Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has been confirmed for a theatrical release in Japan. Although it did not specify an exact date, local distributor Bitters End said today that the biographical epic will be in Japanese cinemas in 2024. The decision was made “following months of thoughtful dialogue associated with the subject matter and acknowledging the particular sensitivity for us Japanese,” Bitters End said in a statement.
There had been a question mark over Oppenheimer playing in Japan given sensitivities to the subject matter. The film centers on the complicated and brilliant physicist tasked with leading the Manhattan Project, the secret effort to create the atom bomb, and the moral and political struggles that followed.
This summer, the phrase #NoBarbenheimer trended in Japan as many Twitter users were disturbed by fan-produced online memes and imagery they felt trivialized nuclear weapons and the devastating fallout of the bombs. >>>Full Statement |
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Penn's Ukraine Movie Comes Into Focus - Sean Penn-starring Ukrainian anthology movie War Through the Eyes of Animals has wrapped shooting in L.A. and more details have emerged about Penn’s involvement. >>>Told In Nine Parts
GOP Fisticuffs - The fourth Republican debate opened on Wednesday with rivals setting their sights on Nikki Haley before turning on each other, with particularly pointed exchanges between Chris Christie and both Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. >>>Highlights
Crafting A Fever Dream - Most of the serious candidates for Oscar Best Picture and other major awards are known quantities, but if you are looking for a dark horse comp for Everything Everywhere All at Once, get ready for Poor Things. Here, Element Pictures’ Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe — who produced the film with director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone — discuss how at a time of strikes and risk aversion, a film like Poor Things managed to sneak it way into existence with a $35 million budget and explosion of imagination. >>> Rollout Starts Friday
'Revolution's Daughter' - Gloria Estefan is set to be featured in Revolution’s Daughter, a documentary that delves into the lives and experiences of people who were impacted by the Fidel Castro era in Cuba. The deceased dictator’s daughter Alina Fernandez is a central subject in the doc and also an executive producer. >>>Watch A First-Look
Kasteler Freinds Matthew Perry Foundation - Lisa Kasteler will be retiring from Wolf Kasteler after steering the agency alongside founder Annett Wolf into a PR powerhouse for the past 32 years. Kasteler will be leaving at the end of the month, winding down a 50-year career in PR, to become Executive Director of the Matthew Perry Foundation. >>>Carrying On A Tradition
Read The Screenplay: 'May December' - Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with May December, the darkly comedic and complex feature from director Todd Haynes and written by Samy Burch. The story follows the nature of a scandalous romance between a married woman and a 13-year-old that was a tabloid staple when it happened 20 years ago. It made a splash at Cannes this year and was picked up by Netflix in an $11 million rights deal. >>> Take A Look
Putin's Nemesis - STX Entertainment has reached a deal with Nadya Tolokonnikova, the artist, activist, and creator of the legendary Russian feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, to develop a limited scripted series based on her forthcoming memoir. >>> "I Am Ready To Share This Story"
Lifetime Goes Catfishing - Lifetime has revealed its January and February movie slate that includes a ripped from the headlines movie about catfishing and another about multigenerational eating disorders. There’s also a flick about a new mom who searches for the truth bout her missing newborn and another about the abduction of a Philadelphia nurse’s aide at the hands of a homicidal predator. >>> Cush Jumbo, Tamar Braxton & More To Star
In Brief - The Gotham Group has launched a new international division and appointed long-time manager and producer Justin Littman as its head...A List Media Entertainment and Magnolia Pictures Home Entertainment are partnering to distribute the Oscar-qualified music documentary Yoshiki: Under the Sky on digital platforms in North America. |
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Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan discuss the genesis of his Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, how they workshopped their characters and getting to a place where, he recalls, "It didn’t feel like acting." >>>Read The Interview |
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Emma Myers has a closed a deal to star in Warner Bros and Legendary’s Minecraft feature film. Myers stars as Enid Sinclair on Netflix’s most watched series ever, Wednesday. She joins previously-cast Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen in the feature take on the wildly popular video game.
There’s an independently financed feature take of the 1992 John Kander and Fred Ebb West End and Broadway musical version of Kiss of the Spider Woman that’s being readied to shoot in the spring with Jennifer Lopez set to play the role of Aurora, which Chita Rivera originated on the Great White Way.
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Veteran action star Jean-Claude Van Damme is set to star in sequel Kill ‘Em All 2, which will shoot on the Caribbean island of Antigua from January.
Prime Video is rounding out its guest-starring cast for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Joining the eight-episode series, which stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, are Alexander Skarsgard, Eiza Gonzalez, Sarah Paulson, Sharon Horgan, Ron Perlman, Billy Campbell and Ursula Corbero.
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Uriah Shelton (The Glades, Girl Meets World) has been cast as a series regular in the Prime Video series Motorheads from writer/showrunner John A. Norris. |
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🚨 For the fourth time in as many weeks, vivid sexual assault allegations have been brought against Sean Combs. This time, the mega-producer and performer, who goes by Diddy, is accused of sex trafficking and participating in the gang rape of an 11th grader in 2003.
📺 The Christian-based Trinity Broadcasting Network has been announced as a distribution partner for Dr. Phil McGraw‘s recently unveiled news and entertainment cable TV network Merit Street Media, putting the new brand in more than 65 million homes on pay-TV systems including DirecTV and Dish.
🙏 Veteran producer Jon Erwin and former Netflix and YouTube exec Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten have announced the launch of The Wonder Project, a new independent studio that will cater to faith and values-oriented audiences. |
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 Candy Cane Lane is the No. 1 film globally on Prime Video in its first three days of release, after premiering on the platform on December 1.
🔻 The Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz‘s satirical column in The New Yorker is coming to an end, as the publication has dropped the feature as part of cost cutting. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Ralph Cirella, Howard Stern’s close friend and longtime stylist who made frequent appearances as a contributor to Stern’s radio show, died Tuesday after a battle with a rare lymphoma. He was 58. 🕯️ Marisa Pavan, the Italian actress who received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for the 1955 drama The Rose Tattoo, died Wednesday at her home in Gassin, France. She was 91 and no cause was given. 🕯️ Celebrated British poet Benjamin Zephaniah has died aged 65. His passing was confirmed eight weeks after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The poet, who was also an actor in Peaky Blinders, died this morning with family by his side. 🕯️ Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Thu - Frasier S1 finale
Fri - Biden L.A. fundraiser
Sat - NBA In-Season Tournament Championship; MPTF 'Lights, Camera, Action' telethon
Sun - Deadline Contenders Film: Documentary |
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Thank You, Norman - Broadcast TV owes a debt of gratitude to Norman Lear, a fact that every network acknowledged on Wednesday night. In recognition of Lear’s accomplishments and influence across television, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX and The CW simulcast an on-air memorial card to honor the legendary TV writer and producer. Lear died Tuesday at the age of 101. |
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