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Dakota Johnson is setting the record straight about her time on the set of the Fifty Shades of Grey movies which were adapted from E.L. James Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy of books. The first film debuted in 2015 followed by the second film Fifty Shades Darker in 2017, and Fifty Shades Freed in 2018. Johnson, plays…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off his Oscar-buzzed turn in Belfast, Jamie Dornan looks to have found his next big role, as sources tell Deadline he is set to join Gal Gadot in the international spy thriller Heart of Stone from Netflix and Skydance. Tom Harper is directing the pic from a script by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder…

"It was really a story and an experience that was kind of burning a hole in my head, burning a hole in my heart," reveals Belfast director Kenneth Branagh of his motivation to make the very personal film. "I wanted to go back to try and understand better something which really had had been haunting me, both the…

Jamie Dornan joins me for a special Monday edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, where we discuss why playing Pa in Belfast has meant so much to him, and the Belfast connection in so many aspects of his life. We also talk about why actors are not always as secure as they may seem on screen, how his…

Having received a SAG nomination Wednesday for her performance as Ma in Kenneth Branagh’s childhood memoir film Belfast, Caitríona Balfe said she had been texting with co-star Jamie Dornan, who she said was “super excited” for both her and for their nomination as an ensemble cast. However, Balfe admitted to feeling…

Kenneth Branagh's Belfast tells the story of a fictional nine-year-old version of himself during the Troubles in late 1960s Northern Ireland. Today, he told Deadline's Contenders Film: London event that he had long wanted to write something about the city, but was thinking "perhaps there was a story about my…

In his most personal film to date, Kenneth Branagh's Belfast tells the story of a fictional nine-year-old version of himself during the Troubles in late '60s Northern Ireland. "It's really the story of something that happened to me when I was nine years old," says Branagh, "that happy life with a big extended family…

Coming on the heels of the Venice debut this week of Paolo Sorrentino’s memories of growing up in 1980s Naples is a trip back in time for yet another celebrated director, and of course actor: Kenneth Branagh. He revisits the memories of being 9 years old and growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, right in the middle…

Here’s your first look at 50 Shades Of Grey star Jamie Dornan in The Tourist, the mystery thriller limited series from Fleabag production company Two Brothers Pictures. The story centers on a British man (Dornan) who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, being pursued by a vast tank truck…

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo actually got nominated for an Academy Award with 2011’s Bridesmaids as Best Original Screenplay. That hilarious comedy also made a mint at the box office for Universal and sparked numerous imitators. Wiig, who also starred in it, steadfastly has resisted turning out a sequel, so I guess…

Jamie Dornan (A Private War) has been tapped as the lead of The Tourist, the six-episode limited series from Fleabag production company Two Brothers Pictures. HBO Max has come on board to co-produce and be the US streaming home for the mystery thriller, which also has cast Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin'), Shalom Brune-Fr…

Oscar winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley says he had a simple reason for wanting to turn his play, Outside Mullingar, into a movie: location, location, location. "Sometimes you are doing a play and you want to make it into a movie and people don't think it is a good idea. But when you are doing a play set in…