Deadline's studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 4 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers including Pete Davidson of Big Time Adolescence, Demi Moore of Corporate Animals, Jim Gaffigan of Light From Light, Blythe Danner of The Tomorrow Man and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the…

Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights to The Tomorrow Man, the debut feature film from writer-director Noble Jones that stars John Lithgow and Blythe Danner. The move comes ahead of the drama’s world premiere in the Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival. A May 17, 2019 theatrical release is now…

On the road to making her feature debut with What They Had, Elizabeth Chomko faced two crises. On one hand, there was the existentential—the potency of loss, and the inevitability of decline, experienced firsthand. On the other, a crisis of identity, in her work as an artist. A Bleecker Street release starring Hilary S…

A family crisis plays out onscreen in What They Had, in which a big-name cast tackles a big-league problem: Alzheimer’s disease. Now we have the powerful first trailer for the film from first-time writer-director Elizabeth Chomko that premiered at Sundance in Januiary. It follows Bridget (Hilary Swank) as she returns…

"There were so many reasons I felt compelled to tell the story,” first-time director Elizabeth Chomko said of her film What They Had at Deadline's Sundance Studio, “but the biggest one, I think, especially in hindsight, is the awareness that memories are a gift and that they're precious." Memory loss is a key tenet in…

“She’s fine,” the dad tells his grown kids as they arrive to see their mother in the hospital. “What did the doctor say?” the son asks. “He hasn’t been in yet.” A logical follow-up question: “Then how do you know she’s fine?” The husband and father’s equally logical reply: “Because she’s fine!” Here is the first look…

The first clip from Matthew Lillard and Blythe Danner’s new pilot Halfway There is out, showcasing the dysfunctional family life at the program’s core. The pilot will premiere at Sundance on Tuesday as part of the festival’s Indie Episodic section. The series stars Lillard as a recovering addict trying to create a…

Yesterday was a good day for Sundance regular Brett Haley (I’ll See You In My Dreams, The Hero), seeing Sony acquire international rights to his latest directorial outing, Hearts Beat Loud. Haley’s first musically-oriented film, Hearts Beat Loud follows single dad Frank (Nick Offerman) as he prepares to send his…

Some familiar faces are returning to Will & Grace. Alec Baldwin, Blythe Danner and Sara Rue will reprise their roles on the current season. Baldwin will return as Malcolm Widmark, Danner as Marilyn Truman (Will’s mom) and Rue as Joyce (Grace’s sister). Mary McCormack and Robert Klein will also guest star. No episode…

Blythe Danner has been cast opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving in five-part limited series Patrick Melrose. The project, a co-production of Showtime and Sky Atlantic, is based on the Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn. David Nicholls (Far…

Even though more than $11 billion has been recovered for scammed investors who put their cash in Bernie Madoff's elaborate Ponzi scheme, and Madoff was sentenced to 150 years behind bars, the true drama behind this American saga has yet to be told on the small screen. And while hinted at, it certainly isn't told in ABC…

A new weekly column talking up the season with bits and pieces from the awards circuit. “I would love to do the Oscars again,” Chris Rock told me late last year when I asked if he thought he should have been chosen over Neil Patrick Harris to host the 2015 Oscarcast. “I think they got the right guy. Yeah, but it was…