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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. 'SINNERS' BREAKS RECORD WITH 16 OSCAR NOMINATIONS 'ONE BATTLE' GETS 13 NOMS; SURPRISES INCLUDE 'WICKED: FOR GOOD' SHUTOUT, GUILLERMO DEL TORO BEST DIRECTOR OMISSION Sinners set a record this morning with a stunning 16 Oscar nominations, shattering the previous mark of 14, which was jointly held by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016). Sinners is up for Best Picture, Actor Michael B. Jordan, Supporting Actress Wunmi Mosaku, Supporting Actor Delroy Lindo, Director and Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler, Music Score, Song “I Lied To You”, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound , Editing, Makeup & Hair, Casting, and Visual Effects. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was next-best with 13 nominations, marking a stellar one-two punch for Warner Bros. The studio, which was in wobbly shape less than a year ago, scored a remarkable 30 total nominations, tying its record level established 2005. Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value all garnered nine nominations, and Hamnet came away with eight. The biggest surprise of the morning was without question the complete shutout of Wicked: For Good, just one year after the first film in the franchise scored 10 nominations, converting in two categories. Eyebrows were also raised by the omissions of Guillermo Del Toro for Best Director and Hamnet's Paul Mescal in the Best Actor category. >>>Full List Related:  Oscars Snubs & Surprises: Ariana Grande & ‘Wicked: For Good,’ Hamnet’s Paul Mescal Left Out, Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ In Best Picture Race Neon Dominates International Feature Film Oscar Category With Four Nominations Will Oscars Trend Of One Film Winning Both Film Editing & Best Picture Continue Three-Year Streak? SUNDANCE Robert Redford Sundance Farewell: “My Dad Loved This Place And Its People,” Amy Redford Says Of Park City As Fest Exits In 2027 Exclusive Sundance Institute Docuseries Set At Hulu From Searchlight TV, Ryan Coogler, Lynette Howell Taylor & Braden King Catastrophe At 28,000 Feet: Sundance Doc ‘The Last First’ Tells Story Of Attempt To Conquer K2 In Dead Of Winter In Sundance Push, TikTok Rolls Out New Entertainment Ad Offerings Exclusive Indie Studio Sequel Unveils Upcoming Slate Ahead Of Debut Feature ‘The Musical’s Sundance Premiere Deadline Exclusives & Originals The 'Fix' Is In - Before their Charlize Theron thriller Apex bows later this spring, Netflix and Chernin Entertainment have already found their next project for director Baltasar Kormákur, one that will team him up with a familiar face. Sources tell Deadline that Mark Wahlberg and Riz Ahmed are set to star in thriller The Big Fix. >>>Based On True Story Netflix Revs 'Search' Engine - Netflix launched its first major foray into broadcast-style reality competition programming on Tuesday night. Star Search, a reboot of the 1980s series, is the streamer’s attempt to finally crack the big studio show, and it decided that live was the way to do it. >>> Big Roll Of The Dice Stallone Keeps Punching - Amazon MGM Studios has renewed its first-look film and television deal with Sylvester Stallone‘s Balboa Productions. The new multi-year pact gives Amazon MGM Studios first look on narrative features, scripted and unscripted series from Balboa. >>> 'Rocky'-Set Stories Kunis' Next Pic - Mila Kunis is set to star in and produce Nightwatching, based on Tracy Sierra’s debut novel, from directors Adam Schindler and Brian Netto. Laura Moss and Brendan J. O’Brien wrote the original screenplay with a current draft by TJ Cimfel and David White. >>> Ridley Scott Among Producers Liza Loves AI — Deadline's AI Column Rendering reveals why Liza Minnelli has turned to artificial intelligence to create new music. The Cabaret star has teamed with ElevenLabs on a track after the audio AI company licensed the voice of Judy Garland, Minnelli's mother. >>> Listen Here More Than A Game - Football documentary The Object Of The Game, which features gridiron luminaries Bill Belichick, Tony Romo, Mike Tomlin, Urban Meyer, Sean McVay, Tony Dungy, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and more will premiere on Prime Video. >>> Launches Feb. 4 Move In The Right Direction? - Disney+ is developing a caper drama series with Danny Brocklehurst, writer of Netflix hit Fool Me Once. After the Move to Nevada tells the story of a gangster movie fan who goes to a crime convention in Nevada and gets mistaken for a mafia boss. >>> Wild Mercury Producing CASTING ABOUT Influencer Alix Earle, who reached the finale of Dancing with the Stars , is getting her own reality series. Netflix has greenlit the untitled series to launch later this year. It will feature Earle and her friends and family, including her sister Ashtin Earle.   exclusive The upcoming Broadway adaptation of Sidney Lumet’s gritty classic Dog Day Afternoon has added three to its cast, with John Ortiz, three-time Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht and Spencer Garrett joining the previously-announced Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach in the production.   Exclusive Ella Stiller (HBO’s The Comeback) has landed a series regular role opposite Mike Colter in Cupertino, CBS's new legal drama from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King. She’ll play Christy, a young assistant at the new start-up law firm in Cupertino that’s at the heart of the story. Max Parker (Boots) has joined the cast of Prime Video's God of War, based on PlayStation’s ancient mythology-themed video game. He will star as Heimdall, the Watchman of Asgard and one of the sons of Odin.   exclusive Bodhi Rae Breathnach, the young Irish-English actress who made her feature debut in Chloé Zhao’s Oscar hopeful Hamnet, will have a supporting role in Robert Eggers’ anticipated creature feature Werwolf. QUOTABLE   "Stealing our work is not innovation" - an open letter from Hollywood stars (including Scarlett Johansson), objecting to tech companies training AI models on IP without permission RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS & PICKUPS ‘Elle’ Prequel Series Sets Summer Premiere Date; Gets Early Season 2 Renewal   Exclusive ‘The Abandons’ & ‘The Vince Staples Show’ Canceled By Netflix   Exclusive Smithsonian Channel Renews ‘Ice Airport Alaska’, ‘How Did They Fix That?’ & ‘How Did They Build That?’   exclusive ‘On Patrol: Live’ Renewed For Season 5 At Reelz, Spinoff ‘On Patrol: First Shift’ Also Picked Up   Exclusive BritBox Sweet On ‘Chocolate Wars’ Series From Sony’s Fable & Freddie Highmore’s Alfresco Alan Carr To Lead Hulu’s ‘Castle Man’ Unscripted Series At Disney+ BY THE NUMBERS   10.8M - Number of multiplatform viewers for 'Best Medicine' since its January 4 debut on Fox MORE NEWS   ⚔️ Paramount is not giving up its quest to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, extending the deadline for shareholders to support the company’s hostile takeover bid by another month. In an SEC filing, Paramount pushed the initial deadline of Wednesday to February 20, calling on shareholders to reject the pending $82.7 billion agreement with Netflix.  📖 Sydney Sweeney is attached to star in and produce a movie adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic novel Custom of the Country for Studiocanal and Charles Finch’s Rabbit’s Foot Films. Principal photography begins imminently. 🦇 Christina Hodson has been set to write DC Studios' Batman pic The Brave and the Bold, Deadline has confirmed. Andy Muschetti is on board to direct. 📺 The One Chicago Universe will collide again as NBC's Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. have set their first crossover event for 2026. It will premiere Wednesday, March 4. 🔍 Universal and Jamie Lee Curtis look ready to get behind the typewriter as sources tell Deadline that Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore is set to helm a feature adaptation of the classic TV series Murder, She Wrote starring the Oscar-winning Curtis in the role made famous by Angela Lansbury. 🙏 Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights from Anton and New Europe Film Sales to A Prayer for the Dying prior to its world premiere in the Perspectives section of the Berlin Film Festival. HIRINGS, PROMOTIONS & EXITS   exclusive Blumhouse-Atomic Monster Names Sam Zimmerman SVP Development & Acquisitions AGC Studios Promotes Zach Garrett To Head Of Film OBITUARIES 🕯️ David Siegel, who served as a co-producer on the Hangover trilogy, executive produced Final Destination Bloodlines and worked on many other films and a production manager or line producer, has died. He was 70. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery ON THE RADAR   Thu - Sundance begins; TikTok deal set to close; Lively-Baldoni hearing Sat - Teyana Taylor hosts SNL Sun - NFL Conference Championship games Tue - BAFTA & WGA Awards nominations announced PHOTO OF THE DAY 'Beef'-ing Up - Charles Melton as Austin Davis in newly-released images from Season 2 of Beef. 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. © 2026 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 11355 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90064 View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Your Privacy Rights | Ad Choices | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe