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EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Joshua Coates has secured rights to the life story of Abraham Bolden, the subject of the 2008 autobiography The Echo of Dealey Plaza. Bolden made history as the first Black U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the White House detail, where he guarded President John F. Kennedy who had personally appointed him in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Regé-Jean Page is continuing to build on an already busy slate as we are hearing he has signed on to star and produce The Count Of Monte Cristo from Department M, the independent production studio founded by industry-leading producers Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer. Page will produce alongside his producing partner Emily Brown throgh […]

Jonathan Majors is open to returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after playing Kang the Conqueror in 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The actor is promoting his latest film, Magazine Dreams, and said if Marvel called him to reprise his role in the MCU, he would accept. “Yeah, of course I say yes. Disney, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter J S Mayank has been tapped by producers Kate Cohen, Alexander Vesely and Tony Robbins to join Oscar nominee and Bafta winner Lesley Paterson (All Quiet on the Western Front) in writing the feature adaptation of Viktor Frankl‘s classic treatise, Man’s Search for Meaning. Paterson had been writing the script with her husband […]

Miami Beach city commission meetings typically don’t generate national and international news, but that could happen Wednesday. The commission is due to take up a resolution spearheaded by Mayor Steven Meiner that would cancel the city’s lease with a movie theater showing the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. The mayor declared the film, which shows […]

With Timothée Chalamet’s next big film A Complete Unknown which arrived in theaters Christmas Day, many may be curious about the actors work and preparation for portraying musician Bob Dylan in the film as well as the film’s story parameters. An ensemble cast will accompany Chalamet and portray musicians and other important figures in Bob […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Colleen Hoover business isn’t slowing down following the success of the feature adaptation of her book It Ends With Us. Sources tell Deadline Maika Monroe is set to star in Universal’s adaptation of Hoover’s novel Reminders of Him. Vanessa Caswill will direct the film. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Hoover, Reminders of Him will […]

American Cinematheque’s This Is Not A Fiction Festival is returning for its second season. The festival launched last year with screenings of Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story, featuring a Jon Bon Jovi Q&A and Morgan Neville’s Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces. It is now returning with a slew of new […]

Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t know about intimacy coordinators while filming A24’s Marty Supreme alongside Timothée Chalamet and told them to “step a little bit back.” In a new interview, the Goop founder opened up about her sex scenes with Chalamet in the film directed by Josh Safdie. Paltrow told Vanity Fair she was approached by an […]

Village Roadshow Entertainment hit Delaware court today after filing for Chapter 11 amid a sea of red ink, legal costs and debt that’s been ratcheting up financial pressure on the indie producer and financier. A lawyer for the company told a judge at a hearing that the company is “open to all bids” for its […]

Claiming that Justin Baldoni has nothing but “clickbait” falsehoods and “hurt feelings” on him, Ryan Reynolds wants out of the It Ends With Us star’s $400 million defamation and extortion suit against the Deadpool leading man, Blake Lively, the New York Times and Vision PR’s Leslie Sloane. “The entirety of Plaintiffs’ defamation claim appears to […]

Although LGBTQ representation was few and far in between among the headliners at this year’s SXSW, several indie darlings broke the industry’s cis-heteronormative mold to stand out. From Special Jury Award winner Fucktoys, multi-hyphenate Annapurna Sriram’s bold celluloid fever dream of a feature debut, to The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, co-writer/director […]

EXCLUSIVE: Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole have named Tiffany Graddick, Stephanie Myer and Raymond Tambe to the firm’s partnership group. They join colleagues Matt Johnson, P.J. Shapiro, Greg Slewett, Tara Kole, Wendy Kirk, Patrick Ragen and Deb Lintz in the group. Since joining JSSK, Graddick has worked with high-profile firm clients including Emma Stone, Jamie […]

EXCLUSIVE: Mariana di Girolamo, Oscar nominee Tom Waits, Ailín Salas and Paola Giannini are boarding Martin McDonagh’s massive ensemble for Wild Horse Nine, opposite previously announced Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich, Parker Posey and Steve Buscemi. The dark comedic drama, which we first told you about, reunites McDonagh with Searchlight Pictures, Blueprint Pictures, and Film4, following […]

Multi-hyphenate Salma Hayek has evolved throughout her nearly four-decade career, never wanting to be boxed into certain roles as an actress whether on screen or off. In a sprawling cover story for Marie Claire, the star/producer discussed adding another facet to her repertoire: writing her first feature. “It’s meaningful. It has a great rhythm. It’s […]

Quite literally off to the races, Simone Ashley previewed her “amazing” and “adrenaline”-filled experience shooting F1, the high-octane racing drama from Top Gun: Maverick helmer Joseph Kosinski. Speaking to Who What Wear for a cover story, the Bridgerton actress, who will appear opposite Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem and others in the Brad Pitt […]

Millie Bobby Brown, much like her characters, is not one to back away from a righteous battle — especially if it’s the fight for equity in on-screen representation. The Electric State actress recently appeared on Alex Cooper’s popular Call Her Daddy podcast amid her press tour for the Russo Brothers/Netflix flick, explaining why she gravitates […]

Refresh for latest…: A generally quiet weekend at the international box office, amid holdover play for the major studio titles and the start of staggered release for newer entries, nevertheless included another milestone for Chinese phenomenon Ne Zha 2 which has moved up to become the 5th highest-grossing movie ever worldwide. The Ne Zha 2 […]

Joe Russo, one-half of the sibling powerhouse producing/directing team known as the Russo Brothers, posited that today’s blockbuster versus indie discourse is in large part to Harvey Weinstein’s Oscars campaign playbook. In a new interview with the U.K.’s The Sunday Times, Russo lamented that popular films’ success at the box office and disproportional losses at […]

Yes, this is the lowest grossing weekend of 2025 to date, but not for opera, as the specialty market found its maestro, Ludwig van Beethoven. The Met: Live in HD transmission of Beethoven’s Fidelio grossed over $860k at about 800 cinemas on Saturday night, one screening. Conducted by Susanna Mälkki, and starring soprano Lise Davidsen, tenor David […]

Paul Rudd is playing coy to his future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the Russo Brothers begin filming Avengers: Doomsday. In a recent interview while promoting his new movie Death of a Unicorn, the actor who plays Ant-Man in the MCU addressed his return to the superhero role. “As far as the Russos, they […]

Babak Anvari is set to direct a new sequel to Cloverfield, which is reportedly a direct sequel to Matt Reeves’s original 2008 film. In a new interview during the SXSW premiere of his latest film Hallow Road, Anvari teased the new sequel. “So sad that I cannot because everyone on that team is very secretive, […]

All We Imagine As Light took home top honors at the 18th Asian Film Awards (AFA), winning the Best Film prize. Held at the Grand Theatre at the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong, this year’s AFA selection was overseen by legendary Hong Kong actor and AFA jury president Sammo Hung. “It is a special thing […]

SATISFACTIONSection: Narrative SpotlightScreenwriter-Director: Alex BurunovaLogline: Set against the stunning Greek isles, Satisfaction is a nuanced psychological drama that unravels the fragile bond between British composers Lola and Philip. Their relationship lingers in silence as Lola struggles to reclaim her voice. Weaving between their present-day trip to a remote Greek island and the start of their […]