Barry Keoghan In Talks To Join Amazon MGM Studios Adaptation Of Don Winslow’s ‘Crime 101’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Kitano Takeshi, one of the biggest names in contemporary Japanese cinema, is directing an untitled movie for Amazon MGM Studios. Other details of the movie, such as cast and synopsis were also scant. Amazon said only that it, “will produce globally acclaimed Japanese director Takeshi Kitano’s feature film.

Selome Hailu Amazon MGM Studios has given a pilot order to “The Nightbeast,” a horror comedy starring Tatiana Maslany. In “The Nightbeast,” per the official logline, “a young mother unsatisfied with her seemingly perfect suburban life begins an affair with the boogeyman in her son’s closet — a surprisingly sexy man called the Nightbeast.

Tatiana Maslany is set to star in The Nightbeast, a pilot for Amazon MGM Studios from Leah Rachel (Chambers) and Travis Jackson (Hemlock Grove).

EXCLUSIVE: Milana Vayntrub has boarded the Amazon MGM Studios‘ upcoming movie Project Hail Mary, joining previously announced cast members Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller.

Latasha Gillespie is stepping down from her post as Global Head of DEIA for Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video effective August 29 after seven years at Amazon, the last five at the film and TV studio. She will be succeed by Amanda Baker-Lane, who has worked in the DEIA space for more than 14 years, the last 9 ½ of them in various roles at Amazon, most recently Head of DEIA Product and Strategy under Gillespie.

Angelique Jackson Amazon MGM Studios announced that Latasha Gillespie is departing her role as Global Head of DEIA. She will be replaced by Amanda Baker-Lane who previously served as the studio’s head of DEIA product and strategy.

Forget Instagram official. Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan are music video official!

EXCLUSIVE: Kristen Stewart will make her TV series-starring debut in The Challenger, a limited series in which she’ll play Sally Ride, the astronaut and physicist who became the first American woman to fly in space. She did this as part of a NASA space shuttle astronaut class of 1978 that was the first to be diversified and not comprised of all white men.  

What’s Sam Mendes have in store next for audiences after 2022’s “Empire Of Light“? Well, World Of Reel reports (via The InSneider) that it may be not one movie, but four: biopics on each member of arguably the greatest pop-rock group ever, The Beatles. Yup, that’s a movie each for John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

Katcy Stephan Amazon MGM Studios’ “Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie” has wrapped principal photography and landed a worldwide theatrical release date of Feb. 20, 2026. The live-action comedy stars Hugh Jackman, flanked by an ensemble cast including Emma Thompson (“Matilda the Musical”), Nicholas Braun (“Succession”), Nicholas Galitzine (“The Idea of You”), Molly Gordon (“Theater Camp”), Hong Chau (“The Whale”), Tosin Cole (“Till”), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (“Wonka”), Conleth Hill (“Game of Thrones”) and Mandeep Dhillon (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”).

's new music video, proves that she and Barry Keoghan are getting serious. The couple reached a major relationship milestone on June 7 with the release of the video for Carpenter's latest single, about a boy she hopes and prays is not the bad guy people tell her he is.The “Please Please Please” lyrics couldn't be about Barry Keoghan, could they? Our adorable, cheeky little Irishman? I mean, sure, Saltburn exists.

Sabrina Carpenter has released a new single, ‘Please Please Please’, along with its accompany music video – you can watch it below.Earlier this week, Carpenter teased “a surprise” for Thursday, June 6. That surprised turned out to be a follow-up to her chart-topping ‘Espresso’.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has begun development on a Untitled Kenny Washington film about the triumphs and hardships of the first Black NFL player leading up to his professional debut with the Los Angeles Rams. La Monte Edwards is penning the script. Adam Scott Epstein  will produce through his Comet Company banner, Cottrell B. Guidry producing through his Stay Cool Productions Banner and Evan Silverberg, Darin Friedman and Guymon Casady producing through Entertainment 360. Ryan Rottman, Nate Raabe and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers exec producing through their Awkward Handshake production company.

It looks like Barry Keoghan has lined up his next movie!

Another bit of casting news this AM, which sees buzzy actor Barry Keoghan ready to join one of Amazon MGM‘s equally buzzy upcoming projects.  Deadline reports that the “Saltburn” actor is in talks to join Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo for “Crime 101,” Bart Layton‘s adaptation of Don Winslow‘s 2021 crime novella.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Lauren Anderson, the Amazon MGM Studios executive who oversees ad-supported original content for Amazon MGM Studios, will expand her duties to include helping develop ties with advertisers and sponsors for those shows. As head of brand and content innovation, a new role, Anderson will “manage Studios’ creative collaboration with brands, helping them find engaging moments to partner across our Originals slate,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television for Amazon MGM Studios, in a memo to staff.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off her Oscar-nomination for her performance in Anatomy of a Fall, Sandra Hüller looks to have found her follow-up project as she looks to team with another Oscar-nominee from the 2024 class. Sources tell Deadline, Hüller is set to join Ryan Gosling in Amazon MGM Studios adaptation of Project Hail Mary with Amy Pascal producing.

Barry Keoghan was in attendance at his girlfriend Sabrina Carpenter‘s latest show!

Amazon MGM Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the action comedy Brothers from Legendary Pictures, Deadline has confirmed. Directed by Palm Springs‘ Max Barbakow and starring Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage, the film will open in select theaters starting October 11, becoming available to stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on October 17.

EXCLUSIVE: Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) has signed on to star alongside Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield in Amazon MGM Studios‘ upcoming film After the Hunt from director Luca Guadagnino and Imagine, Deadline has learned.Details as to her role are under wraps.