Vertical Entertainment Acquires Horror ‘Lullaby’ From ‘Annabelle’ Director John R. Leonetti – Watch The Trailer

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EXCLUSIVE: Riverdale‘s Cole Sprouse is the newest addition to the cast of the ACE Entertainment’s drama I Wish You All the Best, based on Mason Deaver’s 2019 bestseller of the same name. 

EXCLUSIVE: Roadside Attractions has acquired Moving On, an original comedy written and directed by About a Boy Oscar nominee Paul Weitz starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge on the petulant widower (Malcolm McDowell) of their recently deceased best friend. Along the way, Fonda’s character reunites with her great love (Richard Roundtree) as each woman learns to make peace with the past and each other.  

“My only sin is in my skin.” That rhyme is among the lyrics in the 1929 Fats Waller song “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue,” an eloquent and haunting evocation of the experience of being a Black man in America. 

EXCLUSIVE: The holiday season has arrived and Deadline has your exclusive first look at the trailer for Must Love Christmas, starring The Equalizer’s Liza Lapira. The CBS TV movie premieres on December 11.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment has acquired Kevin Wilson’s short story Grand Stand-In to develop as a limited series, with Gretchen Enders (WandaVision, Queen America) attached to adapt and produce the project.

“Belt tightening” is coming, according to Showtime Entertainment President Jana Winograde, who said studio bosses will need to find “creative ways” to deal with the global macroeconomic crisis.

Amy Adams has signed a multi-year first-look television deal with Fifth Season, formerly Endeavor Content, through her production company Bond Group Entertainment.

After director Jean-Marc Vallée‘s tragic passing last December, fans of his HBO limited series “Big Little Lies” held out hope that a third season could still happen. Cast members kept their hopes up too, including Laura Dern, who told ET last month, “I mean, we would all love nothing more, we’re like family, just very lucky.

Prime Video today shared the first-look image of Emma Roberts in the new original romcom Space Cadet.

EXCLUSIVE: A raft of Latin American creatives including director Chava Cartas and writer Juan Camillo Ferrand will now have representation in the U.S. after Wilmer Valderrama and John Pollak’s Allied Management Group struck a partnership with Monica Gil and Carolina Aymerich’s CRE84U Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Echo Lake Entertainment has signed actress Alisa Wainwright (Raising Dion) for management in all areas.

Former Amazon Studios and Fox Network Group executive Sharon Tal Yguado has launched Astrid Entertainment, a gaming company focused on developing fantastical living worlds that inspire positive, community play and can cross over into different mediums, including film and TV.

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has taken North American rights to the horror-thriller Candy Land, written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), slating it for release in theaters and on demand on January 6.

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to the Australian drama Ocean Boy, starring Luke Hemsworth (Westworld). The Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company plans to release the pic formerly titled Bosch + Rockit in theaters and on demand on February 3, 2023.

At the end of “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum,” Keanu Reeves‘ Wick and Laurence Fishburne‘s The Bowery King agreed to join forces against The High Table. Now the fight is on, and it’s about to go global in “John Wick: Chapter 4,” in theaters next March.

John Lewis has tugged at the heartstrings of Christmas fans across the nation by using its highly-anticipated advert to raise awareness of children in care.

EXCLUSIVE: Walk Like A Duck Entertainment and Renegade Entertainment have entered into a two-picture financing and co-production deal, tapping veteran second unit director, stunt choreographer and fight coordinator Chris Brewster as the director for the first film under the deal, titled Relentless. The deal follows WLAD’s participation in Renegade’s recently released features Dig and Slayers, starring Renegade principal Thomas Jane.