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Being the Ricardos writer-director Aaron Sorkin and stars Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda joined Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York showcase to discuss the Amazon Studios biopic of sorts about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez, played by Kidman and Bardem, respectively. For the film, Sorkin…

Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian filmmaker with two Best International Film Oscars to his name, has returned with another naturalistic immersion in his homeland: A Hero. The title of the Amazon Studios release, which won the Grand Prix in Cannes, promises feats of courage and bravery. While there are some of those along…

The Tender Bar stars Tye Sheridan and Lily Rabe joined a virtual panel at Deadline's Contenders Film: New York awards-season showcase to discuss the film and how they related to their characters. George Clooney directs Amazon Studios’ coming-of-age tale based on J.R. Moehringer's 2005 bestselling memoir of the same…

Elaine Paul, who had been chief financial officer and VP of Finance for Amazon Studios since 2019, has been hired by rideshare firm Lyft as its CFO. Prior to Amazon, Paul had been CFO at Hulu. Before that, she spent 19 years at Disney in senior finance, strategy and business development roles, including as SVP of…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first exclusive track from Daniel Pemberton’s score for Being the Ricardos, which is set for digital release via Lakeshore Records on December 3—ahead of the film’s release in select theaters via Amazon Studios on December 10, and its Prime Video premiere on the 21st. The film written and…

Welcome back to a new Oscar season full of interviews for my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side. After nearly two years of producing this series virtually, which enabled us to go to all corners of the globe for scintillating chats with actors, it is nice — variants be damned — to be back doing these one on one…

The affecting intimacy of Val, the sometimes ethereal, often unblinking look at Val Kilmer's life and career through personal home footage, was a reflection of the actor's unselfconscious ease, both on camera and in life, according to the filmmakers behind the Amazon Studios film. Directors Ting Poo and Leo Scott told…

The late African American civil rights activist, author and legal scholar Pauli Murray spent a lifetime taking on the system—fighting inequality, institutionalized racism and gender bias. Just how successful Murray became in waging those battles emerges in the Amazon Studios documentary My Name Is Pauli Murray…

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has represented his country in the International Oscar race an impressive five times, winning the coveted prize on two occasions (for The Salesman and A Separation). His latest feature, the social drama A Hero, is once again a hotly tipped contender for this year's race. The film…

EXCLUSIVE: Arianna Williams and Jimmy Gonzales have joined the cast of Amazon’s Once Upon a Time in Aztlan— the drama pilot from George Lopez— in leading roles. They join previously announced cast Lopez, Jesse Garcia and Annie Gonzalez. Arianna portrays the character of Angela, a Gen-Z Afro Latina, who is described as…

Amazon Studios has unveiled the first full-length trailer for its thriller, Encounter, starring Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal, Mogul Mowgli), which it will release in theaters on December 3, and on Prime Video on December 10. The film directed by BAFTA Award winner Michael Pearce (Beast) centers on Mailk…

Aaron Sorkin and the cast of Being the Ricardos hit the stage for Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Sunday. The Amazon romantic drama, which celebrates the legacy of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, is set to premiere December 10 in theaters, then debut on Amazon Prime Video 11 days later. “I was certainly…