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“We're all used to stunt movies. But to really keep your main character and his emotions as the center of the story, that's what keeps the audience connected. If it's just action, you tune out. It's all spectacular and great, but if you're not in the guy's head… then it just becomes boring, no matter how good the…

Ford v Ferrari tells the true story of how Ford built a race car that defeated Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans. The film's cinematographer, Phedon Papamichael, during 20th Century Fox’s panel for the film at Deadline’s The Contenders New York, discussed some of the real race venues they used in the movie, and how speed…

UPDATE, writethru: Sony's Jumanji: The Next Level is out in 18 early overseas release markets ahead of domestic next weekend, and in many, the movie is stepping up versus predecessor Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. Overall, the Jake Kasdan-directed sequel opened to $52.5M at the international box office, slightly down…

Paying great homage to the past was the drive of 20th Century Fox’s Ford v. Ferrari and Blue Sky Animation’s Will Smith voiced feature Spies in Disguise. In shooting James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari Oscar nominated DP Phedon Papamichael at Deadline’s NY Contenders today said that the filmmaker was inspired by classic…

UPDATE, writethru: The Frozen 2 blizzard continued at the global and international box office this weekend with the Disney sequel now minting $738.6M worldwide, including $451M overseas through Sunday. The offshore hold was -38 for a $163.8M sophomore session, and Elsa maintained her No. 1 reign in 45 open…

6th Update Sunday AM: And so Thanksgiving 2019 ends with Disney’s Frozen 2 collecting a 5-day estimate of $126.3M, the most ever for any film that has played the holiday –opener or holdover– besting Lionsgate’s 2013 Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($109.9M). Plus, it was a fantastic win for auteur-driven original IP from…

Since the release of his debut film Heavy in 1995, James Mangold has been impossible to predict, moving between romcoms, Westerns and comic-book movies, garnering an Oscar nomination for his script for Marvel's 2017 Wolverine movie Logan. Ford V Ferrari, known overseas as Le Mans '66, is his most awards-friendly…

Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders threw themselves entirely into the 1960s to create their Ford v Ferrari score. Centered on two mavericks who built a revolutionary race car in ’66, to challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the drama appealed to the pair as an opportunity to depart from their typical musical…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Ford v Ferrari filmmaker James Mangold will be bestowed with the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award at its 56th Annual CAS Awards on Jan. 25. Mangold will be the 15th CAS Filmmaker Honoree. Past honorees have been: Steven Spielberg, Joe Wright, Jon Favreau, Jay Roach, Richard…

MONDAY UPDATE: Already skating to a record-breaking opening weekend, Frozen 2 has stuffed Disney’s sleigh full of even more cash with the Sunday actuals. The studio reports that the international box office debut has risen $5M from yesterday’s estimate to hit $228.2M, while global is now looking at $358.2M, including…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. The big question this week that more than one person has asked me: Could Ford v. Ferrari go all the way to Best Picture?  After a sterling opening last weekend in which it considerably outraced all its competition at the box office and received a…

The latest film from Oscar nominee James Mangold, Ford v Ferrari isn't just a spectacular visual experience, or a remarkable technical achievement. It's a film that you feel viscerally in your gut—and that's thanks, in no small part, to Don Sylvester and David Giammarco, sound artists who have worked with the director…