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Even by Nicolas Cage's standards, Dream Scenario is a strange movie — but mostly in that there is nothing at all unusual about the character he plays. A mediocre biologist whose research is routinely stolen by other scientists, Paul Matthews becomes famous overnight when he starts appearing in other…

EXCLUSIVE: Pig helmer Michael Sarnoski is set to write and direct the feature film adaptation of Sabrina, which is based on the Nick Drnaso's graphic novel, from New Regency and RT Features. New Regency is producing alongside RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira. New Regency will finance the project. Sources close to…

Don’t mistake Pig for another action revenge movie about a man who’s hellbent to find his pet truffle pig’s kidnappers. It’s something greatly more and far more serious than that about a man who revisits his tortured past. In the wake of winning a Best Actor Oscar back in 1996 for his turn as an alcoholic in Leaving La…

EXCLUSIVE: With Jeff Nichols leaving the project in October, Paramount Pictures has moved fast on his replacement and looks to have found one of the more sought-after rising stars in town. Sources tell Deadline that Pig director Michael Sarnoski is in negotiations to helm the untitled next installment in A Quiet Place …

Nicolas Cage joins me today for a wide-ranging conversation for my Deadline video series, The Actor’s Side. We talk about the critical praise and awards buzz he has been receiving for the summer release Pig, in which he gives one of his best-ever performances and for which he is nominated for the Best Actor Critics…

Sony Pictures Classics’ sci-fi drama Nine Days starring Winston Duke opens in four theaters in a specialty market buoyed by recent releases like Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain and Pig. New York’s arthouse scene, outpaced by LA of late, is perking up, distributors say (Ailey numbers were super there) and…

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain kept its spot in the North American top ten for week two in 954 theaters – up by 27 — with an $830,000 estimated gross for the three days, leading the specialty box office. As per Focus Features, that was a total cume of over $3.7 million for the Morgan Neville documentary…

Mark Wahlberg strides into theaters this weekend with Joe Bell as the Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men, upcoming King Richard) film debuts on 1,093 screens supported by robust advertising and a star-driven social media campaign. Roadside Attractions is distributing, having snapped up the film from Solstice Studi…

‘Pig ‘to open Edinburgh This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will open with the European premiere of Pig, starring Nicola Cage. The screening will take place on August 18. In the film, Cage plays a truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness and must return to his past in Portland in…

Arthouse bounced higher this weekend as Morgan Neville’s Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain hit $1.9 million — the strongest specialty opening this year and the best yet for Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won't You Be My Neighbor?) His documentary is No. 8 at the U.S. box office. Pig starring Nicolas Cage hit…

Two releases, very well reviewed and pretty widely available by recent specialty standards, look set to heat up the arthouse box office this weekend — Pig with Nicolas Cage in one of his best performances in years and Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain open on 600 and 952 screens respectively, and only in…

Nicolas Cage certainly continues with an eclectic career, one that includes an Oscar and a series of memorable performances from high drama to low comedy. He also appears to like to work a lot, and sometimes it seems might be more drawn to a paycheck than something worthy of his immense talent and range as an actor…