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Soon after Amy Adams and Jennifer Garner announced #SaveWithStories, their initiative to provide books and meals to schoolchildren staying home during the coronavirus crisis, the entries started pouring in. “It was just born of a small idea to read stories to kids and to create some positivity,” said Adams, who came…

Amy Adams and Jennifer Garner want to make sure kids aren’t losing out on learning and healthy eating in a time when coronavirus fears have led to a number of building closures, including schools. The award-winning actresses have teamed with Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, to…

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Adams' Bond Group and eOne are to produce a television adaptation of Robert Beatty's fantasy thriller Willa of the Wood. The YA project is the latest development for Adams' nascent company Bond Group Entertainment, which the Arrival and Vice star established with her manager Stacy O'Neil. It also sees…

HBO has put in development The Most Fun We Ever Had, a drama-series project based on Claire Lombardo’s New York Times bestselling novel, from Amy Adams and Stacy O’Neil’s Bond Group Entertainment and Laura Dern and Jayme Lemons’ Jaywalker Pictures. Lombardo is attached to pen the series adaptation and co-executive…

There will be some surprises and maybe even a record broken on September 22 at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards when they start handing out hardware in the top acting categories. Emmy Predictions: Final Drama, Comedy, Limited Series & Movie Winner Picks Yesterday, we handed out our final Emmy predictions for Outstanding…

No shocker here as Disney has moved Fox’s Joe Wright movie The Woman in the Window out of Oct. 4 to May 15, 2020. This was to be expected as the film has to undergo reshoots. Already, Disney has Fox Searchlight’s Lucy in the Sky on Oct. 4. Woman in the Window, based on the A.J. Finn novel of the same, follows an…

At Deadline’s Sharp Objects screening event on Sunday, Patricia Clarkson had the entire audience laughing loudly. The reason? Her impromptu impression of Vallée and his specific directing style, which eschews traditional marks, lighting and shot planning. After her comedic bit though, Clarkson got serious about…

When she came to join me onstage for Deadline’s fourth annual The Contenders Emmys awards-season event at Paramount Studios, Amy Adams said that when HBO’s latest limited series Sharp Objects came across her desk it was something that truly “terrified” her in terms of the thought of actually playing the lead character…

Let's be honest, the Emmy Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie category is already the winner’s circle before a single nomination is announced July 16. So join us today on Deadline's TV Talk podcast for the true plethora of riches in the category. Just say the names: Michelle Williams in FX’s Fosse/Verdon, Amy…

The Hero Nation Index is a Monday roundup of news from Deadline’s coverage of the genre sector (sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, horror, and animation).  GET WITH IT: The highest-grossing R-rated horror film in Hollywood history (if tallied by unadjusted international grosses) is It, the terrific 2017 release from Warner…

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Basso has been set by director Ron Howard for the lead role of J.D Wade in Hillbilly Elegy for Netflix. Basso will star opposite Amy Adams and Glenn Close for director Ron Howard. Basso previously co-starred in J.J. Abrams's Super 8, Jordan Vogt-Robert's The Kings of Summer and The Whole Truth…

Glenn Close has joined Amy Adams in Ron Howard and Netflix’s anticipated Hillbilly Elegy movie. Vanessa Taylor (The Shape Of Water) has adapted the screenplay based on the acclaimed novel by J.D. Vance. Howard is producing with Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder for Imagine Entertainment. Julie Oh and J.D. Vance are…