EXCLUSIVE: Not yet a year into his expensive five-year deal with Netflix, Ryan Murphy is about to deliver his biggest get for the streamer. Deadline hears he will direct and produce the feature adaptation of the Tony-nominated stage musical The Prom and has secured a cast that puts Netflix in new starpower territory. M…

EXCLUSIVE: Tate Taylor (The Help) has gathered an all-star cast for his upcoming comedy-drama Breaking News In Yuba County, including Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Mila Kunis (Bad Moms), Regina Hall (Girls Trip), Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians) and Samira Wiley (Orange Is The New Black). Bridget Everett (Patti Cake$)…

May marks the start of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and there is no better way to celebrate it than by giving shine to the most influential Asians and Asian American & Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments. The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) collective Gold House, the group that launched the…

Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians, Ocean’s 8) and Ike Barinholtz (Blockers, The Oath) have signed to star in Crime After Crime, a caper comedy that they also will produce for STXfilms. Nick Stoller and Conor Welch also producing under their Stoller Global Solutions banner, along with David Stassen. Dan Gurewitch and David…

The birds are back in town, and this time it’s personal. Well, that also was the case in 2016’s The Angry Birds Movie, which slingshotted to $352.3 million worldwide, but the sequel has the irked avians and the scheming hogs taking their pork, er, beef to the next level. Check out the trailer for The Angry Birds Movie…

UPDATED with confirmation: Awkwafina confirmed via her social media accounts Friday that she is set for Sony’s sequel to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, this after breakout roles in Ocean’s 8 and of course Crazy Rich Asians. She officially joins returning stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan…

Deadline's studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 1 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers such as Julianne Moore and Billy Crudup of After The Wedding; Jada Pinkett Smith of Hala; Awkwafina of The Farewell; and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned for more photo…

EXCLUSIVE: A24 is near to closing what sources said is a $6 milion deal for worldwide rights excluding China on The Farewell, the Lulu Wang-directed comedy that stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, and Diana Lin. A Chinese family discovers that their beloved grandmother has a short time to live. They don't tell her, but instead…

Ever since it received a standing ovation at its world premiere at Sundance, The Farewell has been a buzzy title at the Park City fest as an emotional dramedy based on director/writer Lulu Wang’s own story about her grandmother. The filmmaker stopped by the Deadline studio alongside stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, and Diana L…

Awkwafina and Laverne Cox have been set to announce nominees for the 25th annual SAG Awards, which are set for December 12 at the Pacific Design Center. The noms ceremony, which begins at 10 AM ET/7 AM PT, will air live on Turner’s TNT, TBS and TruTV and the networks’ digital outlets as well as on…

Comedy Central has given series orders to two half-hour scripted comedies – the self-titled Awkwafina starring the multi-hyphenate Crazy Rich Asians star, and co-starring BD Wong, and Robbie, from Rory Scovel and Gary Sanchez Productions, with Beau Bridges. Sasheer Zamata and Mary Holland. Both had been previously…

Airing on the day of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice, the Oct. 6 telecast of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Awkwafina and featuring musical guest Travis Scott, drew a 4.2 Live+same day household rating in the metered markets and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in the markets with local people…