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EXCLUSIVE: Celine Dion looks set to perform at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris on Friday, in a joint appearance with Lady Gaga. But that's not the only big news to report about the French-Canadian chanteuse. I Am: Celine Dion, the film that chronicles the singer’s extraordinary…

Amazon Prime Video has taken another big leap into the UK film and TV industry by acquiring the 70-year-old studios where Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is filmed. Financials were not disclosed on the deal for Bray Film Studios, with the first Amazon production rolling cameras there set to be…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Benjamin Bratt (Poker Face) is the newest addition to the cast of Balls Up, Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming action comedy from director Peter Farrelly and Skydance. Details as to Bratt’s role are under wraps. As previously announced, Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walter Hauser, Molly…

EXCLUSIVE: Many people decided the office was no longer for them after the Covid-19 pandemic, but not so Felicity Ward, or her new alter-ego, Hannah Howard. Comedian and actress Ward is starring in The Office Australia, one of the most hotly anticipated series outside of the U.S., marking the first time a…

EXCLUSIVE: David Guion and Michael Handelman (Harold and the Purple Crayon) have been tapped to script The Mouse and the Motorcycle, a live-action/CGI hybrid based on the novel from beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, in development at Amazon MGM Studios. Originally published by HarperCollins…

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Shannon (The Other Two) has signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser in Balls Up, the action comedy that Peter Farrelly is directing for Amazon MGM Studios and Skydance. Details as to her role are under wraps. Written by Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese (Deadpool & W…

The cast of Blade Runner 2099 is coming together. Dimitri Abold (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) and Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy) are joining stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer on the Alcon Entertainment and Amazon MGM Studios action-thriller as series regulars. Katelyn…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the huge success of Michael Showalter’s Prime Video rom-com The Idea of You, Showalter and Jordana Mollick’s Semi-Formal Productions has entered into a multi-year first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Deadline can exclusively reveal. Under the pact, Amazon MGM will have…

Amazon MGM Studios on Thursday morning debuted the first trailer for My Old Ass, its Sundance crowd-pleaser starring Maisy Stella (Nashville) and Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus), which is slated for an exclusive release in theaters on September 13. Written and directed by Megan Park, the veteran…

Amazon MGM Studios has landed I Used to Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale, a zombie feature package based on the same-name adventure-comedy short story from Adam and Daniel Cooper, aka The Cooper Twins. The story is set in a “post-post-apocalyptic” world where former zombies struggle to reintegrate. Ryan…

Amazon MGM Studios on Tuesday dropped the first trailer for Red One, its long teased holiday event film from director Jake Kasdan (Jumanji franchise), which stars Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. While plot details had been under wraps to this point, the story will pick up after Santa Claus – Code…

When veteran documentary filmmaker Irene Taylor met Celine Dion via Zoom in winter 2021 about the prospect of doing a documentary chronicling Dion’s life and career, she had no idea where this would ultimately take both the subject and the director. In fact…