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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Penn first received the script from the acclaimed director, he was particularly busy. He ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s most talked-about movies kicks off its 2025-2026 awards season with Netflix’s Jay Kelly, written and directed by Noah ...

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Tony Gilroy feared releasing the scripts to the 'Star Wars' series to avoid them being consumed by generative AI models—but one of the finest hours of 'Andor' has had its screenplay released. Reading ...

Issa Rae at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on February 8, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA./Depositphotos *Three Los Angeles screenwriters have filed a federal lawsuit ...

Issa Rae at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for ESSENCE) “One of Them Days” starring Keke Palmer and SZA landed in theaters ...

Issa Rae may have had “one of them days” recently as she faces a plagiarism lawsuit by three screenwriters over the buzzy buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA. On Wednesday, July 30, ...