Movies

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal the first trailer for Chinese filmmaker Qiu Yang’s first feature, Some Rain Must Fall, which will premiere in the Berlinale’s Encounters section on February 19. The trailer sets the scene with Cai, a 40-year-old housewife, and her daughter, who is on the school’s basketball team. Cai inadvertently injures an elderly woman during

Selma Blair is trying to dramatically walk back her self-admitted rage filled rant against Islam from a week ago. “This is a time of great pain and anguish for many around the world, but it is also a time to learn and better understand how words matter,” the Cruel Intentions actress wrote today in a

Paramount Global has begun a planned round of layoffs, telling U.S.-based employees that those affected by the cutbacks will be notified by the end of Tuesday. An internal memo from CEO Bob Bakish (read it below) did not disclose numbers. A person familiar with the cutbacks estimated the total number at 800, which is consistent

Kate Winslet is reflecting on her shot to stardom after starring in Titanic. The 1997 film directed by James Cameron became a box-office hit and made Winslet and her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio megastars. However, the added attention Winslet received from the film was not something she was prepared for. “I felt like I had to

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Alejandro Monteverde, best known as the director of 2023’s runaway box office title Sound Of Freedom, has completed work Cabrini, his next feature for which we can share the first official trailer above.  Currently set to hit cinemas worldwide on March 8 following a debut at the upcoming European Film Market on February

Universal used the mega Super Bowl platform to promote one of its big summer movies, the Ryan Gosling-Emily Blunt action comedy The Fall Guy. The reimagining of the ’80s TV series starring Lee Majors hits theaters on May 3, after it has its world premiere next month as the centerpiece film at SXSW. The Super

On Saturday night, when Martin Scorsese collected a gold medallion—the honor given by the DGA to all five of its Feature Film nominees—he thanked his cast and crew and Apple for their support in making Killers of the Flower Moon, but he emphasized his thanks to the Osage Nation for their intrinsic role in the

Talk to Me was named Best Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, which were handed out today on the Gold Coast. The teen horror pic also won Best Director for Danny and Michael Philippou and Best Lead Actress for Sophie Wilde. Talk to Me took eight total statuettes, including five from the

Award-winning dramatist Jez Butterworth has revealed that his new play is part-inspired by his encounters with disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein. The British playwright, who previously penned The Ferryman and Jerusalem as well as Sky Atlantic drama Britannia, told the BBC’s Front Row radio show that his experience with Weinstein – when the pair worked together

EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that Oscar nominee and Avengers star Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) is set to lead true-crime thriller Featherwood, which is one of the hottest new scripts ahead of next week’s EFM market in Berlin. In a role that has some buyers already speculating awards potential, Johansson will portray Carol Blevins, a heroin addict

EXCLUSIVE: Toby Kebbell (Servant), Shia LaBeouf (Fury) and James Cosmo (Game of Thrones) have been set to star in boxing-world crime-drama Salvable, which Metro International is launching ahead of the EFM next week. Carl Froch, former Boxing World Champion and 2023 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, will be training Kebbell and LaBeouf with work

One mega big piece of information that Disney CEO Bob Iger forgot to mention in his announcement of Moana 2 yesterday was whether Dwayne Johnson was coming back to reprise his iconic role as demigod Maui. Deadline has learned that the action star, in fact is in talks and it’s looking good. And as Maui

ITV has struck what it says is a first-of-its-kind deal for James Bond movies with Amazon MGM Studios Distribution. The deal will see 25 James Bond movies available to view on both linear and then for 30 days on streaming platform ITVX, and the pics will air multiple times a year. ITV said the deal

EXCLUSIVE: The American Foundation for the Blind is set to present filmmaker Shawn Levy with the 2024 Helen Keller Achievement Award, which will be presented during a special evening ceremony on April 18th in Los Angeles. AFB recognizes Levy for his contributions toward breaking down barriers for people with disabilities following the success of his

Ahaan Panday has been tapped to make his acting debut as the lead in the latest Hindi feature from director Mohit Suri. The untitled Yash Raj Films production is billed as a young love story and is set to begin shooting later this year. Further cast is yet to be announced. Panday was signed as

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago this month, instinct told Ukrainian photojournalist and war correspondent Mstyslav Chernov to head to Mariupol, a strategically important city located on the along the Sea of Azov. His intuition proved correct. Within an hour of arriving there with a small team, Russia began bombarding Mariupol

EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Gansel, director of acclaimed film The Wave and Sky TV series Das Boot, has become the most prominent German filmmaker to call out the Berlin Film Festival’s decision to invite members of far-right party AfD (Alternative For Germany) to this year’s opening ceremony on February 15. In a message sent to Deadline, the

Mira Sorvino is giving an update on the Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion sequel that is in the works. In a recent interview, the Oscar winner revealed that Robin Schiff is returning to write the follow-up movie, but her work on a Netflix series is keeping her from finishing the script. “She’s currently working

Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle, the third Apple Original Films movie to go wide in cinemas, spied an estimated $35.3M global debut through Sunday, including $17.3M from 78 international box office markets. While that makes it the top title worldwide, overseas and domestically this frame, the ultra-expensive ensemble thriller was harshed on by critics and didn’t get

Two specialty films now in wide release hit the top ten this weekend with American Fiction at no. 8 and Poor Things, at no. 9 and claiming the mantle of the highest-grossing limited opening release of 2023. The Zone of Interest has had a terrific expansion for a foreign language film about a heavy subject