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.
On Friday afternoon, as the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors met behind closed doors to discuss new, stricter shutdown orders; as Mayor Eric Garcetti and California Governor Governor Gavin Newsom appeared together to try and jumpstart the region’s lagging vaccination efforts; one key reason for the urgency of those…
Ralph Macchio isn’t about to switch his hockey loyalty from his beloved New York Islanders. But when he saw new Washington Capitals coach Peter Laviolette pay tribute to the show by bestowing some bandanas in the post-game locker room after a win, Macchio gave the coach a shout-out.
Macchio, of course, is Daniel…
The big tease was on today for Law & Order: SVU, as star Mariska Hargitay and former costar Chris Meloni provided more selfie evidence about his highly anticipated return to the series.
Meloni struck first on Instagram, posting a black and white shot of him Hargitay with the caption, “We are a little bit closer.” That…
James Murdoch, the renegade son of Murdoch family dynasty who broke with the empire last summer, has publicly denounced "media property owners" whose election denialism helped lead to the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol last week that resulted in five death.
“The sacking of the Capitol is proof positive that what…
EXCLUSIVE:Anonymous Content Nordic, the Norway-based division of Anonymous Content, is developing a limited series based on the high-profile trial of Laila Bertheussen, the partner of Norwegian ex-Minister of Justice Tor Mikkel Wara, and the events and circumstances that led to it.
Bertheussen today was found guilty…
EXCLUSIVE: In a pre-emptive sale, Sony’s Screen Gems tonight acquired the spec thriller Delilah from screenwriter Harrison Query and his writing partner, Tommy Wallach. The script is in the vein of Gone Girl and has a strong female lead. Screen Gems is fast tracking.
The pic will be produced by Scott Glassgold and his…
HBO has tapped Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov (Closeness, Beanpole) to direct the pilot episode of HBO’s upcoming drama series The Last of Us, the adaptation of the PlayStation video game, from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, game creator Neil Druckmann and Game of Thrones exec producer Carolyn Strauss.
Written by…
EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Trig in the upcoming season of Showtime’s The Chi.Luke James, who recurred as the character in Season 3, has been promoted to series regular for the fourth season of the Lena Waithe-created drama series.
Jame’s Victor "Trig" Taylor is Jake's (Michael V. Epps) estranged older brother…
EXCLUSIVE: This Is Us star Justin Hartley has teamed with the series’ director/executive producer Ken Olin to option the rights to Jeffery Deaver’s 2019 thriller novel, The Never Game.
Hartley is attached to star in the potential first season and Olin is set to direct the project, which Hartley's ChangeUp Productions…
In another move due to complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic, sources tell Deadline that there are some key changes to the process of shortlisting potential nominees for the International Feature Film category (formerly Best Foreign Language Film).
Instead of the main committee of volunteers from all…
Powerful gun lobby the National Rifle Association of America has filed for bankruptcy in the Northern District of Texas where it will reincorporate as a nonprofit, leaving New York State, where it was founded in 1871.
In a bizarre statement Friday, the NRA, which has its physical headquarters in Fairfax, Va., said the…
Warner Bros, in the wake of making good with Legendary on the simultaneous release of Godzilla vs. Kong in theaters and on HBO Max, will be releasing the movie on March 26 instead of May 21.
It was reported last Friday that Warner Bros and financier Legendary, which owns a majority of the movie, avoided a legal…
