactive when confronting the MeToo movement. Norton told the Radio Times magazine that the “modern man” was living in a time where there was an “attempt to rebalance the patriarchal crimes of the past.” He argued that