Deadline sat down with some of the industry’s biggest directors that got their start at the Sundance Film Festival, a list that includes Gina Prince-Bythewood, Ava DuVernay, Rian Johnson, Siân Heder, Todd Field, Karyn Kusama, Lee Isaac Chung and more. They discussed their first experiences at the festival, what it means to them and how it was instrumental in launching their careers.
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYESection: PremieresDirector: Andrew StantonScreenwriter: Colby DaySynopsis: In the Blink of an Eye is a triptych that contemplates the essence of humanity throughout time. In the distant past, a Neanderthal family (Jorge Vargas, Tanaya Beatty), displaced from their home, struggles to…
Starz has acquired Rebecca Hall-starring BBC series The Listeners.
Produced by Normal People maker Element Pictures, directed by Janicza Bravo and adapted from the Jordan Tannahill novel, The Listeners follows an English teacher called Claire (Hall) who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one…
FRANK & LOUISSection: Premieres
Director: Petra Volpe
Screenwriter: Petra Volpe, Esther Bernstorff
Logline: Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for aging inmates with Alzheimer's and dementia. What begins as a self-interested bid for parole becomes a profound…
UNION COUNTYSection: U.S. Dramatic Competition
Director: Adam Meeks
Screenwriter: Adam Meeks
Logline: Assigned to a county-mandated drug court program, Cody Parsons embarks on the tenuous journey toward recovery amid the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio.
Panelists: Will Poulter…
ZISection: NEXT
Director: Kogonada
Screenwriter: Kogonada
Logline: In Hong Kong, a young woman haunted by visions of her future self meets a stranger who changes the course of her night — and possibly her life.
Panelists: Koganada, Haley Lu Richardson, Michelle Mao, Jin Ha
Pr…
Former Paramount Global co-CEO Brian Robbins has opened the doors on Big Shot Pictures, a next generation animation company dedicated to family fare. Big Shot secured around $100M in investment from Greycroft, Sony Pictures, MarcyPen Capital Partners, ValueAct Capital, and CAA. We told you that Robbins…
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu announced on Tuesday that its first comedy special from Nikki Glaser will premiere on Friday, April 24.
Titled Nikki Glaser: Good Girl, the hour-long Hularious special was shot in in front of a sold-out crowd at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Glaser’s hometown of St. Louis.
“I…
The screenplays from Oscar contenders Sinners, One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Marty Supreme are among the movie nominees revealed Tuesday for the 2026 Writers Guild Awards.
On the TV side, Apple TV’s Pluribus scored a leading four nominations from the guild, for Drama Series, New Series and a…
UPDATE, with Kennedy Center response: Composer and pianist Philip Glass is the latest artist to sever ties with the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. over the institution’s take-over by President Donald Trump.
Glass’ new symphony titled “Lincoln,” or Symphony No. 15, was set to premiere at the…
The Late Showis coming to an end, and the goodbye party now has a date.
The Stephen Colbert-hosted late-night show will end on Thursday, May 21, Deadline has confirmed.
CBS always said that the series, which has been running since 1993, was going to end in May after it emerged the franchise w…
EXCLUSIVE: Halle Berry and Holly Jeter’s HalleHolly has assembled a film and TV slate that includes a number of projects with high-profile auspices and IP involved. The Oscar winner is attached to star in most of them.
They include The President is Missing, based on Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s…
Marvel fans got their first look at Krysten Ritter’s return to the MCU in the trailer for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 on Tuesday.
The trailer, which was also accompanied by several stills from the upcoming season that are embedded below, sets the stage for what appears to be an all-out war between…
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