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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 […]