‘Thanksgiving’ Sequel in the Works With Director Eli Roth

A nurse who drugged patients at a Blackpool hospital for an “easy shift” has been locked up for more than seven years.

It seems like anytime a bidding war breaks out these days, the only ones who can truly win it are Netflix, Amazon, or Apple, the streamers with essentially the biggest coffers. And true to this posit, Apple has won another big one in “Two For The Money,” a heist thriller with an enticing package: Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig starring with filmmaker Justin Lin (“Fast & Furious 6” “F9,” and “Star Trek Beyond”) directing.

Any fan of superhero movies knows that a potential blockbuster is only as good as the villain that their favorite heroes face off against.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “The Summer With Carmen,” Zacharias Mavroeidis’ queer comedy, has been acquired in major territories since world premiering at the Venice Film Festival. The movie, which is represented by Be For Films and had its North American premiere at AFI, recently won three prizes at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. It will be released next year by Cinobo in Greece, Epicentre in France and Xenix Filmdistribution in Switzerland.

Massive Attack will play their first live show since 2019 next summer, with the event described as a "large-scale climate action accelerator event" and "the lowest carbon show of its size ever staged" by the group. The show will take place on August 25 at Clifton Downs in Bristol, England.

To say that Eli Roth has had an incredibly successful career would be pretty accurate (years later, he’s still basically making films he loves), but that doesn’t mean everything has worked. Remember that ‘Clock’ kids film with Cate Blanchett? Exactly.

Five-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams joined us at our Deadline Red Sea Film Festival studio this week to discuss regional change, the role cinema played in her education as an actress and her next project: FX limited series Dying For Sex, which we detailed yesterday.

The Marrakech Film Festival celebrated its 20th edition this year, arriving at the landmark some 22 years after its 2001 launch due to the missed years of the pandemic.

Filmmaker Eli Roth made a big announcement on Instagram on Thursday (November 30)!

It took a long time for the bird to cook on Eli Roth‘s horror hit Thanksgiving, but the second helping is coming fast.

Emmerdale's Charley Webb was snapped looking downcast as she ditched her wedding ring following her split from Matthew Wolfenden. The actress stepped out on Thursday to run errands wearing a long camo coat with pink detailing and a black cap as she walked with her head down. She wore her blonde hair down and was focused on her phone as she walked.

K.J. Yossman Raw TV, the production company behind “The Tinder Swindler,” have set a new true crime documentary with Amazon Prime Video about the 1978 murders of Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton. Titled “Dead in the Water,” it follows the story of Farmer and Frampton, a young British couple who went missing in 1978 after going backpacking in Central America.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director In the new book “Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History” from Rolling Stone’s chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall (via TooFab), Adam Brody admits that his behavior grew unprofessional in later seasons when he became unhappy with the material. Series creator Josh Schwartz said Brody’s waning interest to the show was not unique. “By the time we got to Season 3, we were all burned out,” Schwartz said.

EXCLUSIVE: A documentary charting an expedition to the ancient capital of Genghis Khan‘s empire is in the works with French outfit Pernel Media.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Melita Toscan du Plantier has been the driving force behind the Marrakech Film Festival ever since her late husband, revered French producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier, wrote to Morocco’s king two decades ago expressing “his ambition for a big international festival in Morocco,” as she recounts. The festival’s 20th edition is currently underway in the ancient Moroccan city, despite the Israel-Hamas conflict that has caused cancellations of several other fests in the region as well as the earthquake that hit the country in September.

Angelique Jackson MRC and Lionsgate are developing a sequel to “The Blackening,” the hit horror-comedy from Dewayne Perkins and Tracy Oliver. After the microbudget production (just $5 million) made more than $18 million at the box office, producer MRC and domestic distributor Lionsgate have entered into talks with Perkins, Oliver and producer E. Brian Dobbins to develop a follow-up film.

To say that “Creed III” was a massive success is an understatement. Not only did the third film (and first directed by star Michael B.

EXCLUSIVE: Creed III producer Irwin Winker said Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles event that Creed IV is in the works, with franchise star and Creed III director Michael B. Jordan to helm it.

The new horror movie Thanksgiving is now in theaters and it has been getting rave reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 87% at the time this post was published.

Royal biographer Omid Scobie spilled all the details about everything that happened during the final hours of Queen Elizabeth II‘s reign.