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SPOILER ALERT: In case you don’t know the true story of Brian Brown-Easley there are significant plot details revealed in this review. Read on at your own discretion. Premiering on Friday in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival, the devastating true story of Brian Brown-Easley, a…

The ongoing pandemic can’t stall the fountainhead of cinematic creative bursting from the Sundance Film Festival’s 2022 lineup, which was unveiled Thursday. Sundance festival director Tabitha Jackson told Deadline that the upcoming lineup of 82 features for the virtual and in-person Park City event is “doubling down…

A very very different America was going to be unveiled in Season 2 of Lovecraft Country, creator Misha Green revealed today after HBO officially pulled the plug on the acclaimed horror drama. A couple of hours after Deadline exclusively reported on the surprising demise of the the Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors and M…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of tonight's Lovecraft Country Season 1 finale "As an artist, I make art to start conversations, and one always hopes their art is a reflection of the times," says Lovecraft Country showrunner Misha Green in a definite understatement of the discourse and timeliness of the HBO…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight's Lovecraft County episode ‘A History of Violence’ on HBO. Tread carefully. EXCLUSIVE: "There was an operative sentence that came to me at the beginning, and it had to do with Jurnee Smollett calling me on a Saturday early early early in the morning," explains…

"Whatever they said I did, I didn't" Raymond Santana Jr. (Freddy Miyares) tells his parents of the allegations of gang rape that the police and prosecutors are stitching him and four others up for, in the first trailer for the Ava DuVernay and Netflix's Central Park Five-based When They See Us limited series that…

Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire) has been cast in a lead role opposite Jonathan Majors in HBO's high-profile straight-to-series drama Lovecraft Country, from Oscar winner Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot, Misha Green and Warner Bros Television. Penned by Green based on the 2016…

After three seasons on SundanceTV, Hap and Leonard won't be getting another kick at the East Texas can, it seems The cancellation of the James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams led series based on Joe R. Lansdale's nuanced and rollicking 1980s set novels of two mainly unlucky Lone Star state buddies’ misadventures…

EXCLUSIVE: After spending 10 years at Stan Rosenfield & Associates, talent publicist Marianna Shafran is launching her own PR company, Shafran PR. The company will be based in Los Angeles and she will handle personal PR for film and television actors. Among the clients following her are: John Goodman, Kit Harington, Mi…

HBO has set an April 6 return date for Season 6 of Vice, its Emmy-winning weekly news magazine that this season will include 35 episodes, a boost of five over last year. The new season, says HBO, will continue the series’ commitment to under-covered global stories with exclusive reports from Iraq, Russia, the Central…

The Night Of actor Michael Kenneth Williams will receive a Made in NY Award at tonight’s IFP Gotham Awards ceremony. The award, presented by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, recognizes excellence in New York City's creative community and achievements of individuals and organizations that have made…

Today on Force Friday, Star Wars Han Solo director Ron Howard tweeted out a photo of Paul Bettany with the message, “The Outer Rim just got a little bit wilder #PaulBettany #Force Friday”. Seth Rogen responded to Howard on Twitter saying, “If he’s just visiting he dresses funny.” Howard followed it up with the second…