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Zac Efron has confirmed that he fell ill while filming on location in Papua New Guinea for his new Quibi show Killing Zac Efron. In a post on Twitter and Instagram on Sunday, Efron said: “Very thankful to everyone who has reached out. I did get sick in Papua New Guinea but I bounced back quick and finished an amazing…

Zac Efron has conquered the High School Musical, navigated the age-swapping movie genre in 17 Again, was in charge of the big top in The Greatest Showman and stepped into the shoes of a serial killer in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Now the actor is stepping into the wild and going into survival mode…

EXCLUSIVE: Here's a package that should prompt some AFM buzz. I can reveal that Zac Efron is attached to star in comedy King Of The Jungle. Pic comes from Crazy, Stupid, Love and I Love You Phillip Morris filmmakers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who are directing from a screenplay by Golden Globe and Emmy-winning…

It’s the dawn of civilization and humans don’t know how to act, what to eat or what a wheel or fire is. In the new trailer for the Facebook Watch animated series, we see characters voiced by Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick try to navigate this new thing called human civilization and try to make it to the end of the day…

The title of the latest film about notorious serial killer Ted Bundy is Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile, but they probably could have made it even longer by adding the words: And Dull. Documentarian Joe Berlinger has made a well-meaning and thankfully non-exploitative version of Bundy’s dark and repulsive…

Netflix has released the trailer for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, the Joe Berlinger-directed pic about Ted Bundy that stars Zac Efron as the serial killer. The film, penned by Michael Werwie, takes on the Bundy story from the perspective of his girlfriend Liz Kendall (Lily Collins), who refused to…

Here’s a first clip of Zac Efron and Lily Collins in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, the Ted Bundy film acquired by Netflix out of Sundance. Watch it below (note that it only is viewable in the UK). The film is a chronicle of the crimes of the notorious serial killer from the perspective of his longtime…

The description for the R rating given Matthew McConaughey’s new film probably says all you need to know: “drugs, alcohol, nudity, sex.” That not only sums up how The Beach Bum got the R, it pretty much also sums up the plot of this movie. Actually, check that: There really isn’t a plot. The Beach Bum is exactly what…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Zac Efron will voice the dapper Fred, and Amanda Seyfried the preppy Daphne, in Warner Bros Animation Group’s Scooby-Doo feature film Scoob. Tony Cervone is directing the feature, and Chris Columbus, Pam Coats and Allison Abbate are producing. Executive producers are Charles Roven…

Facebook Watch’s new original animated comedy Human Discoveries has set Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick as its stars. The forthcoming series, which will debut later this year, comes from Chris Bruno and David Howard Lee with ShadowMachine founders Corey Campodonico and Alex Bulkley (BoJack Horseman, Final Space…

On January 24, Netflix released Conversations with a Killer, Joe Berlinger's riveting four-part docuseries on Ted Bundy; two days later, Berlinger was at Sundance with a narrative feature, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, also to do with Bundy, one of the most infamous serial killers in American history…

After staying quiet for the most part during Sundance, Netflix has emerged, taking U.S. rights and some foreign for Voltage Pictures’ Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile for a reported $9M. Pic, directed by Joe Berlinger, tells the story of mass-murderer Ted Bundy (Zac Efron) but seen through a viewpoint of his…