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In Cyrano, director Joe Wright found his first opportunity to direct a musical, bringing both intimacy and scope to the adaptation of Erica Schmidt’s 2018 stage musical of the same name, which was itself based on the classic 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. While Wright had fallen in love with the story…

There was something moving and even poignant in watching the MGM Lion logo roaring once again at the opening of director Joe Wright’s new musical adaptation of Cyrano last night at the Telluride Film Festival, where this lovely new telling of the classic story of Cyrano de Bergerac had its world premiere. Both MGM and…

EXCLUSIVE: The Lion King prequel is roaring into life. We can reveal that Waves and The Trial of the Chicago 7 star Kelvin Harrison Jr. and The Underground Railroad star Aaron Pierre are set to lead voice cast. Production is underway on the anticipated feature, which will see Moonlight director Barry Jenkins further…

EXCLUSIVE: Lucy Boynton is set to play Marie Antoinette Searchlight’s biopic Chevalier de Saint-Georges, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. in title role. Searchlight landed the original feature pitch from Stefani Robinson last summer with Watchmen director Stephen Williams on board to direct. Samara Weaving also recently…

Searchlight Pictures is in final talks with Kelvin Harrison Jr. to come on board for the title role in Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Searchlight landed the original feature pitch from Stefani Robinson last summer with Watchmen director, Stephen Williams, on board to direct. Born in 1745 in the French Caribbean, De…

EXCLUSIVE: Kelvin Harrison Jr. has landed a supporting role in the upcoming Elvis film from director Baz Luhrmann and Warner Bros. The pic resumed shooting back in September after star Tom Hanks came down with COVID-19 in March, prompting a six-month production shutdown. Austin Butler has been tapped to star as King…

EXCLUSIVE: Kelvin Harrison Jr., who will soon be seen in the Aaron Sorkin-helmed Netflix drama, The Trial of the Chicago 7, will play Christian in Cyrano, the musical film adaptation of the Off-Broadway play, which was picked up by MGM. Harrison Jr. is joining a starry cast that includes Peter Dinklage, in the title…

Director Nisha Ganatra scored points with me for delivering a smart, female-driven comedy last year in Late Night with Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling. It was set in the showbiz sector of late-night television talk shows but focused on two women, very different yet striving for similar professional goals in a…

Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast partnered with the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) for two live episodes in celebration of up and coming talent and underrepresented voices in the industry. The event, appropriately titled Next Gen, took place in the midst of awards season and the night before the…

Following a frustrating experience with 2017's It Comes At Night, writer/director Trey Edward Shults found a "therapeutic and cathartic" experience in mounting his third feature, Waves. Feeling the pressure that comes when one's work is falsely framed, or misunderstood, Shults channeled it into Waves protagonist Tyler…

If a film played at a major festival like Sundance, SXSW or the Toronto International Film Festival, chances are, Kelvin Harrison Jr. was in it. The breakout actor has a resume filled with festival favorites such as Mudbound, Monsters and Men, All Rise, Jinn and Assassination Nation and The Wolf Hour. He appeared in…

A24’s family drama Waves is making waves of its own this awards season, having received critical acclaim on the fall festival circuit starting at Telluride over Labor Day, then opening to impressive box office on the specialty circuit over the weekend. Stars Sterling K. Brown, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Renee Elise…