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EXCLUSIVE: Lensing has begun in Ottawa on actor-comedian Jerrod Carmichael's (The Carmichael Show) under-the-radar movie directorial debut On the Count of Three, in which he is starring in an ensemble that includes Christopher Abbott (Girls), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), Henry Winkler (Arrested Development), J.B…

EXCLUSIVE: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon are set to star in Black Bear, a suspenseful meta-drama written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Currently shooting in the Adirondack Mountains in Long Lake, NY, the film hails from Productivity Media and Oakhurst Entertainment. Productivity is…

There's an hour to go before the pilot episode of Catch-22 unspools to Emmy voters at the Television Academy in the San Fernando Valley, and George Clooney is feeling pretty confident. He and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov have completed work on their six-part miniseries based on Joseph Heller's classic World War…

If you’ve followed the news at all today, you know Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen abruptly resigned amid tension in the Trump administration over its failure to stop Central American migrants from crossing the southern border. President Donald Trump tweeted news of Nielsen’s departure at 6:02 p.m. ET. He…

EXCLUSIVE: In the second sassy project we can reveal this morning in Cannes, Birdman star Andrea Riseborough and fast-rising Christopher Abbott (First Man) will lead Brandon Cronenberg's sophomore feature Possessor. Cronenberg’s 2012 body-horror debut Antiviral played at festivals including Cannes, Toronto and London…

Christopher Abbott (First Man) has been tapped as the lead in Catch-22, Hulu’s high-profile limited series co-starring and directed by George Clooney. Written by Luke Davies and David Michôd based on the seminal Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 hails from Anonymous Content and Paramount Television. Set in Italy during…

Making a big splash at Sundance two years ago with The Eyes of My Mother, writer/director Nicolas Pesce hopes to do the same this year with Piercing, a two-hander thriller starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska. The film follows Reed (Abbott), who kisses his wife (Laia Costa) and baby goodbye with the…

Director Sebastián Silva was on deck at Deadline’s Sundance Studio, along with stars Jason Mitchell and Christopher Abbott, to chat about his drama Tyrel, which follows Tyler, who joins friend on a trip to the Catskills for a weekend with several people he doesn't know. As soon as they get there, it's clear that (1)…

IFC Films has acquired domestic rights to Sweet Virginia, the Jamie M. Dagg thriller that bowed at the Tribeca Film Festival and stars Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young. XYZ Films is handling international sales and will screen the film at the upcoming Cannes market. Ben…

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Abbott, who recurred as Charlie Dattolo on the HBO series Girls, has signed with CAA. Previously at WME, Abbott marked his film debut co-starring with Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene and starred in indie pic James White. Among Abbott’s upcoming projects are the Jamie M. Dagg-directed…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Bernthal (Daredevil), Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young have signed on for director Jamie Dagg’s upcoming thriller Sweet Virginia, which was a Black List script written by Ben and Paul China. XYZ Films is handling international sales on the film (and others) at the…