Matt joined the editors desk in March 2021 after five years as Awardsline's Assistant Editor. In that role, he contributed to the coverage and editing of the magazines throughout the year, focusing on artist interviews revolving around awards season and its big nights including the Oscars and Emmys. Matt also manages the Production Value video series, which spotlights the premier craft talent working in film and TV. He also is part of Deadline's festival studio team at the likes of Sundance, Tribeca and Toronto. Before Deadline he worked at UTA, 8thDay Pictures and Infinity Management International.
EXCLUSIVE: Matthias Schweighöfer (Army of Thieves) has landed a lead role opposite Noah Jupe in Play Dead, the new survival thriller from Carry-On‘s Jaume Collet-Serra described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917.
Further plot details remain under wraps, as do the roles of the duo. Production has…
Moonbug Entertainment, a part of Candle Media, and Flywheel Media have greenlit the first-ever CoComelon animated feature, a theatrical extension of the massively popular kids’ series, which will be released by Universal Pictures in 2027.
The CG animated film will be produced by Moonbug…
Netflix has unveiled a premiere date and a series of first-look photos for My Oxford Year, its new romance starring Sofia Carson (The Life List) and Corey Mylchreest (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), which adapts the novel by Julia Whelan.
The film begins streaming on August 1. Check out…
Kelvin Harrison Jr. has found his next big project in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Deadline has confirmed. He’ll take on the role of Beetee, champion of the 34th Hunger Games and father of Ampert Latier, Tribute in the 50th Hunger Games.
Harrison joins an ensemble led by Joseph Zada…
Amazon MGM Studios announced during its Upfronts presentation on Monday that its holiday comedy Oh. What. Fun., teaming The Idea of You filmmaker Michael Showalter with star Michelle Pfeiffer, is set to begin streaming on Prime Video on December 3rd. They also unveiled a sneak peak, which you can…
For the below-the-line team of Prime Video’s ballet series Étoile, most of whom had worked with creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino on their prior hit series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, creating the show was an undertaking shaped by both creative triumphs and major challenges.
From…
EXCLUSIVE: Colton Dunn (The Recruit), Hayley Magnus (Loot), and Andrew Lopez (Platonic) are new additions to the cast of Judgment Day, writer-director Nicholas Stoller’s new comedy for Amazon MGM Studios, starring Will Ferrell and Zac Efron.
Character details are under wraps. The news comes just…
EXCLUSIVE: Longtime CAA agent Ryan Abboushi is switching gears professionally, leaving the talent agency for a new post as President of Entertainment at MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas. Abboushi has been with CAA for more than 16 years, having started there in May 2009.
As leader of MGM…
EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Rinna has optioned Jane L. Rosen’s novel, A Shoe Story, for development through her company Mrs. Productions Inc. This is Rinna’s first foray into scripted development, and first book option under her shingle.
Released in June 2022, the novel follows Esme Nash, a young woman who…
EXCLUSIVE: Lily Collias (Good One), Joe Anders (upcoming East of Eden), and Malia Pyles (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) have come aboard to round out the cast of Apple TV+’s Cape Fear TV series.
No word on roles to be played by the trio. They join an ensemble that will also include Javier…
EXCLUSIVE: Indie film studio XYZ Films has promoted Pip Ngo to Executive Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions, promoting Alex Williams to Director of Acquisitions and Development.
Both will continue to be based in Los Angeles. Ngo will continue to acquire and shepherd filmmaker-driven…
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of Cannes, Vertical has acquired North American rights to We Bury the Dead, a post-apocalyptic thriller starring Star Wars‘ Daisy Ridley and Brenton Thwaites (Titans).
Written and directed by Australian filmmaker Zak Hilditch (1922), the film hasn’t been dated but is expected to…