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Jóhann Jóhannsson, revered for such film scores as The Theory of Everything and Sicario, died in Berlin yesterday. As tributes arrive from friends, colleagues and admirers, Deadline presents this Q&A with the composer from 2015. Jóhannsson spoke with our Matt Grobar about his inspirations, collaborating with director D…

Paramount Pictures has set a November 11 wide release for Arrival, the Denis Villeneuve-directed sci-fi movie starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. This was the film that took the 2014 Cannes market by storm when the studio won a wild rights auction to the pic for a fest-record $20 million, earning it North American…

American Horror Story‘s Lily Rabe is set to star in Miss Stevens from Beachside Films and Gilbert Films. Rabe stars as the title character, a teacher who accompanies three students to a high school drama competition. Students in the coming-of-age/character and life study are played by Timothee Chalamet (Interstellar)…

2ND UPDATE, 7:03 PM PT: Paramount has confirmed Deadline’s earlier scoop, saying in a press release that the studio has picked up the Amy Adams sci-fi pic Story Of Your Life. It was the first big auction at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Read the full release at the bottom of the original post. UPDATE, 4:29 PM PT: It…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from her Oscar-nominated performance in American Hustle, Amy Adams is in early talks to team with Prisoners helmer Denis Villeneuve on Story Of Your Life, the sci-fi thriller based on a short story by Ted Chiang, a top contemporary author in the genre. Scripted by Eric Heisserer, the thriller takes…