'F1' Speeds To $144M Worldwide; UTA, BBC React To Punk Band's Glastonbury Controversy; James Cameron Talks 'Hiroshima'

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. 'F1' REVS TO $144M GLOBAL OPENING APPLE LEVERAGES ITS DIRECT LINE TO MORE THAN 2 BILLION DEVICES TO MARKET THE FILM STARRING BRAD PITT F1 is a big-screen win for the Zack Van Amburg- and Jamie Erlicht-led Apple film operation, and it’s another checkered flag for Warner Bros, which has shown under the Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy regime that original event movies can be launched despite the doubters. Apple Original Films’ F1 via Warner Bros pulled in an estimated $144M worldwide and $55.6M domestic over the weekend. The film has been on a four-year track for Van Amburg, Erlicht and Head of Features Matt Dentler, who assembled this massive project, a collaboration with Formula One shooting at live races around the world. While other studios will tubthump their tentpoles through their entertainment verticals, Apple is able to promotes its movies and series to owners one or more of the 2.2 billion Apple products in use worldwide. >>>First-Of-Its-Kind Trailer Deadline Exclusives & Originals End Of The Voyage - Ryan Murphy’s Doctor Odyssey will not be coming back for a second season on ABC — at least not anytime soon. It’s a default cancellation as the cast’s options are expiring today and are not being picked up. >>>Murphy Weighing Options Punk Duo Dropped - UK punk duo Bob Vylan has been dropped by UTA after delivering a highly controversial set at Glastonbury Festival, Deadline was the first to report this morning. UTA execs made the call over the weekend after assessing what was said onstage – and streamed live by the BBC. Bobby Vylan, one of the pseudonymous members of the group, chanted “death to the IDF” and complained about working for a “f***ing Zionist.” He also platformed the controversial slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, free,” during the West Holts stage set. The BBC said it "regrets" not yanking the livestream during the performance. >>> "We Are Appalled" Dream 'Team' - Nat Faxon & Jim Rash have been set by Netflix to direct Team Hoyt, based on the true story of how Dick Hoyt turned himself into a triathlete and marathoner so he could bring with him son Rick—a non-verbal quadriplegic whose strength and spirit helped galvanize a movement. >>>32 Boston Marathons Winslet Exit - Oscar and Emmy winner Kate Winslet has departed Hulu drama series The Spot, sources tell Deadline. Winslet was attached as star and executive producer to the project, from creator/executive producer Ed Solomon and A24. According to sources, the reasons behind her exit are creative and related, at least in part, to how the project’s evolution has affected the required approach to the role. >>> Still Targeting 2026 Start Wilting 'Garden' - NBC has opted not to renew freshman drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society for a second season. >>>Won't Shift To Peacock Candice King Talks 'We Were Liars' - Candice King, who plays the youngest Sinclair sister Bess on We Were Liars, unpacks Bess’ journey in Season 1 and teases what she’d like to explore in a potential second season. >>>Q&A UA Buys 'The Tenant' - Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber have taken rights to Freida McFadden's No. 1 New York Times bestselling psychological thriller, The Tenant. >>>Themes Of Privilege & Revenge              The Deadline Interview Mike Fleming Jr: Why James Cameron Is Hellbent On Making ‘Ghosts Of Hiroshima’ Japan-Set Movie James Cameron made a promise to one of the last survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb blasts as the man lay on his deathbed: to direct a film based on the upcoming Charles Pellegrino book Ghosts of Hiroshima. Here, Cameron explains his passion for a dark project he’ll balance with his continuing Avatar franchise.  >>>Read The Q&A Renewals, Cancellations & Pickups   Exclusive LL Cool J & Peyton Manning Team On ‘Hip Hop Was Born Here’ Docuseries At Paramount+ ‘The Comeback’ Revived By HBO For Third & Final Season Casting About Exclusive ESX Entertainment's new biopic about the German rock band Scorpions has set its cast with Dominic West (The Crown), Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom), Ludwig Trepte (Generation War), Ed Speleers (You), David Kross (The Reader) and Luke Brandon Field (Jojo Rabbit). Fans haven’t seen the last of Alex Russo in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place. Selena Gomez will return to guest star in Season 2 of the Disney Channel sequel series, the star announced on social media.   Exclusive Australian actor Levi Miller (Kraven the Hunter) has joined the cast of Bloodaxe, Prime Video's drama created, written, and exec produced by Vikings creator Michael Hirst and his son, Horatio Hirst. Mandell Maughan (Resident Alien) has landed a recurring role in Netflix‘s just-announced Bert Kreischer comedy Free Bert. In Brief - Whoopi Goldberg lands multi-episode role on Italian soap Un Posto Al Sole... The ‘Burbs rounds out cast Quotable   "Every actor's kind of nightmare" - British actor Henry Golding on the cultural pressure of playing James Bond Development   Exclusive Duffer Brothers Developing ‘The Savage, Noble Death Of Babs Dionne’ At Netflix Scripted Karen Read Project In Works From LBI Entertainment by the numbers   $787M -  Amount for which CA Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued Fox News More News ✊ As Senate Republicans work through a marathon session to pass Donald Trump‘s “One, Big Beautiful Bill,” Democrats are outlining plans for a summer of organizing against it and other policies.  🤝 After five years in the Writers Guild of America’s bad side, The Irishman producer Randall Emmett has settled his debt with the Guild over not paying four scribes for work on a TV series. 📽️ It’s the end of an era at Canada’s biggest theater circuit Cineplex with longstanding President and CEO Ellis Jacob set to retire at the end of 2026. Obituaries 🕯️ Rebekah Del Rio, the singer-songwriter whose performance of a Spanish-language cover of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” made for an indelible scene in David Lynch's 2001 film Mulholland Drive, died June 23 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 57. 🕯️ Paul Libin , a major figure in the American theater for nearly seven decades whose leadership positions at Circle in the Square Theatre and Jujamcyn Theaters contributed some of Broadway's most exciting and acclaimed stage productions, died June 27 in New York City after a brief illness. He was 94. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries On the Radar   Mon - Wimbledon begins Wed - Jurassic World Rebirth opens Fri - Fourth of July Photo of the Day Very Smurfy - Rihanna attends the Smurfs Global Premiere in Brussels. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. 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