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4th Update Sunday AM Final w/chart: Sony’s Bad Boys for Life easily arrested the Super Bowl weekend box office with $17.9M, according to industry estimates, -47% in early AM estimates. Sony is reporting $17.7M for weekend 3. As expected, the new stuff — Orion/UAR’s Gretel & Hansel at $6.05M and Paramount/IM Global/Eon…

Lest you think the new film The Rhythm Section is some sort of musical picture, think again. The deceiving title refers to physical motions of body training in the film where the lead character, Stephanie, played by Blake Lively, goes through training to become an assassin and learns her breathing is like the bass…

“I’ve got nothing to lose.” That’s a relatable line uttered by a vengeful woman in The Rhythm Section, a thriller starring Blake Lively, Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown. Watch the first trailer above. Stephanie Patrick (Lively) is an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction three years after her family is killed in…

Paramount Pictures has moved back the release of its Blake Lively thriller — again. The Rhythm Section, which had been set to open November 22, the weekend before Thanksgiving, now is set for January 31. It’s the second release date change this year for the Reed Morano-directed spy film, which still has not generated…

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning Handmaid’s Tale helmer Reed Morano has joined LBI Entertainment’s talent roster. Morano made history as a director and executive producer of Hulu’s Elisabeth Moss-led series. She became the first woman ever to win the Emmy and DGA Award for drama series in the same year and was the first woman…

Wondering why there wasn’t a trailer to the Reed Morano-directed spy film The Rhythm Section yet? That’s because Paramount is moving the IM Global/EON femme spy pic from its Feb. 22 release date to Nov. 22, the Friday before Thanksgiving. We’ve been hearing about the release date change for a while and from what we…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Reed Morano, the director, producer, and cinematographer best known for directing the MGM/Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale. Morano last year won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series along with the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, making her…

Deadline already broke the story months ago that The Rhythm Section was resuming production in June after Blake Lively sustained a hand injury in late January. Sources confirm now that This Is Us actor Sterling K. Brown has joined the production which is continuing on in Spain. Brown’s role in the Reed Morano-directed…

EXCLUSIVE: After a report a week ago that production on IM Global/EON/Paramount Pictures’ thriller The Rhythm Section was shut down indefinitely due to star Blake Lively’s hand injury, we are hearing from several sources the film is expected to resume production in Spain in June. Lively suffered the injury while doing…

Paramount’s spy thriller The Rhythm Section officially has shut down production. The news comes after star Black Lively injured her hand while filming in December. The movie based on Mark Burnell’s Stephanie Patrick novels initially was suspended temporarily after Lively’s injury, but Deadline confirmed today that…

Blake Lively has been injured on the set of Paramount’s female-fronted spy thriller The Rhythm Section. As a result, production has been temporarily suspended on the adaptation of Mark Burnell's Stephanie Patrick novels. “Paramount, Global Road (formerly known as IM Global) and producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara…

Code Black and Homeland actor Raza Jaffrey has enlisted in Paramount's female espionage thriller The Rhythm Section, starring Blake Lively and Jude Law. The studio is partnering with IM Global and James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli on the project. The Handmaid's Tale director/exec producer Reed…