Matthew Carey joined Deadline fulltime in 2020, after a long association as a freelancer, to specialize in coverage of the nonfiction film landscape. Matthew is a writer and producer whose work has appeared on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. He has written extensively about documentary film for CNN and CNN.com, Documentary magazine, NBCNews.com and TheWrap.
EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to The Stones and Brian Jones, a documentary about the "lost creative genius" who launched – and named – The Rolling Stones.
Acclaimed filmmaker Nick Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love) directed the…
The world premiere of 'Wham!' about the pop supergroup formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley is among the highlights of the 30th edition of the Sheffield DocFest, set for June 14-19 in north-central England.
Multiple Emmy nominee Chris Smith directed the Wham! doc and will appear at Sheffield…
EXCLUSIVE: The award-winning documentary Afghan Dreamers will exclusively premiere on Paramount+ on May 23, ahead of an expected Emmy push for the documentary about an all-girl robotics team in Afghanistan.
Emmy winner Sheila Nevins and Oscar winner Ellen Goosenberg Kent executive produce the feature…
EXCLUSIVE: We can confirm that Neither Confirm Nor Deny has been acquired for North American distribution by Greenwich Entertainment. The company plans a theatrical release later this year for the documentary about a dramatic incident from the Cold War, which involved an attempt to capture an alluring…
EXCLUSIVE:I Can't Keep Quiet, a documentary about singer-songwriter and women's right activist MILCK, will make its world premiere on May 11 at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Deadline can reveal.
The half-hour film directed by Eurie Chung documents MILCK's journey in the years since…
EXCLUSIVE: The PBS series POV today announced the lineup of films for its historic 36th season, a diverse slate highlighted by documentaries with Oscar pedigree.
The season kicks off June 26 with Jon-Sesrie Goff's acclaimed After Sherman, winner of best documentary prizes at the Atlanta Film…
EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. rights to Umberto Eco: A Library of the World, a documentary about the bestselling Italian author with perhaps the greatest intellectual appetite of any writer of his time.
Cinema Guild announced it will release the film, directed by Davide Ferrario…
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to In the Company of Rose, a feature documentary about poet Rose Styron, widow of Sophie's Choice novelist William Styron.
The distributor plans a June 30 theatrical release for the film directed by James Lapine, the three-time…
Amazon Studios is going airborne with a spectacular squadron of the U.S. military.
The production-distribution company today announced it has acquired worldwide rights to the Imax Original Documentary The Blue Angels, directed and edited by Paul Crowder and filmed aloft with “awe-inspiring Imax…
The 1619 Project, according to one description, "illuminates the legacy of slavery in the contemporary United States, and highlights the contributions of Black Americans to every aspect of American society." Nothing controversial there, right? Wrong.
The initiative, which originated with a New York Ti…
In Hollywood history, no Oscar-winning couple has earned greater admiration than Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. The actors who were married for 50 years before Newman's death in 2008 are the subject of the six-part CNN Films/HBO Max documentary series The Last Movie Stars, directed by Ethan Hawke…
Few authors have established as powerful a bond with their fans as Judy Blume. That incredible connection first manifested with the publication of her debut novel for young adults, 1970's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, which shattered taboos by candidly addressing subjects like menstruation and…