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 Y…

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…

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 st…

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 SAGAwards.org.

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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…

A week after Saturday Night Live opened its 44th season with Matt Damon playing a raucous Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when it seemed like sexual harassment allegations might halt his appointment, what in the world were the writers going to do, hours after Kavanaugh was approved by a narrow vote?

How about a f…

Crazy Rich Asians‘ Awkwafina will host Saturday Night Live‘s second show of the season on Oct. 6, making her SNL debut. Seth Meyers, the show’s former Weekend Update co-anchor, will host the third episode on Oct. 13.

Musical guests for the episodes are Grammy Award-nominated Travis Scott, making his first SNL…

Comedy Central has unveiled its 2018-2019 development slate which includes series orders for Alternatino With Arturo Castro, a Latino-focused sketch series from the Broad City regular, and This Week at the Comedy Cellar, a stand-up series from the famed New York City venue.

The network also has five new shows in develo…