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HBO revealed the first look at its upcoming limited series We Own This City ahead of its April 25 premiere. The teaser trailer can be viewed above. Based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, We Own This City chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the…

Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, filmmaker Lena Dunham threw herself back into watching movies, including “the female-led films of the ’70s” that she’d spent ample time focusing on in college, finding within their depictions of female sexuality the seed of the idea for her next film, Sharp Stick, which…

Although her fans love seeing Sandra Bullock in rom-coms, she has proven time and again she is also an exceptionally fine dramatic actor in movies ranging from Gravity to Bird Box to her Oscar-winning turn in The Blind Side. But with her latest, The Unforgivable, she goes places I haven’t seen her attempt before, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Small Engine Repair, the independent film adaptation of the John Pollono play, has been set by Vertical Entertainment for release on September 10. Vertical has released the first trailer for what is best described as a study in brotherhood and toxic masculinity. The film was scripted and directed by…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Small Engine Repair, the film based on the critically acclaimed stage play (LA Critic's Choice and New York Times Critic's Pick). Vertical is planning a theatrical release in September positioning the film for awards season. The black…

Showtime has given a series order to American Gigolo, its long-in-the-works series adaptation, with Ford v. Ferrari and The Walking Dead alum Jon Bernthal attached to star and produce. The project hails from David Hollander (Ray Donovan) Paramount TV Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Television. Paramount TV originally…

Jon Bernthal, Josh Charles and Jamie Hector have been tapped as the leads of HBO’s We Own This City limited series, from The Wire's EP David Simon and producer George Pelecanos. Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men) is set to direct and executive produce the series, based on Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Small Engine Repair, the indie adaptation of John Pollono’s play, finally gets its big screen moment as it tries to find theatrical distribution the only way it is done in Los Angeles these days — at the drive-in. Written and directed by Pollono a decade after it became an underground stage hit in LA, the…

Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…

Showtime’s long-gestating series adaptation of American Gigolo has been picked up to pilot with Jon Bernthal attached to star and produce. The project hails from David Hollander (Ray Donovan) Paramount TV Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Television. Paramount TV originally joined forces with Jerry Bruckheimer, who…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Bernthal is in negotiations to star as coach Rick Macci in King Richard, the Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed Warner Bros drama about how Richard Williams guided his prodigal tennis playing daughters Venus and Serena from the Compton courts to preeminence in the sport. Will Smith plays Richard Williams…

EXCLUSIVE: FX Networks has given a pilot green light to Platform, a half-hour anthology pilot, written, directed and executive produced by B.J. Novak (The Office). Lucas Hedges, Jon Bernthal, Kaitlyn Dever, Boyd Holbrook, O'Shea Jackson Jr., George Wallace and Ed Asner are among the actors set to star in the pilot…