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Shock rocker Marilyn Manson just got a legal shock as a California judge tossed out most of the fading musician's defamation case against Evan Rachel Wood over the Westworld actress' claims of abuse during the former couple's relationship. “The Court grants Wood's special motion to strike in part,&#8221…

Editors note: This review original published January 20 after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. It opens Friday. Written and directed by Nida Manzoor, Polite Society stars Priya Kansara (Bridgerton), Ritu Arya (Umbrella Academy) and…

Neon has taken the North American rights to the Anne Hathaway-starring Sundance Film Festival premiere Eileen, from director William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth). The distributor is eyeing a fall theatrical release. Oldroyd's connection to Sundance began in 2013 when his short film Best won the Short Film…

In the latest twist in Marilyn Manson's battle against allegations of sexual crimes, Evan Rachel Wood is rejecting claims she coerced another woman into saying the shock rocker raped her, saying instead the accuser was pressured to recant. "I never pressured or manipulated Ashley Morgan Smithline to…

UPDATED: Searchlight confirmed Deadline’s scoop on the Magazine Dreams deal. Read the release under the original break. EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight Pictures is closing a deal for Magazine Dreams, the Elijah Bynum scripted and directed drama that stars Jonathan Majors as a troubled amateur bodybuilder…

Bleecker Street has picked up North American rights to Laurel Parmet’s feature directorial debut The Starling Girl following its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, slating it for release in theaters later this year. Financials weren’t disclosed. The film written and directed by Parmet…

Note: Deadline presents the 48th episode of its video series Take Two, in which Pete Hammond and Todd McCarthy tackle the artistry of films just opening in theaters every weekend. Each has reviewed and written about the craft for decades and built a remarkable breadth of knowledge of films past and present…

It may have been in the single digits in snowy Park City for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but deals defrosted at the first in-person festival since 2020. Movies came in with distribution in place, others saw heated late-night auctions with tens of millions of dollars mobilized, and more sales are…

Erica Tremblay's Fancy Dance shows the darkside of reservation life for Indigenous people, especially women. As an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Fancy Dance it's a unique viewing experience as the viewer is brought in to observe these characters…

Greenwich Entertainment has picked up all rights excluding TV to the documentary Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV, directed and produced by Amanda Kim, which world premiered in U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.  The film will launch its U.S. theatrical release at…

EXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute and Peter Luo's Stars Collective (Crazy Rich Asians, Midway, Marshall, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) have partnered on the new Imagination Award that grants $25,000 each to three metaverse-based projects that show innovation “in a rapidly evolving…

The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled its Jury and Audience Award winners for 2023. The day’s big winners included Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version, which claimed both the Audience Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in U.S. Dramatic Competition, as well as A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and…