Dino-Ray joined Deadline in 2017 and writes about inclusion and diversity issues in the industry, genre film & TV, as well as pop culture and media. Based in Los Angeles, he also covers events and awards shows such as the Oscars, Emmys, Comic-Con and the TCA press tour. Additionally, he co-hosts the New Hollywood Podcast with Deadline's Amanda N'Duka, which champions people of color, women, members of the LGBTQ community and other underrepresented voices in film and television. A Texas native, Dino-Ray worked as film and TV reporter for the Oakland Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle before moving to Los Angeles. Prior to Deadline, he was chief film critic at the Tracking Board and has written for Vogue, Entertainment Tonight, Bustle, Paste Magazine, Queerty and NBC Asian America.
EXCLUSIVE: Tran Quoc Bao’s ThePaper Tigershas set its cast with Alain Uy (The Morning Show, The Passage, True Detective Season 2), Ron Yuan (Marco Polo, forthcoming live-action Mulan), and Mykel Shannon Jenkins (Undisputed 3: Redemption, The Gods) toplining the kung fu action comedy and Jae Suh Park (Friends from Col…
EXCLUSIVE: Cliff “Method Man” Smith has added two high-profile features to his resume. The rapper-turned-actor recently wrapped Tim Kirkby’s forthcoming action-thriller Waldoand is set for the Ricky Staub-directed Concrete Cowboysstarring Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin.
In Waldo, Smith will appear opposite Mel…
EXCLUSIVE: Things are about to get creepy and terrifying for Adam Korson. The alum from Bravo’s Imposters is set to lead the indie creature feature The Stairsfrom director Peter "Drago" Tiemann. The movie is currently shooting in Seattle.
Co-written by Tiemann & Jason Lowe, the film starts in 1997 when 11-year-old…
Oh, say can you see, Nomzamo Mbatha and Garcelle Beauvais are Coming 2 America! Deadline has confirmed that the two actresses are the latest names to be added to the Craig Brewer-directed sequel. The Paramount movie features Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall reprising their roles of Prince Akeem and his BFF Semmi from the…
EXCLUSIVE:WME has signed Bloodline and Captain Marvel actor Ben Mendelsohn for representation in all areas.
Mendelsohn can be seen next in David Michôd’s dramatic feature The King at Netflix opposite Timothée Chalamet and Robert Pattinson. He will also appear in Shannon Murphy's dramedy Babyteeth. Both are set to…
Aaliyah Williams’ production company Just A Rebel has set its inaugural project. They will adapt Marita Golden’s 2017 critically acclaimed novel The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel into a television series.
The Wide Circumference of Love follows Diane Tate, a respected family court judge in Washington, D.C., who…
EXCLUSIVE: In a new clip from the Albert Shin-directed Clifton Hill Tuppence Middleton (Sense8, The Current War) and Hannah Gross (Mindhunter, The Sinner) have an enigmatic conversation in a creepy lit room that aims to freak us out — and it succeeds.
Set to make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film…
It seems audiences aren’t really clamoring to be reunited with the Beverly Hills 90210 gang, as Fox’s BH90210 continues to dip. The nostalgic and super-meta revival of the classic primetime teen soap saw a decline to an 0.8 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and drew 3.05 million viewers Wednesday. That’s a big…
Showtime has released the first teaser trailer for the forthcoming The L Word: Generation Q and there are a lot of familiar faces — and some new ones. The sequel to the popular LGBTQ series is set to premiere on the premium cabler December 8, but while you wait you can enjoy the new L.A. sun-kissed trailer which gives…
Kevin Feige, Jon Favreau and Jeph Loeb will be the recipients of honorary awards at the 45th annual Saturn Awards. All known for work in the comic book and sci-fi entertainment space, the trifecta will be honored at the awards show which will take place on September 13 at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood.
Marvel…
EXCLUSIVE: Producer and indie filmmaker Phillip Rodriguez has optioned the film and TV rights to Karl Jacoby's book The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire. Rodriguez is set to develop and produce the narrative-based project
Jacoby's prize-winning book tells the true story…
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming superhero pic We Can Be Heroeshas justed added a flood of talent to their robust ensemble. Christian Slater (Mr. Robot, The Wife), YaYa Gosselin (FBI Most Wanted, The Purge), Akira Akbar (Captain Marvel, This Is Us) and Pedro Pascal (Narcos, Wonder Woman 1984) are set for the…
