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How ‘I’m Gonna Git You Sucka’ & ‘In Living Color’ Sparked ‘Captain America’ & ‘Twisted Metal’s Anthony Mackie: The Film That Lit My Fuse
From the moment he exploded onscreen mano a mano against Eminem in 8 Mile, Anthony Mackie has been on a steady course to a career peak where he will carry his first major Marvel film playing the title character in Captain America: Brave New World. He is also getting some awards buzz as star and executive…
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Netflix, Higher Ground Partners Barack & Michelle Obama Expand Film & TV Creative Collaboration
EXCLUSIVE: Higher Ground, the media company started by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, has extended its creative partnership with Netflix. As part of the deal, Higher Ground will have a multiyear first-look deal with Netflix for all of its film and TV projects.
The relationship has been a…
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Paramount Has Been On The Ropes Before; A Reminder How Creative Courage & A Suave Front Man Saved The Sinking Studio
The implosion of talks between David Ellison's Skydance and Shari Redstone has cast a pall on the town. Beyond Paramount Global's share price inching down to below $10 a share, enthusiasm does not seem high over the rival bidders or Redstone relying on a troika of George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian…
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Is Netflix The New ‘Ocho’ Of Live Pseudo-Sports? Chestnut Vs. Kobayashi Will Settle The Beef On Who Can Inhale The Most Hot Dogs
On the heels of its upcoming live bout between over-the-hill boxing great Mike Tyson and YouTuber Jake Paul, Netflix has taken another turn toward becoming The Ocho of live sporting contests.
Netflix will stream a winner-take-all hot-dog-eating contest on Labor Day between reigning Nathan's Hot Dog…
Quentin Tarantino & Jay Glennie Make Voracious Book Pact Analyzing His Films ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ & ‘Inglourious Basterds’
EXCLUSIVE: The Little, Brown imprint Voracious has set a fall 2025 publication date for two books exploring the creative genius of Quentin Tarantino in the making of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds.
The books are written by Jay Glennie, and each will have a foreword written by…
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‘Harry Wild’s Kevin Ryan Signs With Artist International Group
EXCLUSIVE: Harry Wild star Kevin Ryan has signed with Artist International Group, and will be repped by CEO David Unger.
The Irish actor, whose other credits include Copper, Guilt, and Sons of Liberty, signs as Harry Wild hits season three on Acorn TV, which is the show’s conduit to Amazon Prime, and…
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Jill Culton Joins Jon M. Chu To Co-Direct Dr. Seuss’ ‘Oh, The Places You’ll Go!’ For Warner Bros Pictures Animation & Bad Robot; Benj Pasek & Justin Paul Writing Original Tunes
EXCLUSIVE: Animation veteran Jill Culton has joined Jon M. Chu as directing partner of the Warner Bros Pictures Animation adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic Oh, the Places You'll Go! Pic is a big priority for the studio, being done with Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Bad Robot.
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul…
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How ‘King Kong’ Sparked Long Trek Of ‘Run Lola Run’s Franka Potente: The Film That Lit My Fuse
Has it really been 25 years since Franka Potente burst onto the scene as the flame-haired heroine in Run Lola Run? Sony Pictures Classics christened the quarter century anniversary today re-released in theaters the Tom Tykwer-directed thriller, remastered in 4K.
For Potente, the film started a run…
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Kristen Stewart To Play Astronaut Sally Ride As Amazon MGM Studios Nears Limited Series Deal For ‘The Challenger’; Amblin, Kyra Sedgwick’s Big Swing EPs With Stewart; Maggie Cohn Writing
EXCLUSIVE: Kristen Stewart will make her TV series-starring debut in The Challenger, a limited series in which she’ll play Sally Ride, the astronaut and physicist who became the first American woman to fly in space. She did this as part of a NASA space shuttle astronaut class of 1978 that was the first to…
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‘Free Solo’ Helmers Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi To Direct Screen Adaptation Of Michael Crichton James Patterson Bestseller ‘Eruption’
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning Free Solo directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi have come aboard as part of the package to direct Eruption, the novel by Michael Crichton and James Patterson that was just published atop every bestseller list.
The duo will be in the center of meetings to be held…
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Skydance Ties Up Global Deal For Chris Pratt & McG Movie ‘Way Of The Warrior Kid’, Making Massive $85M Deal Before Title Hit Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: In-between its months-long pursuit of Paramount, Skydance has found time to make what we understand to be an $80M-$85M global deal for Chris Pratt Cannes package Way of the Warrior Kid.
We make this one of the single biggest package deals since Apple splashed on Emancipation back in 2020…
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Deadline’s Legendary Hollywood Labor Reporter Dave Robb Gets Final Sendoff This Saturday
Friends who wish to pay their final respects to Dave Robb — Deadline’s dean of Hollywood labor reporters — will have their chance this Saturday. Kelly Robb has organized a memorial at which friends and fans can gather and reminisce about this larger-than-life journalist starting at 11 a.m. PT at the MPTF…
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