Ben Lewin To Write & Direct Feature Film About Disability Pioneer Sylvia Flexer For Keshet Films & White Lodge Productions

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Lawrence’s fantasy novel trilogy One Word Kill is the latest YA book series to be adapted for television.

The X Factor has been cancelled after 17 years on TV, ITV has confirmed. There are no plans for another series of Simon Cowell’s iconic talent show, the broadcaster said on Thursday (29 July).

Jennifer Yuma editorFocus Features will begin production on “Spoiler Alert,” a film adaptation of Michael Ausiello’s 2017 best-selling memoir titled, “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies.”Ben Aldridge of “Fleabag” renown joins the previously announced Jim Parsons in the movie.  Kiska Higgs, president of productions and acquisitions announced the release thursday.

After Matt Damon‘s Oscar-nominated performance for Ridley Scott‘s “The Martian,” the actor has reunited with Scott for the period thriller “The Last Duel.” The script has penned by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Nicole Holofcener.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeTelevision still falls far behind film in depicting characters with disabilities, according to a new study released on Wednesday by Nielsen and the nonprofit org RespectAbility.

Michael Appler It’s been almost 25 years since two unknown actors came out of nowhere to write and co-star in the Oscar-winning “Good Will Hunting,” minting them on spot as Hollywood boy wonders.

“Small Axe: Lover’s Rock” and “Top Boy” breakout Micheal Ward is set to star alongside Olivia Colman in the new Sam Mendes-directed feature “Empire of Light,” Deadline reports. Produced by Searchlight, the film will mark Mendes’ first film since the one-take World War One drama “1917” and also marks his first solo script as a writer.

After blowing us away with “Leave No Trace,” one of the best and most underrated films of 2018, writer/director Debra Granik turns her eye towards more urban living with “Like No Other,” her upcoming adaptation of the young adult novel of the same name. Published in 2015, ‘Like No Other’ is said to be a sort of contemporary take on “West Side Story,” following the forbidden romance between a Hasidic girl and a secular boy who meet on Eastern Parkway.

multiyear overall deal with Apple, and the studio in a record deal acquired Heder’s film “CODA,” which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. It will be released on Apple TV+ on August 13.

EXCLUSIVE: Andreas Prochaska (The Net, Alex Rider) has signed on to direct the climbing film White Out for Chockstone Pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: After a thorough search that involved months of meeting a slew of talent, Marvel’s new Blade movie has found its director. While a deal is not done yet, sources tell Deadline that Bassam Tariq, best known for directing the Riz Ahmed film Mogul Mowgli, is in talks to helm the the new adaptation of the popular comic with Mahershala Ali set to play the iconic vampire hunter. Stacy Osei-Kuffour is on board to pen the script with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige producing.

Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Carrie Brownstein (The Nowwhere Inn), Jerrod Carmichael (On The Count of Three), Fala Chen (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) and Devon Ross have been cast opposite Alicia Vikander in Irma Vep, a limited series based on Olivier Assayas’ 1996 feature film.

Grado has been spotted joking around with former Hoops boss Neil Lennon in Glasgow. The pair were snapped outside a pub on Ashton Lane in the city’s swanky west end yesterday.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones will star in Second Stage Theater’s upcoming Broadway production of Lynn Nottage’s new play, “Clyde’s.”The cast will also include Reza Salazar (“Sweat”) and Kara Young (“Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven”), with a fifth key role yet to be cast. “Clyde’s” will be directed by Kate Whoriskey and begin previews on November 3.

 Megan Fox and  Adriana Lima are getting flirty with one another! Oftentimes in Hollywood, celebs use the same glam squad as other celebs. Over the weekend, Lima posted a side-by-side Instagram photo of her and Fox both glammed up by makeup artist, Patrick Ta.A post shared by Adriana Lima (@adrianalima)The former Victoria’s Secret model joked that she and the ‘Transformers’ actress look alike and the 40-year-old suggested that she can be Fox’s body double in an upcoming movie.

Machine Gun Kelly! Megan Fox has her eyes on another star. It all started over the weekend when model Adriana Lima shared stunning side-by-side makeup looks of her and Fox on Instagram. "⚡️