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Nicola Coughlan, Luke Evans & Hugh Bonneville Are Speaking Out Against AI Voice Cloning, But Is The Government Listening?

Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change-makers wielding the technology for good and ill. Got a story about AI? Rendering wants to hear from you: jkanter@deadline.com. Michael Caine has handed over his voice to AI. Liza […]

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Werner Herzog Reveals Orlando Bloom Was Upset On Set Of ‘Bucking Fastard’ After They Captured His Scene In One Take; Evokes Bond With David Lynch

Oscar-nominated German director Werner Herzog set down in Venice Film Festival on Thursday with Golden Lion contender Bucking Fastard, in the company of its stars Kate and Rooney Mara and supporting cast members Domhnall Gleeson and Orlando Bloom. The Maras play Jean and Joan Holbrooke, two real-life sisters who are so close that they speak […]

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Gloria Steinem Dies: Feminist Icon And Activist & Co-Founder Of Ms. Magazine Was 92

Gloria Steinem, the American feminist icon and founder of Ms. magazine, has died aged 92. A joint post from her Instagram account and The Gloria Steinem Foundation confirmed she had yesterday “passed passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her.” “Gloria’s greatest gift was […]

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‘The Girl With The Leica’ Review: Love Is War In Alina Marazzi’s Unconventional Biopic Of A Pioneering War Photographer – Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival opened this week with Danny Boyle’s Ink, which, while not strictly a documentary, deals with fundamental issues of truth in news reporting — is the news we consume always true, and is the truth necessarily always news? Alina Marazzi’s The Girl With The Leica, a jazzed-up, unconventional biopic of the late […]

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Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Hit YouTube Series ‘Chicken Shop Date’ To End After 12-Year Run

Amelia Dimoldenberg, the creator behind Chicken Shop Date, has announced that she is bringing the hit YouTube interview series to a close after a “final few dates”. The online creator, who began the series as a column at the age of 17 and has since interviewed talent such as Billie Eilish, Andrew Garfield and Paul McCartney, […]

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French TV In Focus: Screenings & Shows To Watch At The Unifrance Rendez-Vous

The Unifrance Rendez-Vous is about to get underway, with the French distributors presenting their wares to international buyers. The focus is squarely on French programming and buyers are getting a look at the best Gallic fare ahead of the trip to MIPCOM a month later. Despite being a sizable market, the Rendez-Vous is a fairly […]

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Tubi Turns To Football Freestylers Woody & Kleiny For First UK Original From Creators Program

EXCLUSIVE: Tubi has put its boots on for its first UK original made with creators. The free streaming platform has ordered Wheel of Misfortune, a series from football freestylers Paul Wood and Paul Klein, or Woody & Kleiny, who have nearly 16 million YouTube followers and over five million on Instagram. The show will see […]

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Sandra Hüller To Star As Celebrated Late Male German Artist Wolfgang Herrndorf’s In Maria Schrader’s ‘Work And Structure’

Oscar-nominated actress Sandra Hüller is set to star as late acclaimed German writer and artist Wolfgang Herrndorf in the upcoming feature Work and Structure (Arbeit und Struktur) by Maria Schrader. The production brings together two of Germany’s most celebrated female cinema professionals with Sandra Hüller seen this year in Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes winner Fatherland as […]

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Jeff Goldblum To Host Season 2 Premiere Of ‘Saturday Night Live UK’

SNL UK has snagged a Wicked new guest host for its Season 2 opener. Saturday Night Live UK will return to Sky on September 12 with Jurassic Park star Jeff Goldblum presiding over the debut episode. Goldblum is something of an SNL veteran, having hosted the NBC series twice before in 1993 and 1997. He […]

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Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous Brings French Sellers & Global Buyers Together Amid Industry Shifts

The biggest French-language TV market of the year kicks off next week, marking its third year in the city of Le Havre in northern France. Organized by Unifrance, the org that promotes French TV and cinema, the annual Rendez-Vous has a different vibe to most markets. There’s a calendar of events meaning buyers and sellers […]

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Calls Grow For Palestinian Flag To Fly At Venice Film Festival

The Venice4Palestine collective has reiterated calls for the Palestinian flag to fly at the Venice Film Festival after its Artistic Director Alberto Barbera told Italian media the request could not be met because Palestine is not officially recognized as a state by Italy. The collective published a first open letter on the eve of the […]

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Goalhanger Wants To Make The “British Bourne” With Geopolitical Audio Drama ‘Bear Hunt’

EXCLUSIVE: The Rest is Entertainment maker Goalhanger is behind an audio drama series that it is billing as the “British Bourne.” Bear Hunt is the first release from Goalhanger Drama, a new scripted unit for Gary Lineker, Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport’s UK-based media business that launches today. The ten-part series follows “a fictional mission […]

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‘Slow Horses’ Maker See-Saw Films Hires Fifth Season’s Ben Irving; Helen Gregory Stepping Down

Slow Horses producer See-Saw Films has hired Fifth Season’s Ben Irving, with Helen Gregory exiting after five years. Irving has been appointed Joint Managing Director, working alongside Simon Gillis, who holds the same post. There’s currently no word on Gregory’s next role, but she is explring “the next step” of her career and said she […]

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‘The Gentlemen’ Star Theo James On Megan Markle Casting, Guy Ritchie’s Process & “Reticence” Over Italy Storyline

He may play a Duke in The Gentlemen, but Theo James isn’t convinced he’ll be acting opposite a Duchess in Season 3. Asked by Deadline whether the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, had been cast in the recently-confirmed third season of the Netflix show, he responded with a joke and wry smile, saying “Prince Harry?” […]

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Non-Linear New Zealand Crime Drama ‘Alibi’ Heading To MIPCOM With Yes Studios

EXCLUSIVE: An unusual short-form scripted format from New Zealand is headed to MIPCOM with Israel’s Yes Studios. Alibi is a seven-part, 15-minutes per episode crime series in which the same story is told from multiple perspectives. Produced by Plus6Four Entertainment for pubcaster TVNZ, it is set in the fictional town of Awatahi in New Zealand, […]

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‘Art Sex Music’: First Look At Caroline Catz’s Doc About British Artist & Musician Cosey Fanni Tutti

EXCLUSIVE: Here are the first stills from Art Sex Music, a feature documentary directed by Caroline Catz and produced by Andy Starke (Free Fire, Kill List). The doc, which has just wrapped, is based on artist, musician and author Cosey Fanni Tutti’s bestselling memoir of the same name and explores her work as an uncompromising cultural pioneer […]

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Sony Sets Release Date For Indian Epic ‘Ramayana’ With Ranbir Kapoor, Yash & Sai Pallavi

Sony has set a November 6 global release date for fantasy action-adventure saga Ramayana, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, and Sai Pallavi. Ramayana is planned as a two-part movie event based on the 5,000-year-old saga. The synopsis reads: “An ancient epic follows a young prince and princess whose marriage and subsequent exile mark the beginning of a […]

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Heidi Klum Returning To ‘America’s Got Talent’ Amid Simon Cowell’s Absence

As Simon Cowell continues to recover from back surgery, another America’s Got Talent alum is returning to the judges table. On Wednesday’s episode of the NBC reality competition series, it was announced that Heidi Klum will fill in for Cowell next week during a special three-hour broadcast of the Season 21 quarterfinals. Klum served as […]

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Nicholas Todisco & Brad Pence Exiting Atlas Artists

EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Todisco and Brad Pence, a pair of partners at L.A.-based management company Atlas Artists, are exiting the company, Deadline has learned. Notable actor clients for the duo include Hannah Waddingham, the Emmy-winning Ted Lasso star, and Connor Storrie, who is fast on the rise amid his work on the breakout Crave/HBO Max series Heated Rivalry. Sources […]

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Trump’s DOJ Skewered By NYT For Backing OpenAI & “Trillion-Dollar AI Companies” In Media Heavyweights & Star-Studded Scribes Copyright Suit

Donald Trump told White House visiting GOP Congressional candidates tonight that “the media has gained respect for us, they cannot believe what we’ve done.” The New York Times might beg to differ, at least when it comes to Artificial Intelligence. Almost a day after the Justice Department filed paperwork in federal court backing OpenAI in its […]

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Google Won’t Have To Break Up Its Ad Business, Judge Rules, Though It Will Have To Change Its Ways

Google will not have to break up its advertising operations, a federal judge has ruled, though it will have to alter its business practices. Leonie M. Brinkema, U.S. District Judge of the Eastern District of Virginia, handed down her decision Wednesday. The ruling, which remains under seal, comes after Brinkema concluded last year that the […]

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David Zayas Returning For ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Season 2—Is Batista Alive?

Dexter star David Zayas is returning to his fan-favorite role of Angel Batista in Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection‘s second season, sources confirm to Deadline. Zayas was spotted shooting alongside series lead Michael C. Hall as the titular Dexter Morgan earlier today in Times Square—not the best place to shoot if you’re trying to keep a casting […]

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‘Marshals’: Kayce Dutton Is A “Chaos Magnet” In Season 2 With Explosive New Trailer For ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff

Marshals is back with more explosions, missing children and rural romances. CBS has unveiled the first trailer for Season 2 of the CBS procedural, which stars Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton, who ends the clip climbing a moving train with a big gun, obviously. The clip answered a number of questions that arose from the […]

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Steve Ballmer & Clippers Vow To Fight Historic NBA Punishment, Claim Investigation Was “Heavily Biased”

Shortly after the NBA announced historic penalties for the Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer, the team came out swinging. “We vehemently reject the NBA’s findings, which are the result of a heavily biased investigation seeking to justify a predetermined narrative rather than facts and evidence,” an initial statement read. “We intend to vigorously challenge […]

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Rachel Griffiths Joins Binge’s ‘Wentworth’ Universe Series ‘Halfway Home’ Along With Some Familiar Faces

Rachel Griffiths, the Six Feet Under and Muriel’s Wedding star, has joined the cast of upcoming Australian drama series Wentworth: Halfway Home. Also joining the ensemble cast of Binge’s Wentworth spin-off is Sophie Lowe (Beautiful Kate, Blow the Man Down). They join returning Wentworth stars Katrina Milosevic, Nicole da Silva and Kate Box, who play […]

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Miranda Otto To Star In Binge Family Comedy ‘Tough Love’

Miranda Otto has been cast in Tough Love, the Rick Donald-created comedy for Australian streamer Binge. The Lord of the Rings actress will appear opposite Donald (Population 11), with Liz Kingsman (F1: The Movie), Hugo Johnstone-Burt (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) and Jay Ryan (North of North). The show stars otto as Kerry Hart, the mother […]

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VodafoneThree Launching Vodafone TV In The UK, Bundling Netflix, HBO Max & Live Channels

VodafoneThree will launch Vodafone TV in October, a bundled TV offering in the UK that will have Netflix, HBO Max and linear channels in one place. The news comes just over a year after Vodafone merged with fellow telco Three to create VodafoneThree. Subscribers to Vodafone TV will need a dedicated set-top box. VodafoneThree said […]

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Cassandra Wilson Dead: Grammy-Winning Jazz Musician Was 70

Cassandra Wilson, the 2x Grammy-winning jazz musician, has died. She was 70. The singer/songwriter died on Wednesday in her native Jackson, Mississippi, where Hinds County coroner Jeramiah Howard confirmed her death to The New York Times. A cause of death was not immediately revealed. Born Dec. 4, 1955 in Jackson, Wilson’s father was a bassist […]

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‘All That’s Christy Knowings’ Cause Of Death Confirmed

A cause of death has been confirmed for All That actor Christy Knowings. Knowings died from cardiac arrest, according to the death certificate obtained by People. Acute hypoxic respiratory failure and status asthmaticus were listed as conditions leading to her death, with asthma listed as the underlying cause. Knowings died August 11 after being removed […]

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Christian McCartney Among 6 Cast In Sports Comedy Feature ‘Defensive’

EXCLUSIVE: Christian McCartney will reunite with Twinbolt Media as the lead of the feature film Defensive, starring opposite Mark Christopher Lawrence (Chuck), Robert Amaya (Courageous), Chris Petrovski (The Boy in the Iron Box), Camila Camilo (Killing Kin), and Evan Huffed (Let’s Murder Like It’s 1999!). In addition to acting, McCartney will also make his screenwriting […]

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Nicola Coughlan, Luke Evans & Hugh Bonneville Are Speaking Out Against AI Voice Cloning, But Is The Government Listening?

Werner Herzog Reveals Orlando Bloom Was Upset On Set Of ‘Bucking Fastard’ After They Captured His Scene In One Take; Evokes Bond With David Lynch

Gloria Steinem Dies: Feminist Icon And Activist & Co-Founder Of Ms. Magazine Was 92

‘The Girl With The Leica’ Review: Love Is War In Alina Marazzi’s Unconventional Biopic Of A Pioneering War Photographer – Venice Film Festival

Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Hit YouTube Series ‘Chicken Shop Date’ To End After 12-Year Run

French TV In Focus: Screenings & Shows To Watch At The Unifrance Rendez-Vous

Tubi Turns To Football Freestylers Woody & Kleiny For First UK Original From Creators Program

Sandra Hüller To Star As Celebrated Late Male German Artist Wolfgang Herrndorf’s In Maria Schrader’s ‘Work And Structure’

Jeff Goldblum To Host Season 2 Premiere Of ‘Saturday Night Live UK’

Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous Brings French Sellers & Global Buyers Together Amid Industry Shifts

Calls Grow For Palestinian Flag To Fly At Venice Film Festival

Goalhanger Wants To Make The “British Bourne” With Geopolitical Audio Drama ‘Bear Hunt’

‘Slow Horses’ Maker See-Saw Films Hires Fifth Season’s Ben Irving; Helen Gregory Stepping Down

‘The Gentlemen’ Star Theo James On Megan Markle Casting, Guy Ritchie’s Process & “Reticence” Over Italy Storyline

Non-Linear New Zealand Crime Drama ‘Alibi’ Heading To MIPCOM With Yes Studios

‘Art Sex Music’: First Look At Caroline Catz’s Doc About British Artist & Musician Cosey Fanni Tutti

Sony Sets Release Date For Indian Epic ‘Ramayana’ With Ranbir Kapoor, Yash & Sai Pallavi

Heidi Klum Returning To ‘America’s Got Talent’ Amid Simon Cowell’s Absence

Nicholas Todisco & Brad Pence Exiting Atlas Artists

Trump’s DOJ Skewered By NYT For Backing OpenAI & “Trillion-Dollar AI Companies” In Media Heavyweights & Star-Studded Scribes Copyright Suit

Google Won’t Have To Break Up Its Ad Business, Judge Rules, Though It Will Have To Change Its Ways

David Zayas Returning For ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Season 2—Is Batista Alive?

‘Marshals’: Kayce Dutton Is A “Chaos Magnet” In Season 2 With Explosive New Trailer For ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff

Steve Ballmer & Clippers Vow To Fight Historic NBA Punishment, Claim Investigation Was “Heavily Biased”

Rachel Griffiths Joins Binge’s ‘Wentworth’ Universe Series ‘Halfway Home’ Along With Some Familiar Faces

Miranda Otto To Star In Binge Family Comedy ‘Tough Love’

VodafoneThree Launching Vodafone TV In The UK, Bundling Netflix, HBO Max & Live Channels

Cassandra Wilson Dead: Grammy-Winning Jazz Musician Was 70

‘All That’s Christy Knowings’ Cause Of Death Confirmed

Christian McCartney Among 6 Cast In Sports Comedy Feature ‘Defensive’

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