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Box Office ‘The Super Mario Bros Movie’ Levels All The Way Up To Win Deadline’s 2023 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament

Universal and Illumination‘s ‘The Super Mario Bros Movie’ finishes No. 1 to make it a wrap on Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament for 2023. Here’s how Chris Meledandri’s animation studio pulled off the feat for a third time.

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‘Once Upon A Time Michel Legrand’, Feature Doc About Famed Musician And Composer, Leads Mediawan Rights’ Cannes Slate — Watch The Trailer

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first trailer for Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand, which has been selected for the Cannes Classics sidebar. Mediawan Rights recently snapped up the film, which looks at the life of late jazz musician and film composer Michel Legrand and is the first feature documentary by David…

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Stormy Daniels Expected To Take The Stand As Soon As Today In Donald Trump Hush Money Trial

Stormy Daniels could take the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial as soon as today, according to multiple press reports. The porn actress — whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — was paid $130,000 by a Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen, during the 2016 presidential campaign to stay quiet about a…

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‘The Goat Life’: Look No Further Than Director Blessy’s ‘Life Of Pi’-Like Epic For Proof That Indian Cinema Is So Much More Than Bollywood

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline's fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films making noise in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it's ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track…

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Amazon Debuts New Streaming Video Ad Formats Ahead Of Upfront Event

Before its debut presentation to ad buyers during the mid-May week of top-tier media and tech pitches, Amazon Ads is rolling out three new streaming video ad formats. The interactive formats are hitting the market just before Amazon's upfront presentation on May 14 at Pier 36 in New York. In previous…

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‘Wednesday’: Billie Piper Among Season 2 Cast Additions, Catherine Zeta-Jones & Luis Guzmán Upped To Series Regulars As Production Starts

Netflix has revealed the main cast and guest stars for the upcoming second season of hit supernatural mystery Wednesday, headlined by Jenna Ortega, which has started production in Ireland. Joining Wednesday as new series regulars are Billie Piper (Scoop), previously revealed Steve Buscemi as well as…

‘Wednesday’: Three Actors Exit As Series Regulars Ahead Of Season 2 Of Netflix Series

Netflix this morning unveiled the series regular and guest cast for the upcoming second season of its hit Addams Family spinoff series Wednesday, headlined by Jenna Ortega. The announcement revealed that three Season 1 series regulars whose characters were alive and well in the finale, Percy Hynes Wh…

Olivia Colman & John Lithgow Leading ‘Jimpa’ From ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’s Sophie Hyde – Cannes Market

Olivia Colman and John Lithgow are leading Jimpa, a movie about a trans non-binary teenager visiting their gay grandfather from Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), with Protagonist Pictures launching international sales at Cannes. Filming on Jimpa has entered its third week in Amsterdam and…

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ESPN Programming Coming To Disney+ By Year-End; Bob Iger Calls It A “First Step” Toward Flagship Sports Launch In 2025

Disney will add select live games and studio shows from ESPN to its flagship streaming service Disney+ by the end of 2024, CEO Bob Iger announced this morning. Speaking to Wall Street analysts on the company’s fiscal second quarter earnings call, Iger said the company has been “encouraged” by early…

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Cannes Film Festival Responds To Threat Of Strike Action; Urges “Collective” Talks

The Cannes Film Festival has shared its first official statement in response to plans for a proposed strike during this year's event by festival workers over pay. In the statement shared with us today, the festival said it is "aware of the difficulties faced by some of their staff who, working on…

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‘John Wick’ Outfit Thunder Road Launches Genre Label Badlands With Former Screen Gems Exec; First Film ‘Arachnid’ Debuting At Cannes With Matilda Lutz

EXCLUSIVE: Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee’s Thunder Road (John Wick) is partnering with longtime Screen Gems executive Scott Strauss to launch Badlands. Backed by Andrew Schwartzberg and Jon Shiffman's Renegade Capital, the independent genre label will feature development and co-fi funds and plans to…

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Kevin Spacey To Stand Trial Again In UK Over Civil Sexual Assault Claim

Kevin Spacey will be returning to a UK court early next year to stand trial, with the news coming a day after a Channel 4-Max documentary aired new allegations about the two-time Oscar winner. Spacey will face a civil trial in the UK after being sued by a man who alleges he sexually assaulted him…

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WBD Unveils Canal+, Amazon Deals For Max In France & Spain Along With Launch Date; Fremantle UK Finance Hire – Global Briefs

WBD Unveils Canal+, Amazon Deals For Max In France & Spain Along With Launch Date Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has struck deals with Amazon and Canal+ to distribute streamer Max in France and Spain, as much-anticipated European launch dates inch closer. The House of the Dragon platform will kick off…