| SCORE ANOTHER ONE FOR EMOTIONAL FILMMAKING, AS SURPRISE WIN FOR 'HAMNET' INJECTS SOME DRAMA INTO THE BEST PICTURE RACE |
After watching One Battle After Another win all season long at critics group events, Hamnet's Golden Globes victory was a big one, even if it came on the same night One Battle also won big with four trophies including Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and both Director and Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson. In some respects, Hamnet seems perfectly poised to capitalize on its new status as the movie that might, if there is any hope at this point, be a contender to give One Battle a run for its money at the Oscars.
Emotional movies like Hamnet, even if it has been slow to ignite at the box office, often count for a lot with Academy members. Having (producer) Steven Spielberg start your acceptance speech is also not a bad thing at all. It's also great timing.
Voting for Academy Award nominations starts today and runs through Friday. The phase-one campaigning and glad handing will be slowing down considerably this week as Oscar voters check off their ballots. >>>Pete Hammond's Take
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals |
B.O. On 'Fire' - Even though James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash isn’t as strong as the first two films stateside with an anticipated running four weekend total tomorrow of $342.6M, about -34% behind Avatar: Way of Water, the movie is potent enough to be the roux of the January box office. >>>Full Analysis
Hollywood Strikes Back - A monthly, off-the-record Zoom call with elected officials and aspiring candidates is expected to be a prime spot for organizing, whether that be canvassing, providing creative content or other activism. The team behind the call, Mathew Littman and Dori Howard, believe that the midterms this year will see a more activated Hollywood base. >>>Recent Newsom Call
Bob Yari's New Slate - Bob Yari's Magenta Light Studios and Seoul and LA-based Aanaxion Studio have agreed a ten-picture multi-year production partnership, which launches with the upcoming Milla Jovovich film Protector. >>>More Titles TBA |
SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s national executive director and chief negotiator, have confidence that their early start (talks kick off February 9) will be a difference-maker. The current contract won’t expire until June 30. Unlike in past cycles, SAG-AFTRA will be the first above-the-line union to sit down with the AMPTP, taking the place often held by the Directors Guild.
“Part of the reason we wanted to go first is that we wanted to be able to have the time we feel is necessary,” Astin told Deadline in an interview during CES in Las Vegas. “We appreciate that [AMPTP members] are willing to engage early in order to properly examine each item.”
Referencing internal data monitored by SAG-AFTRA officials, he added, “We perceive the beginning of a recovery happening in the industry, and we were very mindful of wanting to protect that, and starting early and going first, I think, gives everyone a little bit of comfort that whatever issues we have to work, that we can do it in a way that will not impede that.” >>>Read The Interview |
QUOTABLE "Do I hear $5?" - Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser on the bids for Warner Bros. Discovery |
exclusiveLandman and 1923 actress Michelle Randolph has landed the female lead in the Amazon MGM Studios movie Clashing Through The Snow opposite The Summer I Turned Pretty's Christopher Briney.
exclusiveNetfix has rounded out cast for its forthcoming high school hockey drama series adding Émilie Bierre (Teacup) Shai Chase (Diary of a Muslim Cynic), Josh Macqueen (Motorheads), Costa D’Angelo (Tell Me Lies), Carter Shimp (Best Medicine) and Ethan Holder (Ballard) as series regulars.
exclusiveFollowing the acclaim for her directorial debut Theater Camp, Molly Gordon's next directing gig, Peaked, is gaining momentum and looks to be adding one of the town’s busiest rising stars. Sources tell Deadline that Sex Education breakout Emma Mackey is in talks to join the A24 comedy |
BY THE NUMBERS $1.23B - Global B.O. thusfar for 'Avatar: Fire And Ash' |
MORE NEWS
👊 In an escalation of its hostile effort to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount says it will nominate directors for election at the upcoming WBD annual meeting who oppose the pending merger with Netflix. It also filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court seeking disclosure of “basic information" to help WBD shareholders to decide whether or not to tender their shares.
🏆 Sinners rejoice! Ryan Coogler’s smash horror pic starring Michael B. Jordan dominated the film nominations for the 57th NAACP Image Awards. The Warner Bros. release scored 18 noms today lapping its nearest rival, Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, which got nine. 👀 The first big package of 2026 has the town buzzing. An untitled new series from Entertainment 360 and A24 is hitting the market with Zooey Deschanel attached to star and exec produce. Matt Hausfater penned the script with Dave Bernad also producing through his Middle Child banner along with Entertainment 360. A24 is studio behind it.
⚖️ As elements of a decision in the supposedly confidential arbitration between CAA and Range Media Partners brass have tongues wagging around town, it might also be worth noting this battle royal is far from over. CAA will appeal the arbitration decision. |
OBITUARIES
🕯️ Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and the rock band’s guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, has died at the age of 78, according to a statement posted to his official social media account. 🕯️ John Cunningham, a prolific Broadway actor who appeared in such acclaimed productions as the original stagings of Cabaret, 1776, Company, Six Degrees of Separation and The Sisters Rosensweig , and whose many screen credits included roles in Mystic Pizza, Dead Poets Society and School Ties, died Tuesday, January 6, in his Rye, New York, home. He was 93. 🕯️ Emmy-winning producer, director Tom Cherones, best known for his work on Seinfeld, among many other credits, has died. He was 86. 🕯️ Thomas Kent “T.K.” Carter, the actor known for roles in The Thing (1982) and TV’s Punky Brewster, has died. He was 69. 🕯️ Roger Ewing, the actor known for playing Thaddeus ‘Thad’ Greenwood in Gunsmoke, has died. He was 83. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery |
ON THE RADAR
Mon - Oscar nomination voting begins
Tue - National Board of Review gala; Ben Affleck & Matt Damon on Fallon
Sun - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms series premiere |
Sisters - Chase Infiniti and Teyana Taylor celebrate Taylor's Golden Globe win for her performance in One Battle After Another. In her acceptance, the actress offered encouragement to those she called her brown sisters, saying, "We belong in every room we walk into, our voices matter, and our dreams deserve space." |
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