Jon M. Chu had a bit of a scheduling conflict with the Los Angeles premiere of his sweeping musical Wicked. Ahead of the the film’s West Coast debut, held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Chu spoke to attendees, cast and crew in a recorded clip explaining that he was at the hospital awaiting the birth
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As Pamela Anderson makes her long-overdue onscreen comeback, Gia Coppola is comparing the actress to another blonde bombshell. The Last Showgirl director was inspired by performers like Anderson and Marilyn Monroe when helming the Kate Gersten-penned film, which premieres Dec. 13 in theaters, after seeing the former’s 2023 Netflix documentary Pamela, a Love Story. “It
As Candyman fans mourn the death of scream king Tony Todd, his co-star Virginia Madsen addressed the horror hive. Shortly after Deadline reported that Todd died at age 69, the Oscar nominee reacted to his passing with an impromptu video statement she shared on Friday with her Instagram followers. “My beloved. May you rest in
Tony Todd, an actor who played the killer in Candyman and its 2021 sequel and appeared in Platoon and The Crow among more than 240 film and TV credits spanning 40 years, died November 6 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 69. His reps confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide
From playing Leonard Cohen to a conflicted frat boy, Alex Wolff’s recent on-screen roles span life on idyllic Greek islands to toxic college parties. Next up is his second directing effort, If She Burns. “I didn’t realize how much of a razor’s edge I was walking when I was making the movie, but I really
As Whoopi Goldberg prepares to complete the holy trinity of her Sister Act franchise, one late sister will be there in spirit. The EGOT recently gave an update on that Sister Act 3 is still happening after her former co-star Maggie Smith previously died at age 89 in September, but the script is currently being
EXCLUSIVE: Irish artist Myrid Carten will debut her first feature-length project A Want in Her this month at IDFA. We can share the first official trailer for the film above. Described as an “exploration of the messiness of family love,” the film follows Carten as she returns home to find her troubled mother Nuala. Once
Top movie theater owner AMC Entertainment unveiled what it calls its “GO Plan” — short for “go on offense” — a set of major improvements to seating, projection and auditoriums during the next few years. CEO Adam Aron laid out details of the initiative during a quarterly conference call with investors and analysts, adding that
It wasn’t the result that many in Hollywood wanted, but it’s the one they got. When PA called Pennsylvania for the Republicans, it confirmed what many in blue-leading names were hoping wouldn’t come to pass: That Donald Trump has passed 270-seat threshold to win the presidency that he previously held between 2016 and 2020 and
At the high point of her career, Sally Kirkland enjoyed the lifestyle of your average A-list star. In 1988, after more than two decades working in the business, she earned a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Anna, an indie drama in which she played a former Czech film star who has relocated to New
EXCLUSIVE: Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks locked deals on its AFM titles Electrophilia and Pacifico. The company has sold Pacifico to Slendid Films for German-speaking Europe and Nashe Kino for Russia, CIS, and the Baltics. The film is set for a 2025 release in all the territories. Directed by Gonzalo Gutierrez, Pacifico is currently in post-production and
You can watch a seven-minute free excerpt of Paramount‘s new horror flick Smile 2 online — but the grin you’ll need to plaster on your face is not included. That’s right: The studio has pulled out yet another ad stunt, requiring watchers to hold anywhere between a light smile to a full-out Cheshire Cat leer
Olivia Colman plays a singing nun. I’m almost prepared to say that’s all you need to know about Paddington in Peru: that Olivia Colman, living English treasure, gets her Julie Andrews on and leads a song-and-dance sequence on an alpine meadow that tells us that the hills are still very much alive. It’s not much
Olivia Colman plays a singing nun. I’m almost prepared to say that’s all you need to know about Paddington in Peru: that Olivia Colman, living English treasure, gets her Julie Andrews on and leads a song-and-dance sequence on an alpine meadow that tells us that the hills are still very much alive. It’s not much
With Scream VII set to take the franchise back to its roots, Matthew Lillard is excited to see what’s next. After Scream (1996) original writer Kevin Williamson was announced to return to the franchise to direct the upcoming seventh installment, the actor expressed his excitement to see which direction the next slasher sequel goes. “I
Michael Caine has shared that a young Tom Cruise asked him for career advice when the pair first met 40 years ago. Double Oscar winner Caine, now 91, has penned his memoir called “Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over” and in an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper he revealed that he met the future
Judd Apatow lamented the state of the entertainment industry today, saying he’s witnessed a new Hollywood model that leaves little room for more grounded storylines. Appearing on a new episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade‘s Superfly podcast, the three-time Emmy winner was asked about his thoughts on current streamer and studio approaches to the
The latest edition of Deadline’s Sound & Screen Film, the event where we shine a spotlight on some of the most intriguing and captivating scores heading into this year’s awards season, is underway Friday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall. We love this event at Deadline because we know how magical it is to see a
The director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit doesn’t think the cult classic could be made today. Although a script has been completed for a sequel, Robert Zemeckis recently explained why the follow-up “isn’t ever going see the light of day, as good as it is,” more than 35 years after the original Disney/Amblin film premiered.
“Welcome to this week’s edition of Deadline International Insider! As we navigate through the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, it’s clear that AI is not just a buzzword but a transformative force reshaping industries worldwide.” If you hadn’t guessed already — and I hope you had — the intro above was written by a
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios just won a battle for Love of Your Life, a spec by Nyad scribe Julia Cox, Deadline hears. Love of Your Life has been the talk of town this Halloween, and sources said the result is one of the biggest spec script deals in recent memory, landing in the $2 million
EXCLUSIVE: Bulldog Film Distribution has picked up the feature Signs of Life for a theatrical release in the UK and Ireland. Moviehouse Entertainment has also joined the film to handle international sales ahead of the upcoming American Film Market. The film stars Sarah-Jane Potts (Kinky Boots, Wonderland) as a silent protagonist, and actor David Ganly
More than 20 years after originating the onstage role of Glinda in Wicked, Kristin Chenoweth is praising her big-screen successors. After noting she “cannot confirm or deny” a cameo in the long-awaited feature adaptation, which premieres Nov. 22 in theaters, the Tony winner shared a rave review for director Jon M. Chu‘s feature adaptation of
EXCLUSIVE: Armie Hammer, who hasn’t acted in more than three years following 2021 sexual assault allegations, is set to return to a film set with western Frontier Crucible. This is the project we revealed yesterday, starring Thomas Jane (The Predator) and produced by Bone Tomahawk and Dragged Across Concrete producer Dallas Sonnier. Filming is due
Although Liam Neeson knows how to demand a screen, no matter what’s on the page, his latest film Absolution feels like a retread of the same deadbeat-dad-tries-to-redeem-himself-before-it’s-too-late plot, as the title might suggest. In the Tony Gayton-written, Hans Petter Moland-directed crime thriller from Samuel Goldwyn Films, the Oscar nominee plays an aging Boston gangster who,
A24 has unveiled the first trailer for Queer, Luca Guadagnino’s anticipated romantic drama starring Daniel Craig and Outer Banks breakout Drew Starkey, which is coming off of a buzzy Venice Film Festival premiere. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1985 novel by subversive American writer William S. Burroughs, whose work helped define the Beat Generation, the film
Nothing can pull Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo down. The stars of Jon M. Chu‘s sweeping musical Wicked Part 1 showcased their signature powerhouse vocals in a new behind-the-scenes clip shared on social media of the climactic song “Defying Gravity.” While just 11 seconds long, the snippet of the duo’s pitch-perfect voices are sure to
EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Piven drama The Performance, which played the Rome and Palm Springs Film Festival, is heading to the AFM after Alliance Media Partners (AMP) boarded international sales rights. GVN Releasing is launching the film domestically in December and January. The well-reviewed period drama, directed by Shira Piven and inspired by Arthur Miller’s short story,
The Penguin star Colin Farrell completed the Irish Life Dublin Marathon earlier today in support of charity Debra Ireland, crossing the finish line in just over four hours with longtime friend Emma Fogarty, who has a rare genetic condition called epidermolysis bullosa that affects the skin. Joining ranks with over 22,000 runners, the Oscar nominee
Though Gladiator II finds star Paul Mescal courageously fighting rhinos in the Colosseum, he had to work to summon up that fearlessness to meet Denzel Washington, his Academy Award-winning co-star in the Ridley Scott follow-up. During a Friday appearance on The Graham Norton Show, alongside Saoirse Ronan and Eddie Redmayne, the Normal People star discussed
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