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Matt Grobar
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Matt joined the editors desk in March 2021 after five years as Awardsline's Assistant Editor. In that role, he contributed to the coverage and editing of the magazines throughout the year, focusing on artist interviews revolving around awards season and its big nights including the Oscars and Emmys. Matt also manages the Production Value video series, which spotlights the premier craft talent working in film and TV. He also is part of Deadline's festival studio team at the likes of Sundance, Tribeca and Toronto. Before Deadline he worked at UTA, 8thDay Pictures and Infinity Management International.
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Pamela Anderson Says ‘The Last Showgirl’ Was “The First Script I Ever Read That Was A Good One” – Contenders Los Angeles
For Pamela Anderson, Gia Coppola’s drama The Last Showgirl was an opportunity she’d been awaiting for her entire life.
“It was such a relief to … be able to do a real film,” said the star, who rose to fame in Playboy and on Baywatch, in a sit-down Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Los Angeles. “I…
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20th Snaps Up Action Spec ‘Test Drive’ From ‘Dexter: Resurrection’s Matt Venne; Safehouse Producing
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, 20th Century Studios has won rights to Test Drive, an original action spec from Matt Venne, to be produced by Safehouse Pictures.
While plot details are under wraps, sources said Venne secured a healthy mid-six against seven figure deal for his script. The spec…
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‘Heretic’ Filmmakers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods Address “Complacency” Within Hollywood & Innovations Required To Avoid “Future Of Fatigue”
Like Mr. Reed, the villain at the center of their A24 horror thriller Heretic, filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods were preoccupied with an experiment.
An embodiment of lifelong existential questions and concerns, their latest project posed an unusual question: Is it possible to turn a three-person…
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Zack Snyder Sets LAPD Action Thriller At Netflix
With the Rebel Moon films in his rearview, Zack Snyder is set to reteam with Netflix on an untitled project on the Los Angeles Police Department, in early development at the streamer, Deadline has confirmed.
The film co-written by Snyder and Kurt Johnstad — a longtime collaborator on projects like 300…
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Talent Manager Ana Bedayo Joins ColorCreative
EXCLUSIVE: ColorCreative, the talent management company founded by Issa Rae, Deniese Davis, and Talitha Watkins, has welcomed Ana Bedayo to the team. In her new role as talent manager, Bedayo will continue to pursue acclaimed talent and advance ColorCreative’s mission to elevate impactful and inclusive…
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Jay Baruchel Reteaming With ‘Goon’s Michael Dowse On Comedy ‘The Stunt Driver’Â
EXCLUSIVE: After chronicling the BlackBerry’s rise and fall with Matt Johnson’s lauded IFC film of the same name, Jay Baruchel has come aboard to star in another true story, The Stunt Driver, a film chronicling the exploits of daredevil stuntman Ken Carter.
Reuniting Baruchel with Michael Dowse, the…
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Film Independent Selects 15 Projects For 22nd Fast Track Film Finance Market
EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named the 37 filmmakers and 15 projects selected for the 22nd edition of its Fast Track Film Finance Market, which kicked off in-person November 12 and wraps up today.
Through the program, creatives working on both fictional projects and documentaries are connected…
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Comedian Jeff Dye Sets Debut Hour ‘Last Cowboy In LA’ With 800 Pound GorillaÂ
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Jeff Dye has shot his first hour-long special, Last Cowboy in LA, with 800 Pound Gorilla producing. It premieres on YouTube today at at 5 p.m. PST.
A trailer can be found above, with a link to the special itself also accessible here.
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Thomasin McKenzie Joins Margaret Qualley In Anton’s Psychological Horror Pic ‘Victorian Psycho’
EXCLUSIVE: Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho) is set to star alongside Margaret Qualley in Victorian Psycho, the new psychological horror thriller reteaming Qualley with Zachary Wigon, who helmed her acclaimed Neon dominatrix thriller Sanctuary.
Recently introduced to buyers at AFM by Anton…
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‘Transformers One’ Sets Paramount+ Premiere Date
Transformers One, the recent film from Paramount Animation and Hasbro Entertainment, which marks the first fully CG-animated effort in the Transformers franchise, is set to stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, November 15, the streamer announced on Thursday.
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Netflix Film Exec Niija Kuykendall Departing At End Of Year; Jason Young Upped To VP Film Amid Pod Reorg – Update
UPDATED November 13, 2:59 p.m., with exclusive details: Netflix VP Film Niija Kuykendall is the latest executive out at the streamer amid staff trimming heading into the holidays.
We hear that Kuykendall will depart after a transition period through the end of the year. No next destination was…
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Hope Davis, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann & Rhenzy Feliz Among Final Additions To Kelly Reichardt’s Mubi Art Heist Film ‘The Mastermind’
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has rounded out an impressive cast for The Mastermind, her period art heist film for Mubi. Today’s nine additions include Hope Davis (Succession), Bill Camp (Joker), Gaby Hoffmann (Transparent), Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction), Eli Gelb (Broadway’s Stereophonic), Cole…
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