Warner Bros is releasing Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk in 70MM at 125 locations. That’s 25 more than the 100 Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight played on during its Christmas 2015 release. The distributor’s 70MM theater count will be comprised of about 30 Imax venues that can handle the format, plus the old Hateful Ei…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed three-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson, whose most recent credit is Quentin Tarantino’s Cinemascope Western The Hateful Eight, which earned him his ninth Oscar nomination. He just wrapped production on Ben Affleck’s Live by Night for Appian Way and Warner…

It’s the first legit win for the 87-year-old composer who was lauded in 2006 at the 79th Academy Awards with a career Oscar. The Hateful Eight marked Ennio Morricone’s sixth Oscar nom, his first in 16 years since 2000’s Malena. Prior to that, Morricone was nominated for Bugsy (1991), The Untouchables (1987), The Missio…

As we head into Oscar weekend, Quentin Tarantino and The Weinstein Co. will have something to celebrate as The Hateful Eight will pass $100M internationally by Sunday. The film, which bowed domestically Christmas Day in 70mm only and then released wide on Jan. 1, has grossed $53.5M stateside and this weekend opens in…

EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Weinstein, director? The Weinstein Company co-chairman indeed directed this video, as the concert pianist Lang Lang performed the music from Ennio Morricone’s Oscar-nominated music for The Hateful Eight. Weinstein directed footage of Lang Lang at the Rosewood Hotel in Beijing as both were there for…

EXCLUSIVE: Demian Bichir has been set by Ridley Scott to join the cast of Fox’s Alien: Covenant, the sequel to the Scott-directed Prometheus. Bichir will join Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Danny McBride. Bichir, Oscar nominated for A Better Life, was most recently part of the ensemble cast…

If there has been a more prolific composer in the history of movies than Ennio Morricone, I don’t know who it is. The Maestro, whose haunting score for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight has landed him his sixth Oscar nomination as well as Golden Globe, BAFTA and Critics’ Choice awards, reportedly has been…

Famous for his collaborations with Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, cinematographer Robert Richardson this year received his ninth Oscar nomination for his work on Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. The nom is helping to fly the flag for the pic, which saw Tarantino snubbed in the writing and directing…

Hailing from an acting family, Demian Bichir became a top star in Mexico and established himself in Hollywood with a milestone performance in A Better Life that led him to be the first Mexican since Anthony Quinn to be Oscar nominated for Best Actor. Bichir, currently on the screen in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Ei…

Best Picture Bridge Of Spies Deadline spoke to both Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, two of the producers on Best Picture nominee Bridge Of Spies and both first-time nominees. “I got woken up by my phone buzzing this morning, but, to be fair, I left it on my bed on purpose, next to my pillow,” said Platt said…

UPDATE, TUESDAY AM PT: While Star Wars: The Force Awakens continued on its international trajectory to win a fourth weekend in a row, Alejandro G Inarritu’s Earthbound The Revenant came out the winning newcomer at offshore cinemas. The Monday actual of $20.5M on 2,407 screens was slightly higher than Sunday’s…

A new weekly column talking up the season with dispatches from the awards circuit.  The BAFTA nominations were just released with their usual surprises and sure things, and with less than a week to go before the 88th Academy Award Nominations are revealed next Thursday. Plus, we have DGA on Tuesday, and before that we…