EXCLUSIVE: Zoe Kazan’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic American novel East of Eden is slowly but surely staking its claim on Netflix. The series has now amassed 4.4x its debut-week views, Deadline can reveal exclusively, growing from 6.5 million views in Week 1 to a cumulative 28.9 million views in Week 4. Per Netflix, only […]
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Joel Coen’s gothic mystery “Jack of Spades,” with plans for a fall 2027 theatrical release ahead of its streaming debut. Written by Eleanor Catton, Joel and Ethan Coen and Conor McPherson, and adapted from Frances Frederica Montrésor’s 1901 novel “The Alien: A Story of Middle Age,” the film is […]
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran New England comic Juston McKinney has announced that he’ll release his sixth one-hour special, It’s the Little Things, on YouTube at 7:30pm ET on November 23. Directed by Jason Katz, McKinney’s new hour turns the everyday frustrations of middle age into a self-deprecating romp, reflecting on marriage, parenting and suburban life. He mines […]
The HBO host called out Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ stunts and Republican Islamophobia in the lead up to the US midterms On his HBO show on Sunday night, John Oliver focused on the last-minute rallies being held across the US leading up to the midterms . In Texas, Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton implored the few supporters assembled at a rally to not leave. Continue reading...
EXCLUSIVE: Watermelon Pictures has set a November 27 U.S. theatrical release for Switzerland’s 2027 Oscars entry Who Is Still Alive and posted the North American trailer. Conceived and directed by filmmaker Nicolas Wadimoff, the documentary revolves around nine former Gaza residents now scattered as refugees throughout the Middle East and Europe, unsure whether they will […]
Italian filmmaker Fabrizio Cattani brought “Forever With You,” his exploration of childhood, grief and the loss of a parent, to the Middle East for the first time this week, with the film receiving a Green Carpet premiere at the 13th Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth in the UAE. With Italy celebrated as […]
“Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to the Milwaukee Brewers’ historic World Series win during the ‘Weekend Update’ segment that featured the return of Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle commentator character. Moynihan spent nine seasons on “SNL,” from 2009 to 2017. His recurring Drunk Uncle character was a classic Archie Bunker-esque East Coast guy with blunt observations […]
So, in talking about the marvel that was Phoebe Bridgers’ opening night at L.A.’s Intuit Dome Friday night, which part of the show do you talk about first? Would it the emotionally riveting middle section of the show, in which Bridgers used the no-phones setting to elaborately explore, in song and in monologue, her complicated […]
