Good afternoon Insiders, thanks for always sticking with us. Max Goldbart here talking you through a packed week in the global entertainment world. Read on, and sign up here.
Bonjour Cannes Film Fest
Here they come: Cannes head Thierry Frémaux delivered a strong selection of titles Wednesday that will make up the festival’s 77th edition, running May 14 to 25, as the eagerly-awaited Cannes presser took place and Deadline kept you well informed. One of them we already knew – Francis Ford Coppola’s much-discussed epic Megalopolis, which Mike Fleming revealed earlier this week. Other filmmakers set for competition slots include Ali Abbasi, who brings The Apprentice, a feature pic about the early life of Donald Trump. Andrea Arnold returns with Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, and Jacques Audiard’s latest, Emilia Perez, a musical with Selena Gomez will also debut on the Croisette. Elsewhere, Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino returns with Parthenope. Poor Things...
Bonjour Cannes Film Fest
Here they come: Cannes head Thierry Frémaux delivered a strong selection of titles Wednesday that will make up the festival’s 77th edition, running May 14 to 25, as the eagerly-awaited Cannes presser took place and Deadline kept you well informed. One of them we already knew – Francis Ford Coppola’s much-discussed epic Megalopolis, which Mike Fleming revealed earlier this week. Other filmmakers set for competition slots include Ali Abbasi, who brings The Apprentice, a feature pic about the early life of Donald Trump. Andrea Arnold returns with Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, and Jacques Audiard’s latest, Emilia Perez, a musical with Selena Gomez will also debut on the Croisette. Elsewhere, Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino returns with Parthenope. Poor Things...
- 4/12/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival officially announced the selection of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis in Competition at its press conference in Paris on Thursday, confirming Deadline’s scoop from Mike Fleming earlier this week.
Talking with journalists after the press conference, a visibly happy Frémaux expressed his content at having Megalopolis in the festival’s 77th edition.
“Francis Ford Coppola is part of the Cannes family, not only because he got two Palme d’Or, but also he was always quite close to us,” he said in a response to a question from Deadline.
Thierry Frémaux on 'Megalopolis' selection for the Cannes Film Festival: "Francis Ford Coppola is part of the Cannes family" pic.twitter.com/qOtaawHKDi
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) April 11, 2024 Cannes head Thierry Frémaux talks Megalopolis selection
The Cannes delegate general said he had been gently checking in with Coppola over the past year on his progress with Megalopolis.
Talking with journalists after the press conference, a visibly happy Frémaux expressed his content at having Megalopolis in the festival’s 77th edition.
“Francis Ford Coppola is part of the Cannes family, not only because he got two Palme d’Or, but also he was always quite close to us,” he said in a response to a question from Deadline.
Thierry Frémaux on 'Megalopolis' selection for the Cannes Film Festival: "Francis Ford Coppola is part of the Cannes family" pic.twitter.com/qOtaawHKDi
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) April 11, 2024 Cannes head Thierry Frémaux talks Megalopolis selection
The Cannes delegate general said he had been gently checking in with Coppola over the past year on his progress with Megalopolis.
- 4/11/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Masters of the Air was a labor of love for executive producers Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The Apple TV+ series marks the third and final installment of the trio’s war drama miniseries, after Band of Brothers and The Pacific.
The series took three years to create and cost between $250 million and $300 million to produce, including a hefty $60 million in Covid compliance costs to film during the pandemic. The result was an epic nine-part series with 325 speaking parts and an amazing cast of up-and-coming actors.
“The best stories are from history,” said Goetzman during a discussion at the Deadline and Apple TV+ event Inside the Finale, joined by series cast members Barry Keoghan, Callum Turner, Rafferty Law, Josiah Cross, Nate Mann and Anthony Boyle. “Nonfiction is always more fascinating than fiction, and there’s no greater stories of human cost, triumph, passion, love… the biggest story of...
The series took three years to create and cost between $250 million and $300 million to produce, including a hefty $60 million in Covid compliance costs to film during the pandemic. The result was an epic nine-part series with 325 speaking parts and an amazing cast of up-and-coming actors.
“The best stories are from history,” said Goetzman during a discussion at the Deadline and Apple TV+ event Inside the Finale, joined by series cast members Barry Keoghan, Callum Turner, Rafferty Law, Josiah Cross, Nate Mann and Anthony Boyle. “Nonfiction is always more fascinating than fiction, and there’s no greater stories of human cost, triumph, passion, love… the biggest story of...
- 3/16/2024
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
When Kevin Costner revealed the trailer for “Horizon: An American Saga,” the first of his planned four-part epic about the American West, the two-time Academy Award winner looked positively giddy — at least over Zoom.
“Trailers have always been kind of a favorite part for me, even as a boy going to the movies,” Costner said, grinning as he unveiled the first footage in a virtual conversation with journalists. “You’re obviously there to see the movie you want, but isn’t it kind of cool when you see what’s coming? … And with that in mind, I did my very best to expose what’s going to be a four-part saga.”
“Horizon” chapters 1 and 2 will have a dual theatrical release from Warner Bros., with the first film hitting theaters on June 28 and the second debuting August 16. Costner’s goal in crafting the trailer was to find the moments in the...
“Trailers have always been kind of a favorite part for me, even as a boy going to the movies,” Costner said, grinning as he unveiled the first footage in a virtual conversation with journalists. “You’re obviously there to see the movie you want, but isn’t it kind of cool when you see what’s coming? … And with that in mind, I did my very best to expose what’s going to be a four-part saga.”
“Horizon” chapters 1 and 2 will have a dual theatrical release from Warner Bros., with the first film hitting theaters on June 28 and the second debuting August 16. Costner’s goal in crafting the trailer was to find the moments in the...
- 2/26/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Sands International Film Festival of St Andrews will return for a third edition set to run from April 19 – 21, 2024.
Next year’s dates see the festival take a slight shift in the calendar, with the start date just under a week later than 2023’s edition, which ran April 14 – 16.
Last year saw the fest unravel over three days, with a series of official screenings and industry talks from filmmakers and artists such as director Joe Russo, who opened the fest with a world premiere screening of his Prime Video series Citadel. Other highlights included Q&As with Stanley Tucci, who screened his 1996 culinary comedy Big Night; Reinaldo Marcus Green, who brought his 2018 thriller Monsters and Men and veteran casting director Margery Simkin. The festival also hosted a packed keynote industry-focused panel chaired by Deadline’s Mike Fleming featuring Joe Russo,...
Next year’s dates see the festival take a slight shift in the calendar, with the start date just under a week later than 2023’s edition, which ran April 14 – 16.
Last year saw the fest unravel over three days, with a series of official screenings and industry talks from filmmakers and artists such as director Joe Russo, who opened the fest with a world premiere screening of his Prime Video series Citadel. Other highlights included Q&As with Stanley Tucci, who screened his 1996 culinary comedy Big Night; Reinaldo Marcus Green, who brought his 2018 thriller Monsters and Men and veteran casting director Margery Simkin. The festival also hosted a packed keynote industry-focused panel chaired by Deadline’s Mike Fleming featuring Joe Russo,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Good afternoon Insiders, it’s been quite the week as the ripples of the SAG strike continue to be felt around the world. Max Goldbart here with the roundup. And you can sign up here.
SAG Strike Week One
We’ve been here before: It feels just a smidgeon like we’ve been here before. As the SAG-AFTRA strike enters its second week (most likely of many), we can reflect on a seven days packed full of tributes, pickets and, internationally, plenty of confusion over projects. In the U.S., actors have been hitting the pickets in their droves, joining up with scribes who have been doing the same for coming up to three months. Where has the time gone? There are also of course question marks over promotion and upcoming festivals, in amongst Comic-Con, with TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey most recently declaring that the September fest is on. All in all,...
SAG Strike Week One
We’ve been here before: It feels just a smidgeon like we’ve been here before. As the SAG-AFTRA strike enters its second week (most likely of many), we can reflect on a seven days packed full of tributes, pickets and, internationally, plenty of confusion over projects. In the U.S., actors have been hitting the pickets in their droves, joining up with scribes who have been doing the same for coming up to three months. Where has the time gone? There are also of course question marks over promotion and upcoming festivals, in amongst Comic-Con, with TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey most recently declaring that the September fest is on. All in all,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome back, Insiders. Jesse Whittock with you this week to look back on the last seven days in international film and TV. Here we go. Also, sign up for the Insider newsletter here.
SAG-AFTRA Strike Looms
Clock’s ticking: Time is running out for SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP to strike a new deal and avoid an actors strike before the current contract runs out today, though our U.S. colleagues Dominic Patten and Anthony D’Alessandro revealed on Wednesday talks may extend to next week or even later. Fingers remain crossed at these signs of progress. Negotiations are at a critical stage, with more than 1,000 actors, including Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep, signing a letter stating they are “prepared to strike.” In Europe, producers, studios, networks and actors have been peering pensively across the pond. Unions in English-speaking countries appear less prepared to act in solidarity with their U.S.
SAG-AFTRA Strike Looms
Clock’s ticking: Time is running out for SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP to strike a new deal and avoid an actors strike before the current contract runs out today, though our U.S. colleagues Dominic Patten and Anthony D’Alessandro revealed on Wednesday talks may extend to next week or even later. Fingers remain crossed at these signs of progress. Negotiations are at a critical stage, with more than 1,000 actors, including Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep, signing a letter stating they are “prepared to strike.” In Europe, producers, studios, networks and actors have been peering pensively across the pond. Unions in English-speaking countries appear less prepared to act in solidarity with their U.S.
- 6/30/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The "John Wick" franchise is at a series high in terms of critical acclaim (our own Jacob Hall couldn't stop raving about it after its SXSW premiere) and box office success, but if you saw "Chapter 4" you know that it feels like the final word on the main story. But when the last movie, a 2.5-hour R-rated action epic, pulls in over $400 million at the box office alone you know that's not the last time we're seeing this world.
Even before the massive success of "Chapter 4," the powers that be were working on spin-offs, both in the feature film and limited series spaces, and both prequels.
On the film side, we have "Ballerina" starring Ana de Armas and featuring "Wick" vets Ian McShane, Anjelica Huston, the great Lance Reddick (in one of his final performances), and, of course, Keanu Reeves as John Wick making an appearance of some sort.
Peacock...
Even before the massive success of "Chapter 4," the powers that be were working on spin-offs, both in the feature film and limited series spaces, and both prequels.
On the film side, we have "Ballerina" starring Ana de Armas and featuring "Wick" vets Ian McShane, Anjelica Huston, the great Lance Reddick (in one of his final performances), and, of course, Keanu Reeves as John Wick making an appearance of some sort.
Peacock...
- 5/13/2023
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
The topic of streaming loomed large over the keynote industry session of the Sands Film Festival’s second edition, featuring Joe Russo and Cinetic Media founder John Sloss.
The pair were joined on stage by British writer-director Adura Onashile (Girl), with Deadline’s Mike Fleming on hosting duties, and he launched the panel by asking the group whether they believe it is now easier to cut through as a new filmmaker following the explosion of the streaming market.
“It was easier 15 years ago,” said indie veteran Sloss, whose credits include Boyhood, Boys Don’t Cry, and Green Book. “Even though there is more money than ever for content, because of the pandemic and the interruption of all rights distribution, most of that money comes from the streamers, and they aren’t looking to discover new voices. They love it if they have a foolproof chance of that, but that’s not their business.
The pair were joined on stage by British writer-director Adura Onashile (Girl), with Deadline’s Mike Fleming on hosting duties, and he launched the panel by asking the group whether they believe it is now easier to cut through as a new filmmaker following the explosion of the streaming market.
“It was easier 15 years ago,” said indie veteran Sloss, whose credits include Boyhood, Boys Don’t Cry, and Green Book. “Even though there is more money than ever for content, because of the pandemic and the interruption of all rights distribution, most of that money comes from the streamers, and they aren’t looking to discover new voices. They love it if they have a foolproof chance of that, but that’s not their business.
- 4/17/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. The Berlinale is nearly upon us and plenty has been going down in the film and TV world this week. Read on.
EFM Nears
A welcome return: Berlin’s European Film Market was the last major physical market to take place in 2020 as the world began to shut down with the Covid-19 pandemic taking hold. The virus would force the event online in 2021 and 2022. Finally, this year, the market returns to in-person events, with thousands of industry professionals once again gearing up to descend on the Gropius Bau, the market’s traditional home, for the 2023 edition, running February 16-22.
Heating up: The market has already begun to heat up, with the first of the high-profile packages arriving this week. Mike Fleming had the scoop that Sacha Baron Cohen and Keke Palmer are set to star in Super Toys, a new pic written and directed by David O Russell,...
EFM Nears
A welcome return: Berlin’s European Film Market was the last major physical market to take place in 2020 as the world began to shut down with the Covid-19 pandemic taking hold. The virus would force the event online in 2021 and 2022. Finally, this year, the market returns to in-person events, with thousands of industry professionals once again gearing up to descend on the Gropius Bau, the market’s traditional home, for the 2023 edition, running February 16-22.
Heating up: The market has already begun to heat up, with the first of the high-profile packages arriving this week. Mike Fleming had the scoop that Sacha Baron Cohen and Keke Palmer are set to star in Super Toys, a new pic written and directed by David O Russell,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
A Pinellas County, Florida medical examiner’s report indicates that Fame star Irene Cara’s official cause of death was Arteriosclerotic and Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease. In layperson’s terms, she had a hardening of the arteries and stress on her heart as a result of high blood pressure.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
The report, received by Deadline, also noted Cara was diabetic.
The Oscar-winning singer who died at 63 was best known for the Flashdance theme “What A Feeling” and for playing Coco in Fame and singing that film’s unforgettable title song.
Cara got her Oscar for Best Original Song for the Flashdance tune “What A Feeling,” and also won two Grammys for the lively chart topper that perfectly captured the underdog journey of the welder-turned-dancer played by Jennifer Beals.
Her Grammy wins included Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female and Best Album...
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
The report, received by Deadline, also noted Cara was diabetic.
The Oscar-winning singer who died at 63 was best known for the Flashdance theme “What A Feeling” and for playing Coco in Fame and singing that film’s unforgettable title song.
Cara got her Oscar for Best Original Song for the Flashdance tune “What A Feeling,” and also won two Grammys for the lively chart topper that perfectly captured the underdog journey of the welder-turned-dancer played by Jennifer Beals.
Her Grammy wins included Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female and Best Album...
- 2/3/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonathan Majors and Magazine Dreams flexed some big muscles tonight at the drama’s Sundance Film Festival premiere with the actor drawing a standing ovation.
Screening at the jam-packed near 2,500 seat Eccles Theater just outside Park City, the Elijah Bynum film had the room buzzing early on with a crowd that included the likes of director Boots Riley, Sundance juror Jeremy O. Harris, Sony Pictures Classics co-head Michael Barker, Searchlight Distribution Boss Frank Rodriguez, and the label’s SVP of Acquisitions and Production Chan Phung. Magazine Dreams was such a must-see that many of these buyers were forced to cue up in crowded lobby before theater ushers allowed them in; the film starting 45 minutes late. Afterwards there was a lot of activity in the lobby with would be buyers intermingling with the audience of the next movie.
Magazine Dreams is certain to be lifting some heavyweight with buyers. While the...
Screening at the jam-packed near 2,500 seat Eccles Theater just outside Park City, the Elijah Bynum film had the room buzzing early on with a crowd that included the likes of director Boots Riley, Sundance juror Jeremy O. Harris, Sony Pictures Classics co-head Michael Barker, Searchlight Distribution Boss Frank Rodriguez, and the label’s SVP of Acquisitions and Production Chan Phung. Magazine Dreams was such a must-see that many of these buyers were forced to cue up in crowded lobby before theater ushers allowed them in; the film starting 45 minutes late. Afterwards there was a lot of activity in the lobby with would be buyers intermingling with the audience of the next movie.
Magazine Dreams is certain to be lifting some heavyweight with buyers. While the...
- 1/21/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ is in the awards mix for the Ryan Reynolds-Will Ferrell musical Spirited, in particular for the big song-and-dance number “Good Afternoon” that has made the Oscar shortlists. This is a rip-roaring full-blown musical number, one that tests the stars’ ability to not only sing, but dance as well. Here, Reynolds, who suggested the song, discusses pulling it off with songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, best known for La La Land and for teaming with Hugh Jackman on The Greatest Showman. The same Jackman who is publicly campaigned against the tune for fear that Reynolds will be extra insufferable when they reprise their superhero characters Deadpool and Wolverine.
Deadline: This is quite a musical number, and if you guys get the nomination, it may be the first time for a nominated song that has the lyric “ass-less chaps.”
Ryan Reynolds: That might be worthy of its 20/20 special.
Deadline: This is quite a musical number, and if you guys get the nomination, it may be the first time for a nominated song that has the lyric “ass-less chaps.”
Ryan Reynolds: That might be worthy of its 20/20 special.
- 1/16/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sundance Film Festival is still on, but tickets for the Park City shindig aren’t available, at least for now.
“Our apologies, but the ticket sale will remain closed for the day,” announced the Robert Redford founded fest online this afternoon after a day of site crashes, lost purchases and a lot of hitting of the return button on a lot of keyboards. “Sales will open back up tomorrow, Friday January 13 at 12:00pm Mt,” the Sundance site and social media feeds added.
In the first in-person Sundance in three pandemic filled years and with one week to go before the official 2023 kick-off, problems started early Thursday. With single ticket sales starting off today, there was a massive amount of traffic on the Sundance site in the early hours of the day, I hear.
Too much traffic clearly.
“We experienced a technical issue with ticketing today,” a Sundance spokesperson...
“Our apologies, but the ticket sale will remain closed for the day,” announced the Robert Redford founded fest online this afternoon after a day of site crashes, lost purchases and a lot of hitting of the return button on a lot of keyboards. “Sales will open back up tomorrow, Friday January 13 at 12:00pm Mt,” the Sundance site and social media feeds added.
In the first in-person Sundance in three pandemic filled years and with one week to go before the official 2023 kick-off, problems started early Thursday. With single ticket sales starting off today, there was a massive amount of traffic on the Sundance site in the early hours of the day, I hear.
Too much traffic clearly.
“We experienced a technical issue with ticketing today,” a Sundance spokesperson...
- 1/13/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Jake Kanter has rejoined Deadline as International Investigations Editor based in London.
Kanter returns to Deadline after serving as Media Correspondent for The Times of London since August 2021. During his time at Britain’s original newspaper of record, he broke front-page stories about the BBC, Channel 4 and Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
He previously spent two years with us as International TV Editor, during which time he wrote a number of agenda-setting exclusives on some of the highest-profile companies and organisations in Europe. His deep dive on the disappearance of TV producer Terrence Woods was one of Deadline’s most-read stories of 2020. He also played a key role in originating Deadline’s series The Film That Lit My Fuse and our International Insider newsletter.
Kanter was formerly UK Executive Editor at Business Insider, where he oversaw a 60-strong London bureau, and news editor at UK trade magazine Broadcast.
Kanter returns to Deadline after serving as Media Correspondent for The Times of London since August 2021. During his time at Britain’s original newspaper of record, he broke front-page stories about the BBC, Channel 4 and Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
He previously spent two years with us as International TV Editor, during which time he wrote a number of agenda-setting exclusives on some of the highest-profile companies and organisations in Europe. His deep dive on the disappearance of TV producer Terrence Woods was one of Deadline’s most-read stories of 2020. He also played a key role in originating Deadline’s series The Film That Lit My Fuse and our International Insider newsletter.
Kanter was formerly UK Executive Editor at Business Insider, where he oversaw a 60-strong London bureau, and news editor at UK trade magazine Broadcast.
- 12/5/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Henry Cavill said it’s always been “very important” to maintain his ties to Superman, with the actor just recently being able to announce his return as the Kryptonian Kal-El. He tells Deadline, though, that for a moment, he’d had to accept that whatever future he might have with the beloved DC character was outside of his control.
Related: Henry Cavill On The Transformative Power Of ‘Gladiator’ & The Passion To Make Superman Fly Again – The Film That Lit My Fuse
“As an actor, you have to learn that there are things out of your control, no matter what you may think, no matter how your performance was, no matter what factor were not in your control in the first place, no matter how the audience feels,” Cavill told Deadline’s Mike Fleming in a conversation as part of Deadline’s The Film That Lit My Fuse video series. “It...
Related: Henry Cavill On The Transformative Power Of ‘Gladiator’ & The Passion To Make Superman Fly Again – The Film That Lit My Fuse
“As an actor, you have to learn that there are things out of your control, no matter what you may think, no matter how your performance was, no matter what factor were not in your control in the first place, no matter how the audience feels,” Cavill told Deadline’s Mike Fleming in a conversation as part of Deadline’s The Film That Lit My Fuse video series. “It...
- 11/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
As Hurricane Ian roared through Florida last week, I was thinking of Nikki Finke, who had moved to the state four years ago but now was living under hospice care in Boca Raton, the result of a long and involved illness that finally took her life in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 68.
Related Story Nikki Finke Dies: Deadline Founder & Longtime Entertainment Journalist Was 68 Related Story Deadline Hires Former Business Insider Journalist Zac Ntim As International Film Reporter Related Story Liz Shackleton Joins Deadline As Contributing Editor, Asia
Finke founded Deadline in 2006 and eventually watched it build powerful, gale-force winds as it took on Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, 100-year-old institutions, and leveled the playing field among the entertainment trades changing forever the way Hollywood would be covered in the new digital age. Yes, Hurricane Nikki did it, forcing Variety and THR online to Deadline turf and...
Related Story Nikki Finke Dies: Deadline Founder & Longtime Entertainment Journalist Was 68 Related Story Deadline Hires Former Business Insider Journalist Zac Ntim As International Film Reporter Related Story Liz Shackleton Joins Deadline As Contributing Editor, Asia
Finke founded Deadline in 2006 and eventually watched it build powerful, gale-force winds as it took on Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, 100-year-old institutions, and leveled the playing field among the entertainment trades changing forever the way Hollywood would be covered in the new digital age. Yes, Hurricane Nikki did it, forcing Variety and THR online to Deadline turf and...
- 10/9/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline has hired former Business Insider Entertainment Reporter Zac Ntim as International Film Reporter, based in London.
Ntim joins Deadline’s growing international team after a two year stint at Bi. While there he attended festivals including Cannes and Venice and wrote profiles, analysis pieces and news. Prior to Bi, he gained experience at The Guardian, Pa, London Live and local newspapers.
At Deadline, Ntim will help expand the company’s international footprint with a focus on UK, Spain, Lat Am and Scandinavia. He will work closely with the whole team, including International Editor Andreas Wiseman and Senior International Film Correspondent Melanie Goodfellow who has a focus on France, Italy, Germany and the Middle East.
Ntim will travel to key festivals and events and will report to Wiseman and Deadline’s Co-Editors-In-Chief Mike Fleming and Nellie Andreeva. He can be reached at zntim@deadline.com.
Wiseman said: “We were so...
Ntim joins Deadline’s growing international team after a two year stint at Bi. While there he attended festivals including Cannes and Venice and wrote profiles, analysis pieces and news. Prior to Bi, he gained experience at The Guardian, Pa, London Live and local newspapers.
At Deadline, Ntim will help expand the company’s international footprint with a focus on UK, Spain, Lat Am and Scandinavia. He will work closely with the whole team, including International Editor Andreas Wiseman and Senior International Film Correspondent Melanie Goodfellow who has a focus on France, Italy, Germany and the Middle East.
Ntim will travel to key festivals and events and will report to Wiseman and Deadline’s Co-Editors-In-Chief Mike Fleming and Nellie Andreeva. He can be reached at zntim@deadline.com.
Wiseman said: “We were so...
- 7/27/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Painful snubs by the Television Academy have become an unfortunate fact of life, but the ongoing, across-the-board thumbs down for Yellowstone — not to mention the neglect for 1883 this year in the key acting categories — is particularly notable given the popularity of the two Taylor Sheridan dramas.
After four seasons on Paramount, Yellowstone has only earned one Emmy nod for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program in 2021. It was completely ignored this year, even though Kelly Reilly’s star continues to rise for her portrayal of the volcanic Beth Dutton.
2022 Emmy Nominations: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel 1883, in contrast, earned three nominations this year but only in the cinematography and music composition categories. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as James and Margaret Dutton were ignored, as was Sam Elliott as Shea Brennan and newcomer Isabel May as Elsa. The limited series was a one-off and will...
After four seasons on Paramount, Yellowstone has only earned one Emmy nod for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program in 2021. It was completely ignored this year, even though Kelly Reilly’s star continues to rise for her portrayal of the volcanic Beth Dutton.
2022 Emmy Nominations: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel 1883, in contrast, earned three nominations this year but only in the cinematography and music composition categories. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as James and Margaret Dutton were ignored, as was Sam Elliott as Shea Brennan and newcomer Isabel May as Elsa. The limited series was a one-off and will...
- 7/12/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Thrum the hell out of that six string, Eddie!
The writers from Stranger Things paid tribute to Joseph Quinn’s fine work on the guitar by posting footage on him rehearsing Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” on Twitter. In one of the last moments from Season 4, Volume 2, Quinn’s Eddie Munson (Quinn) shreds his electric guitar in an effort to lure the demo-bats away from the Creel house and his newfound buddies.
Quinn wasn’t expected to do all the heavy lifting with the Metallica tune. Bassist Tye Trujillo, the son of Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, helped with the solo.
practice makes perfect pic.twitter.com/yjv63A1pfp
— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) July 10, 2022
Quinn’s performance and the use of the song in the Netflix drama got a big thumbs up from Metallica.
“The way the Duffer Brothers have incorporated music into Stranger Things has always been next level, so...
The writers from Stranger Things paid tribute to Joseph Quinn’s fine work on the guitar by posting footage on him rehearsing Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” on Twitter. In one of the last moments from Season 4, Volume 2, Quinn’s Eddie Munson (Quinn) shreds his electric guitar in an effort to lure the demo-bats away from the Creel house and his newfound buddies.
Quinn wasn’t expected to do all the heavy lifting with the Metallica tune. Bassist Tye Trujillo, the son of Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, helped with the solo.
practice makes perfect pic.twitter.com/yjv63A1pfp
— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) July 10, 2022
Quinn’s performance and the use of the song in the Netflix drama got a big thumbs up from Metallica.
“The way the Duffer Brothers have incorporated music into Stranger Things has always been next level, so...
- 7/11/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Liz Shackleton has joined Deadline as Contributing Editor, Asia, based in Hong Kong.
Shackleton joins Deadline’s growing international team after almost three decades at UK trade Screen International, where she served as Asia Editor for more than 15 years.
Shackleton is known as one of the most respected trade journalists and editors to have covered the Asian business, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories, building a large network of contacts and attending most major international festivals.
She first joined Screen in 1993 as a reporter after studying journalism on London’s prestigious City course. She became news editor, before spending a year in Sydney working for Australian trade publications. She returned to the UK trade in 2000 then moved to Hong Kong in 2001 where she started working as Greater China correspondent. She was appointed Asia Editor in 2005.
She oversaw Screen’s Asia news, features, analysis and festival dailies, and has also worked separately with consulting clients including Bafta,...
Shackleton joins Deadline’s growing international team after almost three decades at UK trade Screen International, where she served as Asia Editor for more than 15 years.
Shackleton is known as one of the most respected trade journalists and editors to have covered the Asian business, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories, building a large network of contacts and attending most major international festivals.
She first joined Screen in 1993 as a reporter after studying journalism on London’s prestigious City course. She became news editor, before spending a year in Sydney working for Australian trade publications. She returned to the UK trade in 2000 then moved to Hong Kong in 2001 where she started working as Greater China correspondent. She was appointed Asia Editor in 2005.
She oversaw Screen’s Asia news, features, analysis and festival dailies, and has also worked separately with consulting clients including Bafta,...
- 7/11/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Melanie Goodfellow has joined Deadline as Senior International Film Correspondent based in London.
Goodfellow joins Deadline’s growing international team from UK trade Screen International, where she was most recently Senior Correspondent, Europe & Middle East. Goodfellow worked at Screen for more than a decade, covering the French, European and Middle East businesses, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories and attending most major international festivals.
Prior to her tenure at Screen, she worked for trades including Variety and Moving Pictures and also contributed to publications such as The Independent. She originally trained in journalism at news agency Reuters and spent four years there in the mid-90s working as a reporter in London and Rome.
Goodfellow is a dual UK-French national and is fluent in French and Italian. As well as London and Rome she has also worked in Paris, Brussels, Tokyo and Jerusalem.
At Deadline, Goodfellow will help expand the company...
Goodfellow joins Deadline’s growing international team from UK trade Screen International, where she was most recently Senior Correspondent, Europe & Middle East. Goodfellow worked at Screen for more than a decade, covering the French, European and Middle East businesses, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories and attending most major international festivals.
Prior to her tenure at Screen, she worked for trades including Variety and Moving Pictures and also contributed to publications such as The Independent. She originally trained in journalism at news agency Reuters and spent four years there in the mid-90s working as a reporter in London and Rome.
Goodfellow is a dual UK-French national and is fluent in French and Italian. As well as London and Rome she has also worked in Paris, Brussels, Tokyo and Jerusalem.
At Deadline, Goodfellow will help expand the company...
- 6/21/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider. Jake Kanter here, as usual, bringing you everything worth knowing from the past seven days in global film and TV. It’s been a memorable week, with the film biz reuniting for a little-known event by the French seaside and football fever gripping Europe. Apologies to readers in Italy, but Come On England!
- 7/9/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Finally, we have drop date for Netflix’s mega action Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed feature Red Notice and it’s Nov. 12, around the world.
Dwayne Johnson just made the news official across his social media. In the movie, an Interpol-issued Red Notice goes out. That’s a global alert to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted. Johnson stars as the FBI’s top profiler and Wonder Woman‘s Gal Gadot and Deadpool‘s Ryan Reynolds as two rival criminals who are all brought together for a daring heist.
As Deadline’s Mike Fleming first reported, Red Notice is arguably the biggest feature commitment by the streaming giant at $130M. Universal and Legendary originally landed the Johnson project in a multi-studio auction, with the star getting his $20M payday against breakeven gross. However, after Uni ran the numbers, they deemed it too expensive. That’s when Netflix took over.
Dwayne Johnson just made the news official across his social media. In the movie, an Interpol-issued Red Notice goes out. That’s a global alert to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted. Johnson stars as the FBI’s top profiler and Wonder Woman‘s Gal Gadot and Deadpool‘s Ryan Reynolds as two rival criminals who are all brought together for a daring heist.
As Deadline’s Mike Fleming first reported, Red Notice is arguably the biggest feature commitment by the streaming giant at $130M. Universal and Legendary originally landed the Johnson project in a multi-studio auction, with the star getting his $20M payday against breakeven gross. However, after Uni ran the numbers, they deemed it too expensive. That’s when Netflix took over.
- 7/8/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
For a second year in a row, Deadline’s popular Contenders Television is going virtual, with an astonishing 129 creatives and stars set to appear in the all-day event Saturday, May 15 that features a total of 21 networks participating and 49 different shows. This is the must-see happening of the TV awards season and it promises to be our biggest yet as we pull out all the stops to give voters a kind of one-stop shopping opportunity to check out the top contenders for TV’s highest awards.
The magnitude of what is on offer in all facets of television means this Contenders opportunity has grown to become the largest of all of them that we do. Last weekend, we launched our first separate Contenders Television Documentary + Unscripted event to great response, and now we tackle the hopefuls in key competitive categories for Primetime recognition.
Studios participating on May 15 are ABC/Disney Television Studios,...
The magnitude of what is on offer in all facets of television means this Contenders opportunity has grown to become the largest of all of them that we do. Last weekend, we launched our first separate Contenders Television Documentary + Unscripted event to great response, and now we tackle the hopefuls in key competitive categories for Primetime recognition.
Studios participating on May 15 are ABC/Disney Television Studios,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
This is how the 93rd Oscars ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper. So it was, as the Academy Awards reached its climax—having delivered the Best Picture winner to Nomadland two categories earlier—by giving its Best Actor prize to Anthony Hopkins… who wasn’t in the room to pick it up.
Perhaps show producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins were expecting the award to go in a different direction, but in the end Hopkins became the oldest Best Actor winner of all time for his turn in The Father, while Frances McDormand picked up her third Oscar for Lead Actress in Nomadland.
Elsewhere, Daniel Kaluuya won Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah, and Yuh-jung Youn took Best Supporting Actress for Minari. The prize for Best Director went to Nomadland‘s Chloe Zhao, much earlier into the evening than we’ve come to expect.
Perhaps show producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins were expecting the award to go in a different direction, but in the end Hopkins became the oldest Best Actor winner of all time for his turn in The Father, while Frances McDormand picked up her third Oscar for Lead Actress in Nomadland.
Elsewhere, Daniel Kaluuya won Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah, and Yuh-jung Youn took Best Supporting Actress for Minari. The prize for Best Director went to Nomadland‘s Chloe Zhao, much earlier into the evening than we’ve come to expect.
- 4/25/2021
- by Joe Utichi, Mike Fleming Jr and Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Today, Deadline launches Hero Nation, a dedicated blog that will be spearheaded by Geoff Boucher. He’s the creator of Hero Complex, a long running, award winning blog that was part of the La Times and grew a rabid following. His new column will become a repository for superhero and genre subjects. It will be a mix of trade craft breaking stories, and fan-centric analysis covering two of the most lucrative segments of the film and TV businesses.
Boucher, who spent 21 years at Lat, has an encyclopedic knowledge of this terrain. Please get to know him or reacquaint with him as he takes on this new pursuit, because he’s going to be all over this stuff. — Mike Fleming...
Boucher, who spent 21 years at Lat, has an encyclopedic knowledge of this terrain. Please get to know him or reacquaint with him as he takes on this new pursuit, because he’s going to be all over this stuff. — Mike Fleming...
- 2/14/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon’s European originals chief Georgia Brown and Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio are among the A-list names added to Keshet’s Intv conference.
Ari Greenburg, President of Wme, Steve Golin, founder and CEO of Anonymous Content and COO Matthew Velkes, Erin Keating, Senior Development Manager of Snap Originals, Liza Chasin, Founder of 3dot Productions, Jonathan Baruch, Founding Partner, Rain Management and Sally Riley, Head of Scripted, Australian Broadcasting Corporation have also been added to the line-up.
The event, which is hosted and curated by Keshet Media Group and co-produced by Deadline, takes place March 11-12 in Jerusalem.
There will be a CBS panel – From the Good Wife to Star Trek – CBS Executives Discuss the Power of Programming in a Multi-Platform Universe – where David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios, Julie McNamar, Evp, Original Content, CBS All Access and Deborah Barak, President, Business Operations, CBS Entertainment, CBS Television Studios and CBS News...
Ari Greenburg, President of Wme, Steve Golin, founder and CEO of Anonymous Content and COO Matthew Velkes, Erin Keating, Senior Development Manager of Snap Originals, Liza Chasin, Founder of 3dot Productions, Jonathan Baruch, Founding Partner, Rain Management and Sally Riley, Head of Scripted, Australian Broadcasting Corporation have also been added to the line-up.
The event, which is hosted and curated by Keshet Media Group and co-produced by Deadline, takes place March 11-12 in Jerusalem.
There will be a CBS panel – From the Good Wife to Star Trek – CBS Executives Discuss the Power of Programming in a Multi-Platform Universe – where David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios, Julie McNamar, Evp, Original Content, CBS All Access and Deborah Barak, President, Business Operations, CBS Entertainment, CBS Television Studios and CBS News...
- 2/13/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The death of television legend Steven Bochco today at age 74 has elicited an outpouring of remembrances from throughout Hollywood and popular culture.
Bochco helped create the modern notion of television with shows such as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law and the peak achievement of his 10-Emmy career, NYPD Blue.
Below are some of the reactions coming in tonight on Twitter. Many are from writers, producers and showrunners, a great many of whom consider Bochco a major influence. We will continue to add more as they inevitably keep coming. Deadline’s Mike Fleming also spoke with Bochco vets Ted Mann, Nicholas Wootton and Matt Olmstead, and Nellie Andreeva has reaction from Fox TV Group chairman Dana Walden. A close friend of Bochco’s, Walden called him “a genius and a giant in our business.”
Sharon Lawrence, who played Sylvia Costas Sipowicz on NYPD Blue, tweeted, “It was his vision, style,...
Bochco helped create the modern notion of television with shows such as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law and the peak achievement of his 10-Emmy career, NYPD Blue.
Below are some of the reactions coming in tonight on Twitter. Many are from writers, producers and showrunners, a great many of whom consider Bochco a major influence. We will continue to add more as they inevitably keep coming. Deadline’s Mike Fleming also spoke with Bochco vets Ted Mann, Nicholas Wootton and Matt Olmstead, and Nellie Andreeva has reaction from Fox TV Group chairman Dana Walden. A close friend of Bochco’s, Walden called him “a genius and a giant in our business.”
Sharon Lawrence, who played Sylvia Costas Sipowicz on NYPD Blue, tweeted, “It was his vision, style,...
- 4/2/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline marks its 10th anniversary as a digital news breaking enterprise with a throwback initiative: our first ever print magazine at the Cannes Film Festival. Given the formative years of this publication, it seemed a natural to celebrate the idea of disruption. From evolving distribution platforms to the growing importance of China, the film business is changing rapidly. In times like these, the world belongs to those who see past the anxiety and chaos of change, and instead see an opportunity to change the game. Our collection of disruptors includes the likes of Peter Jackson (on his career and the potential of Screening Room), Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Amazon’s Roy Price, director and slate co-financier Brett Ratner, directors Ang Lee, Jodie Foster, Nicolas Winding Refn and Jeff Nichols; Wild Bunch co-founder Vincent Maraval, Canal Plus chairman Vincent Bollore, Bright screenwriter Max Landis, and Mario Kassar, the Carolco Pictures co-founder...
- 5/11/2016
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Film + TV
Updates Exclusive: ‘Spider-Man 4’ Officially Has No Start Date As Of Today Because Of Script Problems; Sony “Unlikely” To Make Scheduled May 5, 2011, Release Date
Breaking News! 3Rd Update: Tobey Maguire just released this statement to me: “I am so proud of what we accomplished with the Spider-Man franchise over the last decade. Beyond the films themselves I have formed some deep and lasting friendships. I am excited to see the next chapter unfold in this incredible story.”
2Nd Update: Mike Fleming and Nikki Finke have just confirmed that Sony Pictures decided today to reboot the Spider-Man franchise after franchise director Sam Raimi pulled out of Spider-Man 4 because he felt he couldn’t make its summer release date and keep the film’s creative integrity. This means that Raimi and the cast including star Tobey Maguire are out. There will be no Spider-Man 4. Instead, Mike Fleming is told, the...
Breaking News! 3Rd Update: Tobey Maguire just released this statement to me: “I am so proud of what we accomplished with the Spider-Man franchise over the last decade. Beyond the films themselves I have formed some deep and lasting friendships. I am excited to see the next chapter unfold in this incredible story.”
2Nd Update: Mike Fleming and Nikki Finke have just confirmed that Sony Pictures decided today to reboot the Spider-Man franchise after franchise director Sam Raimi pulled out of Spider-Man 4 because he felt he couldn’t make its summer release date and keep the film’s creative integrity. This means that Raimi and the cast including star Tobey Maguire are out. There will be no Spider-Man 4. Instead, Mike Fleming is told, the...
- 1/11/2010
- by Nikki Finke and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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