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EXCLUSIVE: The Many Saints of Newark star Alessandro Nivola continues to stay busy as he is in talks to star opposite Michelle Williams in Todd Haynes's Peggy Lee biopic Fever. Nivola will play Dave Barbour in pic. Set up at MGM the feature is written by Doug Wright and produced by Marc Platt, Christine Vachon, Pamela…

EXCLUSIVE: Heating up the AFM market: Firebrand, a psychological horror tale set in the bloody Tudor court with a focus on Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII, and the only one to avoid banishment or death. Michelle Williams will play her, and Jude Law will play her notorious…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed four-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams. Williams currently stars opposite Tom Hardy in the Marvel film Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which set a pandemic-era record during its opening weekend and has since earned more than $185 million at the global box office .  She reprises her role from…

After the 2018 origin story Venom was critically reviled but a commercial smash at $825 million in worldwide box office, a sequel to the stand-alone flick spotlighting one of Spider-Man’s most notorious villains was inevitable. This time, star Tom Hardy, who plays the title role in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, has…

BREAKING: Though his adaptation of West Side Story is not set to make its premiere till later this year, Steven Spielberg looks to have found his next directing gig, one of which is very close to home. Sources tell Deadline that Spielberg is coming on to direct an untitled pic at Amblin Partners that is loosely based…

EXCLUSIVE: The long-in-development Peggy Lee biopic Fever not only looks to have found a new studio to call home, but also a new star to play the legendary singer. Sources tell Deadline that MGM is in talks to come aboard the Peggy Lee biopic, with Academy Award nominee Todd Haynes set to direct and four-time Academy…

EXCLUSIVE: In what is turning into quite a successful partnership, Michelle Williams and Kelly Reichardt look to have found their next project together.  A24 has come on to Reichardt's next film Showing Up with Williams attaching herself to star. The news was confirmed via a new episode of The A24 Podcast, which drops…

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Chastain will reunite with Oscar Isaac to star in Scenes From A Marriage, the HBO limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s miniseries. Deal came together after Michelle Williams exited the lead female role over scheduling issues. Limited series comes from Our Boys and The Affair co-creator Hagai…

HBO has given a green light to Scenes From a Marriage, a limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic miniseries, starring and executive produced by Michelle Williams and Oscar Isaac. It comes from Our Boys and The Affair co-creator Hagai Levi, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Endeavor Content. Written and…

Michelle Williams used her time onstage at the Golden Globes on Sunday night to advocate for a woman’s right to choose. The Fosse/Verdon star devoted her speech to the necessity of preserving a woman's right to choose, after picking up the Best Actress in a Limited series award. “I’m grateful for the acknowledgment of…

UPDATED with speech and backstage video: An emotional Michelle Williams praised FX and Fox 21 Television Studios, thanking them for their support and for “paying me equally” in her acceptance speech for her Emmy win for outstanding actress in a limited series or movie for Fosse/Verdon. This was the four-time…

There will be some surprises and maybe even a record broken on September 22 at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards when they start handing out hardware in the top acting categories. Emmy Predictions: Final Drama, Comedy, Limited Series & Movie Winner Picks Yesterday, we handed out our final Emmy predictions for Outstanding…