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EXCLUSIVE: Dame Harriet Walter has joined Ridley Scott's new epic, The Last Duel, the revenge story that stars Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Adam Driver and Ben Affleck. Based on Eric Jager’s novel, the script is by Damon, Affleck and Nicole Holofcener. Shooting is just getting underway with filming due to take place in…

Blackhall Studios, which runs a film production facility in Atlanta, Georgia, is planning to enter the UK market with a major development earmarked for Reading, west of London. The company said it was proposing "the largest purpose-built film studio and digital creative hub complex in the UK" and that it would…

Carl Lumbly (Supergirl, Doctor Sleep), has joined the cast of Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, the Disney+ superhero series now filming in Atlanta and slated to premiere on the subscription streaming service in August. Lumbly recently had a recurring role as the father of J'onn J'onzz, aka the…

The end is (finally) near for Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  The award-winning animated saga returns for its finale season this Friday as the franchise makes the jump to Disney+, the subscription streaming service that is already home to the live-action Lucasfilm fan-favorite The Mandalorian. Today, Disney and Lucasfilm…

Disney has struck a multi-year film and TV deal with Nordic Entertainment Group that covers the latter's Viaplay streaming service and linear channels. The contract extension will give Viaplay and Viasat pay-TV channels the exclusive first-pay window for 20th Century Studios's latest blockbuster films from in the…

Disney has hired former BBC exec Liam Keelan in a new original productions role across Europe and Africa. Keelan, who left BBC Studios' scripted division last year, has joined in the new role of vice president, original productions, television, Europe and Africa. He will oversee commissioning across its linear…

Emilio Estevez has closed a deal to reprise his role as Coach Gordon Bombay in the Disney+’original series The Mighty Ducks, based on the hit '90s Disney movie franchise. On the series, Estevez will star opposite lead Lauren Graham and young lead Brady Noon. Estevez also will serve as an executive producer. Also cast…

Disney is looking to grant more wishes with an Aladdin sequel. Deadline has confirmed that the Mouse House is developing a follow up to last summer’s live-action reboot of the animated classic. The film is in early development, but they have tapped John Gatins (Flight, Real Steel) and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Com…

Richard Wong, whose Ravi Patel-Gabourey Sidibe road trip comedy Come As You Are was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn last fall, is attached to direct an adaptation of Melissa de La Cruz’s 29 Dates at Disney+. I hear it’s very early days for this project with rewrites currently underway. The book was adapted by Lauren Moon…

Parenthood and Gilmore Girls alumna Lauren Graham is set to play the lead in and co-executive produce The Mighty Ducks, a sequel TV series based on the ’90s hit film franchise, which has gotten an official 10-episode order at Disney+. Brady Noon has been cast as the young lead in the series, from the original film’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off Apple’s The Morning Show, Gugu Mbatha-Raw is heading to another streaming drama. The British actress has been cast in Loki, the Disney+ series starring Tom Hiddleston as the trickster demi-god and brother to Thor, I have learned. As is the case with every Marvel project, details about…

The price of one kind of premium Disney theme parks’ day pass has shot above the $200 mark for the first time. The so-called one-day hopper ticket, which lets fans visit Disneyland and neighboring Disney California Adventure, now costs $209 on peak days, usually weekends, up from $199. It's part of a new five-tier…