Click to Skip Ad
Closing in...
Menu

Latest News

Film

‘Never Goin’ Back’ Director On The “Chance To Focus On A Female Friendship” – Sundance Studio

By

Before the premiere of the her directorial debut drama, Never Goin’ Back, writer/director Augustine Frizzell stopped by Deadline’s Sundance Studio, along with stars Maia Mitchell and Cami Morrone. The pic centers on best-friends Angela (Mitchell) and Jessie (Morrone), high school dropouts working dead-end waitressing jobs. As they gear up for their dream vacation to sunny Galveston, Texas, a drug deal goes bad and their home is invaded and they have to serve a short stint… Read

breakingBusiness

War Of Words Escalates In Starz-Altice Disputue

By

In the latest salvo in a nearly month-old carriage dispute, Starz has urged the Federal Communications Commission to enforce consumer protection rules that would require Altice USA to give Optimum cable subscribers 30 days’ notice before dropping programming. Starz urges the FCC to take emergency action because it’s harming consumers. The network says it’s willing to provide programming under the old terms for the required 30 days. “At last count, Starz is aware of nearly… Read

Business

National Film And Television School To Receive BAFTA Award

By

The National Film and Television School is to receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at this year's British Academy Film Awards. The school, which has taught students including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them director David Yates, Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park and Suffragette director Sarah Gavron, join the likes of Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh and Tony Scott in picking up the award. Last year, cinema chain Curzon picked up the award… Read

exclusiveFilm

Mike Flanagan To Helm Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’

Mike Flanagan Dr Sleep

By

EXCLUSIVE: After the out-sized grosses on the Stephen King novel adaptation It, Warner Bros has put it sequel to King’s The Shining on the fast track. Mike Flanagan has been set to direct Doctor Sleep, an adaptation of the 2013 King novel that picks up the life of the Redrum kid Danny Torrance when he is in his 40s and struggling with the same demons of anger and alcoholism that plagued his father. Flanagan will rewrite the script originally adapted by Akiva Goldsman… Read

exclusiveInternational

Lucy Kirkwood’s U.S./China Drama ‘Chimerica’ Set For C4 Adaptation

By

EXCLUSIVE: The next twelve months could be a defining year for the relationship between the U.S. and China as President Trump and President Xi circle each other on a range of issues. Perfect timing for Playground Entertainment's high-end drama Chimerica, an adaptation of Lucy Kirkwood's critically acclaimed play, that is on the verge of a deal with UK broadcaster Channel 4. The broadcaster is in the final stages of development with the series expected to shortly receive a… Read

exclusiveFilm

‘Semper Fi’: Jai Courtney, Finn Wittrock, More Join Nat Wolff For Crime Thriller – Berlin

Jai Courtney

By

EXCLUSIVE: Suicide Squad‘s Jai Courtney has been set to star with Nat Wolff in Henry-Alex Rubin's crime thriller Semper Fi. From Sparkhouse Media and Rumble Films, the project has further added Finn Wittrock, Beau Knapp, Arturo Castro and Leighton Meester. Principal photography starts February 1 in Louisiana. Cornerstone Films is handling international sales with UTA and CAA co-repping domestic. Murderball director Rubin is helming from a script he wrote with Sean Mullin… Read

Box Office

Dakota Fanning Goes Trekkie In ‘Please Stand By’; Strand Opens Once-Banned ‘Have A Nice Day’ – Specialty B.O. Preview

By

As the Sundance Film Festival begins its wind-down to this weekend's awards, the remaining attendees will get a preview of Specialty titles that should make their way to big screens later this year. Oscar nominated titles from 2017, including Call Me By Your Name, The Shape of Water, Darkest Hour, Lady Bird and others continue to dominate the Specialty box office, and that won’t likely change well into February. Some new titles are trickling out in the lead-up to the… Read

TV

CBS TV Studios Developing Muhammad Ali Limited Series, Marc Webb Musical As Part Of Expansion Into Premium Content

CBS TV Studios David Stapf

By

Earlier this week, Netflix gave a straight-to-series order to limited series Unbelievable, from CBS Television Studios. It was the CBS Corp-owned studio’s 12th series order from a premium/streaming network, joining American Vandal and Insatiable at Netflix, Your Honor and Cartoon President at Showtime, Star Trek: Discovery, The Good Fight, No Activity, The Twilight Zone, $1 and Strange Angel — all for CBS’ sibling CBS All Access — and Carpool Karaoke for Apple Music. It… Read

Film

‘Annihilation’ Featurette: Behind The Shimmer Of Natalie Portman Thriller

By

Annihilation, says actress Gina Rodriguez in this just-released featurette about the upcoming sci-fi thriller from Ex Machina director Alex Garland, is “something we haven’t seen quite yet.” She’s talking about “the Shimmer,” the strange, glowing, sinister, shape-shifting phenomenon that threatens to carry out just what the title suggests. If the Aurora Borealis and the Blob had a kid, he’d look like the Shimmer. But Garland might just as well have been talking about the… Read

exclusiveTV

The Cartel Bolsters Kids’ & Animation Business With Matthew Ellis Hire

By

EXCLUSIVE: Production and management firm The Cartel is bolstering its kids business with the appointment of veteran children's agent Matthew Ellis as a Manager. This comes after the LA-based company recently secured an animated Netflix commission with Twelve Forever, a fantasy cartoon from writer-producer Julia Vickerman in association with Chris Hardwick's Puny Entertainment. Ellis joins from The Metropolis Agency, where he has worked as a talent agent for 13 years… Read

Business

Alyssa Milano Launches Digital Initiative As Trump Speech Counter-Programming

By

As President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday, actress and activist Alyssa Milano will host what she’s calling resist and persist counter-programming. Milano’s “State of the Dream” digital initiative is soliciting and will present brief (60 seconds max) videos from Americans describing their dreams for the country. The videos will be posted on Twitter and other social media simultaneously at 6pm PST/9pm EST, just as Trump begins his… Read

exclusiveBox Office

MoviePass Vs. AMC: Ticket Service No Longer Covers Chain’s Busiest Theaters; Seeks Better Terms With Exhib Giant

By

FRIDAY AM UPDATE with statement by MoviePass Parent Company CEO: Despite reports this morning, monthly movie ticket service MoviePass has not cut 100% ties with AMC Theatres per some Wall Street reports. Yesterday the monthly movie ticket service shaved ten of the busiest AMC locations off its app (theaters such as the Boston Common, Universal Citywalk and Empire 25 in New York City) in an effort to take a hard position against the nation’s largest movie theater chain. If… Read

Next ►
ad