Like it did for many people, the pandemic changed things for writer/director Drake Doremus, whose last film, 2019’s Endings, Beginnings, now seems like a prophetic title for the filmmaker, a true romantic, who has since ended one relationship and then met a woman to begin another as his wife. That chance encounter in Madrid has […]

Hollywood’s new cohort of horror filmmakers have earned the praise of Steven Spielberg after a successful few weekends at the box office. At a recent screening of his new movie Disclosure Day, premiering June 12 in theaters, the 3x Oscar winner expressed his amazement at seeing Obsession and Backrooms do so well in theaters after […]

Like it did for many people the pandemic changed things for writer/director Drake Doremus whose last film, Endings, Beginnings in 2019 now seems like a prophetic title for the filmmaker, a true romantic, who has since ended one relationship and then met a woman to begin another as his wife. That chance encounter in Madrid […]

Paramount is reconstituting its video game operation, launching a new game studio and setting a leadership team for the division. Like its media peers, the company has deployed various strategies over the years in the sector, which has historically not been a straightforward process for Hollywood despite all of its established IP. Ramping up in […]

Love Island USA Season 8 is off to a fiery start on Peacock. Since launching on June 2, the first few episodes have already tallied 824M minutes viewed, up 74% from Season 7. That makes it Peacock’s most-streamed original season ever through the first three days, per internal data from NBCUniversal. Unsurprisingly, given the primary […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell us that the first day advance PLF ticket sales for Universal’s upcoming Christopher Nolan epic, The Odyssey, were the highest ever for AMC yesterday in the last four years when it came to a major studio movie. The Odyssey‘s standard showtimes will go on sale later this summer. Just to re-emphasize, the […]

Paramount+ today announced the surprise premiere of its new original animated series Among Us based on the globally popular social deception game. Series stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Liv Hewson announced all ten episodes are now available, exclusively on Paramount+, at Summer Game Fest Friday in Los Angeles. Created by Owen Dennis (Infinity Train) and […]

Writer-director Michael Gallagher, another filmmaker who got his start on YouTube with millions of followers for shows like TotallySketch, has always been a bit obsessed with the infamous Heaven’s Gate 1997 mass suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, right outside where he grew up in San Diego. His interest in this horrific event and the […]

The man suspected of stabbing Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy to death earlier this week will have to face a mental competency hearing before murder charges can be pursued. The capacities of Michael Ray Gledhill will be examined in a Hollywood court on June 22, a state judge decided today after the Los Angeles County […]

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about The Boys series finale “Blood and Bone.” After five seasons and many bloody battles, good finally prevailed over evil in The Boys series finale. The Prime Video series cast and creator Eric Kripke recently stopped by the Deadline Studio at Prime Experience, where Hughie actor Jack Quaid opened […]

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+’s “Land” slate is growing. In a competitive situation, the streamer has nabbed for development Cop Land, James Mangold’s series take on his 1997 Miramax movie. The project, from Paramount Television Studios and Miramax Television, is looking to join Paramount+’s current hits MobLand and Landman. (Coincidentally, Paramount+ is also the TV home of Cop […]

More than 25 years later, Anna Faris is looking back at the reaction to her debut as Cindy Campbell in Scary Movie (2000). The actress, whose Scary Movie 6 return is now in theaters, recently recalled meeting Neve Campbell and Jennifer Love Hewitt after spoofing their roles in the Scream and I Know What You […]

Caeli Santaolalla became the latest La Casa de los Famosos housemate to be voted out by viewers as the Season 6 finale nears. “Every time I went into the elimination room, I was never confident. I knew that there was always a risk of being eliminated,” she told us following her eviction. “This [elimination] did […]

TIFF-premiering romantic crime thriller Carolina Caroline and animated adventure The Last Whale Singer open in moderate release. The Little Sister from Cannes, documentary Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC, She’s The He and anime Jinsei are new limited debuts. John Carney’s Power Ballad with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas expands to 1,275 screens after a nice launch on […]

UPDATED with shareholder vote results. Reed Hastings is officially no longer affiliated with Netflix, the streaming giant he co-founded 29 years ago. In an SEC filing Friday, the company confirmed Hastings’ exit indirectly, noting the results of Thursday’s annual shareholder meeting. Venture capitalist Jay Hoag, a longtime Netflix investor and board member, was elected chairman […]

EXCLUSIVE: When Power Ballad opened the Sands Film Festival in St. Andrews Scotland recently, the audience reaction was rapturous. Same with showings at SXSW, Dublin and in a limited release last week. Sending festival audiences into a lather has been a regular occurrence for writer/director John Carney since he premiered Once at the 2007 Sundance […]

George Knight, a contestant on Love Island UK Season 13, is opening up about his abrupt exit from the dating series. The Islander came in as a bombshell on Day 1 but left the Mallorca-set villa after only a few days on the show. “Family comes first, always,” Knight wrote on Instagram. “Leaving the @loveisland […]

In Memoriam, a new existential dramedy that premieres at the Tribeca Festival on Sunday, proves an ideal vehicle for Marc Maron to flex his acting chops. Mining the insecurities, anxieties and contradictions that have long animated his comedy, Maron here plays Langston, a veteran television actor who, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, becomes fixated with […]

EXCLUSIVE: Ed Simpson, chief strategy officer of Calabasas Confidential producer Wheelhouse, is launching his own investment venture in the creator economy world. Simpson, a longtime consigliere to Wheelhouse founder Brent Montgomery, left the company after working with the Pawn Stars producer for 15 years. Deadline understands Simpson is in talks to invest in a number […]

EXCLUSIVE: Stella Pecollo, best known for her work in Universal’s You, Me, & Tuscany, has signed with Prototype Talent Agency for representation. Pecollo portrays the hilarious and fiercely passionate Francesca, sister to Michael (Rege-Jean Page) and Matteo (Lorenzo de Moor), and confidant to Anna (Halle Bailey) in the film, directed by Kat Coiro and written by […]

EXCLUSIVE: Debra Messing has signed with Paradigm for representation. Messing is best known for her Emmy award-winning performance as Grace Adler in NBC’s hit comedy Will & Grace. The David Kohan and Max Mutchnick-created series, which ran for 11 seasons, focused on the friendship between Grace, a straight interior designer, and gay attorney Will, played by […]

You know it’s a great summer when myriad studios are hitting all-time company records at the global box office. Lionsgate, which fired up the heat wave this season with the Antoine Fuqua directed Michael with a $97.2M domestic, $217.4M worldwide start, will see the Michael Jackson biopic become their highest grossing movie ever in the […]

Disney Advertising has sold out of inventory on the NBA Finals through the first four games, with a number of brands motivated by the unusual elements in this year’s title matchup. The New York Knicks, who haven’t been to the Finals since 1999 and haven’t won a championship since 1973, lead the San Antonio Spurs […]

Taylor Swift’s original song for the upcoming Toy Story 5, “I Knew It, I Knew You” now has a music video companion available to view on Spotify and Apple Music. The song aligns closely with the story of Jessie (voiced by Joan Cusack), who first entered the playground in Toy Story 2. Swift wrote it […]

EXCLUSIVE: Cable may be dying but The Cable Guy lives on — on streaming. Hulu has ordered a comedy pilot inspired by the Jim Carrey movie, with Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. attached to star and executive produce. The pilot order comes on the 30th anniversary of the Ben Stiller-directed black comedy which debuted […]

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Dildarian, creator of HBO’s The Life & Times of Tim and HBO Max’s Ten Year Old Tom, has self-produced his next animated series Fred Has Problems, which will premiere on YouTube July 1 with two episodes, followed by a new episode each month. Early access will also be available on Patreon. Dildarian’s latest centers around an optimistic man […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Graham (Twinless), Patti LuPone (Beau Is Afraid) and Dan Bucatinsky (The Comeback) are set to star opposite Nick Borenstein in August, a comedy marking Borenstein’s feature directorial, screenwriting, and acting debut. Currently in production in New York City, the film follows a young, gay New Yorker (Borenstein) who, after the sudden death of his beloved […]

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Francisco Ramos is set to release a new hour-long special, Francisco Ramos: Still Learning, on TVOD via Comedy Dynamics on June 9. Produced by Super Nice Guys, with filming taking place at The Triad Theater in New York City, Still Learning dives into the lessons that don’t come with instructions: marriage, therapy, eating with other people, and […]

Amazon is making some changes to its nonfiction production team. Months after landing the top unscripted job at the streamer, Levy has tasked Justin Dudek to lead all of its unscripted and doc series production teams as well as MGM Alternative Production. Dudek was formerly SVP, Physical Production at MGM Alternative, where he oversaw production […]

For a show centered on golf, Apple TV’s Stick is far more interested in people than scorecards. Created by Jason Keller, the Owen Wilson-led dramedy follows retired former golf pro Pryce Cahill as he takes interest in coaching a rising young talent named Santi (Peter Dager). The 10-episode series explores grief, redemption and found family, […]