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EXCLUSIVE: While fans can’t wait to see what awaits the Duttons in the upcoming season of Yellowstone, one of the shows stars looks to have around found her next project to film in between seasons. Sources tell Deadline that Kelly Reilly is set to join the all-star ensemble of Miramax and Sony’s Here. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Bettany his set to join Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in Miramax's Here, with Robert Zemeckis directing and Eric Roth adapting the script. Zemeckis and Jack Rapke's ImageMovers will produce alongside Miramax's Bill Block. Sony Pictures will release the film in theaters in the U.S., with Miramax holding…

Disney has unveiled a trailer and first-look photos for its live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express). The film is set to premiere on Disney+ on September 8, which marks Disney+ Day — Disney’s annual celebration of the Disney+ global community. Zemeckis’ film…

Disney+ has set Thursday, September 8 for the premiere of Pinocchio, Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation starring Tom Hanks as Gepetto. The release is timed for Disney+ Day, a lead-in to the D23 Expo in Anaheim CA. The streamer also released the first footage in a teaser trailer below, along with key art. Zemeckis…

EXCLUSIVE: Here is the hot project for international buyers for next week’s Cannes Market. Sony Pictures has preemptively acquired U..S rights to Miramax's Here, a film adaptation of the celebrated Richard McGuire graphic novel that will reunite the Forrest Gump team: Academy Award winners director Robert Zemeckis…

Disney+ today unveiled a first look at Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, which is set to premiere exclusively on the streaming service this September. The Academy Award winner’s latest feature is a retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling…

EXCLUSIVE: Here is the hottest package to come along in awhile. Deadline hears that studios and streamers are poring over Here, an adaptation of the celebrated Richard McGuire graphic novel that will reunite the trio behind the 1994 film Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks will star, Robert Zemeckis will direct, and the script is…

“It all happened so fast,” Tom Hanks laments in the first official trailer for Finch, released today by Apple. “There was a solar flare. Goodbye crops and food, goodbye everything.” While the Oscar winner’s robotics engineer of the same name notes that he was left “frightened and so alone,” following a cataclysmic…

EXCLUSIVE: No final decision has been made, but Deadline hears that the uncertainty of the future theatrical marketplace has Disney looking at launching a number of its upcoming tentpole family films on Disney+ instead of the theatrical release bows that were envisioned when the films were developed and green lit. At…

You gotta give Anne Hathaway credit. She leaves no stone unturned in diving into her dark and evil side as the Grand High Witch who dominates director Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches, the vividly intense new film version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s tale. It was previously made by Nicholas Roeg in 1990 in a version…

Originally set for an October theatrical release, the Robert Zemeckis-directed Warner Bros. feature Roald Dahl’s The Witches is heading to the studio’s streaming service HBO Max on Oct. 22. The movie, which stars Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer and Stanley Tucci, is being positioned as Halloween season event…

EXCLUSIVE: After earning an Oscar nomination for playing Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Tom Hanks is zeroing in on another children’s favorite. We are hearing that he is in early negotiations to play Geppetto in Disney and Robert Zemeckis’ live-action retelling of Pinocchio. Although insiders…