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If there was awareness tracking for a TV series slated to premiere in two years, HBO’s Harry Potter would score through the roof. From the moment the “faithful adaptation” of the beloved book series by J.K. Rowling was officially announced in April 2023 as a “decade-long series,” the project has been the…

EXCLUSIVE: Thunderbolts star Wyatt Russell is in talks to join Steven Spielberg’s next event movie for Amblin and Universal Pictures. A deal for the actor is very close, we hear. The storyline is being kept under lock and key. Russell joins a booming glitzy bench of thespians in the film including Emily…

Following his acclaimed American feature debut in Anora, Mark Eydelshteyn is set to make an equally high-profile American TV debut as the male lead in Season 2 of Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Eydelshteyn will play the eponymous Mr. Smith. As Deadline reported exclusively, Billie Eilish had been…

EXCLUSIVE: Anna Schafer (Brighton Beach), Jack Kesy (Hellboy: The Crooked Man), Kate Flannery (The Office) and Matt Barr (Walker: Independence) are set to topline How Hard Can It Be, an indie rom-com from director Michael Day (Clawfoot, The Kill Room) and Ana Vera Films, which has wrapped…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot package coming together quickly: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to direct an untitled AI thriller for T-Street Productions, the production company of Rian Johnson & Ram Bergman, with Anne Hathaway to star, sources tell Deadline. No word on plot details yet, but we hear…

UPDATED with latest: The Emmys and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we cruise into Oscar season. Check back often for updates. December 6: AACTA Awards…

EXCLUSIVE: Asa Germann, a cast member on Prime Video’s The Boys and college spin-off Gen V, is the newest addition to the cast of Scream 7. Character details are under wraps. Germann joins an ensemble that also includes the returning Neve Campbell, who stars across the franchise as final girl…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy Award winner Julie Bowen (Modern Family) is set to star in the NBC and Universal Television half-hour comedy series Taste, currently in development, from writers and exec producers Justin Shanes (St. Denis Medical) and Nedaa Sweiss (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon). Taste…

EXCLUSIVE: Acting couple Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood are set to play one on TV in Duo, a drama in development at NBC. Written by Wood with Rina Mimoun (Mistresses) as showrunner, the project, which has a script commitment, comes from Warner Bros. Television, where Benoist’s Three Things Productions and…

EXCLUSIVE: Arturo Castro (Road House) will star alongside John Cena in Apple’s live-action Matchbox film, inspired by Mattel’s iconic die-cast toy vehicle line, from Skydance and Mattel Films. Character details are being kept in the toy chest. Castro joins an expanding cast that also includes…

Isaac Higgintoot’s arch nemesis might be making an appearance at Woodstone Mansion next year. Nat Faxon is joining the CBS sitcom for one very special episode to play Alexander Hamilton, the founding father who was Isaac's rival in life and obsession in death, the network revealed Thursday. CBS…

EXCLUSIVE: Ivan du Pontavice and Taïs Vinolo have joined the cast of Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino's upcoming ballet dramedy Étoile as series regulars, Deadline has learned. Details on their roles are being kept under wraps. Set in New York City and Paris, the eight-episode first season…