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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. DOUG LIMAN TALKS XR THRILLER 'ASTEROID' & TOM CRUISE SPACE PROJECT THE DIRECTOR'S BOUNDARY-PUSHING SHORT DEBUTS IN VENICE'S IMMERSIVE COMPETITION Close to 30 years have passed since Doug Liman’s breakout feature Swingers played in the Venice Film Festival’s now-defunct Overtaking Lane sidebar devoted to emerging directors rejected by Sundance. The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow director was back on the Lido this year unveiling his XR thriller Asteroid, which is among 30 works competing in Venice Film Festival's Immersive Competition. It is the latest work from 30 Ninjas, the immersive studio Liman created more than a decade ago with Julina Tatlock and Jed Weintrob using technological developments to expand the boundaries of storytelling. Produced in association with Google’s 100 Zeros, Asteroid is among a slate of XR films being lined up for the launch this fall of Android XR, the new operating system, combining AI, AR and VR, which is being developed by Google and Samsung. >>>Latest On Tom Cruise Space Movie VENICE/TORONTO NEWS Kathryn Bigelow Says Her Netflix Thriller ‘A House Of Dynamite’ Is An Urgent Call For Nuclear Disarmament: “How Is Annihilating The World A Good Defensive Measure?” Angelina Jolie Starrer ‘Couture’ Sells To Key Markets Ahead Of Toronto World Premiere Alexander Rodnyansky Talks Returning To Documentary Roots With ‘Notes Of A True Criminal’ Walton Goggins & Lewis Pullman Join Jessica Biel As Leads In ‘Batso’ About Trailblazing Climbers Who Took On El Capitan Peak – TIFF Market Breaking Baz: ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Star Robert Aramayo Curses His Way Through Upcoming TIFF Movie ‘I Swear’ With Aplomb Doc Talk Podcast: TIFF’s Thom Powers On Festival’s Doc Lineup From Paula Deen To Invited-Disinvited-Reinvited ‘The Road Between Us’ All Of Deadline's Venice Reviews Deadline Exclusives & Originals Dr. Phil-TBN Conflict Cools - The $500 million legal Holy War between Dr. Phil’s Merit Street Media and Christian media outfit Trinity Broadcasting Network, could be in its final days. >>>Preliminary Negotiations Segel Joins Jolie On 'People' - Black Bear, Hope Studios, 2DUX2 and World Wide Word are underway in London on Anxious People, with Jason Segel joining the cast. The three-time Emmy nominee joins Oscar winner Angelina Jolie and Bafta-winner Aimee Lou Wood in the feature directed by Marc Forster. >>>Shooting At Pinewood Indie Hub How Please Don't Destroy Came To An End At 'SNL' - As Ben Marshall, one of the co-founders of comedy troupe Please Don’t Destroy, joins the full-time cast of Saturday Night Live, the move marks an end to one of the NBC show's most viral groups. There were signs this was coming. >>>Radically Reduced Output THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW ‘Alien: Earth’ Creator Noah Hawley On Latest Episode & Its Ties To 1979 Movie Starring Sigourney Weaver Something might feel wildly familiar about episode 5 of FX’s Alien prequel. That’s because the spacecraft that ultimately crashes on earth is a virtual carbon copy of the Nostromo, the ship flown by Ridley (Sigourney Weaver) and her crew in the Alien franchise's 1979 origin story from Ridley Scott. The episode’s name — “in Space, No One…” — is even inspired by Alien's old tagline “In space, no one can hear you scream.” Deadline spoke to creator Noah Hawley, who reflected on the episode he wrote and directed. He calls it a mini-movie, which is actually a flashback to events that led up to what happens in the pilot episode. >>>Q&A              Quotable   "The best script I ever read" - Tom Holland on the screenplay for Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' RENEWALS, PICKUPS & CANCELATIONS exclusive ‘Ice Road Truckers’ Is Back: Hit Reality Series Returning To History For First Time In 8 Years 'The Paper' Renewed For Season 2 Ahead Of 'The Office' Offshoot's Premiere On Peacock              CASTING ABOUT Exclusive The Hulu pilot Group Chat from producers Kenya Barris and Kim Kardashian has cast its four leads to join the previously-announced La La Anthony: Yaya DaCosta (The Lincoln Lawyer), Melanie Liburd (This Is Us), Rebecca Rittenhouse (Maggie) and Stephanie Suganami (Power Book II: Ghost).   exclusive Cary Elwes is nearing a deal to join FX's Very Young Frankenstein, which we understand has received a pilot order. Sources tell Deadline that he will play the President of the United States. Hilaria Baldwin, Andy Richter, Danielle Fishel and Corey Feldman are among the celebrities recruited to compete in season 34 of Dancing with the Stars. Exclusive Judy Reyes has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC comedy series Scrubs in a special recurring guest star role. She will reprise the character she originated in the mothership series, Carla Espinosa.              BY THE NUMBERS   $10M - The amount Disney will pay to settle allegations about the lack of labeling for its child-focused videos on YouTube, a move which allowed the collection of data from kids under 13 MORE NEWS 🎙️ Jimmy Kimmel will welcome fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert as an on-air guest during a week of episodes originating in Brooklyn, NY later this month. Kimmel announced the news Tuesday in his ABC return from his customary summer break. 🧑‍⚖️ UK actors union Equity has lost its landmark legal case against casting directory Spotlight. The judge dismissed Equity’s claim that Spotlight should be classed as an “employment agency” and should therefore only be able to charge fees that would “be no more than a reasonable estimate of the cost of production.” ✍️ Margaret Atwood ripped the decision of Alberta Premiere Danielle Smith to ban 200 books for 9th Graders, including Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. The move was later put on hold. 🎟️ Broadway box office was mostly in a holding pattern last week as it gears up for a busy fall season, but shows like Purpose and Art broke from the pack to do very well in the dog days of late summer. 🎬 A live-action feature film close to close to Paramount CEO David Ellison’s heart has gone into development at the company's flagship studio: an adaptation of best-selling Activision vision game Call of Duty. HIRINGS, PROMOTIONS & EXITS Karin Lindstrom Joins Warner Bros Discovery Nordics After Amazon MGM Studios Exit BBC Hires Nick Lee As Head Of Acquisitions Cory Gardner To Lead Cable And Telecom Trade Group NCTA-The Internet & Television Association OBITUARIES   🕯️ David Keighley, a long-tenured champion of the Imax Experience and a pioneer in film presentation, died in New York August 28 following a battle with cancer. He was 77. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries ON THE RADAR Tues - Live with Kelly and Mark season premiere; Paul Mescal on Fallon Wed - Lilo & Stitch debuts on Disney+ Thu - Toronto Film Festival opens; Paley Media Council event featuring John Malone, David Zaslav and Barry Diller; NCIS: Tony & Ziva series premiere; NFL season kicks off Sat - Venice ends; U.S. Open Women's Final Sun - U.S. Open Men's Final; VMAs air on CBS Mon - Goldman Sachs Communacopia Media & Technology Conference starts; Monday Night Football premieres PHOTO OF THE DAY 'Dynamite' Style - Rebecca Ferguson at the A House Of Dynamite premiere in Venice. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. 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