No catfish here! Frank Grimsley was crowned the winner of The Circle season 4 — and he did it by staying true to himself.
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Disney+’s French historical drama Oussekine will present the “dark part of our national history books,” according to its creator, who sought inspiration from Ava DuVernay’s U.S. Netflix smash When They See Us.
Antoine Chevrollier’s four-parter, one of the first Disney+ France originals to be greenlit, tells the story of the tragic death of Malik Oussekine, the response of his family down the years and the ripple effect on French society. In 1986, the young French-Algerian student was chased and beaten to death by police at a protest against immigration restrictions, which were scrapped days later after the protests intensified in the wake of Oussekine’s death.
Launching on adult-skewing vertical Star on May 11, the show features Messiah‘s Sayyid El Alami as Malik and Succession’s Hiam Abbas as his mother Aicha Oussekine and is the first to be showrun by The Bureau director Chevrollier, who oversaw a team of three French writers.
He sought inspiration from pioneering U.S. filmmaker DuVernay’s When They See Us, the Emmy-winning series telling the tragic story of the Central Park Five, along with The Wire for the way in which the pioneering HBO show depicted different precincts.
“No one has really explained who Malik was and these immigrant stories are not told enough,” Chevrollier told Deadline days before launch. “This is a dark part of our national history book and so it was important for me to show what happened and explain and speak to this community.”
Chevrollier first came across the story as a young man almost 30 years ago after listening to a song by French rap group Assassin about how the French state had killed Malik Oussekine eight years earlier.
He wanted to tell it in a universal way and was contacted by the
No catfish here! Frank Grimsley was crowned the winner of The Circle season 4 — and he did it by staying true to himself.
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Netflix yesterday unveiled an episode of its talk show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction taped prior to the 2022 Oscars, which saw disgraced actor Will Smith sit down with former late-night host David Letterman to discuss his 2021 memoir Will, his Oscar-winning King Richard role, “pain” stemming from his childhood and more.
being fired from Netflix’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” for his “inappropriate” behavior, more details are emerging about what he is alleged to have said and done that made cast and crew so uncomfortable around him.Deadline reported on Friday that, according to “a number of people on or close to the Netflix production,” the Tony winner often indulged in graphic discussions about his own sex life and quizzed people on set about theirs.One production source said, “He spoke graphically about his own sexual history to many people even as they were trying to get out of those conversations,” and another added, “He asked cast members about their sexual experiences.”“There was a general sense of toxicity that followed him around. A lot of the cast and crew were very uncomfortable around Frank from the beginning,” said another source who asked not to be named.
EXCLUSIVE: By May 4, the cast and crew of Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher had moved on. It had been three weeks since star Frank Langella had been fired following an investigation into complaints of unacceptable behavior, and Bruce Greenwood had just been cast as his replacement. Then the incident returned to the headlines with Langella’s fiery guest column on Deadline, in which he portrayed himself as “collateral damage” and a victim of cancel culture which he called “not fair,” “not just” and “not American.”
Ramin Setoodeh Executive EditorA visit from the dead? How chic.The Cannes Film Festival sprung back into action on Tuesday night, as this year’s opening night movie, “Final Cut (Coupez!)” received a 5-minute standing ovation. The gory zombie line, which straddled a tone somewhere between “The Blair Witch Project” and “Call My Agent,” kicked off a festival where few patrons were wearing masks in these COVID times.To commemorate the 75th edition of Cannes, festival director Thierry Fremaux selected a French movie — not to mention a French jury president, “Titane” actor Vincent Lindon — to keep things local at the start of the celebration of movies in the French Riviera.
Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux took part in a ‘meet the press’ session with journalists in Cannes yesterday afternoon.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCannes Film Festival’s chief Thierry Fremaux didn’t just have to field questions about Russia and the dearth of female directors at the fest during his meeting with journalists on Monday afternoon. He also had to address a claim that the festival is attempting to censor the press — and confirmed that he has asked publications to revise his quotes.Reading his quotes before publication is just a “French tradition” and “not a big deal,” he told journalists.But Fremaux denies that he has asked to change what journalists have written or to remove certain questions.
Long a bastion of artistic freedom, the Cannes Film Festival has a secret: it censors interviews with festival head Thierry Frémaux.
Don Francisco, whose real name is Mario Kreutzberger, is making a docuseries. The show will be called “Gigante” and will track the history of “Sabado Gigante,” the longest-running program on Univision and a landmark for Latino television.Don Francisco secures over a million dollars over the asking price after selling his Miami mansionA Walter Mercado TV series is in the works and we can’t waitTo get the job done, Don Francisco partnered up with filmmakers Alex Fumero and Kareem Tabsch, who previously worked on the series “Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado.” “Gigante” will be made up of four episodes and will stream on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
family will look a little bit different in season 3! Netflix announced on Thursday that the popular series is recasting the titular family's second-youngest daughter, Francesca Bridgerton, for the upcoming season.The role has been played by Ruby Stokes in first two seasons, however, Francesca had only two brief appearances in season 1 and was featured in just a few episodes of the recently released season 2. star Hannah Dodd is taking over the role moving forward, with production on season 3 set to begin in London this summer. The recasting is due in part to Stokes' starring role in Netflix's upcoming series an adaptation of Jonathan Stroud's supernatural series.Fans of the book series know that even there, Francesca can get a bit lost within her bustling family of eight children. Caught in between her older and younger siblings, Netflix describes the quiet, musically talented character as «a bit of a mystery within her chatty, extroverted family.
Welcome to the Ton! While Ruby Stokes left midway through Bridgerton season 2 amid other commitments, the Netflix series has officially cast another star to take over the sixth sibling’s role.
Jordan Moreau U.K. actor Hannah Dodd will take over the role of Francesca Bridgerton from Ruby Stokes in the upcoming Season 3 of Netflix’s hit romantic series “Bridgerton.”Stokes is exiting the role, in which she only appeared in the first two seasons a handful of times, because she’s the lead of another Netflix series, “Lockwood & Co.”The recasting signals that Dodd’s Francesca Bridgerton could enjoy more screen time in the new seasons.
Hannah Dodd (“Enola Holmes”) has joined the cast of “Bridgerton” Season 3, taking over the role of Francesca Bridgerton, which had been played in Seasons 1 and 2 by Ruby Stokes.Stokes left the series and is the lead of the upcoming Netflix series “Lockwood & Co.”Production on “Bridgerton” Season 3 is set to begin this summer, though Netflix has yet to reveal which romance the new season will follow.Stokes was notably absent for portions of Season 2. News of her taking the lead role in “Lockwood & Co,” which is based on the books from Jonathan Stroud, broke in March.Dodd, who recently appeared in “Anatomy of a Scandal” as the younger version of Sienna Miller’s character, takes over the role of the second youngest Bridgerton daughter, behind Daphne and Eloise, and older than the baby of the family, Hyacinth.Here is the character description of Francesca as provided by Netflix: “Francesca Bridgerton is a bit of a mystery within her chatty, extroverted family.
EXCLUSIVE: We will likely see more of Francesca on Bridgerton next season, and she will look a little different. Hannah Dodd (Anatomy of a Scandal) is set to play the the elusive Bridgerton sibling in Season 3 of Netflix and Shondaland’s Regency-era period drama series based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels. She is joining the hugely popular series in a recasting, taking over the role from Ruby Stokes who left and is the lead of another Netflix series, the upcoming Lockwood & Co., an adaptation of Jonathan Stroud’s books.
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London Thor (Shameless) has joined the cast of Prime Video’s upcoming spinoff of The Boys as a lead, replacing Reina Hardesty weeks after the actress’ exit, which Deadline exclusively revealed.
refuting allegations of «unacceptable behavior» while filming scenes for the eight-episode limited series on the streaming giant. He was set to star in a leading role on a series based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. The Oscar-nominated actor was fired last month halfway through production.The since-completed probe determined Langella had been involved in «unacceptable behavior» conduct on set, resulting in his ouster.
Frank Langella is refuting "unacceptable behavior" allegations while working on the Netflix series "The Fall of the House of Usher," a show he was subsequently fired from following a sexual misconduct investigation in April. The 84-year-old actor, who starred as Roderick Usher on the streaming service series before his role was recast to Bruce Greenwood, also criticized "cancel culture" as he addressed the accusations for the first time in an op-ed published on Deadline. Fox News Digital has contacted Langella's representatives for additional comment. "I have been canceled.
Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher.The actor is no longer involved in Mike Flanagan’s series, adapting the works of Edgar Allan Poe, after he was accused of misconduct on set.According to Deadline, the actor was subject to an investigation which determined “he had been involved in unacceptable conduct on set”. His role is now set to be recast, with scenes already filmed featuring Langella reshot.The actor has since released a lengthy statement responding to his dismissal and to the allegations, in a guest column for Deadline.Langella denies published statements claiming he was inappropriate with a female co-star during a “fully clothed” love scene, alleging he only “touched” her leg.He also claims he was fired for calling his co-star “baby or honey” and giving her “a hug or touch” on the shoulder.“I have been canceled.