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If Nicole Kidman is ever looking to cast her own biopic, she won’t have to look far. Reese Witherspoon delivered a spot-on impersonation of her close friend and Big Little Lies co-star at the recent 49th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Nicole Kidman, airing Monday on TNT. “Most actors…

EXCLUSIVE: Melanie Marnich is a huge fan of Big Little Lies scribe Liane Moriarty’s work, but when showrunning an adaptation of Moriarty’s Apples Never Fall, Marnich blocked the HBO hit from her consciousness almost entirely. Peacock’s Apples Never Fall, which stars 2024 Oscar-nominee Annette Bening…

And we’re back! 20 Questions on Deadline relaunches today with our guest Alison Brie. Come March 14, Brie’s new show Apples Never Fall will debut on Peacock, with Brie starring as Amy Delaney, one of four siblings on the hunt for their missing mother, played by Annette Bening. The series also stars…

Laura Dern remains hopeful about a return of Big Little Lies for a third season. While doing press for her new show, Apple TV+’s Palm Royale, Dern told EW that she is encouraged by reports that Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman are actively planning season 3 of the HBO series. “I can tell you…

It’s been more than four years since Season 2 of HBO’s Big Little Lies. Over that time, the prospect of another installment has occasionally come up, with the network and the core team behind the series largely non-committal but leaving the door open. Star and executive producer Nicole Kidman on Friday…

Whenever a producer in recent times has exited their partnership with a star, quite often said producer’s output is not as robust. It’s a different situation for Bruna Papandrea, who after peeling off from Reese Witherspoon’s Pacific Standard Production Company has been on quite a roll with such TV…

Zoë Kravitz doesn’t think it’s likely that the third season of Big Little Lies will happen following Jean-Marc Vallée’s death. In an interview with GQ where Kravitz answered tweets from fans, she was asked when the HBO series would return. “I don’t think it is,” she answered. “We talked about…

EXCLUSIVE: Kathryn Newton has signed with Management 360 for representation. Best known for roles in Big Little Lies and Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Newton was most recently seen in the Blumhouse thriller Freaky opposite Vince Vaughn. She can be seen next in Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Other past credits…

Actress, singer, and director Zoe Kravitz is speaking candidly about her experiences in Hollywood and the harsh reality of rejection. Before she landed the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, Kravitz was underutilized, taking on supporting or side characters in films like Divergent and X-Men First…

UPDATE: Deadline is hearing from multiple sources that the shocking death of filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée resulted from a heart attack, while at his cabin on the river outside of Quebec City, where he was preparing to receive guests the following  day. So it is considered likely he passed December 25 and was found the…

Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon’s media company, is exploring a sale, Deadline has confirmed. The company behind the HBO hit Big Little Lies is said to have been approached by suitors and is evaluating its options. Hello Sunshine is owned by Witherspoon with partners Seth Rodsky and former CAA agent Jim Toth, who is…

EXCLUSIVE: In another significant signing for the company, Range Media Partners has signed Shailene Woodley for representation. The celebrated actress, well regarded for her roles in such projects as The Fault in Our Stars, Adrift, The Divergent Series, Endings, Beginnings, The Descendants, and most recently HBO's Big…