Author: Deadline

After A Minecraft Movie broke multiple records on its way to $995M globally, Kirsten Dunst wants to join the franchise. The Oscar nominee recently threw her hat in the ring for a part in Warner Bros sequel, noting that her kids loved the original big screen adaptation of the video game, and she wants to be part of a financially successful movie. “Maybe I can just make a movie where I don’t lose money?” said Dunst to Town & Country. Director Jared Hess previously told Deadline a Minecraft Movie sequel “would be so much fun” after the first movie’s record-breaking…

Jason Momoa and David Leitch are coming on to produce The Pirate, from writer Will Dunn, whose hot spec script was just acquired by Amazon MGM Studios, Deadline has confirmed. Leitch and Kelly McCormick are in negotiations to produce under their 87North banner, while Momoa is in negotiations to produce under his On the Roam banner. If deals close, the project would be developed as a potential starring vehicle for Momoa. Plot details are vague other then it being described as The Raid set on a pirate ship Momoa recently starred in WB’s hit Minecraft movie, and he can currently…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Rock has added four to the cast of his new untitled directorial effort for A24: Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Anthony Anderson (G20), Kelli Garner (Lars and the Real Girl), Amy Landecker (Transparent) and Rich Sommer (Clipped). Character details are under wraps. As previously announced, Rosalind Eleazar plays the lead role, with Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, and Rock also set to star. Currently untitled, the film follows Misty Green (Eleazar), a gifted actress with a derailed career until someone from her past offers her a chance at a comeback Rock is directing from his…

Alan Cumming called the experience of reprising his role as mutant hero Nightcrawler in Avengers: Doomsday “really healing” after the “miserable” filming of X2: X-Men United. Speaking to People in a new interview, The Traitors host detailed how he had “just finished” shooting the much-hyped Russo Brothers pic earlier this month. The two-time Emmy winner first originated the role in Bryan Singer’s X2 (2003), and will now once again portray the blue-skinned teleporting Kurt Wagner in the Dec. 18, 2026 Marvel Studios entry. “I just came back. It was amazing. It was actually really— in a sort of ooey, gooey…

Though it might sound like five minutes of a Todd Solondz movie stretched to nearly 20 times that, Elliott Tuttle’s feature debut certainly goes the distance, even if its uncompromising nature will be too tough for mainstream consideration. But for braver audiences, notably those more used to Europe’s cinema of provocation, Blue Film speaks out loud about the unspeakable, featuring scenes that would leave even Gaspar Noé gasping. It helps that it’s a very deftly played two-hander, which allows the controversial premise to breathe, giving life and depth to both its characters. It could also do for newcomer Kieron Moore…

AFTERNOON UPDATE: Currently, New Line’s original horror movie Weapons is seeing a second weekend -49% decline with $22M after a second Friday of $6M at 3,450 sites. The ten-day on the Zach Cregger directed, written and produced movie is bound to hit $86M by Sunday. Disney’s Freakier Friday is seeing a $4.5M second Friday, with a $14M-$15M second frame at 3,975 and -48% decline for a ten-day of $55M. That total will be -6% behind the end of second weekend cume of the original 2003 movie which ended its run at $110.2M. ‘Nobody 2‘ Universal Universal’s Nobody 2 is right…

EXCLUSIVE: It appears Baz Luhrmann has found the title heroine for his Warner Bros epic Jehanne d’Arc. Deadline hears he’s in early talks with Isla Johnston to play Joan of Arc. You might remember her from The Queen’s Gambit, where she played the younger version of the Beth Harmon character that was a breakout role for Anya Taylor-Joy. This was the hot role among young actresses — maybe not the right way to describe it, since Joan was burned at the stake in the 1400s after leading the troops in the Siege of Orleans and pressing for the coronation of…

We first told you last night about the Toronto Film Festival uninviting Barry Avrich’s October 7th documentary The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, about Israeli Defense General Noam Tibon and his mission to save his family who were surrounded by Hamas during its attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023.  On Wednesday afternoon, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey has responded. “I want to be clear: claims that the film was rejected due to censorship are unequivocally false,” he wrote in a letter addressed to members of the TIFF community. “I remain committed to working with the filmmaker to meet TIFF’s…

Juli Goodwin has joined Amazon MGM Studios‘ Marketing Team as Head of Awards Campaigns, Strategic Activations, and Talent Management, the studio said Tuesday. The announcement was made by Head of Global Marketing, Film and Series, Sue Kroll, to whom Goodwin will report. Goodwin is “known throughout the industry for her strategic precision and ability to earn the trust of talent, filmmakers, and internal stakeholders alike,” said Kroll in an internal memo (read it in full below). “Juli’s experience, vision, and collaborative leadership will be instrumental as we continue to build ambitious campaigns and activations that reflect the caliber of our…

Alan Tudyk reflected on his career and revealed that there’s a reason why not many people know he played Sonny in the 2004 sci-fi action film I, Robot. During an appearance on Toon’d In with Jimmy Cummings, Tudyk said that with test screening audiences, he tested higher than the film’s star Will Smith. “They were doing test audiences with the movie and they score the characters and I got word back, ‘Alan, you’re testing higher than Will Smith,’” Tudyk recalled on the podcast from June 15. “And then I was gone. I was gone. There was no publicity and my…