Robert Edelstein

Filmmakers faced a unique challenge in the newest entries in two of Disney's most popular animated family franchises: bring an updated sense of freshness to beloved stories and characters in Toy Story 4 and Frozen II. Their efforts to explore fresh territory anchored presentations for both films at Deadline’s…

Filmmakers behind the slate of Sony's awards hopefuls this year took unique and fascinating paths to creating a sense of meaning in complicated worlds. Those messages were central to their films covered Saturday afternoon at Deadline’s The Contenders New York event at the DGA Theater. For Quentin Tarantino and Once Upo…

Two high-profile entries vying for Best International Feature Oscar nods were the jewels of Neon's slate covered at The Contenders New York event at the DGA Theater. Alejandro Landes' war drama Monos, Colombia's official entry for the 92nd Oscars, looks at a group of teenage terrorists (known as the Monos), commanded…

The determined struggles of true-life heroes, whose tales look to resonate loudly this awards season, were at the heart of Focus Features' Contenders NY presentation Saturday at the DGA Theater in New York City. For Harriet writer/director Kasi Lemmons (who helmed both Eve's Bayou and Talk To Me) the task was to offer…

Hours before the television premiere of Batwoman on The CW, a New York Comic Con Warner Bros. Television Panel crowd were wowed by a sneak peek of the episode. The spot introduced the new LGBTQ heroine Kate Kane (Ruby Rose), a trained street fighter who dons a famed cowl in the absence of a particular Caped Crusader…

In a fascinating bit of retro casting, it was announced Sunday at New York Comic Con's Warner Bros. Television panel that Jason Behr—star of the 1999 series Roswell—will join the Roswell, New Mexico cast in a recurring role. Also added to The CW/Warner Bros. Television's sophomore series will be Gaius Charles, who…

The Riverdale panel at the Warner Bros. TV Block at New York Comic Con Sunday morning began on a somber note (after a hook-ups and séance-filled sneak peek at next season), with the cast members recalling Luke Perry, the beloved TV icon who passed away suddenly on March 4 while the series was in production for season…

Rousing standing ovations from 2,000 fans greeted the beaming ensemble of the new Watchmen series as they made their collective public debut here at New York Comic Con just 16 days before the edgy and offbeat epic makes its broadcast premiere on HBO. The thunderous reception that greeted Regina King, Jeremy Irons…

UPDATED with more details: Apple said at New York Comic Con on Thursday that M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller series Servant will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on November 28. The company’s streaming service launches globally on November 1. Apple TV+ in 100-plus countries and regions and will cost $4.99 a…

Ryan Reynolds was the big surprise guest for Day 1 at the New York Comic Con thanks to Disney’s 20th Century Fox and the studio’s morning preview panel for two films: Matthew Vaughn's origin-story adventure The King's Man (which stars Ralph Fiennes) and Shawn Levy's sci-fi gamer fantasy Free Guy (which stars…

UPDATED with more details from panel: Calling it "the most exciting job of my career," director Sam Mendes on Thursday introduced the trailer for his upcoming World War I epic 1917, and captivated a New York Comic Con crowd with tales of how and why he decided to make the film in one unbroken shot. Universal Pictures…

In a Tribeca Talks "Storytellers" panel opposite Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj, Rashida Jones weighed in on an accomplished career that has already included a series of standout writing (Celeste & Jesse Forever) and performing (Parks and Recreation, The Office, Angie Tribeca) credits. But Minhaj was most interested in…