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As People We Meet on Vacation makes the journey from the page to the screen, readers may notice some differences in the 2021 romantic comedy book’s feature adaptation. Author Emily Henry recently teased how the Yulin Kuang-written, Brett Haley-directed rom-com, which premieres Jan. 9 on Netflix, departs from her book about the deep 10-year friendship […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/6xfI5mC

As Shawn Levy prepares to leave his mark on the Star Wars franchise, the director has enlisted “a maestro” to compose the movie’s score. The Star Wars: Starfighter director recently revealed that 15x Oscar nominee Thomas Newman will score the upcoming installment, which is set to premiere in theaters on May 28, 2027 in the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/YHPz3ub

Paramount+ is the new home of the UFC and the streamer has now revealed when the first event is set for. During CBS’s Thanksgiving Day halftime show of the NFL match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Dallas Cowboys, it was announced that Saturday, January 24 will be the date that fans can watch […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/9xaIv1g

"See you soon." A sneaky trailer surprise just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday! Lionsgate has revealed a quick & scary teaser trailer for the "horror finale" in this series - The Strangers: Chapter 3 . It will wrap up the story introduced and explored in director Renny Harlin's new horror trilogy reboot of The Strangers masked killers franchise - featuring The Strangers: Chapter 1 in 2024 + The Strangers: Chapter 2 in 2025 earlier this year. The next one shot back-to-back with the others is out in a few months . "See how it ends" in February. The curent survivors face more threats from masked strangers. Secrets emerge, jeopardizing their lives as the line between reality and peril blurs in their battle for survival. Nothing much more beyond that, other than this finale brings the series to a "full-circle reckoning of survival and revenge." Harlin's Chapter 3 stars Madelaine Petsch , Gabriel Basso , Ema Horvath , with Pablo ...

Hold onto your butts, brochachos, because a lengthy — yet abbreviated — summary of the penultimate season of Stranger Things lies in wait. Launching in two parts on Netflix — the first volume containing seven episodes launching May 27, 2022 and the second volume containing the final two episodes arriving July 1, 2022 — Season […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/DI6jyFq

After wrapping Stranger Things, Sadie Sink is about to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and there’s a lot of speculation around her character. Sink joined the superhero film, but little is known about who she is playing, which has led to many rumors about her character and her red hair. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/HQJcnpj

IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film festival, wrapped in Amsterdam over the weekend after presenting a program of more than 250 films, many of them world and international premieres. The 38th edition of IDFA marked the debut of Isabel Arrate Fernandez as artistic director, a position she assumed in July after the resignation of Orwa Nyrabia, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/zQOSXwD

A widow’s relationship with an astronaut, the love triangle of a broadcast news team, and now a state lieutenant governor-turned-governor who is bogged down by the men in her life, chiefly her knuckleheaded husband in 20th Century Studios’ dramedy Ella McCay. The characters on the surface may appear as though they’re not in our immediate […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/xEoCsrY

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that three big agents from CAA –Matt Martin, Trevor Astbury and Adam Schweitzer– are heading over to WME. Schweitzer’s clients include Oppenheimer Oscar winner Cillian Murphy, 2x Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, The Whale Best Actor Oscar winner Brendan Fraser, and Dune franchise actress Rebecca Ferguson. Martin is a Motion Picture Lit agent […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/dJSHUTf

Although Dorothy Gale might not show her face in Wicked: For Good, the actress who played the iconic literary character is revealing a behind-the-scenes look at her portrayal. British actress Bethany Weaver raved about her “life-changing experience” donning the blue gingham dress and skipping down the Yellow Brick Road for the second installment of Jon […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/9MEO3rv

John Eimen, who appeared in more than a dozen TV series including Leave It to Beaver, The Twilight Zone and McKeever and the Colonel as a child actor in the late 1950s and ’60s, has died. He was 76. His family said he died of prostate cancer at his home in Mukilteo, WA. He had […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/GxIZnhD

That James Cameron directed Billie Eilish concert film Hit Me Hard and Soft that the 9x Grammy winner announced back in July — well, it’s going to be released by Paramount and it’s set for a March 20, 2026 release date. Interestingly enough, Deadline told you Friday that the Matt Stone-Trey Parker-Kendrick Lamar movie, which […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/8LWKTED

Lupita Nyong’o, who first broke out with her Academy Award-winning performance in 12 Years a Slave, recounted that her post-Oscars journey did not bring about a mix of abundant lead offers, but rather served up roles that offered more of the same. “It really did set the paces for everything I’ve done since,” she told […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/CDe9fZQ

Rebel Wilson is speaking out about the multi-pronged legal proceedings that have marred her directorial debut, the comedy musical The Deb, by controversy. In a new segment with 60 Minutes Australia, Wilson dubbed the experience her “worst nightmare” and classified the situation as “people trying to sling mud at me.” “It came out of left […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/bMGgA5k

Fresh off of the success of The Mummy franchise, Brendan Fraser was once in consideration for a Superman adaptation from J.J. Abrams and produced by Brett Ratner. Recalling the experience of screen-testing for the would-be flick that never came to pass (Warner Bros. ultimately settled on Bryan Singer’s version, the 2006 Superman Returns), the Rental […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/yx6dlha

As Vince Gilligan expands his Albuquerque TV universe, his show’s latest cameo should come as no surprise to loyal fans. This weekend, Pluribus fans from the Land of Enchantment had to do a double take when they saw Mayor Tim Keller make a cameo in Friday’s episode ‘Please, Carol’ as a local politician who is […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/TtQSuED

EXCLUSIVE: Audiences looking forward to the upcoming untitled Kendrick Lamar, Matt Stone and Trey Parker movie are going to have to wait a little longer as sources tell Deadline the film is moving off its March 20, 2026 date. No new date has been set at this time but the filmmakers say they are working […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/GL0DRTC

EXCLUSIVE: Eris Talent Agency is expanding its footprint in the vertical content universe, with the launch of a specialized division representing talent in the micro-drama space. The agency formalized the Vertical Department last year with three dedicated agents and a roster of approximately 75 vertical actors. It is now adding writers, producers, and directors who […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ufKzimX

The TV communications ranks have lost a beloved longtime member: Robert Pietranton, most recently SVP Publicity & Communications for the Warner Bros. Television Group, died suddenly Nov. 19 at his Los Angeles home. He was 56. Friends and colleagues are still in shock and disbelief as Pietranton had been in the office working as usual […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/FK5sIJx

EXCLUSIVE: The Moana live action trailer we understand has earned 182 million views in its first 24 hours. Now Disney has been dropping a lot of 2026 trailers as of late, so here’s how that ranking shakes out. For a Disney live-action movie trailer (non-20th Century Studios), that’s the second most viewed trailer for the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/EKyIvdb

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the plot of the movie The Secret Agent. The Secret Agent, Brazil’s official selection for the International Feature Film race at next year’s Oscars, recently opened in that country, a special moment for its writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho and producer Emilie Lesclaux. Set in 1977, the film centers […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/qpNCLVS

As Paramount, Comcast and Netflix prepare bids for Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of a Thursday deadline, speculation is growing about the role of Middle East wealth in the game-changing transaction. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged investments of $1 trillion in the U.S. economy at a White House visit Tuesday ahead of a formal dinner […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/6SJyFYn

Sales of British shows to American buyers soared above $1B for the first time in 2024, but it was by no means just the streamers buying into the British invasion, according to Pact’s latest UK TV Exports report. The U.S. was comfortably the biggest market for UK shows last year, accounting for 40% of sales […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/dCgwhQc

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Sheridan struck an immediate vein in Landman‘s first season, and he is trying to raise the stakes with several important additions in the show’s second season that began Sunday on Paramount+. First was getting his 1883 star Sam Elliott to join the oil-drilling drama as the estranged father of Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/7mDyFfV

The cause of death has been revealed for Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress Diane Ladd. According to a death certificate obtained by People, Ladd died as a result of acute on chronic hypoxic respiratory failure, a condition where the lungs cannot provide enough oxygen to the blood. The publication also reported the certificate noted that Ladd […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/5ABsIY6

EXCLUSIVE: Squid Game Star Anupam Tripathi is leading Korean omnibus film App The Horror, which is currently in post-production. The film was recently on sale at the American Film Market with Hong Kong-based outfit Autumn Sun handling in Asia and Russia and Anthology21 handling rest of the world. Hyung Seul-woo, writer-director of Someone You Loved (2023), […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/oipPYMK

As with SNL yesterday, John Oliver discussed the recent release of 20,000 new pages of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, in which President Donald Trump is overwhelmingly mentioned. The political comic kicked off his program by referencing one particular email in which the disgraced financier called the POTUS the worst person he knows, saying he’s […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/k0evgEi

In a post strikes-COVID theatrical landscape where everyone is still trying to figure out what works, along comes Paramount’s $110 million reboot The Running Man starring affable star-on-the-rise Glen Powell hot off Top Gun Maverick ($1.49 billion global B.O.) and Twisters ($372M global), and it completely trips up in its U.S. ($17M) and global ($28.2M) […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/zo4NOYt

Oscar-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin said he doesn’t think studios “would agree” to make his political romantic dramedy The American President today because its messaging would deter “half” the public from wanting to go see it. Speaking to Rolling Stone for the 30th anniversary of the film’s release, he said, “Look, [The American President] is a romantic […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/UAaD2OK

Dan McGrath, an Emmy-winning comedy writer best known for his credits on animated classics ranging from the inimitable (The Simpsons) to the cult favorite (Mission Hill), died November 14. He was 61. Born on July 20, 1964, in Brooklyn, McGrath graduated from Regis High School and Harvard University, where he was vice president of the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ViNfWRj

The Disney-YouTube TV carriage impasse will hit Day 16 on Saturday, having become the longest blackout in Disney programming history. That ignominious milestone, eclipsing a 13-day rift with DirecTV last fall, is once again threatening marquee sports. A huge Saturday slate of college football, which features national draws like Notre Dame and Alabama, will be […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/1O7jenr

EXCLUSIVE: Holmes (Hacks, Overcompensating) has joined the expanding cast of the comedy feature Trash Mountain. The previously announced talent includes Caleb Hearon, Zooey Deschanel, Jacki Weaver, Kyle Marvin, and Jaboukie Young-White. The Hearon and Ruby Caster-written film is currently in production in Chicago. From director Kris Rey (I Used to Go Here), Trash Mountain follows 27-year-old gay man […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/djeB6M9

The upcoming seasons of Nickelodeon’s kids animated series Dora and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be their last. Season 2 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres on Paramount+ in December and will run on Nicktoons next year. The debut of Dora‘s fourth season on the streamer is TBD. It too will be […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/zrIPocj

As the YouTube-Disney carriage battle approaches the 2-week mark, it is following the financial trajectory of many such standoffs: Both sides appear to be losing, to varying degrees. The question now is, how willing are the combatants to endure more pain if the impasse continues? ABC, ESPN and other Disney networks went dark October 30 […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/UkIHbzM

"If there were no Black cowboys, then America would not exist." "To reclaim what was stolen from us, we have to tell everyone!" Hear, hear! NBC's Peacock has revealed an official trailer for a fascinating new documentary series titled High Horse: The Black Cowboy , produced and developed by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions. This seems like something Peele has been trying to get made ever since he gave us Nope in 2022, which is also somewhat connected via the old history of Black horse trainers. In this 3-part pop series, Black cowboys' rich heritage comes alive through their enduring connection to the American West, revealing many remarkable stories of resilience, tradition, & their lasting impact on ranching culture. "A history that has largely been untold." Jordan Peele also adds: "I'm grateful to Monkeypaw for amplifying the powerful voices and long-standing culture of Black Cowboys and Cowgirls through High Horse ... T...

When South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone locked in a reported $1.5 billion five-year deal with Paramount at the eleventh hour before their Season 27 premiere, the comedy duo were looking to assert their agency in an environment that would soon be upended by new parent company Skydance and CEO David Ellison. The […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/jG6DJf0

Intimacy coordinators have been in the spotlight ever since their creation largely in response to the #MeToo movement in Hollywood circa 2017, and more recently, Academy Award-winning stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Mikey Madison have generated headlines for their stance on whether they wanted to work with one or not. Florence Pugh has added her […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/PSXJB6R

Deadline has set its lineup for Contenders Film: Los Angeles, its exclusive movie-awards-season showcase for voting guild members that this year takes place Saturday, November 15. The stars and creatives from 13 buzzy pics from nine studios and streamers are aboard for planned panel discussions to break down the creative paths their projects took to […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/gyIutVQ

As Disney continues churning out live-action remakes of its animated classics, Saturday Night Live updated one of its most classic stories for the YouTube generation. Following this weekend’s ‘Beauty & Mr. Beast‘ sketch, the Beast Games host (whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson) reacted to cast member Ben Marshall and host Nikki Glaser‘s parody of […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/4dDaYMO

After wrapping Season 13 of the Canadian mockumentary in August, Mike Smith is stepping back from Trailer Park Boys amid a sexual assault lawsuit against him. The group behind the Netflix comedy noted that they take “such matters seriously” and that Smith has “stepped away” from his role as Trailer Park Boys Inc.’s managing director […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/38slZfb

Despite the show’s best efforts and his own willingness, Bre Tiesi will not allow her partner Nick Cannon to appear on Selling Sunset. The celebrity realtor recently explained why she will “never allow” the Masked Singer host, with whom she shares son Legendary, to appear on the Netflix reality show she’s starred on since 2023. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/UFmxBYL

It looks like the latest pop girly feud is between Olivia Rodrigo and none other than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). After the 3x Grammy winner called out the federal agency for featuring her 2023 track ‘All-American Bitch’ in an ICE video she called “racist, hateful propaganda,” DHS quoted the song’s lyrics in a […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/CuD4f5O

EXCLUSIVE: Argot Pictures will distribute Robinson Devor’s award-winning documentary Suburban Fury, qualifying the film for Oscar consideration ahead of a national rollout. The distribution plan will have the documentary play at Alamo Drafthouse in Lower Manhattan from December 12-18, before a 2026 theatrical release across the country and at museums. The film, which won the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/EbaJSY9

With Stranger Things embarking on its final season, Millie Bobby Brown is leaving behind-the-scenes rumors in the Upside Down. While reuniting with co-star David Harbour at Thursday’s Season 5 premiere, the 2x Emmy nominee raved that she’s “so lucky” to have her onscreen dad in her life for nearly a decade since the Netflix show […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/efTLUnk

More than 25 years later, Kerr Smith still remembers the rollercoaster of emotions that came with his pioneering LGBTQ role on Dawson’s Creek. The actor, who played Jack McPhee on the WB teen soap from 1998 to 2003, admitted the news of his character’s sexuality was initially “a real bummer for me, honestly,” and even […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/YtaO60R

Lionsgate chief executive Jon Feltheimer said ongoing media and entertainment M&A noise is “incredibly disruptive” to the industry. “All we can do is keep sticking to our knitting … doing what we do, and we’ll see where the bouncing ball ends up. There will be some interesting bedfellows, I think,” he said on call with […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Zzg4cbM

"We have to lure them out of the woods." Apple TV has revealed their official trailer for a gripping French thriller series titled The Hunt , also known as Traqués in French, made by famous production company Gaumont in France. Not to be confused with either the Danish film called The Hunt with Mads Mikkelsen or the controversial American film The Hunt from a few years ago. But just as unsettling as those films. Franck and his buddies enjoy going on hunting trips. One day, they encounter another hunting group who strangely targets them. In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers. But paranoia sets in as they return home and try to forget the incident - but the start to feel hunted by now vengeful enemies after them. "The most dangerous enemy is the one you can’t see." Starring Benoît Magimel and Mélanie Laurent , pluds Damien Bonnard , Manuel Guillot , Cédric Appietto , Angelyna Danabe-Mignot , Sarah Pachoud , Yann Goven , Paul Beaurepair...

Peacock has set Thursday, Nov. 20 for the premiere of Jordan Peele’s new documentary, High Horse: The Black Cowboy, inspired by his movie Nope. The streamer also released the first trailer, which you can view above. Produced by Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, the docu dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy. Per the logline, the “three-part […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ZA8xc47

Let them fight? Why not. Along with the awesome new Predator: Badlands movie hitting theaters this week, there's an awesome new fan-made short film to enjoy as well. Predator: Fire and Stone is a quick 3-1/2 minute animated sci-fi action short made by a collection of young filmmakers - going under a series of online handles: Bauan Edits, Mr. Vega, and Fuzzeke on the music. The short is also inspired by a comic book series from a few years ago also called Predator: Fire and Stone, featuring this storyline crossover between two sci-fi creations: Prometheus and Predator. The short film features a fight scene between an Engineer humanoid from Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012) movie who ends up attacked by a Predator Yautja. There's not much more to the showdown than this. I guess it's a riff on thinking these Engineer creatures would be formidable, but of course Predators always win any fight. Glad this was made by people not AI. Check it out. //  Continue Reading › ...

Donald Trump’s sit-down interview with Norah O’Donnell drew 14 million viewers to 60 Minutes on Sunday, giving the CBS newsmagazine its highest audience in almost five years. The heavily scrutinized interview was Trump’s first appearance on the show since 2020. According to Nielsen data via CBS, the show drew 3 million viewers in the adults […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/27msXae

"I was thinking we could do some number-crunching tonight – if you're free." Vertical has revealed their official trailer for a financial thriller film called Bull Run , made by filmmaker Alfredo Barrios Jr. as his feature directorial debut. It premiered at a film festival last year and will be out to watch on VOD later this month. In banking terms, a " bull run " is a period of sustained upward price movement in a market, such as stocks or cryptocurrencies, driven by investor confidence and optimism. The film follows a young former hockey player turned "high finance" banker working in NYC. In the wilds of Wall Street, one junior banker discovers that the only thing more dangerous than billion-dollar deals are the men signing them. Starring Tom Blyth with Chris Diamantopoulos , Jay Mohr , Zach Villa , Jordyn Denning , Ashwin Gore , Helena Mattson , Trevor Gretzky , Troy Garity , Sam Daly , and Alyshia Ochse . This film looks okay, but I'd rather...

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Chloé Zhao and Nicolas Gonda have just opened the doors to Kodansha Studios, a new global studio dedicated to creating premium, live-action movies and television series based on hit manga properties. Kodansha Studios will leverage the Kodansha library, which is the leading Japanese publisher behind such beloved manga as Akira and Attack on Titan, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/81FhV9t

We Were Liars author E. Lockhart has revealed returning cast for Season 2 of the Prime Video adaptation of her best-selling novel. Joseph Zada, who will soon appear as Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, will be back as Johnny Sinclair Dennis, and Emil Alyn Lind will also return to reprise […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/CzyaXg8

"Let it bro, let it bro, let it bro." This looks so exceptionally cheesy. Disney+ has released an official trailer for a very cringe Christmas movie called A Very Jonas Christmas Movie , a holiday adventure comedy streaming later this month. They haven't really made any new Jonas Bros movies in a while, but here we go, reminding us they still exist. Three famous brothers race against time and face mounting challenges during a chaotic journey from London to New York, desperate to make it home in time for Christmas with their loved ones. This musical comedy stars (obviously) the Jonas Brothers –  Kevin Jonas , Joe Jonas , & Nick Jonas – along with Chloe Bennet , Billie Lourd , Laverne Cox , K.J. Apa , Andrew Barth Feldman , Andrea Martin , Kenny G 🎷, Justin Tranter , Priyanka Chopra-Jonas , Danielle Jonas , & Randall Park . This seems to be a Jonas / Disney+ riff on the classic Planes, Trains, and Automobiles , but they have no on screen chemistry and the joke...

Nearly 45 years later, Diane Lane is proud of the punk legacy that has come from one of her pre-breakout roles. In an interview with Deadline, the 3x Golden Globe nominee recently reflected on her Lou Adler-directed 1982 cult classic Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, which is largely credited for influencing the riot grrrl […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/y4TnvUL

Donald Trump’s wide-ranging 60 Minutes interview did not include one moment, when he praised the new owners of CBS-parent Paramount and the “great new leader” put in charge of the news division. Bari Weiss. “I see good things happening in the news,” Trump said. “I really do. And I think one of the best things […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/hxzHAR9

After 25 years, Famke Janssen is still synonymous with the X-Men character of Jean Grey, and she’s still waiting for her invitation to join the MCU. Despite several of her co-stars reuniting for Avengers: Doomsday, the actress revealed she’s “never ever” spoken to Disney about potentially bringing back her mutant with psionic powers. “Every time […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/QJEuMbI

The federal government is still shut down, food stamps are being cut off for millions of Americans, the LA Dodgers are still grinding it out with the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series finale and there’s big elections in NYC, Virginia and New Jersey on November 5. So, of course, tonight Saturday Night Live […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ENzMJBy

EXCLUSIVE: There is a major cast departure on CBS’ upcoming FBI offshoot CIA. Michael Michele, one of the series’ leads, has left, sources tell Deadline. CIA, headlined by Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss, has been in production for more than a month, targeting a midseason premiere. There are rumblings that Michele would be recast but […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2MaGvQr

Barack Obama took Donald Trump & his billionaire pals to task today in a rare display of bare knuckles political pugilism from the 44th POTUS. A series of jabs and blows that made it look a lot like a 2008 Saturday for Obama on cable news – with some of the spirit of Bernie Sanders […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/tCG2BWR

Billed as Netflix Japan’s tentpole title for the year, Last Samurai Standing is set in 1878 Japan, and assembles 292 fallen samurais for a survival game, where the last competitor standing gets to claim a 100 billion yen (nearly $656M) prize. Japan’s Junichi Okada, formerly of boyband V6, stars as the lead actor in the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/xpwoPiU