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Anthony D'Alessandro
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Anthony covers box office, breaking film news, awards-season features and festival news. His first job in the film industry was at Savoy Pictures' headquarters in New York where he worked in film distribution. In the summer of 1999, he was hired by Variety and moved to Los Angeles, and remained in the newsroom covering numerous parts of the industry, including box office, for about a decade. Prior to arriving at Deadline in the fall of 2011, where he co-edited the site's sister publication Awardsline, Anthony covered the box office beat for Indiewire's Thompson on Hollywood. He also co-produced Matt Walsh's film "A Better You."
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‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Posts Best Opening Day Of 2023 To Date With $51M+; 3-Day Now At $113M+ – Updated Box Office
SATURDAY AM: How big is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse? With an opening day of $51.7M, it’s the biggest opening day of 2023 to date for a movie. The gross is beating Super Mario Bros.’ Wednesday of $31.7M, and even Disney/Marvel Studio’s opening day for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which was…
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George Clooney MGM Movie ‘The Boys In The Boat’ Sets Christmas Day Voyage
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that the George Clooney directed MGM title, The Boys in the Boat, is set to hit theaters on Monday, Dec. 25, as a wide release.
The studio, I understand, were ecstatic over the test scores and landed on the pic’s release date in an effort to grab families. Pic is based on Daniel…
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Jennifer Lopez Movie ‘Unstoppable’ Suspended Amid Writers Strike
EXCLUSIVE: More production shutdown as Artists Equity’s feature Unstoppable has been halted against the backdrop of the writers strike, we hear.
Logically, these stopped productions will return when the strike ends, at the latest. The news comes in the wake of picketers forcing Unstoppable to shut…
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Sofia Vergara’s Latin World Entertainment Promotes Tatiana Castro To VP Content & Partnerships
EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Vergara’s Latin World Entertainment has upped Tatiana Castro to VP of Content & Partnerships, Deadline has learned.
Castro was previously a Development and Partnerships Executive at the company founded by the 4x Primetime Emmy nominee and Luis Balaguer.
“Tatiana has been…
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror #2’ Adds Leslie Bibb
EXCLUSIVE: Count Leslie Bibb in for Clint Eastwood’s growing jury in his Warner Bros. movie, Juror #2.
The actress, who can currently be seen in Lionsgate’s Sebastian Maniscalco family comedy, About My Father, joins already cast Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Zoey Deutch and Kiefer Sutherland…
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‘The Mandalorian’ EP & Director Rick Famuyiwa On ‘Star Wars’ Series Western Evolution & What’s Next – Crew Call Podcast
On today’s episode of Crew Call we talk with The Mandalorian EP and director of season 3 episodes one, seven and eight, Rick Famuyiwa.
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Like the Westerns that Star Wars itself is based on, season 3 continued to…
‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Looks To Snare $150M+ WW Opening After 5-Year Crawl To Screen
At Tuesday night’s world premiere of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, there was a huge sigh of relief from the mass of animators inside Westwood’s Regency Village Theater: The $100M-budgeted sequel to the Oscar-winning 2018 animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, was done, having completed…
‘Little Mermaid’ Swimming Against Strong Tides At Overseas Box Office, Leaving Break-Even In Question
In a rare situation for a Disney tentpole, particularly a live-action title based on a treasured classic animated musical, The Little Mermaid looks to bank more at the domestic box office ultimately than overseas, with $300M-$350M U.S./Canada to $260M abroad.
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Universal Hires Cathy Nam As SVP Global Communications
Former New Line SVP Publicity and Communications Cathy Nam has joined Universal Filmed Entertainment Group as its new SVP Global Communications.
In the position, Nam will help steer the integrated communications strategy efforts across UFEG's global portfolio, collaborating with production partners…
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation Establishes Erik Lomis Leadership Award
EXCLUSIVE: The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation has created the Erik Lomis Leadership Award.
Modeled after the Payne Stewart Award given annually by the PGA Tour, which is given to a player whose values align with the character, charity, and sportsmanship that Stewart demonstrated…
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‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ EP & Director Deborah Chow On Three-Year Journey With Disney+ Series & Whether There’s More – Crew Call Podcast
Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the few Star Wars Disney+ series that pays direct homage to the original George Lucas film canon, versus series such as The Mandalorian ,which heavily incorporate the animated lore created by Dave Filoni…
‘Little Mermaid’ Still Swimming To $117M+ Opening Boosted By $80M Promo Campaign, Biggest For Disney Live-Action Title – Monday AM Update
MONDAY AM: Disney is holding firm to its $117.5M 4-day opening estimate on Little Mermaid after a $27.4M Sunday and a projected $22.1M Monday. Rivals still see it higher, around $119M, but Disney isn’t a studio that likes to get over their skis in their estimates. At the end of the day, Little Mermaid‘s…
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