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EXCLUSIVE: Jalyn Hall (All American) has signed on to play Emmett Till in Chinonye Chukwu's Till, MGM's Orion Pictures announced today. The 14-year-old actor will appear in the film alongside previously announced cast members Danielle Deadwyler and Whoopi Goldberg. Till tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a global casting search, rising star Yasmin Finney, the 17-year-old Black trans woman from Manchester, England, has landed a lead role in Orion Pictures’ What If?, the first project announced under the leadership of Orion President Alana Mayo. Emmy-winning Pose star Billy Porter is stepping behind…

Orion Pictures has set its first feature film project since its relaunch, securing Emmy-winning Pose star Billy Porter to direct What If?, a high school coming-of-age drama penned by Alvaro García Lecuona. Pic, billed as a cross between coming-of-age features Booksmart and Love Simon, follows high school senior KHAL…

William “Bill” Bernstein, who spent six decades in the motion picture business, died today at age 87, according to his longtime friend, Jeff Frankel. In 1978, Bernstein, along with four other executives from United Artists, including Arthur Krim, Eric Pleskow, Mike Medavoy and Robert Benjamin, departed  United Artists…

Dude, it’s been totally forever since we saw Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter time-traveling together. Like, three decades or something. Whoa, that’s almost 30 years! Your wait is almost over. Here is the new trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music, in which our heroes hit the screen for their first adventure since Bill & Te…

Orion Pictures on Wednesday said it has moved the release date for its hidden-camera comedy Bad Trip up a week to April 17, releasing a new trailer for the film that had planned to have its premiere at SXSW before the Austin festival was canceled last week. Eric André, Lil Rel Howery and Tiffany Haddish star in the…

EXCLUSIVE:  The Eric André Show EP and director Kitao Sakurai’s next movie Bad Trip from Orion Pictures/Bron Creative will now open on April 24, 2020. Pic was originally dated for Oct. 25, 2019 nationwide. Eric André, Tiffany Haddish, Michaela Conlin and Lil Rel Howery of Uncle Drew and Get Out also stars. The hidden…

EXCLUSIVE: Orion Pictures has signed on Daniel Robbins to direct Most Evil, a new horror film from a screenplay by brothers Benjamin and Paul China. The latest news comes after the revamped label recently released genre pics The Prodigy in February and a new Child’s Play in June. The new project reunites Orion with…

Norwegian filmmaker André Øvredal is in very early talks to direct The Last Voyage Of The Demeter for Amblin Partners, Deadline has confirmed. The film is based on Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula about seminal vampire’s sea voyage to England aboard The Demeter. The initial screenplay is by Escape Room scribe Bragi…

Eric Pleskow, who ran United Artists, co-founded and led Orion Pictures and produced John Boorman’s Beyond Rangoon, died today in Westport, CT. He was 95. The Austria native also has served as president of the Vienna International Film Festival since 1998. The Viennale announced his death but did not provide any…

EXCLUSIVE: Momo is ready for her close-up. Orion Pictures is partnering with Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment and producer Taka Ichise to develop a horror film based on the creepy sculpture now known globally as Momo thanks to the viral hoax called Momo’s Challenge. The sculpture by Japanese artist Keisuke Aiso was…

EXCLUSIVE: Glee alum Jayma Mays and Emmy-nominated Childrens Hospital actress Erinn Hayes have signed on to play the spouses of the titular characters in Bill & Ted Face The Music, the third installment of the Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter-led Bill & Ted franchise. Mays will play Princess Joanna, Bill's wife, while…