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Picture This, now streaming on Prime Video, adds another story to the wedding-set romantic comedy. Based on the Australian film Five First Dates, the Prarthana Mohan-directed film stars Simone Ashley (Bridgerton, Sex Education) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) as two former flames who reignite at Pia’s younger sister Sonal’s (Anoushka […]

True/False is celebrating a successful 22nd edition of the all-documentary festival in Columbia, MO. The event which wrapped on Sunday drew an attendance of more than 31,000 to film screenings and music showcases, according to organizers. “The 2025 edition of True/False felt like a much-needed moment of joy and togetherness for our community,” Artistic Director […]

A change is Bruin in Westwood. Celine Parreñas Shimizu has been named the new dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. She’ll take up the post July 1. A UCLA alum, Shimizu since 2021 has been dean of the division of arts at UC Santa Cruz, where she also is a professor […]

Whenever you get veteran stars on the level of John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush in leading roles on screen, attention must be paid. This teaming, and opportunity for Lithgow (79) and Rush (73) in an industry that doesn’t often offer this kind of chance for its veteran stars. is rare. But in director James Ashcroft’s […]

EXCLUSIVE: Dylan Walsh (Blue Bloods), Seth Green (Family Guy) and Charlie Weber (How To Get Away With Murder) are set to star in thriller The Highest Stakes from Steven Paul’s SP Media Group. In The Highest Stakes, five strangers are invited to a high-stakes poker game, but as the night unfolds and buried secrets come […]

Simone Ashley of Bridgerton fame has embarked upon her next romantic project, a romantic comedy for Prime Video, which she executive produced. She also stars int he film Picture This, inspired by the Australian film Five Blind Dates. Ashley stars as Pia Jaswani, a headstrong older sister on the brink of 30 years old, whose […]

EXCLUSIVE: Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has boarded Lionsgate’s action thriller Karoshi from 87Eleven. She will star in the movie alongside Teo Yoo (Past Lives, The Recruit) and Isabel May (1883), as Deadline previously scooped. 87Eleven Entertainment’s Chad Stahelski, Alex Young and Jason Spitz are producing Karoshi through their deal with Lionsgate. The film will begin […]

After taking home his second Best Actor Oscar on Sunday night, Adrien Brody quickly is becoming the town’s most popular, and what he might do next is slowly starting to take shape. While noting that discussions are extremely early, sources tell Deadline that Damien Chazelle and Brody have had discussions about a role in Evel […]

EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) has been cast in the Catherine Hardwicke-directed movie Street Smart. The drama feature heralds Hardwicke’s return to her storytelling roots from such past work as Lords of Dogtown and Thirteen, while revisiting her exploration of found-family dynamics in Twilight. She co-wrote Street Smart with New York […]

EXCLUSIVE: Following an extensive auditioning process, rising star Austin Abrams has landed the lead role in 20th Century’s adaptation of the Daniel Kraus novel Whalefall, with Brian Duffield directing. Duffield will co-write the script with Kraus. The film is described as The Martian meets 127 Hours, centering on a scuba diver in search of his […]

Veteran film producer Eric Groth and writer-director Andrew Hyatt of Sacred Arthouse are teaming with Zach Dasher and Korie Robertson on Forever and Ever, Amen, a biopic about the life of country music legend Randy Travis. Hyatt will direct off of his own script. The Grand Ole Opry played host to the announcement of the […]

Amazon’s Prime Video has launched a pilot program using AI tools to dub select movies and series into English and Latin American Spanish. The initiative, which launched Wednesday, is intended to make the streaming service’s “vast streaming library accessible to even more customers,” the company wrote in a blog post. The AI-assisted dubbing will be […]

The Russo Brothers are assembling the Avengers again for Avengers: Doomsday and recruited Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. As the Marvel Studios production ramps up filming, all eyes will be on them, especially at locations where paparazzi could snap photos and leak spoilers. However, the filmmakers recently revealed in an interview that they had […]

More than 15 years later, Jennifer Check is ready for a resurrection. Although Amanda Seyfried stopped short of confirming a sequel to her 2009 horror comedy Jennifer’s Body is in the works, she certainly gave fans of the Diablo Cody-written, Karyn Kusama-directed cult classic some hope. “I think we’re making another one,” Seyfried told Bloody […]

EXCLUSIVE: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania actor Kathryn Newton is getting in on the bloody fun, and is joining the cast of Radio Silence’s follow-up to its near $58 million global-grossing 2019 cult Searchlight hit Ready or Not. The casting marks Newton’s second collaboration with Radio Silence after last year’s Universal horror movie Abigail. Newton […]

Joe Russo and Anthony Russo are teasing the work behind Avengers: Doomsday and how Robert Downey Jr. prepares for his new role in the MCU. The Russo brothers are directing the next installment of Marvel’s Avengers and Downey is returning to the franchise, not as Iron Man, but as the Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom. […]

The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center has announced the full lineup for the 54th edition of New Directors/New Films, unspooling at MoMA on April 2–13. The event, presenting 24 features and nine short films — including 20 North American or U.S. premieres — will open with Sarah Friedland’s Venice award-winner Familiar Touch and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and LuckyChap’s Monopoly movie is gaining momentum as the studio is cornering the market of one of the town’s hottest writing duos. Sources tell Deadline that Lionsgate has closed a deal for John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to write a screenplay based on Hasbro’s classic board game. The project is produced by […]

Bong Joon Ho is addressing chatter about Donald Trump being the inspiration behind Mark Ruffalo’s villainous character in Mickey 17. In a new interview, the Oscar-winning director discussed who really inspired the egomaniacal politician Kenneth Marshall, portrayed by Ruffalo. Bong told Entertainment Weekly that the character was inspired by “a mix of many different politicians” and […]

Legendary has closed a deal for Matthew Modine to join the cast of the next theatrical feature film in its Monsterverse franchise from director Grant Sputore.  The Stranger Things and Married to the Mob actor joins Dan Stevens, who is reprising his role as Trapper, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo. Dave Callaham wrote the most […]

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Miramax has landed the hot spec I Can See You’re Angry from writer Brandon Cohen. Barbarian producer BoulderLight Pictures will produce the comedy. The studio beat out several suitors for the spec. Plot details being kept under wraps, but the spec is described as a high-concept R-rated comedy in the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producer and film executive Jonathan King is joining Zhang Xin at Closer Media in the newly created role of president. With 25 years of experience developing and producing award-winning films, King brings a background shepherding narrative and documentary storytelling to the company’s portfolio. Launched in 2021 by billionaire entrepreneur Zhang Xin and most […]

Millie Bobby Brown took to her Instagram today to address a “very necessary” conversation that affects any “young woman who grows up under public scrutiny,” blasting the media for spending time “dissecting” her looks in “disturbing” articles. “I started in the industry when I was 10 years old,” she began in a video post, also […]

It’s easy to dismiss Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope, as some critics have, reducing it to a sumptuous perfume ad à la Tom Ford. The same could be said about Celeste Dalla Porta’s eponymous character, who often finds herself being pigeonholed into certain archetypes due to her striking looks, which are only rivaled by the film’s sweeping […]