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A third Wings of Desire centering on the angels that watch over us, is not in the cards, German director Wim Wenders said today at the Cannes press conference for his latest in competition title at the fest, Perfect Days. “I don’t think I would go back to the idea of angels, if anything this

“Thus with a kiss I die,” wrote William Shakespeare in Romeo & Juliet, and thus echoed a Los Angeles judge today over the alleged sexual abuse and negligence lawsuit from the stars of Franco Zeffirelli Oscar-nominated 1968 adaptation of the doomed lovers play. Stating that the $100 million in damages action against Paramount Pictures from

Gurinder Chadha revealed that Harrison Ford had an unknowing effect on her ability to get UK hit film Bend it Like Beckham off the ground when she made it two decades ago. At the time, the director was struggling to get financing from any of the UK public film funding bodies so she could make her now

EXCLUSIVE: We have your first look at After Sherman, the award-winning documentary directed by Jon-Sesrie Goff that opens theatrically in New York on June 2.  The feature from Cargo Film & Releasing premiered at the True/False Film Festival in Missouri last year. “Goff follows his father, a minister, in the aftermath of the 2015 mass

Brittany Snow is opening up about one of the “hardest mental health challenges” she has faced in the past year and how she has relied on her friends for support. Although Snow doesn’t reveal too many details, the American Dreams alum filed for divorce in January of this year from husband of two years Tyler

It may not just be enough to act anymore for Bradley Whitford. He has now also gotten the directing bug. Whitford, who has won three Emmys for three different series in three different categories – (a real feat) with his Supporting Actor -Drama Series win for The West Wing, a Guest Actor-Comedy Series for Transparent,

EXCLUSIVE: France tv distribution has launched sales on French director Benoît Jacquot’s upcoming crime thriller Belle starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Guillaume Canet. The work is adapted from the 1951 novel The Death Of Belle by the iconic Belgian writer Georges Simenon who is best known for his novels about Paris detective Maigret. Canet and Gainsbourg will play

EXCLUSIVE: Arlene Nelson, the director known for her work on such unscripted series as Angel City and Secrets of Playboy, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. “I’m thrilled to be working with UTA,” Nelson told Deadline. “UTA’s track record of representing talented directors and its commitment to bringing distinctive and wide-ranging voices

EXCLUSIVE: Trom creator Torfinnur Jákupsson is turbocharging his quest to place the Faroe Islands on the global film and TV map. It’s been a whirlwind year for the man who first came up with the idea for hit thriller Trom while working at a fish factory when he was 16. Deadline can reveal his now-one-year-old

Jennifer Lawrence hit the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday for the world premiere of Afghan director Sahra Mani’s feature documentary Bread and Roses, which she produced with Justine Ciarrocchi under their joint banner Excellent Cadaver. Described as an unpoliticized tale of resilience, the documentary follows three educated, previously employed women whose lives have been upended

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount’s Republic Pictures label has acquired North American rights to dystopian drama-thriller The End We Start From, starring BAFTA and Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve). The mid seven-figure pact marks the biggest announced deal for a project on sale at this year’s Cannes market so far. Anton and UTA are handling world sales here

Senegalese and French director Ramata-Toulaye Sy is only the second Black woman to make it into Competition in Cannes. Her debut feature, Banel & Adama, which had its debut Saturday, follows in the footsteps of Mati Diop’s 2019 Atlantics. Sy draws on her roots in the Fulani, or Peul, culture of the Futa region in

Quentin Tarantino has apparently closed the book on Rick Dalton, the actor portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. Tarantino made the announcement via The Video Archives podcast, which he hosts with Pulp Fiction cowriter Roger Avary. A series of tweets announced the death, and indicated that Tuesday’s podcast will be “a memorial episode

Production on Aziz Ansari’s feature helming debut Good Fortune has been suspended amid the writers strike, Deadline has confirmed. WGA pickets forced a shutdown of the Keanu Reeves–Seth Rogen pic Thursday night. The movie was shooting on location in L.A.’s Koreatown, but plans are for principal photography to resume in the future are unknown at

Warner Bros. Discovery is reaching back to its past to celebrate a century of entertainment in a new, four-part documentary series. Narrator Morgan Freeman will guide viewers through “100 Years of Warner Bros.,” offering clips from past TV shows and films, along with takes from the directors, actors, and executives who created the magic, and

EXCLUSIVE: Kellan Lutz (Twilight), Neal McDonough (Minority Report), and Mila Harris (No Exit) have signed on to star in The December Cross, with Archstone Entertainment securing world sales rights and Joshua Harris and Jon Gosier of FilmHedge financing. Todd Turner (Good Neighbor) wrote and will direct the film. Turner will also serve as producer through

The advance buzz for The Flash continues to grow. The latest warm words about the movie come from the “King of Horror” Stephen King. King said on Twitter in recent hours: “I got an advance screening of THE FLASH today. As a rule I don’t care a lot for superhero movies, but this one is

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed Bertie, the highly sought-after writer-director otherwise known as Katie Ellwood, who has been behind such titles as Hawkeye and Troop Zero, and has a top-notch dance card looking ahead. Known for tonally specific work which is darkly comic, full of humanity and frequently action-packed, Bertie recently teamed with frequent

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Alba (Sin City), Russell Harvard (Fargo), and Daniel Durant (CODA) are attached to star in sports feature film Flash Before the Bang, inspired by the true story of an all-deaf high school track and field team in 1980’s Oregon. The film heralds from deaf writer-director Jevon Whetter, on whose experience the story is