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For Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, their latest feature Rebel has marked their most personal film to date. The Moroccan-born pair were at the Red Sea International Film Festival this week with the title and came into Deadline's Red Sea Studio with the film's stars Aboubakr Bensaihi…

9It was two days after director Adil El Arbi's wedding in Morocco when he and his co-director Bilall Fallah got the call that their recently wrapped $90M film Batgirl would be shelved as part of a cost-saving move for Warner Bros Discovery under David Zaslav's new regime.  "It was a traumatic…

The directing duo of Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah helmed Bad Boys for Life, which grossed $426.5M worldwide in 2020. Now they are back and at Cannes with their new film Rebel, which is a departure from the blockbuster content they usually delve into. Starring Aboubakr Bensaihi, Tara Abboud, and Lubna…

EXCLUSIVE: Here's a first look at Rebel, the latest feature from Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys For Life), which is screening in the Midnight Section at the 75th Cannes Film Festival this month. It's a personal story from the Moroccan-born directors, who also wrote the script along with…

IMDb TV, Amazon's free streaming service, is not proceeding with picking up new seasons of canceled ABC drama series For Life and Rebel. The decision was made after the streamer evaluated the performance of the two shows’ existing seasons on the AVOD platform. Season 1 and 2 of For Life became available on IMDb TV at…

The first season of Rebel, which was canceled by ABC in May, is now available on IMDb TV, Amazon's free streaming service. I hear the agreement between IMDb TV and lead Rebel studio ABC Signature includes an option for a second-season order based on how Season 1 performs on the platform. The studio still has the cast…

UPDATE Tuesday AM: After Deadline ran the story about efforts to mount a possible new spinoff of ABC/ABC Signature’s mega hit Grey’s Anatomy based on an interview ABC Signature President Jonnie Davis, he issued a statement regarding comments he made in the interview. “I would like to clarify some statements I made in…

In Rebel, creator Krista Vernoff has finally found a winning combination of a compelling central character, loosely inspired by activist Erin Brockovich, and lead actress Katey Sagal, who seems like she was born to play the role of Annie "Rebel" Bello. At times overbearing but always with the plight of the underdog at…

ABC last week canceled four series, ranging from veteran American Housewife, which had run for five seasons, to rookie Rebel, whose cancellation came after only five airings. In-between them were sophomores Mixed-ish and For Life. “They are all unique shows who on their own specific timeline where they are creatively…

On Friday, ABC opted not to renew five titles, but the most unexpected was Katey Sagal starrer Rebel from Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff. Now somewhat distanced from the news, Sagal and Vernoff broke their silence on the sudden cancellation, which came five episodes into Rebel‘s freshman run. “The abrupt…

In Rebel, ABC/ Disney Television Studios' freshman drama that was canceled Friday, we revisit a new version of a woman we've seen on screen before: Erin Brockovich. Starring Katey Sagal as Annie 'Rebel' Bello—a character loosely based on who Brockovich is today—the show follows the renegade underdog advocate as she…

Five episodes into its freshman run, ABC’s Katey Sagal-starring drama Rebel has been canceled. It was clearly a tough decision for the network because the series, inspired by the life of activist Erin Brockovich, comes from ABC's most valuable drama showrunner, Krista Vernoff, who is shepherding the network's top two…