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Anthony D'Alessandro
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Anthony covers box office, breaking film news, awards-season features and festival news. His first job in the film industry was at Savoy Pictures' headquarters in New York where he worked in film distribution. In the summer of 1999, he was hired by Variety and moved to Los Angeles, and remained in the newsroom covering numerous parts of the industry, including box office, for about a decade. Prior to arriving at Deadline in the fall of 2011, where he co-edited the site's sister publication Awardsline, Anthony covered the box office beat for Indiewire's Thompson on Hollywood. He also co-produced Matt Walsh's film "A Better You."
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‘Magazine Dreams’ Unset As Jonathan Majors Faces Trial; Actors Strike Pushes Disney’s ‘Elio’ & ‘Snow White’ To 2025
In the wake of Warner Bros’ pushing the Robert De Niro gangster pic Alto Knights to later in 2024, release date changes are aplenty for Disney due to the actors strike, but also Jonathan Majors’ ongoing legal woes.
To no surprise, Searchlight won’t be opening the actor’s Sundance critically…
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Blumhouse’s ‘The Black Phone 2’ Sets Summer 2025 Release Date
Lots of release dates changes and additions as the theatrical release schedule take a turn due to the ongoing actors strike. Universal Pictures has staked out June 27, 2025 for The Black Phone 2. The first movie, released during the summer 2022 as moviegoers were coming back to cinemas from the pandemic…
‘Aquaman 2’ Now Going On A Friday; Robert De Niro Mobster Pic ‘Wise Guys’ Now Titled ‘Alto Knights’ & Moves Later In 2024
What is it with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom? Is it Wednesday? Is it Friday? The DC sequel will now open on Friday Dec. 22 this year instead of Dec. 20. Know that Warners knows what they’re doing here: They turned Aquaman back in 2018 into the highest grossing DC movie of all-time at $1.15 billion. That…
Melissa Sun Named SVP, Purpose At Rosenfield Media Group
EXCLUSIVE: Public Relations and marketing vet Melissa Sun has joined Rosenfield Media Group (RMG PR) as SVP, Purpose.
The addition of Purpose joins RMG PR's existing divisions that focus on Entertainment, Business, Sports and Live Events.
Sun counts close to two decades of experience in agency…
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‘South Park’ Skewers Lucasfilm Boss Kathleen Kennedy In ‘Panderverse’ Special
South Park: Joining the Panderverse drops on Paramount+ today and in this clip, Cartman realizes his greatest nightmare where he’s replaced by a “diverse woman.”
“It wasn’t just me, they were taking all my favorite people and replacing them with diverse women complaining about the patriarchy,” says…
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‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Frenzy Fires Up With Big ‘Oppenheimer’-Like Previews Of $10M+ – Box Office
UPDATED, AFTER EXCLUSIVE: Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s was not slowed down last night by its day-and-date release on Peacock, making $10.3M at 3,050 theaters. That’s bigger than what our sources spotted last night, and not far from It Chapter Two and Oppenheimer which both grossed $10.5M…
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‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise “Parked” Says ‘Harry Potter’ Filmmaker
Fantastic Beasts filmmaker David Yates told Total Film that the Harry Potter spinoff feature franchise “is parked.”
That’s a very similar message to what he told us back at TIFF, however, that was in regards to his involvement with the overall Harry Potter franchise. (Read, “It's been about 'Let's…
SAG-AFTRA & Studios Set More Contract Talks For Friday; “Cautious Optimism” Motto Of The Day
EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said it on the picket lines earlier Thursday, and now it seems that "cautious optimism," as an insider also characterized it today, has become the takeaway term for the state of talks between the actors guild and the studios.
In that…
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes’ Fires Up On Tracking With $50M Opening – Box Office
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Francis Lawrence’s return to the Suzanne Collins franchise with a pic based on her prequel novel is looking like a $50M start on Nov. 17, which is in the vicinity of 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($54.8M). While women 17-34 are indeed the hot demo for The Hunger Games: The…
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SAG-AFTRA & Studios Don’t Meet Today As Union Takes Time To Review Latest CEO Proposal; Back Thursday
Negotiations scheduled Wednesday between SAG-AFTRA and the studios didn't happen after all — and everyone's good with that.
"It's a step in the right direction and the negotiating committee is taking the time to do a deep review," a guild source tight to the talks told Deadline this evening, noting…
‘Concrete Utopia’: Korea Oscar Entry Sets Early December Theatrical Launch
EXCLUSIVE: Concrete Utopia, South Korea’s International Film Oscar entry this year, will hit theaters in NY and LA on Dec. 8 with a wide release on Dec. 15. In the U., 815 Pictures and Seismic Releasing are releasing the Lotte Entertainment feature.
The movie opened in South Korea on Aug. 9 and…
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‘Fargo’ Season 5 Trailer: Mayhem & Madness Ensues With Jon Hamm, Juno Temple & Jennifer Jason Leigh — Update
UPDATED, 7:40 AM: “Well, sir, there’s no easy way to say this, your wife isn’t who she says she is.” So begins the first full trailer for the fifth installment of FX’s Fargo. In the trailer, we also get a glimpse of Jon Hamm in a hot tub, and Juno Temple as Dot whose attempts to shield her past from her…
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