In Lorcan Finnegan’s The Surfer, Julian McMahon is surrounded by a maelstrom of toxic masculinity and simmering violence. Starring as the leader of a pack of young men whose mission is to keep their Australian surf beach for ‘locals only’, McMahon plays Scally, a man standing in the way of Nicolas…

On Sunday at Cannes, Diane Kruger put her star power behind a worthy cause, attending the ‘Transcending Borders’ gala at the Campari Lounge hosted by Breaking Through the Lens—an organization that works to support female filmmakers. “I know first hand how incredibly difficult it is as a woman in this…

Ahead of the Sunday premiere at Cannes of Horizon: An American Saga — Kevin Costner’s epic two-part Western— Costner and cast sat down with Deadline to discuss the project. Costner poured his own money into Horizon, which he co-wrote with Jon Baird, and plans to expand upon the current two films he’s…

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness premiered on Friday at Cannes, and earlier that day, in an interview at the Deadline studio, the director explained his vision for his new anthology film, written with his The Favourite collaborator, Efthimis Filippou: “We told each other, should we try a different…

It’s been a very long road for Francis Ford Coppola with Megalopolis, the movie he’s wanted to make for 40 years. And finally, at Cannes on Thursday night, he got his premiere, with a standing ovation both before and after the film, the latter lasting some seven-and-a-half minutes. “It’s a…

My guest this week is Juliette Binoche. Binoche may have been busy this week participating in the opening ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival, but a few days beforehand, she called in from Paris to chat to us for this episode of 20 Questions on Deadline. With more than 60 films to her name…

When Aubrey Plaza first got the call about her role in Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis, she'd literally just stocked up on Godfather-themed keychains and lighters from an actual Godfather gift shop. It should be noted she was not obsessively combing eBay for insane fan memorabilia. In fact, there was a…

My guest this week is Judith Light. Last season, we saw her take home an Emmy for her guest role in Poker Face, in which she hilariously climbed a rose trellis while cleverly camouflaged in a natty pink and green pantsuit. Such is Light’s talent: from the humor of the aforementioned old folks’ home…

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to play ping-pong with Prince you’ve come to the right place. On this week’s episode of 20 Questions on Deadline, Jimmy Fallon tells a frankly bizarre story about the “Purple Rain” legend and his penchant for table tennis. We also gain insight into Keith Urban…

My guest this week is Rebecca Ferguson. She recently reprised her role of Lady Jessica with Dune: Part Two, and plays the lead role in Silo, Apple TV+’s dystopian series about a community gone underground following an apocalyptic event. Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer-reluctantly-turned-sheriff…

My guest this week is Callum Turner. Turner is currently starring in Masters of the Air, Apple TV+’s World War II series following the American airmen stationed in England flying missions in B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. Making the series, in which he plays real-life airman Major John ‘Bucky…

My guest this week is Karen Pittman. She’s hit the headlines lately for her reported departure from the Max show And Just Like That…, and in this episode of 20 Questions on Deadline she explains why she won’t be back for Season 3. Leaving the show was, Pittman said, purely due to a scheduling issue…