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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has gone all in with Lisa Cortés, and vice versa. The All In: The Fight For Democracy co-director has signed with the uberagency in all areas, I've learned. Cortés' new representation comes as the Oscar nominee and Emmy winner finds herself at the center of a vast political shift in the nation. A change…

Bluto, the volcanic Samurai Futaba, "Joliet" Jake Blues, the Cheeseburger Man, a spasmodic Joe Cocker—the list of characters John Belushi brought to life in his all-too-brief but remarkable career only hints at his outsized role in American comedy. "This guy was pure visionary," marvels R.J. Cutler, director of the Sho…

Of all the responses to his film The Social Dilemma, director Jeff Orlowski treasures one reaction above many. "[Author] George R.R. Martin tweeted that The Social Dilemma was the scariest movie he’s seen in 20 years," Orlowski tells Deadline. "That was one of my favorite little moments." The Netflix documentary has…

Before he left office, former President Trump spent weeks making false claims of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election, alleging that's what cost him victory. On November 27, for example, Trump implied in a tweet that chicanery had taken place in Detroit ("…more votes than people!"), Philadelphia, Atlanta and…

A sleeper hit at Sundance, the sublimely disturbing Once Upon a Time in Venezuela has been taken under wing by the Topic streaming service and forwarded as the troubled nation's Oscar submission for Best International Feature. Although it speaks very directly to the moment, Anabel Rodriguez Rios' documentary…

Juno Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, the Kristina Lindstom and Kristian Petri film set to premiere in the World Documentary Competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Produced by Stina Gardell’s Stockholm-based Mantaray Film, the film follows…

Netflix has dominated the Oscar documentary race in recent years, winning best feature in both 2020 and 2018. But this year it could be Amazon Studios' Time to shine. Time, directed by Garrett Bradley and produced by Amazon in partnership with Concordia Studio, enters Oscar season as a favorite, having won prizes from…

Crip Camp, the Netflix documentary about a unique summer camp for disabled kids and its role propelling the disability rights movement, won Best Feature at the International Documentary Association's IDA Awards, in something of an upset. The film directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht (the latter attended the…

EXCLUSIVE: While much of America’s attention diverted in recent weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has worsened apace. Now, a day after President-elect Joe Biden revealed his plan to battle the disease, Discovery announces a timely, light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel special dedicated to the cutting-edge science behind…

When Hurricane Maria blew across Puerto Rico in 2017, television news media descended to cover the disaster, filming the requisite scenes: wind lashing the island, infrastructure devastated, people desperate for rescue and relief. But to filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo, the coverage felt as superficial as a light…

“You got the Lakers, you got the Clippers and you got Sierra Canyon High School.” IMDb TV is teaming with LeBron James and Maverick Carter on Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, a docuseries about a new mecca of high school athletics just outside of Los Angeles. Check out the trailer…

A five-episode docuseries about the unprecedented relationship between author and journalist Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Sam Little, will bow on Starz this spring after a premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. The story will detail Lauren’s race against time to identify…