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Eddie Alcazar is gearing up to make his Cannes debut with the short film The Vandal on Thursday night, a long way away from his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico where he was raised by a single mother of Bolivian heritage. She will be one of many honored guests attending the film’s world premiere where executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has your first look at Catch the Fair One, a boxing pic backed by Darren Aronofsky and Oscar-winning Nomadland producer Mollye Asher, which will soon premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The thriller, written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka (Narcos, The Terror), centers on a former boxer who…

EXCLUSIVE: Memento International has boarded international sales rights to Tribeca Film Festival thriller Catch The Fair One, Oscar-nominated producer Mollye Asher’s follow-up to Nomadland. The movie, about a former champion boxer who embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister…

EXCLUSIVE: Ty Simpkins, who is known for his role in the Insidious franchise, has boarded Darren Aronofsky’s forthcoming film The Whale at A24. He joins previously announced cast members Brendan Fraser and Hong Chau, who will serve as the leads of the film. The Whale tells the story of a reclusive English teacher…

EXCLUSIVE: Hong Chau has landed the female lead opposite Brendan Fraser in an untitled film for A24 that Darren Aronofsky is on board to direct. Sources also say Samantha Morton and Sadie Sink are in negotiations to join the cast. Deadline first reported last month that Aronofsky was making this his first film since…

EXCLUSIVE: Even as the Sundance deals look to be heating up, it looks 2021 has its first major sale on the horizon. While a deal has not closed yet, we are hearing MGM is in exclusive negotiations for the supernatural thriller Adrift with Jared Leto attached to star and Darren Aronofsky on board to direct. Jason Blum…

EXCLUSIVE: Twenty years after helping launch each other’s film careers with Requiem for a Dream, Jared Leto and Darren Aronofsky look to have found a project to reteam on. Sources tell Deadline one of 2021’s first big packages is coming together as Leto has attached himself to star in Adrift, with Aronofsky on board…

I didn’t know that filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, mother!, Black Swan, The Wrestler) was attached to the documentary Some Kind of Heaven when I sat to down to watch it for this review. All I knew was that this movie was about life in Florida retirement community the Villages, but soon I discovered…

EXCLUSIVE: A24 and Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures are teaming for the first time on the upcoming film The Whale, with Brendan Fraser set to star and Aronofsky on board to direct. A24 will have worldwide rights. MacArthur-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter (Greater Clements) will adapt the film based on his 2012…

Will Smith is heading to the extreme ends of the earth in a new series from Darren Aronofky and Nutopia, the team behind One Strange Rock. Welcome to Earth (w/t) will see the Independence Day star go into an active volcano and deep under the ocean across multiple episodes. It is the latest Aronofsky project for Nat Geo…

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures have acquired worldwide rights excluding Canada to the Sundance breakout Some Kind of Heaven. The documentary marks the documentary feature debut of Lance Oppenheim and puts a Floridian sun-kissed spotlight on the surreal world of The Villages, the nation's largest retirement community. Som…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with 10 bidders, Searchlight Television, along with Darren Aronofsky and his Protozoa Pictures, have won the television rights to David Gauvey Herbert’s New York Magazine article “Boss of The Beach” for series development. Search is underway for a writer to pen the adaptation…