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EXCLUSIVE: The Suicide Squad breakout Daniela Melchior will have a small role in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, we can confirm. But as director James Gunn confirmed late last year, the actress won’t be appearing as character Moondragon, which had been speculated online. Filming recently wrapped on the anticipated…

The Suicide Squad breakout Daniela Melchior is the latest to join the cast of Universal’s Fast and Furious 10. Jason Momoa recently became the first big addition to the cast, joining series stars Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez and Sung Kang, who all are expected to return with Justin Lin on…

EXCLUSIVE: There’s another Suicide Squad spinoff series in the works, James Gunn recently told us on the upcoming episode of Deadline’s Hero Nation. “We’re working on something else now, another TV show that’s connected to that universe,” Gunn told us, “I can’t quite say.” In addition, Gunn says about a second season…

In a wide ranging interview with Deadline staff before earnings were released, WarnerMedia toppers Jason Kilar and Ann Sarnoff were quite pleased with the long term results of the disruptive decision to put its entire 2021 theatrical slate on its fledgling streaming service HBO Max as the films were released in movie…

John Cena’s mercenary character in DC’s Peacemaker may not exactly be the most politically correct guy by today’s measure in his expletives to friends, enemies and waitresses. Peacemaker follows the DC superhero who is dedicated to world peace and how he’s prepared to use force of arms to achieve it. Asked at today’s T…

UPDATE, writethru: One of the only Hollywood titles to recently be granted a China release date, Disney/20th Century Studios' Free Guy flew into the market with a No. 1 $23.9M start. This is a solid launch in the Middle Kingdom, particularly in the current climate, and helped push the Ryan Reynolds-starrer past $100M…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some data we haven’t seen yet: The 17-day U.S. household viewership for Warner Bros movies released this year on HBO Max, with James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad registering 4.7 million households through its first three weekends of release on the service. All of this comes from Samba TV, which measures…

UPDATE, writethru: Disney/20th Century Studios' Free Guy leveled up to take the No. 1 spot at the international box office in its sophomore session with $17.1M from 46 markets for a $53.1M cume to date. The overseas drop was a very strong 26%, with some markets seeing increases and amid No. 1 openings in Brazil and…

UPDATE, writethru: Disney/20th Century Studios' Free Guy led the game at global turnstiles this session with a $51M worldwide debut. That includes domestic's over-performance of $28.4M, and a $22.5M start in 41 material markets at the international box office — the latter in line with pre-weekend expectations. The…

"It was a great move for us because Evil never really felt like a network show," says Mike Colter of the move of the supernatural series from CBS to Paramount+ for its second season this year. "I think it is going to be a good thing, I think it is going to change the way we explore the characters," adds the man who…

EXCLUSIVE: Third-party streaming analytics company Samba TV has weighed in on the weekend viewership of Warner Bros’ The Suicide Squad on HBO Max, saying that 2.8 million U.S. households tuned in over the film’s Friday-Sunday frame. That number among movies on HBO Max marks the highest weekend ever for a DC property…

UPDATE, writethru: After debuting to $6.7M from five overseas markets last weekend, Warner Bros/DC's The Suicide Squad moved into wide offshore release this session, taking $35M from 69 total international box office markets. This is a touch below the like-for-like opening of 2020's disappointing Birds Of Prey ($36.6M…