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EXCLUSIVE: While high-profile packages have been flourishing following the ends of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the spec market also looks to have some pop to it as sources tell Deadline that Netflix has landed the female-driven genre thriller Apex from scribe Jeremy Robbins. Ian Bryce and Chernin Entertainment will produce. Netflix declined comment.

Nothing in “The Addams Family” is as creepy and kooky or as mysterious and spooky as Thing, the hand. He’s an autonomous limb with a mind of his own, but no body or speaking voice — just five fingers and a palm.But, before the 1991 movie based on Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons, poor Thing was trapped in an enclosure and unable to leave. Allowing him to finally escape on the big screen was a lightbulb moment for the film’s director Barry Sonnenfeld.“One of the first things I wanted to do was to get Thing out of the box,” Sonnenfeld, 70, told The Post of his feature directing debut.And get him out, he did.

J. Kim Murphy Steven Weisberg, a film editor whose career through the ’90s onward led him to collaborations with directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Levinson, died Oct. 16 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Arthur Schmidt, the film editor whose decades-long collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis on classics such as Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, Contact and all three Back to the Future films won him two Oscars, has died, Deadline has confirmed. He was 86.

Sergio Calderón, a veteran actor known for his performances in films like “Men in Black,” has died at the age of 77. His death was confirmed by a representative.Priscilla Presley at granddaughter’s graduation: Riley Keough absent after settlementCaitlyn Jenner delivered a heartwarming speech during her mother’s memorialTina Turner’s funeral: All we know about her service25yrs one of the greatest movies I worked in was released: MIB.

Sergio Calderón, best known for his work on “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”, “Men In Black” and “The Ruins” and more has died. He was 77.

Actor Sergio Calderón, best known for his roles in Pirates of the Caribbean and Men in Black, has passed away at the age of 77, his spokesperson has announced. He died of natural causes, surrounded by his family in a Los Angeles hospital. Sergio made his film debut in the 1970 film The Bridge in the Jungle, and he later played bandit Malavida Valdése on the pilot episode of The A-Team in 1983, returning to the show as pirate El Cajón for its third season in 1984.

,  and  and more has died. He was 77.A rep for Calderón confirmed the sad news Wednesday, telling ET, that the actor was surrounded by family at the time.«We can confirm that Sergio passed away this morning,» his rep shared.

Sergio Calderón, the actor recognizable from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Men In Black and The Ruins and many other projects over course of his six-decade career in films and television, died this morning surrounded by family, his spokesperson confirmed to Deadline. He was 77.

Sergio Calderón, the actor recognizable from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Men In Black and The Ruins and many other projects over course of his six-decade career in films and television, died this morning surrounded by family, his spokesperson confirmed to Deadline. He was 77.

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Oliver Wood, an English cinematographer whose credits include “Die Hard 2,” “Face/Off,” “The Other Guys” and the original “Bourne” trilogy, died Monday, Feb. 13, following a battle with cancer. He was 80. With a career spanning across seven decades, Wood worked across a wide variety of projects, collaborating with directors like John Woo, Adam McKay, Antoine Fuqua, Barry Sonnenfeld and Larry Cohen. He was nominated for a BAFTA award for best cinematography for his work on 2007’s “The Bourne Ultimatum,” directed by Paul Greengrass. Born in London, Wood moved to New York City when he was 19. His first major credit came on Leonard Kastle’s 1970 crime film “The Honeymoon Killers,” making a strong impression for his technique of using available light to give the anachronistic dark comedy the look of a newsreel.

Jenna Ortega plays the titular character Wednesday in the Netflix series based on the Charles Addams cartoons. Ortega follows in the footsteps of Christina Ricci who portrayed the character in 1991’s The Addams Family and the 1993 sequel Addams Family Values.

Antonio Ferme editor Long before “Marriage Story” writer-director Noah Baumbach was attached to Netflix’s “White Noise,” several filmmakers mounted attempts to adapt the notoriously “unfilmable” novel of the same name written by Don DeLillo. Variety reported in 2004 that “The Addams Family” director Barry Sonnenfeld was on board to direct the film, known as his “longtime passion project.” The torch was then handed off to Michael Almereyda, best known for his 2000 film “Hamlet” starring Ethan Hawke, after Uri Singer acquired the rights to DeLillo’s novel. Baumbach’s “White Noise” served as the opening night screening for the 60th annual New York Film Festival on Friday, making its North American debut after a divisive premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The director told Variety on the red carpet that he didn’t give a second thought to the idea that his film’s source material was unadaptable.

Catherine Zeta-Jones’ transformation into Morticia Addams for the upcoming “Wednesday” Netflix series is here. In new stills — coincidently released on Wednesday — the 52-year-old actress slipped into the “Addams Family” character’s signature floor-length black dress and long black hair, all tied together with dark lipstick.Zeta-Jones follows in the footsteps of actress Anjelica Huston, who portrayed the creepy mother figure in two “Addams” movies in the 1990s.

“Miller’s Crossing” is the duo’s noirish gangster movie, as crisp and entertaining as any of their more openly lionized achievements. Gabriel Byrne stars as a mobster working for a powerful crime boss (Albert Finney), whose loyalty begins to waver, with increasingly deadly and suitably Coens-esque consequences.

Insider, Sonnenfeld said producers initially wanted O’Donnell and Clint Eastwood as the leading men.“I had suggested Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith,” Sonnenfeld told the outlet. “Will was actually my wife’s idea.”The director said execs needed little convincing to accept Jones, however, getting Smith the lead role raised a few eyebrows.At the time, Smith was known for starring in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and for his rap albums rather than starring in blockbuster movies.He had just finished filming his first major movie lead role in “Independence Day,” however the movie was not yet released at the time.On the other hand, O’Donnell was a well-known name in Hollywood after starring in “School Ties,” “The Three Musketeers,” and “Scent of a Woman.”In a desperate bid to dissuade O’Donnell from taking the role, Sonnenfeld revealed he downplayed the movie to him.“I met with Chris and he had concerns about the script and had another movie offer,” he said.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIf Steven Spielberg had his way, then “Men in Black” would have been a very important stepping stone in the career of…Chris O’Donnell.The superstar filmmaker, who was tasked with producing the sci-fi comedy that opened July 2, 1997, thought that the role of Agent J was tailor-made for the rising actor. Although the idea of O’Donnell teaming up with Tommy Jones may seem ludicrous now, it made sense at the time.

She may be a Tony Award winner, an Emmy winner, the Glinda in “Wicked,” and, frankly, Broadway royalty, but Kristin Chenoweth hadn’t done it all. When she got the offer to star in Apple TV+’s “Schmigadoon!” she was intrigued but was concerned about shooting in Vancouver months before the vaccine for COVID was available yet.

teaser for Netflix and Tim Burton’s upcoming Addams family TV series, “Wednesday,” featuring Jenna Ortega in the eponymous role, dropped Monday.“Netflix woefully presents a twisted new series from the mind of Tim Burton,” text in the trailer reads, noting that the show would be “coming soon” to the streamer.Ortega’s take on the only daughter of the iconic macabre fam appears as a stern, cold-faced teen. However, her outfit is more pop-punk than goth and her dark makeup and braids both have a modern flair.Thing — the ominous severed hand in the Addams family mansion — also makes an appearance in the trailer alongside the 19-year-old “Scream 5” star.The footage features Wednesday snapping her fingers and twirling her jet-black hair into braids as the hand rests on her shoulder.She also sports ink-colored lipstick and a black polka-dot dress.

Wilson Chapman editorJenna Ortega is getting all together ooky. The first look at “Wednesday,” the upcoming Addams Family television series starring the famous clan’s daughter, has been released by Netflix, revealing the “Scream 5” and “You” actor in the title role.First created by Charles Addams for a series of New Yorker cartoons, the Addams Family is a bizarre aristocratic clan with an obsession of the macabre and a complete lack of concern regarding how others perceive them.

stuff since the two original theatrical films in the 1990s (including but not limited to a Broadway show, two animated features and a forthcoming Tim Burton-directed Netflix series) that it’s easy to forget just how good they both were. The first film, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and co-written by Burton collaborators Larry Wilson and Caroline Thompson (and later re-written by Paul Rudnick), doesn’t have quite the same edge as the sequel but it did establish the world beautifully.

Angelique Jackson Netflix has launched a new pipeline program aimed at launching the “next wave of marquee filmmakers” working in high-concept genres.The Emerging Filmmaker Initiative (EFI) gives three filmmakers the opportunity to develop, fund, produce and distribute their short films on Netflix, with a focus on stories in the sci-fi, action, horror and thriller genres.The initiative is inspired by the trajectory of rising star Stefon Bristol, who first teamed with the streamer on “See You Yesterday.” The high-impact time-travel tale went on to earn an Independent Spirit Award for best first screenplay and Bristol has set his second project with Netflix, “Gordon Hemingway & The Realm of Cthulhu.” Like “See You Yesterday,” Bristol will direct the upcoming film, produced by Spike Lee. “Stefon’s short opened a lot of doors, but for many up-and-coming filmmakers, it takes years just to get that first shot.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Addams Family,” the big-screen adaptation of Charles Addams’ comic stories of an aristocratic family with a taste for the macabre, became a box office sensation when it opened in theaters in 1991.

Apple TV+ released a first look at forthcoming seres, Schmigadoon!, as cast and creatives behind the musical comedy were present at today’s winter TCA virtual Q&A session to talk about the new series, a parody of iconic musicals, which will debut in the summer.

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In his new memoir, Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker, the cinematographer turned director (The Addams Family, Men in Black) traces his rise from nebbish teen (the title refers to when his mother had him paged during a concert) to the heights of Hollywood.