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Sony Pictures Entertainment follows its release of Parallel Mothers last week with Jockey in three theaters in New York and Los Angeles (Film Forum, AMC Lincoln Square, Laemmle Royal) on Friday in a specialty market crowded by holdovers and wide releases, and amid a Covid-19 surge that's particularly tough on art…

Cinderella, the onetime Sony musical starring Camila Cabello that was picked up by Amazon Prime Video, debuted over the four-day Labor Day weekend notching 1.1 million U.S. households, according to Samba TV. The pic was dropped on Amazon’s streaming service in 240 countries and territories. Amazon, based on Screen Engi…

Camila Cabello wasn’t looking to become an actress when a pair of glass slippers came calling. The Grammy Award-nominated singer stars in Amazon Prime Video’s Cinderella alongside Billy Porter, who portrays her fairy godmother—or GodMuva, as Porter refers to the character—in a modern fairytale for the ages. The film…

I am not sure the world was clamoring for yet another go-round with the well-worn legend of Cinderella, but that didn’t stop producer James Corden, who pitched Sony on the idea of a new-age take, keeping the surroundings and era intact but turning the future princess into a self-made entrepreneur more concerned with a…

Amazon on Tuesday released the official trailer for Cinderella, the musical take on the fairy tale classic that stars Camila Cabello. The pic written and directed by Kay Cannon will hit the streamer on September 3. The modern take on the story kicks off with Cabello’s Ella dreaming of her own dress business while…

UPDATE, July 23 The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cinderella will restart performances in London next month following what proved to be a temporary halt rather than the “closure” initially suggested by the composer. In a Tweet this morning, the production said, “We are pleased to announce that performances of Cinderella…

Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced the indefinite closure of his new West End musical Cinderella a day before its official opening due to what the composer angrily called “the blunt instrument that is the Government’s isolation guidance” regarding Covid-19. In a tweet Monday morning, Webber said the musical, which…

Gary Corbett, a keyboardist best known for his touring work with KISS and Cinderella who also co-wrote the Cyndi Lauper hit “She Bop,” has died after a battle with lung cancer. No age was given, but he died just short of his birthday today. Corbett’s death was confirmed by his sister in a Facebook post. “Those who…

UPDATED with bandmates’ statement: Jeff LaBar, a guitarist who was a key part of the hard rock band Cinderella as it rose to fame in the 1980s “hair band” heyday, has died. No cause was immediately available, but his son confirmed the death in an Instagram post. LaBar’s first wife, Gaile LaBar-Bernhardt, told TMZ that…

On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled the first trailer for its reimagining of Cinderella, starring singer-songwriter Camilla Cabello, dating it for release on September 3. Written and directed by Kay Cannon (Blockers), Cinderella is billed as a musically-driven, bold new take on the traditional story you grew up with. Our…

UPDATED with first-look photos: Amazon’s recent pickup of Sony’s Camila Cabello musical movie Cinderella will hit the streamer this fall in 240 countries. The news of the likely landing spot for the pic came as the streamer released the first looks at the Kay Cannon-directed film. As Deadline first told you last week…

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off the critical success of Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Oscar-nominated writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo will reteam on their first adventure with Disney: a live-action untitled Cinderella Evil Stepsisters film. Sources add that at this time it is unknown whether Wiig and Mumolo would also…