Olivia Wilde's 'The Invite' Goes To A24; Halle Berry Sets Slate; Sean Astin Q&A

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. A24 WINS BIDDING WAR FOR OLIVIA WILDE'S 'THE INVITE' BUZZY SUNDANCE TITLE FROM ANNAPURNA GOES FOR $10M+ A24 has won the multi-party bidding war for Olivia Wilde and Annapurna’s buzzy Sundance Film Festival title The Invite. A highly competitive eight-figure deal nabbed the movie after a 72-hour marathon bidding battle, we reported yesterday. The offers started at $10 million and climbed upward. Toward the end, it was a three-horse race after Warner Bros' new contemporary film label headed by former Neon marketing guru Christian Parkes put in a last-minute bid against A24 and Focus Features. Starring Wilde, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz, the romcom follows a married couple experiencing a rough patch in their relationship, who find themselves invited by their neighbors to engage in weekly orgies. >>> Theatrical Release Key Related: ‘See You When I See You’ Director Jay Duplass, Cooper Raiff, Kaitlyn Dever And David Duchovny On Adam Cayton-Holland’s Tragi-Comedy Courtney Love Reintroduced In Sundance Documentary ‘Antiheroine’: “I Got Kicked Out Of The Party And I’m Coming Back After A Very Long Time” ‘The Weight’ Director Padraic McKinley And Ethan Hawke Talk Key Influences And Co-Star Russell Crowe Doc Talk Podcast Debates Oscar Nominations, Heads To Sundance For Documentary ‘Ghost’ Story ‘Union County’s Adam Meeks & Will Poulter Tell A “More Hopeful And Positive” Opioid Recovery Story With “Humanity And Empathy” All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews From The 2026 Festival Deadline Studio at Sundance Film Festival 2026 Photo Gallery Deadline Exclusives & Originals Halle Berry Sets Slate - Halle Berry and Holly Jeter’s HalleHolly has assembled a film and TV slate that includes projects with Apple, Peacock, HBO and FX. The Oscar winner is attached to star in most of them. >>> Bill Clinton-James Patterson Project AI Faceoff In The UK - Actors union Equity and producer trade body Pact are returning to the negotiating table in the UK over artificial intelligence. While Equity wants financial compensation for actors whose likenesses are used to train AI models, Pact says its current offer is a good one. >>>Meeting in The Middle? What's Next For Justine Triet? - Oscar and Palme d’Or winner Justine Triet has found her next feature, Fonda, which will mark her full English-language debut. Mia Goth, Andrew Scott, Frank Dillane and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett are signed up for the much-anticipated project, while Oscar winner Allison Janney is in talks for a key role. >>> Hot EFM Presale Title Russos Reorganize - AGBO, the Russo Brothers' independent studio, has pinkslipped around 20 staffers, or 15% of its 130-plus employee count. Most of the cuts were across middle management and Deadline has learned that a realignment is underway to reorganize the company for the long term. >>> Big Year Ahead Betting The House - Kirk Jones, the writer and director of StudioCanal’s I Swear movie that collected five BAFTA Award nominations yesterday, swore that he and his wife would bankroll the production in its entirety, and literally bet their house on it. >>> Breaking Baz THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin Talks AI, Residuals, Pensions & More Ahead Of Negotiations With AMPTP SAG-AFTRA heads into another round of labor negotiations with the major Hollywood studios in around two weeks, led by newly elected leader Sean Astin. “My mission going into this negotiation is to make sure that the companies spend as much time as necessary to fully hear the issues that each of our groups represent,” he recently told Deadline in a sit-down ahead of next month’s formal start to negotiations. Astin sets the stage for 2026 talks in the interview, making clear his expectations for the AMPTP, led by new president and former SAG National Director Greg Hessinger. >>>Q&A RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS & PICKUPS ​​​Netflix Acquires Doc ‘Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool’ Starz Acquires BBC Series ‘The Listeners’ Starring Rebecca Hall ‘Shrinking’ Renewed For Season 4 By Apple Hulu Lands Australian Thriller ‘Watching You’ In Major ITV Studios Package CASTING ABOUT exclusive Diane Lane has closed a deal to star alongside Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe in the next installment of iconic horror franchise The Exorcist.   Exclusive The supernatural thriller Unmerciful Good Fortune will feature Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas opposite Rosario Dawson, Scott Eastwood and Susan Sarandon.   exclusive Julianne Nicholson and Coco Greenstone are set to join Brad Pitt in A24’s feature adaptation of The Riders with Edward Berger directing.  Zoey Deutch has landed the lead role in The 99’ers, the forthcoming U.S. Women’s Soccer drama to be directed for Netflix by Emmy winner Nicole Kassell.   exclusive Regina Hall (One Battle After Another) is set to star opposite Adam Driver in Netflix's upcoming hostage thriller series Rabbit, Rabbit.   exclusive Golden Globe nominee Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves) is starring in Theatre of War, a Nordic limited series based on Kjell Westö’s novel ‘Dusk 41.’ BY THE NUMBERS   6.2M - Number of streaming views on Netflix for  Alex Honnold's live free climb of the Taipei 101 skyscraper MORE NEWS 🏢 Amazon is laying off 16,000 workers in a follow-up to last October's cutting of 14,000 employees. Prime Video is among the divisions reportedly affected by the latest staff reductions. 🏆 The TV Academy has once again made changes to the late-night and variety categories at the Emmys, merging them and introducing a new system that could see multiple shows win an award. 🎬 Former Paramount Global co-CEO Brian Robbins has opened the doors on Big Shot Pictures, a next generation animation company dedicated to family fare. Big Shot secured around $100M in investment from Greycroft, Sony Pictures, MarcyPen Capital Partners, ValueAct Capital and CAA.  🏆 Richard Linklater’s ode to the French new wave,  Nouvelle Vague, has topped the nominations for the 51st edition of France’s César awards. 🧊 After being available for months, information about ICE agents is suddenly being blocked today on META-owned platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads. Any ICE List link or paste simply disappeared with “Link Not Allowed” popping up. ✍️ Little Fires Everywhere and Tiny Beautiful Things creator/showrunner Liz Tigelaar has left her long-time home at Disney for an exclusive three-year overall deal at Paramount with both Paramount TV Studios and CBS Studios. This is the first ever shared overall deal for the two outfits. 💃 Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, producers of Lionsgate's Hunger Games movies, are set to produce the studio’s next installment of Dirty Dancing. Jennifer Grey is reprising her Golden Globe-nominated role as Frances “Baby” Houseman and she’ll EP the movie. 📼 Popular YouTube collective The Sidemen have confirmed a third season of Netflix's Inside, launched a production outfit and restructured their management company Arcade. HIRINGS, PROMOTIONS & EXITS   Exclusive Bunim/Murray Promotes Nikki Cameron To VP, Development   Exclusive Disney Television Animation Names Zack Olin SVP Development & Current Series A+E Studios Hires Chris Sanagustin As Head Of Current ON THE RADAR Wed - Meta earnings Thu - Comcast, Apple earnings; Bridgerton Season 4 premieres Sat - Australian Open Women's Final Sun - The Grammys; Australian Open Men's Final Mon - Disney earnings Tue - Senate hearing on Netflix-WBD deal PHOTO OF THE DAY 'Ted Lasso' First Look - Ahead of the summer 2026 of Season 4 of Ted Lasso, Apple TV released images from the new season, which sees Ted (Jason Sudeikis) coaching a second-division women's team. He is joined by a new assistant coach, who is played by new cast member Tanya Reynolds. 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. 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