Marshall Cook To Direct ‘Champions Of The Universe’ Film Starring Will Sasso; Peter Farrelly On Board As EP

Naman Ramachandran Universal Pictures will handle the distribution of “Redeeming Love” in U.S. and Canadian theaters.

Meghan Markle has some very famous friends eager to support her 40X40 initiative.

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Backus (Big Little Lies, Mindhunter) & Skye P. Marshall (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) have signed on to star in Daft State, a psychological thriller from director Chad Bishoff, which heads into production in Omaha, Nebraska this month.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has added Beth Lacke (Chicago Med, Hope Springs Eternal), Stephen Louis Grush (Chicago P.D., The Alienist), and Cass Buggé (Better Things, Yes Day) to its upcoming sci-fi drama series Lightyears in recurring roles.

Good in the ‘Wood?I recently rewatched the entire Harry Potter series with my roommates (yep, all 8 movies!). Personally, I had already seen them all as well as read every book about a dozen times, but 2 of my roommates were complete Harry Potter newbies! While revisiting the movie series with them, I realized that besides the iconic Hagrid cake scene, some of the moments regarding Harry’s birthday had been cut out.

The New York Film Festival will close with Parallel Mothers, the Pedro Almodóvar-directed melodrama that is slated to open next month’s Venice Film Festival.

Chicago Fire's Alberto Rosende has shared a sweet moment between him and pal Daniel Kyri as they enjoyed a break from filming season 10.The two hit a bowling alley in Chicago, with Alberto sharing video of Daniel failing to get a strike as he rolled the bowling ball, captioning it with an inside joke: "My guy Doug!"Alberto stars as firefighter Blake Gallo, joining the show in season eight.

Chicago Fire star Miranda Rae Mayo had nothing but love for her former co-star Monica Raymund when the actress shared a rare selfie on Friday.Monica, who starred as Gabby Dawson in the NBC series for six years, took to Instagram to post the snap, which saw her leaning down in front of the camera, with her tousled hair framing her face.Rocking a bare face with no make-up, Monica captioned the post: "If I be waspish, best beware my sting."MORE: Chicago PD teases major Hailey Upton and Jay Halstead

Without a doubt, one of the biggest films coming later this year is the highly-anticipated drama, “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Not only does it feature the debut of filmmaker Joel Coen as a singular director (Ethan Coen is not attached), but it has one of the strongest casts of 2021, led by Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Joel David Moore (Avatar, Dodgeball) is set to direct and produce the film Some Other Woman, starring Amanda Crew (Silicon Valley), Tom Felton (Harry Potter franchise) and Ashley Greene Khoury (Twilight franchise).

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.

The 78th Venice Film Festival has its opening film – Pedro Almodovar’s Madres Paralelas, starring Penelope Cruz.

Angelique Jackson Bert Marcus, founder and CEO of Bert Marcus Productions, has signed with Range Media Partners. Marcus will be represented by a core team consisting of Matt Graham, CJ Cook, Tyler Henry, Ben Grayson and Rich Cook.“Bert is a creative engine, his mind works at a million miles an hour,” Graham, Range Media Partners’ managing partner and head of music, said announcing the signing.

Chicago hosts an official “Star Trek” convention that’s currently lined up for April 2022.This is the latest “Star Trek” project in a long series of potential films that have started and stopped at the studio, including one by “Legion” creator Noah Hawley and another one that was being hatched by Quentin Tarantino.“Star Trek” has remained top of mind for many fans in the last few years following the success of series like “Picard,” “Discovery” and even the animated “Lower Decks.”Deadline first

While the Broadway roots of some of Hollywood’s most famous stars may be well known, even among non-theater nerds, we think it’s about time to take a deep dive into the Broadway/Hollywood overlap. You may not realize it, but there are quite a few screen actors who cut their teeth on Broadway before transitioning to movies and television.

Facebook data scandal during the 2016 election, and “Green Book” director Peter Farrelly is in talks to direct the film, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. However, another source said that Redmayne’s deal is not complete and is still in very early talks.