‘M3GAN’ Producers Talk Casting Their Killer Doll & Benefits Of Shooting The Low-Budget Horror In New Zealand

Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time has cast Danish model-actress Maja Simonsen, Icelandic actress and former Olympic swimmer Ragga Ragnars, Irish actor Jay Duffy and New Zealand singer, actress and comedian Rima Te Wiata in recurring roles for the hit fantasy drama’s upcoming second season. The announcement was made during today’s virtual panel at JordanCon.

The 1975's Matty Healy apologized to Ice Spice during a recent concert in New Zealand.

mocking one of Ratajkowski’s swimwear campaigns – with the caption, “We are sick of you objectifying our bodies! Also, here’s my ass” – that prompted the My Body author to block Barber on the platform.“I don’t think Emily is a fan,” Barber told Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa in November. “That’s OK, she’s allowed to not love it.

franchise and Mr & Mrs. Smith, while the other played deadly assassins in Die Another Day and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and now, and are joining forces for an explosive new action thriller.

While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now.

redveil has shared new EP playing w/ fire. The EP is the teen rapper's follow-up to 2022 album learn 2 swim, a breakout project that was met with critical acclaim and led to slots opening for Freddie Gibbs and Denzel Curry.

EXCLUSIVE: UK-based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded international sales, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to the Australian horror flick You’ll Never Find Me, the feature debut from Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen.

Marta Balaga Gro Harlem Brundtland started out as a doctor. Climbing the ranks, she became Norway’s first female Prime Minister. Now, new show “Power Play” takes a closer look at her way to the top.  “She is aware that we made it,” says showrunner Johan Fasting, who co-wrote with Silje Storstein and Kristin Grue. Currently in her eighties, Brundtland wasn’t involved in developing the series, however.   “This story needed to be told, now. It wouldn’t make sense to wait just to be courteous.” Playing in main competition at his year’s Canneseries, which runs April 14-19, “Power Play” is produced by Motlys and Novemberfilm, with REinvent International Sales handling international distribution.  

Sam Smith hit the road to jumpstart their Gloria Tour, and they’re playing all the hits!

Here’s your first look at Cate Blanchett in The New Boy, the latest film from Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton.

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ horror streamer Shudder has acquired supernatural feature Elevator Game.

Fantasy land! Once Upon a Time combined fairy tales with reality for seven seasons — and fans are still hooked on the series.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief U.K.-based sales agent Mister Smith Entertainment has picked up international rights to “Grafted,” a New Zealand-set horror film which marks the feature directing debut of Sasha Rainbow. The film is now in production. Mister Smith will launch sales next month in Cannes. The film tells story of a Chinese student who travels to New Zealand to complete the scientific work of her deceased father only to find a new way of achieving popularity, one body at a time.

As the heir to the throne, Prince William is keeping calm and carrying on. On Tuesday, the Prince of Wales confirmed that Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand, joined the Board of Trustees for the Earthshot Prize, his prestigious environmental award.

Beta Cinema has closed its first presales on period drama The Offing starring Helena Bonham Carter. Curzon, Cineart and Madman have joined forces to acquire all rights for UK/Ireland, Benelux and Australia/New Zealand in what is described as a competitive situation. The distributors will work on an aligned campaign across the markets. Beta first launched The Offing at the EFM in February. Filming is lined up for later this year.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Jan Mojto’s Beta Cinema has announced first pre-sales for feature film “The Offing,” which will star and is executive produced by Helena Bonham Carter. Jessica Hobbs, who won an Emmy Award for “The Crown,” directs the U.K.-set English-language project. Distributors Curzon, Cineart and Madman joined forces and acquired all rights for U.K./Ireland, Benelux, and Australia/New Zealand in a multi-territory deal, fending off robust competition. The project was one of the hottest titles at the European Film Market, and further deals in major territories will be announced shortly, Beta Cinema said.

Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theaters closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studio’s respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that pandemical brink, the motion picture studios have largely returned to their theatrical release models and the downstream monies they can bring. Not to mention their power in launching IPs around the world with big global marketing campaigns. When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament for 2022, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources.

WWE legend, Bushwhacker Butch, has died at the age of 78.

An electrical fire broke out Monday morning at Bray Studios where Amazon Studios’ The Lord Of the Rings: The Rings of Power is filming its second season. The fire reportedly started in a warehouse on the perimeter of the back lot.