Actor-director Tim Robbins is calling out the conspiracy theories following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, including that it was a staged event akin to a plot point in his 1992 movie Bob Roberts. Robbins wrote on X/Twitter, “To anyone drawing a parallel between my film Bob Roberts and the…

Tim Robbins starts our interview for my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side by revealing just what his longest and most successful relationship has been. Clue: It may not be who you think. In our wide-ranging conversation the Oscar-winning actor…

"This is not just a film that I've created a character and done and left. It's a show that I am so involved in that I love it beyond anything and everyone," says Rebecca Ferguson at Deadline's Contenders TV panel for Silo. "It's really thought-provoking, philosophical, psychological.” She added: “We…

EXCLUSIVE: Leslie Mann and Tim Robbins have left Amazon Studios’ global thriller drama series The Power. Both roles will be recast. Adapted by Naomi Alderman based on her feminist sci-fi book, the 10-episode series from Sister and director Reed Morano was one of many that were impacted by the pandemic. Mann was cast…

Oscar-winner Tim Robbins has been tapped to star opposite Rebecca Ferguson in Apple’s upcoming drama Wool, based on Hugh Howey’s trilogy of dystopian novels. The series hails from writer Graham Yost, director Morten Tyldum and is produced by AMC Studios. Wool is a set in a ruined and toxic future where a community…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Tim Robbins has been tapped as a lead opposite Leslie Mann in The Power, Amazon's 10-episode thriller drama series based on Naomi Alderman's feminist sci-fi book, from Sister, Alderman and director Reed Morano. The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly, and…

Twenty-five years ago, The Shawshank Redemption finished as a first-run failure that seemed sentenced to obscurity. But then Frank Darabont’s stirring cellblock epic found an unlikely reprieve and followed an unexpected escape route that led to cinema glory. Today, Shawshank is widely hailed as a classic. The Library…

From the looks of things, Bernie Sanders has a huge following in Southern California. The Vermont senator drew a massive crowd to his beachfront rally Saturday afternoon in Venice, as he continued his six-day campaign swing through the Golden State. RELATED STORY: 2020 Democratic Candidates Line Up Showbiz Figures For…

Found footage movies are of the horror genre, but filmmaker Jack Henry Robbins is changing all that with his forthcoming comedy VHYES. Oscilloscope Laboratories released the first trailer for the film and as you can see, it takes found footage to a whole new — and kind of bizarre — level. As seen in the trailer, the…

“Whistleblower” has become the hot word of the moment; I probably hear it uttered in one way or another 15 times a day in these times. But what it really means comes home in a big way when you see a single heroic whistleblower in action — someone like Robert Bilott, the lone lawyer who has waged a David-vs.-Goliath…

Masters of Sex alumna Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins (Here and Now), Garrett Hedlund (Mosaic) and Eighth Grade star Elsie Fisher are set to lead the Season 2 cast of Hulu’s psychological horror series Castle Rock, from J.J. Abrams and Stephen King. Also set as series regulars are Yusra Warsama (Assassin’s Creed: Origins), B…

Oscar winners Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins will star alongside Mark Ruffalo in Todd Haynes’ untitled drama about the DuPont pollution scandal, we can reveal. Also joining cast on Participant’s prestige-looking feature are Bill Camp (Vice), Victor Garber (Argo), Mare Winningham (The Affair), William Jackson Harper (The…