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EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has had its fair share of high-profile series, but the streamer now is set to profile one of Hollywood’s more iconic couples and the scandal that shook the industry when it comes to celebrity privacy. Sources tell Deadline that Lily James and Sebastian Stan are on board to play former Baywatch star Pame…

HanWay Films has closed a string of international pre-sales on Phillip Noyce's true-crime love story Peggy Jo, which is set to star Lily James. Universal Pictures Content Group has picked up the movie for Benelux, German speaking Europe, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, Turkey, UK, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Czech…

EXCLUSIVE: The Pursuit Of Love, an adaptation of Nancy Mitford's classic novel, was one of the first high-end TV projects to resume production in the UK after the initial COVID-19 lockdown ended this past summer. Produced by Moonage Pictures and Open Book for BBC One and Amazon, the Lily James-starrer had any number…

Few North American film markets have taken place amid such tumult as this year’s virtual AFM. If it’s not the deadly pandemic, it’s the excruciatingly tense U.S election and its fallout. Will the industry be able to pull itself away from CNN for a minute to focus on the event? “Last week it was very challenging to…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. We can reveal that Lily James (Baby Driver), Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery) and Emma Thompson (Beauty And The Beast) have been set to star in a new Working Title rom-com: What’s Love Got To Do With It?, which will start next month. Written and produced by Jemima Khan (Impeachment: Amer…

It always is daunting to attempt a remake of a classic, especially one that was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and represented the only Best Picture Oscar win of his career. So rather than dwelling on that imposing obstacle to overcome, Working Title, the production company responsible for the likes of Emma, Elizabeth, P…

Production is underway in London on Doug Liman’s heist dramedy Lockdown, which will star Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Producers are in advanced talks with Ben Stiller, Lily James, Stephen Merchant, Dulé Hill, Jazmyn Simon and Mark Gatiss to join the cast. Set against the backdrop of the Covid-19 lockdown, the AG…

BREAKING: In a competitive situation, Amazon has closed a deal with Berlanti Schechter Productions to produce untitled pic based on the acclaimed novel My Policeman with Harry Styles and Lily James in negotiations to star. Tony and Olivier Award winner Michael Grandage will direct from an adapted screenplay by…

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for Rebecca, the Ben Wheatley-directed adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Gothic novel that was previously turned into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940. Lily James and Armie Hammer star in the re-make that follows a young newlywed who arrives at her husband's family…

Amazon will co-produce the BBC’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford's celebrated novel The Pursuit Of Love, with an eye-catching cast joining Lily James. Deadline first revealed last December that James will star in the three-part Emily Mortimer-penned series, while we also reported in June that it will be among the first…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC One’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford's classic novel The Pursuit of Love, starring Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again actress Lily James, is poised to be among the first big-budget TV dramas to resume production in the UK. Deadline can reveal that producers Moonage Pictures and Open Book have been working…

EXCLUSIVE: Lily James is set to star in The Paris Trap, a thriller that Pablo Trapero will direct for Studiocanal. The film will be presented to buyers during the virtual Cannes Market and it will shoot in Paris early next year. James is the star of Cinderella and Baby Driver, and Trapero the acclaimed Argentinian…