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Production is rolling o Snake Eyes, n Paramount's G.I. Joe spinoff starring Crazy Rich Asians actor Henry Golding. Robert Schwentke is directing, and Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the screenplay, which chronicles the origin story of Golding’s ninja commando character. The pic will shoot in Japan, where the cast and crew…

Former New Line-DreamWorks-Sony executive and Fifty Shades of Grey producer Michael De Luca has been named Chairman of the Film Group. The move happened after MGM Motion Pictures Group president Jonathan Glickman stepped down to take a non exclusive producing deal. De Luca will report directly to MGM’s Board of…

BREAKING: We’ve confirmed that MGM Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman is stepping down and transitioning to the role of being a producer for the studio. Former New Line-DreamWorks-Sony exec and Fifty Shades of Grey franchise producer Michael De Luca will imminently be named to a post that comes closer to…

Editors note: The 2019 domestic box office figures are for the period of January 1-December 29. We will update further on January 2. With the total 2019 domestic box office expected to ring up close to $11.4 billion according to Comscore, down 4% from last year’s banner $11.88B, and the forecast that 2020 will be down…

As Apple looks to draw more viewers to its TV offerings — both original programming on Apple TV+ and third-party app gateway Apple TV — it has been having discussions with a wide range of potential partners. A Wall Street Journal report Thursday identified two disparate entities: MGM and the Pac-12 conference, with…

Lodric D. Collins, who currently stars in BET’s The Oval series, is set to play Motown artist Smokey Robinson in the MGM/Bron Creative Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect. Liesl Tommy is directing the film which has Jennifer Hudson starring as the legendary singer. Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Mary J…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM has set Alex Ross Perry to adapt and direct The Dark Half, a new adaptation of the 1989 Stephen King bestseller. Perry popped after writing, directing and producing Her Smell, the drama that premiered at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival, and for which Elisabeth Moss is Spirit Awards-nominated for her…

The High Court in Ireland heard this week that a German film company may seek an injunction over plans to make Vikings: Valhalla, Netflix’s recently revealed sequel to hit series Vikings. Lawyers for Berlin-based W2 Filmproduktion said on Thursday that W2 may seek an injunction as part of its ongoing action against Vik…

2ND UPDATE: Sylvester Stallone’s MGM thriller Samaritan is heading to Dec. 11, 2020. I hear that the actual reason for the move was that the Stallone film needs more time to be completed. That’s one week after the first weekend in December which following Black Friday weekend is a no man’s zone for wide entries. Samari…

EXCLUSIVE: The Virtues and Raised by Wolves' Niamh Algar is boarding Miramax's hot upcoming Guy Ritchie action thriller that stars Jason Statham. As Deadline previously revealed, the project, which reteams Ritchie and Statham for the first time since 2005’s Revolver, was acquired by MGM domestically and was one of the…

MGM has widened the studio’s marketing bench with the hires of David Luner as EVP Worldwide Television Marketing, Michael Fisk as EVP Film Marketing and Val Aveni as VP Social Media and Brand Strategy. The trio will report into MGM's chief marketing officer Stephen Bruno. "David, Michael and Val are all highly…

After collaborating with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on 2016 animated comedy Sausage Party, Conrad Vernon got a chance to pitch his unique take on The Addams Family, a classic property which he had a strong personal affinity for, ever since childhood. Reteaming with director Greg Tiernan on the project, Vernon knew…