After unloading his AI firm on Netflix earlier this year, Ben Affleck is showing off the tech in action with his latest project. The 2x Oscar winner recently revealed that he “did use” artificial intelligence “for lots of things” in the making of Animals, which he co-wrote, directed and starred…

Pakistan has selected Mo Naqvi's nonfiction action thriller Hanging By a Wire as its official entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards, the first time the country has chosen a documentary for that distinction. The film captures the drama and suspense around a news event that…

After spinning his last web in Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage wants to see the MCU bring better storytelling back to the superhero genre. The Oscar winner compared the MCU’s current slate of projects to “a well-funded and glorified WWE,” following its “marvelous” roots as he discussed the recent cance…

Although Facebook has played a big role in recent U.S. politics, Aaron Sorkin didn’t want to make The Social Reckoning a political statement. The Oscar winner noted that although he “was never asked” to omit Trump from his upcoming movie about a young Facebook whistleblower, which premieres Oct…

Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment, is not a fan of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery combining. "I think it is bad. I think it’s bad for everything," she said bluntly, addressing the feature film market in particular. "What this year has proven is, if you build it, they…

Two weeks ahead of the 14th Middleburg Film Festival, additional programming has been announced. On Thursday, the Virginia festival announced Siân Heder’s Being Heumann will serve as the Closing Film for the festival, which runs from Oct. 15-18, with Netflix’s La Bola Negra set as the Friday…

Gerry Cardinale, Paramount board member and principal architect of the company’s imminent merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, insists that most of the deal’s cost savings will not come from layoffs. The company has promised investors it will deliver $6 billion in cost savings from the $110…

Gerry Cardinale, Paramount board member, investor and key architect of its pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, says the notion that CEO David Ellison is tight with Donald Trump has been “way overstated.” “Forget about where you are on the political spectrum,” Cardinale said at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Author Casey Sherman, whose book Boston Strong was adapted into the 2016 feature film Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Bacon, has partnered with Midnight Lute Productions on a new book and feature film project, Vegas Strong. The project will chronicle the worst mass…

Ynon Kreiz, who was tapped Wednesday as Co-CEO of the soon-to-merge Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, will collect a $31.5 million signing bonus and at least $35.1 million a year in total compensation by 2027. In an SEC filing Thursday, Paramount laid out terms of the former Mattel CEO’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Shadow Lion, the company founded by NFL legend Tom Brady, is working on a new documentary chronicling Dubai Basketball's championship rise. The company has set Yalla, Dubai: From Startup to Championship, a documentary that follows the team from its launch in 2023 to becoming ABA…

EXCLUSIVE: No stranger to showing off his bad side, Walton Goggins looks to have found a new villainous role to sink his teeth into. Sources tell Deadline that he set to join Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler in Universal’s Miami Vice ’85. Joseph Kosinski is directing the pic, which also…