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Since Warner Bros acquired rights to make more Middle-earth films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s works and the canon established by New Line’s original trilogy, Peter Jackson and cohorts hovered over the proceedings for a long time as they mulled how to return and take another deep dive into mythology. Then they found their answer.
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20th Lands Mother-Daughter Comedy Pitch From ‘Booksmart’s Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern
EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Studios has acquired an original feature pitch from Sarah Haskins and Emily Halpern (Booksmart), enlisting Gloria Sanchez to produce.
While plot specifics under wraps, the project is described as a mother-daughter comedy with two strong female…
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‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ Review: Horror Tropes Gone Wrong In Renny Harlin’s Latest
The landscape of horror cinema is strewn with sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes—many of which fail to capture the essence of their predecessors. My philosophy is, If a film is to be rebooted, remade, or re-purposed, it must find a way to distinguish itself and justify its existence. Lionsgate’s The S…
Canadian Film Centre Sets New Chair And Adds Guillermo Del Toro To Exec Board
The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has appointed Neishaw Ali, President of SPIN VFX, as its new chair and added Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro to its executive board.
Del Toro will be officially appointed in October. Ali replaces longtime Chair, Christina Jennings, President and Chairman of…
Edwin Hodge Teases ‘FBI: Most Wanted’ Wedding As First-Look Photos Of Celebration Are Revealed
EXCLUSIVE: Wedding bells will be ringing in the Season 5 finale of CBS’ FBI: Most Wanted and everyone is invited. Deadline has your first-look at the festivities airing on May 21 and teasers from series star Edwin Hodge and showrunner David Hudgins below.
In the episode titled “Powderfinger,” written…
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Sophia Bush & Chris Carmack To Star In MPCA Thriller ‘The Stranger In My Home’
EXCLUSIVE: Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill) and Chris Carmack (Grey’s Anatomy) will topline The Stranger in My Home, a new thriller from Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Corporation of America, which entered production in Utah toward the end of last month.
Others set for roles include Chris Johnson (4400)…
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‘Megalopolis’ Cannes Film Festival Premiere Photos: Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza & More
The Cannes Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Megalopolis, the latest film from director Francis Ford Coppola. This star-studded ensemble cast marks Coppola’s return to the Croisette, where he previously premiered both Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Conversation (1974), winning the prestigious Palme d’Or for…
‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’: What The Critics Are Saying
The first reviews are in for George Miller’s anticipated Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and the notices are largely positive so far.
Deadline’s Pete Hammond said Miller had “perhaps given birth to the greatest Max yet, a wheels-up, rock-and-rolling epic.” Pete was one of many to praise the cast, production…
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‘The Thundermans Return’ Gets Spinoff Series At Nickelodeon With Original Series Cast Members
The superhero Thundermans are off to solve more crimes. Nickelodeon Studios has given a green light to a new spinoff series based on characters from the hit live-action movie The Thundermans Return.
The spinoff series will follow Phoebe and Max, played by original series cast members Kira Kosarin and…
Sarah Drew To Headline New Series ‘Mistletoe Murders’ For Hallmark Media
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Drew – best known for playing fan favorite Dr. April Kepner on Grey's Anatomy – is about to headline her own series for Hallmark Media.
Drew has been cast as Emily Lane in Mistletoe Murders, which is based on the Audible global hit podcast of the same name. Emily is described as…
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Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires ‘The Count Of Monte Cristo’ Ahead Of Cannes Premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its premiere out of competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to The Count of Monte Cristo, a new French film based on the classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, which it will release later this year.
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Vanessa Redgrave & Andrea Riseborough To Star In Paul Andrew Williams’ ‘The Nest’ — Cannes Market
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End) and Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) have signed on to star in BAFTA-winning writer-director Paul Andrew Williams’ (Bull) next film, The Nest.
The film will chart the story of two neighbours who strike up an unlikely friendship…
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The CW Scouts More Sports Rights, Eyes Sunday Expansion And Potential Team-Ups With ESPN
The CW is looking to keep acquiring sports rights and is eyeing an expansion on Sundays as well as potential team-ups with other rights holders, President Dennis Miller said in an interview with Deadline.
In an upfronts briefing alongside Brad Schwartz, President of Entertainment, Miller said the…
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