Following several productive days at the negotiating table, Hollywood studios are growing optimistic that they are getting closer to a deal to end the 108-day actors’ strike, according to three people briefed on the matter. These people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the labor situation, cautioned on Sunday … Read more
Negotiations between the major entertainment studios and the union representing tens of thousands of actors have collapsed, with both sides saying they remained far apart on the most significant issues. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of the studios, said it was suspending talks because they were “no longer … Read more
The struggling DC Studios has experienced plenty of recent shakeups. “Batgirl” was unceremoniously shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav last year, and actor Henry Cavill was fired from the role of Superman shortly after. At the box office, DC has delivered flop after flop. Now, as the DC Extended Universe is about to … Read more
Sean Penn has a warning message for Hollywood studio executives: If they want his voice and likeness, they can have it — but they’re going to have to trade his for their daughter’s. The notoriously hot-headed “Mystic River” star is outraged over studios’ alleged interest in using artificial intelligence to exploit Screen Actors Guild members’ … Read more
Union leaders told striking Hollywood writers Tuesday night that they plan to meet with representatives for studios to discuss restarting negotiations after the first official communication between the two sides since the strike began three months ago. The Writers Guild of America sent an email to members saying that the head of the Alliance of Motion Picture and … Read more
Hollywood execs are throwing shade at striking workers — by removing the tree canopy along their picket line. Critics are calling out Universal Pictures for seemingly cutting down trees that provided their striking writers and actors with much-needed shade amid blistering summer temperatures. Comedian Chris Stephens took to Twitter on Monday to express his disappointment … Read more
When David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan were revealed as DC’s new Superman and Lois Lane on Tuesday, it was hard to get revved up about the news. That’s not to diss the casting for 2025’s “Superman: Legacy.” Corenswet, the 29-year-old freshly minted Clark Kent, appropriately looks like a younger version of his predecessor Henry Cavill … Read more
Film fans are up in Armas. Two movie viewers are suing Universal Pictures after renting the movie “Yesterday,” which featured Ana de Armas in its trailer, but not in the actual film. Defendant Universal City Pictures, LLC, tried to have the case dismissed, but a federal judge ruled on Tuesday that movie studios can indeed … Read more
In 2012’s “Dark Knight Rises,” Batman’s foe Bane threatened to blow Gotham City to smithereens. Bane lost. But ten years later, DC Studios is picking up where the villain left off and wiping out much of the existing DC Extended Universe of superheroes. On Wednesday it was revealed that Henry Cavill was fired as Superman, … Read more
The search for new DC Universe executives is over. “The Suicide Squad” director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran will serve as co-chairmen and CEOs for the film, TV and animation division of DC Studios, a newly formed Warner Bros. sector that will replace DC Films. The unexpected picks conclude a months-long search by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Michael Waldron looks to be in line for another high-profile Marvel property as sources tell Deadline he is set to write Avengers: Secret Wars for Marvel Studios. Deadline recently broke that Jeff Loveness was on board to write Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, following the news Destin Daniel Cretton … Read more