Author: Deadline

Ryan Reynolds doesn’t quite know how to process to his historic weekend at the box office. After Deadpool & Wolverine became the biggest opening of his career and broke a slew of other records, the Golden Globe nominee shared his shock and gratitude in a statement on his Instagram Story. “This is kind of hard to process,” wrote Reynolds. “But thank you to everyone who went to see the film this weekend.” Hugh Jackman also celebrated the news, sharing fan art of his Wolverine longingly looking at a framed image that reads “#1 MOVIE IN THE WORLD,” which he captioned,…

Mediapro Studio Buys ‘Game Of Thrones’ Firm Fresco Film The Mediapro Studio has bought Fresco Film, the Malaga-based production services company that played a key role in Game of Thrones filming in Spain, helping to establish a lucrative tax credit system in the process. Mediapro sees the acquisition as part of its strategy to attract large-scale international projects and co-productions. Peter Welter’s Fresco, founded in 1972, has a track record of working on the likes House of the Dragon, Westworld, The Blacklist, Killing Eve, Narcos Mexico, Uncharted, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Guy Ritchie’s latest film, The Covenant. Its client list includes all of the major global streamers and studios, European…

Singapore-based 3D Investment Partners has offered to become a majority shareholder in Japanese film company Tohokushinsha and take it private, valuing the Japanese film company at $575M. Tohokushinsha dubs foreign TV shows and films into Japanese and was also a co-producer of the 2003 film Lost in Translation that Sofia Coppola wrote and directed. The company also worked on the 1980 TV miniseries Shogun, which was based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel of the same name and the predecessor of Disney+’s Emmy-nominated modern version. 3D Investment Partners already holds an 18% share stake in Tohokushinsha and has proposed a purchase…

Matthew Macfadyen is looking back at his career and regretting not enjoying his experience filming 2005’s Pride and Prejudice. The Succession alum played Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright’s adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel playing opposite Kiera Knightley. “I didn’t really [enjoy it],” Macfadyen said on CBS Mornings of his experience filming. “I feel bad saying that. There were moments I had a good time, but I wish I enjoyed it more. I wish I was less worried about it.” He added, “I felt a bit miscast, like, ‘I’m not dishy enough. But it worked out.” Despite not feeling…