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How Al Pacino’s ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Turn Set The Course For Jeff Daniels: The Film That Lit My Fuse
Is there a working actor today who is more versatile than Jeff Daniels?
Consider the range: the comedies The Purple Rose of Cairo and Dumb and Dumber and the ferocious dramatic stage turns in To Kill a Mockingbird and God of Carnage to his work in dramas that include his Emmy-winning role in HBO’s Th…
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Deadline’s Oscars Live Blog
Hollywood, and Deadline’s live blog, returned for the 96th Academy Awards. The sunny skies, and the fact that the 10 Best Picture nominees include several that audiences have actually seen, bodes well for the festivities. Jimmy Kimmel was back as host, and because Donald Trump remains former president…
Security Snafus Complicate Oscar Arrivals
Getting into the 96th Academy Awards has been complicated by the security measures meant to keep pro-Palestinian protesters at a distance. Sources who are waiting to get in said they’ve been stymied. “The entrance of the Oscars has been shut down,” said a source in a tux. “Hundreds of people are stuck.”…
Doug Liman Changes Mind, Attends SXSW Opening Night ‘Road House’ Premiere
EXCLUSIVE: After declaring in a Deadline guest column that he would boycott the SXSW Opening Night debut of Road House, director Doug Liman has changed his mind, and is in the Paramount Theatre right at this moment. I’m told that Liman won’t take the stage to introduce the movie, he’ll just be in the…
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Imagine Entertainment Taps Amblin President Jeb Brody To Be Imagine Features President As Brian Grazer & Ron Howard Up Movie Output
EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Entertainment has hired Jeb Brody to be President of Imagine Features. Brody had most recently been President of Amblin Partners, which was downsized by Steven Spielberg. Imagine founders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are bringing Brody aboard to lean more heavily into feature…
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Kit Harington Signs With CAA
EXCLUSIVE: Kit Harington has signed with CAA. It marks a return to the agency by the actor best known for playing Jon Snow in the HBO series Game of Thrones, earning two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nom for the role.
Harington next will be seen in the upcoming season of the HBO series…
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The Fire Behind The Film: ‘Dune: Part Two’
When movies come out, we grade them with reviews, define them by box office returns or eyeballs on streaming services, and maybe trophies down the line. But every successful, ambitious film starts with a dream, followed by compromise and adversity. Deadline offers the occasional peek into the creative…
Why Anthony Mann’s Gary Cooper Western Sparked Career Of ‘Perfect Days’ Director Wim Wenders: The Film That Lit My Fuse
The German filmmaker Wim Wenders is up for an Oscar for his gorgeously shot Perfect Days, a film about a fastidious man (Koji Yakusho) who cleans toilets in Tokyo who finds happiness and solace in his mundane life. The film is a touching meditation on happiness in simplicity, and how routine sometimes…
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Dan Lin Replacing Scott Stuber As Netflix Film Chief
Deadline has learned that producer Dan Lin is taking over for Scott Stuber as Netflix’s top film boss. Lin begins his new role April 1 and will report to Bela Bajaria, Netflix's chief content officer.
The replacement came rather quick as insiders at the streamer figured the hiring process would take…
Paramount Sets Release Plan For Robbie Williams’ Musical Film ‘Better Man’ By Michael Gracey
EXCLUSIVE: Buoyed by the overperformance of music-driven films Bob Marley: One Love and Mean Girls, Paramount Pictures has slotted Better Man for an exclusive qualifying release on December 25, followed by a wide theatrical release on January 17 in the heat of awards season. The film is an original…
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Sony, Picturestart Catch A ‘Yeti;’ Peter Gaffney Spec Is Snowy Survival Thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures and Picturestart won an auction and will pay mid-six against high six-figures for Yeti, a Peter Gaffney spec script that will be produced by Jon Silk through his first look deal at Picturestart.
Gaffney last year sold the horror spec Don't Go Into The Water to Universal. Yeti…
Back To The Bard: Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain To Star In ‘Lear Rex,’ New Shakespeare Adaptation Written & Directed By Bernard Rose
EXCLUSIVE: William Shakespeare is headed back to the big screen again. Bernard Rose (Immortal Beloved) is writing to direct Lear, Rex…, a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Al Pacino will star as the title character, and Jessica Chastain will star as Goneril. Other cast to follow soon.
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