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Here’s another film lawsuit — and it's not about Covid insurance. Film investor Hudson Private LP Is taking Bron Studios to court, accusing it of misappropriating funds and failing to repay millions due on film loans dispersed between 2017 and 2020. Hudson alleged in the suit filed in U.S, District Court in the…

UPDATED with video: Bombshell recorded a widely expected win at the Oscars for Makeup and Hairstyling, with Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker honored for turning cast members into real-life players in the drama surrounding Fox News. Hiro read a brief acceptance speech from a card, saluting producer and star…

Oscar-winning screenwriter Charles Randolph will receive the WGA West's Paul Selvin Award in recognition of his script for Bombshell, the dramatic retelling of the sexual harassment scandal that brought down Fox News chief Roger Ailes. It will be presented at the 72nd annual Writers Guild Awards’ L.A. ceremony on…

With several Oscar nominations in the bag on Monday, Bombshell has its place in Academy history—something that lead actress and co-producer Charlize Theron told Deadline “really means something,” especially given that the issues the film covers are “part of our cultural conversation.” Bombshell‘s timely exposé of…

Megyn Kelly, Juliet Huddy, Rudi Bakhtiar and Julie Zann – the former Fox News journalists whose sexual harassment claims against Roger Ailes and other men at the company form the basis of the movie Bombshell – have released a little bombshell of their own: A 30-minute video in which they, along with Kelly’s husband…

In Jay Roach’s telling of Fox News boss Roger Ailes’ downfall by the women he harassed at the network, there’s a great pace in Bombshell, which organically makes this drama feel like a thriller. When Bombshell editor Jon Poll first read the screenplay, he did so in the mindset of Roach’s style, specifically, the…

Jay Roach may have started out as a feature film director with a series of wildly successful comedies — including both the Austin Powers and Meet the Parents franchises — but in recent years his focus has been bringing to the screen hotly political and socially relevant topics including his latest film Bombshell…

As my holiday present for you, sit down and listen to my conversation with unquestionably one of the greatest actors living: John Lithgow. He is SAG-nominated as part of the brilliant ensemble of the new film Bombshell, in which he plays Roger Ailes, the Fox News guru whose sexual harassment scandal brought him down…

Monday AM Update: Disney hasn’t reported its final figure yet, but industry estimates show a Sunday of $40.25M for Disney’s Rise of Skywalker, -15% from Sunday’s $47.5M for an opening weekend around $177.3M. While that’s a lot of popcorn and turnstile spinning for exhibition at a time of year when folks are distracted…

As we enter the holidays Lionsgate and Bron Studios are looking to explode with the nationwide release of the Jay Roach-directed Bombshell starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie. The Fox News sexual harassment drama had a stellar limited opening last weekend, earning an estimated $312,000, with a…

A prosthetic makeup designer who gravitated toward hyperrealistic work early in his career, Kazu Hiro has established himself in recent years as perhaps the greatest artist working in this domain. Stunning the world with his transformation of Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill for Darkest Hour, which earned him his…

Bombshell tells the story of the sexual harassment claims Fox News anchors Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) and other newsroom reporters filed against Roger Ailes (John Lithgow). Screenwriter Charles Randolph and producer Margaret Riley spoke about the film recently with Deadline's Mike…