
THE DEADLINE Q&A
Film Doug Liman Says Pulling Off Pandemic Heist Film ‘Locked Down’ Steeled His Courage To Shoot In Outer Space With Tom Cruise
As his pic starring Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor debuts today on HBO Max, the filmmaker talks about how its third lead is the global pandemic and how an adventurous spirit helped him in putting together the movie that will shoot aboard an Elon Musk SpaceX capsule.
Latest News
Venice Film Festival Permanently Scraps Sconfini Section, Replaces With Orizzonti Extra
The Venice Film Festival has moved to permanently replace its Sconfini program, which first launched in 2018 to highlight arthouse and genre films in an out of competition capacity.
The segment did not run last year as the fest scaled down its program for its pandemic-impacted 2020 edition, and it will now not return…
-
-
Comment on Venice Film Festival Permanently Scraps Sconfini Section, Replaces With Orizzonti Extra 0 Comments
Film & TV No Longer Exempt From UK Travel Restrictions, Meaning Arrivals Must Now Self-Isolate For 10 Days
Film and TV production has been taken off the UK government’s coronavirus travel exemption list, meaning those arriving in Britain to participate in shoots of all shapes and sizes will need to self-isolate for 10 days.
The government updated its rules on Monday at 4AM local time and changes impact two categories of…
Amazon Adapts Son Heung-Min Series For UK; Sky Signs Movie Deal With Studiocanal; UK’s Indielab Accelerator Opens — Global Briefs
Amazon Adapts Son Heung-Min Series For UK
Amazon has partnered with Zig Zag Productions to adapt a South Korean documentary on Tottenham Hotspur soccer hero Son Heung-Min. Sonsational premieres today on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and is reversioned from an original series produced by CJENM for broadcast on Korea’s…
Controversy Ignites In India Over Amazon Prime Original Series ‘Tandav’
Amazon Prime Video original Hindi series Tandav has come under fire in India over its depiction of Hindu gods and goddesses.
According to reports from the country over the weekend including in The Hindu Times, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has contacted the streamer to request an explanation of the show…
Christopher Nolan & Steve McQueen Among 40 To Pen UK Government Letter: “Cinema Stands On The Edge Of An Abyss”
More than 40 key figures from the film industry have written to UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for more support for UK cinema, which they say is “standing on the edge of an abyss” as a result of the pandemic.
The industry leaders, including Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Ridley Scott, Jude Law and Bond producers…
Twitter Temporarily Suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
Twitter has silenced Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Twitter… for now.
The social media platform temporarily suspended the account of Greene after she violated new rules that went into effect following the events at the Capitol.
The Georgia congresswoman has a history of bolstering QAnon conspiracy theories. Those came…
Performers Fete Joe Biden And Kamala Harris At Inauguration Week Kickoff Concert: “This Is Your Time,” Says Cher
In any other inauguration week in Washington, D.C., the city would be filling up with people in a festive atmosphere. Celebrities would be flying in, some in private jets, to take the stage at for a pre-swearing in concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Cher recalled that when she attended in 2009, “People, strangers I didn…
What We're Watching
View All What We're Watching‘Locked Down’ Director Doug Liman Discuss His Influences In Deadline’s Video Series
Film Review: Darren Aronofsky-Produced Documentary ‘Some Kind Of Heaven’
Deadline Now: Chris Evans, Captain America And The Road Back To The MCU
Contenders Documentary And Contenders International: Watch The Panels
L.A. County Public Health Reports 11,366 New Covid-19 Cases, 108 New Deaths – Update
UPDATE:Â After surpassing one million total cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, Los Angeles Public Health has reported 108 new deaths and 11,366 new positive cases for Sunday. The newly reported numbers reflect an undercount due to a lag from weekend reporting.
This brings the new count to 1,014,662 Covid-19 cases to date…
- Breaking
- TV
NFL Goes Out On WCBS, Temporarily Knocking Kansas City Chiefs-Cleveland Browns Game Offline
National Football League fans were left in the dark for about a half-hour on Sunday, as what were described as technical issues at CBS took the game off the air.
The outage happened around 3 PM East Coast time and affected viewers using Verizon FioS, DirecTV, Altice/Optimum, Xfinity and Spectrum in New York, New…
‘Promising Young Woman’ Crosses $3M; ‘MLK/FBI’, ‘Don’t Tell A Soul’, ‘Master’ Add Coins To Specialty Box Office
If there are any milestones worth noting this week, it’s that the Focus Features thriller Promising Young Woman crossed the $3 million in its fourth week in theaters. This weekend the Emerald Fennell-directed pic starring Carey Mulligan played in 1,333 theaters and added an estimated $430K to its box office till this…
Awardsline: Oscar Preview
View All Awardsline: Oscar PreviewCover Story: How Emerald Fennell & Carey Mulligan’s ‘Promising Young Woman’ Concealed a Timely Truth Bomb Amid ’90s Nostalgia
The Burning Question That Drove David Fincher’s Decades-Long Journey To Make ‘Mank’
Jodie Foster Says ‘The Mauritanian’ Reflects Residual Effects Of America’s Post-9/11 Transformation
Elisabeth Moss On “Super Rare” Female Antihero In ‘Shirley’ & First Go-Round Directing ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Peter Bart: Remembering Phil Spector’s Career-Ending ‘The Last Movie’
Though renowned for his music, Phil Spector also harbored an ambition to direct and produce movies, and in 1966 asked me to drop by his house so he could explain his plan. At the time, I was a reporter covering politics for The New York Times in Los Angeles and had met Spector at a political party.
Spector, then 25…
Steve Martin Takes Covid-19 Vaccine: “I’m Having No Fide Resects”
Comedian and actor Steve Martin reported today via social media on his experience with the COVID-19 vaccine.
As you might expect, it wasn’t the usual sanctimonious, virtue signaling celebrity report.
“Good news/bad news,” tweeted Martin. “Good news: I just got vaccinated! Bad news: I got it because I’m 75.”
"Thank you…
You Said Ithave a reality competition and the winner runs the BBC. I'll bet you can get a bunch of exiting trump officials to compete.
Commented By Pannie BBC Studios’ Six-Month Search For A CEO Continues After Big Names Turn Job Down
From The Magazine
Latest by Category
Film
Christopher Nolan & Steve McQueen Among 40 To Pen UK Government Letter: “Cinema Stands On The Edge Of An Abyss”
L.A. County Public Health Reports 11,366 New Covid-19 Cases, 108 New Deaths – Update
‘Promising Young Woman’ Crosses $3M; ‘MLK/FBI’, ‘Don’t Tell A Soul’, ‘Master’ Add Coins To Specialty Box Office
TV
Film & TV No Longer Exempt From UK Travel Restrictions, Meaning Arrivals Must Now Self-Isolate For 10 Days
Amazon Adapts Son Heung-Min Series For UK; Sky Signs Movie Deal With Studiocanal; UK’s Indielab Accelerator Opens — Global Briefs
Controversy Ignites In India Over Amazon Prime Original Series ‘Tandav’
Box Office
‘Promising Young Woman’ Crosses $3M; ‘MLK/FBI’, ‘Don’t Tell A Soul’, ‘Master’ Add Coins To Specialty Box Office
India’s ‘Master’ Has A Blast In Global Debut; ‘Soul’ Now China’s No. 3 Pixar Pic – International Box Office
Open Road’s Liam Neeson Pic ‘The Marksman’ Takes $3.7M At MLK Weekend Box Office
Business
Christopher Nolan & Steve McQueen Among 40 To Pen UK Government Letter: “Cinema Stands On The Edge Of An Abyss”
Twitter Temporarily Suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account
Performers Fete Joe Biden And Kamala Harris At Inauguration Week Kickoff Concert: “This Is Your Time,” Says Cher
Featured Voices
View All Featured VoicesMike Fleming Jr
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film
Nellie Andreeva
Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV
Pete Hammond
Awards Columnist/Chief Film Critic
Peter Bart
Editor-At-Large
Newswire
PMC
Copyright © 2021 Penske Business Media, LLC. All Rights reserved.
Powered by WordPress.com VIP