Vertical Entertainment has picked up the North American distribution rights to Breaking Fast, a romantic comedy from first-time writer/director Mike Mosallam. The film stars Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor), Michael Cassidy (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and Amin El Gamal (Good Trouble). Set to screen at the upcoming…
NBC is continuing to rejig its fall schedule with American Ninja Warrior moving into The Voice's slot this September.
The competition reality series, which has been filmed, will launch on Monday September 7 between 8pm and 10pm after completing production on its 12th season during the pandemic.
Deadline understands…
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says the NFL team will welcome fans into AT&T Stadium when the regular season begins next month.
“The Dallas Cowboys plan on playing all our football games, and we plan on playing ’em in front of our fans,” he said at a press conference Wednesday marking the opening of training camp…
Cases among young adults have increased steeply in the past 6 weeks and that age group is “now driving infections in L.A. County,” according to Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer. Ferrer made the statement at her regular coronavirus press conference.
Adults ages 18-29 now have the highest case…
The Crown has found its new Prince Philip in the shape of Oscar-nominated Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce.
The Game Of Thrones star will join the Netflix drama for Season 5 and 6, starring opposite Imelda Staunton, who has previously been named as the next Queen Elizabeth II. The other confirmed star for The Crown’s final…
Governor Gavin Newsom started his Wednesday coronavirus news conference by taking a page out of Donald Trump’s press conference playbook.
The governor began by recalling how he started his first business by writing to 14 people he knew and asking for start-up money.
He then spent the next 45 minutes of his regular…
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who recently vowed to reopen London’s The Phantom of the Opera despite what the show’s producer called a “huge financial hit” from the coronavirus shutdown, has volunteered to get an experimental COVID-19 vaccine “to prove that theatres can re-open safely.”
“I am excited that tomorrow I…
In an interview with CNBC, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar addressed the launch of HBO Max, conceded a “mistake” with HBO branding and comparing Max with Disney and NBCUniversal’s streaming efforts.
Today’s interview (watch a large chunk of it above) was Kilar’s first since major layoffs hit WarnerMedia this week…
The five broadcast networks in May and June unveiled their “fall” 2020 schedules, with Fox and the CW opting for pandemic-proof lineups featuring predominantly original and acquired series already in the can, while NBC, CBS and ABC bet on regular schedules featuring new and returning series yet to be filmed with the…
EXCLUSIVE: LA-based sales firm The Exchange has boarded world sales rights to timely documentary The Reunited States, which follows unsung heroes on the journey to bridge the political and racial divides in the U.S.
Subjects of the new film include Susan Bro, who's daughter Heather Heyer was killed when a car drove…
For the first time in the few years I have been hosting my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, we are featuring not just one star but two in the same interview. Considering the close, 45-plus-year working connection between two of the most famous alumnus from Second City, it made perfect sense to me to invite both …
EXCLUSIVE: James Schamus has committed to direct College Republicans, a fact-inspired Dirty Rotten Scoundrels-style coming of age story about top Republican operatives. Logan Lerman has been set to star as a young Lee Atwater, Asa Butterfield as Karl Rove and Kristine Froseth to play Kate King — a composite character…
