Do Oscar voters covet a good cry? At a moment when movies struggle to capture serious awards attention, Hamnet is being lauded by critics for its emotional clout, yet also critiqued for its limited focus. Chloé Zhao’s movie, impeccably co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, represents a soul-searching challenge to more raucous award rivals … Read more
Queen Latifah stepped into Deadline’s studio at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and gave Deadline the low-down on the upcoming project about her life, and playing Robyn McCall in The Equalizer. Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment is a producer on the biopic, which will be one of several about hip-hop’s … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Jacquie Katz is departing CAA where she has been for 15 years, 11 and a half of them as an agent in the TV lit department, most recently based in New York. Katz is staying in New York as she is switching careers — she is leaving CAA at the end of the month … Read more
Netflix has emerged victorious with what appears to be the highest and so far the winning bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Deadline has learned, and will start exclusive talks to finalize a deal. This caps a tumultuous day that saw Paramount move aggressively to counter the giant streamer and seal a deal of its own … Read more
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the prolific and instantly recognizable actor best known for his roles in the Mortal Kombat films, The Last Emperor, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Man in the High Castle, died Thursday in Santa Barbara. He was 75. Tagawa died due to complications from a stroke early this morning surrounded by his children. … Read more
Emerald Fennell is hopeful about Wuthering Heights as the film’s premiere gets closer. The director wants the movie starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to become a phenomenon that people watch in theatres multiple times. “I want this to be this generation’s Titanic,” Robbie told British Vogue, recalling what Fennell told her. “I went to … Read more
Netflix is revisiting the fatal case of dangerous “rom-conman” John Meehan with its next true crime entry. The upcoming docuseries Dirty John reveals a portrait of the titular predatory bachelor, whose twisted story of manipulation, harassment and psychological abuse captivated the country in the 2010s after conning a woman and her children ultimately led to … Read more
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about Season 5 of Stranger Things. Now that the final season of Stranger Things has gotten its first big twist out of the way, the cast of the Netflix show can breathe a little easier. On Thursday, the series’ official YouTube page shared a behind-the-scenes video of the Duffer … Read more
As Netflix makes a run at Warner Bros Discovery that would test its commitment to theatrical, the streamer has had an erratic week in cinemas between the bust of Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery with $4 million+ over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and the presales success of the New Year’s Eve Stranger Things series finale stunt. … Read more
When “Fallout” returns for Season 2, brace yourselves for a gnarly post-apocalyptic version of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” Lucy MacLean and The Ghoul may just be colleagues of convenience, but when the new episodes launch (the premiere drops on Prime Video Wednesday, Dec. 17), Lucy (Ella Purnell) aims to bring her evil-doing dad to justice, while her undead … Read more