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Don’t expect Deadpool to ease up on the F-bombs just because he’s at Disney now. At Monday’s Deadpool & Wolverine premiere in New York City, Kevin Feige told Deadline that watering down the character (played by Ryan Reynolds) was “never in question,” despite it being the first R-rated title in the MCU. “Bob Iger had […]

Zachary Levi‘s Disney prince days are behind him, but he has some ideas of who could wear his crown. The actor, who can be seen in Harold and the Purple Crayon on August 2, suggested who should play his character Flynn Rider in a potential live-action adaptation of the 2010 Disney animated movie Tangled as […]

EXCLUSIVE: Justine Bateman has been warning about the corrosive realities of generative AI for the creative community long before most people started paying any attention to the rise of the machines. Now the Violet director is putting her SOS on the big screen with a no AI-allowed film festival. Set to debut in LA in […]

Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine makes its world premiere in New York City on Monday, July 22 at the David H. Koch Theater. Director Shawn Levy joined the star-studded cast on the red carpet, including Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, and Matthew Macfadyen. Other guests included […]

EXCLUSIVE: In what would mark the first time the two A-listers have shared a screen together, sources tell Deadline that Robert Pattinson is in negotiations to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the thriller Die, My Love, which Lynne Ramsay is directing. Ramsay also co-wrote the script with Enda Walsh. Set in a remote forgotten rural […]

Baltasar Kormákur was in a reflective mood at the Taormina Film Festival, where his romantic drama Touch had its Italian premiere this past week. The Icelandic filmmaker compared Touch to his first feature, 2000’s 101 Reykjavik. The former was “a black comedy about love,” while Touch is “a way more sincere approach to love and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live alum Alex Moffat and Nancy Drew‘s Kennedy McMann are starring in the independent feature comedy Brewmance. The movie is the directorial debut of New Mexico native Keagan Karnes off a screenplay by Mary Haarmeyer and Stafford Douglas. Brewmance follows Amber, a headstrong brewery owner and Samuel, a slick marketing strategist, who […]

EXCLUSIVE: Stars Collective has optioned the film rights to Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization, the critically acclaimed work of non-fiction from Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller. The company plans to develop, fully finance and produce a feature adaptation alongside Academy Award winner […]

AMC Entertainment had some good news Monday, as long talks with lenders have resulted in collaborative refinancing transactions that extend up to $2.45 billion in debt maturities from 2026 to 2029 and beyond. The company called the deals “transformative” and said they’ll strengthen the balance sheet, pave the way for future de-levering, and align its […]

Much like the original Twister (1996) film’s adrenaline-fueled rock soundtrack, Twisters boasts a stacked soundtrack full of country heavy hitters like Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Tanner Adell, Lainey Wilson and many more. Other songs were contributed by Benson Boone, Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, Shania Tain, Leon Bridges. The rodeo at night […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tickets for Wayfarer Studios and Columbia Pictures’ It Ends With Us went on sale last Wednesday with presales outstripping that of Sony’s summer 2022 sleeper romance title Where the Crawdads Sing by nearly 4x in its first day. It Ends With Us opens on Aug. 9. The news follows in the wake of the […]

It appears Madonna might be finding her way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a director. After contacting the Queen of Pop for permission to use her 1989 single ‘Like a Prayer’ in Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds revealed she “gave a great note” for the sequence that quickly ended up in the final cut. […]

As Nicole Kidman marks 25 years since Eyes Wide Shut, she’s reflecting on making the movie with her co-star and then-husband Tom Cruise. The Academy Award winner recalled working with writer/director Stanley Kubrick and “just a lot of talking” as they spent weeks rehearsing one memorable scene of the pair having an intimate talk over […]

As Twisters rips through theaters and updates a nearly 30-year-old franchise, the original movie’s creator is reflecting on how the movie got made. Director Jan de Bont recalled the “goddamned real” effects that went into 1996’s Twister and “ultimately decided whether the movie was made” as the sequel premieres in theaters. “We weren’t sure at […]

He may not be fighting in the ring anymore, but Dave Bautista still has some moves in his back pocket. The WWE alum confirmed that he snuck his signature Bautista Bomb into a fight scene in his new action comedy sequel My Spy: The Eternal City, which is now available to stream on Prime Video. […]

Nearly 25 years after he began playing the character, Hugh Jackman is finally suiting up in Wolverine‘s most iconic look. Deadpool & Wolverine executive producer Wendy Jacobson recounted “one of the craziest things” when everyone on set saw the Australian actor wear his character’s signature yellow suit for the first time in the upcoming crossover […]

Whitney Rydbeck, who memorably appeared in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and later made a major impact in a safety PSA, died last week from prostate cancer complications while in hospice care in Chatsworth, California. He was 79. Rydbeck started in TV, making one-episode appearances on shows like The Brady Bunch, Big John, […]

Anna Faris would come back to Scary Movie. But there are a few conditions. Speaking to People, Faris said she mostly needs one thing: “Money.” Faris last appeared as Cindy Campbell in 2006’s Scary Movie 4. Paramount announced in April that it’s developing a reboot. She added that she “would love to reprise” her role […]

The original Deadpool film presented its fair share of challenges for Ryan Reynolds. Not the least of which was having his co-writers on set. “No part of me was thinking when Deadpool was finally greenlit that this would be a success,” the actor told The New York Times. “I even let go of getting paid to […]

Thai studio GDH has teamed with Bad Genius director Baz Poonpiriya to form a production house, BASK. GDH said that BASK will work alongside U.S.-based producers to “offer a fresh perspectiveon Thai and Asian culture for global audiences.” Through BASK, Poonpiriya will work with GDH to co-develop, co-finance and co-produce projects with U.S.-based studios and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Some high-profile jurors will be selecting winners for the 20th edition of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Among those on board to adjudicate for the festival, which runs from August 8-18 at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood: Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, upcoming Superman movie); Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka, Rent); Tyrese Gibson (Fast […]

UPDATED, 2:15 PM: A Manhattan judge today set a tentative start date of the rape retrial of convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein. With the disgraced former movie mogul in the courtroom briefly, Judge Curtis Farber penciled in November 12 but said he was open to earlier trial date depending on how quickly prosecutors move through […]

Armie Hammer is opening up about the aftermath of the sexual assault allegations from 2021 and the people who expressed their support during this time. More than two years after the allegations, an investigation into the Call Me by Your Name actor brought no charges against him by the LA District Attorney due to “insufficient […]

Oracle CEO Safra Catz, who began serving on Disney’s board of directors in 2018, is exiting her board post. No official reason was given for the move, which the company said would result in the board shrinking from 12 members to 11. One ingredient in her decision could well have been the involvement of Oracle […]