Author: Deadline

Though Heather Burns‘ character in 2000’s Miss Congeniality has a little bit of trouble coming up with her idea of a perfect date (“April 25th …  not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket”), the actress has a quick answer when it comes to whether or not she’d want to revisit the Sandra Bullock-led comedy film. In a new interview with People, Burns — who plays the unforgettable, kind-hearted and wide-eyed Cheryl/Miss “Rhode Island” in the action-comedy — said she “would jump at” the chance to do a threequel, following the 2005 Miss Congeniality: Armed…

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump’s vainglorious birthday parade masquerading as a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army may get drenched in a rainy DC this Flag Day, but the financial sun is shining a bit brighter for some suffering Hollywood vendors. A plethora of prop houses in and around LA received a much-needed injection of cash the past month from the federal government for the massive march set to kick off soon in the nation’s thunderstorm anticipating capitol, Deadline has learned. Specifically, the parade organizers made rentals orders of vintage guns, rifles, period piece helmets, and other hardware and…

Growing up in a multiracial family in New York City, Rosario Dawson had a unique first-hand perspective on how cannabis is used as a tool for racism. As an executive producer and the narrator of Kiss My Grass, a documentary short that premiered last week at Tribeca Film Festival, exploring the underlying roots of racial injustice and inequity in the cannabis space, the actress opened up to Deadline about how seeing the war on drugs “devastate entire communities” made her want to participate in the project. “I grew up around a lot of potheads, including my parents. It was always…

Bryce Dallas Howard opened up about some of her past films that didn’t do well at the box office. In a new interview, the Jurassic World star revealed she was not surprised when one of her movies end up flopping. “You can always see it coming while you’re making it,” Howard said in an interview with The Independent. “I’ve never been shocked when something doesn’t work. But I’m just an actor – you’re there to serve a director’s vision.” She continued, “If a movie doesn’t turn out the way that you envisioned, you can barely feel disappointed because it’s not…

EXCLUSIVE: After hitting a home run during the holidays with his new take on the Dracula story Nosferatu, Robert Eggers looks to be staying in the Christmas spirit for a new project he has set his sights on. Sources tell Deadline that Warner Bros is in development with Eggers who will write and direct a retelling of the classic Charles Dickens Christmas ghost story A Christmas Carol. Insiders add that while negotiations are not underway with talent, Eggers is writing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge for his longtime collaborator Willem Dafoe. Chris Columbus and Elenor Columbus are attached to produce via Maiden…

EXCLUSIVE: Julian Fellowes is hitting the road this week and heading to New York City, the setting of his latest hit series, HBO’s The Gilded Age, premiering its third season at the Tribeca Festival on Thursday. Additionally, Fellowes will be teeing up promotions ahead of the September 12 premiere of the third and “final” installment of the Downton Abbey films, featuring the lead cast from the beloved PBS and ITV series of the same name. Fellowes will appear on the red carpet at Tribeca in his wheelchair due to issues caused by spinal stenosis, a condition that compresses the spinal…

EXCLUSIVE: Alison Oliver (Saltburn) and Anora Oscar nominee Yura Borisov have signed on to star in Dennis, a romance marking the feature debut of BAFTA-nominated actress Emily Mortimer, for A24 and Fruit Tree. Written and directed by Mortimer, the film follows a British student (Oliver) and a Russian poet (Borisov) who fall in love in 1990s Moscow. The project marks a reunion for A24 and Fruit Tree following their work on two Jesse Eisenberg projects: his forthcoming untitled comedy, starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, on which we were first to report, and his feature directorial debut, When You Finish…

Pippa Scott, the veteran actress who appeared in such films like 1958’s six-time Oscar-nominated Auntie Mame and 1956’s The Searchers, has died at the age of 90. Per The Hollywood Reporter, she died May 22 of congenital heart failure at her Santa Monica home, her daughter Miranda Tollman told the publication. Born Nov. 10, 1934 to entertainment industry parents in Los Angeles — mother Laura Straub, a stage actress, and father Allan Scott, Oscar-nominated for his screenplay for 1943’s So Proudly We Hail! — Scott studied at Radcliffe and UCLA, later training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in…

Jay Roach and the Meet The Parents gang promised a topping great screenplay for the next edition, the franchise’s 4th, which recently set Ariana Grande along with original cast and announced John Hamburg is directing. “The script is really good,” said De Niro after a screening of the hit comedy where he famously flexed his comedy cops as Jack Byrnes, human lie detector and CIA dad hazing his daughter’s fiancé – played by Teri Polo and Ben Stiller. “I’m looking forward to it,” he said. The audience is too, repeatedly cracking up during a 25th anniversary screening and reunion Q&A…

As LGBTQ representation evolves onscreen, films like I Don’t Understand You understand the universal truth that it’s impossible to support gay rights without supporting gay wrongs. David Joseph Craig and Brian Crano, the husbands and writing/directing duo behind the dark comedy horror now in theaters, spoke to Deadline about the importance of writing “queer characters not just being labeled as queer” in their semi-autobiographical about a gay couple on a nightmare vacation in Italy while preparing to adopt a baby. “There are a lot of different steps in emotions in a queer person, and I think we should see more…