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While the Super Bowl trailer for Disney’s live-action take on The Little Mermaid offered a brief glimpse of Melissa McCarthy’s betenticled baddie Ursula, the spot that aired during the Oscars tonight gave us a much fuller view of Melissa McCarthy as the sea witch who secretly plots to conquer…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal and Working Title have set Melissa McCarthy to star in an untitled Christmas-in-New York movie that will be written by Love Actually scribe Richard Curtis and directed by Sam Boyd. They're making the film for Peacock, and Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will…

Paul Feig, director of such mega-hits as Bridesmaids, Spy, The Heat, Ghostbusters and A Simple Favor, has branched out into the fairytale genre with The School for Good and Evil, which hit Netflix this week. On Wednesday evening, Feig attended the Newport Beach Film Festival, where he was honored…

Jerry Seinfeld has assembled a stellar cast for his Netflix comedy Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, with Melissa McCarthy (God’s Favorite Idiot), Jim Gaffigan (Linoleum), Amy Schumer (Life & Beth), Hugh Grant (The Undoing) and James Marsden (Sonic the Hedgehog 2) signing on for roles, along with Jack McBrayer (Hello, Jac…

A higher power is calling upon Ben Falcone to do some good in God’s Favorite Idiot, the latest comedy from the actor-creator and Melissa McCarthy that drops June 15 on Netflix. The streamer has unveiled the first trailer for the series (see above). Here’s the logline for the comedy: “Clark Thompson (Falcone) is a…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a year where she starred in another hit comedy, a highly discussed limited series and a festival darling, Melissa McCarthy is looking to add TV co-host to her dance card. Deadline has learned that Discovery+ has ordered the six-episode series The Great Giveback With Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perus…

After reading Matt Harris’ script for The Starling, director Ted Melfi couldn't get it out of his head. “It was just a beautiful story about a couple trying to figure out how to make it,” he said in a recent virtual conversation, as part of Deadline’s Toronto Studio. “I've been married 25 years, and I'm always trying…

If you can get all worked up about a somewhat aggressive little bird that, to the annoyance of homeowner Melissa McCarthy, has decided to take up residence in a tree on her property, you're welcome to The Starling, an astonishingly treacly film that's meant to be inspirational but is something close to agony to sit…

EXCLUSIVE: Among the world premieres being offered at the Toronto Film Festival this week is the latest from director Ted Melfi, The Starling, which reteams him with Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd. Both also appeared in Melfi’s much acclaimed St. Vincent that starred Bill Murray and which also had its world…

Netflix has released the trailer for The Starling, the Ted Melfi-directed drama starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd and Kevin Kline. This is the pic the streamer aggressively acquired in a heated auction for a reported $20 million in April 2020, taking world rights based on a script and a four-minute sizzle…

Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers has gotten off to a strong ratings start. As usual, no hard numbers are being released, but the high-profile limited series, starring Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy, was the most-watched Hulu original ever — drama, comedy, limited series or unscripted — on premiere day as well as…

Netflix has dated its fall schedule of film releases, narrative and documentary. The service that promised a new movie each week has a whopping 43 films coming in the final four months of 2021. That is twice the volume of releases most film studios would dream of releasing in a busy calendar year. Can a studio…