Director Ridley Scott unveiled his new film All the Money in the World to press and for consideration by the Producers Guild over the weekend. By his estimate, that meant staging “200 interviews in the last two days, and seven screenings." Scott said the film got as strong a reaction as it did when a wet print was…

Here is what this morning’s Golden Globes nominations tell us about momentum this awards season and Oscar chances: After a very slow start with critics groups, Fox Searchlight’s The Shape of Water is the real deal, gaining a leading seven Globes nominations in every category in which it had a chance. This comes on top…

Viewers of NBC’s The Voice on Monday got a 30-second first look at the revised version of Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World, with Christopher Plummer subbed in for the excised Kevin Spacey as J. Paul Getty. Now Sony Pictures has turned around a new trailer for the film about the 1973 kidnapping of the…

A severed, bloody, ear-shaped image — but no trace of Kevin Spacey. Two new posters for TriStar Pictures’ upcoming All the Money in the World substitute Christopher Plummer’s name where the now-disgraced Spacey’s would have been had he not been sacked from the film after those sexual harassment allegations. (See the…

The American Film Institute has chosen Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game, starring Jessica Chastain, as its closing night gala screening on Nov. 16, replacing the Kevin Spacey-starrer All the Money in the World. “Aaron Sorkin is an American master, and we are proud to shine a proper spotlight on his directoral debut, Molly’s…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Timing is everything. No sooner do the latest shocking sexual harassment allegations hit, this time about comedian Louis C.K., than I open my mail on Thursday about an hour later to discover distribution company The Orchard has sent the For Your…

EXCLUSIVE: In an unprecedented bold move, director Ridley Scott, along with Imperative Entertainment’s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas, have decided to remove Kevin Spacey from their finished movie All The Money In The World. Christopher Plummer has been set to replace Spacey in the role of J Paul Getty. Re-shoots of…

EXCLUSIVE, updated with AFI Fest statement: Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World, the movie about the true-life kidnapping of John Paul Getty’s grandson that stars Kevin Spacey as the billionaire industrialist, has been pulled from the prestige closing-night slot at AFI Fest. The move amid the widening scandal…

Sources tell Deadline that Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World starring Kevin Spacey as cold-blooded oil tycoon J. Paul Getty will still close AFI Fest on Nov. 16 and open on Dec. 8 on Dec. 22 via Sony/TriStar despite Anthony Rapp’s recent allegations against the two-time Oscar-winning actor. When reached for…

EXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World will make its world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 16 as the closing-night film, Deadline hears on good authority. Scott recently wrapped production eight weeks ago in Italy and we hear insiders who’ve seen the movie believe the film is a leading contender for…

The Guinness Book of Records pegs you as the richest private citizen in the world — at the time the richest dude in the history of the world. Your teenage grandson is kidnapped for ransom. What do you do? How about … nothing? At least initially. Here’s the first trailer for All the Money in the World, Ridley Scott’s…

Expanding its network of global distribution partners, STXinternational has closed a multi-year output deal with Italy’s Lucky Red. The company has also extended several of its key European agreements, including with SF Studios in Scandinavia and Tobis Film in German-speaking Europe. The Lucky Red deal will kick off…