The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists.
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In a recent interview remembering the generosity and great soul of late actor Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, who starred with him in last summer’s cop action pic 21 Bridges, tells UK’s Empire magazine that the actor-producer of the movie gave up part of his salary so that the actress could get paid her asking price…
Lionsgate has acquired North American rights to Tara Miele's Wander Darkly, starring Sienna Miller and Diego Luna. The drama, which had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, will have a multi-platform release this fall from Lionsgate.
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When Sienna Miller first read the script for Tara Miele's Wander Darkly, her emotional response was immediate and intense. "I found myself really emotional at the end, and actually, every time I went back and read the script, there were these beats, and I couldn’t help but cry," the actress says. "I felt like if that…
Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment have acquired American Woman, the drama directed by Jake Scott that stars Sienna Miller. Brad Ingelsby penned the pic, which had its bow at the Toronto Film Festival last fall. Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul and Amy Madigan also star in the movie, which is now set for a…
Seth MacFarlane (The Orville), Sienna Miller (Live by Night), Simon McBurney (The Theory of Everything) and Annabelle Wallis(Peaky Blinders) are set to star opposite Russell Crowe and Naomi Watts in Showtime’s upcoming eight-episode limited series about Fox News founder Roger Ailes, played by Crowe.
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Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons, Sienna Miller, and Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch are set to co-star in 17 Bridges, the action thriller that will be led by Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman. The pic hails from STXfilms, which acquired the spec in 2016. MWM Studios, the company behind the Oscar-nominated film, Hell…
For Jake Scott, taking on American Woman as his latest feature came down to a strong connection to the material at hand, as well as the film’s central character—a woman going through hell. A director known forfilms including Welcome to the Rileys who happens to be the eldest son of Ridley Scott, Scott’s latest drama…
EXCLUSIVE: Sienna Miller and Diego Luna are set to star and Tara Miele to direct Wander Darkly, the latest film from ShivHans Pictures and 51 Entertainment, reuniting the companies that made Captain Fantastic. Wander Darkly is a magical realism love story about a couple who must navigate the aftermath of a devastating…
Moe Berg was a so-so Major League Baseball player, but it was his other talents that helped him score for the home team on a daring mission during World War II. That story has been brought to the screen by director Ben Lewin (Sessions) and screenwriter Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan), basing their largely true…
Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell are set to star in Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in London's West End. The Young Vic production will be staged by Benedict Matthews, who previously directed his own version of Three Sisters as well as A Streetcar Named Desire with Gillian Anderson and Ben…
