As the battle for the Iron Throne prepares to enter its final season, there's already one Game of Thrones spinoff in the works, and HBO's programming president says there could be more. Maybe. "I don't want to build a programming lineup that is dependent on the next Game of Thrones franchise coming," Casey Bloys…

Deadline's studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 2 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers including Emma Roberts of Paradise Hill, Jon Hamm of The Report, Armie Hammer of Wounds, Naomi Watts of Luce and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned for more galleries and…

There isn't anywhere nearly as much Donald Trump at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival as there was the past two years, but there is certainly a lot of everything else from all over the world. With 112 films being shown at the Robert Redford founded snowy Utah shindig from January 24 to February 3 next year, the 35th…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO has set Josh Whitehouse to a lead role in HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel pilot from writer Jane Goldman and author/GOT co-executive producer George R.R. Martin that has Naomi Watts heading a fast-forming ensemble cast. Whitehouse is a British actor who starred in Northern Soul and most recently wrapped…

After lengthy negotiations, Naomi Watts has signed on to lead the ensemble cast of HBO’s Game Of Thrones prequel pilot, from writer Jane Goldman and author/GOT co-executive producer George R.R. Martin. Created by Goldman and Martin and written by Goldman based on a story by her and Martin, the untitled prequel takes…

Boardwalk Empire alum Aleksa Palladino is set for a lead role opposite Russell Crowe in Showtime's upcoming eight-episode limited series about Fox News founder Roger Ailes, played by Crowe. A Blumhouse Television and Showtime co-production, the untitled series (ka Secure and Hold: The Last Days of Roger Ailes is based…

Oscar-nominated Naomi Watts is set to star as anchor Gretchen Carlson opposite her longtime friend Russell Crowe in Showtime’s upcoming limited series about Fox News founder Roger Ailes. Oscar winner Crowe plays Ailes in the project, which is set to start production next month. Emmy nominee Kari Skogland (The Handmaid'…

Taika Waititi, Christoph Waltz and Naomi Watts are among the talent who will sit on the Venice Film Festival’s main jury beginning August 28. They are joining last year’s Golden Lion winner, Guillermo del Toro, who is president of the panel. Also on board are Taiwanese actress and filmmaker Sylvia Chang; Danish star…

Naomi Watts and Frank Grillo have been tapped to star in Once Upon a Time in Staten Island, a coming of age family drama from Blumhouse Productions and Man in a Tree Productions. Bobby Cannavale will also co-star in the film, which Purge helmer James DeMonaco wrote and will direct with production slated to begin later…

Naomi Watts and It star Sophia Lillis will star in director Claire McCarthy's next feature Burning Season. Watts, who recently starred in McCarthy's Ophelia, will also executive produce. HanWay Films, who is working with Watts on The Wolf Hour, will introduce the project to buyers at the Cannes Film…

EXCLUSIVE: BLOOM will launch international sales at Cannes for the Julius Onah-directed Luce. The just-wrapped film stars Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth and Mudbound‘s Kelvin Harrison Jr. The film is based on J.C. Lee's play, which was adapted by Lee and Onah. John Baker, Onah and Andrew Yang are producing…

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has acquired distribution rights to the $45M action-thriller Boss Level from writer-director Joe Carnahan. The film starrng Frank Grillo, Ken Jeong, Mel Gibson, and Naomi Watts will get a U.S. theatrical release next year from the studio. Entertainment Studios released the…