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Jon M. Chu, at the halfway point of directing back-to-back Wicked movies, will deliver the keynote address at USC’s 142nd commencement ceremony in May. Chu, whose credits also include Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights, graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2003. He will receive an honorary degree as part of the […]

As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker. Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic […]

An action-packed adventure with a 90’s backbone awaits viewers in Netflix’s The Electric State starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. The film also features the voice work of Alan Tudyk, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate and more. Based on the graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag, the film watches Michelle (Brown) and Keats (Pratt) […]

Anthony and Joe Russo’s The Electric State hit Netflix March 14, taking viewers into a world where robots rebelled against humans and set the world on a drastic collision course. Based on Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel, the film follows Millie Bobby Brown’s Michelle as she reluctantly teams up with Chris Pratt’s Keats, a smuggler who […]

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all worldwide rights to Oh, Hi!, written and directed by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs). The film, Brooks’ sophomore feature, stars Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, and John Reynolds. It premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Oh, Hi! is produced by David Brooks, Dan Clifton, Julie Waters, Sophie […]

In a survey of nearly 100 studios focused on using artificial intelligence to get stories to screens, consulting firm FBRC.ai found they are increasingly focused more on the quality of stories than on gee-whiz tech. Rachel Joy Victor, who wrote the report, emphasized how significantly the marketplace has changed over the past two years. In […]

One of the unexpected pleasures of this year’s vast SXSW slate of movies is Bunny, a kind of zany comic throwback to extreme indie New York City-centric movies that find a manic energy and rhythm that lets them exist on their own breathless cloud, with a cast of wacky characters moving in and out of […]

Deadline has confirmed that a new Starship Troopers is happening at Sony, with District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp writing and directing. The new movie will go back to the 1959 source material by Robert A. Heinlein and not be based on the 1997 Paul Verhoeven movie. That original movie was something of a misfire at […]

Dynamic onscreen mother and daughter duo Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan will return for more shenanigans in a Freaky Friday sequel loaded with both returning and new guest stars. Spring of 2023 first hinted at the follow-up film to the 2003 body swap comedy when the New York Times did a 20th-anniversary piece for […]

Scott Foley teased his return to the Scream franchise for the seventh installment despite his character’s death. Foley’s first film credit was in 2000’s Scream 3 where he played the role of Roman Bridger, who turns out to be the serial killer and is killed off in the end. The actor returns for Scream VII […]

EXCLUSIVE: Strange Darling actress Willa Fitzgerald is joining Paramount Pictures’ feature adaptation of the Colleen Hoover 2019 novel Regretting You. The Fault in Our Stars’ Josh Boone is helming and wrote the latest draft off Susan McMartin’s version (After). This movie hits theaters on October 24. In Regretting You, a shocking car wreck takes the lives […]

The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals tonight announced its 2025 Jury and Special Award winners. Amy Wang’s Slanted, which the jury called an “unflinching satirical thriller” about identity, won the Narrative Feature competition. Special Jury awards went to director/writer/actress Annapurna Sriram for Fucktoys and actress Amanda Peet for Fantasy Life. Shuffle directed by Benjamin Flaherty won the […]

Warner Bros. is offering guests a one-day, Superman-themed tour of its Burbank studio on April 18 in celebration of Superman Day, the studio announced today. The Superman tour will take guests across the historic 110-acre lot, offering a look at iconic sets, the creative process behind bringing DC’s storytelling to life and a chance for […]

EXCLUSIVE: By the end of April, the new home of the Sundance Film Festival should be public knowledge with the Salt Lake City/Park City combo, Boulder, Colorado or Cincinnati bid picked as the host for the next decade. However, a bill heading toward Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s desk that would ban the Pride flag in […]

EXCLUSIVE: While it is super early in the dealmaking process, sources tell Deadline that Netflix and director Greta Gerwig are aiming high for their next piece of casting on their Chronicles of Narnia movie, as Daniel Craig has an offer to join the cast. Sources stress that it is unknown whether Craig will ultimately come […]

EXCLUSIVE: T.J. Miller is now starring in the techno thriller A.I. Heart You, written and directed by Jason Cook. The stand-up comedian and Silicon Valley alum joins an ensemble that includes Zach Gilford, Heather Morris, Kayla Compton and Jonathan Kite. Miller takes on the role of Marco, an eccentric AI tech partner, in the film’s […]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winners Ellen Burstyn and Taika Waititi are set to star in Kornél Mundruczó’s feature drama Place to Be. Written by Mundruczó’s frequent collaborator Kata Wéber, Place to Be follows the unlikely friendship of an elderly woman (Burstyn) and middle-aged man (Waititi) as they travel from Chicago to New York to return a lost […]

Magnolia Pictures has released the trailer for One to One: John & Yoko, the documentary from Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald that has been on the festival circuit since bowing at last year’s Venice Film Festival. It is set to premiere exclusively on Imax screens April 11 before a wide release the next week. The feature-length […]

Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company have set Arielle Kebbel, Joshua Bassett, Sophie Skelton and Sammy Dell to star opposite Milo Ventimiglia and returning cast members John Finley, Trace Adkins and Dennis Quaid in I Can Only Imagine 2. The faith-based film continues the inspirational true story of Bart Millard (Finley), the lead singer of the Christian […]

Coming off an original-film heavy February, Netflix has a mix of classics, theatrical releases and original projects arriving in March 2025. Those seeking action-packed installments that will get adrenaline going can tune in for The Electric State starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt arriving March 14 to the streamer or Den of Thieves 2: […]

EXCLUSIVE: Walden Media and Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures are making the Cold War thriller Billion Dollar Spy, with Oscar winner Russell Crowe and Industry’s Harry Lawtey set to headline. Oscar-winning writer Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana) wrote the most recent draft, revising a script penned by Ben August. The screenplay is adapted from the bestselling […]

THE AGE OF DISCLOSURE Section: Documentary SpotlightDirector: Dan FarahLogline: An unprecedented and revelatory documentary –featuring 34 senior members of the U.S. Government, military, and intelligence community– that reveals an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war amongst major nations to reverse engineer technology of non-human origin. The film exposes the profound impact […]

“It’s a beautiful love story.” There are many aspects to The Rivals of Amziah King, but this is the reason Matthew McConaughey says he got involved with the film – the story of reconnection between Amziah King and his estranged foster daughter Kateri. That story is also what captured the attention of Angelina LookingGlass, who […]

Although a film called Clown in a Cornfield might inspire little confidence in anything of substance, writer-director Eli Craig’s latest film offers much more than the title suggests. Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Adam Cesare, the satirical slasher stars Katie Douglas as Quinn Maybrook, a troubled teen girl who moves […]

Following her executive production work on Prime Video’s Música, in which she also starred along the film’s writer and director Rudy Mancuso, as well as her EP role on the streamer’s romantic comedy Upgraded, in which she starred alongside Archie Renaux and Marisa Tomei, Camila Mendes’ latest double-duty project takes place in the world of […]

Chase Sui Wonders gave a little insight into Sony Pictures’ forthcoming relaunch of the I Know What You Did Last Summer universe, to bow in theaters July 18. Speaking to People at SXSW, The Studio star said production on the sequel will soon wrap and that she had an “incredible” and “surreal” experience being on […]

Buck Woodall’s five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to an end, with a Los Angeles jury on Monday finding for the House of Mouse in the animated franchise dispute, at least for now. While the panel of six women and two men determined in just under three hours […]

Title: We Are Storror Festival (section): Visions Director: Michael Bay Logline: At the peak of a death-defying career, the 7 friends of parkour team Storror embark on what could be their final project: a globetrotting quest to conquer 4 extreme environments. Faced with harrowing accidents and personal conflicts, the team grapples to maintain the bonds that have united them […]

Title: The Surfer Festival (section): Festival Favorite Director: Lorcan Finnegan Logline: A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son, but is humiliated by a group of powerful locals and drawn into a conflict that rises with the punishing heat of the summer and pushes him right to his breaking point. Panelists: Lorcan Finnegan, […]

Title: Odyssey Festival (section): Visions Director: Gerard Johnson Logline: A real estate agent’s ambitious climb to the top is built on loans secured from the wrong crowd. When those debts are called in, she sets out on a wild ride through London’s dark underbelly in search of an old friend who can help show her collectors what it means […]

Stanley R. Jaffe, a film executive and producer who won a Best Picture Oscar for Kramer vs. Kramer and was nominated for Fatal Attraction during a career that also including producing such films as The Bad News Bears, Taps, Black Rain and Goodbye, Columbus, died today. He was 84. CAA, which repped Jaffe, confirmed his […]

EXCLUSIVE: Woody Harrelson and Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) are attached to star in Giant, a remake of Corazón de León. Marcos Carnevale, who wrote and directed the 2013 original, will direct the English language translation. The script is by Gonzalo Maza, the Chilean scribe who co-wrote A Fantastic Woman!, which won the Best […]

Firmly established in the digital age as its own genre, Screenlife defines movies taking place in their entirety on computer screens. A real pioneer in all this is filmmaker/producer Timur Bekmambetov who has shepherded some of the best known and better films in the format including 2015’s horror film Unfriended, 2018’s suspense-driven Searching and its […]

Cannes weighs the reception to its world premieres in standing ovations, however, at SXSW they’re measured by screams. Anecdotally, in a battle of it girls in Austin, it could be argued that Ms. Jenna Ortega received more cheers tonight following the world premiere of her A24 genre comedy Death of Unicorn than Blake Lively did […]

Although writer-director Alex Scharfman makes a big swing with his A24 horror comedy debut, Death of a Unicorn struggles to live up to its bold premise. The movie stars Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as Elliot and Ridley Kinter, an estranged father and daughter who put on a united front to get his family-oriented boss […]

It is probably no accident that among Matthew Shear’s acting credits are no less than four movies directed by New York filmmaker extraordinaire Noah Baumbach, or that one of his most recent is another angst-ridden Jewish comedy, Between The Temples. Clearly he has spent his downtime on those sets soaking up the atmosphere and the […]

In a lengthy new statement, Karla Sofía Gascón reflected on the bumpy ride that was her Academy Awards campaign, revealing that she “contemplated the unthinkable” and “will commit to continuing to learn and listen” in the aftermath. The Emilia Pérez star was first embroiled in scandal when her tweets were resurfaced by journalist Sarah Hagi, […]

Filmmakers and festival attendees are in Austin for the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival to celebrate the convergence of the tech, film and music industries across a variety of programming formats and special events. The fest runs March 7-14. Celebrating its 31st year, SXSW promises a dynamic blend of tech, film, and music, featuring […]

EXCLUSIVE: We’re getting an exclusive first look at Sonam Choekyi, Ben Ayers and Andrew Lynch’s film Snow Leopard Sisters, which premieres today at the SXSW Film Festival. “For centuries, our culture has been in harmony with nature,” local snow leopard conservationist Tshiring Lhamu Lama says in the clip, followed by a shot of the magnificent […]

The Deadline photo studio is hosting talent at the SXSW Film and Television Festival festival, with cast members of SXSW-premiering films and television stopping by. The Deadline Studio at SXSW will run from March 7-10, where the cast and creatives behind the best and buzziest titles in this year’s lineup sit down with Deadline’s festival […]

THE THREESOMESection: Narrative SpotlightDirector: Chad HartiganScreenwriter: Ethan OgilbyLogline: One fateful night, the stars seemingly align for Connor — a kind and unassuming young man — as his long-time crush — the electric and irreverent Olivia — steers them into a threesome with a sweet, alluring stranger Jenny. The encounter sparks a relationship between Connor and […]

CAPE, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, is returning with their third annual Radiance gala for Women’s History Month, which celebrates women and non-binary trailblazers in Hollywood.  Actor and comedian Kiran Deol is hosting with a featured musical performance by Luna Li. The celebratory gala honors Asian and Pacific Islander women and non-binary artists, cultural […]

The 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival kicked off Friday, March 7 in Austin with world and North American premieres of movies in 11 sections, TV shows in three sections and several short film and virtual reality programs. This year’s festival kicks off with opening-night film Another Simple Favor reteaming Paul Feig, Blake Lively and […]

Disney’s famous flywheel came to life for the general public Saturday as studio executives, Imagineers and talent gathered on a SXSW stage to illustrate world building of beloved franchises as they move from TV and film to theme parks and back. Robert Downey Jr., aka Tony Stark, joined Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and Bruce […]

UPDATED, 5:30 PM: Some 17 months after unionizing, production management staffers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have ratified their first labor contract. The vote conducted by IATSE’s Animation Guild was 93% in favor of sealing the deal, with 96% of eligible voters casting ballots. The contract provides for production workers to receive protections including pension […]

EXCLUSIVE: Universal/Working Title’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has crossed the $100M mark at the international box office. The return of Renée Zellweger as the titular heroine swept past the milestone with Wednesday’s numbers included, reaching $101.3M through yesterday. Whereas this is a direct-to-Peacock play domestically, Universal is releasing theatrically overseas. In 75 Uni […]

Picture This, now streaming on Prime Video, adds another story to the wedding-set romantic comedy. Based on the Australian film Five First Dates, the Prarthana Mohan-directed film stars Simone Ashley (Bridgerton, Sex Education) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) as two former flames who reignite at Pia’s younger sister Sonal’s (Anoushka […]

True/False is celebrating a successful 22nd edition of the all-documentary festival in Columbia, MO. The event which wrapped on Sunday drew an attendance of more than 31,000 to film screenings and music showcases, according to organizers. “The 2025 edition of True/False felt like a much-needed moment of joy and togetherness for our community,” Artistic Director […]

A change is Bruin in Westwood. Celine Parreñas Shimizu has been named the new dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. She’ll take up the post July 1. A UCLA alum, Shimizu since 2021 has been dean of the division of arts at UC Santa Cruz, where she also is a professor […]

Whenever you get veteran stars on the level of John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush in leading roles on screen, attention must be paid. This teaming, and opportunity for Lithgow (79) and Rush (73) in an industry that doesn’t often offer this kind of chance for its veteran stars. is rare. But in director James Ashcroft’s […]