As America’s enemies learned the hard way on the big screen in the Top Gun flicks, it’s really not a smart move to mess with Pete “Maverick” Mitchell or his franchise. Now, for the second time in a week, a federal judge has grounded a lawsuit against Top Gun: Maverick. In fact, not only has…

Joseph Kosinski is holding a very hot hand in the movie business. His sequel Top Gun: Maverick, 32 years in the making, not only became the highest-grossing movie of Tom Cruise’s career but also was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and earned…

Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season's most talked-about movies continues with Apple Original Films and Warner Bros’ F1, directed by Joseph Kosinski from a script by Kosinski and Ehren Kruger. Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem and Kerry Condon…

EXCLUSIVE: The director and producer who took Top Gun: Maverick all the way through the 2022 awards season to a Best Picture Oscar nomination are now on the path again, this time trading fast fighter jets for fast racing cars with their latest…

Is an F1 sequel in the works? F1 director Joseph Kosinski told Deadline that he would love to see it happen. When asked by Deadline if we might be seeing Brad Pitt’s Sonny Hayes take one more rev around the track, Kosinski acknowledged he and producers have begun talking about it. “I…

Bringing Apple Original Films' F1 to life was no easy feat. "I was always told, 'Racing movies don't work,'" said director and producer Joseph Kosinski during Deadline's Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel for the Apple Original Films blockbuster. Talking about what inspired him to start the…

After Deadline broke the news that Michael B. Jordan was in line for the Ricardo Tubbs role in Universal’s Miami Vice movie being directed by Joseph Kosinksi, the studio now looks to have zeroed in on his partner. Deadline is hearing Austin Butler is in early talks to star as iconic TV detective…

Joseph Kosinski and Universal’s anticipated Miami Vice movie looks to be heating up as Deadline is hearing Michael B. Jordan is in early talks to star as the iconic TV detective Ricardo Tubbs. Sources say it is still very early days and no deals are done, but after scheduling was worked out for this…

Deadline first told you about Universal having another rendition of Miami Vice in the works with F1 and Top Gun: Maverick filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, and well, the studio, just confirmed that by putting a date against the title for Aug. 6, 2027. That’s where Uni has had good luck launching such summer…

On a different racetrack of events, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were initially attached to Ford v Ferrari, with the F1 star revealing what ultimately led the latter to back out of the project. Speaking to the United Arab Emirates-based publication The National News, Pitt reflected on the racing pic…

MONDAY UPDATE, with actuals: The launch of Apple Original Films' F1 has some more gas in the tank when including Sunday actuals. The international box office debut rises to $89.3M in 78 markets, while domestic is $57M. This fuels a $146.3M global bow, up $2.3M on Sunday's estimates.  In other…

EXCLUSIVE: It was 50 years ago that Jerry Bruckheimer got his first full credit as producer, after switching from Madison Avenue to make movies. Billions in ticket-sale grosses from the biggest franchises the business has seen followed his move…