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South by Southwest Conference and Festivals on Tuesday unveiled its initial keynote and the second round of featured speakers for its 38th edition, taking place March 8-16, 2024 in Austin.  The keynote and featured speakers include chair and CEO of AMD Lisa Su; COO and Head of Business Development at…

As one of reality TV’s royal family crossed the line, striking film and television writers joined forces on Wednesday in New York City with another group of culture workers involved in a pay dispute: musicians.  While a five-piece band played bopping brass and percussion music, members of the Writers…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales company Charades has finalized a raft of deals with international buyers for its upcoming comedy Northern Comfort, which debuted at SXSW in March. The pic, directed by Icelandic filmmaker Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, has sold to Rezo (France), September Films (Benelux)…

EXCLUSIVE: Yellow Veil Pictures and Drafthouse Films have co-acquired U.S. rights to the documentary Cathryne Czubek's documentary Once Upon A Time Uganda. The work revolves around the unlikely friendship between Uganda’s answer to Quentin Tarantino, filmmaker Isaac Nabwana, and American film…

Editors note: This review was originally published March 16 after its premiere at SXSW. It opens in theaters Friday. Deadites are everywhere in Lee Cronin's newest film Evil Dead Rise. Taking place in cosmopolitan Los Angeles, these wacky demons still…

Editors note: This review was originally published March 19 after its world premiere at SXSW. Did you know that Michael Jordan makes $400 million a year in passive income due to the percentage he gets from the sale of Air Jordans? To understand how this…

The trailer for Hypnotic, the thriller directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Ben Affleck, dropped Monday ahead of its May 12 release. The pic is coming off a work-in-progress screening last month at SXSW. Ketchup Entertainment acquired U.S. rights to the big-budget pic earlier this year; the…

The Eva Longoria-directed Flamin’ Hot, Imran J. Khan’s Mustache and the upcoming ESPN bio-doc about NBA icon Bill Walton were among the audience award winners revealed Monday for the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival. Flamin’ Hot, which stars Jesse Garcia in the sometimes true tale of the man behind the…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the movie’s world premiere at SXSW, Searchlight Pictures’ Eva Longoria feature directorial debut, Flamin’ Hot, will stream on both Hulu and Disney+ on June 9. It’s the first time that a new movie has been made available on both of the Disney-owned OTT services stateside. The pic will…

The SXSW Film & TV Festival has returned to Austin, and Deadline’s reviewers are watching all the key films. Here is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which last year was the launchpad for newly-minted Oscar winner Everything Everywhere All at Once. The Daniels’ wild sci-fi action comedy is the…

HAIL MARY Section: Narrative Spotlight Directors: Rosemary Rodriguez Screenwriter: Knate Lee Logline: Hail Mary is a genre-bending retelling of the Mary and Joseph story that begs the question – who are the real monsters? Maria, a 17-year-old girl from Belize finds herself mysteriously…

THE LONG GAME Section: Narrative Spotlight Director: Julio Quintana Screenwriter: Julio Quintana, Jennifer C. Stetson, Paco Farias Logline: When JB Peña moves to the small town of Del Rio, TX to take over as the school district's superintendent, his dreams of joining the prestigious…