The Feature Film Jury of the main competition for the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival has spoken, and in judging the 21 entries eligible for the Palme d’Or and other prizes, they have gone dark, very very dark.  But that isn’t atypical of past Cannes juries, who are notoriously unpredictable (which is why I…

amFAR’s glamorous annual event tied to the Cannes Film Festival always has been a highpoint in turning out the fashion looks we associate with the Riviera event. It adds to the mystique of the festival and helps set it apart from others. This year was no different in that regard — but completely different in another…

With the 72nd Cannes Film Festival winding down into its last couple of days before voting begins by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu’s jury to select the winner of the Palme d’Or and other prizes, there is lots of speculation about who will get them come Saturday night. Knowing the completely unpredictable nature of past…

Just in time for awards season, Sony Pictures Classics has set October 4 as the release date for Oscar-winner Pedro Almodóvar's newest film, Pain and Glory. Sony International opened the film in Spain March 22 and it makes its big debut in competition at Cannes. The film reunites Almodovar with Antonio Banderas, his…

Antonio Banderas has joined The Hitman's Bodyguard sequel, with Oscar-nominated Can You Ever Forgive Me? star Richard E. Grant signing on to reprise his role in the Lionsgate/ Millennium Media follow-up to the hit 2017 comedy action-thriller. Production is currently underway on The Hitman, with stars Ryan Reynolds…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has committed to finance and release The Laundromat, the Steven Soderbergh-directed drama about the Panama Papers scandal. David Schwimmer has just joined a killer cast led by Oscar-winning Darkest Hour star Gary Oldman, The Post‘s Meryl Streep and Life Itself‘s Antonio Banderas. Other cast circling…

Editor’s note: This story originally ran on May 17. A 2004 Emmy nominee for his portrayal of the title character in And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, Antonio Banderas again is competing for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie with his starring turn in Genius: Picas…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on the top acting contenders for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the categories of Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie With a win here…

The first full trailer for the Dan Fogelman-directed Life Itself has dropped its first full trailer and it will more than likely have you all up in your feelings. Fogelman is best known for the tearjerking hit NBC series This Is Us so it only makes sense that he would translate that on to the big screen with the Amazon…

EXCLUSIVE: One of the hot packages coming together has Gary Oldman, MerylStreep and Antonio Banderas circling The Laundromat, a Steven Soderbergh-directed drama about the Panama Papers scandal that has a script by Scott Z. Burns, based on the Jake Bernstein book Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of…

Deadline’s studio at the Tribeca Film Festival kicked off the first of five talent-filled days at the NYC fest with visits by Antonio Banderas and Alex Rich (Genius: Picasso), Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace (Stockholm), Common (Blue Night), and many more. Photographer Mark Mann is behind the lens for our series of photo…

Catching the first season of National Geographic’s Genius—starring Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein—Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated actor Antonio Banderas found what he considered “quality television,” not knowing at the time that the series from Ron Howard and Kenneth Biller would turn to Spanish painter Pablo…