STANLEY TUCCI TO PLAY CLIVE DAVIS IN WHITNEY HOUSTON BIOPIC ‘I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY’
By Justin Kroll September 24, 2021 10:30am EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated actor Stanley Tucci has been tapped to play Grammy-winning producer Clive Davis in the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the upcoming feature film about the late musical icon Whitney Houston. Naomi Ackie will play Houston in the musical biopic, which is based on Houston’s epic... Read More
ASHTON SANDERS TO PLAY BOBBY BROWN IN WHITNEY HOUSTON BIOPIC AS BLACK LABEL MEDIA JOINS AS CO-FINANCIER
By Justin Kroll Senior Film Reporter September 20, 2021 3:30pm EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Sanders has joined the cast of the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the upcoming feature about the late musical icon Whitney Houston. Sanders will play Bobby Brown, and sources also tell Deadline that Black Label Media is coming on board to co-finance... Read More
‘REPTILE’: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JOINS BENICIO DEL TORO IN FILM FROM BLACK LABEL MEDIA AS IT HEADS TO NETFLIX
By Matt Grobar August 26, 2021 2:44pm Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Black Label Media’s Reptile, setting Oscar nominee Justin Timberlake (Palmer, The Social Network) to star opposite Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro (Sicario, Traffic), whose casting had already been announced. The film picks up following the brutal murder of a young real estate... Read More
‘BROKEN DIAMONDS’ REVIEW: BEN PLATT SHINES AGAIN, BUT WATCH OUT FOR LOLA KIRKE
By Pete Hammond July 20, 2021 4:15pm If there was any question Ben Platt is the real deal, the Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner and star of Netflix’s quirky The Politician, proves he has the acting chops to stand next to the best of his generation in the new indie dramedy, Broken Diamonds. In the... Read More
KRISTIN CHENOWETH, JANE LYNCH & HEATHER MORRIS TO STAR IN DARK COMEDY PODCAST ‘THE BYSTANDERS’ FOR BLACK LABEL MEDIA AND THE BLEAV PODCAST NETWORK
By Justin Kroll Senior Film Reporter May 17, 2021 11:30am EXCLUSIVE: The Bleav Podcast Network is launching the new dark comedy podcast The Bystanders starring Jane Lynch and Emmy and Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth. It will also mark the first scripted podcast from Black Label Media. Heather Morris will also co-star and produce the show... Read More
‘CODA’ FILMMAKER SIAN HEDER TO DIRECT & ADAPT SARAH LOTZ NOVEL ‘IMPOSSIBLE’
By Anthony D’Alessandro April 29, 2021 12:15pm Filmmaker Siân Heder, whose Sundance hit CODA was recently sold to Apple for a festival record of $25M, is set to direct and write a feature take of Sarah Lotz’s upcoming 2022 novel Impossible. The Penguin Group Berkley Books novel tells the story of Nick, a ghostwriter who... Read More
BLACK LABEL MEDIA DRAMA ‘BROKEN DIAMONDS,’ WITH BEN PLATTE & LOLA KIRKE, GETS WORLDWIDE DEAL
By Andreas Wiseman International Editor March 31, 2021 9:20am EXCLUSIVE: New York-based firm FilmRise has picked up global distribution rights to drama Broken Diamonds, starring Tony and Grammy-winner Benjamin Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), Lola Kirke (Mozart In The Jungle) and Yvette Nicole Brown (Community). Produced by La La Land and Sicario backers Black Label Media,... Read More
TAKING FLIGHT: THE STORY BEHIND WAR EPIC ‘DEVOTION’ AND ITS LITTLE-KNOWN AMERICAN HEROES
By Andreas Wiseman February 1, 2021 7:36am Five years ago, filmmaker J.D. Dillard launched his debut movie, the low-budget sci-fi-thriller Sleight, at the Sundance Film Festival. Five years before that, he had been working on the reception desk at Bad Robot. Dillard’s star has been on the rise ever-since and today the 32-year old filmmaker... Read More
‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ AERIAL DUO AMONG CREW SET FOR FIGHTER PILOT PIC ‘DEVOTION’
By Andreas Wiseman January 21, 2021 8:15am EXCLUSIVE: Top Gun: Maverick aerial DoP Michael FitzMaurice and Aerial Coordinator/Helicopter Camera Pilot Kevin LaRosa Jr are among the crew aboard for fighter pilot movie Devotion, which gets underway next month in Savannah, Georgia. Sought after pilot LaRosa has worked on a string of blockbusters including Spider Man:... Read More
JOE JONAS & THOMAS SADOSKI JOIN BIG-BUDGET WAR MOVIE ‘DEVOTION’ ALONGSIDE JONATHAN MAJORS, GLEN POWELL & CHRISTINA JACKSON
By Andreas Wiseman January 12, 2021 11:15am EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some hot casting. Joe Jonas and Thomas Sadoski (John Wick) are joining the cast of big-budget war movie Devotion, which is due to get underway next month in the state of Georgia. We brought you news earlier today that The Good Fight and Outsiders actress Christina... Read More