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Walt Disney Studios announced several new projects in the works over the weekend at D23 2024 in addition to giving updates on titles it has in the works. Films that are still in the early stages of development include Toy Story 5, Frozen 3 and Incredibles 3. Other projects further along that received major updates […]

Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow, the animated film that had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to win four trophies at the Annecy animation festival, has been selected to represent Latvia in the 2025 Oscars International Feature Film race. Zilbalodis (Away) co-wrote and directed the film, which follows a courageous cat after his home […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amid the theatrical release of their horror pic Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens, Waypoint Entertainment has announced the launch of new genre label Cweature Features. Helmed by industry veterans Ken Kao and Josh Rosenbaum, the label will offer a collaborative sanctuary for filmmakers to create horrifying auteur content, supported by the expertise […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Saulnier has signed with Grandview for representation. Saulnier, whose credits include directing the first two episodes of True Detective Season 3 and features including Green Room, currently serves as director, writer, producer, and editor on the feature film Rebel Ridge, starring Aaron Pierre, AnnaSophia Robb and Don Johnson. The high-velocity thriller follows a […]

Dave Franco (Love Lies Bleeding) has been tapped for a role opposite Allison Williams and Mckenna Grace in Regretting You, the upcoming adaptation of the 2019 novel from It Ends with Us scribe Colleen Hoover, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes amid the successful theatrical release of Sony’s It Ends With Us adaptation, starring Blake […]

Anne Chaisson, executive director of Hamptons Film Festival presenting organization HamptonsFilm, will step down from her post after this fall’s edition of the fest. After initially connecting with HamptonsFilm as a producer of films screened during the festival, Chaisson co-founded and co-chaired the organization’s advisory board in 2002. She became executive director in 2012. Randy […]

In what would mark the first film James Wan would direct since merging his Atomic Monster banner with Blumhouse, Deadline has learned he is in early talks to potentially helm The Creature From the Black Lagoon for Atomic Monster and Universal Pictures. Wan is developing a grounded modernized retelling that leans into visceral horror while […]

EXCLUSIVE: Alexandra Shipp (Anyone But You), Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) will topline Midnight, a new action thriller from first-time feature filmmaker Joshua Otis Miller and Yale Productions. Dawson is also a producer on the pic, which has wrapped production in Connecticut. Written by Lamont Magee and Jeff Byrd, Midnight follows a […]

Neon on Monday debuted the first teaser for The Monkey, the anticipated Stephen King adaptation reteaming the studio with Longlegs helmer Osgood Perkins, which is slated to hit theaters on February 21, 2025. The horror teaser drop comes following the record-breaking release of the Maika Monroe-Nicolas Cage supernatural horror pic Longlegs, which is the highest-grossing […]

“Stay tuned, we’re only getting started.” Those were the prophetic words of Moana franchise star Auli’i Cravalho at D23 today in a sit-down chat about the upcoming sequel Moana 2. While there was no specific chatter today out of two Moana panels about an animated threequel per se, it wouldn’t be a shocker if Moana […]

After Joaquin Phoenix‘s abrupt exit from Todd Haynes‘ gay romance resulted in the film’s unraveling, one of its producers has addressed the fallout. Christine Vachon of Killer Films shared an article to Facebook about the actor dropping out five days before production, while responding to speculation that Phoenix’s sudden departure had to do with the […]

Gina Gershon nearly put her first onscreen love interest in the hospital. The actress recently recalled filming her “first love scene ever” with Tom Cruise in their 1988 movie Cocktail, during which he was a total “gentleman,” despite the fact that she “kneed him right in the nose.” “At one point, he starts off under […]

McKenna Grace is set to co-star opposite Allison Williams in Regretting You, an indie adaptation of the 2019 novel from It Ends with Us scribe Colleen Hoover, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes amid the theatrical release of Sony’s It Ends With Us adaptation, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, which is expected to be a big hit, opening in the mid […]

EXCLUSIVE: As it lights up the domestic box office, Sony and Wayfarer Studios’ It Ends with Us is also off to a more than lively start overseas. Out in just 68% of the international box office landscape, the Blake Lively-starrer grossed $13.3M through Friday in 42 markets. This points to an offshore weekend debut of […]

At D23, Disney unveiled the mischievous alien in its live-action remake of animated hit Lilo & Stitch. The CGI-generated Sitch literally burst through the screen to reveal that the movie will premiere in summer 2025. (You can see it below.) No exact date was announced; the studio currently has two summer theatrical dates next year […]

Donald Trump’s rally in Montana Friday sparked a strong social media reaction after Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ – her Oscar-winning song from Titanic – was blared out from the speakers shortly before the presidential hopeful took to the stage. The Daily Mail reports that the irony of an ode to a sinking […]

Disney showed off more from its upcoming photorealistic prequel Mufasa: The Lion King. A trailer that debuted Friday during the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23 showcases a different, more innocent side of the young “brotherhood” that Mufasa and Scar develop before their relationship is ultimately fractured. Watch the trailer, which served as the finale to […]

It use to be we’d be transported into the video game world of Tron. Well, in Tron: Ares as Evan Peters’ villain Julian Dillinger says in the clip that was unveiled at D23 on Friday, “We’re not going there, they are coming here.” The light cycles of Tron are seen speeding through city streets, leaving […]

Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor’s industrial indie rock group of many incarnations, is coming together to take on the score of Disney’s Tron: Ares. The reveal about the upcoming sci-fi pic took place Friday night during a presentation at D23. Just like Daft Punk was responsible for the sound of 2010’s Tron: Legacy, NIN are […]

Disney on Friday at D23 showed off the first clip from its live-action take of the 1937 animated classic Snow White, which hits theaters on March 21, 2025. Said Gal Gadot about her onscreen antagonist, “She’s evil, she’s magical, she’s delicious.” Rachel Zegler introduced the clip, which she told the crowd at the Honda Center […]

Zoe Saldana has joined the voice cast of “Elio,” which was announced at the D23 event in Anaheim. The film follows a boy named Elio who finds himself inadvertently beamed up to an interplanetary organization where he is chosen to become Earth’s ambassador to other galaxies. Saldana will voice Elio’s aunt. The film follows Elio, […]

Disney literally let it go at D23 tonight, specifically they let it rip with the first look –specifically concept art–at the upcoming Frozen 3, the threequel to the original animated franchise that’s racked up $2.76 billion at global box office and two Oscar wins. Filmmaker Jennifer Lee said, “there were a lot of questions coming […]

There’s a new citizen coming to Zootopia. Ke Huy Quan is joining the cast of Zootopia 2 as a snake named Gary, star Ginnifer Goodwin announced during Friday night’s Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23. “Now, reptiles have a shady past,” she said, teasing that only Quan’s Gary could send the crew “on a whole new […]

Pixar boss Pete Docter had a very simple tag at the end of Pixar’s D23 session: Incredibles 3 is in the works with Brad Bird returning as director. No further details were provided. The first two Incredibles movies grossed $1.87 billion. At one point, Incredibles 2 was the highest grossing animated movie of all-time before […]