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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details from the plot of John Wick: Chapter 4. 

The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin is opening up about the Pirates of the Caribbean reboot he had been developing at Disney which he initially thought the studio would pass on due to it being “too weird.”

Disney+ confirmed its cast for the upcoming new Lucasfilm Star Wars series, The Acolyte. The Hate U Give actress Amandla Stenberg was already announced for the show, and Deadline told you first about Squid Game Emmy Award-winner Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto and Queen & Slim‘s Jodie Turner-Smith.

Elvis.The Virgin Suicides filmmaker will write and direct Priscilla for the indie studio, casting Euphoria star Elordi as Elvis and Cailee Spaeny as his wife Priscilla.The film will be based on Priscilla’s 1985 memoir Elvis And Me, which became a New York Times bestseller and promises an “intimate account of her life with Elvis” according to Deadline.The publication also reveals Coppola had met with several actors to play Elvis before she decided on Elordi, while the director had wanted to cast Spaeny as Priscilla from the very beginning.Justin Bieber was reportedly considered for the role, before he declined, according to Deadline reporter Justin Kroll.While Jacob beat out a numbers of actors who tested for role of Elvis, sources say Sofia did take a shot at a certain musician to see if they had any interest in role (they ultimately passed) pic.twitter.com/QeOZyAnu7s— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) September 12, 2022Sofia Coppola most recently directed On The Rocks for A24, starring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones.

Batgirl star Leslie Grace has responded to Warner Bros. discarding of the DC film on social media, and they weren’t words of bitterness, just gratefulness to be on the journey.

Many a mom has thrown out the comics left behind when their students headed off into the world. They didn’t know they were throwing away a future fortune.

James Bond, speculation continues to be rife over who Daniel Craig's successor will be after his explosive exit from the franchise in No Time To Die. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 007 films, so surely this is the best time to announce the next star to take up the Licence to Kill? Now, industry insiders have teased the wait for the big news may actually not be that long away after all. Deadline's Justin Kroll tweeted: "While it's been crickets on the #BondWatch scene, making it seem like this will be a long process, one source with a couple clients in the mix told me something interesting recently of when a decision may come down the pipeline, "I think we he[ar] who it is after the Oscars.

Apple has landed another big feature project, that being an Audrey Hepburn biopic which Oscar-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino will helm, with 2x Oscar nominee Rooney Mara set to play The Breakfast at Tiffany‘s legendary actress.

Production designer Stefan Dechant and costume designer Mary Zophres said director Joel Coen instructed them to make his film The Tragedy of Macbeth more abstract than a literal adaptation. Zophres and Dechant spoke with Deadline’s Justin Kroll at The Contenders Film: Los Angeles event Sunday.

Sony just put two big films on the 2022 schedule: David Leitch’s Bullet Train on April 8, 2022, and the Jack Black-Ice Cube comedy Oh Hell No which Justin Kroll just reported on for July 1, 2022.

We’re getting the first look at Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in Hulu’s upcoming limited series Pam & Tommy.

Justin Kroll, Nellie Andreeva In her first major foray into TV series, Rachel Weisz is set to headline and executive produce Dead Ringers, a reimagining with a gender swap of David Cronenberg’s cult classic 1980s film.

Justin Kroll, Mike Fleming Jr EXCLUSIVE: Scott Greenberg is leaving CAA to become a manager and partner at LBI Entertainment. He is making the move amicably from agent to manager and will join LBI principal Rick Yorn, a close friend and mentor since they were fraternity brothers at the University of Maryland, where Yorn gave Greenberg his pledge pin late one night as the pledge worked his way into Tau Kappa Epsilon.

Justin Kroll, Mike Fleming Jr EXCLUSIVE: Two and one-half months after it stepped up to become the principal financier of Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple has inked a first-look deal with its director, Martin Scorsese.

Justin Kroll, Mike Fleming Jr DEVELOPING: CAA has confirmed rumors today that the agency has let go 90 agents and executives, and has furloughed 275 employees because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first layoff exercise that the agency has gone through, to this point, though technically the affected hourly employees aren’t being let go, they are being shelved for now.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmVariety veteran Justin Kroll is set to join Deadline next month as senior film reporter.Kroll will cover all aspects of the film industry for Deadline, which is a corporate sibling of Variety under parent company PMC. He will segue to Deadline as of July 20, reporting to Mike Fleming, co-editor-in-chief.“Justin has humbled me often enough with his scoops.

By Justin Kroll

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