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Matt Grobar
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Matt joined the editors desk in March 2021 after five years as Awardsline's Assistant Editor. In that role, he contributed to the coverage and editing of the magazines throughout the year, focusing on artist interviews revolving around awards season and its big nights including the Oscars and Emmys. Matt also manages the Production Value video series, which spotlights the premier craft talent working in film and TV. He also is part of Deadline's festival studio team at the likes of Sundance, Tribeca and Toronto. Before Deadline he worked at UTA, 8thDay Pictures and Infinity Management International.
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Lee Isaac Chung To Direct Sci-Fi Family Drama ‘The Traveler’ For Skydance
EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of Twisters, which grossed over $370 million worldwide in theaters last summer, Oscar nominee Lee Isaac Chung has closed a deal with Skydance to direct The Traveler, a feature adaptation of the novel Traveler by Joseph Eckert.
While the project is in the early stages and…
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Tom Blyth Joins Claire Denis’ ‘The Cry Of The Guards’
Tom Blyth, star of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, has landed a role alongside Mia McKenna-Bruce, Matt Dillon, and Isaach De Bankolé in The Cry of the Guards, the forthcoming four-hander drama from renowned French filmmaker Claire Denis (Stars at Noon).
Character details are…
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John Ridley Developing ‘Caves Of Steel’ Film Based On Isaac Asimov Sci-Fi Novel For 20th Century Studios
EXCLUSIVE: John Ridley, the Oscar winner behind 12 Years a Slave, is developing a feature take on Isaac Asimov’s 1954 sci-fi novel The Caves of Steel for 20th Century Studios, Deadline can reveal.
Ridley plans to direct Caves of Steel, having written the most recent draft of the script with Cheo…
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Rhona Mitra To Star Opposite Joel Kinnaman In TNT’s CIA Miniseries ‘Debriefing The President’
EXCLUSIVE: Rhona Mitra has landed the female lead opposite Joel Kinnaman in Debriefing the President (wt), the four-hour miniseries recently greenlighted at TNT, which comes as part of the network’s renewed focus on premium event programming.
Mitra plays Polly Stevens, a colleague of…
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Preston Oliver, West Mulholland, Ruby Rose Turner & Rachelle Lefevre To Topline ’60s Drama ‘Someone Saved My Life’ From Filmmaker Angelo Pizzo
EXCLUSIVE: Preston Oliver (Secrets of Sulphur Springs), West Mulholland (Steven Soderbergh’s Presence), Ruby Rose Turner (Descendants: The Rise of Red), and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) have wrapped production on Someone Saved My Life, a period drama based on the Bloomington, Indiana childhood of…
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‘Opus’ Trailer: Ayo Edebiri & John Malkovich Star In A24 Horror Film Meditating On Cult Of Celebrity
A24 has unveiled the first trailer for Opus, its horror film starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, which is set to hit theaters nationwide March 14 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
Marking the first feature from writer-director Mark Anthony Green, Opus watches as a young writer…
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AFI Awards Luncheon Rescheduled For February 6 – Update
UPDATED, 5:41 p.m.: This year’s AFI Awards luncheon will now take place on Thursday, February 6, AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale announced on Friday evening. Like many award shows around town, they’d been delayed by the L.A. wildfires, which continue to approach containment. The luncheon had…
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David Krumholtz & Emily Beecham Join ‘Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow’ As Parents Of Kara Zor-El
David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer) and Emily Beecham (1899) have joined Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow as the parents of Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl, Deadline can confirm.
They join a cast led by House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock, who landed the title role after a long search. Others on board include…
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Sony Pictures Classics Dates Steve Coogan Dramedy ‘The Penguin Lessons’ For March
Sony Pictures Classics has announced that it will release its dramedy The Penguin Lessons, starring Academy Award nominees Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), in theaters nationwide on March 28.
The film is set to open against Focus Features’ Sundance entry The Ballad of…
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Dulcé Sloan Leaving ‘The Daily Show’ After Seven Years
EXCLUSIVE: Following an award-winning seven-year run on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, correspondent and contributor Dulcé Sloan has exited the late-night political news satire.
This was an amicable parting of ways, sources said, as Sloan’s deal was up and she’s relocated from New York to L.A…
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Sundance Sets Fellows For 2025 Screenwriters Lab & Intensive
EXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute has named the fellows selected for the 2025 Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive programs, which provide emerging artists with a space to develop their first and second indie features.
Lab fellows include Leo Aguirre (Verano), Chheangkea (Little Phnom…
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‘Gladiator II’ Sets Paramount+ Premiere Date
Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s critically acclaimed follow-up to his Best Picture Oscar-winning Gladiator, is bound for streaming, set to premiere on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on January 21.
The historical epic hits the service following a global theatrical run via Paramount Pictures that…
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