Well Go USA has released the first official trailer to Cut Throat City, the post-Katrina heist drama slated to premiere at SXSW in Austin next month. Directed by RZA, the pic has a stacked cast that includes Shameik Moore, Tip T.I. Harris, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Kat Graham, Keean Johnson, Denzel Whitaker, Isaiah…

EXCLUSIVE: Radar Pictures, which served as an executive producer on Sony’s Jumanji films, has secured rights to “Karn Evil 9,” the futuristic 1973 song by London prog-rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, to develop as a sci-fi feature. New York Times bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson has been hired to adapt the…

Samuel L. Jackson has been tapped to play a retired hitman in a currently untitled feature, which will be directed by Focus and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot helmers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. The project re-teams Jackson with Soul Men co-writer Matthew Stone, who penned the script. John Davis (The Predator franchise) is…

EXCLUSIVE: DeVon Franklin, the producer behind the faith-based drama Breakthrough, has signed on to produce Daring to Live, a film adaptation based on the forthcoming novel Daring to Live: How the Power of Sisterhood and Taking Risks Can Jump-Start Your Joy by Sheri Hunter. The pic is set up at Paramount Players, with…

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, who was recently seen in the Sundance film, Farewell Amor, is set to write, direct, and produce a feature-length documentary about Ugandan studio photographer Kibaate Aloysius Ssalongo. Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh is attached as an executive producer. Soderbergh and Ntare worked…

EXCLUSIVE: Jojo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Joker actress Frances Conroy are set to co-star in the Jane Campion-helmed Netflix/See-Saw Films drama, The Power Of The Dog. They join previously announced stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. Campion adapted the pic based on…

Birds of Prey star Margot Robbie has come aboard David O. Russell's currently untitled New Regency film, which Deadline previously reported had Christian Bale attached to star. No details were given about the film’s plot other then it is based on an original idea by Russell. New Regency will produce and distribute…

Alcon Entertainment has secured all filmed entertainment rights to Postscript, the recently released follow-up to Cecelia Ahern’s 2004 debut novel P.S. I Love You. The Blind Side production company will co-finance and co-produce the feature adaptation along with Black Label Media. Alcon produced and financed the 2007…

EXCLUSIVE: Y'lan Noel (Insecure, The First Purge) has been tapped to star in A Lot Of Nothing, the directorial debut feature from Mo McRae. The Mansa Productions thriller, which was co-written by McRae and Sarah Kelly Kaplan, follows a couple living in a Los Angeles suburb who are compelled to take dangerous actions…

Lili Taylor, who recently was seen in the Sundance film The Evening Hour, and The Borgias actor Francois Arnaud have signed on to star in The Winter House, an indie romantic thriller from writer-director Keith Boynton (The Scottish Play, Seven Lovers). Hunter Emery (Hightown, Succession), Beth Fowler (Orange Is The New…

EXCLUSIVE: Ritu Arya, best known for her role in Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, and Chris Diamantopoulos of HBO’s Silicon Valley have been added to the cast of Red Notice, from writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber. They are joining Hollywood action heavyweights Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot in…

A clear frontrunner throughout the awards season, Laura Dern capped off her hot streak tonight by winning the Oscar for best supporting actress for her trenchant performance in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story. While she adds to her Golden Globe, SAG, Critics' Choice, and BAFTA trophies, this win was extra special for…