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The specialty streaming space will be On the Rocks this weekend — so to speak. Sofia Coppola’s father-daughter dramedy is set to drop on Apple TV+ on Friday and it seems like light-hearted movie-watching fare from the Oscar-winning filmmaker. Deadline’s resident critic Pete Hammond seems to sign off on the sentiment…

Hulu has released the first trailer for Justin Simien’s second feature film Bad Hair — and it will strike follicle fear into your soul in the best way possible. The streamer is set to release the satirical horror on October 23 with a to-be-determined theatrical date. The teaser reflects Simien’s affinity for ’80s and…

EXCLUSIVE: Bad Hair, one of the buzz titles at Sundance since it premiered last Thursday at The Ray, is nearing a worldwide rights deal north of $8 million with Hulu, sources said. Pic is a horror satire directed by Dear White People creator Justin Simien, and it has been chased hard by suitors I’ve heard included…

When Dear White People director Justin Simien set out to create his sophomore feature, Bad Hair, he “felt hair would make for a really interesting foundation of a psycho-thriller, particularly once that in America.” Speaking at Deadline’s Sundance Studio, Simien said he was inspired by Korean horror flicks like 2005’s…

Before the world premiere of Bad Hair at Sundance, Justin Simien stepped out on in front of a packed house at the Ray Theater and gushed about his love for films like Carrie and Rosemary’s Baby. That said, his latest feature  can be described as many things: a psychological thriller, a satire and a horror, but he…