John Legend has signed for the cast of Bill Condon’s South African apartheid era drama The Road Home in the role of American singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. He joins an all-star cast led by South African actor, writer, director and producer Thabo Rametsi (Silverton Siege), as late real-life protagonist Hugh Masekela, […]

The nation’s third and fourth largest theater chains, Cinemark and Marcus Theatres, both posted upbeat earnings amid a long-awaited box office recovery. Plano, Texas-based Cinemark saw sales rise 15% to $1.1 billion for the June quarter, a milestone for the company, on rising admissions and concession sales as the CEO applauded “our studio partners for […]

The San Sebastian Film Festival has confirmed the lineup of filmmakers that will participate in the New Directors programme at this year’s festival, which is set to run from September 18 to 26. Scroll down for the full lineup.  Filmmakers from Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the UK […]

Neil Reading, UK publicist to the likes of John Cleese and Dawn French, has died aged 56. According to The Sun, which carried a number of tributes, the PR guru died following a short illness. Reading ran a PR firm, Neil Reading PR, and was an extremely well-known publicist in the UK entertainment world. He […]

“Cinema may have peaked,” was how United International Pictures sales manager Kenneth Jønsson greeted the arrival of The Odyssey in Norway. “Trust me, this is one for the ages, and a huge reminder of how lucky we are to work with films and filmmakers like this.” Jønsson posted his love letter to Christopher Nolan’s epic […]

Ben Affleck’s nonprofit Eastern Congo Initiative was the real winner during the two-part conclusion of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. On Wednesday, the 2x Oscar winner teamed up with Jeopardy champ Jamie Ding to bring the ABC game show’s big prize home to his charity, the first U.S.-based advocacy and grant-making organization dedicated to […]

With only a seven-minute performance to work with, Jeff Hiller secured an Emmy nomination for his role on Apple TV’s Pluribus. Following his appearance as hive mind member Larry in the Vince Gilligan sci-fi series, the actor recently noted that viewers have compared his character in the Season 1 episode “Please, Carol” to AI, despite […]

Megan Moroney has rescheduled the Denver stop on her tour after ending her concert three songs in, due to illness. On Tuesday, the country artist announced that she would return to Ball Arena on Aug. 17 to give ticket holders her all during the postponed show on her Cloud 9 Tour, promoting her third studio […]

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran entertainment executives Michelle Mendelovitz and Cory Bennett Lewis have launched Warrior Productions, a film and television production company focused on developing movies and TV series based on original ideas and existing IP with established and emerging creators. The first three project that have been put into development include horror feature DeMonica, sci-fi drama […]

Lynette Howell Taylor has been re-elected to a second term as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Oscars. The news Wednesday comes as AMPAS’ board of governors revealed election results for president and officer positions for 2026-27. Others re-elected include Music Branch member Lesley Barber as Vice President (chair, Membership […]

EXCLUSIVE: Two more familiar faces will be joining Season 2 of Brad Ingelsby’s acclaimed HBO crime drama Task. Martha Plimpton and Silvia Dionicio will return to reprise their roles from Season 1, joining previously announced Season 1 star Mark Ruffalo. Plimpton portrays Kathleen McGinty, FBI Supervisory Senior Resident in Charge, and Dionicio plays Emily Brandis, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary comedian Richard Pryor may soon be getting the film treatment, as Latigo Films and Inaugural Entertainment have acquired motion picture rights to Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word and Me, a recently published Simon & Schuster memoir from Pryor’s daughter, Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor. Something We Said chronicles Elizabeth’s decades-long journey of coming to know […]

EXCLUSIVE: Untamed Artists LA has signed writer-director Alex Hanno for management. Hanno is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose work includes the upcoming psychological thriller Bravado, which he co-wrote and directed; the apocalyptic thriller A Social Contract, starring Sean Astin, which he wrote; and the romantic dramedy Elephants (2018), his feature directorial debut, which he also […]

EXCLUSIVE: Thud, the darkly comedic supernatural romance starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as the Grim Reaper and Rudy Pankow as the Devil, on which we were first to report, has added seven to its cast: Piper Curda (Hoppers), Sujata Day (Insecure), Sterling Sulieman (Scrambled), Steve Agee (Peacemaker), Karan Soni (Deadpool), Dot-Marie Jones (Glee) and Katie Parker (The […]

One of the crossovers that hasn’t materialized yet in the Spiderverse is Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and Tom Hardy’s Venom, but Amy Pascal still has hope. While promoting Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Amy Pascal and Marvel’s Kevin Feige were asked how close they were to making the crossover happen. “It would be great, let’s put it […]

EXCLUSIVE: Billy Zane (Titanic), John Billingsley (Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey), Scottie Thompson (NCIS) and Bonnie Root (Don’t Let Them Out) have signed for writer-director-actor Philippe Caland’s neo noir thriller Milliseconds. The film is billed as a complex mystery about a reclusive former painter who becomes drawn into an investigation involving a suicide hotline, unraveling long-buried connections and hidden truths from the past.   The […]

With less than six months before the Sundance Film Festival cuts the ribbon on its new home, Boulder, Colorado, the event is hard at work, working with city and local officials, revitalizing cinema venues and bracing for the arrival of what typically attracts 85,000-plus attendees. “It’s a more contained festival,” explained Sundance Film Festival Director […]

Riz Ahmed is used to taking chances. In 2012, he thought he was on the verge of a major breakthrough, having co-starred with James Gandolfini in the pilot for HBO’s The Night Of series, playing an ostensibly clean-cut college student accused of a brutal murder. The following year, the Sopranos star unexpectedly died at the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Joanne McNally has inked a deal to release her debut hour-long special worldwide on Netflix in 2027. In the hour, titled Pinotphile, McNally delivers stories on modern dating, covering everything from rejection and frenemies to situationships and revenge fantasies. The taping will take place at Town Hall in New York City, as part of […]

After being publicly slammed by celebrated classicist Emily Wilson over his blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan may have taken comfort from a video-call with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this week. An image and note released in Greek only by the prime minister’s office suggested it was a cordial affair. “During […]

AMC Global Media CEO Kristin Dolan said “a lot of the major players” in streaming looked at licensing The Walking Dead, but in the end re-upping with Netflix in a co-exclusive with AMC+ was “the right choice.” On the company’s second-quarter earnings call shortly after the company announced the 5-year, $500 million deal, Dolan fielded […]

As it announced a $500 million renewal of The Walking Dead with Netflix, AMC Global Media also reported second-quarter results below Wall Street’s expectations. Shares in the media company, which have revived recently after a long spell in the doldrums, sank 6% on the earnings news in pre-market trading. Total revenue slid 9% from the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Jermin Management, the prominent UK children’s agency, has stripped a clause from some actor contracts that made it “conditional” for clients to train at its sister stage school, potentially breaching UK law. Deadline revealed last week that Mark Jermin Management (MJM), which discovered stars including Heartstopper lead Kit Connor and A Knight of […]

Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) and Claire Foy (All of Us Strangers) will star in You Are Here, a BBC and Starz adaptation of author David Nicholls’ bestseller of the same name. Nicholls has penned the eight-part adaptation, which will be produced by Normal People maker Element Pictures. Lenny Abrahamson, who directed Normal People, is the director. […]

After Battle of Fates became Disney+ Korea’s biggest series premiere to date, the team behind the show are returning with an spin-off. House of Fates will see fans of the mystical-themed unscripted series taken to destinations believed to hold powerful spiritual energy and experiencing ceremonies, local traditions and dining events connected to Korea’s spiritual heritage. […]

After BTS sent shockwaves through the music industry with their withdrawal from the 69th Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy’s CEO has responded. On Wednesday, shortly after the K-pop removed themselves from consideration in apparent protest over the newly added Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, Grammy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said he was “saddened” but, […]

After seven years, Gregg Araki recently explained the case of art imitating life that ended his and Karley Sciortino’s Now Apocalypse. While discussing their new movie I Want Your Sex, premiering Friday, July 31 in theaters, Araki revealed to Deadline that Season 2 of the 2019 erotic sci-fi series was “actually written,” and “the cast […]

Fox News topped the July ratings, but among the major cable news networks, MS NOW and CNN made gains during the month versus 2025. In primetime, Fox News averaged 2.33 million viewers, down 3% from the same month in 2025. MS NOW averaged 1.02 million, up 18%, while CNN posted 658,000, up 32%. In the […]

Meta shares plunged more than 8% in the after market as it said it plans to invest between $130 billion and $145 billion on AI this year. The parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp also missed Wall Street’s Q2 earnings per share forecast and anticipated softer than expected revenue in the current third quarter. Revenue […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Bruin Theater in the Westwood neighborhood of LA is coming back with a hopeful re-opening of mid-October thanks to Toronto, Canada based exhibitor Rui Pereira. Pereira recently signed a lease with the Martyn Skouras family (descendants of Spyros Panagiotis Skouras, the President of 20th Century Fox) who owns the Bruin. The 1937 born […]

EXCLUSIVE: Madeline Brewer, Emory Cohen and Nicholas Alexander Chavez are joining Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner in Paramount’s remake of the supernatural thriller Possesion. Paul Dano and Diego Calva are also on board to join the cast. Parker Finn is directing from a script he penned. Finn is also producing as well as Jonathan Fass […]

Tom Holland was ready to guest-host Saturday Night Live amid his press tour for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but the timing didn’t work out. The actor recently revealed that he is “petrified” of hosting the NBC late-night sketch show because of his dyslexia and the need to read cue cards during the live show. “At […]

EXCLUSIVE: ZQ Entertainment, Hitman feature franchise producer Prime Universe Films, and Longevity Pictures have taken the exclusive motion picture and television rights to indie video game developer, Dual Effect’s survival horror franchise Tormented Souls. ZQ is financing the development and co-Financing the production. The project will be produced by Prime Universe’s Adrian Askarieh, ZQ’s Ara Keshishian […]

EXCLUSIVE: Swiss filmmaker Barthélémy Grossmann has signed with Artist International Group (AIG) for management. Grossmann’s latest feature, Father Joe, written and produced by Luc Besson, will make its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. The action thriller stars Kiefer Sutherland, Al Pacino, and Ever Anderson. Father Joe follows a man of faith who […]

Chad Powers’ run with the South Georgia Catfish isn’t over just yet. Hulu released first look images from the upcoming second season of Chad Powers, where the fictional SEC football team still has their sights set on the College Football Playoff. That includes the photo above of Chad (Glen Powell) and Ricky (Perry Mattfeld) standing […]

EXCLUSIVE: Kenzie Annis of Love Island USA has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. Annis, a fan-favorite Islander from Season 8 of the Peacock dating series, known for doing the splits in the villa, connected with viewers for her confidence, honesty, and passion for life. Amid her time exploring and pulling people for […]

All aboard the Crazy Train. Universal Hollywood and Universal Orlando are bringing the Prince of Darkness and his music to their Halloween Horror Nights. Described as “a living horror movie through the lens of Halloween Horror Nights,” the Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness haunted house will take fans on a tour through Osbourne’s life, beginning […]

Jared Leto has strongly denied allegations of unlawful sexual conduct made by four women in a BBC documentary. In a statement issued through his publicist, Leto said: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false.” More follows

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video’s Young Sherlock is replenishing its cast ranks as it embarks on a new mystery for Season 2. Joining Guy Ritchie’s action comedy-drama as new series regulars are Olivia Williams (Dune: Prophecy), Sophie Skelton (Outlander), Indira Varma (The Night Manager) and Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones). They join lead Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who […]

Netflix’s Outer Banks is going all out in the fifth and final season, leaving a path of destruction. After the first Season 5 trailer of the hit action adventure series showed John B. (Chase Stokes) watching in horror as Cleo (Carlacia Grant) blows up his beloved van, the second one features a bulldozer ripping apart […]

Micaela Diamond (Broadway’s Parade, TV’s Grotesquerie) and Will Pullen (Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Netflix’s The Unforgivable) have been added to the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming Broadway revival of Clifford Odets’ landmark 1935 American drama Awake and Sing! Diamond and Pullen join the previously announced Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos. Additional […]

Netflix has renewed The Walking Dead, paying $500 million to AMC Global Media for five years of rights to the original zombie franchise and all of its spinoffs. The deal is co-exclusive, enabling the series to also stream on AMC+ starting next year. The 371 episodes of the original series and its six spinoffs will […]

Asian Project Market, the investment and co-production platform of Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), has selected 30 projects from 20 countries for this year’s edition.  The line-up features three projects from Japan, which is currently experiencing a cinematic renaissance, including 13 from Mori Tatsuya, winner of BIFF’s New Currents Award in 2023 for September 1923, […]

EXCLUSIVE: It’s the surprise Prime Video UK action breakout of the year, and now This is Birmingham is getting a TV series adaptation. The pic, made with a minimal budget, peaked at number five on Prime Video UK’s top ten films earlier this week, and creator Kay S. Ubhi told Deadline a TV series adaptation […]

As Tom Holland swings back into theaters this weekend with Spider-Man: Brand New Day, he’s recalling a version of the movie that remained in the multiverse. The Peter Parker actor noted he and his co-stars have “seen loads of different cuts” of his latest MCU outing, which premieres Friday in theaters, including one they “hated.” […]

Emily Wilson, Joyce Carol Oates would like a word. The former, who is responsible for what is probably the most popular translation of The Odyssey, was deeply critical of Christopher Nolan’s film in a recent piece she wrote for the London Review of Books. Wilson summed up her feelings with, “I would be ashamed to have written […]

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is now developing a feature take of Grady Hendrix’s novel The Final Girl Support Group which will be adapted and directed by Christopher Landon, the creative force behind horror hits like Freaky, Heart Eyes, and several films in the Paranormal Activity franchise.  The project reteams Landon with Hendrix after the former produced the author’s My Best Friend’s Exorcism with […]

As summer draws to a close, the theatrical release of Children of Blood and Bone draws nearer. The film adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi’s YA fantasy is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and it stars quite a stacked cast of actors and characters. For everything we know about the Children of Blood and Bone movie, read on. […]

Jason Cloth, a film producer with dozens of credits including Joker, Longlegs and Babylon, is facing numerous federal fraud charges and decades in prison in connection with a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors of more than $100 million. Prosecutors say that Cloth, 60, of Beverly Hills, operated Canada-based Creative Wealth Media Finance Corp and solicited […]

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Bowman, Ron Perlman And Esai Morales are set to star in thriller Live 2 Die. Victor Rios is directing the pic from a script by Jason Zimmatore. The film follows Detective Jack Graves, Dr. Eduardo “Lalo” Gonzalez, and investigative journalist Penny Jaramillo who uncover a deadly organ trafficking network tied to cartels, corruption, […]

Outer Banks will soon come to a close. The Netflix action adventure series, which debuted with its first season during peak COVID pandemic in 2020, has its fifth and final season on the way. For everything we know about Outer Banks Season 5, read below: When does Outer Banks Season 5 come out? The fifth […]

Firehouse 51 is losing a veteran firefighter. Joe Miñoso, who has been on Chicago Fire since Season 1, is departing the NBC drama series from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television. He is set to appear in a handful of episodes at the start of the upcoming 15th season to wrap the arc of his character, […]

It’s been a long year of waiting sinceIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia patriarch Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) ended the series’ 17th season with lovestruck plans to marry his Golden Bachelor hook-up and poultry heiress Samantha (DeVito’s former Taxi co-star Carol Kane), and it certainly looks like the love birds just might defy all odds to […]

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Grillo (Superman) has attached to star in Show of Hands, a political kidnapping comedy written and to be directed by P.J. Pesce that will shoot in California with a tax credit. Set during the volatile week leading up to the 2024 presidential election, Show of Hands follows Jimmi Galligan, a broke and ambitious film student who believes […]

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video’s Reacher has added four new series regulars to its Season 5 cast: Jay Baruchel (FUBAR, This Is the End), Kevin Durand (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Naked Gun), Amanda Ip (Transplant, Plan B, Cross) and Ciara Bravo (Voicemails for Isabelle, The Most Dangerous Game). Season 4 premieres on Wednesday, August 12. The series adaptation of Lee Child’s bestselling “Jack […]

In a significant shift for the New York sports marketplace, global outlet DAZN is becoming the exclusive streaming home for MSG Networks and the YES Network. In the coming months, as the 2026-27 NHL and NBA seasons get under way, DAZN will add the networks’ linear feeds and on-demand programming. Both YES and MSG will […]

Jean-Pierre Dorléac, the French costumer designer who won Emmy Awards for his work on TV’s Battlestar Galactica and The Lot and was Oscar nominated for the feature film Somewhere in Time, died Thursday, July 23, of natural causes at his Hollywood Hills home. He was 83. His death was reported by a family spokesperson to […]

Starz and Crunchyroll have launched a bundle in the U.S. via Prime Video for $16.99 a month. The combo is the first such team-up in the U.S. for Crunchyroll, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Specializing in anime, Crunchyroll has grown dramatically compared with general entertainment streamers. It hit 21 million subscribers earlier this year, […]

Korean pop group BTS will not submit its music for Grammy consideration this year, apparently in protest over the Recording Academy’s recent decision to launch a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category. “We have decided not to submit for Grammy consideration this year,” the group’s seven members – RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V […]

The first round of TIFF Tribute Awards are being bestowed this year to The Invite actress Penélope Cruz, filmmaker Lee Chang-dong, Misty Green actress Rosalind Eleazar, CODA Oscar-winning filmmaker Siân Heder, and French actress Isabelle Huppert. Cruz has two titles at this year’s fest —La Bola Negra and Florian Zeller’s Bunker–and she’ll be receiving the […]