Lego has put in place three new live-action movies, Deadline has revealed. The Lego Group, under its deal with Universal Pictures, has teamed with directors Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins and Joe Cornish on the projects. Plots of the trio of untitled movies are under wraps. Jill Wilfert and Ryan Christians from The Lego Group are producing all three projects. Since kicking off with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie in 2014, the toy brand’s movies have included The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Lego Batman and the Lego Ninjago Movie, which have racked up north of a whopping $1.1 billion combined at the global box office. >>> Building Blocks |
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New Dawn For Dead - Paul W.S. Anderson will write and direct The House of the Dead, an action-packed feature based on the legacy Sega franchise. >>>From 'Resident Evil' Team
Agent Down - Lisette Olivera, who was added to the cast of FBI as a new series regular for Season 7 this past summer, is leaving the hit CBS procedural after filming a handful of episodes. >>>May Have Been Miscast
Bidding War - Amazon MGM Studios just won a battle for Love of Your Life, a spec scrip by Nyad scribe Julia Cox. The $2M deal has Ryan Gosling attached as producer. >>>Talk Of The Town
Sweet On Animé - Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle is writing and directing a live-action adaptation of revered animé Gundam, which has been co-developed between Legendary and Bandai Namco Filmworks. >>>Renowned Franchise
Holiday Popcorn Could Be Popping - According to the latest forecasts, the pre-Thanksgiving weekend could be a moviegoint event thanks to two significant tentpoles opening on November 22. Universal’s Wicked and Paramount’s Gladiator II just hit tracking with respective openings of $80M+ and $65M. >>>'Wicked' Hot With Women
UTA Vet Out - Andrew Thau is leaving UTA after 17 years. A longtime COO of the agency, he most recently served as the Co-Head of UTA Sports. His departure was announced in an internal memo today >>>Letting Go Of Agents
'Supergirl' Spreads Cape - 3 Body Problem actress Eve Ridley has landed the part of Ruthye Mary Knolle in DC Studios and Warner Bros’ Craig Gillespie-directed Supergirl. >>>James Gunn & Peter Safran Produce
In Brief - Kate Winslet's Lee becomes Sky‘s biggest original movie UK box office... Julie Jarmon joins Premeditated Productions. |
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In FX’s Grotesquerie, Lesley Manville plays an ill-mannered nurse with a bone to pick with Lois (Niecy Nash-Betts), whose husband she’s caring for while he’s in a comatose state. Manville spoke with Deadline about the finale, the interesting distinctions between the two versions of her character, and more. Note this post contains spoilers... >>>Read The Interview |
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Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire), Andrea Riseborough (Birdman) and Anson Boon (1917) are leading under-the-radar thriller Good Boy, from director Jan Komasa (Corpus Christi) and producers Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor), Ewa Piaskowska (Essential Killing) and Jerzy Skolimowski (EO).
The Broadway revival of Othello starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal has added to the cast with Andrew Burnap (The Inheritance, Disney’s upcoming live-action Snow White), Anthony Michael Lopez (Our Town), Daniel Pearce (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) and Kimber Elayne Sprawl (Girl from the North Country).
Oscar nominee Derek Cianfrance has rounded out an impressive cast for true-life heist pic Roofman, his first feature since The Light Between Oceans back in 2016. Newcomers include Uzo Aduba and Ben Mendelsohn.
In Brief - Anthony Ramos and Emmy winner Ben Mendelsohn to star in horror Molepeople. |
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BY THE NUMBERS
18.6 million - Viewers who watched the Dodgers beat the Yankees to win the World Series across Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming – the most for a Fall Classic Game 5 in seven years. |
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More News
📺 Shares of top U.S. pay-TV provider Charter Communications soared 15% in early trading this morning after the company reported better-than-expected third quarter results. CEO Chris Winfrey said the company’s ongoing integration of streaming services for Spectrum TV and internet customers should have “a pretty significant impact on acquisition and retention” starting in 2025.
📽️ Cinemark, the nation’s third-largest theater chain, and smaller Marcus Theatres piled on strong financial results Thursday after sunny numbers from Imax on Wednesday – all bright notes amid ongoing box office uncertainty.
🏆 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has laid off about 16 employees, all of whom worked in the Oscar organization’s collecting and preservations departments. That amounts to about 2% of the Academy’s workforce of almost 800.
🍏 Apple stock, which has risen 25% in 2024 to date but largely tracked the Nasdaq 100 Index, pulled back in after-hours trading after the company released solid but far-from-dazzling quarterly results.
🚚 Amazon topped Wall Street estimates in the third quarter, posting an 11% rise in revenue compared with the year-ago quarter and diluted earnings per share of $1.43.
🎥 Bill Burr will host the post-election episode of Saturday Night Live, followed the next week by pop star Charli XCX pulling double duty. |
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Obituaries
🕯️Stephanie Collins, a veteran costume designer on Peaky Blinders, Layer Cake and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, died October 26 of cancer in London. She was 60. |
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On the Radar
Fri – Deadline’s Sound & Screen; Artios Awards nominations
Sat – Jon Bon Jovi & Khalid to perform at Kamala Harris rally in North Carolina; Donald Trump rally at airport in the same battleground state
Mon - Fox Corp. earnings
Tue – U.S. Election Day; British Independent Film Awards nominations |
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Spooky Wakeup Call - Al Roker channels Beetlejuice during the Halloween episode of NBC’s Today. |
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