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Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Exits Range To Join ‘Backrooms’ Firm Oddfellows
EXCLUSIVE: Big move in the LA film producing scene as vet filmmaker Brian Kavanaugh-Jones is ending his run at Range as Partner and Co-President of Film & Production to...
Mike Birbiglia Directing ‘Old Friends New Friends’ For Focus Features
EXCLUSIVE: Earlier this month, Mike Birbiglia announced that he’d be canceling a select set of stand-up dates alongside John Mulaney, with a “dream project” coming to fruition. And now, we...
Kit Harington Joins ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart In Recasting, Reprising Voice Role
EXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is joining another tentpole fantasy series for HBO. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of Harry Potter. Harington replaces Nicholas...
Lux Angeles Studios Assembles Exec Team To Lead On Pics Up To $20M
EXCLUSIVE: Lux Angeles Studios has hired Binh Dang as the final piece of an executive puzzle assembled as the company eyes production on indie pics in the $10M-$20M range....
‘Supermax’ Movie Cast Adds Nicholas Alexander Chavez (EXCLUSIVE)
EXCLUSIVE: David Gordon Green has added four more to the cast of Supermax, his new action thriller for Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax: Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monster: The Lyle and Erik...
René Malo Dies: Veteran Québécois Producer Was 84
Veteran Québécois filmmaker René Malo died on August 23 following a brief period of hospitalization at the Montreal University Hospital Center. He was 84.  Malo is best known as...
Finalists Announced For Library Of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize For Film
EXCLUSIVE: The richest prize in documentary film is down to a half dozen finalists. On Monday, the Library of Congress, The Better Angels Society, Ken Burns, and the Crimson...
Netflix Renews ‘The Gentlemen’ & ‘House Of Guinness’
Netflix has handed renewals to a bunch of UK originals. Amid fevered speculation about the casting of Meghan Markle, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen has been officially renewed for Season...
Dianne Wiest & Ciarán Hinds To Star In ‘This Old Love Of Mine’
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters) and Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) are set to star in comedy-drama This Old Love Of Mine. WestEnd Films...
Javier Bardem Drama ‘The Beloved’ Gets U.S. Release, Awards Campaign
EXCLUSIVE: Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Cannes Competition drama The Beloved has secured a North American release with Kino Lorber. The Spanish-language film stars Oscar winner Javier Bardem opposite recent Pedro Almodóvar...
Arbitrator Orders Washington Post To Reinstate Columnist Karen Attiah
An independent arbitrator has ruled that The Washington Post must reinstate columnist Karen Attiah with backpay and benefits, concluding that her firing violated a collective bargaining agreement, the union...
‘Trial Of Louise Woodward’ Series Casts Catriona Chandler, Joanne Froggatt
EXCLUSIVE: Catriona Chandler (Disney+’s Rivals) has landed the title role in HBO‘s true-crime limited series, The Trial of Louise Woodward, Deadline has learned. Also newly set for a role is Downton Abbey‘s...