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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is nearing a deal to acquire worldwide rights to Passing, the Rebecca Hall-directed and -scripted drama that stars Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Andre Holland and Alexander Skarsgard. Sources said the deal will land at around a $15.75 million. The drama is about two African-American women who can…

This week on the New Hollywood Podcast, we have not one, not two but 16 guests in four separate segments. The Sundance Film Festival was virtual this year as was Deadline’s Sundance Studio. For this special episode, we share our studio interviews in podcast form. For this episode, I had the chance to speak with Christo…

One of the most talked-about titles at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut, Passing, an adaptation of Nella Larsen's 1920s Harlem Renaissance novel. Making its world premiere today in the Dramatic Competition section, Passing tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield…

One has been attacking movie screens since Franklin Roosevelt took office, and the other has terrorized Tokyo since before rock ‘n’ roll took hold. It seemed inevitable that one day they would meet in the ultimate clash of the titans, and now, ladies and gentlemen, we have the first trailer for Godzilla vs. Kong.…

EXCLUSIVE: In the first major deal on the ground at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Searchlight Pictures is closing a worldwide rights deal for around $12 million for the David Bruckner-directed thriller The Night House, sources tell Deadline. Scripted by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, the film stars Rebecca Hall…

There was something about Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski’s script for The Night House that stuck with David Bruckner — literally. “I joke that the script followed me home and wouldn't leave me alone,” Bruckner told Deadline. “I'm always interested in getting some kind of late-night spiral of anxiety on…

EXCLUSIVE: André Holland, best known for his standout performance in Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning film Moonlight, has signed on to co-star in Passing, the film adaptation based on the Harlem Renaissance novel by Nella Larsen. Rebecca Hall is set to make her feature directorial debut with the project that has…

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona) has been tapped as the female lead in Tales From the Loop, Amazon’s hourlong genre series based on the acclaimed sci-fi art of Simon Stålenhag. It comes from writer Nathaniel Halpern, director Mark Romanek, Matt Reeves' 6th & Idaho, and Swedish production and…

Rebecca Hall has been set to star in The Night House, a new horror thriller being directed by David Bruckner (The Ritual, V/H/S). David S. Goyer and Keith Levine are producing via their Phantom Four, with Anton fully financing, executive producing and handling worldwide sales at the upcoming European Film Market in…

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Hall has set up Passing, an adaptation based on Nella Larsen’s 1920s Harlem Renaissance novel that explores the practice of racial passing, a term used for a person classified as a member of one racial group who seeks to be accepted by a different racial group.  Hall has penned the script and will…

EXCLUSIVE: Ralph Fiennes is in talks to join Rebecca Hall, Mark Strong and Saïd Taghmaoui in The Forgiven, the next movie from The Guard and Calvary director John Michael McDonagh, I can reveal. The English Patient star Fiennes and Vicky Cristina Barcelona star Hall would lead McDonagh’s adaptation of the…

Rebecca Hall has made an impactful move at a time when sexual harassment and abuse allegations are infecting Hollywood like a virus. The Golden Globe-nominated actress announced that she has decided to donate to her wage from Woody Allen’s upcoming A Rainy Day in New York to Time’s Up. In a lengthy post on Instagram…