John Wilson's The History Of Concrete had a record-breaking IFC Center debut, grossing $90k in three days for the top doc opening and the second-highest weekend gross in the NYC theater’s 21-year history after only Parasite ($119k in 2019). Nearly every available ticket sold for the entire weekend…

Indies including newcomer Runner and holdover Buddy nabbed five of the top 10 spots at the domestic box office this weekend. If I Go Will They Miss Me had a terrific exclusive opening in L.A., and documentary American Doctor passed $400k. Late-summer original horror-comedy hit Buddy from…

South Korean sci-fi thriller Hope joins actioner Runner, historical epic The Uprising and a handful of interesting limited releases this weekend, a few by new indie distributors. With fall festival season in full swing and eyes on the next crop of independent standouts, it’s slower for new entrants…

Dan Spilo, the manager-producer ousted from Industry Entertainment, has issued his first statement on recent events. This comes after a wild couple of days for Spilo, stemming from incidents on the Australia set of indie action thriller Runner, in which his one-time client Alan Ritchson stars…

Dan Spilo is out at Industry Entertainment, following incidents on the set of Runner, Deadline has confirmed. This comes moments after we first reported that actor Kal Penn had dismissed Spilo as his manager. “Industry Entertainment is committed to providing a safe and respectful working…

EXCLUSIVE: Ramifications of the recent incidents on the Australia set of indie action-thriller Runner continue to unfold, as actor Kal Penn has made the decision to part ways with his manager Dan Spilo, Deadline has learned. Sources close to Penn said that the separation came before yesterday’s…

Industry Entertainment manager and producer Dan Spilo was fired for cause after at least one incident on the Australian set of the indie action thriller Runner. Spilo subsequently was dismissed as manager by the film’s star, Alan Ritchson, and sent home shortly after, multiple sources have confirmed…

EXCLUSIVE: Rodrigo Santoro (300), Leila George (Disclaimer) and Adriana Barraza (Babel) have joined Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson in Runner, the new action-thriller from director Scott Waugh, which is now in production in Australia. Based on a Black List script by Tommy White and Miles Hubley, Ru…

EXCLUSIVE: Owen Wilson is set to star opposite Alan Ritchson (Reacher) in Runner, an action drama helmed by Scott Waugh (Need for Speed, Expendables 4) and getting underway in Australia. The  Black List script is written by Tommy White and Miles Hubley. Runner follows Hank Malone (Ritchson), a…

EXCLUSIVE: Reacher star Alan Ritchson has found his next action project in the shape of Runner, a movie about a high-end courier who has three hours to transport an organ to save a seven-year-old girl in need of an immediate transplant. The seemingly simple mission turns deadly when the leader of a…

UPDATES: Chris Johnson (The Vampire Diaries) and Megan Dodds (The Contract) have booked series regular roles opposite Adam Rodriguez and Paula Patton in ABC's drama pilot Runner. Written by Michael Cooney based on the Turkish series Son and directed by Michael Offer, the 20th TV/ABC Studios project centers on…

Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra (Barfi!) has joined the cast of ABC drama pilot Quantico, executive produced by Mark Gordon, Josh Safran and Nick Pepper. It revolves around a group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia…