The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists.
Every installment asks the same five questions…
The pretenders and contenders are out of the way and the awards season main event is finally here with the 93rd Oscar nominations unveiled this morning, for better or worse.
Announced from the UK by a jovial Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas in the early West Coast hours, the likely semi-virtual April 25-set…
In a new era of political division and protest, Hollywood has seemingly rediscovered the late 1960s and its uproar in the streets as a way to mirror what American society is experiencing now. On the heels of Aaron Sorkin’s brilliant The Trial of the Chicago 7, we now have another true story of the government trying to…
In Judas and the Black Messiah filmmaker Shaka King dives deep into the story of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and William O’Neal, who served as an FBI informant to help silence Hampton and the BPP. King, who co-wrote the movie with Will Berson, tells the overlooked story…
Zazie Beetz (Joker, Atlanta), Lakeith Stanfield (Knives Out, Sorry to Bother You), Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods, The Good Fight) as well as Oscar and Emmy award-winning actress Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk, Watchmen) have signed on for The Harder They Fall, the all-Black western feature set at <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/netflix/" id="auto-tag_netflix"…
After adapting four podcasts into high-profile TV series, Homecoming, Dirty John and the upcoming Dr. Death and Joe Exotic,UCP is getting into the podcasting business itself with the launch of UCP Audio.
The podcast network is set to launch in 2020 withThe End Up, a scripted podcast starring LaKeith Stanfield (Atlant…
EXCLUSIVE: Moonlight breakout Ashton Sanders, currently starring as RZA in Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, is in talks to join Warner Bros and MACRO's anticipated Black Panthers pic Jesus Was My Homeboy, starring Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta), Jesse Plemons (The Post) and Dominique Fishback (T…
After making its debut at Telluride and the Toronto International Film Festival, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie’s crime thriller Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler became the talk of the town with its tale of a charismatic New York City jeweler who is actively on the lookout for his next big score.
The film, written by…
LaKeith Stanfield is quickly becoming a major player in Hollywood. The Sorry to Bother You star has signed on to headline and serve as an executive producer inNotes From a Young Black Chef, a film adaptation based on the memoir about 29 year-old American-Nigerian chef Kwame Onwuachi, which he co-wrote with Joshua…
EXCLUSIVE: Disney picked up screenwriter Cat Vasko’s untitled fairy tale project, which is being developed by the parent company’s live-action film team for the Disney+ streaming platform set to launch later this year. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before helmer Susan Johnson has closed her deal to direct the pic with Oli…
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and Charles D. King’s MACRO (Mudbound) are producing movie Jesus Was My Homeboy, about iconic Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton, for Warner Bros.
Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya is in talks to star as activist Hampton with Atlanta and Sorry To Bother You…
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