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If The Trial of the Chicago 7 wins the SAG Award for Best Ensemble, it would mark a precedent-setting third time that Michael Keaton has been in the winners circle, previously in eventual Best Picture winners Spotlight and Birdman. Deadline caught up with an actor willing to share the spotlight, hang onto certain…

Teamed with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground, Netflix has acquired North American and other territorial rights to Worth, the Sara Colangelo-directed adaptation of the Kenneth Feinberg memoir What Is Life Worth. Feinberg, who is played by Michael Keaton in the film, was appointed Special Master of the…

Protesters line the streets shouting about injustice, instigators cross state lines accused of inciting violence, National Guard and police take charge and clash with peaceful protesters, a Republican president touting law and order sends his attorney general to put what he calls radical elements of the left on trial…

EXCLUSIVE: Unbelievable star Kaitlyn Dever is set as a lead opposite Michael Keaton in Dopesick, Hulu’s eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy's bestselling book. The project is from The Handmaid's Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield and Touchstone Television. Written by Danny Strong and directed by…

Peter Sarsgaard is set as a series regular opposite Michael Keaton in Dopesick, an eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy's bestselling book. Barry Levinson is set to direct the project, which hails from Empire co-creator/exec producer Danny Strong, The Handmaid's Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield…

Sources have confirmed that Ben Affleck is returning as Batman in the upcoming Flash movie which Warner Bros. is putting into production.  It is to be a cameo role. And, yes, Affleck will be playing the Dark Knight alongside Michael Keaton’s Batman from the 1989 Tim Burton film, in what is billed by Flash director…

Deadline has confirmed that Michael Keaton, who first played the big screen version of Batman in 1989 for Warner Bros. and its 1992 sequel Batman Returns is in early talks to return to the role once again. Keaton would play Batman in a Nick Fury-like role starting with Warner Bros. The Flash starring Ezra Miller, and…

Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to Dopesick, an eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book, with Michael Keaton attached to star and executive produce. Barry Levinson is set to direct the project which hails from Empire co-creator/exec producer Danny Strong, The Handmaid’s Tale…

Hero Nation is a weekly column about genre news that now appears on Wednesdays. The walls separating Hollywood’s superhero universes aren’t as sturdy as they once seemed. On Tuesday night, for example, the Flash from television primetime (portrayed by Grant Gustin) ran into the Flash from feature films (portrayed by Ez…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, and Maggie Q are set to star in The Asset, an action-thriller from The Foreigner and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell and The Expendables outfit Millennium Media. It’s a package to warm the hearts of AFM action aficionados. Arthur Sarkissian of the Rush…

The Aaron Sorkin-directed drama, The Trial Of The Chicago 7, is slated for a wide theatrical release on October 2, 2020. The pic, which will get a limited release on September 25, 2020, is currently in production with plans to shoot in Chicago and New Jersey. In addition, Michael Keaton has officially signed to join…

EXCLUSIVE: Rocket Science has come on board to finance and handle international sales on Hallie Meyers-Shyer's (Home Again) drama Goodrich, which is fronted by Spotlight and Birdman star Michael Keaton. Sales will commence at Cannes this week on the hot project, with CAA Media Finance and ICM Partners co-representing…