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Priyanka Chopra Jonas once walked off a Bollywood movie set when the director insisted she flash her underpants. In an interview with the Zoe Report this week, she related a story from the beginning of her film career, saying she felt it was “dehumanizing” for her to submit to the director’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Will Ferrell is in huddling to star as the NFL’s John Madden in Madden, a theatrical feature to be directed for Amazon/MGM by five-time Oscar nominee David O. Russell (American Hustle), multiple sources tell Deadline. Amazon had no comment. Related Story Holt McCallany & J…

Rebel Wilson is set to direct her first feature, The Deb, a musical set in Australia "that brings the bush into the city." The Deb was written by Hannah Reilly and Meg Washington based on a stage show that Wilson championed when it premiered at Sydney's Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) in…

UPDATED with latest: The 2023 Oscars are history, and as Hollywood gets a brief respite from awards madness — though Emmy season looms — it’s time to look ahead at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a shortened list of awards shows, events and the like as we look ahead to warmer climes and the…

EXCLUSIVE: As production on his new actioner Den of Thieves 2: Pantera continues, Christian Gudegast has been set to write and direct a new film on mixed martial artist Royce Gracie and the birth of the Ultimate Fighting Championship for frequent partner Tucker Tooley Entertainment. Related…

Leon Ichaso, who directed the Jennifer Lopez and Mark Anthony-starrer El Cantante in 2006 and dozens of high-profile TV series, has died of a massive heart attack, according to his sister Mari Rodriguez Ichaso. He was 74. Ichaso also directed the acclaimed Piñero in 2001, starring Benjamin Bratt and…

EXCLUSIVE: American Beauty and The Walking Dead actress Thora Birch is to make her feature directorial debut on an adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s 2004 crime novel Mr. Paradise. Former Bold CEO Gary Michael Walters, producer on Jake Gyllenhaal starrer The Guilty and Emmy nominee Oslo, is producing…

EXCLUSIVE: Clark Johnson (Evil, Bosch) is set to recur and direct two episodes of the upcoming Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again, Deadline has learned. Details about the character are being kept under wraps, but Johnson is believed to be playing Cherry. Marvel declined to comment. Written and…

Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien is trying to please two constituencies: the fans of the Disney theme park attraction, and those who remember the Eddie Murphy and director Rob Minkoff film adaptation. Simien told EW he did a forensic examination of the Murphy film. “I had a little bit…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-shortlisted Panamanian filmmaker Abner Benaim (Plaza Catedral) is gearing up to direct a feature adaptation of Nemesis, the final bestseller by Philip Roth to be published prior to the famed author’s 2018 passing. Related Story Jason Reitman To Direct Movie Based On Behin…

Violet McGraw, whose surprise horror hit M3gan became a viral sensation, has signed to headline the cast for A Wonderful Way with Dragons, written, directed, and produced by Delfine Paolini. The film will begin production this summer in Upstate NY. It marks Paolini's feature film directorial…

EXCLUSIVE: James Graham’s BBC drama Sherwood has set three-time BAFTA nominee Clio Barnard as its Season 2 director, as Lesley Manville and David Morrissey confirm they will reprise their roles in a story that will move forward to the present day. Barnard, who has been BAFTA nominated for Ali & Ava, T…