EXCLUSIVE: The director isn’t giving anything away about his next film “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” which stars Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton and shoots in March. But he has plenty to say about not being done with Mad Max, how there is value in blockbuster franchises (“I watch all of them”), and his ongoing search for depth in storytelling.
A group of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged victims has issued a statement condemning remarks made by his attorney Friday night on ABC’s Nightline.
Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan court Friday for a bail hearing. Prosecutors sought to have his bail increased to $5 million from its current $1 million, arguing he violated…
Netflix explored complex relationships and gave a nod to the 1970s at Deadline’s Contenders New York on Saturday with a look at The Two Popes, Marriage Story and Dolomite is My Name.
Actor Jonathan Pryce said he so resembles Pope Francis, "That the day he was named Pope, the Internet was full of images of Pope…
Academy Award winner and longtime stage actress Maggie Smith has taken on many fulfilling roles over the years, although she wouldn’t include her work in Downton Abbey or the Harry Potter films among them.
Smith, who played schoolmistress Minerva McGonagall in the boy-wizard adventures and Dowager Countess Violet…
Filmmakers faced a unique challenge in the newest entries in two of Disney's most popular animated family franchises: bring an updated sense of freshness to beloved stories and characters in Toy Story 4and Frozen II. Their efforts to explore fresh territory anchored presentations for both films at Deadline’s…
No Lori Loughlin? No problem for the Hallmark Channel, which has teased the seventh season of When Calls the Heart with a special Christmas night movie, sans Loughlin for the first time.
Loughlin is currently embroiled in a college bribery and tax evasion investigation involving the alleged bogus admission of her…
DreamWorks Animation films How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Abominable set out to tell a story of transformation, growth, and individuality as the characters embark on their perspective journies.
For How to Train Your Dragon 3, that journey has spanned over a decade. The final installment finds…
Warner Bros. brought the unjustly accused, wrongly convicted and left-behind to Deadline’s Contenders New York on Saturday with close-up looks at Joker, Richard Jewell and Just Mercy.
Todd Phillips, Joker co-writer, director and producer, said star Joaquin Phoenix lost an astonishing 52 pounds in three months for the…
It all started in 2009 when Benny and Josh Safdie had the inspiration to make a movie based on their father’s mentor in the 47th Street NYC diamond district. But Uncut Gems‘ delay has been worth the wait.
The A24 pic which opens limited on Dec. 13 follows Adam Sandler as a diamond district jeweler who comes in…
Paying great homage to the past was the drive of 20th Century Fox’s Ford v. Ferrari and Blue Sky Animation’s Will Smith voiced feature Spies in Disguise.
In shooting James Mangold’s Ford v FerrariOscar nominated DP Phedon Papamichael at Deadline’s NY Contenders today said that the filmmaker was inspired by classic…
Filmmakers behind the slate of Sony's awards hopefuls this year took unique and fascinating paths to creating a sense of meaning in complicated worlds. Those messages were central to their films covered Saturday afternoon at Deadline’s The Contenders New York event at the DGA Theater.
For Quentin Tarantino and Once Upo…
It’s a time of peace on earth, good will toward men. So it’s not surprising that a couple of big music industry feuds appear to be on a path toward reconciliation.
Specifically, the chairman of the Carlyle Group, the asset investment firm that helped Scooter Braun buy Big Machine Label Group, said he’s hopeful that…
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and an all-star ensemble take a powerful deep-dive into the downfall of Roger Ailes, with director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph.
