
Anthony D'Alessandro
Editorial Director/Box Office Editor
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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BWR Senior Publicists Departing Parent BCW To Form New Bicoastal Firm
EXCLUSIVE: We began hearing news last night about some noise at longstanding, venerable PR firm Baker Winokur Ryder. What we know now from a source is that BWR’s senior-ranking publicists are forming their own bicoastal entertainment and corporate lifestyle public relations company, apart from parent BCW.
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MGM Makes First-Look Film & TV Deal With Killer Films
MGM has inked a two-year first-look film and TV development deal with Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler’s Killer Films.
"I had one of the best experiences of my career with Christine Vachon and Killer Films on Hedwig and the Angry Inch," said MGM Film Group Chairman Michael De Luca.
"All of us at MGM are excited to…
Tom Hardy ‘Capone’ Movie Takes In $2.5M+ On VOD; Record For Vertical Entertainment
This morning Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment report a company VOD record for the release of Bron Studios’ Tom Hardy gangster pic Capone with a 10-day gross of $2.5M-plus.
The Josh Trank-helmed?Capone was released on May 12 via on-demand platforms including, but not limited to, iTunes, where it soared…
Alan Menken To Compose Music & Score For Skydance Animation’s ‘Spellbound’
Eight-time Oscar winning composer and lyricist Alan Menken is set to pen the music and score to Skydance Animation’s upcoming musical fantasy Spellbound.?
Menken will team with lyricist and frequent collaborator Glenn Slater and music producer Chris Montan.
Directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek, Shark Tale) and written by…
Blumhouse Developing ‘Our Lady Of Tears’ With Issa López Adapting & Directing
Mexican filmmaker Issa López is set to adapt and direct?Our Lady of Tears?for Blumhouse based on the Daniel Hernandez Epic magazine article "The Haunting of Girlstown” which was published on Vox. Our Lady of Tears will be produced by Blumhouse in association with Epic Media.
The article focuses on a mass hysteria…
‘Justice League’: Zack Snyder Director’s Cut Of DC Pic Headed To HBO Max In 2021
It’s happening. Zack Snyder’s cut of his 2017 movie?Justice League?finally will see the light of day next year on HBO Max. Snyder made the announcement today at the end of a Vero Watch Party for his 2013 Superman movie Man of Steel alongside his wife, producer Deborah Snyder, and Superman himself, Henry Cavill.
The…
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Andrew Stanton In Early Talks To Direct ‘Chairman Spaceman’ For Searchlight & Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Andrew Stanton is in early talks we hear to direct?Chairman Spaceman?for Searchlight Pictures and Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films.
Chairman Spaceman?is based on Thomas Pierce’s New Yorker?short story of the same name, and it’s the second piece from the magazine that the writer is adapting…
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Amazon Studios & Hillman Grad Rouse Neil Paik Short Story ‘Reawakening’ For TV
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Amazon Studios and Hillman Grad are developing a series based on Neil Paik’s Six by Eight Press short story Reawakening, following a competitive situation for the property. Paik is adapting his story for the screen and will serve as co-executive producer, with executive producers Lena Waithe…
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Jamie Lee Curtis & Her Comet Pictures Studio Ink First-Look Blumhouse Deal; ‘Mother Nature’ Movie In Works
EXCLUSIVE: Two time Golden Globe winning actress and filmmaker Jamie Lee Curtis and her Comet Pictures label have signed a three-year, first look deal with Blumhouse in both the film and TV arena, Deadline has learned.
Already, Comet and Blumhouse have a feature horror project underway,?Mother Nature,?which is…
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‘Legally Blonde 3’: Mindy Kaling & Dan Goor Giving Fresh Take To MGM-Hello Sunshine Sequel
EXCLUSIVE: We have learned tonight that Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have officially signed on to write MGM’s Legally Blonde 3. This is the second feature film that Kaling and Goor are partnering on, the first being the Kaling/Priyanka Chopra wedding comedy that Universal won in a heated auction last year, which Deadline…
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Vertical Entertainment Picks Up Vinnie Jones, Ron Perlman & Malcolm McDowell Action Thriller ‘The Big Ugly’
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Vertical Entertainment has snapped up the domestic and UK distribution rights to The Big Ugly, an action thriller starring?Snatch‘s Vinnie Jones, Ron Perlman and Malcolm McDowell. The Big Ugly will first hit UK theaters and VOD on July 24, and then U.S. theaters and VOD a week later on July…
Focus Features Moves Horror Pic ‘Come Play’ To October
Focus Features’ Jacob Chase directed and written horror movie?Come Play?is moving from its July 24 spot on the calendar, where Disney’s?Mulan?exists, to Oct. 30 against Lionsgate’s Deon Taylor-directed thriller?Fatale.?
Newcomer Azhy Robertson stars as Oliver, a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone…
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