Новости за 05.12.2022

EXCLUSIVE: Ji-Young Yoo has rounded out cast of eOne and Macro’s Freaky Tales with Ryan Boden and Anna Fleck directing. She joins Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jack Champion, Angus Cloud, Dominique Thorne and Keir Gilchrist and Michelle Farrah Huang, as well as a collection of notable Oakland natives who are also on board. The film will be […]

EXCLUSIVE: After festival premieres in Telluride, AFI and New York, the Chris Smith-directed documentary Sr. just started its run on Netflix. What began as a docu about Robert Downey Sr, the ’60s counterculture director of avant-garde films including Putney Swope and Greaser’s Palace, Sr. evolved into much more as the process stretched over three years […]

David Preschlack, a former NBC Sports executive who oversaw its regional sports networks and previously had a 20-year run at Disney and ESPN, has been named CEO of the financially challenged Diamond Sports Group. A subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, which led the purchase of the formerly Fox-branded RSNs now operated under the Bally’s name, […]

Pop superstar and songwriter Neil Diamond, who retired from touring in 2018 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, surprised the opening night audience of A Beautiful Noise Sunday with a post-show performance of his signature hit “Sweet Caroline.” (Watch it below.) Diamond was greeted with a standing ovation upon entering the the Broadhurst Theatre just […]

EXCLUSIVE: New Sony Pictures Television President Katherine Pope has made several hires and promotions as she continues to build her executive team. Lauren Miller and Craig Kurland are joining the studios as Heads of Business Affairs, effective today. Miller previously worked with Pope at Spectrum Originals as Head of Business Affairs and Strategic Planning, and at […]

The CW has set 8 PM, Wednesday, February 8 for the premiere of the ninth and final season of The Flash. It will be followed at 9 PM by the midseason return of Kung Fu. “The Flash will be remembered as one of the greatest shows in the history of The CW, and everyone involved […]

Between America’s Kidz Got Singing, Sports Shouting and Homonym!, Tina Fey’s NBC comedy 30 Rock had a penchant for on the nose reality creations but the jewel in its crown was Milf Island featuring “25 super hot moms, 50 eighth-grade boys and no rules”. This isn’t too far from the plot of Back In The […]

Deadline on Monday launched its streaming site for Contenders Film: International, the annual awards-season showcase of the buzziest movies in the hunt for the International Feature Oscar. The all-day virtual event took place Saturday and spanned 29 films hailing from all corners of the globe. Click here to launch the streaming site. Saturday’s lineup included […]

EXCLUSIVE: Outfest has selected ten queer and transgender writers from diverse backgrounds for its 2022 Screenwriting Lab.  The participants workshopping feature-length scripts during the week-long program, taking place virtually from today through Friday, December 9, include Bri J. Hernandez (Boys in Bands), Donovan Tolledo (Fat Lip), James Acker (Sadboi), Joseph Sackett (Cross Pollination), Katie Heaney […]

Season 7 of The Bay will kick off with new episodes Dec. 19. The sudser recently completed its milestone 100th episode, which will be released in early 2023. Viewers can watch the daytime drama series weekdays at 3pm ET/12pm PT on Popstar! TV with encore presentations at 8pm ET/5pm PT and 11pm ET/8pm PT.  “Growing up watching American daytime dramas in a Latino household where telenovelas […]

EXCLUSIVE: Roadside Attractions has acquired Moving On, an original comedy written and directed by About a Boy Oscar nominee Paul Weitz starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge on the petulant widower (Malcolm McDowell) of their recently deceased best friend. Along the way, Fonda’s character reunites with her […]

UDPATED: Elvis star Austin Butler will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival’s gala on January 5. Butler joins this year’s already announced honorees Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Sarah Polley, Michelle Yeoh and The Fabelmans for the fest’s annual kickoff event. More details below. PREVIOUSLY, December 1 AM: Steven Spielberg’s The […]

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed stand-up comedian, host and actor Karlous Miller for representation in all areas.  As a comedian and actor, Miller co-hosted MTV’s What’s My Secret and was a veteran cast member on MTV’s Wild ‘N Out with Nick Cannon. Additionally, he was seen on MTV’s Joking Off, MTV2’s Uncommon Sense, BET’s Comic View, Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes, and Bounce TV’s Family Time. […]

In an emotional Instagram post, actor Natalie Portman is condemning the rise of antisemitic hate speech and expressing gratitude to all who speak out against “all forms of racism.” “Seeing the re-emergence of antisemitism makes my heart drop,” Portman writes. “This hatred must be combatted with boundless love for each other. Today, I send extra […]

Director, screenwriter and producer Fatih Akin passed through the Red Sea film festival Monday where he discussed his career and what he described as the unique experience of straddling Turkish and German culture in his films. Akin, who has brought his latest film Rheingold to Red Sea, was born in Hamburg and has primarily worked […]

Fox CFO Steven Tomsic promised that “whatever happens” as its board considers merging with News Corp., creating value for shareholders “will be at the forefront of everyone’s mind.” Last month, Rupert Murdoch asked special committees of Fox and News Corp. directors to evaluate re-merging the two companies. Since then, several shareholders on both sides have […]

The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 29th edition — taking place both in-person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 20-26, and online on the Slamdance Channel from the 23rd to the 29th. This year’s lineup of films from 13 countries was chosen from more than 7,600 submissions, more […]

Playwright James Ijames’ Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Fat Ham, a take-off of Hamlet set at a Southern Black family’s cook-out, will make its Broadway debut this spring, beginning previews on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at the American Airlines Theatre ahead of an official opening on Wednesday, April 12. The strictly limited 14-week engagement runs through Sunday, […]

It was two days after director Adil El Arbi’s wedding in Morocco when he and his co-director Bilall Fallah got the call that their recently wrapped $70M film Batgirl would be shelved as part of a cost-saving move for Warner Bros Discovery under David Zaslav’s new regime.  “It was a traumatic experience,” Bilall told Deadline at the […]

With another winning performance at the World Cup, this time defeating Poland in the round of 16, the French national football team also led broadcaster TF1 to yet another ratings record for the year. An average 14.3 million viewers tuned in to see Les Bleus notch a 3-1 victory on Sunday, from the 4pm hour […]

Jordanian director Darin J. Sallam and producers Deema Azar and Ayeh Jadaneh have accused Israel of mounting a disinformation campaign against their film Farha and also rebuked the country for attempting to get it removed from theatres and Netflix. The film is set in 1948, in the early days of the Israel-Palestinian conflict which saw […]

The team behind the Prince Charles Cinema, an independent theater in London’s West End, is set to launch a bid to revive Edinburgh Filmhouse, which closed its doors this month due to financial difficulties. Scottish native Gregory Lynn, who has co-run the Prince Charles Cinema for 20 years, is leading the bid, which the group […]

Netflix has unveiled a December 8 release date for Harry & Meghan, the tell-all documentary from the royal pair that looks set to generate plenty of headlines. The show will launch on Thursday and is being billed as an “unprecedented and in-depth documentary series.” A new trailer was released today and can be seen below. […]

Wild Bunch co-founder Vincent Maraval drew comparisons between the burgeoning film industry in Saudi Arabia with that of China during a business-focused keynote at the Red Sea film festival this morning. The keynote, hosted by Deadline’s Diana Lodderhose, began with Maraval explaining his approach to selecting and investing in projects, which he described as “talent-led” […]

British producer Richard Johns has launched a new label, Argo Films. Johns is best known for the 2000 Academy Award-nominated indie horror flick Shadow of a Vampire and several other films, is debuting with a slate of projects and The Shepherd, a completed short for Disney+. The Shepherd, starring John Travolta and Ben Radcliffe, is based on the […]