Author: Deadline

Having risen to fame in the late ’90s, Jennifer Love Hewitt was among the many starlets caught in the crosshairs of bubblegum misogyny in the early aughts, particularly when it came to tabloid media and paparazzi. In a sprawling profile with Vulture tied to the return of scream queen Julie James in the legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer, Hewitt said she only recently realized she experienced sexism en masse while viewing the documentary Framing Britney Spears, which exposes the harsh treatment the singer received from the public and media at the height of her fame and…

With Natasha Lyonne joining a franchise based on a beloved ’80s childhood classic, the Smurfs star was up for any role. The 2x Golden Globe nominee revealed how she got the voice role of Mama Poot in the new animated feature adaptation, which is now in theaters, and how she feels about comparisons to the character. “So, they said, ‘You wanna be a Smurf in a Smurfs picture?’ It’s an email, I say, reply all, ‘Sure, who doesn’t?’ I mean, it’s not Strawberry Shortcake, but I’ll take it,” she recounted on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Fallon confirmed, “Oh,…

KPop Demon Hunters, released June 20 and, at 80 million views, one of Netflix’s biggest animated films ever with chart-topping music to boot, had co-CEO Ted Sarandos singing its praises today. The film “is a phenomenal success out of the gate. One of the things that I’m excited, really proud of the team over, is [that it’s] original animation — not a sequel, not a live action remake. Original animation … is very tough and has been struggling for years.” Leo, The Sea Beast and now Kpop Demon Hunters are original animation and “we’re super thrilled about that,” he said…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a young talent to watch: Eight-year-old Arabella Olivia Clark (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) has landed the lead role in Other Mommy, Universal and Atomic Monster‘s new supernatural horror film from director Rob Savage. Clark joins a cast that includes the previously announced Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, and Dichen Lachman. Based on the book Incidents Around the House by Bird Box‘s Josh Malerman, the film centers on eight-year-old Bela (Clark), who lives in a home strained by her parents’ troubled marriage, only to see her life further upended by a sinister entity she calls “Other Mommy.” When this…

EXCLUSIVE: The genre maestros at BoulderLight Pictures (Barbarian) and Divide/Conquer (Heart Eyes) are teaming on Amityville, a radical new spin on the famed haunted house story for a new generation, sources tell Deadline. Joseph and Vanessa Winter, the married writer-director duo behind the excellent SXSW found footage horror movie Deadstream, are set to direct from their own script. Plot details are under wraps. But Raphael Margules & J.D. Lifshitz will produce for BoulderLight, alongside Adam Hendricks & Greg Gilreath for Divide/Conquer. Given that BoulderLight has been under a first-look deal with New Line since 2023, that will be the filmmakers’ first…

EXCLUSIVE: Indian action star Vidyut Jammwal (Commando) has landed the role of Dhalsim in Legendary‘s live-action Street Fighter movie, based on the video games from Capcom, sources tell Deadline. Reps for Legendary declined to comment. The project marks the Hollywood debut of an actor who we’re told has been deliberate about the project with which he wants to introduce himself in the U.S. market. First introduced in Street Fighter II in 1991, the character of Dalsim is a yogi with fire-spitting abilities — a fundamentally peaceful man who fights to support his family. As previously announced, the Street Fighter cast…

With the evolution of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jonathan Bailey entered the dangerous dinosaur research island with some words of wisdom from alum Jeff Goldblum. In a recent interview with Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby of the Capital Breakfast Show, the Wicked star discussed filming the franchise entry in Thailand and the inner-workings of motion-capture and animatronics in production, as well as how his fellow costar found out about his casting in the film. “There was one day which I knew and I didn’t say to Jeff, and then it was announced that week,” Bailey recalled. “But no,…

Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc is going back to genre beginnings with the next installment in the Knives Out universe, says writer-director Rian Johnson who teased a “gothic” tone for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Speaking to Rolling Stone in a sprawling Q&A published today, the two-time Oscar nominee described the tonal difference between 2022’s Glass Onion and the forthcoming threequel, releasing Dec. 12. “It’s incredibly different from Glass Onion,” the multihyphenate said. “We put out a teaser trailer a month ago. It’s much more a Gothic, much more grounded tone. It’s more similar to the first one…

EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Cranston has made his position clear regarding the ongoing funding challenges facing indie movie Lone Wolf. In a message to Deadline, which you can read in full below, the Breaking Bad and Trumbo star said he won’t return to finish filming or promote the feature until all cast and crew that are owed money are paid back in full. A “distressed” Cranston, who himself has been paid for his work to date, has spoken to multiple co-stars who are still owed money. As we revealed earlier today, there is around a $2M shortfall in funding on the project,…

David L. Hamilton, who co-founded and played keyboards for the prog-rock group Pavlov’s Dog before pivoting to a composing career and earning an Emmy nom, has died. He was 74. A rep for the family said he died June 20 but not give provide a cause or place of death. Born on May 4, 1951, in St. Louis, Hamilton studied classical piano while attending Macalester College in St. Paul before attended the University of Stirling in Scotland on an English lit exchange fellowship. While there he continued studying piano at at the Royal Academy of Music in Edinburgh.  After returning…