Alfie Wise, who teamed with Burt Reynolds in many of his films including The Cannonball Run, Smokey & The Bandit, Stroker Ace, among others, has died. He was 82. Wise passed away on July 22 of natural causes at the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, FL, according to media…

Kelley Mack, who recurred on The Walking Dead and had roles in several films, TV series and commercials, died August 2 of glioma in Cincinnati, her family said. She was 33. Mack played Addy in five Season 9 episodes of AMC’s The Walking Dead in 2018-19. In that season’s finale, she and 10 other…

So the poster for the new horror film Weapons shows a bunch of kids running down a suburban street with the ad line saying: “Last night at 2:17 am every child from Mrs. Gandy’s class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark … and they never came…

EXCLUSIVE: After fighting battles for House Targaryen, Matt Smith is ready to take his next fight to a galaxy far, far, away. Sources tell Deadline that the House of the Dragon star is on board to join Ryan Gosling in Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Starfighter. Mia Goth is also on board, with Shawn Levy…

Mel Gibson’s film The Resurrection of the Christ, following up his 2004 hit The Passion of the Christ, will release in two parts through Lionsgate in 2027, the studio said Tuesday. In keeping with the film’s religious themes, Part One will release on Good Friday, March 26, 2027, with Part Two slated…

More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America West and East, including no shortage of heavy hitters, have signed the union’s open letter decrying the Trump administration’s “recent threats to the free press.” “We are members of the Writers Guild of America who speak with one voice to…

The WWE is on a hot streak right now, as illustrated by its presence in Netflix’s Top 10 English TV titles last week with not just one but two projects. There was, of course, the weekly presence of Raw, which drew 2.7 million views from July 28-August 3 as the last Monday night event before the…

EXCLUSIVE: Up-and-comer Delaney Quinn (The Roses) has landed the lead role in Buddy, the mysterious indie horror film written and directed by Too Many Cooks helmer Casper Kelly, which also stars Cristin Milioti and Topher Grace. Character details are under wraps, as is the plot of the film…

Colleen Hoover's next book to hit the big screen is Regretting You. The book, which came out after Hoover's beloved thriller Verity, also turning into a film currently in production starring Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett and Anne Hathaway, has a star-studded cast set to bring the story to the…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of his first Emmy nomination for The White Lotus, Jason Isaacs has come aboard to star opposite Taylor Kitsch and Diego Luna in Eleven Days, the indie hostage thriller from Parkland and Concussion helmer Peter Landesman. The film takes place in the sweltering heat of…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the trail of a strong weekend opening of The Naked Gun, the ’80s prime time procedural T.J. Hooker will be next procedural in line for promotion to an action comedy movie. Netflix has collared screen rights to the venerable cop drama, with Jarrad Paul & Andy Mogel tapped to write…

EXCLUSIVE: With the Skydance merger expected to close on Thursday, the exec shuffle continues at Paramount Studios as sources tell Deadline that Motion Picture Group Chief Mike Ireland is exiting the studio. Insiders say Ireland will stay on in a consulting role to help with the transition and is…