When it comes to action movies rallying at the box office, Phillip Noyce knows what works, and his résumé counts a plethora of successes including the Angelina Jolie spy movie Salt and the Tom Clancy movies Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger.
But with Lakewood, he’s gone outside the studio system to make a…
Friday Update: What the House of Atreides lacks in spice, it’s making up for at the foreign box office with sheer American dollars during the pandemic. Deadline has learned that the Legendary-Warner Bros. sci-fi epic Dunehas risen to $8.4M through its first two days at the overseas box office from 17 markets. On…
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off her show-stopping VMAs appearance, Megan Fox (Transformers) has been set to star with Tyson Ritter (Preacher) in new feature thriller Johnny And Clyde, we can reveal.
The film, produced by Chad A. Verdi’s (Bleed For This) Verdi Productions, is a new take on the famous Bonnie and Clyde story.
The…
EXCLUSIVE: We Can Be Heroes and Man With A Plan star Hala Finley is joining Oscar winner Ben Affleck and Alice Braga (Queen Of The South) in Robert Rodriguez action-thriller Hypnotic, which is due to get underway on Monday 27 September in Austin, Texas.
The movie will follow a detective (Affleck) who becomes entangled…
EXCLUSIVE: Scream queen Danielle Harris (Halloween) has signed on to star in upcoming horror film, Flesh.
Plot details are being kept under wraps but we hear it involves a deranged individual who wants to sacrifice human flesh to a malevolent spirit.
Script was written by Reine Swart and Chris McGowan. McGowan is set…
EXCLUSIVE: Forced to halt production after just three weeks of shooting in South Africa when the Covid pandemic struck back in March 2020, and picking up again in Romania seven months later, Around The World In 80 Days is due to have its world premiere at Canneseries on October 10.
Star David Tennant, who plays…
EXCLUSIVE: Redbox Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to under-the-radar action-thriller Vendetta, which is starring Bruce Willis (Die Hard), Clive Standen (Taken), Thomas Jane (The Last Son), Theo Rossi (Army of the Dead), and Mike Tyson (The Hangover).
Written and directed by Jared Cohn (The Horde)…
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A Royal Affair
On the block: One subject above all others dominated this week's Royal Television Society…
EXCLUSIVE: Streaming service ChaiFlicks has acquired North American rights to three Israeli series from Shtisel and Fauda outfit Yes Studios.
ChaiFlicks, an SVOD service specializing in Jewish and Israeli entertainment, is lining up fall releases for Checkout, Significant Other and Asylum City, which will all be shown…
Netflix Reveals Italian Series Slate
Netflix has revealed a handful of new series out of Italy and confirmed the imminent start of shoot on Elena Ferrante adaptation The Lying Life Of Adults, which will star Valeria Golino. Scroll down for the series (synopses translated from Italian). Netflix’s VP of Italian…
EXCLUSIVE: Spain's flagship film event, the San Sebastian Film Festival, gets underway tonight. Ahead of the fest, Deadline sat down with Netflix's two top content executives in Spain to hear about the streamer's strategy in the key European market, which has the unique advantage of also being a content bridge into…
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first trailer for The Noise Of Engines (Le Bruit Des Moteurs), Philippe Grégoire's French-language drama. The film is set to have its world premiere in San Sebastian Film Festival’s New Directors Competition on Sunday, September 19.
The pic follows Alexandre, an instructor at the Canadian customs…
