Justin Kroll

EXCLUSIVE: The new 28 Years Later trilogy from director Danny Boyle and Sony Pictures is gaining momentum, and some serious star power. Sources tell Deadline that Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes have boarded the first pic, a sequel to the original 28 Days Later. Boyle is directing the first movie from a script […]

EXCLUSIVE: With his series Baby Reindeer becoming a massive hit for Netflix, Richard Gadd has signed with UTA for representation. Gadd created, wrote all episodes and stars in the new Netflix series Baby Reindeer. Based on his one-man breakout play about his complex experience with a stalker, the series debuted this month to critical acclaim […]

Watch Latin American Music Awards EXCLUSIVE: Kim Kardashian‘s foray into film and TV continues with another high-profile sale, this one hitting close to home for the reality star and entrepreneur. After a competitive bidding that went through the week, sources tell Deadline that Netflix has landed for development Calabasas, a TV series which Kardashian is […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and newcomer Lucy Thomas have joined the cast of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which will star Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell and be directed by Kogonada. Sony Pictures will release the Imperative Entertainment and 30West’s romance film in theaters globally. The script is written by Seth Reiss. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino’s movies are always full of surprises, and here is one about The Movie Critic we did not expect. Deadline can reveal that Tarantino has dropped the film as his 10th and final project. He simply changed his mind, Deadline has been told. Tarantino was going to have Brad Pitt as the principal […]

One of Hollywood’s busiest rising stars just added another big role to his future dance card. Glen Powell is set to star in Paramount’s The Running Man reboot for Paramount Pictures. Edgar Wright will direct and produce with his producing partner Nira Park and Simon Kinberg. Based on the novel of the same name by […]

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films has landed global rights to the feature documentary Bread & Roses, the acclaimed 2023 Cannes Film Festival selection revealing the powerful resistance of Afghan women against the Taliban. The film, directed by Sahra Mani (A Thousand Girls Like Me), is produced by Excellent Cadaver’s Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi, alongside Nobel […]

EXCLUSIVE: Noah Centineo, Taylor John Smith, Adain Bradley, Michael Gandolfini, Henrique Zaga and Evan Holtzman have joined the ensemble cast of A24’s Warfare, from Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. They join Charles Melton, ’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Cosmo Jarvis, Will Poulter and Finn Bennett. Garland and Mendoza are co-directing the project, their second […]

EXCLUSIVE: A major restructure is underway at Netflix as Deadline is hearing 15 people will be laid off as the company begins a reorganization of its film department. No names were given as to who would be let go, and sources say Netflix could potentially restock with new names, but insiders say new film studio […]

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment has acquired World Rally Vice champion Michèle Mouton’s life rights with plans to develop a biopic on her. Mouton’s life story caught the attention of Perfect Storm following the release of Drum Studio’s documentary The Queen of Speed, which won the International Emmy for Best Sports Documentary in 2022. […]

EXCLUSIVE: With the four actors set to play the iconic members of the super team, Marvel Studios‘ The Fantastic Four now has its sights set on who will play Silver Surfer, and it looks like they are going with one of the towns biggest rising stars. Sources tell Deadline that Emmy winner Julia Garner is […]

EXCLUSIVE: Mainstay Entertainment is producing a documentary on professional tennis player Aleksandra Krunic. Norman Aladjem and Madeleine Buisseret are producing for Mainstay along with sports documentarian Natalie Jowett, who wrote and directed an Emmy-winning documentary on the tragedy of the 1972 Munich Olympics and was nominated for an Emmy as a producer on the NFL […]

EXCLUSIVE: After strong start to 2024 with Masters of the Air and Dune Part 2, Oscar-nominee Austin Butler is looking to build on that success and is teaming up with another Oscar-nominated director. Sources tell Deadline, Butler is set to star in Academy Award nominee Darren Aronofsky’s (The Whale, Black Swan) crime thriller Caught Stealing […]

EXCLUSIVE: Following his breakout role in 1923, Brandon Sklenar looks to have found his next feature film project as he is set to join Christoper Landon’s film Drop from Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse. Meghann Fahy is also on board with Landon directing. The film’s logline is being kept under wraps, but it’s said to be […]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose is set to star in 87North’s With Love for Universal Pictures opposite Ke Huy Quan. Universal Pictures will release With Love wide on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. The film marks Quan’s first starring role since winning the Oscar for best supporting actor with 87North’s Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, who also […]

EXCLUSIVE: After coming together at warp speed over the past month, the Imagine Entertainment package After the Hunt from screenwriter Nora Garrett has landed at Amazon MGM Studios with Julia Roberts attached to star and Luca Guadagnino on board to direct, Deadline hears. Garrett penned the script, and Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum will produce […]

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive auction, Sony Pictures has landed the highly-coveted spec How To Save A Marriage from Ross Evans with Robert Pattinson on board to produce. Evans penned the script and Pattinson’s producing partner Brighton McCloskey via their Icki Eneo Arlo banner will join as producer along with Geoff Shaevitz and Evan Silverberg via […]

EXCLUSIVE: As she continues to build out her development slate when it comes to both acting and producing, Lily James looks to have found quite the high-profile pic to add to its dance card. Sources tell Deadline that 20th Century Studios and Ethea Entertainment, the production company formed by Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay, are […]

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off the success of his action pic The Beekeeper, David Ayer is continuing to stay busy. The director has signed on to helm Paramount Pictures’ Heart of the Beast. Damien Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton are producing under their Wild Chickens Productions banner as part of their first-look deal with the studio. Ayer and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Stupid Love directing duo, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are returning to their roots as the two have come on to direct the Sony pic Misadventure. Sources close to the project say it is very early development with Jimmy Miller producing. Ficarra and Requa will exec produce alongside their Zaftig Films producing partner […]