EXCLUSIVE: Several sources tell us that Jada Pinkett Smith is in current negotiations to return for Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s The Matrix 4. She played the role of Niobe in parts 2 and 3, The Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions. It is not a done deal yet, we hear.
Niobe is from Zion, and the captain of the…
Film Independent has announced the seven producers who been chosen for its 19th annual Producing Lab. The fellows will participate in a program set up to help develop their skills and further their careers by pairing them with film professionals who can advise on both the craft and business of independent…
Ryan Reynolds and John Krasinski are partnering to become Imaginary Friends. The pair are currently in negotiations for the fantasy comedy at Paramount, Deadline has confirmed.
Paramount beat out the likes of Sony and Lionsgate in a bidding war for the pic which, once finalized, will have Krasinski as screenwriter and…
In the documentary, On the President’s Orders, audiences are given an up-close and personal into the ruthless horror of the “drug war” in the Philippines. Under President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against drug dealers and suspected users, the documentary directed by James Jones and Olivier Sarbil follows the police…
Charlie Chaplin did it in The Great Dictator. Mel Brooks and Jack Benny did in their respective versions of To Be or Not to Be. Brooks also wrote and directed the most hilarious send-up of all with his “Springtime for Hitler” production number in The Producers. And Hogan’s Heroes even did it for six seasons in the…
EXCLUSIVE:Alexander Ludwig is getting ready to Swing. The Vikings actor is set to join Michael Shannon for the Ivy League rowing drama.
Directed by Michael Mailer and written by Vojin Gjaja, Swing follows a group of friends and crew teammates in their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999. Their lives are…
EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Jada Pinkett Smith for representation in all areas.
Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk, which she hosts and executive produces, is the social media site’s #1 show and received an Emmy award nomination for Outstanding Talk Show as well as a Critics’ Choice Real TV Award…
The How I Met Your Mother actor is joining Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen in Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s The Matrix 4. Neil Patrick Harris’ role is under wraps. Rumor is that Abdul-Mateen plays a young Morpheus.
Lana Wachowski is directing and co-wrote the script with Aleksandar Hemon and…
David Fincher is rounding out the cast for his upcoming Netflix feature, Mank, about the tumultuous development of Orson Welles’ classics Citizen Kane.
Joining previously announced Oscar winner Gary Oldman is Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tuppence Middleton, Arliss Howard (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Charles Dance (Gam…
Earlier this morning, Netflix announced Dash & Lily, an eight-episode holiday romantic comedy series that Shawn Levy's 21 Laps is producing with Nick Jonas' Image 32. It marks the fifth Netflix series for Stranger Things‘ Levy, and it also christens the producing aspirations of Jonas, the singer and actor who…
Cuba Gooding Jr won't be on trial today on criminal charges of forcible touching, but the Oscar winner will be facing more allegations of sexual abuse as a newly unsealed indictment revealed Tuesday.
Already looking at a potential year behind bars if found guilty of the supposed groping incident that occurred this…
EXCLUSIVE: A major structural shift is taking place at Marvel. As the brand looks to put even more of its stamp on the Walt Disney Company with the upcoming launch of Disney+, all of Marvel’s creative personnel is moving under Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.
Deadline hears that Feige is adding the title of Chief…
