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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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Universal Dates ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2,’ ‘The Woman In The Yard,’ ‘Drop’; Pushes ‘The Black Phone’ & ‘M3GAN’ Sequels
Universal Pictures on Thursday announced release dates for three major genre titles, revealing at the same time that two of its most anticipated sequels will shift on the calendar.
Blumhouse’s thriller The Woman in the Yard has been set to open on Friday, March 28, 2025, with Platinum Dunes and…
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Peter Bart: Cannes Festgoers Dote On Parties & Applause While ‘Bleak Week’ Fans Plunge Into Grateful Despair
As the Cannes Film Festival celebrates its parties and standing ovations, audiences in Hollywood and New York prepare to wallow in despair. And they'll enjoy it (almost).
The festival called Bleak Week this week will deliver 43 films to an expected audience of 10,000 at theaters including the…
Tony McFarr Dies: Chris Pratt Stunt Double Was 47
Tony McFarr, a stuntman best known as the double for actor Chris Pratt in blockbusters like Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, died of undetermined causes May 13 at his home outside Orlando. He was 47.
His death, first reported by TMZ, was confirmed on the website of the Wylie-Baxley…
Donald Trump’s Attorney Fumes At Michael Cohen In Effort To Discredit Testimony Of Prosecution’s Star Witness: “That Was A Lie”
As Michael Cohen returned to the stand for cross-examination this morning, Donald Trump’s attorney loudly accused him of lying about the nature of a phone call eight years ago, which Cohen said was to discuss with then-candidate Trump a payoff to the porn star Stormy Daniels.
"That was a lie," said…
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Alex Creasia Joins Navigation Media Group As Lit Manager
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Creasia has joined management and production company Navigation Media Group as a Literary Manager.
Coming aboard after a little over three years at Sugar23, Creasia has spent over a decade working in literary management and production. He often works with on-the-rise…
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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…
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View All What We're WatchingCanadian 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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Cannes Film Festival 2024
View All Cannes Film Festival 2024‘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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