Janet Mock To Direct ‘International Sweethearts of Rhythm’ For Sony Pictures, Elizabeth Banks And Amy Pascal Producing

Filmed with an international cast speaking French, English and Spanish, and co-written with cinematographer Sara Mishara, Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds begins in urban, crime-infested Mexico and swiftly transports us to the rural farmlands of Quebec, where former drug runner Willy has come in search of a former lover is in hiding from her mobster partner.

For director Tatiana Huezo, her debut feature Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de Fuego) was largely a balancing act of telling a coming-of-age story of young girls while also conveying a story of corruption, drugs and human trafficking in the Mexican countryside.

Clifton Collins Jr. has been delivering affecting supporting work in major films like “Traffic” and “Capote” for over 20 years, but the actor is hardly what you would call a household name.

There’s an update regarding the royals’ holiday plans.

Jenny Mollen’s debut novel City of Likes is getting the television treatment even before its hits shelves in 2022. The Nacelle Company, which published the book, will adapt the novel for television under its first look comedy deal with Sony Pictures Television.

Taking the lead! The Dancing With the Stars showrunners caused a stir when they replaced hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews with Tyra Banks in July 2020 — but it wasn’t the first time the role had a change of guards.

Saying “I do” in style. Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young tied the knot in October and the HGTV cameras captured all the special moments for an upcoming TV event.

Alanis Morissette, the singer/songwriter behind the multi-million-selling album Jagged Little Pill, is to be the inspiration for a new ABC sitcom.

Debuting in an initial 14 international box office markets on Wednesday, Disney/Marvel’s Eternals opened to an estimated $7.6M with No. 1s across the vast majority. First-day results on the Chloe Zhao-directed pic put it 85% ahead of Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and 20% ahead of Black Widow on a like-for-like basis. Wednesday previews not included in the total above out of Mexico ($500K) and Brazil ($400K) place the film at No. 1 in each.

EXCLUSIVE:  As AFM kicks off, Deadline has learned about some executive changes at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Stage 6 Films.

EXCLUSIVE: After recently wrapping production on the highly-anticipated adaptation of the manga comic Bullet Train, Sony Pictures is eyeing another popular Japanese comic series adaptation as sources tell Deadline, Julius Avery has been set to direct Gantz for the studio. Based on the manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, the script will be adapted by Marc Guggenheim with Temple Hill producing.

EXCLUSIVE: The Lamorne Morris and Jackie Earle Haley movie Death of a Telemarketer has landed at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.

Elizabeth Banks is an open book when it comes to talking to her kids about sex.

Sony Pictures Entertainment recorded $288M in operating profits for the three months ending September 30, repping a 7% dip from the same period last year. Revenues in the division, however, were up 35% to $2.37B.

Queen Elizabeth is skipping next week’s COP26 summit climate conference in Glasgow.

Rust” for replacing workers with non-union members and for ignoring complaints about conditions on the set of the Western. The statement by IATSE Local 480 comes in the wake of a fatal accident during filming of “Rust” last week, in which a gun handled by the film’s star and producer Alec Baldwin accidentally discharged killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.The incident occurred at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

One of the most interesting deals between studios in recent memory came several years ago when Sony Pictures worked out a deal with Disney/Marvel Studios to allow the latter to produce a series of ‘Spider-Man’ films. In hindsight, the deal was genius, allowing for Sony to reinvent its most popular superhero by allowing him to interact with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and for Marvel Studios, it gave the studio the chance to use one of the classic Marvel hero to spice things up.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDirector Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” led the international box office, generating $47.4 million from 75 overseas territories over the weekend.The sci-fi epic, based on Frank Herbert’s seminal novel, had the biggest turnout in China, where the film opened to $22 million, a muted result in the world’s largest movie market.