Author: Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Pretty Little Liars star Sasha Pieterse is set to lead psychological thriller Rosemary, which will recount the tragic story of Rosemary Kennedy “from her perspective”. Kennedy was the sister of President John F Kennedy and senators Robert F and Ted Kennedy. As a child, she reportedly exhibited developmental delays and in her young adult years is said to have developed behavioural issues. In response, family patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy Sr arranged a lobotomy on her when she was 23 years old, a procedure which left her permanently incapacitated. She spent most of the rest of her life being cared…

AI on the Lot, which has grown from a half-day conference for 600 in 2023 to a two-day draw for nearly 2,500, delivered another dose of techno-optimism this year. Hollywood, however, still has reservations. Amazon MGM Studios hosted the event on its Culver City backlot and served as title sponsor. Prime Video, AWS and other Amazon operations and projects were woven through the programming. To walk the lot and the neighboring Culver Theater, taking in panels and hearing the views of participants was to fully appreciate the intensity of creative appetites for exploring AI. The technology was largely depicted as…

As friends, family and Star Wars fans mourn the death of editor Marcia Lucas, Lucasfilm has shared a statement. The production company, founded by Marcia’s ex-husband George Lucas, paid tribute to the Oscar-winning editor of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), who was also nominated for American Graffiti (1973). “Lucasfilm was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Marcia Lucas,” they shared in a statement. “The 80-year-old was one of the three editors to take home an Oscar for 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope.” Laying out her storied career, which also included work on Alice Doesn’t Live Here…

EXCLUSIVE: Fred Hechinger (Gladiator II) has landed a key role opposite Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson in The Cackling of the Dodos, Netflix‘s new film directed by Jason Bateman. Character details are under wraps, but we’re told the film is a three-hander led by Rockwell, Harrelson, and Hechinger. Others newly aboard include Academy Award nominee Michael McKean (Better Call Saul), Esther McGregor (Babygirl), Jenn Lyon (Claws), and Emy Coligado (Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair), whose roles also remain a mystery. Based on an original screenplay by novelist Rye Curtis, The Cackling of the Dodos centers on George, a small-town farmer whose discovery…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate will be adding its library to digital movie locker, Movies Anywhere next month. The studio joins those studios already on the service, Sony, Universal, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. The Movies Anywhere app and website allows consumers to keep the digital movies they purchase in one personal cloud. In the initial launch phase, 225 of Lionsgate’s most high-profile films in including Hunger Games, John Wick, The Housemaid, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, La La Land, Rambo, Dirty Dancing, Passion of the Christ, Knives Out and Quentin Tarantino movies Django Unchained, the Kill Bill franchise and Reservoir…

Sunset Studios plans to launch a group of standing sets at the Sunset Las Palmas Studios lot in Hollywood catering to the fast-growing vertical format. It’s partnered with short-form studio Knockout Shorts on the design and construction of the initial sets, which it called “versatile, production-ready environments … designed to meet the evolving needs of modern content creators” as microdramas and short-form video explodes. There was news earlier today that former executives from TikTok and Tribeca are working on America’s first microdrama festival for fall of 2026. The sets include a pre-lit grid and a range of camera-ready environments including…

Albert Wolsky, a two-time Academy Award-winning and Tony-nominated costume designer whose many high-profile credits include his Oscar-taking work on All That Jazz (1979) and Bugsy (1991), died Saturday, May 23, at his home in Hollywood. He was 95. His death was announced by friends and colleagues on social media and confirmed by Deadline. Born on November 24, 1930, in Paris, Wolsky had moved to the United States and attended City College of New York when, at age 30, he switched careers from the travel industry to pursue costume design. An early entry-level position for the legendary costumer Helene Pons came during the original Broadway…

Jaws star and Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss has canceled a scheduled appearance at a cast reunion event for the seminal blockbuster, citing “circumstances completely beyond my control.” The veteran actor was slated to appear at a Burbank, Calif. fan convention, Hollywood Show, May 30. “To all the incredible fans, my JAWS cast family, and everyone involved in making this reunion possible — I want to share how deeply grateful I am for the love and excitement surrounding this special event,” he wrote on Instagram. “It truly breaks my heart that I won’t be able to attend the reunion at The…

French actress Noémie Merlant was one of last guests to stop by the Deadline Studio in Cannes this year to discuss her role in Bertrand Mandico’s zany comedy-drama Roma Elastica, opposite Marion Cotillard. Oscar-winner Cotillard stars as jaded star Eddie who heads to Rome for what may be her final role, with Merlant lending support as her “hairdresser,  friend and bodyguard” Valentina. Fiercely protect of Eddie, Valentina even goes as far as to bite a Vogue Italian journalist who pesters her friend in one scene. “I never bite anyone. It was the first time… I also had in that scene…

The rumors are currently swirling about which film delegations have been called back to the Cannes closing ceremony this evening. The buzz is strong that Minotaur, Fjord, The Dreamed Adventure, Fatherland, La Bola Negra and La Gradiva are among those that have been told to return to the Palais. Below, Deadline’s critics reflect on this year’s potential winners… PETE HAMMOND There are a number of ways the jury can go, and based on past experience it is almost impossible to predict the mood. We can suggest that, because Park Chan-Wook is leading the jury, the Palme d’Or might go to…