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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has been a worldwide hit and moviegoers have found out that Letitia Wright’s Shuri is the new Black Panther. The writers of the sequel are opening up about what other characters they thought of to assume the role of the superhero following Chadwick Boseman’s…

In anticipation of its release this coming week, Disney/Marvel's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continued its promotional tour with a historic premiere in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday evening. This was a major event — and the first time a Marvel movie has held a premiere locally — with a large group of…

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions…

Sony Pictures Classics’ sci-fi drama Nine Days starring Winston Duke opens in four theaters in a specialty market buoyed by recent releases like Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain and Pig. New York’s arthouse scene, outpaced by LA of late, is perking up, distributors say (Ailey numbers were super there) and…

Winston Duke is moving from the Marvel universe to the DC universe in Spotify's upcoming Batman Unburied podcast series. Black Panther and Avengers star Duke will voice Bruce Wayne in the series, which is exec produced by David S. Goyer. He will be joined by Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs as Wayne's loyal butler and…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has set Winston Duke (Black Panther) to star as Marcus Garvey in Marked Man. Garvey was a political activist who was a key figure of Black nationalism in the 20th century. Andrew Dosunmu will direct the drama, and Jesse Williams (Little Fires Everywhere) and DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It)…

O’Shea Jackson Jr. has been tapped as the lead in Swagger, Apple's new basketball-themed drama series, in a recasting. The series hails from NBA superstar Kevin Durant and his Thirty Five Ventures, Shots Fired co-creator Reggie Rock Bythewood, Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios, where Imagine TV has a…

When writer and director Edson Oda set out to make his supernatural drama Nine Days, he wanted to create something “very human, very emotional, but in a reality that is not necessarily the reality that we live.” “I always liked those kinds of weird premises and world-building, said Oda who stopped by Deadline Sundance…

“Picture this: Dirty cops, drug cartels and some big politicians — all working together.” It’s been more than 30 years since the case was closed on ABC’s Spenser: For Hire, and now we have a new iteration for the streaming era. Here’s the first trailer for Spenser Confidential, with Mark Wahlberg crashing into the…

EXCLUSIVE: Winston Duke (Black Panther, Us) has been tapped as the lead in Swagger, Apple’s new basketball-themed drama series from NBA superstar Kevin Durant and his Thirty Five Ventures, Shots Fired co-creator Reggie Rock Bythewood, Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios, where Imagine TV has a first-look…

EXCLUSIVE: In a hot package to perk up a slumbering marketplace, Black Panther‘s Winston Duke is set to star in Nine Days with Deadpool 2‘s Zazie Beetz, It‘s Bill Skarsgård, Doctor Strange‘s Benedict Wong and David Rysdahl. The film is written and will be directed this summer by Edson Oda, the celebrated commercials…

Jordan Peele’s follow-up to his Oscar winning phenomenon Get Out is destined to be a smash hit, and since SXSW, critics have gushed and jumped all over themselves giving it all sorts of interpretations. But at its heart, Us really is just standard horror 101, albeit a very effectively and impressively made effort that…