Pierce Brosnan is heading to a land far, far away for the upcoming Kay Cannon-helmed adaptation of Cinderella, Deadline has confirmed. The former 007 actor has been cast alongside Camila Cabello, who will take on the titular role, as well as Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, and Nicholas Galitzine, who Deadline recently…

EXCLUSIVE: Earlier this year, Screen Gems has announced its partnership with Scott Glassgold's management and production company Ground Control to launch Scream Gems, an initiative to identify up-and-coming director talent and develop high concept horror films through proof of concepts. Now the studio is revealing the…

EXCLUSIVE: Kay Oyegun, who currently serves as a producer and writer on NBC’s hit drama series, This Is Us, has been tapped to write the screenplay for the film adaptation of On the Come Up, the young adult novel by The Hate U Give author Angie Thomas. The project, originally set at Fox 2000 who released 2018’s The Hat…

EXCLUSIVE: Lin Oeding has been tapped to helm comedic action-thriller Action Scene, Quibi’s film-like series starring Kevin Hart. Written by John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad, the project is based on the frenetic opening scene of Hart's 2016 concert film Kevin Hart: What Now?. Hart will portray a fictionalized…

Sundance has unveiled titles for the Indie Episodic, Shorts, and Special Events sections of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 23-February 2 in Park City. Highlights include world premieres of documentaries on Hilary Clinton and Lance Armstrong in the Special Events lineup. Among the projects…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Toby Onwumere will be reuniting with Sense8 co-creator Lana Wachowski in the Warner Bros./Village Roadshow sequel The Matrix 4, which is expected to begin filming in 2020. Onwumere will be joining franchise returnees Keanu Reeves (Neo), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), and Jada Pinkett…

Selected to represent India in the 2020 International Feature Film Oscar race, Gully Boy, co-written and directed by Zoya Akhtar, is an exploration of the street hip-hop culture in Mumbai. Akhtar’s musical romance drama is a coming-of-age story that revolves around Murad (played by Ranveer Singh), a 22-year old…

Netflix has come aboard Sir Paul McCartney’s long-gestating animated film High In The Clouds, which is based on the children's adventure novel of the same title written by the iconic Beatles musician as well as Geoff Dunbar and Philip Ardagh. The project hails from French company Gaumont, which optioned the book back…

Multiple-award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo has entered Golden Globes race with two nominations, one for her starring performance as famous abolitionist and American hero Harriet Tubman in the Focus Features biopic, Harriet, as well as for the film’s original song Stand Up which co-wrote with Joshuah Brian Campbell.…

Germany's selection for the International Feature Film Oscar race, System Crasher, is a stirring drama that centers on Benni, a 9-year-old girl with wild and somewhat volatile energy who is what Child Protection Services calls a "system crasher." Benni’s incalculable behavior makes it hard to place her in a consistent…

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which runs the Golden Globes, has taken heat this morning for the lack of female directors among its movie category nominees. Female directors missed out entirely in the Best Director category on the film side in nominations for the event’s 77th edition, despite a strong pool…

Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black, Hustle & Flow), Jonathan Lipnicki (The Resident, Jerry Maguire), Dreama Walker (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Gran Torino), Lynn Chen (Saving Face, Go Back To China), and comedian Jordan Carlos (Broad City, Guy Code, Girl Code) are set to star in Pooling To Paradise, an indie…