In a move that ought to make fans of The Beatles twist and shout, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes and his Neal Street Productions have set plans to make four separate theatrical films, one on each of the members of music's most famous and enduring band.
Mendes will direct all four of the films, and this marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
Mendes plans to tell interconnected stories, one from each band member’s point of view. >>>How Sony Stood Out |
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Back To The Future - Coming off directing and executive producing the first two episodes of FX’s Shōgun, Jonathan van Tulleken has been tapped to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of another high-profile limited series, Prime Video‘s Blade Runner 2099. Tulleken replaces Jeremy Podeswa. >>>Strikes Halted Production Life After Peak TV - Analysts, producers and distributors broke down the state of play for the scripted TV business on the Deadline-hosted European Film Market podcast, entitled Post-Peak Perspectives: Finding New Opportunities in the Series Landscape. >>>"Downward March"
YouTube's Year Atop Nielsen Chart - YouTube has now been the No. 1 U.S. streaming platform for 12 straight months, according to Nielsen. Deadline asked two of the Google-owned video giant's top executives to assess what led to the milestone. The conversation covered YouTube's stepped-up partnership with the NFL, innovations in advertising and the surprising rise of creators as a force in the living room. >>>Q&A
More 'Bad' Fruit From Bodhi Tree - An actress who featured in the final season of The Crown and a series regular in Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education have said they are owed thousands in unpaid fees by scandal-hit agency Bodhi Talent. >>>Deadline Exposé
'Past Lives': Read The Screenplay - Deadline's Read the Screenplay series seeks to highlight outstanding work during each awards season. This week, our selection is Celine Song's Past Lives. The screenplay tells the story of Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), deeply connected childhood friends who lose contact and then reunite two decades later. >>>See The Script
"Putin Is Responisble" - Director Daniel Roher is making no secret who he blames for the death behind bars of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, focus of his 2023 Oscar-winning documentary Navalny. “Putin is responsible for his death. That much is clear,” he told Deadline. “The particulars of how and those sorts of questions I don’t think we know yet, but to me, it’s obvious who is responsible.” >>> Moment He Found Out
Paul Giamatti: The Film That Lit My Fuse - Paul Giamatti’s turn as the walleyed loner schoolteacher who smells of fish in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers has propelled the actor to be squarely in the mix in the Best Actor Oscar race. This has been a long time coming, as Giamatti has been turning in outstanding performances since he cracked the business in an NYPD Blue episode, and on movie screens in Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite. Here he explains the influences that have sparked a great career. >>> Watch
Netflix's Next Picture Picker Faces Challenges - Scott Stuber’s dream job as chief of film at Netflix is vacant. Interviews with successors are underway. But the job may be steeped in obstacles. “Will it be an opportunity or a trap?” asks one Hollywood CEO. >>>Peter Bart's Column
Deadline's Contenders Film: The Nominees - Deadline has launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: The Nominees, the Oscar nominees panel showcase that took place Saturday. Cast and creatives from eight Oscar-nominated films sat down for wide-ranging discussions about the craft that went into the making of the movies now in final stretch to the Academy Awards on March 10. >>>Watch
In Brief - Foundation sets Season 3 production restart date...Giannina Scott options Mat Youkee’s Children Of The Jungle |
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Martin Scorsese returns to the Berlin Film Festival today for the first time in a decade. The cinema legend, currently on the awards circuit with latest epic Killers of the Flower Moon, will be feted with the Berlinale‘s highest honor, its lifetime achievement Golden Bear.
Ahead of the ceremony, the indefatigable Scorsese (81) found time to speak to Deadline. The filmmaker discussed a new project he has playing at the festival, some of the career collaborations he is most proud of, the importance of film festivals, his expectations for the future of cinema, and what might be next for him. >>>Read The Interview | |
Dennis Quaid is set to star opposite Annaleigh Ashford in the upcoming Paramount+ drama series Happy Face. Quaid will play the titular role of the real-life serial killer notoriously called “Happy Face” because of the smiley faces he drew on evidence where he bragged about his crimes. Ashford stars as his daughter, Melissa.
Elton’s John Prada has found its Devil: Vanessa Williams has been cast as Miranda Priestly in the upcoming West End production of the Elton John-Shaina Taub stage musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada.
In Brief - Tait Blum joins The Last Frontier... Lopez Vs. Lopez adds Jaime Camil |
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More News ✂️ Verve CEO Bill Weinstein has separated from the company. The decision was made after deliberation by Verve’s leadership and approved by Verve’s board and owners. Weinstein co-found the company in 2010.
📺 Walmart is paying $2.3 billion to acquire smart TV maker Vizio, in a deal that alters the streaming ad landscape.
🕴️ In the latest major M&A deal to hit Europe, Fremantle has acquired Asacha Media Group, the growing owner of Death in Paradise producer Red Planet, Arrow Media and Italy’s Stand By Me. 🏆 Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was the big winner at the BAFTA Film Awards Sunday evening, taking a leading seven for his epic biographical thriller. Among those were key categories Best Film, Director, Actor (Cillian Murphy), Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Editing (Jennifer Lame), Cinematography (Hoyte van Hoytema) and Original Score (Ludwig Goransson).
🎾 Oscar-winner Asif Kapadia is helming a Prime Video doc about the latter days of tennis legend Roger Federer‘s career, which was originally intended as a home movie not for public viewing.
👍 Money Heist spinoff Berlin has been renewed for a second season by Netflix. The series acts as a prequel to Money Heist, following the protagonist on a different caper. |
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 Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love continues to overperform, chiming in at $52M domestic over six days as of Monday
🔻 Sony/Marvel’s $80M Madame Web is at just $26M domestic after six days |
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Obituaries
🕯 Tom Priestley, the son of British playwright and novelist J.B. Priestley who established his own show business career as an Oscar-nominated film editor on such major projects as John Boorman’s Deliverance (1972), Blake Edwards’ The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) and Roman Polanski‘s Tess (1979), died December 25. He was 91.🕯 Ben Lanzarone , whose music graced many hit television shows, died Friday in his sleep while battling lung cancer. He was 85 and his death was confirmed by his wife of more than 45 years, actress Ilene Graff. 🕯 Rita McKenzie, known for staging Ethel Merman’s Broadway, the longest-running one-woman show in theatrical history, died Feb. 17 in Los Angeles days before her 77th birthday. She succumbed to what her family described as a long-term illness. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024 Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar Tue - Biden L.A. fundraiser
Wed - Writers Guild Awards nominations; Rust trial begins
Fri - Warner Bros. Discovery earnings; Sci-Tech Oscars
Sat - PGA Awards
Mon - Shogun premieres on FX |
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BAFTA Belles - Emily Blunt, Emma Stone and Margot Robbie seemed to be enjoying each others' company as they raised the power at the BAFTAs. |
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