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“I need to see where all this leads,” says Sissy Spacek’s Irene York at one point in the first trailer for the upcoming Prime Video series Night Sky. That line might be both metaphorical and literal as the retired English teacher, whose health is fading, sees her life with husband Franklin (J.K. Simmons) increasingly…

FINAL UPDATE, 4 PM: Oscarcast producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan have opened the envelope on the final batch of presenters for the 94th annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Josh Brolin, Jacob Elordi, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Momoa, Jill Scott, J.K. Simmons, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Rachel Zegler round out the…

Joining Deadline as part of the Amazon Studios presentation at Contenders Film: The Nominees event were two of the stars of Aaron Sorkin's funny, moving and cleverly constructed story of the relationship of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos, which all takes place in a week during the course of a taping…

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) — also nominated this year for Being The Ricardos — have been set to star in supernatural horror movie Glorious, we can reveal. The film, which is quietly nearing completion, has an intriguing premise. Kwanten plays a young man who is…

In addition to Nicole Kidman’s brilliant transformation into Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s Amazon Studios movie Being the Ricardos, there’s Javier Bardem’s vivacious and very musical turn as Desi Arnaz. Hearing Bardem belt out such signature numbers like “Babalu” to such standards as “A La Nanita Nana” from the…

Being the Ricardos writer-director Aaron Sorkin and stars Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda joined Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York showcase to discuss the Amazon Studios biopic of sorts about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, played by Kidman and Bardem, respectively. For the film, Sorkin…

Aaron Sorkin and the cast of Being the Ricardos hit the stage for Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Sunday. The Amazon romantic drama, which celebrates the legacy of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, is set to premiere December 10 in theaters, then debut on Amazon Prime Video 11 days later. “I was certainly…

EXCLUSIVE: J.K. Simmons, Allen Leech and Fernanda Urrejola have signed to star in the thriller The Woods. Isabelle Anay is also on board. Michelle Schumacher will direct from a screenplay she co-wrote with Carolyn Carpenter. Randle Schumacher will produce for Rubber Tree Productions. The film centers on a teenage girl…

Whiplash Oscar winner J.K. Simmons is in negotiations to come back as Commissioner Gordon in Warner Bros’ and HBO Max’s DC movie Batgirl. Simmons previously played the role in Zack Snyder’s 2017 movie Justice League. Simmons will star opposite In the Heights actress Leslie Grace, who won the title role in the upcoming…

Amazon Studios on Wednesday released the official trailer for The Tomorrow War, the big-budget sci-fi action pic that stars Chris Pratt and is directed by Chris McKay. It will hit the Prime Video streaming service on July 2. Written by Zach Dean, the plot centers on what happens when a group of time travelers arrive…

Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) is set as the co-lead opposite fellow Oscar winner Sissy Spacek in Amazon's genre-bending drama series Lightyears, a co-production between Amazon Studios and Legendary Television. Simmons replaces Ed O’Neillm who originally was cast as the male lead in the project but exited for…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda have been tapped to play William Frawley and Vivian Vance in Amazon and Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos, the film about I Love Lucy stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Sources add that Arianda’s deal has not yet closed. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are in final…