EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Dyer, star of NBC procedural drama The InBetween, is boarding Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man for Blumhouse-Universal. Dyer joins the already announced cast of Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge and Storm Reid. The pic will shoot in Dyer’s native country of Australia next month, specifically Sydney. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Aldis Hodge, star of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning film Clemency, has landed a role in Blumhouse-Universal’s The Invisible Man which is inspired by the studio’s classic monster character. Hodge joins Us star Elisabeth Moss and Storm Reid in the Leigh Whannell feature…

Universal bookended its CineEurope presentation today with looks at new installments in two multi-billion dollar grossing franchises. The first was an introduction to Illumination’s upcoming 2020 sequel Minions: The Rise Of Gru, and the closer an exclusive trailer for next month's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs…

A panel of leading international studio and exhibition executives at CineEurope in Barcelona today was bullish on the future of the theatrical business, downplaying a rivalry with subscription streaming services, while also voicing a distaste for discount subscription models in cinemas. Among the statistics shared by…

Skybound Entertainment and Universal Pictures said Tuesday they are developing Oblivion Song, a movie based on Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici’s sci-fi comic book series. Sean O'Keefe, who penned the upcoming Peter Berg-Mark Wahlberg pic Wonderland, will write the script. Published by Skybound and Image Comics, Ob…

Vin Diesel teased about John Cena’s casting in the ninth installment of Fast & Furious back in April on Instagram, and Universal officially confirmed Friday that the Blockers actor is a lock. Cena’s character is under wraps, the only word coming to us is that he plays “a badass.” Dwayne Johnson, we hear, will not be…

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Bolotin is adapting The Vows for Universal based on Natalie Shutler’s August 2018 The New York Times article “Son, Placed for Adoption, Leads Birth Parents to Altar 36 Years Later”. Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing. Shutler’s article tells the story of 36-year-old…

2nd UPDATE, 5:18 PM: Universal has moved the release date for The Hunt up by three weeks, from October 18 to September 27. Damon Lindelof-penned political thriller now will open against STX’s Chadwick Boseman actioner 21 Bridges, The Universal/DreamWorks Animation feature Abominable, Entertainment Studios’ drama All Ri…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Pamela Adlon has joined the cast of Universal's untitled Judd Apatow-Pete Davidson comedy, which is set to start shooting soon in New York. She joins the already announced cast of Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Maude Apatow and Bel Powley who star alongside Davidson. Apatow directs and wrote the pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has paid mid- to high-six figures for Don’t Go in the Water, a Peter Gaffney spec script that has 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Levine and Lit Entertainment’s Adam Kolbrenner producing with Adam Rodin. Script, being called a suspenseful monster movie, is the first spec deal for Verve since…

EXCLUSIVE: Amandla Stenberg is attached to star in Universal’s reimagined take of the 1996 thriller Fear.  The original movie, released in 1996, starred Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon early on in their careers as young lovers David and Nicole. David is charming and affectionate, but Nicole soon sees a darker side…

Universal and Illumination have set on a title for the sequel to their hit 2015 animated film Minions, itself a spinoff of the Despicable Me franchise. The latest film, now titled Minions: The Rise of Gru, had already set a July 3, 2020, release date. The title suggests the plot could be an origin story of sorts…