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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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LAIKA CMO David Burke Adds COO To His Title
EXCLUSIVE: LAIKA's Chief Marketing Officer David Burke has added Chief Operating Officer to his responsibilities at the Oscar-winning studio.
Burke joined LAIKA in 2019 from Universal Pictures, where he had been General Manager for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since 2006. Burke will…
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Paramount EVP Global Communications Jenny Tartikoff Departs Studio
This just in….Paramount EVP Global Corp Comm Jenny Tartikoff is leaving the Melrose Lot. She’s be in the position since November 2021.
“I’ve made the hard decision to leave the company,” the former NBCUni Corp Comm vet wrote in a note to staff which you can see below. Paramount Studios Boss Brian…
Blumhouse’s ‘Imaginary’ Gets 2024 Release Date From Lionsgate
EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse’s Jeff Wadlow-directed horror movie Imaginary will be released by Lionsgate on February 2. It’s the first time in quite some time that the two studios have teamed up.
In the movie, which Wadlow co-wrote with Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, a young woman returns to her childhood…
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Spencer Baumgarten Dies: Longtime Motion Picture Agent Was 62
Motion picture agent vet Spencer Baumgarten died peacefully at his home Monday evening, Deadline has learned. He was 62.
Baumgarten’s cause of death, we hear, was due to complications from leukemia (AML).
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‘Beetlejuice 2’ Sets 2024 Fall Release Date
Warner Bros. will open Beetlejuice 2 on Sept. 6, 2024.
The pic is expected to go before the cameras in London tomorrow.
Tim Burton reteams with Michael Keaton in this sequel to the cult 1988 movie which made $75M and further propelled the latter’s star power before working with the filmmaker…
Jamie Foxx & Will Ferrell ‘Strays’ Gets Longer Leash On Release Date: Here’s Why
With Universal pushing R-rated comedy Please Don’t Destroy from Aug. 18 to Peacock, another R-rated movie, Strays, featuring the voices of Will Ferrell & Jamie Foxx is back-filling that date. Originally, Strays was to open on June 9, a month from now.
The WGA Strike is partly the reason for Strays…
‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ Even Higher With $118M+ Opening; MCU James Gunn Threequel Had $90M Global Promo Partner Campaign
James Gunn’s MCU threequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, came in even higher than Disney was anticipating. We had a sense it was $116M on Saturday night. The pic is now at $118.4M per Disney this morning after a $31.4M Sunday (yesterday was forecasted at $27M). That’s the 12th highest opening of…
‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ Rises To $114M Opening: What Does This Mean For The Summer Box Office? – Sunday AM Update
SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU: After Saturday late night update…refresh for more analysis and chart Great news, as Disney/Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 held it together on Saturday with an estimated $38.8M, just -20% off from its Friday+previews’ figure of $48.2M. This will get the James…
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WGA Strike: DGA Boss Lesli Linka Glatter On “Fighting For Our Future,” Upcoming Studio Negotiations Next Week & Union Solidarity
EXCLUSIVE: "This is about setting the course for the industry for the future," said Directors Guild of America chief Lesli Linka Glatter today on the guild’s upcoming talks with studios and the WGA strike that started this week. "We're in a team sport. We're only as good as our teams."
In the midst…
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Sierra/Affinity Selling Foreign On Neon’s Hunter Schafer Horror Movie ‘Cuckoo’ At Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Sierra/Affinity is handling foreign sales on Neon’s horror pic, Cuckoo, at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
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Written and directed by Tilman Singer, Cuckoo was shot on 35mm over 35 days in…
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Lionsgate Domestic Distribution Boss David Spitz Exits; STX’s Kevin Grayson To Replace Him
EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Lionsgate Film Distribution Head David Spitz is exiting, Deadline has learned, with former STX distribution vet Kevin Grayson getting named President of Domestic Distribution of the studio’s motion picture group.
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‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ Rockets To $17M+; ‘Super Mario Bros’ First Illumination Movie To Jump Past $500M U.S. – Friday AM Box Office
UPDATED, after exclusive: Disney Marvel Studio’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 saw a momentum last night with previews rising to $17.5M, which is very good for the movie. There’s been some concern heading into the weekend about how hard threequelitis is poised to hit this movie, which is very odd…
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