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Don’t expect to see Jenna Ortega in Her Majesty’s Secret Service any time soon. The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice actress says that she wants to see women get their own purpose-built action roles, rather than taking over parts previously meant for men. Case in point: James Bond. “I love that there’s a lot more female leads nowadays,” […]

Daniel Craig was in the Sala Grande this evening for the Venice Film Festival world premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s Queer which earned an 11-minute, 44-second ovation from the audience. The crowd chanted Guadagnino’s name at the beginning of the ovation as he held up stars Craig, Drew Starkey and Lesley Manville’s hands separately for individual […]

EXCLUSIVE: In advance of its Monday Toronto Film Festival World Premiere, the Dito Montiel-directed Riff Raff has been acquired for U.S. rights by Lionsgate’s Grindstone Entertainment Group and Roadside Attractions which made the deal with Signature Films and Canopy Media Partners. Roadside Attractions plans a domestic theatrical release of 750 theaters minimum in 2025. Scripted […]

Netflix’s latest comedy film Incoming was at the top of its class in its first full week on the streamer, racking up 16.9M views. That’s up 71% from its debut weekend to make it the most-watched title of the week. Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg’s The Union stuck around on the English-language film list for […]

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights to Laura Piani’s Jane Austen Wrecked My Life ahead of the pic’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. SPC took rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe as well as worldwide airlines.  The movie will debut at TIFF on Monday, September 9. […]

It Ends With Us star and director Justin Baldoni took to social media to pen an emotional letter to survivors of domestic violence. The post, titled “Dear Survivor,” is shared with nonprofit organization No More, which serves as a charitable partner of the Colleen Hoover adaptation, as part of an ongoing relationship with Wayfarer Studios, […]

Emmy-nominated set decorator KC Fox — who worked on the sets of films like Speed, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The 40-Year-Old Virgin — died Aug. 28 of pancreatic cancer. The prolific artisan, whose career spanned four decades, was 70. “Known for her joie de vivre, keen artistic eye, belly laugh, and clever […]

Following last year’s Hollywood strikes, George Clooney is offering a bit of pay transparency about his latest role. The Academy Award winner referenced “an interesting article” by The New York Times that falsely reported he and co-star Brad Pitt were each paid more than $35 million for the movie as he spoke at a Venice […]

Continuing their 23-year onscreen collaboration, George Clooney and Brad Pitt brought their latest co-starring venture to the Venice Film Festival today as Wolfs world premiered out of competition. The official screening was greeted with a five-minute, 35-second ovation Sunday inside the Sala Grande. The duo danced to Sade’s ‘Smooth Operator’ as the credits rolled and […]

For her latest role, Natasha Lyonne had to change how she personally processed grief. The Golden Globe nominee recalled the questions she asked herself while playing Rachel in the upcoming Netflix drama His Three Daughters, a role created for her by writer-director Azazel Jacobs. “We found these new, untapped depths, like a reservoir,” she explained […]

At the height of her fame in the nineties and noughties, veteran actress Winona Ryder said she missed out on “a lot of parts,” including a starring role in the Charlie Kaufman cerebral romantic drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which went to Kate Winslet), due to excessive tabloid and paparazzi attention. “It was […]

When a studio world premieres a movie at Telluride to tee off its chances during awards season, they have to make sure they’ve got the goods, and Sony certainly did coming away from its launch of Jason Reitman’s all-star Saturday Night about the 90-minute agita experienced by SNL producer Lorne Michaels before the show’s first […]

Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun Of The Dead grossed an estimated $600k for the 3-day weekend and $720k for the four days in Focus Features re-release for the comic zombie-fest’s 20th anniversary. That’s a bloody nice showing as fans turned out for the cult film starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost playing exclusively in Dolby […]

Pretty Woman had an infamously winding road from the page to the screen, and Richard Gere‘s character must have gotten lost somewhere along the way. The Golden Globe winner joked that his wealthy leading man role Edward Lewis in the 1990 romantic comedy was “criminally underwritten” while reflecting on the Garry Marshall-helmed film during a […]

Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here, the first narrative feature from the acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker in 12 years, traveled to the Lido’s Sala Grande this evening. Following the world premiere screening, the Venice Film Festival competition drama was welcomed with a 10-minute, 20-second ovation. The audience gave a rousing response to the emotional political drama about […]

Wolfs is an interesting reminder of the route writer-director Jon Watts might have taken if he hadn’t fallen into the Spiderverse, being an amplified version of his 2015 Sundance debut Cop Car. That film starred two unknown kids in a kind-hearted crime caper reminiscent of Spielberg in his Sugarland Express days; this one leans into […]

After a major casting endorsement, Emma Roberts is campaigning for the role of a lifetime. After Britney Spears‘ assistant suggested the actress play her in a feature adaptation of Spears’ memoir The Woman In Me, Roberts seems more than prepared to take on the portrayal, explaining that she’s been preparing for at least 20 years. […]

Marvel is turning a new page with some major upcoming projects as the company celebrates its milestone 85th birthday. A new promo spot Celebrating 85 Years of Marvel features a voiceover from the late Stan Lee and several MCU stars, as well as a glimpse at Thunderbolts*, Captain America: Brave New World and Daredevil: Born […]

Michelle and Barack Obama are teaming up with double Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot and Kyle Thrash for The Turnaround, a short documentary that will make its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. The film tells a remarkable story from the sporting world that suggests Philadelphia, indeed, deserves to be called the City of Brotherly […]

After five appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marisa Tomei‘s favorite part of the superhero franchise was actually a behind-the-scenes love story. The Academy Award winner had fond memories of watching her Spider-Man co-stars Tom Holland and Zendaya “fall in love” while making the movies as she appeared on a recent Fan Expo 2024 panel […]

As the BAFTA TV Tea Party makes its return to Los Angeles, the Student Academy Awards are headed to London for the first time. Normally hosted at its Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday that the 51st annual international student film competition will take place […]

The 2024 Venice Film Festival kicked off August 28 with the long-awaited Tim Burton-Michael Keaton sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opening the 81th edition, which runs through September 7 on the Lido. Deadline is on the ground to watch all the key films.  The lineup for the world’s oldest fest also includes world premieres of Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix-Lady […]

EXCLUSIVE: Caylee Cowan (Willy’s Wonderland) and Brady Noon (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers) have been tapped to lead Mother and Me, a psychological thriller marking the directorial debut of cinematographer Carson McKinnon, who also wrote the script. The film tells the story of Casey (Cowan), a young woman confined to her home, living under the […]

Produced by El Deseo, the company owned by Almodóvars Pedro and Agustin, Luis Ortega’s last film, El Angel (2018) was the gloriously kitsch, sexually mischievous, and very loosely fictionalized true story of a notorious Argentine serial killer known for his baby-faced looks and crimes so hideous that Ortega balked at portraying even half of them. […]