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Brenda Deiss, the former secretary who was cast by Red Rocket writer-director Sean Baker to play the mother-in-law of Simon Rex's lead character Mikey Saber, died Monday at Clear Lake Hospital in Clear Lake, Texas, of complications from in a stroke last month. She was 60. A spokesperson for the film confirmed her…

Sean Baker used to be the indie world's best-kept secret, until The Florida Project opened in the Directors Fortnight strand of the Cannes film festival in 2017. Critics were immediately impressed by Baker's mix of scripted drama and intimate cinema verité-style cinematography, which were made to look even more…

Editors note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year's movie awards race. Filmmaker Sean Baker (The Florida Project) had an unexpected inspiration for his latest film Red Rocket, which centers on fast-talking, washed-up porn star Mikey Saber…

Red Rocket director and co-screenwriter Sean Baker revealed that Mikey Saber, the always-hustling washed-up porn actor who returns to the Texas hometown that wasn't exactly sorry to see him go, was inspired by real-life adult-film actors he encountered and that he always envisioned as a role for Simon Rex. "My…

A24 has shifted the release date for Sean Baker’s film, Red Rocket, pushing it back a week from the 3rd to the 10th of December. The dark comedy from the director of The Florida Project and Tangerine was previously set to open against Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta, Greenwich Entertainment doc Try Harder!, Focus Features…

“I’m on top of my game right now on like every single possible level,” Simon Rex says in the first official trailer for Red Rocket, released today by A24. “Dude, with my skill and ability, there's no denying what I could do. The universe is on my side.” In the dark comedy from acclaimed writer-director Sean Baker (The…

Red Rocket director Sean Baker is prepared to receive hate mail, he said at a press conference in Cannes on Thursday. Baker said he’s been the recipient of plenty of angry comments before, so he is philosophical about the impending reaction to Red Rocket‘s open-ended tale of a washed-up porn star in pursuit of a…

After rolling winners with his last two indie outings, Tangerine and The Florida Project, director Sean Baker makes it a trifecta with Red Rocket, a wild ride about a big-time male porn star who returns penniless from LA to his native Texas to figure out and regain his groove. Like Baker’s previous films, this one…

A24 has acquired North American distribution rights to Sean Baker’s Red Rocket. They acquired the rights from FilmNation Entertainment, who owns global rights to the project. This is the first film since Baker’s Oscar-nominated The Florida Project, which A24 also released. Film stars Simon Rex in an iconic new role…

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment has landed worldwide rights to Red Rocket, the first film that Sean Baker has directed since his Oscar-nominated film The Florida Project. FilmNation will sell the film globally. Red Rocket was one of the first projects to safely and successfully shoot during the COVID-19 pandemic…

Apple today introduced the first iPhone ever to bear the name “Pro,” a new model designed for high-end users — notably filmmakers and photographers. The new iPhone 11 Pro will cost $999 and the “Max” edition of it is $1,099. They will accompany a more basic iPhone 11, which retails at $699. Apple previously has made…

A24 said today it will donate 5% of proceeds from the first week of digital sales of The Florida Project to a charity that assists families that are either homeless or living in motels along Osceola County’s Highway 192 corridor, just like the ones depicted in Sean Baker’s film. The distributor said the donation to…