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Jen Casey and Nick Gilhool, who ran Joe and Anthony Russo’s nonfiction label Wonderburst, are launching their own production company.

Varun Dhawan has been confirmed to star in the Indian series set in Amazon’s Citadel global franchise from the Russo Brothers.

As Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival kicks into gear in Jeddah, a parallel film program is underway 300 miles north in the small desert town of AlUla.

The FTX crypto scandal has found even more interested parties.

Veteran movie driver Peter DeToffoli has been identified as the crew member on Netflix’s The Electric State who was killed in an off-set car crash outside Atlanta last week. He was 58.

Chris Pratt has paid tribute to the "beloved teamster" from his new movie who died in a car accident. The 43-year-old actor has been filming 'The Electric State' with Stanley Tucci, Millie Bobby Brown and directors Joe and Anthony Russo, but shooting has been paused on the Netflix production out of respect after an unnamed crew member passed away in an off-set crash in Georgia on Friday (04. 11.

A crew member on Netflix’ high-profile movie The Electric State was killed today in an off-set car accident in Georgia, where the sci-fi film is shooting. A source close to the streamer said that it happened “after working hours,” but provided no other details, including the name of the crew member.

Filmmaker and producing potentate Joe Russo, who has teamed with his brother Anthony on blockbusters like Avengers: Endgame and The Gray Man, is partnering with agency IHC Sports to help its clients navigate Hollywood.

Angela Russo-Otstot has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer at AGBO, the film and television studio co-founded by Anthony and Joe Russo.Russo-Otstot, the company’s current president of creative, will continue to oversee development of all of AGBO’s projects. In her new role, she will expand her purview to physical production, marketing and story development and will still report to AGBO co-founder Mike Larocca.“Angela has been a critical part of the success of AGBO over the past several years.

Best FeatureAftersunCharlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)The CathedralRicky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (MUBI)Dos EstacionesJuan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)Everything Everywhere All At OnceDaniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, directors; Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, producers (A24)TárTodd Field, director; Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Todd Field, producers (Focus Features)Best Documentary FeatureAll That BreathesShaunak Sen, director; Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer producers (A Sideshow & Submarine Deluxe Release in Association with HBO Documentary Films)All the Beauty and the BloodshedLaura Poitras, director; Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, Laura Poitras, producers (NEON)I Didn’t See You ThereReid Davenport, director; Keith Wilson, producer (RePort Media)The TerritoryAlex Pritz, director; Alex Pritz, Darren Aronofsky, Sigrid Dyekjær, Will N. Miller, Gabriel Uchida, Lizzie Gillett, producers (National Geographic Documentary Films)What We Leave BehindIliana Sosa, director; Emma D.

The 2022 Gotham Award nominations are out this morning — the October noms and late November event are industry bellwethers, coming at the start of awards season following fall festival buzz. More to come, but here’s the list below.

Prime Video has sent the Italian instalment of the Russo Brothers’ global sci-fi event series Citadel into production and cast Matilda de Angelis (The Undoing, Leonardo) as its lead, as Amazon Italy execs today touted the streamer’s local growth here at the MIA Market in Rome.

Jake Bongiovi made a sweet stop in Atlanta to support his girlfriend Millie Bobby Brown.

Millie Bobby Brown had a special visit from her boyfriend Jake Bongiovi on the set of her upcoming movie The Electric State.

Regé-Jean Page and Glen Powell are reportedly set to star in a new series together.

Rege-Jean Page and Glen Powell have an exciting new project on the horizon!

Regé-Jean Page and Glen Powell are set to star in a series inspired by Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid for Amazon.

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Bergsman, a seasoned business executive who helped Joe and Anthony Russo build AGBO into a formidable content supplier, will exit as the company’s CEO this fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Epix is expanding its series regular cast for the upcoming second season of its contemporary horror sci-fi series From. Scott McCord, who recurred as Victor in Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2. Additionally, Nathan D. Simmons (Diggstown), Kaelen Ohm (Hit & Run), Angela Moore (The Stand), AJ Simmons (Reacher) and Deborah Grover (Anne With An E) join lead Harold Perrineau as series regulars in the series from John Griffin and Lost alums Jack Bender and Jeff Pinkner.

Danny DeVito is campaigning for a role in Disney’s next live-action movie.

“The Web’s Most Asked Questions” on Wednesday. He added, “I am the live-action ‘Hercules’!” Guy Ritchie, who previously directed Disney’s live-action “Aladdin,” is set to direct the remake, with “Avengers” directors Anthony and Joe Russo producing the film through their AGBO banner.Dave Callaham (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) wrote the first draft of the script.Disney’s 1997 animated “Hercules” film featured Tate Donovan voicing the title character, DeVito as Philoctetes the grumpy satyr, and James Woods as Hades.DeVito currently produces and provides the voice of Satan on FX’s animated series “Little Demon,” which premieres with two episodes Wednesday night at 10 pm ET/PT.

Ryan Gosling is in talks to star opposite Margot Robbie in the new Ocean’s Eleven film, which four-time Emmy winner Jay Roach (Bombshell) will direct for Warner Bros., Deadline can confirm. The project follows Gosling and Robbie’s recent work together on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film for the studio, which has the former playing Ken.

The Electric State, the new Netflix film from Joe and Anthony Russo.The ensemble cast also includes Marvel actor Chris Pratt, who worked with the directors on several Avengers films.Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who wrote several of the Avengers films, are also on board for The Electric State.

After a massive marketing campaign and boasting the biggest budget for a Netflix movie ever, “The Gray Man” hit the streamer last month to …a pretty tepid critical response.  Joe and Anthony Russo‘s latest received next to no positive tallies from critics. No surprise there: few recent blockbusters are as wooden or narratively inert.

EXCLUSIVE: As The Gray Man climbs the all-time viewership ranks on Netflix, Joe and Anthony Russo are moving fast on their next event film at the streamer and putting together quite the ensemble. Sources tell Deadline that Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox and Jenny Slate are set to join The Electric State, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt.

AGBO’s The Gray Man is climbing the ladder toward becoming one of Netflix’s most watched movies over its first 28 days. The one it will eclipse next is AGBO’s Extraction, with The Adam Project and Birdbox within hailing distance.

Zack Sharf “Avengers: Endgame” killed off Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man and Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, but Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige originally wanted an even bigger bloodbath. Filmmakers Anthony and Joe Russo recently confirmed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that Feige pitched them on killing off all the original Avengers, meaning Chris Evans (Captain America), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) would’ve also met their demise.“There were lots of rumors swirling about who was gonna die,” Joe Russo said.

Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast that during the “blue sky” phase of brainstorming what the story of “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” would be, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige toyed with the idea of killing off all the original Avengers – not just Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, but also Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Chris Evans’ Captain America, Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye and Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk.“Kevin did actually pitch at one point taking all the OGs off the board,” Joe Russo said. “We thought it was way too aggressive and that the audience wouldn’t be able to process it, and that in fact picking one or two characters to make sacrifices throughout the movie might give you moments throughout the film where the action could stop and you could have emotional catharsis and then continue with the narrative and then have more emotional catharsis.”Joe’s brother and co-director Anthony Russo was quick to add that this was never scripted and was merely a conceptual idea: “That was early days.

Zack Sharf The death of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark/Iron Man in “Avengers: Endgame” remains one of the most definitive moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It turns out Jon Favreau, who kicked off the MCU with “Iron Man” and also directed “Iron Man 2,” tried his best not to let filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo kill off the fan favorite superhero.“Part of the pressure [not to kill Tony Stark] came from Jon Favreau, who called us up after he read the script… and said to us, ‘Are you really going to kill Iron Man?'” Anthony Russo recently told Vanity Fair.Joe Russo added, “He did. Yeah.