Usman Riaz’s ‘The Glassworker’ Contends For Best Animated Feature At Academy Awards, Bringing Pakistani Animation To Global Stage

Watch on Deadline I love the craft of 2D animation, says Riaz, specifically hand-drawn animation. I was the youngest TED fellow ever selected, and got to speak, perform and showcase my work. That opened up a lot of possibilities for me. ‘The Glassworker’Mano Animation Studios I have all of Miyazakis and Takahatas storyboards and art books and have studied them. I had to do that to ensure that the work reached a certain standard....

January 8, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Jill Terrell

Warner Bros Massive Shake-Up: Marketing Boss Josh Goldstine & Int’l Distribution Chief Andrew Cripps Exiting; Jeff Goldstein To Oversee Global Distribution

Global Marketing czarJosh Goldstineand International Distribution bossAndrew Cripps. Box Office Finals At $8.7 Billion: How The Studios Stand Whats going on? Meanwhile, Dana Nussbaum and Christian Davin are taking over global marketing duties in the interim. Josh Goldstine and Andrew CrippsWarner Bros. John Stanford, currently EVP of Creative Advertising, will be the interim head of theatrical creative advertising. She has a track record for creating impactful noise in a cluttered marketplace....

January 8, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Ruben Jackson

Which Side Are You On? Oscar Contender ‘Union’ Chronicles A Yearlong Struggle At Amazon Warehouse

Watch on Deadline I have a longstanding interest in labor, Story shares. My first film had been about a petrochemical town in distress. They were complaining about productivity quotas. ‘Union’Level Ground Productions Embedding with the AWU over the course of a year entailed a similar degree of trust-building and duty-of-care. Amazon workers felt this very dire, existential squeeze; there was not much else they could lose. People always wonder, How do these grassroots movements emerge and generate so much momentum and energy?...

January 8, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Mary Edwards

Wildfires Shutter Handful Of Los Angeles Cinemas, Weekend Box Office To Be Impacted

The Pacific Palisades wildfire had led to roughly ten cinema closures in Los Angeles, the nations No. 1 box office capital. Reopening dates are TBD. The Bay Theater, owned by Caruso Properties, and operated by Netflix, was situated in the midst of the Pacific Palisades fire. Distribution sources tell Deadline the property was spared.AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images The cinemas website reads that the Bay Theatre is currently closed due to the fires....

January 8, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Christine Jackson

‘Better Man’ LA Premiere Among Cancellations Due To Wildfire

Paramount has cancelled their Wednesday night LA premiere for the Robbie Williams biopicBetter Man. The Michael Gracey directed movie follows the crazy life of British pop star Robbie Williams. The movie begins its wide break this Friday in about 1,200 runs. BETTER MAN, Jonno Davies as Robbie Williams, 2024. © Paramount Pictures /Courtesy Everett CollectionParamount Pictures In the movie, Williams is portrayed by a CGI monkey. Critics dig at 90% certified fresh with an audience score of 96%....

January 8, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Connie Martin

‘Fallout’ Production Restart Pushed Due To Dangerous SoCal Weather

Season 2 has been slated to resume production after a holiday break tomorrow, Wednesday, I hear. Instead, the restart of production has been tentatively rescheduled for Friday as a precaution. Santa Clarita is known for being among the windiest parts of the Los Angeles area. Walton Goggins as The Ghoul in ‘Fallout’Prime Video Watch on Deadline Related Stories L.A. As Deadline reported exclusively in November, Macaulay Culkin joined Season 2 as a recurring....

January 8, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Brittany Kidd

‘Friday Night Lights’ Alum Taylor Kitsch Says He’s “Been Asked” To Be Part Of Peacock’s Reboot

Taylor Kitschmight be ready to relive some memories and reprise hisFriday Night Lightsrole in Peacocks upcoming reboot. Id go and have fun but I dont want to lead an FNL reboot or anything. I love the continuously challenging roles and to keep pushing. Taylor KitschTheo Wargo / Getty Images / Paul Drinkwater / NBC / Courtesy: Everett Collection Kitsch played Tim Riggins throughout the shows five-season run. I would do that....

January 8, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Kevin Scott

‘Stereophonic’ Recoups Broadway Investment, Sets West End Engagement And U.S. Tour

Casting for the productions has not been announced. (Previews began April 2, 2024.) The Broadway productions capitalization has been reported as up to $4.8 million. ‘Stereophonic’ Broadway castJulieta Cervantes Additional cities, dates, and ticket on sale dates will be announced soon. Recently, Concord Theatricals secured exclusive worldwide secondary English-language stage licensing rights for its Samuel French imprint.

January 8, 2025 · 1 min · 57 words · John Cortez

‘The Girl With The Needle’s Magnus Von Horn On Fear As “Creative Fuel”, Period Piece’s Current Resonance And Influences Of ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘The Exorcist’ & More – Q&A

It follows Karoline (Sonne), a young factory worker struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen. Deadlinesreviewcalled the film an unequivocal and beguiling triumph. And what about the story grabbed you? Getty/Mubi So it was supported by Denmark, and was always meant to be a Danish film… It just makes me a better filmmaker. But before that, one part of me always wanted to make a horror film. When I heard about this, it was something that scared me....

January 8, 2025 · 3 min · 627 words · Jacob Richard

‘The Wild Robot’ Director Chris Sanders On Finding Roz’s “Engineered Optimism” And The Right “Painterly” Style

When directorChris Sandersdecided to take onThe Wild Robot, the script had been at DreamWorksAnimationfor a few years. DreamWorks made some incredible advances in getting a more illustrated style up on the screen, he says. We leveraged off of that to see how much further we could push that look. ‘The Wild Robot’DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Related Stories ‘Despicable Me 4’ Helps Franchise Make History And Is No. Where did the idea for that come from?...

January 8, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Laura Berry

“Heart-Wrenching To Witness”: Mark Hamill & Mandy Moore Among Hollywood Stars Evacuating As Palisades Wildfire Rages

In an Instagram post, he added it was the most horrific blaze since the Kinneloa Fire of 1993. This included scenes of flames licking his homes decking and rampaging through the house of a neighbor. I couldnt believe our lovely little home in the hills held on this long. A view of the Palisades fire from the California Incline in Santa MonicaGetty It feels like losing a loved one, he said....

January 8, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Daniel Cortez

After Reimagining ‘Deal Or No Deal’ & ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’, Endemol Shine Enrolls In ‘Star Academy’

I have an amazing team and what we were able to accomplish in 2024 was massive. We had a great year and I attribute that to first class creative. Now, are people handing out orders like its a fire sale at Neimans? Deal Or No Deal Island, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Star AcademyCourtesy of NBC, ABC, Banijay Levy said that Shearer and Teplin bring such a fresh feel to that show....

January 7, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Mr. Caleb Villegas

Amy Adams’ Bond Group, Linden Productions, 51 Entertainment And Seaview Adapting Eliza Kennedy’s ‘Lucky Night’ For The Stage

Kennedy will adopt the novel as an original play. But of course, thats not what they get. As they barely get settled in a new luxury Manhattan hotel, a smoke alarm goes off. Eliza KennedyBeowulf Sheehan The reality of their situation becomes apparent, and all their secrets, evasions and regrets come spilling out. Her nonfiction and essays have appeared in theNew York Times,Glamour,Real SimpleandCosmopolitan. Linden Productions produced David Adjmis acclaimedStereophonic, which took home five Tony Awards including Best Play....

January 7, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Maria Steele