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EXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Roadside Attractions has taken North American to the TIFF critically acclaimed Gia Coppola directed movie The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson in a career defining lead role. The movie, which is a great 84% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with critics, takes…

EXCLUSIVE: In a wide open awards year, it has been surprising to see the Forrest Gump reunion Here barely get a mention on recent Oscar prediction lists and on betting websites. Multiple distributors I’ve spoken to who have seen the ambitious Robert Zemeckis movie are fans. One told me it’s a…

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Television has closed a first-look deal with Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance and their Bassett Vance Productions to develop and executive produce comedy, drama, limited series and TV movies for linear networks and streamers, with an emphasis on platforms across Disney Entertainment…

EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto Film Festival film deals are beginning to trickle in after a slow start. Deadline hears that A24 is acquiring U.S. distribution on Friendship, the comedy from writer-director Andrew DeYoung that stars Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. Sources place the deal in the seven figures. In…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has won an auction for the Stephen Chbosky-directed comedy Nonnas in a deal Deadline hears is $20 million-plus for worldwide rights. Several bidders were in the mix on a film that had been invited to be part of the Toronto International Film Festival slate. That has changed and the film…

EXCLUSIVE: Charise Castro Smith (Encanto) has signed an overall deal with 20th Television. Under the multi-year pact, she will develop, write and executive produce original series for linear networks and streamers with a focus on the Disney Entertainment Television platforms. Castro Smith has Confessi…

Netflix has snapped up U.S. rights to Maria, the biopic of opera singer Maria Callas, teaming Spencer helmer Pablo Larraín and Angelina Jolie, which is premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival. This is Netflix’s second film with Larraín directing following last year’s El Conde, which received…

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has inked a strategic partnership with Artists For Artists, the production company of Kenan Thompson & John Ryan Jr., spanning production, management, endorsements, and more. Under the partnership, Range will co-produce projects with Thompson, Ryan and AFA, also…

Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have taken North America to the Nicolas Cage feature The Surfer which received a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes following its midnight section premiere. A 2025 theatrical release is planned. Related Stories …

Fresh off its stellar box office for Osgood Perkins horror Longlegs, Neon has acquired worldwide rights to the upcoming documentary-found footage crossover Shelby Oaks, written and directed by filmmaker and YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann. Stuckmann’s debut film will have its world premiere at…

Kristen Stewart is getting into business with Fremantle. The Oscar-nominated Spencer star’s Nevermind Pictures, which she runs with Dylan Meyer and Maggie McLean, has struck a first-look deal with the super-indie, which will become the primary home for its film and TV projects. Nevermind launched…

EXCLUSIVE: Jessi Klein has signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under the pact, the TV writer-producer, author and comedian will develop and produce scripted series for cable and streaming platforms. Klein, who helped develop Chappelle’s Show as an executive at Comedy…