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Although a box office and critical disaster upon its 2006 arrival, Michael Mann's film adaptation of the hit series Miami Vice has gained a strong cult following ever since, with many calling it one of the most underrated movies of the 2000s. Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising then that, almost two decades on, the film is finally finding a semblance of success, officially joining the top 10 most-streamed movies on Starz as of Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

Having since been critically re-evaluated by many and labeled one of the director's most radical films, Miami Vice has gained a strong following in spite of its initial reception. Starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as undercover detectives Crockett and Tubbs, the film drew just a 47% critics' score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the movie faring worse with audiences, as they awarded Miami Vice just 43%. It would seem that the aforementioned Farrell would agree, with...

One of the most divisive action movies in the repertoire of Hollywood icon (and now a so-called "Special Ambassador" tasked with saving the industry) Sylvester Stallone is climbing the charts on Netflix. Released back in 2019, Stallone leads the final outing for one of his most beloved characters, John Rambo, in Rambo: Last Blood, which finds the hero battling a cartel after someone close to him is kidnapped.

Rambo: Last Blood is now #7 on the Netflix chart, just behind the likes of other action outings Miss Congeniality, Rogue Agent, and the Die Hard-esque Aftermath, which holds the top spot. Directed by Adrian Grünberg from a screenplay co-written by Matthew Cirulnick and Sylvester Stallone, Last Blood stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim aka Yenah Han, Joaquín Cosío, and Óscar Jaenada alongside Stallone. You can check out the official synopsis below.

“Vietnam War veteran John Rambo tries...

1992, directed by Ariel Vromen, takes us back in time, when protestors took to the street after the court acquitted the police officers who used excessive force on a man named Rodney Glen King. The real-life incident that took place on March 3rd, 1991, was captured on camera, where police officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were seen thrashing the man in the most brutal manner. Still, the jury acquitted the men of all charges, and that caused an uproar in society, and especially in the black community. So, let’s find out what happened in 1992 film and how our protagonist found himself stuck in the middle of a perilous situation.

Why was Antoine angry with Mercer?

Mercer had just been released from prison, and he had gotten conditional custody of his son, Antoine. Antoine’s mother and grandmother had passed away after they met with an accident. 1992 did not reveal the details of that accident,...

We spoke to famed rapper and actor Tyrese Gibson amid the release of 1992, his gripping new crime thriller set against a tense Los Angeles backdrop during the titular early-'90s era. The city rightfully erupted in protest once the officers involved in the merciless beating of Rodney King were acquitted, and Gibson's new film sees him in the gripping lead role as a dad in distress trying to protect his son against racism and a coincidental heist happening at his character's workplace.

Gibson is a Watts native and spoke to MovieWeb about bringing real-life experience to 1992, which also stars Scott Eastwood and the late, great Ray Liotta. He said, "It wasn't really a role for me. It was life. I was in South Central, Watts in '92, I was out there protesting, looting, rioting. So was Snoop Dogg, and that's also the same year that him and Dr. Dre released The Chronic album.

Prior to his tragic passing in 2022, Ray Liotta was a genuine titan who brought gravitas to every role. Whether playing supernatural baseball as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Phil Alden Robinson's Field of Dreams, representing half of a failed marriage as divorce attorney Jay Marotta in Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, or doing copious crime and even more copious drugs as iconic up-and-coming gangster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, he was always a bright light worth watching. Ariel Vromen's 1992, Liotta's final film, takes place in a harrowing time in Los Angeles history: following the massive wave of riots that emerged in the wake of the Rodney King verdict. It's a tense, mostly successful thriller with a talented cast, but greater artistry in the thematic development and greater novelty in the plotting would enhance the freshness of the crime drama.

Ray Liotta's final film, 1992, is dividing critics but impressing audiences. The heist drama, set in L.A. following the Rodney King verdict, was not the last film Liotta worked on, but it is the last of his projects to be released. 1992 landed in select theaters on August 30th. The film follows a shopkeeper who must save his son from an angry mob during the 1992 L.A. uprising after the Rodney King verdict and centers around two families.

The film currently holds a 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with its audience score sitting much higher at 92%. While its score still lands the film in the fresh category, there is a significant difference between the two. So why the disparity? Critics' opinions of the film range from love for its cast to criticism of a generic plot and the fact that, despite being set during the L.A. riots, those events "take place in the backdrop.

There's a striking moment in 1992, among many, where the lead crook played by Scott Eastwood turns to his younger brother once a robbery opportunity presents itself. "All it took was 12 racist f***s in Simi Valley," he says, now that the city around him has rightfully erupted in protest. The year is 1992, hence the impactful title of the film, and the city is Los Angeles. More specifically, we're in the Watts area of the City of Angels for this new Lionsgate offering from director Ariel Vromen, working off the script he wrote with Sascha Penn.

Eastwood is reliably solid in a leading role, but top billing goes to Tyrese Gibson in perhaps his finest role to date. There are parallel stories that ultimately converge for the latter half of this fictitious tale set against a very once-real backdrop. 1992 sets up an intriguing premise of pitting one father-son duo against another,...

Shortly after Deadpool blew away the competition in 2016, Ryan Reynolds appeared in another feature film just two months later which also starred Kevin Costner thats largely been forgotten about over the years, until now. Titled Criminal, the sci-fi thriller has found a new streaming home thats sure to bring some eyeballs to the Ariel Vromen-led production that was a box office flop eight years ago, earning just $38 million against its budget of $31 million.

Criminal R Release Date April 7, 2016Director Ariel VromenCast Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, Alice Eve, Kevin Costner, Michael PittMain Genre Action

Written by David Cook and David Weisberg, both of whom worked together on the Sean Connery classic action-thriller The Rock, Criminal features an all-star cast composed of not only Reynolds and Costner, but Gary Oldman, Gal Gadot, and Tommy Lee Jones as well. Unfortunately, its stacked roster wasnt enough to draw audiences into theaters at the time,...

We spoke to Scott Eastwood leading up to the release of 1992, his gripping new heist movie set during a pivotal time in Los Angeles amid the Rodney King riots. Scott's ambitious character's dad is played in the film by the late, great Ray Liotta in one of his final films, so it's wonderfully nostalgic seeing the pair converse and butt heads via their fictional roles on the big screen. In real life, Scott's Oscar-winning dad, Clint Eastwood, has kept busy with a highly anticipated new drama called Juror No. 2, which also stars Clint's daughter Francesca Eastwood and plenty of other big names.

At 94 years old, the world of cinema has to wonder if Juror No. 2 will be Clint's last film or if he'll just keep on trucking. "Look, you can never count out my dad in making another movie," Scott told MovieWeb. "He's been doing it for a long time.

“1992” is a new live-action drama feature, directed by Ariel Vromen starring Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood and the late Ray Liotta, releasing August 30, 2024 in theaters:

“…set in 1992, during the first night of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, amidst killing, looting, chaos and arson, Mercer endeavors to restore his life and relationship with his son during the unrest following the ‘Rodney King’ verdict.

“Then in another part of town, a father and son confront their troubled relationship by planning a perilous looting heist at Mercer's workplace, as the two families cross paths…”

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The heist movie genre has seen many films set in different places. Ben Affleck’s The Town was set in the middle of a Red Sox game, Oceans Eleven heist was during a boxing match in a casino, and the latest from Lionsgate 1992 puts a heist in the middle of the Rodney King Verdict protests. The Tyrese Gibson-led film sees him play Mercer, a fresh out-of-jail employee who finds himself and his son in the middle of a heist.

1992 Review

I remember seeing this trailer at the end of last year and being intrigued by the premise. Heist movies are one of my favorite genres, and if done right, they can be instant classics. With 1992 set amid the uprising protests post-Rodney King verdict, the film’s tone is strong and has an unwavering message that is heartbreaking at its core.

It’s both daring and insane to deliver...

Labor Day weekend has always been hit or miss for movie theaters, and the odds and ends released this weekend do not bode particularly well for the final holiday weekend of the summer. Essentially, this is another weekend where we have one bigger release and a bunch of smaller films, with many arriving into a vague number of theaters nationwide. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.

Opening the widest in 3,000 theaters is the new high-concept horror movie “Afraid” from Sony and Blumhouse, written and directed by Chris Weitz (“About a Boy”) and starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston and Havana Rose Liu (“Bottoms”). It’s about a family selected to test out a Siri-like device called “Aia” which is meant to provide the family with anything it can possibly need … and it won’t let anything get in that family’s way either.

Being so high concept and...

Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez join Tyrese Gibson on the black carpet at the premiere of his new movie 1992 held at Regal LA Live on Tuesday (August 27) in Los Angeles.

The longtime co-stars and friends had a mini Fast Saga reunion at the premiere, where Tyrese‘s co-star Scott Eastwood, who has appeared in two Fast movies, also hit the carpet.

At one point on the carpet, Vin, Michelle and Tyrese could be seen sharing a group hug!

Also in attendance was Tyrese‘s girlfriend Zelie Timothy, as well as co-stars Dylan Arnold, Christopher A’mmanuel, Ori Pfeffer, Cle Bennett, Michael Beasley, Tosin Morohunfola and Hanad Abdi, as well as co-writer and director Ariel Vromen and executive producer Snoop Dogg.

The event featured a tribute wall to the late Ray Liotta, who also stars in the film. His daughter Karsen Liotta was in attendance and seen posing with the wall, which...

Chicago – Tyrese Gibson is taking this one personally. Originally from the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, Gibson is the lead role in the film “1992” (in theaters on August 30th). His character Mercer went through the Watts Uprising in 1965, plus he and his son must navigate the Rodney King Uprising in 1992.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

In that year, Mercer Bey (Gibson) is desperately trying to rebuild his life and relationship with his son (Christopher A’mmanuel) amidst the turbulent Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict. Across town, another father and son (Scott Eastwood) put their own strained relationship to the test as they plot a precious metals heist from the factory where Mercer works. As tensions rise in Los Angeles and chaos erupts, both families reach their boiling points when they collide.

Tyrese Gibson in ‘1992’

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The film – co-written and directed by Ariel Vromen – delivers on several levels, and has...

From executive producer Snoop Dogg, 1992 is a tense crime-thriller that follows Mercer (Tyrese Gibson) as he desperately tries to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son (Christopher A'mmanuel) amidst the turbulent 1992 L.A. uprising following the Rodney King verdict.

Across town, another father and son (Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood) put their own strained relationship to the test as they plot a dangerous heist from the factory where Mercer works. As tensions rise in Los Angeles and chaos erupts, both families reach their boiling points when they collide in this action-packed new movie from filmmaker Ariel Vromen (The Iceman).

Earlier this month, we had the good fortune to sit down with Eastwood to learn how he approached playing a character who operates in shades of grey and what he enjoyed about exploring the complicated family dynamic of the crooks who embark on this heist.

The actor also reflects...

From executive producer Snoop Dogg, 1992 is a tense crime-thriller that follows Mercer (Tyrese Gibson) as he desperately tries to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son (Christopher A'mmanuel) amidst the turbulent 1992 L.A. uprising following the Rodney King verdict.

Across town, another father and son (Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood) put their own strained relationship to the test as they plot a dangerous heist from the factory where Mercer works. As tensions rise in Los Angeles and chaos erupts, both families reach their boiling points when they collide in this action-packed new movie from filmmaker Ariel Vromen (The Iceman).

Earlier this month, we caught up with Fast & Furious and Morbius star Tyrese to discuss what proves to be perhaps his most dramatic role to date.

During our conversation, the actor talks about how his own, real-life experiences of the 1992 Los Angeles riots impacted his approach to playing...

“1992” is a new live-action drama feature, directed by Ariel Vromen starring Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood and the late Ray Liotta, releasing August 30, 2024 in theaters:

“…set in 1992, during the first night of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, amidst killing, looting, chaos and arson, Mercer endeavors to restore his life and relationship with his son during the unrest following the ‘Rodney King’ verdict.

“Then in another part of town, a father and son confront their troubled relationship by planning a perilous looting heist at Mercer's workplace, as the two families cross paths…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

“1992” is a new crime drama directed by Ariel Vromen starring Tyrese Gibson, Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood, opening August 30, 2024 in theaters:

“…the title of the film refers to the first night of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which is where and when the film is set. This is also Liotta's final film appearance and the film is dedicated to his memory…”

Tyrese Gibson plays ‘Mercer’, Ray Liotta is ‘Lowell’, Scott Eastwood is ‘Riggin Bigby’, Christopher Ammanuel is Antoine King and Dylan Arnold is ‘Dennis’.

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"You know what scares me? I don't want you to grow up to be like me." Lionsgate has unveiled an official trailer for a movie titled 1992, from director Ariel Vromen. The title is a reference to the 1992 L.A. uprising after the Rodney King verdict – it's set on the very first night of the riots. This is also Ray Liotta's final film appearance and the film is dedicated to his memory. A shopkeeper must save his son from criminals intent on steal from his factory during the 1992 L.A. uprising after the Rodney King verdict. Tyrese Gibson stars as Mercer, a man trying to restart his life and reconcile with his son, played by Christopher A'mmanuel. Mercer faces another father and son, played by Ray Liotta & Scott Eastwood, who aim to steal catalytic converters from his workplace. He shows up and tries to stop them while reconnecting with his son.

Lionsgate’s 1992, the upcoming action-crime thriller starring Tyrese Gibson and directed by Ariel Vromen (The Iceman) and co-starring Ray Liotta in one of his final film roles, will be released in theaters on August 30, with the legendary hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg boarding the film to executive produce through his Death Row Pictures banner. The announcement was jointly made today by Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, as well as Gibson and Snoop Dogg.

Starring Tyrese Gibson, Clé Bennett, Dylan Arnold, Christopher A’mmanuel, Michael Beasley, Ori Pfeffer, Tosin Morohunfola, Oleg Taktarov, with Scott Eastwood, and Ray Liotta in one of his final film roles, 1992 is directed by Ariel Vromen from a screenplay by Sascha Penn and Ariel Vromen and a story by Sascha Penn. It is produced by Ariel Vromen, Andreas Rommel, Maurice Fadida, Sascha Penn, and Adam Kolbrenner.

In 1992, Mercer (Tyrese Gibson) is desperately trying to rebuild his life...

It’s been over two years since we sadly lost Ray Liotta, but the iconic actor did leave a handful of unreleased projects behind, including 1992, an action-crime thriller in which he stars alongside Tyrese Gibson and Scott Eastwood. Lionsgate has released the first official trailer for 1992, which features an intense final performance from Liotta.

Tyrese Gibsons stars in 1992 as Mercer, a man desperately trying to rebuild his life and relationship with his son (Christopher A’mmanuel) amidst the turbulent 1992 L.A. uprising following the Rodney King verdict. Across town, another father and son (Ray Liotta & Scott Eastwood) put their own strained relationship to the test as they plot a dangerous heist to steal catalytic converters, which contain valuable platinum, from the factory where Mercer works. As tensions rise in Los Angeles and chaos erupts, both families reach their boiling points when they collide.

Directed by Ariel Vromen, the film also Clé Bennett,...

Ray Liotta in 1992Screenshot: Lionsgate/YouTube

An actor can’t control what may become his last performance. One of the final films of the late Ray Liotta happens to be 1992, a boilerplate crime thriller set against the backdrop of the riots that took place in Los Angeles that year. On the one hand,...

Lionsgate’s 1992, the upcoming action-crime thriller starring Tyrese Gibson, directed by Ariel Vromen (The Iceman), and co-starring Ray Liotta in one of his final film roles, will be released in theaters on August 30, 2024.

Legendary hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg is boarding the film to executive produce through his Death Row Pictures banner. Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, Gibson, and Snoop Dogg jointly made the announcement today.

“1992 was a life-changing time for me, from ‘Deep Cover’ to ‘The Chronic.’ But as things in my life were coming together, everything in LA was coming apart. 1992 is a heist movie that really captures all of that,” said Snoop Dogg.

“This movie is about an LA moment. Ariel made an outstanding film that depicts this moment in time. From my first encounter with Tyrese in Baby Boy to the performance in 1992, I had to be a part of this. And it’s...

Lionsgate has set a release date of Labor Day weekend, August 30, for the action crime thriller 1992, which is one of Ray Liotta’s final film roles. The Emmy-winning actor co-starred in the movie opposite Tyrese Gibson. In addition today, Snoop Dogg boarded the movie as EP through his Death Row Pictures banner.

1992 joins other wide entries on August 30: Sony/Blumhouse’s horror movie They Listen, Showbiz Direct Distribution’s Dennis Quaid title Reagan, and Roadside Attractions’ Jason Patric thriller City of Dreams.

Here’s the 1992 poster that dropped today.

Liotta died in May 2022 at the age of 67 from heart and respiratory issues. At the time, there were several projects he had already shot, i.e, Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear and the Apple TV+ series Black Bird. Liotta received a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Limited Series Emmy nom for Black Bird; previously, he won the Drama Guest Actor Emmy in 2005 for NBC’s ER.

Lionsgate is going back to the early 1990s this summer, with help from Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Dogg.

The company announced Monday that it will release director Ariel Vromen’s crime thriller 1992 in theaters Aug. 30. Snoop Dogg has boarded the feature as executive producer through his Death Row Pictures production company, with Gibson (known for the Fast & Furious franchise) starring alongside Scott Eastwood and the late Ray Liotta in one of his final movie roles.

As seen in the trailer below, 1992 stars Gibson as Mercer, who is attempting to restart his life and patch things up with his son (Christopher Ammanuel) at the time of the Los Angeles uprising over the Rodney King verdict. Meanwhile, Mercer is about to encounter a father and son (Liotta and Eastwood) who are aiming to steal catalytic converters from the factory where Mercer works.

Vromen (The Iceman) directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sascha Penn.

Updated with more signatories: Reaction continues to The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech after his film won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film this month.

Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.

“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).

This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.

You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...

An open letter condemning Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest Oscars acceptance speech has been signed by more than 450 Jewish Hollywood professionals.

The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10.

“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter reads.

In his acceptance at the 2024 Oscars, Glazer read from a prepared speech to thank his partners and then make a statement addressing the current Israel-Gaza conflict.

“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.

Kevin Costner's next movie will be a reunion with director Ariel Vromen after 2016's Criminal, with filming set to start early next year. The untitled movie is a "longtime passion project" for Costner, and with the actor set to star and produce. The announcement comes after Costner's high-profile Yellowstone exit and ahead of the release of Horizon: An American Saga, which has also been described as a passion project.

Kevin Costner now has his next movie in his sights following Horizon: An American Saga. After a string of hits in the '80s and '90s like Silverado, Dances With Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and The Bodyguard, Costner will now be best known to many modern audiences for his starring role in Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone. With his role in the neo-Western series in the rearview after some behind-the-scenes squabbles, the actor is gearing up to release Horizon: An American Saga,...

Kevin Costner has a new movie passion project, and it’s set to shoot at the start of 2025: more on the film here.

Busy, busy times in the filmmaking life of Kevin Costner. After taking several years away from the big screen to pursue the TV series Yellowstone – with the exception of impressive big screen thriller Let Him Go in 2020 – he’s now got several movies on the go.

Two of them are already shot: the opening two parts of the planned four movie western saga Horizon. Whilst we don’t have UK release details, the two Horizon: An American Saga films that are pretty much completed will be released this summer. The plan is for four films, but as was revealed a few weeks ago, the funding isn’t quite in place for films three and four.

Kevin Costner has co-written the films. He also directs and stars.

Despite no longer being a part of Yellowstone’s next season, Kevin Costner seems to be busier than ever. First up, he’s got a two-part Western epic called Horizon: An American Saga that’s coming out this summer, and now, Deadline is reporting that the actor’s got another “longtime passion project” ready to roll. While there are no specifics on what it may be, Costner is set to produce and star in the untitled film, with the director of his 2016 thriller Criminal, Ariel Vromen, at the helm.

In the article, no specifics are given, although Costner has been open about certain long-planned projects in the past. One is his book, The Explorer’s Guild, which he wrote with his Horizon collaborator Jon Baird and was called an Indiana Jones-style globetrotting adventure. It could be anything, although given Vromen’s track record, which includes based-on-fact thrillers, The Iceman (with...

Exclusive: After mounting the two-part Civil War epic Horizon: An American Saga for Warner Bros and New Line, Academy Award winner Kevin Costner has selected his next film to produce and star in, that being an as-yet-untitled picture that Ariel Vromen will direct from a script owned by the actor.

“I could not be more honored to be reunited with my friend and collaborator,” said Vromen in a statement to Deadline, “especially on Kevin’s longtime passion project.”

Pic’s plot is under wraps and further details are scarce, but production is expected to kick off in early 2025. This will be Costner and Vromen’s second film together, on the heels of the 2016 action thriller Criminal co-starring Gary Oldman and Tommy Lee Jones. News of the project comes as Vromen awaits the release of his latest, 1992 — a drama on the 1992 Los Angeles riots, starring Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood and the late Ray Liotta,...

Cuba’s Jorge Perugorría, best known for his career-launching perf in the Oscar-nominated “Strawberry & Chocolate,” “Slumdog Millionaire” line producer Tabrez Noorani and ‘The Iceman’ helmer Ariel Vromen have boarded Havana-set “Malecón” as executive producers.

Its producer, Flavio Florencio, director-writer of the multi-winning documentary “Made in Bangkok,” is attending Ventana Sur.

The debut feature of Madrid-born Carlos Larrazabal, “Malecón” will be having a special screening as a work-in-progress at the Havana Film Festival, which runs Dec. 8-17.

Shot entirely in Havana by Dp Gevorg Gev Juguryan, the drama follows Elvis (played by César Domínguez) who returns to the Cuban capital after serving a 10-year sentence in prison for killing his abusive stepfather.

His best friend Martin (Omar Rolando) helps him in his struggle to reintegrate himself into society, but things get complicated when he encounters his childhood sweetheart, Yuli (Camila Rodhe) and her husband, a key figure in Havana’s criminal underworld.

Exclusive: Senior television literary agent Melissa Orton-Cortez, most recently from CAA, has joined Adventure Media as a manager and partner alongside founding partners Chris von Goetz, James Robins Early and Aaliyah Williams.

This marks a reunion for Orton-Cortez and fellow former lit agents-turned-managers von Goetz and Robins Early who worked together for a decade at ICM Partners prior to the agency’s acquisition by CAA last year when von Goetz and Robins Early left and teamed with Williams to launch Adventure.

Meanwhile, Orton-Cortez transitioned to CAA where she had been for the past year. She was the highest profile departure in the recent round of layoffs at the agency, and a number of companies pursued her over the last couple of weeks. She opted to go with Adventure.

“I’m incredibly excited to be joining Adventure with my dear friends and colleagues,” Orton-Cortez said. “For the last year, I’ve...

Ray Liotta died of natural causes, with a medical report from officials in the Dominican Republic citing heart and respiratory issues, according to TMZ.

Doctors characterized Liotta’s death as natural and nonviolent, saying he suffered respiratory insufficiency, pulmonary edema (fluid in his lung), and acute heart failure. They also noted that Liotta had atherosclerosis, a condition where plaque builds up in the inner lining of an artery, causing it to harden or thicken.

A rep for Liotta did not immediately return a request for comment.

Liotta, 67, died in his...

I’ve loved gangster movies since I was four years old and saw Humphrey Bogart and Sylvia Sidney in Dead End (1937) on TV, and Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) at the movies (My dad pinched a lobby card for me). Every Friday night, a local NYC station ran old crime flicks on a slot called “Tough Guys.” Bogart, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, and George Raft were the faces over the title. Today that might be Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, and James Gandolfini.

The gangster and crime genre produced some of the most influential films in cinema history. Mervyn LeRoy’s Little Caesar (1931), William A. Wellman’s The Public Enemy (1931), and Howard Hawks’ Scarface (1932), get a lot of credit for breaking ground in topics beyond criminality, shattering sexual taboos as well as the boundaries of acceptable visual violence. High Sierra (1941) and White Heat...

Jason Clarke (Winning Time), Scott Eastwood (The Outpost) and Chaske Spencer (The English) have signed on to star alongside Martin Sensmeier in Wind River: The Next Chapter — Castle Rock Entertainment’s sequel to the acclaimed 2017 crime drama Wind River, which is currently in production in Calgary.

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The original film written and directed by Oscar-nominated Yellowstone Universe architect Taylor Sheridan watched as the veteran hunter Corey Lambert (Jeremy Renner) helped rookie FBI agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) to investigate the murder of a young woman on the Wyoming Native American reservation of Wind River.

In the latest bid to break out of the mid-agency pack, APA has formed a strategic partnership with Europa Content, the boutique literary and production company founded by Marc Gerald.

The goal is to expand APA’s intellectual property and media rights division led by Steve Fisher and Debbie Deuble Hill and to increase resources for both APA and Europa Content clients and creators across all media.

Having access to a publishing house has been a key engine of growth for many agencies, allowing for cross-company collaborations and access to content and intellectual property. APA sees it as a next step as it seeks to position itself apart from the mid-agency level and attempts to position itself as an alternative to top-tier agencies such as CAA, UTA and WME.

“We are thrilled to expand our shared business with Marc and his incredible team at Europa Content,” said Kyle Loftus, head of content development at APA.

Exclusive: Writer, director and producer Ariel Vromen has signed with APA for representation.

Vromen most recently directed and produced the forthcoming L.A. riots drama April 29, 1992, starring Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood and the late Ray Liotta. Deadline understands that the film, marking one of Liotta’s final projects, has recently been picked up for worldwide distribution by a major studio. No further details yet, but expect them shortly.

Vromen is best known for writing, directing and producing the crime drama The Iceman, starring Michael Shannon as the contract killer Richard Kuklinski. The film, which world premiered at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, boasted an all-star cast also including Winona Ryder, James Franco, Liotta and Chris Evans.

Vromen also helmed the sci-fi thriller Criminal, with Gary Oldman, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, as well as the Netflix spy thriller The Angel, starring Marwan Kenzari and Toby Kebbell.

When Elizabeth Banks boarded "Cocaine Bear" as its director back in March 2021, it certainly got people talking. The character-driven thriller, which was inspired by a true story and produced by "The Lego Movie" filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, continued to turn heads as more details and a trailer finally arrived for the highly anticipated feature. However, following the death of Ray Liotta in May 2022, the conversation shifted slightly as this would be one of the legendary actor's final appearances on the big screen.

Primarily known for his breakout performance in "Goodfellas," Liotta went on to appear in a number of intense roles throughout his career. Prior to his passing at the age of 67, he was even experiencing a bit of career resurgence thanks to roles in "No Sudden Move" and "The Many Saints of Newark." But he wasn't afraid to have a little fun as well by branching out beyond intense dramas,...

When Israeli film director Ariel Vromen called up Ray Liotta to join his film, “1992”, the late screen legend had one question.

“In the last five years, Ray was playing softer characters in television and film, so when I called, he said, ‘Is it dirty? Because I want to go down and dirty on this film. It’s been a while!’” Vromen told Et Canada at a preview screening for friends and family at Hollywood’s Harmony Gold theatre on Wednesday. I was like, ‘Perfect.’”

Set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the film follows a custodian played by Tyrese Gibson, who brings his son (portrayed by Christoper Emanual) to work only to become embroiled in a heist orchestrated by a father-son duo played by Liotta and Scott Eastwood.

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Producer Maurice Fadida and his Kodiak Pictures have acquired the adaptive rights to a series of best-selling novels by author Douglas E. Richards.

The books follow the character Nick Hall in a series of sci-fi thriller tales, starting with the title “Mind’s Eye.” They were first published in the U.S. in 2014 by Paragon Press, and spawned subsequent titles including “Brain Web” and “Mindwar.”

“Kodiak Pictures is planning to turn ‘Minds Eye’ into a film franchise that will bring to life the extraordinary technology and real-world applications depicted in the novels in a spectacular fashion. It’s an action-packed, smart, & commercial property that audiences around the world already love and we’re excited to bring it to theaters,” Fadida said.

In “Mind’s Eye,” Nick Hall wakes up in a dumpster — bloodied, without a memory and with voices in his head. Soon, Hall discovers that advanced electronics have been implanted in...

Heath Freeman, the actor best known for playing serial killer Howard Epps across two seasons of Bones, has died at 41. Reality TV star and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler was the first to post about Freeman’s death. His manager Joe S. Montifiore confirmed the news.

Montifiore issued the following statement to Deadline:

We are truly devastated at the loss of our beloved Heath Freeman. A brilliant human being with an intense and soulful spirit, he leaves us with an indelible imprint in our hearts. His life was filled with deep loyalty, affection, and generosity towards his family and friends, and an extraordinary zest for life.

He was extremely proud of his recent film work and was very excited for the next chapter of his career. His remarkable legacy as a son, brother, uncle, friend, extraordinarily gifted actor and producer, consummate cook, and man with the most infectious and spectacular laugh,...

Exclusive: Mike Pniewski (Hightown), Thad Luckinbill (12 Strong), Sky Ferreira (Lords of Chaos), James Devoti (The Walking Dead) and Michael Beasley (Escape at Dannemora) will round out the cast of Netflix’s crime thriller Reptile, appearing alongside previously announced cast members Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Pitt, Ato Essandoh, Frances Fisher, Eric Bogosian, Domenick Lombardozzi, Karl Glusman, Matilda Lutz, Owen Teague and Catherine Dyer.

The first feature from director Grant Singer picks up following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, following a hardened detective (Del Toro) as he attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems. In doing so, he finds himself dismantling the illusions in his own life.

Singer and Benjamin Brewer wrote the script for the film, which was acquired by Netflix back in August. It’s not yet clear what roles the newest cast members will play.

Hany Abu-Assad, the acclaimed Dutch-Palestinian director of Oscar-nominated “Paradise Now” and “Omar,” has broken new ground with “Huda’s Salon” which world premiered Sept. 9 at Toronto in the competitive Platform section.

The female-driven tense spy thriller is headlined by Maisa Abd Elhadi (“The Angel”) who stars as Reem, a young mother who falls into a trap during a visit at a hair salon run by Huda, a seemingly friendly woman working for the Israeli secret service. While being blackmailed by the Israeli secret service, Reem has to cope with her controlling husband and a Palestinian resistance agent who suspect she is a traitor.

“Huda’s Salon” marks the helmer’s follow up to Fox’s “The Mountains Between Us” with Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. Abu-Assad produced the film with his wife, Amira Diab, through their recently launched banner H&a Production, alongside Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy, who runs the Cairo Film Festival,...

Excusive: Michael Beasley has joined the cast of April 29, 1992, the feature film set during the Los Angeles riots that is being toplined by Tyrese Gibson, Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood. Ariel Vromen (The Iceman) is directing the pic, which was written by Creed 2‘s Sascha Penn. Shooting is getting underway now in Bulgaria and Los Angeles.

The pic is so titled in reference to the first night of the riots, which broke out following the not-guilty verdicts in the trial of four Los Angeles police officers who beat Rodney King. The plot centers on a custodian who brings his son to work and they find themselves in the middle of an angry mob after the verdicts.

Beasley, whose credits include Showtime’s Escape From Dannemora, HBO’s Ballers and Netflix’s Bloodline, will play an ex-LAPD captain who is now head of security for the Pluton Metals factory.

After zooming to the top of the pandemic-era box office in the global hit “F9,” actor Tyrese Gibson has booked his next gig alongside Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood.

The trio will lead the Los Angeles riots thriller “April 29, 1992,” the forthcoming feature from the breakout director of “The Iceman,” Ariel Vromen. Pre-production from a script by Sascha Penn is underway, aiming for an August start. Producers hope to have the film ready for release in observation of next year’s 30th anniversary of the riots, sparked by police brutality against Rodney King.

Gibson, a South Central L.A. native, will play opposite on-screen father and son Liotta and Eastwood. The film takes place on the first night of the riots, centering on a custodian who brings his son to work. The two quickly find themselves in the middle of a heist gone wrong.

Maurice Fadida of Kodiak Pictures is producing alongside Vromen.

“Community” and “Love” star Gillian Jacobs and “Aladdin” break-out Marwan Kenzari are set to lead Berlin-set romantic comedy “Any Other Night.”

Written by Patrick Whistler and directed by Michiel Ten Horn, the comedy follows two strangers thrown together as their lives are falling apart. Freshly dumped Maggie (Jacobs) and flailing cab driver Max (Kenzari) meet the night of a crippling transit strike, with the latter loading all of Maggie’s worldly possessions into the back of his decrepit van-cab. What should have been a simple fare becomes a wild, late-night odyssey.

“Any Other Night” is produced by Mike MacMillan of Lithium Studios, the outfit behind Cannes Director’s Fortnight selection “Mobile Homes,” alongside Sol Bondy of One Two Films (“The Tale”). Todd Brown of XYZ Films executive produces the film with XYZ handling sales.

The film marks the first English-language effort from acclaimed Dutch helmer Michiel Ten Horn (one of...

In 2001, Gordon Bobb, now a partner at Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano, attended his first Sundance Film Festival. Bobb had joined the prestigious entertainment law firm the previous year and was accompanying one of his early clients, a Black filmmaker whose film was screening at the event. It was an exciting experience, Bobb recalls, but a somewhat disorienting one.

“The film screened and premiered, and there was press around it, but that was pretty much it,” says Bobb, who will be recognized with Variety’s Power of Law honor at the online Power of Law breakfast April 9. “There wasn’t any kind of support around the film and the filmmakers. And we were just kind of left to wander around Park City, up and down Main Street. There were other Black filmmakers that had similar experiences — there was no place to come together and network. There was no organization...

BAFTA has named the five contenders for its Rising Star award this year: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Conrad Khan, Bukky Bakray, Sope Dirisu, and Morfydd Clark.

Kingsley Ben-Adir starred in Regina’s King’s directorial debut film One Night in Miami as Malcolm X. His career started on the stage, in plays including Mark Rylance’s Much Ado About Nothing. He most recently starred opposite Zoe Kravitz in the Hulu series High Fidelity; played a co-lead role in the third series of the Brit Marling Netflix series The Oa; played Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC/Netflix drama Peaky Blinders; and starred in films The Commuter, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Trespass Against Us.

Conrad Khan is known for his role as Tyler in Henry Blake’s UK indie County Lines. He also appeared as a young Chris Hemsworth in The Huntsman: Winter’s War, and he has most recently been...

Director Ariel Vromen has found his next project, the buzzy Los Angeles riots script “April 29, 1992” from writer Sascha Penn.

Vromen, whose credits include the well-received Michael Shannon thriller “The Iceman,” has boarded the project with an eye for fast-tracked production, as early as June.

The film takes place on the first night of the historic Los Angeles riots of 1992. It centers on a custodian who brings his son to work that evening, as the two quickly find themselves in the middle of a heist gone wrong.

The hope is for the film to release in 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of the riots that rocked L.A. for nearly a week, following the acquittal of four LAPD officers for the use of excessive force in the recorded and widely-viewed arrest and beating of Rodney King. The events counted 63 deaths, more than 12,000 arrests and over $1 billion in property damages for the...