Movies

EXCLUSIVE: Piperplay has boarded sales on Edoardo Gabbriellini’s true crime drama The City of the Living (La città dei vivi) ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Orizzonti competition and North American debut in Toronto’s Centrepiece, and also unveiled the trailer. The feature is freely inspired by Italian writer Nicola Lagioia’s award-winning, best-selling true-crime work […]

Microdrama platform ReelShort is on track for a 34% increase in revenue to $1.05BN in 2026, according to a report from Asia-based analytics firm Media Partners Asia. The report, ‘ReelShort/Crazy Maple Studio: Inside the $1BN Micro Drama Machine’, found that ReelShort revenue grew from $97M in 2023 to $400M in 2024 and $785M in 2025. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Johnson, the British actor who starred in Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water, has written and will lead UK indie The Sacrifice. Filming has wrapped on the psychological thriller, which also features Saffron Burrows (Troy), Steven Berkoff (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Michael Landes (Cruel Summer) and Hugo Stone (Prisoners of Paradise). […]

ProSiebenSat.1 revenue slipped 9% in the first half with the German broadcaster blaming disposals, a declining TV advertising market and the fact that its competitors had the rights to the soccer World Cup. It did, however, post an EBITDA profit in the period amid cost cuts and reorganization. The Group revenue figure was €1.5BN ($1.73BN), […]

Michelle Yeoh has been named ‘Asian Filmmaker of the Year’ at the 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). The annual award honors an Asian film professional or organization for exceptional contributions to the advancement of Asian cinema. The festival commented: “Versatile, commanding, and fiercely resolute – Michelle Yeoh’s performances are transcendent in every aspect: technique, […]

The Edinburgh Film Festival’s industry programme returns this year in an expanded format, centered around a new symposium on the state of independent filmmaking in the UK, aptly titled the UK Film Conference.  The festival launched the conference earlier this summer and tapped BFI CEO Ben Roberts as the inaugural keynote speaker. Roberts will take […]

This year, the Edinburgh International Film Festival will debut 21 feature films, 10 of which will screen as part of the festival’s official competition strand, which is set to run from August 13 to 19.  Titles competing for the festival’s Sean Connery Prize include Mission, the latest feature from Scottish filmmaker Paul Wright (For Those […]

With her child star days behind her, Bella Throne has found perspective on her behind-the-scenes friendship with Zendaya. The Disney Channel alum recently recalled being pitted against each other while making their 2010-’13 series Shake It Up, during which they “escaped to another set” to work out their differences. “It got pretty bad,” she recalled […]

With his latest MCU theatrical outing crossing the $1B mark in record time, Destin Daniel Cretton is left in the dark about his canceled Marvel series. The Wonder Man co-creator admits he doesn’t “fully understand the why” after Disney and Marvel canceled the series, four months after renewing the show for Season 2 at Disney+. […]

A federal judge tossed out an antitrust challenge to the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger that was brought by a group of consumers. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín wrote that the plaintiffs in the case had failed to establish standing, but she will allow them to file a revised complaint. “Plaintiffs’ standing theory amounts to little […]

Last Christmas, David Harbour’s Santa nearly gave his heart to the wrong Mrs. Claus, but the very next day, the Violent Night writers threw that scene away. As Kristen Bell debuts her Mrs. Claus in Violent Night 2, premiering Dec. 4, producer Kelly McCormick revealed that the character was almost introduced at the end of […]

EXCLUSIVE: With the Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger hung up in a pending antitrust trial that’s set for March 2027, Regal Global Entertainment’s Eduardo Acuna, CEO of the No. 2 theater chain, is throwing his support behind the union of the two historic studios, saying tonight, “It is time for all parties to sit down and […]

Perez Hilton‘s self-harming TikTok livestream horrified viewers, prompting some to contact police and report the content. Despite the content going against the platform’s community guidelines, the stream was not immediately removed and persisted for about 15 to 20 minutes. A U.S. spokesperson for the digital platform told Deadline that a “moderator error” caused a delay […]

SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils the entirety of Sterling Point, which is now streaming on Prime Video. One of the final twists in Sterling Point’s first season involved a personal touch from co-showrunner and creator Megan Park’s own life — the rarity of colorblindness in girls. Park and co-showrunners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (The […]

Isabella Rossellini followed in the footsteps of her legendary late director father Roberto Rossellini and producer half-brother Renzo Rossellini as she was feted by the Locarno Film Festival with an Honorary Leopard (Pardo) at its opening night ceremony on Wednesday. “The prize I am receiving tonight is the excellence prize, which is something I haven’t […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Bonfire of the Vanities is looking for a new home. The high-profile series adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s 1987 novel from top showrunner David E. Kelley and Batman director Matt Reeves, which had been set up at Apple TV for development, is no longer going forward there, Deadline has learned. The studio behind it, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Zach Georgiou of Love Island USA has signed with Innovative Artists for representation in all areas. After Georgiou’s time in the Fiji villa on the Peacock dating series, the agency will work with him to expand his career in brand partnerships, unscripted television, hosting, and entrepreneurial ventures. Georgiou was one of the breakout Islanders […]

EXCLUSIVE: Alice Eve has inked with Artist International Group for management. The British actress has starred in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness and the Marvel TV series Iron Fist. She will next be seen alongside Nicolas Cage, Matthew Goode, Ed Skrein, Michael Sheen and Ben Kingsley in Simon West’s World War II espionage feature […]

With the federal cap on local TV station ownership nearing its end, Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley said he “couldn’t be happier” to see a long-sought industry goal accomplished. The Republican-controlled FCC is set to vote Thursday on whether to eliminate the rule barring a single owner from controlling stations reaching more than 39% of U.S. […]

Amanda Frances has given up her Bravo diamond and is leaving The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after one season. The entrepreneur joined the reality series in Season 15 and took to social media to explain why she would not return for Season 16, as production ramps up. “My time on The Real Housewives of […]

As Trump’s FCC continues its war on ABC, Rosie O’Donnell isn’t worried about being censored during her upcoming summer guest host stint on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The 12x Emmy winner, who’s had a longstanding public feud with the POTUS, recently expressed no fear in the face of Brendan Carr and the FCC as she prepares […]