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If you were planning on catching the West Coast debut of the Hollywood Vampires’ documentary Thursday night at the Newport Beach Film Festival, be warned that Joe Perry will not be in the sold-out Lido Theater. While info for the 8 p.m. showing of the Daniel E. Catullo III-helmed Unleashed Spirit…

EXCLUSIVE: My Brother's Killer, the true-crime documentary directed by Circus of Books' Rachel Mason, has landed at Investigation Discovery. The film, which is exec produced by The Decline of Western Civilization director Penelope Spheeris, will debut on the Skydance-owned cable network on…

EXCLUSIVE: NewFilmmakers Los Angeles has announced the lineup for its 2026 DocuSlate Documentary Film Festival, NFMLA's annual cinematic showcase of "stories spanning continents, generations, and communities." The event running November 12-15 opens with the North American premiere of Sergio & Mir…

EXCLUSIVE: Spin Wars, a documentary about the billion-dollar boutique fitness revolution, has landed a buyer. Greenwich Entertainment has acquired the North American distribution rights to the doc, which marks the directorial debut of Philip Byron, the former SpringHill Entertainment unscripted…

Oscar documentary favorites are starting to emerge as critics and other arbiters begin to announce their nominees and shortlists, bringing some clarity to a wide-open awards race. Four of the documentary features gaining traction: American Doctor, To Hold a Mountain, Closure and Once Upon a Time in…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from earning two nominations for the Critics Choice Documentary Awards, The Cycle of Love is cycling back into theaters. The romantic documentary directed by Oscar winner Orlando von Einsiedel and executive produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas will play for one-day only on November…

EXCLUSIVE: EverWonder Studio, the company behind Netflix's Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, is getting into the overall deal business. EverWonder, which is backed by Jeff Zucker's RedBird IMI-backed, has struck production deals with Zeberiah Newman and Vanessa…

Before social media even existed, Christie Brinkley was documenting her life through letters, journals and home movies. The star has opened up this trove for Uptown Girl: The Christie Brinkley Story, the upcoming doc series about her life. Brinkley has previously let some of the material be used…

SPOILER ALERT: The following article contains details about storylines and characters/actors in A24’s documentary You Can See Everything. Ever since its super-secret onetime screening at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend, Nathan…

Attorneys for the BBC want to subpoena Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought an election conspiracy indictment against Donald Trump, as the network defends itself against the president’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit. In a filing in federal court Monday, the BBC legal team noted that…

EXCLUSIVE: No Hands: The Wild Ride of the Schwinn Bicycle Company documents the extraordinary tale of the titular bike brand with Lance Armstrong serving as both an interview subject and narrator. Armstrong tells Deadline about this rags-to-riches-to-bankruptcy tale and how things could have…

EXCLUSIVE: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, better known as the Rebbe, is having his story told in a documentary feature from the team behind The Journey of Menachem Begin and Centered: Joe Lieberman. The doc, The Emissary of Light, has rolled cameras and will document the transformative…