The Film That Lit My Fuse: Oscar-Nominated ‘Soul’ Director & Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter

Pixar has unveiled its next feature-length film, Turning Red, and it’s got some huge Canadian connections. To start, it’s being written and directed by Chinese-born, Toronto-raised director Domee Shi, who won an Oscar for her 2018 animated short Bao. Additionally, the film is set in Toronto and follows a teenager...

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions. Today’s...

It shouldn’t be a shocker that an international feature from Asghar Farhadi has entered the awards conversation with the vivacious and flavorful “A Hero.” How the Iranian filmmaker chooses to frame his stories has always been compelling, and it’s a quality that has been overlooked by the Academy in his tenure. Perhaps, this could be his ticket to an overdue directing nomination.

Emmy nominations in the doc categories are giving films passed over by the Oscars a shot at some trophies of their own. Dick Johnson Is Dead, directed by Kirsten Johnson, 76 Days, from director Hao Wu, and Welcome to Chechnya, directed by David France, earned nominations in the juried category of Outstanding Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Each of those films had made the Oscar Documentary Feature shortlist earlier in the year, but didn’t earn Oscar nominations.

Eugenio Derbez (Instructions Not Included, Overboard) will star and produce Netflix‘s Lotería, a family film inspired by the titular card game popular in Latin America and the United States. The actor and comedian will portray a recently widowed father who discovers an old family deck of Lotería Don Clemente cards...

Iwot productions and Radar Pictures have tapped screenwriter Zack Stentz (Thor, X-Men: First Class) to pen the script for the first of three planned motion pictures based on Robert Jordan’s bestselling series of books, The Wheel of Time. “I’ve been a fan of Robert Jordan’s work for many years, and...

As we told you last week, Universal’s Animation titles will continue to stream on Netflix. In a new multi-year deal made official by both studios today, Uni’s animation movies will stream on Netflix during the middle 10-month portion of an 18-month pay-one partner window. As previously reported, Universal Filmed Entertainment...

Disney and Pixar have released some epic animated films over the past few years, with this year’s must-see summer movie being sea monster-turned-human Luca. Now, though, executives at the two companies have released a first look of the upcoming animation, Turning Red, which is due out early Pixar. So far,...

The times they are a-changin’. In a genre ruled by men for decades, it is clearly now the ladies’ turn to provide the action. With Black Widow leading the summer box office — the first Marvel stand-alone since Captain Marvel, both featuring female stars — plus a steady diet of movies like Atomic Blonde featuring women in kickass roles previously owned by macho actors, the trend is clear: Hollywood is changing its tune. In fact, in the latest Netflix entry into the genre, Gunpowder Milkshake, the only characters written above one dimension are the women, and they rock in this.

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions. Today’s...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced on Wednesday that it will screen every film directed by acclaimed anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki from October 5 to November 27. One of the museum's first exhibits will feature the works of Hayao Miyazaki, presented in collaboration with Studio Ghibli. The Museum's website...

INDIANAPOLIS - Heartland Film in Indianapolis kicks off its 4th annual Indy Shorts International Film Festival today, showcasing a variety of genres. The six-day event is an Academy Award-qualifying fest dedicated to the art of short film. More than 200 films, selected from thousands of submissions, will be presented during the festival, including entries in live action, documentary, and animation.

The Pixar feature film “Turning Red” is not opening until March 2022, but that’s not stopping the animation studio from dropping a first look trailer. The film is the latest from Domee Shi, who won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2018 with her Pixar-backed “Bao.” The first trailer for “Turning Red” spells out the film’s plot, which is more or less the cutest riff imaginable on “The Incredible Hulk.”

Nicolas Cage certainly continues with an eclectic career, one that includes an Oscar and a series of memorable performances from high drama to low comedy. He also appears to like to work a lot, and sometimes it seems might be more drawn to a paycheck than something worthy of his immense talent and range as an actor. The reason I know this is when I see a film like his latest, Pig, a movie that actually is worthy of his talent — and our time.

Seasoned drama producer Helen Gregory (“Gangs of London”) is joining See-Saw Films in the newly created position of creative director from Sept. 1, reporting into joint MDs Emile Sherman and Iain Canning. Based in London and working closely with the MDs and COO Simon Gillis, Gregory will be responsible for...

Domee Shi won an Oscar in 2018 for her animated short film, Bao, which made empty nest syndrome and hot steamed buns a heartwarming treat. Now she returns to Disney/Pixar with her feature-length debut, Turning Red, which is like Bruce Banner turning green as the Hulk, but a lot cuter.

Gunzilla Games, a video game developer established to create the next evolution of multiplayer AAA shooters with a strong emphasis on narration, is welcoming Neill Blomkamp, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and producer as the studio’s new Chief Visionary Officer. Neill Blomkamp joins the company to define the in-game vision of...

Multiple Oscar-winning Chinese-American director Chloé Zhao, whose “Nomadland” launched from the Venice Film Festival last year, is set to return to the Lido as a member of the upcoming fest’s main jury, which will comprise four women and three men. As previously announced, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho, another recent...