If there is one film this season that seems to be increasingly relevant by the day it is Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7, and that became abundantly clear after a conversation with writer-director Aaron Sorkin and some of his superb ensemble cast at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event.
The astounding…
EXCLUSIVE: The Trial of Chicago 7 writer-director Aaron Sorkin takes us behind the scenes of his Oscar-buzzed Netflix drama to spotlight the impressive roster of actors that brought this film to life.
In the video above, Sorkin is joined by stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Joseph Gordon…
EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Strong is negotiating to co-star in Maestro, the Bradley Cooper-directed drama on composer Leonard Bernstein for Netflix. Strong just won the Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for the HBO series Succession, and he plays Jerry Rubin in the Aaron Sorkin-directed The Trial Of The Chicago 7…
Protesters line the streets shouting about injustice, instigators cross state lines accused of inciting violence, National Guard and police take charge and clash with peaceful protesters, a Republican president touting law and order sends his attorney general to put what he calls radical elements of the left on trial…
The 2020 Emmys had their share of surprises – besides being virtual, pretty funny and surprisingly glitch-free.
A sweep by Canadian import Schitt's Creek for Pop TV was widely anticipated but not quite to the extent we got, a complete vacuuming up of everything touching the comedy category with seven wins. Any space…
A returning champ vs. another past winner sets up the possibility of a repeat victor for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but there are a couple of veterans in the mix who have 13 acting Emmy nods between them and no win, so sentiment could be a factor. There's also a brilliant Scottish-born star whose time may have come…
The Emmy-nominated cast of Succession joined me Monday for the latest edition of our Deadline Virtual House video series, where we take a deep dive into the making of some of this year’s most notable nominated shows. And notable HBO’s breakout drama is as it grabbed 18 noms from the Television Academy, and fully half…
The second season of Succession ends with a bang for Jeremy Strong's Kendall Roy, the troubled second son of a Murdoch-inspired media dynasty built by his imposing father, Logan, played by Brian Cox. Kendall has been selected by his father to become the family's sacrificial lamb, as a crisis threatens to engulf the…
With shooting still not resumed on the third season of HBO’s water-cooler hit drama series Succession, Jeremy Strong, who plays high-wired son Kendall Roy, has been sheltering in a small village in Denmark with his Danish wife and family during the coronavirus pandemic. That is where I caught up with him recently for…
It is customary in Hollywood for the casts of hit series to get salary increases after Season 2.Succession, which, after the end of Game Of Thrones, has emerged as HBO's most acclaimed drama, fits that bill.
And, while its Season 3 production has been delayed because of the COVID-19 health crisis, when it eventually…
The new trailer for Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen (fka Toff Guys) brings us back to the filmmaker’s trademark frenetic Cockney action-comedy sensibilities from the days of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
With its fast cuts, grimy style, fast-paced humor, paperboy caps, dandy wardrobe and kinetic…
