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"He's a 10," the leading lady enthuses to an older woman about a young man she fancies in this latest screen adaptation of Jane Austen's final novel — and if that line doesn't throw you for at least a small loop, there are other mightily anachronistic ingredients in this new Persuasion that may well strike Austen…

Dakota Johnson is setting the record straight about her time on the set of the Fifty Shades of Grey movies which were adapted from E.L. James Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy of books. The first film debuted in 2015 followed by the second film Fifty Shades Darker in 2017, and Fifty Shades Freed in 2018. Johnson, plays…

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Roberts is the latest addition to the ensemble cast of Sony Pictures' Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson. Also on board are Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O'Connor, Isabela Merced and Tahar Rahim for director S.J. Clarkson. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga writing a…

EXCLUSIVE: Isabela Merced is set to join Dakota Johnson in Sony Pictures' Madame Web. Also on board are Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor for director S.J. Clarkson. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft. Sony had no comment. In the comics, Madame Web is…

Apple today unveiled the trailer for Cooper Raiff’s latest acclaimed feature, Cha Cha Real Smooth, which will hit select theaters and premiere globally on Apple TV+ on June 17th. The dramatic comedy centers on 22-year-old Andrew (Raiff), who finds himself without a clear life path after graduating from college—stuck…

EXCLUSIVE: After a breakout year that included starring roles in HBO’s The White Lotus and Euphoria, Sydney Sweeney is now ready to jump into Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters. Sources tell Deadline that she has joined Dakota Johnson in Sony Pictures' Madame Web. S.J. Clarkson is on board to direct the pic. Matt…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the massive success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sony is looking to to expand on its universe of Marvel characters as sources tell Deadline that Dakota Johnson is in talks to star in the studio’s Madame Web movie. S.J. Clarkson is on board to direct the pic. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned…

Margaret Qualley (Maid, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood) will exec produce and star in The End of Getting Lost, an Amazon Studios thriller from Mustang director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, which also has Paul Mescal (The Lost Daughter, Normal People) in talks to co-star, Deadline has confirmed. The film is based on a novel of…

Apple has closed the biggest deal of the virtual 2022 Sundance Film Festival, securing worldwide rights to the Cooper Raiff-directed Cha Cha Real Smooth for about $15 million. The streamer has been the front-runner for the picture since it premiered January 23 in the US Dramatic Competition category. Starring Raiff…

In 2009, when I was in the Air Force and stationed in Germany, I traveled to Berlin on New Year’s Eve to celebrate. As my friends and I were getting turnt up in the bar, I came out as a lesbian. The moment was random and unprovoked. I shared the news with all my friends and had a dope night ringing in the 2010s, but…

“I thought it was really funny having a 22-year-old who is not at all a man, helping little 13-year-olds become men at these bar mitzvahs,” writer, director and producer Cooper Raiff said of his film Cha Cha Real Smooth, which is screening at Sundance. It's also "a coming of age story for a 12-year-old, a 22- year-old…

“I really liked the idea of people in their 30s still figuring things out and still becoming whoever they're becoming,” Dakota Johnson said of her latest film Am I OK? screening at Sundance. “I think we often see those in high school, [in the] early 20s. But I'm like, ‘How could anybody know who they are then at all…