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“What surprised me is how good it is,” says Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro of the Cannes-debuting Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice. “You know, there are some people that have tried to ding it and say, ‘Oh, it’s an HBO movie,’” Deadline’s editorial director states from the South of France on today’s ElectionLine podcast. “But let me say this: it’s a very good HBO movie.”
“I just think it’s very well crafted.
“What surprised me is how good it is,” says Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro of the Cannes-debuting Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice. “You know, there are some people that have tried to ding it and say, ‘Oh, it’s an HBO movie,’” Deadline’s editorial director states from the South of France on today’s ElectionLine podcast. “But let me say this: it’s a very good HBO movie.”
“I just think it’s very well crafted.
- 5/24/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
2023 was not a good year for Disney at the box office. With the exception of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, their films lost money according to Deadline’s”2023 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament” list by Anthony D’Alessandro. ‘Guardians 3’ was just barely in the top 10 as it was in 9th place. To put this into perspective, tenth place was a “Paw Patrol” film.
In fact, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie beat all the Disney films and “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” which was released theatrically and on streaming simultaneously.
Four Disney films flopped, and ‘The Marvels’ was the biggest loser. Of the bottom five films, only’ The Flash’ was a non-Disney-owned film.
‘The Marvels’
According to Deadline’s estimates, the film lost $237 million, but that is after you add in home entertainment and TV/streaming numbers. That is a lot of money to lose! It would have been worse without Home video and TV/streaming revenue.
In fact, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie beat all the Disney films and “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” which was released theatrically and on streaming simultaneously.
Four Disney films flopped, and ‘The Marvels’ was the biggest loser. Of the bottom five films, only’ The Flash’ was a non-Disney-owned film.
‘The Marvels’
According to Deadline’s estimates, the film lost $237 million, but that is after you add in home entertainment and TV/streaming numbers. That is a lot of money to lose! It would have been worse without Home video and TV/streaming revenue.
- 5/4/2024
- by Kambrea Pratt
- Pirates & Princesses
While playing the same character at different ages as his real-life son Wyatt Russell in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Kurt Russell admitted after watching Wyatt at work that he realized just how good of a performance his son was delivering, and he’d better bring his own A-game to match it.
Russell was joined on Deadline’s Contenders Television panel by VFX supervisor Sean Konrad and composer Leopold Ross to discuss the Apple TV+ and Legendary Television series – a prequel to the big-screen Monsterverse movies featuring Godzilla and King Kong. He said had the chance to take a good, long look at Wyatt’s acting chops while the two were shooting on parallel schedules.
“We were doing two different crews and I said, ‘I’m going to go check out and see Wyatt’s group was doing,’ ” Kurt recalled. “It was fascinating for me because for the first time, this...
Russell was joined on Deadline’s Contenders Television panel by VFX supervisor Sean Konrad and composer Leopold Ross to discuss the Apple TV+ and Legendary Television series – a prequel to the big-screen Monsterverse movies featuring Godzilla and King Kong. He said had the chance to take a good, long look at Wyatt’s acting chops while the two were shooting on parallel schedules.
“We were doing two different crews and I said, ‘I’m going to go check out and see Wyatt’s group was doing,’ ” Kurt recalled. “It was fascinating for me because for the first time, this...
- 4/13/2024
- by Scott Huver
- Deadline Film + TV
It wasn’t a group of pro-Palestinian protesters that was causing all the noise throughout the Santa Monica Beach tent during the Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday, rather only one.
A loud chant was heard piercing throughout the ceremony “Free! Free! Palestine! Long live Palestine! Cease fire now!” throughout most of this afternoon’s show, to the point where comedian Jim Gaffigan, who was presenting the award for Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series to Jury Duty, remarked “That’s my Dad!”
Outside the tent, the disruption was coming from one young male who was standing on the outer part of the Spirits barricade — he wasn’t chanting himself but held a loudspeaker with a repeated protest recording.
A single pro-Palestine protestor with a loudspeaker is disrupting the #SpiritAwards in Santa Monica, CA (...
A loud chant was heard piercing throughout the ceremony “Free! Free! Palestine! Long live Palestine! Cease fire now!” throughout most of this afternoon’s show, to the point where comedian Jim Gaffigan, who was presenting the award for Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series to Jury Duty, remarked “That’s my Dad!”
Outside the tent, the disruption was coming from one young male who was standing on the outer part of the Spirits barricade — he wasn’t chanting himself but held a loudspeaker with a repeated protest recording.
A single pro-Palestine protestor with a loudspeaker is disrupting the #SpiritAwards in Santa Monica, CA (...
- 2/25/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with latest: With this year’s Super Bowl likely to draw over 100 million sets of eyeballs, advertisers not being shy about buying ads, even at a record $7 million per 30-second spot.
The major big-ticket spots out before, during and after the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in Las Vegas ran the the celeb gauntlet from the likes of Beyoncé in a big Verizon ad and Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Tom Brady and JLo promoting Boston’s own Dunkin’ Donuts to Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady, Jenna Ortega, Chris Pratt (as the Pringles guy), Addison Rae, Ben Affleck, Jelly Roll, Judge Judy, Ice Spice, Lionel Messi, Jason Momoa, Kate McKinnon, Vince Vaughn, Quinta Brunson, Wayne Gretzky, Christopher Walken and more.
As Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro reported, we also saw commercials for big-ticket movie releases such as Deadpool 3, Wicked: Part One, Twisters among others.
The major big-ticket spots out before, during and after the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in Las Vegas ran the the celeb gauntlet from the likes of Beyoncé in a big Verizon ad and Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Tom Brady and JLo promoting Boston’s own Dunkin’ Donuts to Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady, Jenna Ortega, Chris Pratt (as the Pringles guy), Addison Rae, Ben Affleck, Jelly Roll, Judge Judy, Ice Spice, Lionel Messi, Jason Momoa, Kate McKinnon, Vince Vaughn, Quinta Brunson, Wayne Gretzky, Christopher Walken and more.
As Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro reported, we also saw commercials for big-ticket movie releases such as Deadpool 3, Wicked: Part One, Twisters among others.
- 2/12/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
David Ellison’s Skydance is said to have made a preliminary offer to buy Shari Redstone’s stake in National Amusements, the family holding company that controls Paramount Global, according to a Bloomberg report.
Reps for Skydance, National Amusements and Paramount Global declined to comment.
Deadline is hearing the the situation is “status quo” regarding Skydance’s pursuit of the media company, which was first reported in Deadline in early December, and there’s a way to go in clinching a deal for the ultimate prize, Paramount Global.
National Amusements controls about 80% of Paramount Global’s voting stock. Ellison is mainly interested in the studio but Paramount won’t sell its crown jewel alone. Acquiring Redstone’s Nai stake would be cheaper than buying the entire company outright. The idea is that Ellison would merge Skydance and Paramount and look to divest the company’s other assets.
Warner Bros. Discovery...
Reps for Skydance, National Amusements and Paramount Global declined to comment.
Deadline is hearing the the situation is “status quo” regarding Skydance’s pursuit of the media company, which was first reported in Deadline in early December, and there’s a way to go in clinching a deal for the ultimate prize, Paramount Global.
National Amusements controls about 80% of Paramount Global’s voting stock. Ellison is mainly interested in the studio but Paramount won’t sell its crown jewel alone. Acquiring Redstone’s Nai stake would be cheaper than buying the entire company outright. The idea is that Ellison would merge Skydance and Paramount and look to divest the company’s other assets.
Warner Bros. Discovery...
- 1/25/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
As my colleague Anthony D’Alessandro has noted, the domestic movie box office, starved of product by overlapping strikes, will likely be trimmed by a billion dollars in 2024.
So here’s question worth pondering: Would the film industry be healthier if most of that pruning occurred at the very top?
There’s a case to be made.
One of the more noticeable distortions to accompany the simultaneous arrival of Covid lockdowns and a streaming revolution in the last few years was the acceleration of a trend toward extreme top-loading at the box office.
In 2023, the three top-grossing films were Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with about $1.6 billion in ticket sales among them. Figuring the year’s box office take at roughly $9 billion, by Anthony’s early estimate, just three films accounted for 17.8 percent of the domestic theatrical total.
To put this in perspective, that figure...
So here’s question worth pondering: Would the film industry be healthier if most of that pruning occurred at the very top?
There’s a case to be made.
One of the more noticeable distortions to accompany the simultaneous arrival of Covid lockdowns and a streaming revolution in the last few years was the acceleration of a trend toward extreme top-loading at the box office.
In 2023, the three top-grossing films were Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with about $1.6 billion in ticket sales among them. Figuring the year’s box office take at roughly $9 billion, by Anthony’s early estimate, just three films accounted for 17.8 percent of the domestic theatrical total.
To put this in perspective, that figure...
- 1/2/2024
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
On September 20, 2023, “American Horror Story: Delicate” premiered on FX, receiving predominantly positive reviews from critics and an 86% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The 12th cycle of the franchise is based on Danielle Valentine‘s “Delicate Condition,” and follows an actress desiring to become pregnant who is convinced that there are forces conspiring against her.
Emma Roberts plays Anna Victoria Alcott and once again takes the lead in this series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. You can also keep an eye out for series regulars Billie Lourd, Denis O’Hare and Leslie Grossman. Newcomers include Matt Czuchry, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Cara Delevingne, Julie White and Maaz Ali — but of course everyone is talking about Kim Kardashian channeling her inner Kris Jenner as Anna’s manager Siobhan Corbyn.
See ‘American Horror Story: Delicate’ cast photos for ‘AHS’ Season 12: Emma Roberts, Kim Kardashian …
Anthony D’Alessandro of Deadline says, “American Horror...
Emma Roberts plays Anna Victoria Alcott and once again takes the lead in this series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. You can also keep an eye out for series regulars Billie Lourd, Denis O’Hare and Leslie Grossman. Newcomers include Matt Czuchry, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Cara Delevingne, Julie White and Maaz Ali — but of course everyone is talking about Kim Kardashian channeling her inner Kris Jenner as Anna’s manager Siobhan Corbyn.
See ‘American Horror Story: Delicate’ cast photos for ‘AHS’ Season 12: Emma Roberts, Kim Kardashian …
Anthony D’Alessandro of Deadline says, “American Horror...
- 9/22/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Last week we brought you news of which A-listers would and wouldn’t be attending Venice. This week, the Toronto talent picture is taking shape ahead of its September 7th kick off.
Among actors we understand will be at the strike-impacted festival this year thanks to interim agreements are Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson (who also produces) for Daddio, Finn Wolfhard (who also co-directs) and some of his co-stars in Hell Of A Summer, Viggo Mortensen (who also directs and produces) for The Dead Don’t Hurt, and Maya Hawke and Laura Linney for Wildcat.
Among those likely to make the trip are Nicolas Cage for A24’s Dream Scenario, which we gather is close to finalising an interim agreement, and Jessica Chastain for Michel Franco’s Memory, which also quietly secured an Ia. Memory is playing at Venice before its Toronto screening and Chastain and co-star Peter Sarsgaard are...
Among actors we understand will be at the strike-impacted festival this year thanks to interim agreements are Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson (who also produces) for Daddio, Finn Wolfhard (who also co-directs) and some of his co-stars in Hell Of A Summer, Viggo Mortensen (who also directs and produces) for The Dead Don’t Hurt, and Maya Hawke and Laura Linney for Wildcat.
Among those likely to make the trip are Nicolas Cage for A24’s Dream Scenario, which we gather is close to finalising an interim agreement, and Jessica Chastain for Michel Franco’s Memory, which also quietly secured an Ia. Memory is playing at Venice before its Toronto screening and Chastain and co-star Peter Sarsgaard are...
- 8/30/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome back, Insiders. Jesse Whittock with you this week to look back on the last seven days in international film and TV. Here we go. Also, sign up for the Insider newsletter here.
SAG-AFTRA Strike Looms
Clock’s ticking: Time is running out for SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP to strike a new deal and avoid an actors strike before the current contract runs out today, though our U.S. colleagues Dominic Patten and Anthony D’Alessandro revealed on Wednesday talks may extend to next week or even later. Fingers remain crossed at these signs of progress. Negotiations are at a critical stage, with more than 1,000 actors, including Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep, signing a letter stating they are “prepared to strike.” In Europe, producers, studios, networks and actors have been peering pensively across the pond. Unions in English-speaking countries appear less prepared to act in solidarity with their U.S.
SAG-AFTRA Strike Looms
Clock’s ticking: Time is running out for SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP to strike a new deal and avoid an actors strike before the current contract runs out today, though our U.S. colleagues Dominic Patten and Anthony D’Alessandro revealed on Wednesday talks may extend to next week or even later. Fingers remain crossed at these signs of progress. Negotiations are at a critical stage, with more than 1,000 actors, including Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep, signing a letter stating they are “prepared to strike.” In Europe, producers, studios, networks and actors have been peering pensively across the pond. Unions in English-speaking countries appear less prepared to act in solidarity with their U.S.
- 6/30/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Digital and social media marketing chiefs of major studios said today they’re really hoping the threat of a U.S. government ban on Tiktok never materializes, so crucial has the platform become to launching films. They’d also like Elon Musk-owned Twitter to get itself together, since that’s also a key platform for Hollywood.
“I don’t personally think that TikTok is going to go away, at least not anytime soon in the U.S., said Alex Sanger, EVP, Digital Marketing, Universal Pictures at a CinemaCon panel today hosted by Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro.
“We’ve been using TikTok since it was called Musical.ly,” he said. It was important then, “During the pandemic it became even more important, and it just continues to be so. We find it to be a viable platform for basically every one of our films. M3GAN was certainly one of those.
“I don’t personally think that TikTok is going to go away, at least not anytime soon in the U.S., said Alex Sanger, EVP, Digital Marketing, Universal Pictures at a CinemaCon panel today hosted by Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro.
“We’ve been using TikTok since it was called Musical.ly,” he said. It was important then, “During the pandemic it became even more important, and it just continues to be so. We find it to be a viable platform for basically every one of our films. M3GAN was certainly one of those.
- 4/24/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Labor Day weekend saw blockbusters old and new buoyed by cheap tickets, as was a limited openings like Saloum with multiple sold out screenings at two theaters, including every showtime on Saturday.
Over 3,000 theaters, including IFC Center and Alamo Drafthouse LA, where the French-Senegalese indie film began a qualifying run, offered 3 tickets for National Cinema Day. The promotional event is seeing preliminary box office returns of 24.3 million dollars for Saturday, according to Comscore. That’s 9 ahead of the preceding Saturday, even with discounted admissions, but strongly favored re-releases from Spider Man: No Way Home from last year to Jaws, from 1979, and tentpoles that have been in theaters for weeks and months led by Top Gun: Maverick. The box office was up 100 on Saturday from Friday but skewed heavily to its top ten titles.
Those did not include Focus Features’ Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul., which opened on 1,880 screens and simultaneously on streamer Peacock,...
Over 3,000 theaters, including IFC Center and Alamo Drafthouse LA, where the French-Senegalese indie film began a qualifying run, offered 3 tickets for National Cinema Day. The promotional event is seeing preliminary box office returns of 24.3 million dollars for Saturday, according to Comscore. That’s 9 ahead of the preceding Saturday, even with discounted admissions, but strongly favored re-releases from Spider Man: No Way Home from last year to Jaws, from 1979, and tentpoles that have been in theaters for weeks and months led by Top Gun: Maverick. The box office was up 100 on Saturday from Friday but skewed heavily to its top ten titles.
Those did not include Focus Features’ Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul., which opened on 1,880 screens and simultaneously on streamer Peacock,...
- 9/5/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Contradicting Alec Baldwin’s prior claims, the FBI forensic report on the Rust fatal shooting case claims that the gun used in the accident could not have been fired without pulling the trigger.
Baldwin, the film’s producer and lead actor, shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set last year. He said he believed he was handling a “cold gun” without live ammunition. However, when the gun fired, a live bullet struck Hutchins, killing her. The film’s director, Joel Souza, was also wounded in the shooting.
The FBI’s accidental discharge testing determined that .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver needed a trigger pull to fire.
With the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger,” the report stated.
It added that the gun could not detonate “without a pull of the trigger...
Baldwin, the film’s producer and lead actor, shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set last year. He said he believed he was handling a “cold gun” without live ammunition. However, when the gun fired, a live bullet struck Hutchins, killing her. The film’s director, Joel Souza, was also wounded in the shooting.
The FBI’s accidental discharge testing determined that .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver needed a trigger pull to fire.
With the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger,” the report stated.
It added that the gun could not detonate “without a pull of the trigger...
- 8/13/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Palisades Media Group, a multi-faceted agency based in Santa Monica and known in entertainment circles for its marketing work on behalf of Netflix, has abruptly closed after 26 years in business. According to multiple sources, agency employees came to work Friday and an email was sent out early in the morning informing them that all offices of the company would be closing, effective immediately. Staffers are being paid through today and are getting one-third of their accrued vacation pay, a person close to the situation said, with no severance or extended health insurance coverage. Given agencies’ role as intermediaries in the ad business, often receiving funds from clients and placing orders with platforms carrying brand messages, the sudden move stunned many players in the ad community. It leaves questions about the fate of the marketing budgets Palisades controlled, some of which reached into the millions of dollars. Palisades owner and...
- 7/16/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Editor’s Note: The Deadline Watchlist is a feature spotlighting small screen specials, events and can’t-miss episodes of ongoing series each week.
1. Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony: After 17 days of competition and controversy, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics come to an end at the same venue where they officially began, the Bird’s Nest. The likely close to two-hour Closing Ceremony will feature the traditional parade of flags, a medal ceremony for the final event, a plethora of athletes, some host chest beating, and the Olympic flag being passed on to the Mayors of Milan and Cortina-d’Ampezzo, the Italian cities hosting the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. And, of course, there will be fireworks. – Tom Tapp
Feb, 20, NBC Peacock and NBCOlympics.com, 4 Am Pt.
2. Walking Dead Final Season Returns: Technically, the second part of the 11th and final season of the zombie apocalypse series debuted on February 13 on streamer AMC+. However, for...
1. Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony: After 17 days of competition and controversy, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics come to an end at the same venue where they officially began, the Bird’s Nest. The likely close to two-hour Closing Ceremony will feature the traditional parade of flags, a medal ceremony for the final event, a plethora of athletes, some host chest beating, and the Olympic flag being passed on to the Mayors of Milan and Cortina-d’Ampezzo, the Italian cities hosting the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. And, of course, there will be fireworks. – Tom Tapp
Feb, 20, NBC Peacock and NBCOlympics.com, 4 Am Pt.
2. Walking Dead Final Season Returns: Technically, the second part of the 11th and final season of the zombie apocalypse series debuted on February 13 on streamer AMC+. However, for...
- 2/16/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Editor’s Note: Debuting today & distinct from TV reviews & breaking news, The Deadline Watchlist is a feature spotlighting small screen specials, events and can’t-miss episodes of ongoing series each week.
1. Super Bowl Lvi Halftime Show: Yes, there is a little NFL game on this weekend, but real history will be made in the Pepsi-sponsored Halftime show as hip hop royalty Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and queen Mary J Blige team up to show everyone how it is done. With the L.A. Rams battling it out for glory with the Cincinnati Bengals at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium, expect some literal and figurative California Love in the 12-minute show, a boatload of hits, some poignant shout outs and that Tupac hologram (maybe). – Dominic Patten
Feb, 13, NBC, approximately 5 Pm Pt
2. The Book Of Boba Fett Season 1 Finale: It’s all been leading up to this — Boba Fett...
1. Super Bowl Lvi Halftime Show: Yes, there is a little NFL game on this weekend, but real history will be made in the Pepsi-sponsored Halftime show as hip hop royalty Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and queen Mary J Blige team up to show everyone how it is done. With the L.A. Rams battling it out for glory with the Cincinnati Bengals at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium, expect some literal and figurative California Love in the 12-minute show, a boatload of hits, some poignant shout outs and that Tupac hologram (maybe). – Dominic Patten
Feb, 13, NBC, approximately 5 Pm Pt
2. The Book Of Boba Fett Season 1 Finale: It’s all been leading up to this — Boba Fett...
- 2/9/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Friday Update: What the House of Atreides lacks in spice, it’s making up for at the foreign box office with sheer American dollars during the pandemic. Deadline has learned that the Legendary-Warner Bros. sci-fi epic Dune has risen to $8.4M through its first two days at the overseas box office from 17 markets. On Thursday alone, the film collected $4.9M.
The Denis Villeneuve-directed reboot of the Frank Herbert novel added 12 markets Thursday on top of Wednesday’s five. And keep in mind, Dune is purely theatrical overseas; it will not debut day-and-date on HBO Max, which is currently in Latin America and rolling out in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra on Oct. 26.
Of note for Dune: The ensemble feature gave Russia its best opening day of the year with $1.4M while Italy, hot off the pic’s premiere in Venice, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation,...
The Denis Villeneuve-directed reboot of the Frank Herbert novel added 12 markets Thursday on top of Wednesday’s five. And keep in mind, Dune is purely theatrical overseas; it will not debut day-and-date on HBO Max, which is currently in Latin America and rolling out in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra on Oct. 26.
Of note for Dune: The ensemble feature gave Russia its best opening day of the year with $1.4M while Italy, hot off the pic’s premiere in Venice, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation,...
- 9/17/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles County officially will move into the state’s less-restrictive “Red” tier Monday, with the state achieving a milestone of 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in hard-hit communities and triggering an easing of requirements for counties to advance in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s economic-reopening blueprint.
L.A. County officials said the move out of the Purple tier and into Red will be effective at 12:01 a.m. Monday, meaning indoor dining can return and movie theaters and indoor fitness centers can reopen, all at limited capacity.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Thursday that the news announced by Newsom a day earlier that movie theaters can open indoors at 25% capacity “with reserved seating only where each group is seated with at least 6 feet of distance in all directions between any other groups.” But Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer was unsure whether the vaccination milestone would be...
L.A. County officials said the move out of the Purple tier and into Red will be effective at 12:01 a.m. Monday, meaning indoor dining can return and movie theaters and indoor fitness centers can reopen, all at limited capacity.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Thursday that the news announced by Newsom a day earlier that movie theaters can open indoors at 25% capacity “with reserved seating only where each group is seated with at least 6 feet of distance in all directions between any other groups.” But Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer was unsure whether the vaccination milestone would be...
- 3/12/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Like the title suggests, Promising Young Woman brought a glimmer of promise to the specialty box office space. The Emerald Fennell-directed dramatic thriller starring Carey Mulligan debuted in 1,310 theaters in North America on December 25 earning an estimated $680K.
Since making its world premiere at Sundance, the film has been getting tons of buzz and acclaim. Currently sitting at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, Promising Young Woman has — and still is — gearing up for awards season. Last week, the LA Films Critics Association awarded Mulligan with a Best Actress honor while Fennell nabbed Best Screenplay. This could very well be a forecast of what’s to come.
“We’re thrilled critics and audiences alike have championed the film, Carey, and Emerald’s genre-defying, ferocious story,” said Focus president of distribution Lisa Bunnell in a statement. “We’ve been waiting since its electrifying premiere at Sundance last year for audiences to discover Promising Young Woman...
Since making its world premiere at Sundance, the film has been getting tons of buzz and acclaim. Currently sitting at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, Promising Young Woman has — and still is — gearing up for awards season. Last week, the LA Films Critics Association awarded Mulligan with a Best Actress honor while Fennell nabbed Best Screenplay. This could very well be a forecast of what’s to come.
“We’re thrilled critics and audiences alike have championed the film, Carey, and Emerald’s genre-defying, ferocious story,” said Focus president of distribution Lisa Bunnell in a statement. “We’ve been waiting since its electrifying premiere at Sundance last year for audiences to discover Promising Young Woman...
- 12/27/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Dave McNary, the veteran film reporter who covered the industry for more then two decades at Variety and was a friend to many of us at Deadline, has died at 69. His wife, Sharon McNary, veteran journalist and Kpcc-fm infrastructure correspondent, confirmed the news on Saturday morning.
McNary suffered a stroke on December 19 and was rushed to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, passing away from complications.
McNary started his long career at Variety in 1999, where he covered everything from the Guilds to various studios, including Warner Bros. Many of us at Deadline had the opportunity to work side by side with Dave over the years, including Ted Johnson, Anthony D’Alessandro, Mike Fleming, and Peter Bart, the long-time Editor-In-Chief at Variety, who hired McNary in 1999.
“Dave McNary epitomized the passionate newsman,” Bart said. “He loved breaking stories. And he was meticulously fair minded, for example, when covering the battles of the Writers Guild,...
McNary suffered a stroke on December 19 and was rushed to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, passing away from complications.
McNary started his long career at Variety in 1999, where he covered everything from the Guilds to various studios, including Warner Bros. Many of us at Deadline had the opportunity to work side by side with Dave over the years, including Ted Johnson, Anthony D’Alessandro, Mike Fleming, and Peter Bart, the long-time Editor-In-Chief at Variety, who hired McNary in 1999.
“Dave McNary epitomized the passionate newsman,” Bart said. “He loved breaking stories. And he was meticulously fair minded, for example, when covering the battles of the Writers Guild,...
- 12/26/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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