“Let Hollywood Come To You”: Thuso Mbedu, Quoc Dang Tran & Beatrice Springborn On The Buzz Of International Talent Deals

Paul Feig, director of such mega-hits as Bridesmaids, Spy, The Heat, Ghostbusters and A Simple Favor, has branched out into the fairytale genre with The School for Good and Evil, which hit Netflix this week.

EXCLUSIVE: George Gallo (The Comeback Trail) is teaming with Green Book Oscar winner Nick Vallelonga to produce The Accidental Gangster, a new thriller based on reformed gangster Orlando ‘Ori’ Spado’s bestselling autobiography of the same name. The former will also direct from a script by the author’s son Anthony Spado and David Steenhoek.

Grammy nominee Lana Del Rey has learned an important lesson: always back up your work.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the critical acclaim of his Netflix western The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel’s follow-up, The Book of Clarence, has gained momentum with a new producing partner and two major stars to lead the ensemble. Sources tell Deadline that Legendary has acquired the BAFTA Award winner’s next film project with LaKeith Stanfield (Atlanta)and Omar Sy (Lupin) set to star.

EXCLUSIVE: Maura Tierney is the latest to join the ensemble cast of A24’s The Iron Claw. She will play Doris, the matriarch of the Von Erich wrestling family, in the film that also stars Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, Holt McCallany and Jeremy Allen White.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor International TV market Mipcom came back with gusto this year, but it’s not back to the level reached at its pre-pandemic peak. A total of 10,896 delegates attended this year, which is down from the peak year of 2019, when more than 13,500 delegates came to the Cannes event. MipJunior, which ran over the weekend, had 1,311 delegates this year. In 2019, there were 1,500. There were 3,100 buyers this year, compared with more than 4,700 in 2019. The largest numbers of buyers this year came from the U.S. (442), followed by the U.K. (301), France (251), Germany (242) and Spain (140). In 2019, it was U.S. (461), U.K. (450), France (423), Germany (359) and Russia (207).

Charlize Theron is always down to reunite with her family! ET's Deidre Behar spoke with the Oscar winner at 's Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles on Monday, where she opened up about playing villainous cyberterrorist Cipher once again in the franchise's upcoming 10th installment, .«I feel so lucky that I'm just, like, such a small, small part of this incredible thing that they've built for so many years,» Theron raved. «I think what Vin and the producers and Universal have done with that whole franchise is really exceptional. I mean, it just doesn't happen. You just don't have an audience with you for that long of a ride.

There were so many celebs in attendance at the Elle Women in Hollywood event!

When you’re deep in among the cocktail parties and dinners or meeting up with much missed contacts at Mipcom this week, it might be easy to forget why everyone is there: the shows. To help you remember, we bring you Deadline’s The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best TV being sold in Cannes in 2022. You may hear whispers along the Croisette about the next big global hit, and The Hot Ones is our pick of a wealth of programing, featuring some of the biggest names in television from the top players in distribution.

BFFs forever. Andy Cohen shared his thoughts about Kathie Lee Gifford refusing to read his longtime pal Kelly Ripa’s memoir — and why the book isn’t slandering the late Regis Philbin.

Ten Five Hospitality gave one of Hollywood’s most historic neighborhoods a makeover and now the Vinyl District has become one of the most popular hotspots in the City of Angels.

EXCLUSIVE: Thirty years since the original film changed Asian and Asian American representation in cinema, a sequel to The Joy Luck Club is in development with author Amy Tan and Oscar winning screenwriter Ron Bass continuing from the former’s New York Times bestselling novel.

Things are not all “hunky dory” in Beverly Hills.

Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin has called time on his relationship with long-term girlfriend Nicole Wirt, after five years together, according to reports. The talented professional dancer, who is currently starring on the 20th series of the iconic BBC show alongside his celebrity dance partner Olympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds, is said to have mutually made the decision to split with fellow dancer Nicole after dating for over half a decade.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Hong Kong multi-hyphenate Peter Chan Ho-sun is far too intellectual to call himself an “arms dealer,” as Sony Pictures has in casting itself as an unattached supplier to streaming platforms. But politeness and Bob Dylan references aside, Chan’s new company, Changin’ Pictures, aims to become a major independent purveyor of premium Asian TV content for the streamers. The company is using this week’s Busan International Film Festival as its launchpad and will unveil the first five series of its 20-title pan-Asian slate.  Chan’s thesis is that global audiences are hungry for Asian content but have not been able to access it easily under legacy film and TV distribution systems. With streaming making everything accessible everywhere, and audiences no longer balking at subtitles, quality Asian drama can and will travel.