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EXCLUSIVE: Though her upcoming breakout role as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s new retelling of West Side Story doesn’t bow till this winter, Rachel Zegler looks to have already found her next big role in Disney’s latest live-action adaptation of an animated classic. Sources tell Deadline Zegler is set to star as Snow Whi…

For a second year in a row, the much-anticipated (by film nerds at least) TCM Classic Film Festival has been forced, due to Covid concerns, into a virtual format. The annual four-day event, held in Hollywood at the TCL Chinese Theatre and other venues, began over a decade ago to serve as a live in-person version of…

As part of the theme of this year’s Oscars theme “Bring Your Movie” love, stars of upcoming features tossed to trailers of their films. Actress Ariana DeBose, who hosted the Oscar pre-show tonight, and plays Anita in Steven Spielberg's upcoming 20th Century Studios/Amblin West Side Story, showed the following above…

Despite Disney’s aggressive theatrical-Disney+ Premier day-and-date streaming strategy for Raya and the Last Dragon, Cruella and Black Widow, the Burbank, CA- based studio will make it known during this Sunday’s Oscars that they have not abandoned the theatrical experience. Today, the studio announced in its…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. This weekend is crunch time. Final balloting for the 93rd annual Academy Awards began Thursday, and it is likely that a majority of those ballots will have been filled out and submitted by the time we get to Monday. Technically, voters have until 5…

EXCLUSIVE: Isaac Powell, the star of Ivo van Howe's 2020 Broadway revival of West Side Story, has joined the cast of Universal’s Dear Evan Hansen. The project will mark Powell’s feature film debut. Powell will play high school jock Rhys in the feature adaptation of the six-time Tony winning Broadway musical. He joins…

Actress Doreen Montalvo, who had been a cast member of Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire before the musical went dark with Broadway’s March 12 COVID shutdown after a mere three preview performances, died Saturday, her manager Steve Maihack confirmed on social media. Montalvo, who had also appeared in Broadway’s productions of …

In the wake of COVID-19’s continued grip on the box office, Disney made another round of release-date changes Wednesday, the good news for exhibition being: Nothing is headed to Disney+. That includes Pixar’s Soul, which is currently sticking to its November 20 release against MGM’s James Bond movie No Time to…

EXCLUSIVE: Isaac Powell, who originated the lead role of Tony in Ivo van Howe's Broadway revival of West Side Story, has signed with CAA. For his critically acclaimed performance, which includes a production highlight in the classic musical number “Maria,” Powell received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding…

As festivals continue to cancel and studios retreat on release dates, the movie industry is resolutely pursuing what it acknowledges to be a perilous scenario. "Even Hollywood needs love now and then," Samuel Goldwyn once proclaimed, but instead it faces stubborn exhibitors like AMC and Cineworld, who hammer studios…

Producer Scott Rudin is slashing ticket prices to $50 through March for whatever seats remain available at his five usually sold-out Broadway productions, a move designed to help keep theaters full if coronavirus concerns begin to take a significant toll on attendance. Rudin’s productions To Kill a Mockingbird, West Si…

Broadway box office was down 11% last week, but don’t jump to any coronavirus conclusions: Attendance was down a small 3%, and the slide in receipts can be chalked up at least in part to theater-going children. With more than a dozen productions participating in the annual Kids Night On Broadway – children free with…