Anna Lisa Raya

Even for a master cinematographer like Roger Deakins, Sicario was a tricky project to pull off—a logistical puzzle with many moving pieces, including aerial and night-vision footage and highly choreographed action sequences. For the most part, Deakins weathered the demanding shoot by being extremely methodical…

EXCLUSIVE: Whether she wanted it or not, Cate Blanchett found herself in a quandary early in the awards season when Oscar watchers were predicting she would be going up against herself in the Best Actress race with nominations for her elegant yet powerful work in The Weinstein Company’s Carol and her searing…

On Shaun the Sheep Movie, their first feature film as directors, Mark Burton and Richard Starzak quickly found a rapport and rhythm that took them through the three-year process. Burton had extensive experience as a writer of high-profile animated films, including Gnomeo & Juliet, while Starzak had directed…

Deadline’s fifth annual The Contenders event was a sold-out show Saturday, featuring 19 studios presenting 44 films that are fighting for a berth in the ever-crowded awards landscape this season. For a second year, we hosted a portrait studio in the green room of the event, held at the Directors Guild of America…

Deadline’s fifth annual The Contenders event was a sold-out show on Nov. 7, featuring 19 studios presenting 44 films that are fighting for a berth in the ever-crowded awards landscape this year. For a second year, we hosted a portrait studio in the green room of the event, held at the Directors Guild of America…

According to Gold Derby founder Tom O'Neil, at this point in the Oscar race—remember, the actual event isn't until February 28—19 Oscar pundits are split between seven films. Here's Tom’s take on the current standings: Spotlight, Thomas McCarthy’s docudrama about the 2001 scandal over sex abuse by Catholic…

In a collaboration between Gold Derby—recently acquired by Deadline's owner PMC—and AwardsLine, we are excited to share GD‘s odds rankings of six major Emmy categories: Best Comedy Series, Comedy Actor, Comedy Actress; Best Drama Series, Drama Actor and Drama Actress. These rankings are perfect companion pieces…

In this second of three gallery posts from the Toronto Film Festival are pics of some large-ish groups that visited the Deadline Presents AwardsLine photo/video studio at the Templar Hotel. We were thrilled to not only meet Spotlight‘s Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Brian D’Arcy James, but also…

From the moment he stepped up to audition for John Ridley's anthology series American Crime, for a role that on paper was familiar to him, Richard Cabral hoped to bring new light to a Latino archetype often misaligned in the media. As Hector Tontz, the gang member implicated in a vicious, drug-related murder…