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The Toronto Film Festival has uninvited the documentary The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue by Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich from a spot in the festival’s fall lineup.
The film tells the story about retired Israel Defense Forces General Noam Tibon, who embarked on a heroic mission to save his family, including his two granddaughters, who were surrounded by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. Tibon also rescued survivors of the music festival massacre and helped wounded Israeli soldiers on his journey to save his family.
A TIFF spokesperson told Deadline, "The invitation for the Canadian documentary film The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue was withdrawn by TIFF because general requirements for inclusion in the festival, and conditions that were requested when the film was initially invited, were not met, including legal clearance of all footage." >>>Festival Brass Feared Protests |
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Kevin Hart Is A Stand-Up Guy - Kevin Hart is teaming with Netflix for a new competition series to crown the next big name in stand-up. Guided by Hart and a crew of comedy titans, the currently untitled eight-episode series is billed as an unfiltered, uncensored and unapologetic competition that will pull back the curtain on the gritty, hilarious and often unpredictable path of a stand-up career. >>>National Scope
'Room' With A View - HBO is developing Blackout Room, a high-concept mystery thriller drama executive produced by The Last of Us co-creator, executive producer and showrunner Craig Mazin. Written and executive produced by Nine Days filmmaker Edson Oda, who is also set to direct, Blackout Room takes place In a near future where every single moment of everyone’s life is streamed 24/7 to the rest of the world. >>> More Projects In Works
Fifth Season's Moon Shot - Apollo 13 mission commander astronaut Jim Lovell, memorialized through Tom Hanks’ performance in the Best Picture-nominated Ron Howard film, will have another screen moment. Days after the passing of Lovell at 97, a Fifth Season-financed documentary, Odyssey, is nearly complete and about to be brought to distributors. It focuses on the harrowing five days of the Apollo 13 mission in 1970, using over 2000 hours of previously unseen archival footage. >>> Captures Perspective of Lovell
Doc Talk Podcast: Director Amy Berg - Amy Berg’s new documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley is off to a hot start at the box office, earning $400,000 in its opening weekend of limited release. Berg joined the latest edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to share her first experience with the singer-songwriter-guitarist's music and her long journey to making the film. >>>Listen |
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy’s next feature Steve will world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival before receiving a theatrical release in select cinemas September 19, then dropping on Netflix on October 3. We recently caught up with star-producer Murphy along with Steve writer/executive producer Max Porter; director Tim Mielants; and Murphy’s producing partner Alan Moloney with whom he founded Big Things Films, which produces Steve in collaboration with Netflix.
In a conversation with Deadline, Murphy, Porter, Mielants and Moloney discuss the film’s genesis and themes, casting, collaboration and the balance of telling tough stories that remain entertaining. >>>Q&A
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Quotable "Editing does not constitute writing" - An official from Park Chan-wook’s production company about the director's expulsion from the WGA West |
ExclusiveStavros Halkias, a buzzy comedian recently making his way into acting with projects like Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia and indie comedy Let’s Start a Cult, has come aboard for a role in Tony, the forthcoming Anthony Bourdain biopic from A24.
ExclusiveNoah Mills (NCIS: Hawai'i) is set as a recurring guest star in the CBS medical drama Watson for its second season, premiering Monday, October 13.
This fall’s world premiere in Minneapolis of the stage musical Purple Rain will star an up-and-coming musician-songwriter named Kris Kollins in the main role of The Kid, made famous in the 1984 film by rock star Prince.
exclusiveShoniqua Shandai (Harlem) is set for a recurring role in Season 2 of BET's Diarra From Detroit, from creator, executive producer, writer, and star Diarra Kilpatrick. |
by the numbers 50M - Number of views for episodes 1-4 of 'Wednesday' Season 2 in the first four days it was on Netflix |
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🔥 New Line is in early talks for a prequel to Weapons, its buzzy hit horror film from writer-director Zach Cregger, which opened over the weekend, Deadline has confirmed.
🚓 Less than a month before the 47 Ronin director Carl Rinsch’s trial for allegedly scamming Netflix out of $11 million was initially scheduled to start in New York City, it looks like the once high-living Rinsch is dead broke. So much so that the U.S. Marshals Service will need to arrange for Rinsch’s transportation from L.A. to New York.
🍝 Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip is making its way to the U.S. Tastemade has acquired the exclusive streaming rights to the episodes, previously only available in the UK, via a partnership with All3Media International. |
| OBITUARIES
🕯️ Danielle Spencer, who portrayed Raj’s sassy younger sister Dee on the 1970s sitcom What’s Happening!! died Monday, her former co-star Haywood Nelson revealed on Instagram. She was 60. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries |
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Thu - And Just Like That series finale; Starz earnings; ATAS' Televerse event
Fri - The Rainmaker series premiere
Sun - Deadline Contenders @ HBO Max event |
Life Imitates 'ART' - Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale and James Corden at a photo call for the revival of the play ART on Broadway. |
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