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Michael Cera might have helped the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World revival via a reply.

Jack Dunn Tribeca Festival has revealed its feature film lineup for its 2024 festival, which includes films from actors Lily Gladstone and Michael Cera and documentaries featuring Prince, Carlos Santana and Dolly Parton. The opening night film is documentary “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge,” directed by Tribeca alumni Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. This year’s festival, which runs from June 5-16 in New York City, has a program of 103 feature films from 114 filmmakers spanning 48 countries.

Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) has been tapped for a role in the newest film from Wes Anderson, Deadline can confirm.

The 55th edition of the Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, the parallel section of the main Cannes Film Festival, has announced its 2024 line-up. Running from May 15 to 23, the Fortnight, or the Quinzaine Des Cinéastes, in French, will debut 21 feature films and ten short films.

EXCLUSIVE: Christina Diamantas has been promoted to partner at Thruline Entertainment on her 15-year anniversary at the company, where she started in 2009 as an assistant and became a manager in 2015. She becomes Thruline’s ninth manager/partner.

Nominated for seven Academy Awards, filmmaker Wes Anderson won his first Oscar this past weekend, the Best Live Action Short Film for his 33-minute short, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch. But during the Oscar ceremony, Anderson was nowhere to be found and couldn’t accept in person.

“This is my worst nightmare,” exclaimed the social media influencer-podcaster Bobbi Althoff atop her first SXSW panel today “Superstar Brands: Connection in the Era of Creators.”

After missing the chance to accept his first Oscar in person, following his win for Best Live-Action Short for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson has addressed the circumstances surrounding his absence and what he would’ve said in his speech.

The 2024 Oscars may be this weekend, but there are still plenty of ways to stream all of the Best Picture nominees from Hollywood’s biggest night right from the comfort of your own home. This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated 10 films — including Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” the Christopher Nolan epic “Oppenheimer” and the Emma Stone-led “Poor Things.”Other nominees for the award include “American Fiction,” “The Zone of Interest,” “Anatomy of the Fall,” the Bradley Cooper-led “Maestro,” “Past Lives,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “The Holdovers.” The official ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be held at the Dolby Theatre in LA on Sunday, March 10.

When comedian Chloe Radcliffe cheated on a boyfriend for the first time, as a sophomore at Minnesota’s Gustavus Adolphus College in 2009, she had an epiphany.

After a rather tame show last month, the freewheeling Golden Globes kind of back! Only now they go by the name 30th annual SAG Awards with a whole lot of the Globes and the Emmys in their bloodstream.

The cast of Barbie has arrived at the 2024 SAG Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles!

A major awards show on a Saturday night is a rare occurrence, but the 2024 SAG Awards are here to shake up awards season a little bit!

Groundbreaking. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt will have a mini “Devil Wears Prada” reunion on Feb. 24 at the SAG Awards.

Anna Tingley Bobbi Althoff feels misunderstood. That’s why when we talk on the phone about the second season of “The Really Good” podcast, which has so far featured interviews with Bobby Lee, Michael Cera and Wiz Khalifa. She’s eager to clear the air.

Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Aniston are among 30 presenters announced today for the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards set for Saturday in Los Angeles.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Margot Robbie, Idris Elba and Glen Powell are among the 30 presenters announced for the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, set to take place on Saturday. Additionally, Emmy and SAG Award winner Jennifer Aniston will present the 59th SAG Life Achievement Award to the legendary actor, singer, producer, writer and director Barbra Streisand.

Michael Cera has revealed how he struggled with COVID when he was called in to do a last minute fight scene in Barbie.Cera played the doll Allan in the film and speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he said the original plan for the scene was meant to feature a cameo from Ben Affleck, who was set to initiate a fight scene Cera is involved in.But Affleck had to drop out due to his acting and directorial commitments on Air, leaving Cera to do the scene instead.He said: “I think Ben wanted to do it, but he was directing his movie. They’re like, ‘OK, Ben’s out, something has to happen here.

What To Watch.What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — January 26What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — February 9“Love Is Blind” is back with yet another season. The reality TV show calls itself an experiment that requires participants to date multiple people without seeing them and then choose one person to marry. The series then trails couples in the months leading up to the wedding.

With the Oscars fast approaching, the cast of “Barbie” is on one final press tour to drum up hype for its eight nominations. And oh boy, the secrets that have tumbled out of their mouths on this latest go-around.

As we approach the Oscars, we can finally shut the book on 2023 films, including the massive cultural moment that was the “Barbie” release. But that doesn’t mean “Barbie” will be gone forever.

Another year, another Super Bowl. While many people watch the Big Game for the action on the field (and last night’s game was one for the ages), there are still quite a few people who like the commercials and the Half Time Show.

Ben Affleck was supposed to be in summer blockbuster smash Barbie, according to Michael Cera.Cera played doll Allan in the film and speaking at a Q&A this week (via The A.V. Club), Cera revealed that original plans for the scene would have featured a cameo from Affleck, with him initiating a fight scene Cera is involved in towards the end of the film.He suggested Affleck wanted to do the movie but couldn’t due to his acting and directorial commitments on Air.“I wasn’t even supposed to fight in the movie,” Cera explained.

Get ready for the return of Life & Beth!

One of Hollywood’s best known boutique law firms is undergoing a touch up, in more ways than one.

What comes next for Beth and John? Fans of Amy Schumer’s “Life & Beth” have been waiting for that answer. The Hulu series makes its return next month but don’t expect easy solutions to the show’s difficult questions.

A wedding, a pregnancy and a search for a mental health diagnosis for John are among the happenings in Season 2 of Life & Beth, written, directed, executive produced and starring Amy Schumer. Hulu released the official Season 2 trailer today, which reveals some of the season’s guests stars including Jennifer Coolidge, Amy Sedaris, Beanie Feldstein, Big Freedia, Colin Quinn, Jemima Kirke,  Margaret Cho, Maria Dizziaand Tim Meadows.

Bill Murray (The French Dispatch), Michael Cera (Life & Beth) and Benicio Del Toro (The French Dispatch) have been set to star in the newest feature from seven-time Academy Award nominee Wes Anderson, which is set to go into production this year, Deadline has confirmed.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer At the Cannes Film Festival in 2018, Kristen Stewart announced that her feature directorial debut would be an adaptation of “The Chronology of Water,” the 2011 memoir by author Lidia Yuknavitch. Since then, Stewart has been pounding the pavement to drum up financing for the project.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Dream Scenario, A24’s surreal dark comedy from Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli that plays off Nicolas Cage’s decades-long permeation of the imagination. 

Surprise! Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has another new secret project in the can, his second in half a year. His latest, never publicly announced, is a mystery thriller called “Presence,” which will make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024.

After a remarkable run in theaters, Greta Gerwig’s pop culture phenomenon Barbie is making its way to streaming, having set a premiere date on Max of December 15th. The news comes shortly after the Gotham Awards, where Barbie was honored with a Global Icon & Creator tribute, with Gerwig and star Margot Robbie speaking on behalf of the film.

Following the box office success of Barbie, there’s been a lot of chatter about a potential sequel that would see Margot Robbie reprise the titular character role.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off creators Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski are opening up about the possibilities of a second season for their animated series.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt Bomer revealed to Vanity Fair that he sent in a self-taped audition to play one of the many iterations of Ken in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster comedy “Barbie,” but he ultimately decided not to join the movie so he could prioritize spending time with his family. He was offered a shot at auditioning and was interested in the project enough to send a self-tape to Gerwig and the casting directors.

When Bryan Lee O’Malley created Scott Pilgrim in the early ‘00s, it was picked up by anindependent book publisher and released in six black and white volumes. Twenty years later,Scott Pilgrim has been adapted into multiple formats including a live-action movie, a videogame, and reprinted countless times.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off offers a revamped spin on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s original graphic novels.Developed by O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, the animated series brings back the voice cast from Edgar Wright’s 2010 live-action film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, including Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin and Chris Evans.The series itself is a reimagining of the original story, which saw Scott Pilgrim face down seven evil exes in order to be with the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers.At the time of writing (November 2023), Netflix has not renewed the series.