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The theatrical release calendar may remain in question as the industry weathers the pandemic, however, Universal, which has been devoted to the big screen experience throughout it all, is confident that their M. Night Shyamalan thriller, Old, will open on July 23 this year. The studio, which has always had a presence during previous Big

Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks Jr., who defeated Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1978, has died. He died Friday after a five-year battle with prostate and other cancers, his representatives at Firm PR confirmed. He was 67. “Leon fought his battle with numerous illnesses resiliently, never losing his trademark smile,” said

Chadwick Boseman made SAG Awards history on Thursday as he received four nominations for his work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Da 5 Bloods. Celebrating his Black Panther co-star’s record-setting noms was Michael B. Jordan, who honored Boseman with an Instagram post. “4. Still setting the bar higher,” Jordan wrote on Friday. “Miss you

John Lee Hancock is attracted to true stories as a director. His films behind the camera include such real-life tales as 2002’s The Rookie;2004’s The Alamo; and 2009’s The Blind Side, which won Sandra Bullock an Oscar and his film a nomination for Best Picture. Then there was Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the criminally underseen The Founder

WME has dropped Armie Hammer as a client, Deadline confirmed Friday, the latest fallout from the actor’s controversial social media posts that were leaked online. The news today comes after Hammer exited roles in a pair of projects. He was set to co-star opposite Jennifer Lopez in Lionsgate’s film Shotgun Wedding, but the studio said

“Mr. Lewis, the goal of his life was to encourage people to speak up and that’s exactly what Pete is doing now,” says The Way I See It director Dawn Porter of the similarities between former Chief Official White House photographer Pete Souza and the late great civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis. “Having been

The line was long, and I felt the stir of excitement as I edged toward the front. “It’s like the first Iron Man movie,” says the guy behind me, adjusting his mask, “but that ticket was easier to get.” This wasn’t about a Marvel thriller, we knew. We were on a vaccination line, with the

Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts 3 has put production on hold after a “team member” tested positive for coronavirus, Deadline can confirm. Warner Bros sent us the follow statement: “A team member from Fantastic Beasts 3 has tested positive for COVID-19. The diagnosis was confirmed as a result of required and ongoing testing that all

Disney+ Adapting ‘Aloha Rodeo’ With Chris Bright Penning The Script – Deadline Click to Skip Ad Closing in… You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content February 3, 2021 4:04pm Services to share this page. EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ looks to be bringing the popular book Aloha Rodeo to its streamer

Production has wrapped on Fire (Feu), the latest movie from French filmmaking royalty Claire Denis. Pic stars heavyweight actors Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon, appearing opposite each other for the first time, in a love triangle story about a woman caught between two men – her long-time partner and his best friend, her former lover.

Karl Williams, the longtime Paramount Pictures publicist who was integral in campaigns for the studio’s Transformers, Iron Man, Star Trek, Indiana Jones and other franchises, died Sunday of liver complications at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, IL. He was 52. For those like me who worked with Karl, he was a hysterically funny, good-guy, cinema savant

Rapper Silento, known for his viral song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” was arrested in Georgia on Monday and charged with murder. Silento, born Richard Hawk, was arrested for the murder of his 34-year-old cousin Fredrick Rooks, the DeKalb County Police Department shared on Twitter. On Jan. 21, police officials investigated Rooks’ death after finding him

EXCLUSIVE: Pasha Lychnikoff is set for a recurring role on the fifth season of USA’s Queen of the South, and also has joined David Leitch’s upcoming action thriller Bullet Train. Season 5 of Queen of the South is currently in production and is slated to return this spring. Starring Alice Braga, Queen of the South

Robin Wright takes on directorial and starring roles in Focus Features’ Land, which had its world premiere in the Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday. Wright is no stranger to being behind the camera having directed 10 episodes, including the series finale, of House of Cards, but for her feature directorial debut

UPDATE: As the ban on outdoor dining in California lifts and cases of the Covid-19 variant B.1.1.7 begin to emerge in the state, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported Sunday that there are 5,925 new positive cases of Covid-19 and 124 new deaths. The new tally brings Los Angeles county to

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up Clint Bentley’s Jockey on the second night of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, acquiring all worldwide rights to the film. Set to premiere on Sunday, Jan. 31 in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section, Bentley’s film follows an aging jockey (Clifton Collins, Jr.) who hopes to win one last title

Officially a production of the Covid era—the end credits include such novel crew positions as “Covid compliance officer” and “Covid p.a.”—On the Count of Three plays like a despairing, vaguely comedic twist on more than half-century-old race relations films such as The Defiant Ones and In the Heat of the Night, in which circumstances forced

“The projection is that at the very end of March, early April,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the more contagious UK variant of Covid-19 “will become more dominant than the wild type. “The fact is that when you have a virus that has ability to transmit more efficiently than the wild type in the community, sooner

He was never a household name by any stretch, but 50 years ago there was a lad who was widely dubbed “The Most Beautiful Boy in the World,” which is now the name of a documentary about the now-old boy, Bjorn Andresen. It’s a sad, cautionary tale, after a fashion, as Andresen has spent a

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s first footage from Rebel Hearts, Pedro Kos’ feature documentary that is set to have its world premiere in Sundance’s doc competition. The movie follows a group of trailblazing nuns in 1960s Los Angeles who bravely stood up to the patriarchy of the Catholic Church, fighting for equality, their livelihoods, and their own freedom against an