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EXCLUSIVE: No amount of star power from Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, etc., nor the direction of Oscar-winner Tom Hooper, could save Cats at the global box office. Our finance sources informed us over this weekend that the Universal/Amblin/Working Title feature adaptation of the near $4…

The atrocious response from audiences and critics toward the feature adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats has no doubt upset execs at Universal and Working Title this weekend. The movie wound up opening below its $10M-$15M projections to $6.5M, and while you can’t expect much business-wise from adult-skewing…

The latest rumble between the Jets and the Sharks has come to a close as director Steven Spielberg wrapped production on his iteration of West Side Story. The official Amblin Twitter account posted pics from the set as well as a letter of gratitude from the Oscar-winning filmmaker, who notes that the production…

Former 20th Century Fox Global Corporate Communications EVP Dan Berger has joined Amblin Partners as their new EVP & Head of Communications. At the same time, publicity vet Marvin Levy is transitioning into a new role at the studio as Senior Advisor to the company's Chairman, Steven Spielberg. Berger will oversee…

The untitled next chapter of The Purge franchise will hit cinemas on July 10, 2020, Universal announced today. The last three Purge pics have played the July month with the franchise’s four films grossing more than $456M worldwide. Series creator James DeMonaco is back writing a new tale centering on the 12-hour…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

EXCLUSIVE:  In a pre-emptive strike, Amblin Partners took the Spenser Cohen spec Distant off the table which has been described as When Harry Met Sally meets The Martian. Amblin is expected to produce with Automatik (Brian Kavanaugh-Jones) and Cohen’s producing partner Anna Halberg. The deal is said to be worth…

EXCLUSIVE: John Gallagher Jr. is boarding Amblin Partners and the Picture Company’s Larry, which is based on the horror short by Jacob Chase. As Deadline broke exclusively in February, Chase will also write and direct the feature film. Gallagher Jr. joins Gillian Jacobs and Azhy Robertson, who’ve already been set for…

EXCLUSIVE: Amblin Partners has preemptively bought the original short story Carecrow: Her Better Self from screenwriter/novelist/blogger Oritte Bendory with Circle Of Confusion producing. Sarah Jane "SJ" Inwards will write the screenplay, and though the story line is being kept under wraps, the female-driven, sci-fi…

Amblin Partners has closed an exclusive two-year first-look deal with Alice in Wonderland and Austin Powers franchise producer Jennifer Todd and her company, Jennifer Todd Pictures. The production deal will cover feature projects under the company's Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures banners. "We are…

Paramount Pictures and Amblin Partners made it official today what Deadline exclusively reported five days ago: That the Leonard Bernstein estate has granted music and life rights for the biopic about the legendary composer, a project which Bradley Cooper is prepping to direct, produce and star in. Producers Fred…

Universal has given release dates for three Amblin Partners pics: Dreamworks Pictures' The Turning on Feb. 22 next year, Amblin’s A Dog’s Journey on Friday, May 17, 2019 and the Tom Hanks movie Bios on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The Turning is a haunted house thriller inspired by the Henry James novella and follows a nanny…