Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Days ahead of the anticipated press conference unveiling the lineup, Cannes Film Festival‘s chief Thierry Fremaux has managed to keep a certain mystery around this year’s Official Selection, despite the numerous predictions flourishing on social media. Even “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” hasn’t been officially confirmed by neither Cannes nor Paramount, but Fremaux tells Variety in an exclusive interview that he’s hoping to get a final go from the studio soon.
While the official lineup of films at the Cannes Film Festival taking place in May won’t be made public until mid-April, there are already some early rumblings of what projects we should expect to see on that list and there are plenty of reasons to get excited.
Øya Festival has added more names to its 2025 line-up – you can find all the details below.The 26th edition of the event is due to take place at Tøyenparken in Oslo, Norway between August 5 and 9. Tickets are on sale now – buy yours here.Last November, it was announced that Chappell Roan, Khruangbin and Wet Leg would be performing at the festival.
BAFTAs (British Academy Film Awards) took place tonight (February 16) – check out all the winners below.The ceremony was hosted by former Doctor Who star David Tennant for the second year running and went down at London’s Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre.The nominations were announced on January 15, with religious thriller Conclave leading the way with 12 nods in total, followed by musical Emilia Pérez on 11, period epic The Brutalist on nine, and seven each for Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked.In the end, the biggest winners were Edward Berger’s Conclave and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, which both won a total of four awards, the former taking Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Outstanding British Film and the latter winning Best Director, Actor for Adrien Brody, Score and Cinematography.Elsewhere, the awards were spread throughout the candidates, with Emilia Perez, Wicked, Anora, A Real Pain, Dune: Part Two and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl all picking up two.Take That also performed their 2008 hit ‘Greatest Day’ at the ceremony, following its prominent and unlikely appearance in Sean Baker’s sex worker drama Anora, while Wicked star Jeff Goldblum delivered an emotional piano performance during the show’s ‘In Memoriam’ segment.Warwick Davis, known for his roles in the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises, was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship Award, while the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award went to MediCinema, a charity that installs cinemas in hospitals and health facilities.See the full list of BAFTA winners below.Best FilmDirectorLeading ActressLeading ActorSupporting ActressSupporting ActorOriginal ScreenplayAdapted ScreenplayOutstanding British FilmOutstanding Debut By
Happy New Year! As the Deadline team gears up for another busy and discovery-filled 12 months on the global film festival circuit, here is our annual (non-exhaustive) list of U.S. and international movies we expect to see on the way. While we scored better than an 80% strike rate for 2024, this year’s list features a few returnees we still hope to see at a festival soon. As in our previous prediction lists, we’ve focused on titles that have already started filming or are in post-production and which haven’t yet been announced for a festival.
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Hayes is lining up a busy 2025 as the sources tell Deadline that he is joined the cast of Paramount’s The Running Man as well as the Searchlight pic Is This Thing On. Hayes would shoot The Running Man first and then follow that up with Is This Thing On next year.
Unless someone gets off the bench to make a deal, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery & Fox‘s big play into sports streaming looks like it is going to trial in October 2025, a federal judge ordered today.
Joy, the inspiring film that has just landed on Netflix, follows the journey of Robert Edwards (portrayed by James Norton), Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie) and Patrick Steptoe (Bill Nighy) as they make groundbreaking discoveries in IVF treatment.
Sony has titled the Tommy Wirkola thriller starring Phoebe Dynevor, Beneath the Storm.
Former Saturday Night Live cast member Alex Moffat is joining the cast of Off Broadway‘s The Big Gay Jamboree, the much-anticipated follow-up from Marla Mindelle, co-author and original star of the wildly popular musical comedy Titaníque.
Katcy Stephan Bleecker Street and ShivHans have partnered to tak U.S. rights to the cosmic love story “Love Me,” written and directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero, and starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun. Bleecker Street will co-release the film with ShivHans Pictures, with a U.S.
January may signal the beginning of a new year, but it also marks Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (22 to 28 January). In the UK, approximately 3,200 new cervical cancer cases are diagnosed each year, meaning that around nine people will be told that they have cervical cancer every day.
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Morrison (Glee) and Kara Wang (Top Gun: Maverick) have been set to star in From Embers, a dramatic thriller from writer-director Kate Bohan and Studio 6688.
UPDATE: Discovery+ and ID have unveiled a trailer for the series, which you can watch above. It will launch on January 16.
EXCLUSIVE: Discovery+ and ID are exploring the real story behind Fox’s hit series Glee.
Lacey Chabert and Ektor Rivera have a meditative moment on the beach in this still from Groundswell.
Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy's libel trial kicked off on Tuesday and it promises to be explosive.HELLO! have rounded up the key moments from the first day of the trial.MORE:Coleen Rooney and husband Wayne put on united display amid ongoing 'Wagatha Christie' caseBut first, a little background about the case. In 2019, Coleen accused former I'm A Celebrity star Rebekah of leaking stories from her private Instagram account to The Sun after a months-long sting operation.
Police are investigating after money was stolen from a Morrisons Daily store in Bolton.
