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Michael Cera might have helped the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World revival via a reply.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Glen Powell is lacing up his sneakers and racing to stay alive in the thriller first trailer for “The Running Man,” Edgar Wright’s adaptation of the dystopian action thriller that was another key step in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s transformation from professional bodybuilder into a major movie star. Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the remake, offered a first look at the film at CinemaCon as part of its presentation to theater owners on Thursday. If finds Powell playing a down-and-out family man who decides to compete in a deadly game show where contestants try to outrace swat teams and drones that are trying to hunt them down (think “American Idol” with a much higher body count).

Wes Anderson’s new film, The Phoenician Scheme, has unveiled an action-packed trailer at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.The film stars Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton as a father and daughter struggling to overcome their difficult relationship. Unusually for the director, known for quirky comedy, the trailer shown to the convention crowd featured a lot of combat.

Focus Features took CinemaCon attendees inside the mind of Wes Anderson on Wednesday afternoon, showing off footage of his upcoming The Phoenician Scheme. This marks the filmmaker’s third major collaboration with Focus and tells the story of a family and a family business.

Wes Anderson brought the impossibly twee “The Phoenician Scheme” to Las Vegas while Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone showcased the creepy, bee-filled “Bugonia” at CinemaCon. Anderson’s latest film, an espionage thriller, debuted a first-look trailer on Wednesday as part of Universal’s presentation to theater owners.

Since its launch, Black Mirror has been a magnet for big names.The show has seen performances from the likes of Miley Cyrus, Jon Hamm, Salma Hayek, Jodie Whittaker, and Michael Cera, all stepping into Charlie Brooker's chilling tech-centric tales. Now, fresh famous faces are joining the cast for the Netflix hit's season seven. Chris O'Dowd couldn't be happier to dive into the Black Mirror world for the eagerly awaited new episodes.

J. Kim Murphy Seth Rogen took a studio note personally on “Superbad,” when Sony objected to Jonah Hill‘s character using a PlayStation 2 in a scene because he was too “reprehensible.” “They were like, ‘We can’t have him interact with our products as a character, because it’s too vile a character.’ And I was like, ‘It’s based on me, that’s very insulting,'” the star said through laughs, speaking with RottenTomatoes on the red carpet for the SXSW premiere of his new Apple TV+ series “The Studio.” “Sony made the movie and we were told that Jonah Hill’s character, Seth, was so reprehensible to the studio,” Rogen said.

EXCLUSIVE: This Is Us alum Michael Angarano has been cast in a key recurring role on Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Apple TV+’s series starring Elle Fanning, Michael Pfeiffer and Nick Offerman and executive produced by Fanning, Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman.

Wes Anderson is set to release his new film The Phoenician Scheme this summer.The espionage comedy drama tells the story of a family business and stars Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe while Mia Threapleton plays his daughter and Michael Cera portrays her tutor.The film features an all star cast which also includes Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade and Benedict Cumberbatch.According to Variety, Focus Features has landed the domestic distribution rights to the movie, which is set to land in the US on a limited release on May 30 before a wide release on June 6.Universal Pictures, Focus’ parent studio, is handling international distribution but a date is still to be set for a UK release.In addition to directing The Phoenician Scheme, Anderson has also penned the script with the story co-written by Roman Coppola.Elsewhere, the director recently opened up about his experience making 2009 stop-motion film Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the challenges he faced getting his crew on board with his approach to directing.Speaking to Variety at the time, Anderson said: “My ideas for how to go about making the movie were probably unconventional in ways I didn’t realise … and so I ended up doing a lot of things that made it a lot more difficult.”Those “things” included unusual ways of capturing audio as well as redoing takes and lighting.Anderson went on to tackle stop-motion again with 2018’s Isle Of Dogs, which NME called his “best work yet” in a five-star review.Meanwhile, the director won his first Oscar at the 2024 ceremony for Best Live Action Short Film for the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar – but was

Focus Features is reteaming for a third time with Wes Anderson and producer Indian Paintbrush on their next movie The Phoenician Scheme in what is a global distribution rights deal.

Elle Fanning is in talks to star in the 20th Century Studios blockbuster. Conspiracy theories abound in “Bugonia,” a science fiction comedy film following two young men who, motivated by a strange belief that she is secretly an extraterrestrial being intent on destroying the planet, kidnap a prominent CEO. Yorgos Lanthimos directs Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Cedric Dumornay and more.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: David Zayas (Dexter, Oz) has joined the cast of Edgar Wright‘s Paramount feature The Running Man, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King that the author first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. He portrays Richard Manuel, sources close to production tell Deadline.

Actor Glen Powell has been snapped in a local Glasgow pub where the Running Man star and his film crew held the wrap party for their upcoming 2025 film.

Exactly one year after Scott Pilgrim Takes Off debuted on Netflix, co-developer/executive producer Bryan Lee O’Malley, on whose graphic novels the show was based, revealed to fans that the anime adventure series is done and there will be no second season.

Growing more impressive by the day, the cast for Edgar Wright’s Paramount pic The Running Man has added William H. Macy (Shameless) to its ranks.

Michaela Zee Cast members for “Black Mirror” Season 7 have been revealed during Netflix‘s Geeked Week. Awkwafina, Peter Capaldi, Emma Corrin, Patsy Ferran, Paul Giamatti, Lewis Gribben, Osy Ikhile, Rashida Jones, Siena Kelly, Rosy McEwen, Chris O’Dowd, Issa Rae, Paul G.

EXCLUSIVE: Leland Douglas, the screenwriter behind the David Gordon Green comedy Nutcrackers, has signed with Thruline Entertainment for management.

Deadline’s Crew Call continues its spotlight on the revolutionaries of social media who are impacting the film and TV industry with Gen-Z mom vlogger-turned-absurdist online talk show host Bobbi Althoff.

Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth is no longer.

An eight-episode series based on a controversial animated film is releasing on Amazon Prime Video this week - despite people complaining that 'nobody asked' for it.

Television star Martin Mull, best known for his roles in hit comedy series' Arrested Development, Roseanne and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, has died after an unknown illness, his family said.