(UPDATED with statement from Haggis lawyer) Having already been tossed out of court once, Paul Haggis is now crashing his own appeal against a film publicist's sexual assault allegations against him. “We are counsel to Plaintiff-Appellant Paul Haggis,” said Jeffrey Movit in a letter to New York Supreme Court clerk…

(Updated with Scientology statement) Facing accusations of sexual misconduct from four women, Paul Haggis has repeatedly pointed to the Church of Scientology as perhaps playing a role in those claims. Today, Leah Remini and another high-profile former Scientologist and critic of the organization has come forward to…

UPDATED To include comment from the Church of Scientology. EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of several women coming forward with sexual assault allegations against Crash director Paul Haggis — charges he has denied — the filmmaker’s ex-wife asked Deadline to add her voice to the narrative, in support of her ex-husband. Deborah…

UPDATED to include comment from the Church of Scientology. (UPDATED WITH STATEMENT FROM CHARITY) In what looks to be the first face-to-face in a case of alleged sexual assault in Hollywood’s post-Harvey Weinstein era, Paul Haggis will be grilled by his accuser's lawyers later this month in a deposition by the…

UPDATED To include comment from the Church of Scientology. Facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct, Paul Haggis today postulated that the new charges were a tactic to force a mutimillion dollar settlement or the result of his long estrangement from Scientology. Three women have come forward to accuse Haggis of…

After being accused of "a shocking and egregious case of rape and sexual assault" by publicist Haleigh Breest today, Oscar winner Paul Haggis is fighting back in court against what he says were demands for $9 million payment to make "these outrageous and wholly baseless demands" go away. "There was no such 'violence…

EXCLUSIVE: Actress-writer Malea Rose and Paul Haggis along with his production company HWY 61 are in development and pitching a miniseries around town about the Massie case, the rape and murder investigation and trial that marked the last case of famed criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow. Under a working title of Dark Para…

EXCLUSIVE: Cuba Gooding Jr. started production today on Louisiana Caviar, an independently financed New Orleans-set thriller that marks the directing debut of the Oscar-winning Jerry Maguire star. Gooding Jr. stars with Richard Dreyfuss and Famke Janssen, from a script by Eitan Gorlin that Gooding Jr. rewrote. Paul Hag…

Witches of East End alum Eric Winter has signed on a series regular in Las Reinas, ABC's drama pilot from feature writer Dean Georgaris, ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Co. Written by Georgaris and directed by Liz Friedlander, Las Reinas centers on Detective Alex De La Reina (Daniella Alonso), who is forced to…

Hadi Tabbal (Madam Secretary) is set as a series regular opposite Anne Heche and Mike Vogel in For God And Country, NBC's military drama pilot from writer Dean Georgaris, Keshet Studios and Universal TV. Written by Georgaris and directed by Brad Anderson, For God And Country is described as a heart-pounding look into…

NBC has given a pilot order to an untitled medical drama (fka Salvation), from Law & Order veteran Warren Leight, Paul Haggis (Crash) and Sony TV. The project, written/executive produced by Leight, was the first big drama buy for the broadcast network this season, receiving a pilot production commitment by NBC with…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning producer Paul Haggis (Crash) and his producing partner Michael Nozik have teamed with director William Hart on Lead and Copper, a documentary on the ongoing water contamination crisis in Flint, MI. The issue began in 2014 when Flint switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River…