In the wake of a string of bombs, i.e. last Christmas’ Welcome to Marwen ($13M) and the Brad Pitt-Marion Cotillard WWII spy romance Allied ($120M off an $85M production cost), Forrest Gump Oscar winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is in early talks to direct a live-action version of Pinocchio for Disney. It’s the same…
Travis Van Winkle, who played “Lt. Danny Green” on all five seasons of TNT’s The Last Ship, has signed with APA.
Van Winkle also recently wrapped his series regular role of “Det. Ryan Stock” on the CBS drama, Instinct. His other television roles include recurring on Hart of Dixie for the CW, recurring on Happy Endings…
EXCLUSIVE:My Name Is Earl alum Jason Lee has signed with ICM Partners and Imagine Artist Management for representation in all areas.
Lee is best known in television for his starring role in the Emmy-winning series My Name Is Earl, for which he received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Musical or…
Disney+ on Friday revealed some of the new content it is adding to its nonfiction slate on or after the streaming service’s November 12 launch, including newly announced documentaries about Mickey Mouse from Morgan Neville and Marwencol‘s Jeff Malmberg, and about Wolfgang Puck, from Jiro Dreams of Sushi director David…
“There’s a lot of sitting around watching YouTube cat and dog videos, and we try to inject into these dragons as many of the attributes we see in our own domestic pets as possible,” director Dean DeBlois said during Deadline’s The Contenders London event, where he discussed creating the mythical beasts in How to Train…
EXCLUSIVE: I hear that screenwriter Randy McKinnon is set to adapt Justin A. Reynold's romance novel Opposite of Always for Paramount Players.
Published by Katherine Tegen Books, Opposite of Always follows Jack and Kate who after meeting at a party, bond until sunrise. Jack is falling hard for her, and soon Kate is…
Spiral Farm, the coming-of-age drama from writer-director Alec Tibaldi and starring Piper De Palma in her feature film debut, has been acquired by Indican Pictures. The pic, which bowed this year at Slamdance, will now hit theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago beginning December 13, with a digital release…
MGM and Bron Creative have finalized the cast for its Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, who was previously announced in the lead role. Pic follows the rise of Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom. Production begins Nov. 1. Pic will be…
EXCLUSIVE: Alisha Wainwright, best known for starring in Freeform’s Shadowhunters series, is set to play opposite Justin Timberlake in Palmer, a drama which is being directed by Fisher Stevens.
The pic, which is based on a 2016 Blacklist script written by Cheryl Guerriero, hails from SK Global and Sidney Kimmel…
EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Rich Asians and Glee star Harry Shum Jr. leads cast with Chris Sullivan (This Is Us) in movie thriller Broadcast Signal Intrusion, which is now shooting in Chicago.
Jacob Gentry (Synchronicity) directs the feature which is inspired by real broadcast interruptions that occurred in the Windy City in the…
The She’s Gotta Have It Netflix series actress has scored a leading role in Universal/Amblin’s Jurassic World 3. DeWanda Wise joins the already announced cast that includes Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mamoudou Anthie and original franchise stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum. Deadline exclusively…
UPDATE 09:35 AM PST: Still nothing concrete on why the China release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has been postponed. One well-placed source in the country claims there was an appeal from Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee to Chinese authorities over the portrayal of her father, a local hero.
In the movie, a…
