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Known for his bold choice of color & prints, tailoring skills and draping abilities as well as his work on John Cassavetes’ Gloria, iconic French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro died on Saturday. He was 86. Details about his death are unknown, but the official Instagram account of his namesake fashion house confirmed…

Acclaimed foreign movies usually go on from TIFF to be remade by American studios—they rarely arrive as English-language indie remakes. Yet in the case of Gloria Bell, an intimate study of a middle-aged divorcee, not only is the film a Los Angeles-set retelling of a 2013 arthouse hit—Berlin Jury Prize winner Gloria—it…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and musician Tyson Ritter has landed three back-to-back upcoming projects. The All-American Rejects frontman is set to co-star alongside Jennifer Garner in the Lakeshore Entertainment/STXfilms’ thriller Peppermint, which follows Riley North (Garner), whose life was destroyed when gunmen, working for a…

Sean Astin is set to join Julianne Moore in Gloria, an adaptation of the Chilean film of the same name. He joins previously announced cast members Michael Cera, John Turturro, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The original film, which was the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, follows a woman who is starting…

Sebastian Lelio is making a return to Foreign Language Oscar consideration as the representative from Chile, this year with A Fantastic Woman. The film stars Daniela Vega as Marina, a young transgender waitress and singer who has just moved in with Orlando (Francisco Reyes), an older man who suddenly falls ill and…

John Turturro (Transformers franchise), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Criminal Minds), Michael Cera (Molly’s Game), Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Holland Taylor (Mr. Mercedes) have signed on to co-star opposite Julianne Moore in director Sebastian Lelio's re-imagining of his 2013 Chilean-Spanish drama, Gloria. This…

Picturehouse has acquired U.S. rights to Gloria, the controversial Mexican biopic based on the rise, fall, and rise of Latin American pop-rock icon Gloria Trevi. The musical drama stars Sofia Espinosa as Trevi, the singer-songwriter who earned the nicknames “The Mexican Madonna” and “The Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop&#8221…

Gloria was dissed by Oscar, but she scored on the box office rebound. Chile’s entry for Foreign Language Oscar consideration opened in three theaters to a solid debut, grossing $58,775 for a $19,445 average. Still, Oscar nominee The Great Beauty opened with a $23,442 average though that was in one theater (its 11…

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor. It’s probably fair to say that this weekend’s Specialty newcomers fall on opposite ends of the moral spectrum, at least for traditionalists. Roadside’s Gimme Shelter has received a friendly blessing from the Catholic Church ahead of its significant bow this weekend, something…

Last year, I offered up a preview of the 15 films that had the most buzz going into the unveiling of the Foreign Language Oscar shortlist. Somehow this year, with a record 76 entries (last year it was 71), I whittled down another 15 films that have a shot at the shortlist which is expected to be finalized later this…