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FX has rounded out the series regular cast for its hourlong pilot The Answers, the network’s adaptation of Catherine Lacey's novel. Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) is set to star alongside Raul Esparza (Retreat), Krys Marshall (For All Mankind), Melanie Field ( A League Of Their Own), Pallavi Sharda (Weddi…

Editors note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year's movie awards races. Darren Aronofsky held the movie rights to Samuel D. Hunter’s award-winning 2012 play The Whale for a decade before he finally got the elements he wanted…

From 1998’s Pi to a string of provocative, acclaimed and controversial (sometimes) movies, Darren Aronofsky has proven one of the best and most original filmmakers of his generation. Movies like Requiem For a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Noa…

Darren Aronofsky is getting a lot of buzz for his latest film The Whale and is now looking to create a musical based on Black Swan. Aronofsky directed Natalie Portman in the 2010 psychological horror based on a story by Andres Heinz. The film received multiple Oscar nominations and Portman won in…

EXCLUSIVE: David Corenswet has been tapped as the male lead in hourlong pilot The Answers, FX’s adaptation of Catherine Lacey’s novel, from Sorry for Your Loss creator Kit Steinkellner, Dopesick creator Danny Strong, Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky and 20th Television. The story, which…

Fremantle has made its second acquisition in the UK in two weeks. The X Factor and Got Talent firm has bought 51% of factual and natural history producer Wildstar Films. Last week, it took a majority stake in The Elon Musk Show producer 72 Films. Bristol-based Wildstar, led by co-founders…

Catherine Lacey's novel The Answers is being adapted for television by Sorry for Your Loss creator Kit Steinkellner, Dopesick creator Danny Strong and Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky with Gillian Robespierre (A Teacher) directing. The quartet have scored a pilot order for the project…

Director Darren Aronofsky embraced Brendan Fraser as the lights came up, the credits rolled, and applause rang through the auditorium at the UK premiere of their latest film, The Whale, at the London Film Festival Tuesday evening. We were in the crowd. The pair were joined by screenwriter Samuel D…

The Whale and The Good Nurse producer Scott Franklin put a positive spin on the ongoing above and below-the-line crew shortages impacting production on both sides of the Atlantic in a panel at the Zurich Summit on Saturday (September 24). The long-time Darren Aronofsky collaborator, who works under the banner of the…

Darren Aronofsky spent 10 years searching for the right actor to play Charlie in The Whale, a process he described as the "biggest hurdle" of making the film. "I spent a lot of time meeting and thinking about lots of different actors. People were also coming to me and suggesting different actors. But, [the choices]…

In a triumphant world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky's The Whale received a seven-minute standing ovation inside the Sala Grande on Sunday evening. Star Brendan Fraser was visibly moved as he was embraced by his director while extended applause rang throughout the auditorium. The psychological…

Who would have thought that, of all the top-shelf auteurs in Venice's big comeback year, the most constrained would be Darren Aronofsky? His new competition film The Whale opens with that very intent — the screen is cropped to 1:33 — which turns out to be most appropriate for a small and intimate movie about a very…