EXCLUSIVE: Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before), singer/songwriter Levi Dylan (grandson of Bob Dylan), Alexa PenaVega (Spy Kids, Nashville), and Carlos PenaVega (Spare Parts, Big Time Rush) have signed on to star in Mighty Oak, which is being directed by Soul Surfer…

Newcomers Ashley Brooke and Milan Ray have booked their first big studio feature in the Amazon Studios film Troupe Zero, joining Mckenna Grace, Viola Davis, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan, and Mike Epps.  Bert & Bertie are directing the film which follows a group of elementary school misfits who start a Girl Scout…

EXCLUSIVE: David Brookwell and Sean McNamara's Brookwell McNamara Entertainment have set the Leon Uris novel Trinity as an Irish/Canadian co-production that will get underway in September. McNamara, who helmed Live Like Line, will direct his adaptation of an ambitious novel that captures the “terrible beauty” of…

McFarland, USA took the best picture prize at the 2015 Imagen Awards, with George Lopez and Zoe Saldana named best actor and actress for their roles in Spare Parts and The Book of Life. Sean McNamara was named best director for Spare Parts. Jane The Virgin took nods for best primetime TV comedy and actress Gina…

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney In 2010, 16 year-old Australian Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail solo around the world non-stop and unassisted. Her feat is now being turned into a feature film courtesy of Soul Surfer producer Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and Oz's Sunstar…