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'Fall Guy' Can't Stick Landing - Universal’s The Fall Guy didn't wow at the domestic box office, and nobody is really shocked. While it was projected to do at least $30M, it’s coming in at $28.5M. >>>No Imperative For Audiences Pushing 'Button' - Fifth Season has acquired Button Man, an adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner, who co-created Judge Dredd and created A History of Violence, latter of which was turned into a terrific action film by David Cronenberg. The graphic novel was illustrated by Arthur Ranson. >>>TV Series Planned
'Furiosa' Vs. 'Garfield' - Furiosa and Garfield hit three-week tracking, with the Warner Bros/Village Roadshow Mad Max prequel eyeing a $40M-$50M domestic opening over the Friday-Monday span of May 24-27 with Sony/Alcon Entertainment’s Garfield at $35M. >>>Imax, PLFs Are Key
Academy Museum Comes Full Circle - In two weeks, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open its new permanent exhibition, "Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital." For many, it amounts to an act of completion. A Hollywood film museum without a special tribute to Jewish roots has felt for the last two-and-a-half years like a church without a tabernacle. >>> Michael Cieply's Column What Comes After 'CODA' - Paramount Pictures highly-anticipated adaptation of the best-seller Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow is gaining some serious momentum as Oscar-winner Siân Heder has been tapped to direct the adaptation which is based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. >>>Modern Love Story
Collective Bargaining Resumes - IATSE was rejoined at the negotiating table last week by Teamsters Local 399 and the rest of the Hollywood Basic Crafts to continue bargaining with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on collective benefit plans. >>>Next Steps |
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Wildcat, directed and co-written by Ethan Hawke and starring his daughter Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) as Flannery O’Connor, opened this weekend in New York and LA. Four-time Oscar nominee Hawke spoke with Deadline about Wildcat's backstory, how it weaves between the author’s life and her fiction, and the current challenged state of indie film. “It’s never been easier to make an independent film. It’s never been more difficult to get anyone to watch it.” >>>Read The Interview |
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Rich Ting (Warrior) is set for a recurring role on Paramount+ drama Tulsa King, starring Sylvester Stallone.
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Yul Vazquez (Severance) has been tapped to star opposite Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in Apple Original Films’ Camp Fire drama The Lost Bus from writer Brad Ingelsby and director Paul Greengrass. He joins in an undisclosed role.
In Brief - Billy Magnussen, Sarah Gadon & Hamish Linklater join A Big Bold Beautiful Journey... Deli Boys adds 9 to Season 1 cast |
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More News 🎞️ During the Cannes Film Festival, which starts next week, a collective of French film festival workers has set plans to mount a widespread strike action over their pay. The move, confirmed in an open letter sent to Deadline, follows days of tense discussions. ⚖️ A judge again found Donald Trump in contempt of court for violations of a partial gag order. Trump was fined $1,000 over a statement he made attacking the jury in the case. The judge in Trump’s hush money case, Juan Merchan, also warned the former president of possible jail time. 📺 ABC has set its summer schedule with premiere dates for The Bachelorette, Celebrity Family Feud, Judge Steve Harvey and more. Additionally, the network has picked up new seasons of Jimmy Kimmel-hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Claim to Fame and Elizabeth Banks-hosted Press Your Luck.
🎵 Madonna has brought her tour to a close with a free concert on Copacabana Beach, in front of a reported 1.6 million fans. It was the final night of her retrospective tour, marking her four decades in pop. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Bernard Hill died early on Sunday morning, his agent Lou Coulson confirmed. No cause has been given. He played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic, and King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings. He was 79. 🕯️ Edgar Lansbury, a Tony Award-winning producer and younger brother of actress Angela Lansbury, died Thursday at age 94 at his home in Manhattan, according to his son. 🕯️ Barbara O. Jones, an actress in the independent Black cinema of 1970s Los Angeles in films like Bush Mama and Daughters of the Dust, died on April 8 at her home in Dayton, Ohio. She was 82. 🕯️ Media & Hollywood Deaths Gallery |
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On the Radar
Mon - The Met Gala
Tues - Disney earnings
Wed - Fox Corp., AMC Entertainment, TKO Group earnings; Palm Royale S1 finale
Thu - WBD earnings
Fri - AMC Networks earnings
Sat - Maya Rudolph hosts 'SNL' |
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Company Of The Ring - Dominic Monaghan posted an Instagram photo of himself and his 'Lord of the Rings' costars Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd and Sean Astin as they gathered for a collective appearance at Liverpool Comic Con. |
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