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Following his critically acclaimed work directing Mank, David Fincher looks to have found his next project returning to a genre he knows well. Sources tell Deadline Fincher is currently developing an adaptation of the Alexis Nolent's The Killer graphic novel series, re-teaming with Seven screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walke…

The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss is in talks to join Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, his next production for Fox Searchlight following Jojo Rabbit which opens October 18. Moss would be joining Michael Fassbender in the project based on the 2014 British soccer documentary directed by Mike Brett and Steve…

Michael Fassbender is nearing the deal to star in Next Goal Wins, Taika Waititi's Fox Searchlight film. It’s based on the 2014 British soccer documentary from directors Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. It follows Dutch coach Thomas Rongen who attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team…

Lionsgate has acquired the global motion picture rights to Gerard de Villiers' best-selling action-spy series S.A.S. which it’s adapting into Malko, a project that Michael Fassbender will star and produce. Oscar nominated screenwriter Eric Warren Singer (American Hustle, upcoming Top Gun: Maverick) will write the…

After 12 films in 20 years including sequels, prequels and spinoffs, we are now told this is the end of the road for the enormously successful, sometimes good, sometimes not-so-good X-Men franchise. Of course, in the Marvel world you should learn to never say never, but following the Avengers: Endgame finale and now…

EXCLUSIVE: While Mel Gibson is attached to act in several films being sold in Cannes, he is getting closer to the next project he’ll direct, The Wild Bunch. Deadline hears that Michael Fassbender, Jamie Foxx and Peter Dinklage are in early talks to take part in the contemporized remake of the 1969 Sam Peckinpah…

Brian Oliver’s New Republic Pictures (NRP) has signed Michael Fassbender and Conor McCaughan’s DMC Film to a first look film production deal. DMC’s previous output includes Slow West, Macbeth and Assassin’s Creed. Upcoming the firm has Barry Keoghan drama Calm With Horses. Also key to DMC are producers Daniel Emmerson…

DMC Film, founded by Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender and Conor McCaughan, has signed a first look deal with New Republic Pictures, the company behind the upcoming Elton John biopic, Rocketman. Producers Daniel Emmerson and Theo Barrowclough join DMC in this new partnership with New Republic. The deal was negotiated…

The Dark Phoenix saga is one of the most memorable and pivotal stories in the X-Men comics and after waiting with bated breath, we finally got a look at the latest installment of the highly anticipated sequel to the mutant franchise tonight in the new trailer. In the video above, we see Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey as…

EXCLUSIVE: Hacksaw Ridge backer Argent Pictures has joined upcoming action-comedy Kung Fury 2 as a financier and producer, with shoot due to get underway in September. Michael Fassbender stars in the previously announced pic alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eiza Gonzales, David Hasselhoff and writer-director David Sand…

Michael Fassbender and David Sandberg are set to star in action-comedy Kung Fury, which Sandberg will direct and produce under his Laser Unicorns' banner. David Hasselhoff is also joining the cast following his role in Sandberg’s original short film of the same name, which ran in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2015…

EXCLUSIVE: With a talent roster that includes Michael Fassbender, Lena Headey, Daniel Kaluuya, Graham Norton and Nick Frost, British agency Troika is merging with management firm James Grant Group. The two companies will keep their respective names. JGG has offices in London, New York and Los Angeles and over 30 years…