EXCLUSIVE: AGC Studios and John Wick outfit Thunder Road are pulling together an impressive ensemble cast for Voyagers, the upcoming sci-fi pic from Neil Burger (Divergent). Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Tye Sheridan (X-Men Apocalypse), Lily-Rose Depp (The King) and Fionn Whitehead…

EXCLUSIVE: A24 has come aboard and greenlighted After Yang, with Colin Farrell set to star in an adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein short story Saying Goodbye to Yang. The film was scripted and will be directed by Kogonada, the South Korea-born writer-director who debuted on the John Cho starrer Columbus. Theresa Pa…

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the biggest deals to emerge from the 2019 EFM, STX has finalized a deal for U.S. rights to Guy Ritchie’s Miramax pic Bush — formerly known as Toff Guys — for around $7M. Multiple suitors were in the mix for the star-studded crime-comedy, whose cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Colin Fa…

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Farrell is to star in the BBC's adaptation of The North Water. Deadline understands that the Minority Report star will front the series, written and directed by Lean on Pete and 45 Years' Andrew Haigh, and produced by Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films. Farrell plays Henry Drax in the drama, a…

If the animated version of Disney’s Dumbo had you reaching for a couple of tissues, then you might want to grab the whole box for the Tim Burton’s live-action version. The new trailer gives us a detailed look at the new pic, expanding on the original and giving us his signature mix of fantastical and dark on the…

Danica Smith is exiting PMK*BNC after 14 years and joining Kovert Creative, the marketing and communications agency led by Joe Assad and Lewis Kay. Smith, the veteran publicist was most recently SVP at PMK, has built a client roster that includes Colin Farrell, Zach Braff, Wanda Sykes, Dave Bautista, Ruby Rose…

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Farrell and Common have joined the cast of Voltage Pictures and Freckle Films' upcoming feature Eve. The character-driven action drama stars Jessica Chastain and is being directed by Tate Taylor. Voltage will fully finance Eve and handle worldwide sales beginning at the Toronto Film Festival which…

EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell are set to star in War Pigs, a Millennium Films actioner that Tommy Wirkola will direct, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian producing through di Bonaventura Productions, along with Millennium’s Avi Lerner, and Matt Berenson. Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman are also…

Nominations for the 30th European Film Awards are in with no shortage of festival titles and Oscar hopefuls in the main races. From Cannes, Ruben Ostlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square; Andrey Zvyagintsev's Jury Prize winner Loveless; and Robin Campillo's Grand Prize laureate BPM are all up for Best European Film. So…

Consistent with previous weekends, Friday launches a new pack of Specialty titles in a crowded market. Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Alicia Silverstone are among the stars of Yorgos Lanthimos' The Killing of a Sacred Deer from A24, opening in New York and L.A. Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions are debuting…

EXCLUSIVE: The creative team behind the legal thriller Roman J. Israel, Esq is appealing for a retrial. After a Toronto International Film Festival premiere, the drama has been substantially reconfigured by writer/director Dan Gilroy and star Denzel Washington, to become what they feel is a much leaner, tighter and…

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos is no stranger to the Toronto Film Festival: Ever since his solo debut Kinetta (2005) appeared in the 2005 Discovery programme, he's returned regularly with ever more intriguing movies and always more eclectic casts. This year's entry, the tense, dramatically escalating domestic drama Th…