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DEADLINE: How did you get involved withOh, Canada? Im so glad I did. I love Paul Schrader. Richard Gere and Uma Thurman in ‘Oh, Canada’Oh, Canada LLC THURMAN:No, I didnt know him. I mean, Ive certainly been in a room with him here or there. But no, I didnt know him. Uma Thurman at theCannes Film FestivalRocco Spanziani/Archivio Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images Now I do, and Im all the better for it....

EXCLUSIVE: The novelNext to Heavenhit the market this week. The TV deal has just closed, and the publishing deal will be next. They will produce with Entertainment 360s Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones). Getty Images Schaefermost recently ran New Regencyand producedThe Martian. Actually, this was not like cracking the case of the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping. Lit scouts who read the novel quickly deciphered the mystery. James Frey (Getty Images)Getty Images...

Deadlines Pete Hammond said Miller had perhaps given birth to the greatestMaxyet, a wheels-up, rock-and-rolling epic. Pete was one of many to praise the cast, production design and visuals. Shout-out to action designer Guy Norris and his team, who show the need for a stunts Oscar. Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’Warner Bros you could check out hisreview here. Below are a spread weve collated from across the globe....

Russian directorKirill SerebrennikovtoCannesthis year with his fourth film in Competition and his first in English. Goodness… A long time ago now! Anyway, it got sent to me, and then I had a couple of Zoom meetings with Kirill. Ben Whishaw inBad Behaviour.AHI Films/Everett Collection And kind of terrifying, honestly, at the same time. DEADLINE: What most appealed to you about this character? WHISHAW: Well, he was many things, I guess, which is the point....

He then introduced those around him including his granddaughter and son and collaborator Roman Coppola and sister Talia Shire. Sweeney and Dustin Hoffman. Producers are Fred Roos, Barry Hirsch and Michael Bederman. (L-R) D. B. Sweeney, Grace VanderWaal, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Francis Ford Coppola, Romy Croquet Mars, Adam Driver, Kathryn Hunter, Laurence Fishburne and Chloe Fineman on the Cannes red carpet ThursdayMichael Buckner for Deadline EPs are Anahid Nazarian, Barrie Osborne and Darren Demetre....

After months of speculation, the critical book has finally been opened on Francis Ford CoppolasMegalopolis. Predominantly positive, with some very high highs and inevitably a few low lows. Below, we run through some of the first reactions. Adam Driver in ‘Megalopolis’American Zoetrope/Mihai Malaimare Deadlines Damon Wisepraised the movie, calling it a mad modern masterwork that reinvents the possibilities of cinema. It is a true modern masterwork of the kind that outrages with its sheer audacity....

But there was no room for one of the networks longest-running hits,Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Its tenth season premiered in October and recently wrapped a 20-episode order. If there is a new season ofPenn & Teller, thatll be top of 2025, he said. Penn & Teller: Fool Us & FBoy IslandThe CW One of our priorities is trying to find something behind it, something to pair with that. FBoy Islandwas one of The CWs biggest bets in unscripted....

His eventual demise, though inevitable, is barely shown, denying the audience any real sense of horror. The local diner, filled with suspicious characters, sets the stage for what is to come. As they leave, their car mysteriously refuses to start. Froy Gutierrez and Madelaine Petsch in ‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’Photo Credit: John Armour for Lionsgate In the middle of the woods, the cabins eerie isolation is immediately apparent. When Ryan leaves to get food, Maya is left alone to face the escalating terror....

ABC Newsplans to make its coverage of the secondpresidential debatein September available to other networks for simulcast. The data pipe announced today that it will host a debate between PresidentJoe Bidenand former PresidentDonald Trumpon Sept. 10. For both networks, the debates are likely to be ratings blockbusters, showcasing their top talent and personalities. Donald Trump and Joe Biden during their second debate in 2020.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Rather, a feed was made widely available to networks and streaming services....

The audience is very similar. The median age for ad-lite is 39, one of the youngest in our portfolio. In its first-quarter earnings report last week, WBD said it had 99.6 million paying customers in streaming. Examples of “in-front” and “pause” ads on MaxWarner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels said the DTC segment is beginning to scale nicely, in part due to ads. By the end of 2023, about half of all net new subscriptions were to the advertising tier....

Now President Biden says there are two. Thats the earliest general election debate in a presidential campaign ever. Less than 45 minutes after the CNN announcement, Biden said there is a second debate coming in September. Joe Biden and Donald Trump at the final 2020 debate.Photo by Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images Ill bring my plane, too. I plan on keeping it for another four years. Trump has accepted the invite to the second debate too, calling it a great honor....

I dont know how theyre going to do it. They have an idea. Watch on Deadline Of course I want to do it. Meryl Streep at the opening ceremony at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival, ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’Getty/Everett I think folks love it, she added. Her longtime agent, CAAs Kevin Huvane, seated next to her, cautioned, Were optimistic about it. And he noted Universals keenness to get it made....

Deadline caught up with Artistic DirectorAva Cahenon the eve of the 63rd edition. How was it this year? AVA CAHEN:We always put the counters back to zero. Ava Cahen, Cannes Critics' Week Artistic Director© Aurélie Lamachère So everything felt new, even if its my third year. We received a few more films than normal and screened 1,050 features. Its hard when youve only got 11 slots. Adam Bessa in Critics Week opener ‘Ghost Trail....