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EXCLUSIVE: Over the last year, director and VFX artist Kane Parsons has shot his YouTube following into the stratosphere with the viral success of his mysterious short, “The Backrooms (Found Footage).” It’s the first in a series of found-footage horror videos which have thus far garnered nearly 100 million views and will now be adapted for the big screen by A24, Atomic Monster, Chernin Entertainment and 21 Laps.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Sony Pictures has acquired feature rights to Gnomes, based on Dutch filmmakers Richard Raaphorst and Ruwan Heggelman’s breakout horror short film.

Daddy-daughter bonding. Ryan Reynolds had some one-on-one time with his and Blake Lively‘s 8-year-old daughter, James, on Sunday, January 28, at a soccer game.

Daddy-daughter bonding. Ryan Reynolds had some one-on-one time with his and Blake Lively‘s 8-year-old daughter, James, on Sunday, January 28, at a soccer game.

Oh, what a night! From Ryan Reynolds to Shania Twain, Hollywood’s biggest celebrities will shine bright at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards on Tuesday, December 6.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal that Shawn Levy is in talks to come aboard to develop to direct a Star Wars film. We are trying to pry loose details of plot and writer, but this we can tell you: Levy will focus on this one after he completes the job directing Deadpool 3 at Marvel and Disney, the one that brings Ryan Reynolds together with Hugh Jackman.

Ryan Murphy’s true crime limited series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has been a massive hit for Netflix, a dominant #1 series globally since its Sept. 21 release and on track to become the streamer’s second most popular English-language show only behind Season 4 of Stranger Things. Released Wednesday, Oct. 5, horror film Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, which Murphy produced, also quickly shot up to the top spot, giving the prolific writer-producer-director the #1 Film and #1 TV Series in the U.S. on Friday. It is believed to be the first time a producer has held the two top spots simultaneously.

Chris Messina (Sharp Objects) has been tapped to star opposite Kaley Cuoco in Peacock’s dark comedic thriller Based on a True Story, from Emmy-nominated The Boys executive producer Craig Rosenberg, Ozark star/executive producer Jason Bateman and his Aggregate Films as well as UCP.

being revived by Netflix in 2020, is back with, as the popular true-crime series looks into more unexplained deaths, baffling disappearances, and bizarre paranormal activity. Ahead of its return on Oct.

pic.twitter.com/xkfWi3Nff6Bateman and Michael Costigan will produce for their Aggregate Films banner, while Levy will produce for 21 Laps along with Dan Cohen and Dan Levine. Tracey Nyberg is executive producing.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. In a splashy deal, Netflix has pre-emptively landed feature rights to upcoming book Dark Wire, which uncovers the true story of how the FBI launched a fake telecom company and became a phone service provider to the one of the world’s most notorious gangs, culminating in the arrest of more than a thousand international criminals.

Zack Sharf “The Wolverine” and “Logan” director James Mangold initially reacted to the news that Hugh Jackman will reprise his eponymous mutant opposite Ryan Reynolds in “Deadpool 3” with a gif depicting the fatal scene in “Logan” in which Jackman’s character is killed off for good. The R-rated “Logan” was billed as Jackman’s Wolverine swan song, but that’s no longer the case, nor does his “Logan” death scene carry the same emotional weight. While many on social media assumed Mangold was irked by the decision to bring Wolverine back after he killed him off, the filmmaker clarified that’s not the case. “Oh my gosh! Everybody chill,” Mangold wrote on Twitter. “Just kidding! I’m all good! ‘Logan’ will always be there. Multiverse or prequel, time warp or worm hole, canon or non-canon or even without a rationale, I cannot wait to see what madness my dear friends Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman cook up!”

Jordan Moreau Hugh Jackman will be back as Wolverine in “Deadpool 3,” Ryan Reynolds announced on his social media Tuesday afternoon. “Deadpool 3” also has an official release date: Sept. 6, 2024. “Hey everyone, we’re extremely sad to have missed D23, but we’ve been working very hard on the next ‘Deadpool’ film for a good long while now,” Reynolds says in the video, referencing the D23 Expo in early September. “I’ve had to really search my soul on this one. His first appearance in the MCU obviously needs to feel special. We need to stay true to the character, find new depth, motivation, meaning. Every ‘Deadpool’ needs to stand out and stand apart. It’s been an incredible challenge that has forced me to reach down deep inside. And I…I have nothing. Yeah, just completely empty up here. And terrifying. But we did have one idea.”

Hugh Jackman is clawing his way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Ryan Reynolds confirming that the Australian actor will be reprising the role of “Wolverine” in Reynolds’ upcoming “Deadpool” sequel.

20th Century Studios has unveiled first-look photos for its Romeo & Juliet reimagining Rosaline, starring 2022 Emmy nominee Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick), at the same time announcing that the film will stream October 14 as a Hulu Original in the U.S., on Star+ in Latin America and on Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories.

Wilson Chapman editorThe citizens of Hawkins are one step closer to their final battle, as the “Stranger Things” writers’ room has officially started on the fifth and final season of the hit Netflix series.The official Twitter account for the show’s writers’ room, @StrangerWriters, announced the news on Tuesday. In a tweet captioned “Day 1,” the account posted a picture of a whiteboard emblazoned with the logo for the final season.Day 1 pic.twitter.com/9m44RkJnc3— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) August 2, 2022Season 4 of Matt and Ross Duffer’s nostalgic sci-fi series ended on a major cliffhanger, with the season’s main villain Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) temporarily defeated, but succeeding in his scheme to merge the dark otherworld of the Upside Down with the sleepy Indiana town of Hawkins.

Neil Patrick Harris is celebrating the release of his new Netflix series!

Lost Ollie won’t be much longer: The limited series featuring voiceovers by Mary J Blige, Jonathan Groff and Tim Blake Nelson — plus Gina Rodriguez and Jake Johnson in starring roles as momma and daddy — can be found Aug. 24 on Netflix.

Film Festival), Swift presented the nearly 15-minute that she directed and debuted last November. The short, which boasts 67.7 million views on YouTube, opens with a quote from Pablo Neruda, stars Sadie Sink, Dylan O’Brien, Shawn Levy, and Swift herself, and concludes at a bookstore on a snowy night. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Joining Swift, Sink, and O’Brien on stage to dish about her process was Mike Mills, director of C’mon C’mon, 20th Century Women, and Beginners, as well as a slew of shorts for artists like The National, Blonde Redhead, Yoko Ono, and .

There’s no shortage of “Stranger Things” on Netflix thanks to the hit series’ massive fourth season, which was split into two volumes. After the first seven episodes were released on the streaming platform during Memorial Day weekend, the final two episodes will debut on July 1, just ahead of the Independence Day weekend. With just three weeks to go, Netflix released the first trailer for “Volume 2” during the streaming platform’s weeklong Geeked Week event.

on Netflix thanks to the hit series’ massive fourth season, which was split into two volumes. After the first seven episodes were released on the streaming platform during Memorial Day weekend, the final two episodes will debut on July 1, just ahead of the Independence Day weekend.

As the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival gears up, co-founder Robert De Niro is dishing on his musical tastes.

Zack Sharf Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are currently writing “Deadpool 3” for director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Reynolds. Reese is assuring fans that the script is not going to be “Disney-fied.”The upcoming third installment of the “Deadpool” franchise will be the first made under Disney, which acquired Fox in 2019, after Fox found immense success with two R-rated “Deadpool” movies (both of which earned more than $780 million worldwide).

Stranger Things has paid tribute to Nightmare on Elm Street in an episode of season four.Executive producer and director Shawn Levy opened up about casting Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund as Victor Creel in the turning point of the new season of the Netflix series.Englund played serial killer Freddy Krueger in the iconic horror film, and here plays Creel, a man charged with the murder of his family and subsequently locked up in a psychiatric hospital.“He brought a real enthusiasm to his role, and honestly, it was just an honour to watch him work,” Natalia Dyer, who starred opposite Englund as Nancy, in his first  scene in the series.“The role that he plays is just really interesting… He was so lovely and kind and sweet and really gave such a great performance.”“There’s a closeup of [Creel] scratching his fingernails on the desk in his cell,” Levy said to Entertainment Weekly of the first scene between Victor and Nancy and Robin, nodding to Nightmare on Elm Street as Freddy Krueger had metal blades attached to his fingers.“It’s implied that he’s done it for so long that the linoleum desktop is worn away by the scrape of his fingertip.”“The design and evil capabilities of Vecna are clearly descendants of Freddy Kruger,” Levy then confirmed of the show’s new villain.He added of the day on set: “The day I shot with Robert was one of the very few times that the Duffers made a point of coming to set just to hang out and nerd out with Robert Englund.”Meanwhile, NME gave Vol.1 of Stranger Things season four four stars, writing: “While there are some gripes to be had with the penultimate season of the show, it still packs in all the terrifying thrills you’d expect, deftly blending horror and sci-fi to maximum effect