Producer Adi Shankar has penned an open letter imploring Americans of Muslim, Indian and Asian descent to peacefully resist Trumpism and the politics of division. He's also urging his fellow entertainers to "use our canvases to create the change we wish to see in the world." Speaking out after the election of Donald Tr…

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Kitsch will make his feature directorial debut and will star in Pieces, a drama that he also wrote. This puts Kitsch back together with Lone Survivor cohorts Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films’ Randall Emmett and George Furla, and Peter Berg and his Film44. E/F/O will finance the film, and Emmett and Furla…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed actor Taylor Kitsch. Here’s the guy who — after playing one of the great recent TV characters in fullback Tim Riggins on Friday Night Lights and then a small but showy role as Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine — seemed like he was going to be the next big leading man. That was before he…

AwardsLine Editor Christy Grosz contributed to this report. There's a lot of overlap between sound mixing and sound editing but both have a lot to do with creating believability of the story and mood of a picture. For Universal/Emmett Furla's war pic Lone Survivor, a team of three are nominated for Best Achievement in…

The Wolf Of Wall Street crossed the $100M mark last night as the Oscar-nominated film continues its ride into the middle of Awards season. Added to its international cume, the Martin Scorsese romp has taken in $225M worldwide to date at the box office. The question, at the end of the day, however, is will it be…

Opening: I, Frankenstein (LGF) on 2,753 screens, 95% are large format (IMAX, 3D), no monster, opens to No. 6; NOTEWORTHY: Ride Along (Uni) 21.1M; The Nut Job (Open Road) still cracking at No. 3 with $12.1M. 3RD UPDATE, MONDAY 1:23 PM: Final numbers are in with Universal’s Ride Along pulling in $21.2M and Lone Survivor…

Universal’s war drama Lone Survivor and HBO’s fantasy series Game Of Thrones won Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles honors at the SAG Awards today ahead of the main ceremony, which kicks off in a little more than an hour at the Shrine Auditorium in LA (Deadline’s team will be…

Gravity scored a leading seven wins, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron, but it couldn’t land the big prize at the 19th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Instead, Best Picture went to 12 Years A Slave, one of its three wins on the night less than 14 hours after it scored nine Academy Award nominations — and…

2ND UPDATE, 1:38 PM: Local authorities just holding a news conference about the case. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco just said in response to a reporter’s question: “We do not believe there is any reason why [suspect Curtis Reeves’] defense will be able to justify that this is a ‘stand your ground’ case.” Detective…

OPENED THIS WEEKEND: The Legend of Hercules (LGF/SUMMIT) opens wide, anemic. Lone Survivor (UNI) expands wide to dominate weekend $37.8M. Her (WB) expands from 47 to 1,729 theaters. NOTEWORTHY: American Hustle (SONY) crossed $100M, August: Osage County (TWC) on 905 screens, very solid. Her (WB) holding. Philomena…

Golden Globes: The Deadline Film Team's Live Blog By Anita Busch, Mike Fleming Jr., and Dominic Patten – The Golden Globes have largely been relevant primarily because of its proximity to Oscar season. You know the jokes, that this is the day you can't find a waiter because they are all here to see if their votes lead…

UPDATE, 4:34 PM: In a matter of less than 24 hours, Universal has doubled its expectations for the war-themed action/drama Lone Survivor to $33M-$35M for the 3-day weekend. And, according to distributors’ estimates, Lone Survivor will open far and above the other titles in the marketplace. These are very early returns…