When Mahershala Ali approached Nic Pizzolatto about headlining the third season of his HBO crime anthology series True Detective, it was seemingly a no-brainer. “I thought right away that I’d be really really lucky to have an artist of his caliber driving this thing,” said Pizzolatto during his stop at Deadline’s The…
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Queen Latifah is in place to star in and serve as an executive producer on a film adaptation to Kate DiCamillo's 2001 New York Times Bestselling children’s book, The Tiger Rising. The deal for the film rights was finalized at Cannes. GG Filmz and Thomasville Pictures will be producing, while…
EXCLUSIVE: Alfre Woodard has signed on to play Kevin Hart’s mother-in-law in Fatherhood, the Sony Pictures film adaptation based on the memoir Two Kisses For Maddy: A Memoir Of Loss & Love by Matt Logelin. Paul Weitz is directing the motion picture from a screenplay by Dana Stevens. Weitz penned the current…
EXCLUSIVE:Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Zoe Chao are set to co-star opposite Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross in Covers, the Focus Features and Working Title Films comedy being directed by Late Night helmer Nisha Ganatra. Plot details are vague, but the pic is set among the talent, fame, and fast-paced world of…
Oscar-nominated English filmmaker Michael Radford has signed on to direct Sweethearts, an indie biopic set 1930s Hollywood about the love affair between movie stars and frequent on-screen co-stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Eve Pomerance is producing the film under her Major Motion Pictures banner, alongside…
EXCLUSIVE: Last Man Standing actor Christoph Sanders andCarly Craig (ABC’s American Housewife) have signed on for the satirical comedy film Faith Based, from director Vincent Masciale and writer Luke Barnett. Rounding out the cast are Danny Woodburn (Seinfeld), YouTuber Lisa Schwartz, Richard Riehle (Office Space)…
RLJE Films has secured the distribution rights to Aaron Harvey’s action-thriller Into The Ashes, which will get a day-and-date release July 19. The cast includes Luke Grimes (Yellowstone), Robert Taylor (Longmire), James Badge Dale (13 Hours), and Frank Grillo (Captain America). The plot centers on Nick Brenner who…
Hollywood icon and multiple award-winner Cicely Tyson has signed with CAA for agency representation, while she continues to be managed by her longtime manager, Larry Thompson.
With a career spanning over six decades, Tyson has solidified her standing as of one of Hollywood’s most revered performers. The fashion…
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has picked upParty Girls, an original pitch from the Legally Blonde screenwriting duo Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith and Karen McCullah, with Todd Garner attached to produce via his Broken Road Productions banner. Garner is the producer behind such films as Paul Blart: Mall Cop and its sequel, Scou…
ActorDarrell Britt-Gibson, who appeared in the Oscar-nominated film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, will co-star in the first and third installments of the Fear Street film trilogy, based on the R.L. Stine book series. Leigh Janiak is helming all three films, which will be distributed via the now…
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Peña will play the antagonist in Warner Bros’ live-action/aminated take on the classic cartoon, Tom & Jerry, which Tim Story is directing. Peña joins previously announced star Chloe Grace Moretz, who leads the film as Kayla, a new hire at an elegant Park Hotel where Jerry is staying. Worried for her…
After a successful opening weekend with John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, which dethroned the juggernaut that is Avengers: Endgame, Lionsgate has greenlit another sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4, which is slated for release on May 21, 2021.
The Keanu Reeves-led threequel drew in big numbers for the studio, outperforming…
