Last week, I had another very occasional lunch with a friend who was a power in indie film when that meant something. We worked through the usual stuff—aches and pains, dead colleagues, favorite restaurants closed. Then came that increasingly difficult movie question: "Seen anything you liked?" The…

Barbie is an original screenplay, not an adapted screenplay, claims director/producer Judd Apatow. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' decision to classify Greta Gerwig's film is seen as a slam by Apatow, who posted last night on the matter. "It's insulting to the writers to say…

Canal+ Group and Warner Bros Discovery have announced the renewal of their exclusive premium pay TV agreement for Warner Bros Pictures films. The multi-year agreement will allow Canal+ Group to continue offering to its subscribers exclusive access to Warner Bros Pictures films six months after their…

Jodie Foster has shared that co-stars of the Generation Z variety can be "really annoying" to work with. The double Oscar winner, who has been working herself for nearly six decades, told The Guardian newspaper about her feelings regarding Gen Z (comprising young adults born in the late 1990s and…

Taraji P. Henson is opening up about her time filming The Color Purple and is criticizing that production had the cast drive themselves to the set. In a new interview, the Empire alum revealed that producers of the film gave the cast rental cars to take themselves to the set of the production…

Actress Cindy Morgan, who memorably played a temptress in the 1980 film Caddyshack, has died in Florida, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. No cause or location was given. Morgan played Lacey Underall in Caddyshack opposite Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Rodney Dangerfield. She…

The National Society of Film Critics’ 58th annual awards has honored Celine Song's directorial debut Past Lives for its top prize, beating out runners-up Oppenheimer and The Zone of Interest for Best Picture. Critics convened Saturday in New York and Los Angeles to vote on the year’s best movies and…

Barbie director Greta Gerwig emerged from the elevator at the Château Marmont with producer David Heyman and her agent Jeremy Barber in tow. Pleasantries and hugs were exchanged between them and May December filmmaker Todd Haynes and his longtime collaborators, the producers Christine Vachon and Pam…

Jacob Elordi is opening up about the infamous bathtub scene in Saltburn that has had a lot of people talking. Since the Emerald Fennell film dropped on Amazon’s Prime Video, many people have been buzzing about the steamy scenes. One of the moments that have audiences with their jaws dropping has…

Deadline may receive commission from some products and services linked in this post. The 81st Golden Globe Awards will take place Sunday, January 7, 2024 at the Beverly Hilton. The ceremony will be hosted by comedian Jo Koy and air live on CBS and the CBS app, and stream live on Paramount+ with…

EXCLUSIVE: In the first major sale of the year, Universal has pre-emptively purchased the short story package Long Lost that comes with an attachment by Steven Spielberg, who’s aboard as a producer through his U-based Amblin banner. The 50-page short story was written by Colin Bannon, who will…

The wife of actor Christian Oliver has spoken for the first time in the aftermath of the plane crash on Thursday that claimed her husband and two daughters. A statement “from Jessica Klepser and family” was posted on Wundabar Pilates’ page by Amy Jordan, the company’s owner. Klepser, who was married…