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Film How An Extravagant Chinese Financier Charmed Hollywood’s Elite Before Vanishing, Owing People Millions
As quickly as flashy China fixer-turned-movie producer Kenneth Huang took the town by storm, his company had collapsed and he had disappeared. A six-month Deadline investigation reveals that he left behind in his wake a litany of lawsuits; colleagues and investors owed tens of millions of dollars; a messy and unresolved dispute over the ‘xXx’ franchise; mortgage defaults on a palatial Bel Air home; more than $160,000 in unpaid office rent; and scripts from writers, including ‘John Wick’ scribe Derek Kolstad, with nowhere to go.
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Chris Coy Joins Netflix Limited Series ‘Black Rabbit,’ David Robert Mitchell’s ‘Flowervale Street’
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Coy (Lawmen: Bass Reeves) has been tapped for a series regular role on Netflix’s drama Black Rabbit, as well as a supporting role in David Robert Mitchell’s Warner Bros film Flowervale Street.
In the former project, Coy will play Babbitt, a low-level bookie. Details as to his Flowerva…
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Tilda Swinton Joins Colin Farrell In Edward Berger’s Netflix Pic ‘The Ballad Of A Small Player’; Filming To Start This Summer
Tilda Swinton is joining Colin Farrell in Edward Berger and Netflix's The Ballad of a Small Player, we can reveal.
The story follows a high-stakes gambler who decides to lay low in Macau after his past and debts catch up with him. Along the way he encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the…
UTA Signs Filmmaking Collective shy kids
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg, Matthew Hornick and Sidney Leeder, the filmmakers behind the creative collective shy kids, for representation in all areas.
A group of multi-faceted creatives based out of Toronto, shy kids has recently become synonymous with the OpenAI…
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Missy Elliott Latest To Join Coming-Of-Age Musical From Michel Gondry, Pharrell Williams
Grammy-winning hip-hop and R&B artist Missy Elliott has been tapped for a role in director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams’ new, untitled feature for Universal Pictures.
Details as to her role are under wraps, as are all roles so far. Set in Virginia Beach in the summer of 1977, the…
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NewsNation Names Cherie Grzech As President Of News & Politics; Michael Corn To Lead Programming And Specials
NewsNation is making changes to its top leadership, with Michael Corn becoming president of programming and specials and Cherie Grzech upped to president and managing editor of news and politics.
Corn and Grzech, who have each signed new agreements with the network, will report to Sean Compton…
Industry Entertainment Hires Managers Emma Lewis & Kasey Muraszko
EXCLUSIVE: Industry Entertainment is expanding its talent and literary departments with the hire of Emma Lewis and former A3 literary agent Kasey Muraszko as managers.
Lewis moves to Industry from Untitled. After beginning her career at ICM, she transitioned into management after serving as a talent…
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Helena Howard, Bella Thorne, Chloe Cherry & More To Star In Izabel Pakzad’s Debut Feature ‘Find Your Friends’
EXCLUSIVE: Helena Howard (Madeline’s Madeline), Bella Thorne (Divinity), Zión Moreno (Gossip Girl), Chloe Cherry (Euphoria) and Sophia Ali (Uncharted) have wrapped production on Find Your Friends, a thriller marking the feature directorial debut of actor-filmmaker Izabel Pakzad.
Others to appear in…
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View All What We're Watching‘Avengelyne’ Package To Warner Bros With Margot Robbie, Olivia Wilde, Simon Kinberg; ‘Poor Things’ Tony McNamara To Adapt ‘Deadpool’ Creator Rob Liefeld Comic Book
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is negotiating to close a seven-figure film-rights deal for Avengelyne — Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld’s signature comic book creation about an angel who fights the forces of evil.
Most of the deals are closed. Deadline hears Margot Robbie is eyeing to star as the title…
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Tony Snubs & Surprises: No Noms For Big Names Steve Carell & Michael Imperioli; Little Love For Brit Hit ‘Patriots’ & Hearty Welcome For ‘Outsiders’
Two of the more anticipated star turns on Broadway this season — Steve Carell making his debut in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Uncle Vanya and The Sopranos alum Michael Imperioli returning to the New York stage in Circle in the Square’s An Enemy of the People — got no love from Tony Award nominato…
Chris Hemsworth’s Regrets About Thor: “I Became A Parody Of Myself”
Chris Hemsworth is sharing his thoughts and some regrets about his portrayal of Thor in Taika Waititi’s Love and Thunder.
“I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself," he said in a new profile for Vanity Fair. "I didn't stick the landing."
Hemsworth also…
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View All Film Festivals & Photo GalleriesSummer Box Office Pines For $3 Billion: ‘Garfield’ Could Scratch ‘Furiosa’, ‘Beetlejuice 2’ Might See Best Opening Just Outside Of Season & Other Zany Forecasts
The domestic box office at $2 billion currently this year is dragging 21% behind the same January-April spread last year, and when Universal’s Fall Guy commences the hot moviegoing season this Friday with a hopeful $35M, expect summer to drag some more.
That’s because the lack of product due to the…
Sangita Myska Unlikely To Return To LBC After Being “Disappeared,” Sparking Listener Revolt
EXCLUSIVE: Sangita Myska is unlikely to be restored to influential UK news radio station LBC after being taken off air in opaque circumstances, sparking a revolt among listeners.
The former BBC journalist was abruptly removed from her LBC weekend show on April 20 and was replaced by Ali Miraj, a…
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