Starz will launch its Rebecca Hall-starring BBC drama ‘The Listeners’ on June 12. The series, which stars Hall (Resurrection, Christine) as a popular English teacher who suddenly begins to hear a persistent low hum that no-one else can hear, runs to five parts. You can see a trailer above. The series comes from Fremantle’s Element…
CoComelon: The Movie has unveiled a first-look photo which you can view here, also announcing a voice cast stacked with comedic talent that includes SZA (One of Them Days), Ike Barinholtz (The Studio), Nicholas Hoult (Superman), SNL’s Sarah Sherman and Ego Nwodim, Josh Johnson (The Daily Show), Matt Friend (Family Guy), Rhys Darby (Jumanji: The Next…
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi has been set by Lionsgate to direct Magic, the 1978 novel that Richard Attenborough directed and William Goldman scripted from his novel. Anthony Hopkins starred a ventriloquist who finds himself controlled by his malicious puppet at a time he has a chance to find happiness with a rekindled romance. Hopkins turned in…
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SAG-AFTRA leaders are beginning the process of selling their new studio contract to the membership, amid lingering concerns about artificial intelligence and the merger of two pension funds. The deal, unveiled on Monday, allows studios to use synthetic performers only if they bring “significant additional value” to a project. It also requires studios to notify…
EXCLUSIVE: Phuong Mai Nguyen’s In Waves, an animated feature adaptation of L.A. illustrator AJ Dungo’s eponymous cult 2019 graphic novel set in California, opens the 65th edition of Cannes Critics’ Week on Wednesday and Deadline can reveal a first clip. Inspired by Dungo’s real-life love story, In Waves follows two young lovers, a skateboarder and…