Matt joined the editors desk in March 2021 after five years as Awardsline's Assistant Editor. In that role, he contributed to the coverage and editing of the magazines throughout the year, focusing on artist interviews revolving around awards season and its big nights including the Oscars and Emmys. Matt also manages the Production Value video series, which spotlights the premier craft talent working in film and TV. He also is part of Deadline's festival studio team at the likes of Sundance, Tribeca and Toronto. Before Deadline he worked at UTA, 8thDay Pictures and Infinity Management International.
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Bad Genius, an English-language remake of the same-name Thai thriller, from Picturestart, Picture Perfect Federation, and Little Ray Media. Marking the directorial debut of J.C. Lee, a veteran producer whose credits include The Morning Show and Ho…
EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA nominee and Emmy winner Christopher Eccleston (Thor: The Dark World) and Thomas W. Gabrielsson (A Royal Affair) have rounded out the cast of Cold War biopic Whispers of Freedom as production wraps in Berlin.
Set in 1980s East Berlin, the British-German co-production is based on the…
EXCLUSIVE: Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow and Katt Williams have joined TriStar's untitled buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and four-time Grammy-winning musician Sza. Joshua Neal, Aziza Scott and Patrick Cage will also star.
The logline is…
EXCLUSIVE: Ari Selinger has wrapped production in Montauk, NY on On the End, an indie drama for Moontown Productions and Wise Child Studios, marking his feature debut as writer-director. Leads for the film include Tim Blake Nelson (Old Henry), Mireille Enos (Hanna), James Badge Dale (Hightown), Lois…
EXCLUSIVE: Earthquake, the acclaimed comedian otherwise known as Nathaniel Stroman, has signed with WME for representation in all areas.
Earthquake’s 2022 Netflix special, Chappelle’s Home Team – Legendary: Earthquake, was the first comedy special produced by Dave Chappelle that was not his own. His…
UPDATED with more details: In what came as no surprise, filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo stepped onstage at San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H to confirm that they’re returning to helm the next Avengers movies: a new title Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars that will hit theaters in 2026 and 2027…
The Fantastic Four: First Steps was revealed as the official title of the Marvel Studios pic during an action-packed Hall H Comic-Con panel on Saturday.
Director Matt Shakman made the reveal after previewing an early teaser reel, then surprising the audience with the introduction of cast members…
Theatrics are always welcome in any Marvel Hall H panel, and David Harbour showed up Saturday night dressed as his Russian character Alexi Shostakov.
“Oh my God! You guys didn’t dress up!” said Harbour standing in the middle of Hall H. “Guys, I sent the email! Because we said it was Comic-Con…
During its Hall H Comic-Con panel on Saturday, Marvel Studios unveiled new footage from Captain America: Brave New World, its superhero flick set to hit theaters on February 14, 2025.
Introducing Giancarlo Esposito as villain Sidewinder — who the actor referred to as “King of the Serpent Society”…
That Deadpool “Like A Prayer” singing choir we heard about a few nights ago, well, it actually kicked off Marvel’s Hall H Presentation Saturday night at San Diego Comic-Con.
Satin gold and red robed choir members took the stage to belt out the Madonna song, which is something of an anthem in Deadpool…
HBO on Saturday unveiled a new trailer for The Penguin, its DC series centered on Colin Farrell’s Batman villain of the same name, which is slated to debut on Thursday, September 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will also be available to stream on Max.
The Penguin takes place following the events of Matt…
One of the beans spilled at the Paramount+ Comic-Con panel by EP Akiva Goldsman was the possiblity of a Star Trek stage musical.
In regards to what part of the universe would get stage stoppers — that wasn’t really detailed. However, the stage musical is likely centered around the streaming series S…