UPDATED WITH VIDEO: In one of the biggest surprises of tonight's Golden Globes ceremony, 1917 helmer Sam Mendes won the award for Best Director of a Motion Picture. Parasite's Bong Joon-ho was heavily favored to take home the statuette, following the film's win for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language, such that…
Sam Mendes’ World War I drama 1917 is set to open in limited release this weekend. Moviegoers may be skeptical as they ask themselves, “Do we really need another World War I movie?” but with a certified fresh Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 93%, 1917 is proving to be a must-see film, awards season or…
If you watched Cats on opening night, you may have seen a different version than others who saw it later in the weekend as sources tell Deadline that Universal Pictures sent out a memo to theaters saying that they will be sending out a new version of the big-screen adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Weber Broadwaymusical…
Sky is to develop a major new UK studio for TV and film productions at Elstree with the backing of its parent company Comcast. The cost of the investment was not disclosed.
The British broadcaster will open Sky Studios Elstree by 2022 and it will work in collaboration with Elstree Studios, the famous home of films…
EXCLUSIVE: A short film reuniting the creature from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Henry Thomas, who played Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, is premiering Thursday on NBC, Syfy and on the website of ComcastXfinity. You can watch it above.
Titled A Holiday Reunion, the film has a running time of a bit more…
Melina Matsoukas is known for directing some of the most compelling and visually striking music videos including Rihanna’s “We Found Love” and Beyonce’s game-changing “Formation” — both earned her an MTV Video Music Award. This year, she made her foray into the feature space with Queen and Slim. Written by Emmy winner…
The Fast & Furious franchise is speeding to Netflix with the new original animated series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, and Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have released the first images and the cast of the new series that debuts December 26.
Keeping it in the Fast & Furious family, Spy Racers features…
Something evil lurks in the shadows — or does it? Here’s the first trailer for The Invisible Man, Blumhouse resurrection of the classic Universal Pictures horror franchise. And it’s not your grandfather’s unseen monster.
Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) is trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and…
1917, the war drama directed by Sam Mendes, will have its world premiere in London on December 4 as a Royal Film Performance.
The events are flagship fundraisers for the UK's Film and TV Charity, which supports people working in screens industries, and are typically attended by members of the royal family.
This will…
EXCLUSIVE: Mamoudou Athie, who currently co-stars on the Facebook series, Sorry for Your Loss, has landed a lead role in Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World 3. He’s set to star opposite returning cast members Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum.
Colin…
EXCLUSIVE: Felicia Pride is bringing the heat to Universal Pictures. The studio is teaming with Will Packer Productions to develop Deeper, an erotic romance based on an original idea from the Queen Sugar writer.
Pride is set to write the script, but specific details about the story are being kept under wraps. Will…
COMMENTARY: To judge from its trailer, Sam Mendes' upcoming 1917, like most modern war dramas — Hacksaw Ridge, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse, even Dunkirk — is essentially a personal story. In the fourth year of World War I, two British soldiers, played by George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman, thread their way…
