We take our lessons where we find them. Too many of mine, I find at the movies. Maybe it's a generational fault; like others who came of age in the ’60s and early ’70s, I learned to think and talk in film lines. "I know it was you, Fredo." "Who are those guys?" "Hey, I'm walkin' here!" That sort of thing.
Lately, I've…
EXCLUSIVE:Harry Melling, the stage and film actor best known for playing Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter movie franchise, has signed with Paradigm.
The London-born Melling has been busy, with upcoming projects including Antonio Campos' The Devil All the Time, produced by Jake Gyllenhaal for Netflix, and Ciro…
With several Westerns under her belt prior to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs—the Coen brothers' latest—Mary Zophres knows the many challenges that come with the territory. Earning her first Oscar nomination for True Grit back in 2010, the costume designer has shared the experience of so many artists, who have confronted…
The streaming giant proved once again it is a force to be reckoned with at Oscar time, earning 15 nominations, up from last year’s eight nods, and charging toward the Feb. 24 ceremony armed with 10 noms for Alfonso Cuaron’s black and white Spanish-language feature Roma.Â
Box office in some form or fashion has always…
In The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – the Coen brothers' series of six comedy vignettes – Tim Blake Nelson plays the titular role, and onstage recently at Deadline's The Contenders New York, he described Scruggs as "a great friend, but you wouldn't want him as an enemy.”
In classically quirky Coen style, Scruggs "lives by…
Netflix, which is notoriously strict in refusing to reveal data about its platform, lifted the veil on Sandra Bullock thriller Bird Box by revealing in a tweet that 45,037,125 accounts streamed the film during its first seven days.
That tally was the highest for any Netflix original film in its first week, according…
EXCLUSIVE: Going into The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the Coen brothers' latest, Oscar-nominated composer Carter Burwell knew their sensibilities and working methods well, as he notes in the video above. At this point, Burwell had worked with the legendary directors on 16 films, dating back to Blood Simple in 1984. What…
In the wake of the fires that have been affecting Los Angeles, Netflix announced Sunday that they have decided to cancel the red carpet for the AFI Fest screening of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Deadline has learned. However, the screening will go on as scheduled.
The western…
The stream of fall rollouts continues, although at a bit slower pace on the specialty box office front compared with recent weekends. Among them however is the Coen brothers' anticipated The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, with Netflix beginning a very limited theatrical run today in New York at The Landmark 57 West, at The…
Joel and Ethan Coen’s Western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs spans a series of distinct tales from the American frontier, weaving a narrative tapestry that tells the story of the Old West. During Deadline’s recent The Contenders London awards-season event, four of the film’s stars — Harry Melling, Bill Heck…
Showcasing just three movies, today's Netflix panel was a fascinating insight into the wide-ranging tastes of a company fast changing the landscape of the film industry.
First up was the Coen brothers' portmanteau western, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, which was represented by an all-actor line-up comprising Zoe…
The American Film Institute today unveiled its full lineup of galas that will screen at this year’s AFI Fest, and judging from the list it looks like Netflix is conquering yet another fall film festival with no less than three of the five screenings announced this morning.
The Netflix list includes the world premiere…
