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The Parasite train keeps on gaining traction. The four-time Oscar-winning Bong Joon-ho dark comedy is crossing $50M right now — but the real question is, can it beat Life Is Beautiful’s box office gross of $57M. If it maintains its momentum, signs are pointing to yes. As its Imax run comes to an end and it drops […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2wfyQPj

Liev Schreiber and Susie Abromeit are the latest additions to the forthcoming Warner Bros. pic King Richard, Deadline has confirmed. The pair will join Will Smith in the film which tells the story of Richard Williams, the father of tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams who will be played by Saniyya Sidney (Fences, Hidden Figures) and […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2wU2l9X

EXCLUSIVE: More than 11,000 IATSE members and their supporters have signed a petition urging IATSE president Matt Loeb to work out a contract with Netflix “that moves us above and beyond” the union’s basic agreement with the major studios and networks. The giant streaming service agreed to bargain with the union last October, but the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2T5QwpJ

A slew of TV casting happened this week, and we’re here to tell you all about it.  Clarice , a  Silence of the Lambs spin-off series that isn’t  Hannibal , has found its lead, and so has the  Kung Fu reboot. Meanwhile, the new pilot for  The Lost Boys TV series has added a bunch of names as well. This will actually be the second attempt at a  Lost Boys pilot – Warner Bros. TV fired the entire cast of their original pilot, save for two actors. Clarice Casting Rebecca Breeds has been cast as Clarice Starling in  Clarice , a new TV spin-off of  The Silence of the Lambs on CBS. Per THR , the show is set in 1993, and “takes a deep dive into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling (whom Jodie Foster played in the 1991 film) as she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high-stakes political world of Washington…Clarice is brilliant and vulnerable, a magna cum laude graduate of the Un...

UPDATE: A young boy bullied because of his dwarfism is donating the funds raised to send him to Disneyland to charity. Australia native Quaden Bayles won the support of Hollywood and the world after a video circulated that showed his misery at being bullied. Many donated through a GoFundMe page set up by comedian Brad […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2Vpn13T

Netflix has extended its original order for Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, greenlighting seven new episodes to bring the first season’s total to 39. The first new episode will launch on Sunday, March 29, with a new one going live weekly after that. The logline, per Netflix: The Peabody-winning comedy show explores the modern cultural […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2wUkaWq

In his short-lived career, Satoshi Kon released nothing but bonafide anime classics and  Tokyo Godfathers is no exception. Often touted as the most accessible of the  Perfect Blue and  Paprika director’s filmography,  Tokyo Godfathers is a warm, Frank Capra-esque comedy that has flown under the radar in the Western hemisphere since its release in 2003. But 17 years later,  Tokyo Godfathers is finally getting released in U.S. theaters with an official English-language dub. Watch the English dub trailer for  Tokyo Godfathers below. Tokyo Godfathers Trailer Tokyo Godfathers  premiered in Japanese theaters in 2003 to critical raves and global acclaim. But it would take 17 years before Kon’s classic film would be released in U.S. theaters with an English-language dub. The film was brought over for release in the U.S. in 2004 in only an English-subtitled format (the superior format, let’s be honest), but an English dub was actually produced by th...