As the legal battle over the $110 billion Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger drags on, a coalition of state attorneys general is fighting to block the sale on antitrust grounds — and the buyer is threatening to leave California if the lawsuit succeeds. A leaked report now puts a number on the fallout: As many […]
FilmNation head Glen Basner argues the biggest challenge from the indie film distribution space these days is a too traditional approach to packaging — this name actor means this much money and this director and it has to have X, Y and Z to make sense. And that has film buyers looking to sell titles […]
Jeremy Thomas, one of the film industry’s most highly respected independent producers with a body of work spanning more than half a century, has died. He was 77 years old. Across his career, Thomas — who founded the Recorded Picture Company and later Hanway Films — helped bring to life more than 80 features, championing the work […]
Fans may have the Beverly Hills Hotel to thank for Courteney Cox’s newest project. The Friends alum revealed that she was approached about directing Evil Genius, her first feature film as a director in 12 years, after accidentally running into Barbara Schroeder, who directed the Netflix documentary of the same name, at the iconic hotel […]
Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black in four “Harry Potter” movies, said he believes HBO’s forthcoming TV series adaptation set in the Wizarding World will be a bigger crowd-pleaser than the Warner Bros. films. That’s because the movies were significantly abridged from J.K. Rowling’s original books, whereas HBO’s “Harry Potter” is including far more of […]
Paramount’s lawyers filed a legal response to the states’ antitrust lawsuit against the Warner Bros. Discovery merger on Friday, sketching out arguments and defenses it may use at a trial next March. Among other defenses, Paramount’s lawyers said they may claim that the coalition of 12 states lacks the authority to regulate the merger, “which […]
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“It’s Deadline Hollywood so I’m going to set the record straight,” Gary Oldman said during an interview on Friday at Deadline’s Toronto Film Festival studio. He was, of course, referring to the recent furor around some off-the-cuff remarks he made about the casting of James Bond in a recent interview, and the resulting speculation that […]
Paramount Skydance and the coalition of a dozen state Attorneys General fighting to stop David Ellison‘s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery will be having settlement talks after all. Well, settlement-ish talks Under the routine procedure of the federal court system, a judge in Oakland today instructed the battling parties to sit down together […]
Warner Bros. movie chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy on Friday said the studio looks to push the creative envelope with a diverse movie slate that combines art and commerce. “There’s no real line. We are in the business to monetize art. It’s an interesting dichotomy in the film industry. They don’t need to […]
With this year’s Venice Film Festival drawing to a close, the dishing out of awards has begun. The Giornate degli Autori jury — headed by Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón — has awarded this year’s GdA Director’s Award and cash prize of 20,000 Euros ($23,000) to Maria Aparicio and Mubi’s Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion (A veces me entra […]
Is Venice still vibrating from all the rounds of applause? It’s become customary for audiences at the festival’s premieres to clap and cheer for a seeming eternity after the credits roll. (Often to the visible discomfort of the actors and filmmakers, who look like they don’t know what to do with themselves when the hurrahs […]
A coalition of international media organizations has urged governments to support local producers against the “ubiquity of global streaming services” that puts commissions for diverse storytelling at risk. The call, issued at the Toronto Film Festival, comes as countries internationally have urged politicians to compel foreign streaming platforms to subsidize local media production as Netflix, […]
Art helped us process 9/11 in so many ways right after the attacks. But for me the breakthrough wouldn’t come for nearly five years, at a midtown Manhattan movie theater. The Tribeca Film Festival had decided in 2006 to open with a premiere of Paul Greengrass’ United 93, despite puzzling murmurs of “too soon.” (Is there […]
Fans of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir can expect a live-action version of the animated series, its co-creator Jeremy Zag has said. Meanwhile, his studio, Zag Entertainment, is also making headway on Melody, an animated feature film with Katy Perry. Zag co-created French animated show Miraculous through Zag. He was feted as Deadline’s […]
Warner Bros and Alcon’s Practical Magic 2 is off to a solid start in previews with an estimated $3.5M to $4M after showtimes that began at 2PM. Those figures are higher than the previews of Sandra Bullock’s romantic adventure pic Lost City ($2.5M, $31M 3-day opening) and the George Clooney and Julia Roberts romantic comedy, […]
A defamation lawsuit from former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider against Warner Bros. Discovery over his portrayal in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has been dismissed. California’s Second District Court of Appeal on Thursday reversed a decision allowing Schneider to proceed with his lawsuit, rejecting arguments that the docuseries implied that sexually […]
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA has landed a sensational 25-minute ovation following its world premiere screening this evening at the Venice Film Festival. The powerful documentary screened this evening in the Sala Grande in Venice, with Abraham and Szor in attendance, alongside executive producer Jonathan Glazer. Israeli filmmakers Abraham and Szor previously worked together […]
NBCUniversal Media Group Chairman Matt Strauss is extremely bullish on the company’s forthcoming split from Comcast. “There is genuine excitement” about the move inside the company, Strauss said Thursday at an investor conference hosted by BofA Securities. “We feel really good about our trajectory and our growth, and I think the independence is going to […]
Moshe Rosenthal’s Tell Me Everything is Israel‘s official submission to the 2027 Oscar Best International Feature race by virtue of its winning the Best Picture prize Thursday’s at Israel’s Ophir Awards. Tell Me Everything won a total of 10 Ophir trophies tonight, including Best Director and Best Screenplay for Rosenthal. It came into the night […]
International media executive and producer Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and AI filmmaker Mark Wachholz have launched Dreamkite Studios, a Munich- and Berlin-based AI-native film studio, developing premium films, high-end TV series and IP-based short-form content. Dreamkite will combine generative AI with traditional filmmaking, employing professional directors and actors to create AI-first and hybrid productions. Related Stories The […]