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Laura Linney (Ozark), Ben Semanoff (Ozark) and Justin Kurzel (Macbeth) round out the director lineup for Netflix’s upcoming limited series Black Rabbit, starring and executive produced by Jude Law and Jason Bateman, the streamer announced Thursday. Each is slated to helm two episodes of the 8-episode…

Laura Chinn’s feature film writing and directing debut hits close to the heart — her heart especially — in a semi-autobiographical story set in 2005 and inspired by her own growing pains at a dark time in her family’s life as her brother is dying of cancer and moved unknowingly into what turned out to be…

TITLE: SuncoastSection: U.S. Dramatic CompetitionDirector: Laura ChinnScreenwriter: Laura ChinnLogline: Inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager, Doris (Nico Parker), who while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an…

The Miracle Club will move back into 200-300 movie theaters nationwide August 18 for the rest of the summer due to an "overwhelmingly positive response" from audiences that the distributor said translated into a demand for additional playdates. The film by Irish director Thaddeus O'Sullivan with a…

Anything that brings Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Laura Linney together for a smart and engaging movie that will lift your spirits these days is a miracle all by itself. Indeed, The Miracle Club is a reason to celebrate this summer, if only for the chance…

Broadway can be a loud place, with belters belting and orchestras swelling and actors playing to rafters in the theater across the street, so it’s both comforting and mesmerizing to see a play as quietly poignant as David Auburn’s Summer, 1976. Starring Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht – both…

UPDATE May 2, with second extension: With the Tony Award nomination (Leading Actress/Play) for Jessica Hecht announced today, the Manhattan Theatre Company production of David Auburn’s Summer, 1976 has gotten another one-week extension. The play will now run through Sunday, June 18 at the Samuel J…

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the film The Miracle Club starring Oscar nom Laura Linney, Oscar winners Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates, and Agnes O’Casey. Specifics as to the release plan haven’t been disclosed. But SPC nabbed rights in the U.S., Latin America, and assorted territories in Southeast…

Jessica Hecht, a 2010 Tony Award nominee, will join the previously announced Laura Linney on Broadway this spring in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of Summer, 1976, the new play by Pulitzer Prize winning Proof author David Auburn. Daniel Sullivan will direct. Summer, 1976 will begin…

Laura Linney will return to Broadway this spring in a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn (Proof). The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Summer, 1976 will reteam the writer with his Proof director Daniel Sullivan. Summer, 1976 will begin previews on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at the Samuel J. Friedman…

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions…

Searchlight has boarded Suncoast — a new film marking the feature directorial debut of Laura Chinn (Florida Girls) that will star Laura Linney (Ozark), Woody Harrelson (Triangle of Sadness) and Nico Parker (The Last of Us) — Deadline can confirm. The film going into production next month is a drama based on Chinn’s…