EXCLUSIVE: Scott Cooper is set to direct Once Upon a Time in Hollywood‘s Margaret Qualley in the psychological horror A Head Full of Ghosts. The film is backed by Cross Creek, Team Downey and The Allegiance Theater. Cross Creek is financing, with CAA Media Finance representing U.S. rights and Mad River International…
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr, and Team Downey, his production company with wife Susan Downey, has just moved to WME, which will rep them in all areas.
Downey Jr had been repped by CAA, and thus ends one of the most lucrative and prolific decade-long runs any actor has had with an agency in recent memory. That covers…
I was a fan of Eddie Murphy’s attempts to put a contemporary spin on the 100-year-old Hugo Lofting children’s book Dr. Dolittle in both its 1998 original and 2001 sequel. I even confess to really liking the critically bashed 1967 musical version starring Rex Harrison that still managed to nab a Best Picture…
After Will Smith notched the biggest-grossing film of his career with last summer’s $1 billion hit Aladdin, can he keep the box office heat wave going with Martin Lawrence in reviving their Bad Boys franchise? The third film, Bad Boys for Life, finally arrives over MLK weekend 13 years after the second movie, with a…
Hey Alexa, how is artificial intelligence reshaping our world? Robert Downey Jr. will explain in The Age of A.I., a new documentary series from YouTube originals that premieres December 18. Check out the first trailer above and key art below.
The eight-episode series takes a deep dive into the fascinating world of the…
For casting director Sarah Halley Finn, Avengers: Endgame was the coming together of years of work — and she told the packed house at Deadline’s The Contenders London recently that it was “very emotional” to see all of her acting picks on screen together, culminating in the Avengers’ final showdown with…
Universal Pictures has renamed The Voyage Of Doctor Dolittle to simply Dolittle. The film will still be released wide on its previously announced date of January 17, 2020. .
The move marks yet another shuffling for the film, which originally was slated for an April 12, 2019 release date, then moved to January 17…
Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., not surprisingly, isn’t onboard with Martin Scorsese’s dismissal of Marvel movies as “not cinema.” But he also recognizes that to many cinephiles, comic-book and genre fare has become a “stomping beast” tearing through megaplexes.
“According to Scorsese, it’s not cinema. I gotta take a…
Refresh for updates from awards … The 2019 Disney Legends Awards opened this year’s edition of the D23 Expo in Anaheim with a vivid and evocative stage tribute to this year’s class, which is led by Robert Downey Jr., James Earl Jones, Jon Favreau, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Ortega, and Bette Midler.
In all, a dozen new…
It’s doubtful the upcoming second Sherlock Holmes sequel will feature the line "elementary, my dear California," but the Golden State sure helped solve the riddle of how to get the latest installment starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams financed.
With a near-record allocation of just under $20.85…
There can be no question that the much-awaited “finale” to the Avengers saga, Avengers: Endgame, is indeed a fitting end game for this enormously popular franchise. In the press invitation, Disney warned critics not to offer up any spoilers and plot points that ruin the twists and turns in the Joe and Anthony…
After an Avengers: Endgame premiere screening that packs as much intricate storytelling and surprises as any Hollywood blockbuster you’ve ever seen, there was another surprise right after at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Every current Marvel Comic Universe star was onstage, making speeches and taking bows. The…
