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Oppenheimer marked the sixth time Cillian Murphy starred in a film directed by Christopher Nolan following The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Dunkirk. Out of the 13 films Nolan has directed, Murphy has been in close to half of them and there’s one particular title that the Irish actor would’ve liked to be a part

Police in South Korea today said that 69 officials from theater chains including CGV, Lotte and Megabox, and from 24 film distributors, have been referred without detention to the prosecutor on charges of obstruction of business, local media reports. This follows an investigation that began in June into suspicious box office numbers. Police claim the

EXCLUSIVE: After announcing new docs on NFL Hall of Famer Mel Blount and MLB icon Tommy John in Whatever It Takes and The Bionic Man, respectively, Winter State Entertainment has unveiled The Hitman: A Tommy Hearns Story as its latest sports documentary. The boxing pic directed by Winter State principals Hamid and Camille Torabpour, which

Sean is speaking out following the allegations made by Michael Oher claiming he was tricked into signing a conservatorship which the Tuohys used to profit off his name. Oher was the subject of the 2009 film The Blind Side, which in turn was based on a book by Michael Lewis. The John Lee Hancock-directed movie

Jessica Chastain has an idea for a sequel to The Help that would include reprising her role of Celia Foote and Octavia Spencer’s role of Minny Jackson. The 2011 film by Tate Taylor was based on the book by Kathryn Stockett about an aspiring young white journalist who writes a book from the point of

Led by Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer and Anil Sharma’s Gadar 2, box office in India reached record-breaking numbers this weekend. According to the Producers Guild of India and Multiplex Association of India, the August 11-13 frame was the busiest single weekend since the beginning of the pandemic. What’s more, across three days, ticket sales hit more than

Nia DaCosta is the director of The Marvels and is opening up about superhero movie fatigue and why her film is different from the rest. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to build in the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, things have seemingly slowed down in the superhero world. A Marvel film is not a guarantee

Miramax Presents The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to grim headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists. There was also the hope of getting great artists on

Thousands of cinema fans in South India are excited to welcome the latest film release by the Tom Cruise of Tamil. Not only for the film, but for the time off from work. “Jailer,” a Tamil-language action thriller by actor Rajinikanth, is already anticipated to set box office records. The film is the first in

“These are the kind of times that really test you,” said Maui Film Commissioner Tracy Bennett in an interview with Deadline today about the wildfires that have swept the island and, specifically, leveled historic Lahaina Town. Bennett, who has been in the job 10 years, related a number of harrowing details from the past few

CEO Adam Aron has expounded on Twitter and most recently on AMC Entertainment’s latest earnings call about the risk of a cash crunch and even bankruptcy if it wasn’t able to secure financing in a still uncertain box office climate. Today he can breathe easier as a Delaware Chancery Court Judge approved a revised shareholder

Honolulu, Hawaii native Jason Momoa is stepping up for his birth state. The Aquaman and Game of Thrones star has been posting about available resources on his social media as Maui is battling wildfires. “We are devastated and heartbroken for our friends and ‘ohana on Maui who been impacted by the recent wildfires,” he wrote on

“How did I become Tom Joad? I used to write for a living.” Tom Joad was the hapless farmer in The Grapes of Wrath who fled the Dust Bowl to find a better life in California. The man who cited him this week is a successful screenwriter who’s been walking the picket line and asked

The former Chair of BAFTA has urged writers, actors and studios to “come together to find a fair, equitable solution,” while pointing to improvements required in “hidden areas” of diversity. Krishnendu Majumdar, who also runs BAFTA-winning I Am Ruth indie Me + You Productions, said he has many friends and colleagues striking in the UK

Martin Scorsese, whose collaborations with The Band guitarist Robbie Robertson included directing the 1978 documentary The Last Waltz about the group’s final show to several soundtracks for Scorsese’s movies including the upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon, reacted Wednesday after it was announced Robertson died in Los Angeles at age 80 after a long illness.

EXCLUSIVE: UK film fanatics will no longer be able to watch coverage of the Oscars on Sky. The Comcast-owned pay-TV giant has foregone the rights to show the world’s biggest movie awards ceremony in the UK, following a 20-year run hosting coverage of the LA bash. Deadline understands rightsholder Disney is close to striking a

EXCLUSIVE: Reputable indie distributor Variance Films has snapped up North American rights to the period drama Amerikatsi, written and directed by and starring Michael A. Goorjian, slating it for an exclusive theatrical release in New York and L.A. on Friday, September 8, with a national rollout to follow. Shot in Armenia by People of Ar

Endeavor Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel pledged loyalty to company clients involved in Hollywood’s dual strikes and the company said it expects a $25 million monthly hit to revenue from the labor impasse. “I’ve been through many strikes in my more than 35 years of representing actors, writers and creatives of all types, whose livelihoods

Paramount Global is close to announcing a sale of its publisher Simon & Schuster to private investment giant KKR, according to a person familiar with the situation. Timing is always fluid but a deal could be announced as early as today. Paramount will report second-quarter earnings this afternoon. It’s the second deal for the storied

Emily Blunt could’ve joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, in Iron Man 2. The Oppenheimer star is now opening up about what she thinks of Scarlett Johansson who ended up playing the role across multiple films. “Come on, the best girl got it,” Blunt said on the Happy Sad Confused