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Selome Hailu | Variety Sidney Poitier’s family remembered the Hollywood giant as a humanitarian, a leader and a devoted artist in a statement issued Friday evening, a day after his death at the age of 94. The actor, who became the first Black person to win the Oscar...
by Manori Ravindran | Variety Rolling off the smashing success of “Lupin,” Netflix and French star Omar Sy have entered a multi-year feature film deal. It’s the streamer’s first deal with a French talent or filmmaker. The partnership will see Sy’s Paris and L.A.-based...
Brent Lang | Variety Will Packer will produce the 94th Oscars. He takes the reins of the show at a time when the broadcast and those of other awards shows are struggling to remain relevant. Last year’s telecast, which took place in the shadow of the COVID pandemic and...
By Brent Lang | Variety Fresh off of their collaboration on “Coming 2 America,” Amazon Studios has closed a three-picture and first-look film deal with Eddie Murphy. The pact calls for the comedian to star in three films for Amazon Studios and develop original film...
by Trey Mangum | Shadow and Act ViacomCBS' MTV Entertainment Group has announced a deal with Jamie Foxx and his producing partner Datari Turner to "develop and executive produce original movies across MTVE’s portfolio with BIPOC filmmakers focused on diverse...
By Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Deadline learned that Netflix has closed a long-term pact to be the creative home on the film side for Kevin Hart and his HartBeat Productions. The exclusive partnership calls for Hart to be the star of at least four films he’ll produce,...
By Pete Hammond | Deadline Leading the list of honorees for the Critics Choice Association’s third annual Celebration of Black Cinema are Delroy Lindo receiving the Career Achievement Award, John Legend and Mike Jackson as Producers of the Year, Tessa Thompson winning...
By Dave McNary | Variety Spike Lee will receive the American Cinematheque Award and will be honored during a virtual tribute on Jan. 14, 2021. American Cinematheque chair Rick Nicita said the legendary director always keeps his finger on the pulse of society. “As a...
By Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is planning to wrap up its Fast & Furious core film franchise with two final movies that will bring to a close a franchise that has revved its way to become the highest-grossing movie series in the...
By Greg Evans | Deadline Producer and recording artist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is partnering with Eli Roth and entertainment studio 3BlackDot for a three-picture feature film deal. The deal expands Power player Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television in the horror...
By Amanda N'Duka | Deadline EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment has officially promoted Nicole Brown to president of TriStar Pictures, one-year after Brown was tapped to head the film division for the specialty label following the departure of long-time exec Hannah...
By Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Dwayne Johnson this week surpassed 200 million followers on Instagram, his go-to social media portal. He posted a video this morning to commemorate the milestone, one he said puts him atop the pile in terms of American men (the soccer...