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EXCLUSIVE: Daughters – one of the most talked about documentaries of the year – is getting its first trailer ahead of the film's Netflix debut on August 14. Watch it above. The feature, directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton, centers on a father-daughter dance that takes places behind the walls of…

UnPrisoned is back for a second season of shenanigans, humor, heartfelt moments and more. The Hulu and Onyx Collective series debuted in March 2023 with eight episodes and high ratings for an Onyx Collective premiere. Based on the life of creator Tracy McMillan, the series follows Paige Alexander…

EXCLUSIVE: Jee Young Han, who recurred as Esti Nelson in Season 1 of UnPrisoned, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming second season of the Onyx Collective dramedy, starring and executive produced by Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo. Han’s Esti is Paige’s (Washington) foster sister…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Stacey Abrams' Rules of Engagement with Meredith Dawson set to adapt the screenplay. Abrams will produce through Sage Works Productions with Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone producing through Simpson Street. The novel follows an operative for a…

EXCLUSIVE: The latest Knives Out sequel recently landed a title and now has added more star power to its ensemble as Deadline is hearing Emmy-nominated Kerry Washington is set to join Daniel Craig in Netflix’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. She joins new cast members Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny…

Annie Weisman, creator of Apple TV+'s Rose Byrne comedy Physical, is heading back to the streamer with her latest project – a series adaptation of Araminta Hall's novel Imperfect Women that will star Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington. Weisman will adapt the book, which came out in 2021, as a…

When the Oscar nominations came out last week, the Best Documentary Feature category contained some bombshells: no recognition for two of the most decorated nonfiction films of the year.  In the latest edition of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, co-hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey drill down on the…

TITLE: Daughters Section: U.S. Documentary Competition Directors: Natalie Rae, Angela Patton Logline: Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail. Sales Agents: CAA and…

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Kerry Washington is boarding the Sundance documentary Daughters as an executive producer, joining a roster of EPs that includes fellow actor Joel Edgerton, and author-philanthropist Jessica Seinfeld, wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The film directed by Angela Patton and Natalie…

EXCLUSIVE: UnPrisoned, the Onyx Collective dramedy starring and executive produced by Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, has been renewed for a second season on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories. Additionally, Washington has renewed her overall deal with…

This is Day 113 of the WGA strike and Day 40 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.  Martin Sheen led a reunion of the cast and crew of The West Wing and embodied his character President Bartlet at a major rally in LA. Sheen was joined by stars such as Kerry Washington and Ron Perlman at the National Day of…

Kerry Washington posted several snapshots with her Scandal costars Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young on Instagram on Friday. The reunion showed them filing out picket signs in support of the strike initiated by SAG-AFTRA. “Volunteered with some fellow @sagaftra members that I LOVE today,” Washington…