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Not even presidential security clearance could get Taylor Zakhar Perez to spoil the upcoming Red, White & Royal Blue sequel. After portraying the president’s son Alex Claremont-Diaz in the 2023 Prime Video adaptation of Casey McQuiston‘s LGBTQ romance novel, the actor explained how he guaranteed “plausible deniability” when it comes to details of the second […]

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains details from Disney’s 2025 Lilo & Stitch Even though it’s been two decades since the release of the original animated film Lilo & Stitch, the theme of Ohana is anything but left behind or forgotten. In the new live-action remake directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, who co-wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated […]

As the lights go up on the last of the 22 films in Competition this year, Deadline’s critics reflect on the potential winners in what must be the strongest lineup in recent years… PETE HAMMOND I don’t think I’ve seen a Cannes Film Festival with so many enthusiastic reviews from the press. Only a handful […]

Deadline has confirmed that Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael is undergoing an additional 22 days of filming next month. This all checks out with the possibility that Lionsgate may split the feature into two installments (that move not decided yet), not to mention the recent news about the biopic’s future release date move. Lionsgate will […]

It may be the last day of the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection lineup, but there’s still plenty of action at the Palais. Josh O’Connor was in town this evening for the world premiere of Kelly Reichardt’s latest, The Mastermind, which received an 8-minute ovation and is the final movie in the Competition. It will […]

Sony Pictures Classics is out with Jane Austen Wrecked My Life in limited release, Angel Studios’ The Last Rodeo opens wide and A24’s Friendship added screens with few new indies braving the double whammy of live action Lilo & Stitch and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning. The former may have set a Disney record for […]

Few minds could be less masterly, you might think, than the stoner sponge between the ears of J.B. (Josh O’Connor), who, in Kelly Reichardt’s Cannes-closer The Mastermind, conceives a plan to steal four paintings from the art gallery that is the chief weekend haunt for his family. As his two sons run around its Civil […]

A24 has shuttered its documentary division Deadline has learned and also laid off five employees in the department. A24 had no comment. Division head Nicole Stott and Emily Osborne, head of documentary production, will remain at A24 long enough to complete work on ongoing projects. Those projects include André Is an Idiot and Architecton. Some […]

Following Henry Talbot’s absence from the latest Downton Abbey movie, Matthew Goode has confirmed he won’t be in the third installment either. The Emmy nominee recently explained why he didn’t appear in Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) after portraying Lady Mary Crawley’s (Michelle Dockery) love interest in the 2019 feature continuation of the British […]

With Wolverine’s recent addition to Disney’s MCU, Hugh Jackman is navigating questions about the character’s onscreen future. Following his return to the role (aka Logan) in last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine, the Oscar nominee recently assured he “actually” has no news about whether he’ll slip on the Adamantium claws once again for Avengers: Doomsday. “I […]

Bi Gan was back at the Cannes Film Festival with his new movie Resurrection after his Un Certain Regard entry Long Day’s Journey into Night in 2018. The world premiere of the Chinese filmmaker’s latest movie received a seven-minute ovation at the Grand Thèâtre Lumière. Yee Jackson, Shu Qi and Yan Nan star in the pic, […]

A24 has now confirmed what’s been rumored for weeks — that Alex Garland will write and direct a live-action Elden Ring film for A24 and video game company Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. This comes following the release of Warfare, his A24 Iraq war pic directed with Ray Mendoza, which has grossed over $32 million since […]

Marvel Studios is pushing back the release of its next two Avengers films, directed by the Russo Brothers. Avengers: Doomsday has moved from May 1 to December 18, 2026. Meanwhile, Avengers: Secret Wars is moving from May 7 to December 17, 2027. Insiders noted that these two films are among the biggest ever made, and […]

Arguably the worst film in competition in Cannes this year is a strong candidate for the festival’s Best Director prize, and rightfully so. The follow-up to 2018’s Un Certain Regard entry Long Day’s Journey into Night — which asked viewers to don 3D glasses for its spectacular climax, an unbroken, hourlong tracking shot — Resurrection […]

UPDATE with more news on Michael: Lionsgate film chief Adam Fogelson confirmed the company is exploring splitting its Michael Jackson biopic into two films. “At the end, when you look at the music library, when you look at what Michael Jackson was able to deliver in terms of music and contributions to art, whether or […]

Cici Cooper might be dead, but Sarah Michelle Gellar‘s hopes of reprising her Scream 2 role for the upcoming installment are alive and well. Despite shutting down hopes of a resurrection for her I Know You Did Last Summer character, the Golden Globe nominee expressed interest in returning to the Scream franchise for the upcoming […]

The newly solo Lionsgate Studios swung to a profit last quarter as motion picture revenue surged. The numbers are its first since splitting with Starz. Net income of $21.9 million for Lionsgate’s fiscal fourth quarter ended in March compares with a $47 million loss the year earlier. Total revenue popped to $1.1 billion from $880 […]

This weekend’s Lilo & Stitch follows a long line of Disney live-action remakes, starting with Tim Burton’s take on Alice in Wonderland (2010). Several Disney princesses have been brought to life by actresses such as Lily James, Emma Watson, Naomi Scott, Halle Bailey and Rachel Zegler. Still other classic cartoon stories like The Jungle Book […]

TITLE: PEAK EVERYTHING (Amour apocalypse) Section: Directors’ Fortnight Director: Anne Émond Logline: Adam (Patrick Hivon) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. To help combat his eco-anxiety, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier’s technical support line, he meets Tina (Piper Perabo), a woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries. This unexpected encounter changes […]

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Cristin Milioti are in talks to star in The Backrooms, A24’s sci-fi horror flick based on the viral series of found-footage videos from Kane Parsons, Deadline can confirm. Reps for the studio declined to comment. No word on the roles to be played by the duo, and their deals may not make […]

Mario Martone’s Cannes Film Festival Competition title Fuori had its world premiere Tuesday night at the Lumière Theater, earning a 7 1/2–minute ovation. From a script by Ippolita Di Majo and Martone, and starring Valeria Golino as writer Goliarda Sapienza, Fuori is inspired by Sapienza’s 1983 autobiography L’Università di Rebibbia (The University of Rebibbia) and […]

Literary biopics are hard to pull off, and even harder to market (1995’s Total Eclipse missed a trick with “Leonardo DiCaprio IS Arthur Rimbaud!”). Even well-known U.S. writers tend to be the domain of the indie world, resulting in films as respectable but hardly lucrative as Capote (2005), Kill Your Darlings (2013) and Shirley (2020). […]

Refresh for more…At a 78th Cannes Film Festival that’s attempting to course correct its complicity in #MeToo, down over by the Carlton Beach tonight The Better World Fund Gala handed out its Award for Excellence in Film and Television to 2x Oscar winner Kevin Spacey. Last year, Juliette Binoche, this year’s Cannes Jury President, was […]

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Unified Pictures and Current Entertainment’s Tin Soldier, a new action thriller starring Scott Eastwood, Jamie Foxx and Robert De Niro. Directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer), who wrote the script with Jess Fuerst, the film will be released sometime this year. WME Independent is […]