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Anthony D'Alessandro
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Anthony covers box office, breaking film news, awards-season features and festival news. His first job in the film industry was at Savoy Pictures' headquarters in New York where he worked in film distribution. In the summer of 1999, he was hired by Variety and moved to Los Angeles, and remained in the newsroom covering numerous parts of the industry, including box office, for about a decade. Prior to arriving at Deadline in the fall of 2011, where he co-edited the site's sister publication Awardsline, Anthony covered the box office beat for Indiewire's Thompson on Hollywood. He also co-produced Matt Walsh's film "A Better You."
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How Neon Made ‘Longlegs’ Sexy At Box Office With Distrib’s Record Opening Of $22M+, Best Start For Original Horror Pic YTD – Sunday Update
UPDATED, Sunday AM: Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 4 won the weekend with $44.6 million, but Neon’s Nicolas Cage-Maika Monroe starrer Longlegs stole the headlines, delivering the best original horror opening year-to-date and the best-ever start for the Tom Quinn-run 7-year old distribution company…
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Comic-Con 2024 Schedule: The Top Movie & TV Panels And Events In San Diego
UPDATED with latest: San Diego Comic-Con has begun to release the full schedule for its 2024 edition, which this year runs July 25-28. The annual confab is officially centered at the San Diego Convention Center, but in reality it invades the city with an army of comics, genre, movie and TV fans and…
Sony’s Out: Won’t Return To Mix During Paramount’s 45-Day “Go Shop” Window
EXCLUSIVE: Sony will not be one of those rival parties trying to shore up a better bid during Paramount Global’s “Go Shop” period following the $8 billion offer by David Ellison’s Skydance Media. This is according to sources tonight.
The news formally puts to rest the only other confirmed offer on the…
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‘Gladiator II’ Trailer Ranks Among Paramount’s Most Viewed At 180 Million-Plus
EXCLUSIVE: A lotta people around the world watched the official trailer for Paramount’s Gladiator II in its first 24 hours after dropping Tuesday. So much so that it outstripped the debut trailer traffic of the studio’s own Top Gun: Maverick. You’ll remember Top Gun: Maverick posted a three-day U.S. box…
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Universal Sets Illumination’s ‘Minions 3’ For Independence Day 2027 Frame; Franchise Nearing $5B Global
The bananas obsessed creatures won’t stop: Universal Pictures will release Illumination's Minions 3 on Wed, June 30, 2027.
The news comes in the wake of Despicable Me 4 clearing $255M at the global box office following its July 3 opening stateside.
Minions 3 is written by Brian Lynch…
Adam Rifkin Hops On Stoner Comedy ‘Toad’ With James Paxton
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Adam Rifkin is set to direct his next feature, the stoner comedy, Toad, which he co-wrote with Bank of Dave scribe Piers Ashworth. Cameras will roll this autumn in New Mexico.
James…
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Nina Jacobson & Brad Simpson’s Color Force Inks Producing Deal With Sony Pictures Entertainment
Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson and their Color Force production company have singed a producing deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment, putting the Culver City lot in business with the producers behind such hits as The Hunger Games franchise, Crazy Rich Asians and award winning TV series Pose and American C…
HBO Original ‘The Penguin’ To Leave Big Footprints At San Diego Comic-Con
EXCLUSIVE: It wouldn’t be Comic-Con without The Penguin and the HBO Original series will be taking over San Diego Comic-Con from Thursday July 25 to Saturday July 27 with several experiences. The Penguin premieres on HBO and Max in September.
Among the stunts are a recreation of Gotham's famed…
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Sony Wins Michael Crichton-James Patterson Bestseller ‘Eruption’ In Seven-Figure Deal
EXCLUSIVE: The Michael Crichton and James Patterson novel Eruption has been bought at auction by Sony in what we hear is a seven-figure deal after several circled.
The feature take of Eruption already has Oscar-winning Free Solo directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi attached to direct…
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“Not My Decision”: ‘Sound Of Hope’ EP Letitia Wright Distances Herself From Pic’s Right-Wing Promoter Daily Wire; Distributor Angel Studios Responds
UPDATED WITH DAILY WIRE STATEMENT: Black Panther star Letitia Wright, who is an executive producer on the faith-based movie Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, recently issued a statement on social media, distancing herself from the film’s conservative partners The Daily Wire.
Wright was…
Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’ Theatrical Release Delayed
Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 is no longer coming out on Aug. 16. The news comes following the misfire of Chapter 1 over the July 4th box office frame.
Still given the movie’s 50+ leaning audience and how they’re slow to come to cinemas, the filmmakers wanted to give that…
‘Star Wars’ Shawn Levy Movie Being Penned By Filmmaker’s Collaborator Jonathan Tropper
Deadline has confirmed that the Shawn Levy directed Star Wars movie we first told you about back in 2022, is being penned by Jonathan Tropper.
The news comes as Levy is about to detonate the summer with his directed Marvel Studios feature Deadpool & Wolverine, which some tracking services have at a…
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