So many comedy stars have now invaded the horror genre that it’s not even funny. This month, it was Orion Pictures pouncing on a Scandinavian slasher pitch by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Last month, Lionsgate trumpeted Chris Rock as the idea man and executive producer who can pump new lifeblood into the studio’s rusty S…

EXCLUSIVE: Emily Blunt is in talks to star in Not Fade Away, a feature from Annapurna Pictures that has David O. Russell and John Krasinski attached as producers. It’s based on a 2015 memoir Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found by Rebecca Alexander who, born with a rare genetic mutation that caused her to…

EXCLUSIVE: Sources says John Krasinski is returning to direct A Quiet Place 2. He already was on board to write the sequel. We hear production will begin in July on the film produced by Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. We also hear that Emily Blunt’s deal for the sequel is closed. Blunt recently won a Screen Actors Guild…

Though they started dating a decade ago, John Krasinski & Emily Blunt had never worked together before this year, when the Krasinski-directed A Quiet Place cast them as husband and wife and tapped into the unspoken language they've come to share. Krasinski was nervous to approach Blunt to star, but on screen, as they…

“We had just had our second daughter — she was 3 weeks old when I read the script, A Quiet Place director-writer-star John Krasinski said Saturday during a panel at Deadline’s annual The Contenders awards-season event. “The idea was perfect. I saw the entire movie within 30 minutes of finishing the script because I…

“It’s a love letter to my kids,” said A Quiet Place director and star John Krasinski on what drew him to direct what has become the year’s hit horror film. Speaking with Deadline International co-Editor Peter White, Krasinski explained that he was never a horror fan, but quickly realized upon reading A Quiet…

John Krasinski, Steve McQueen and Won't You Be My Neighbor? director and producer Morgan Neville are among the directors, writers and producers taking part in “masterclass” presentations at the Producers Guild of America’s Produced By: New York 2018 even in November, the PGA announced today. The daylong event is set…

Amazon has dropped a new clip for Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan titled “Presidents” on this Fourth of July. Set to Bob Dylan’s iconic  “All Along the Watchtower,” performed by British rapper Devlin featuring Ed Sheeran, the 36-second clip has no dialogue and focuses on title character Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) on the job…

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Damon is in the early stages of attaching to star as the fugitive billionaire commodities trader Marc Rich in The King of Oil. Universal Pictures has optioned the project for Sunday Night Productions, which is John Krasinski’s production banner. Sources said Krasinski, who’s coming off the sleeper…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon made it very clear earlier this year with a big Super Bowl ad that Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is a big priority for them and the Jeff Bezos company are aiming to seal that deal at Comic-Con next month. In fact, with a Jack Ryan participating panel and massive immersive experience just outside the San…

So how does a desk jockey working on the State Department’s supply chain get mixed up in an international conspiracy that threatens the world? “I was just following the money, sir.” Here is the first trailer for the Amazon Prime original series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. It stars the suddenly red-hot A Quiet Place guy Joh…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures/Platinum Dunes' A Quiet Place passed the Chinese censors back in April, becoming one of the rare horror films to gain entry to the Middle Kingdom. Now, it’s the latest movie to get an extension in the market. After 20 days on local release, the John Krasinski-helmed thriller has grossed…