{"id":381444,"date":"2025-11-15T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381444\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:15:19","slug":"los-angeles-all-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381444\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles — All You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHot on the heels of Contenders Film: London<\/a>, Deadline is back home in Los Angeles where it all began \u2014 the birthplace of our Contenders and the original beloved city of Hollywood moviemaking. Contenders Film: Los Angeles<\/a> gets underway today at 9:30 a.m. PT, with the daylong, in-person-only event for awards voters showcasing the stars and creatives behind 13 films on the awards-season hot lists.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere on our stage, we will have some of the most talked-about films of the season, and a level of talent that truly stands the test of time. Here\u2019s looking at you, June Squibb! While she will be beaming in virtually to our stage to chat with Eleanor the Great screenwriter and executive producer Tory Kamen, the 95-year-old Squibb has a pretty decent excuse for not being here in person: she\u2019s busy preparing to tread the boards every night on Broadway right now.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking of the theater, we\u2019ll have a nod to Ibsen on hand with the team from Hedda, Nia DaCosta\u2019s innovative screen adaptation of the play Hedda Gabler. DaCosta will be joined by star Tessa Thompson and production designer Cara Brower.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn another period story, we\u2019re going back to WWII with Nuremberg \u2014 writer-director James Vanderbilt\u2019s close-up on a psychiatrist, played by Rami Malek, assigned to watch over the Nazis approaching the Nuremberg trials. Vanderbilt and Malek will be with us to talk about the film, which also stars Russell Crowe in the role of Hermann G\u00f6ring.<\/p>\n

\n\tGoing further back still, we\u2019re in 1930s Mississippi for some vampire magic with Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan, not once, but twice. Writer-director-producer Ryan Coogler will be on stage to discuss.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd it\u2019s back to school with Luca Guadagnino\u2019s After the Hunt, the college-set drama written by Nora Garrett and starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s not all. We return to the \u201990s with Christy, a true-life story of a champion boxer fighting her way to freedom from an oppressive marriage. Sydney Sweeney will be here to talk about taking on this very punchy role as an actor and producer, alongside producer Kerry Kohansky-Roberts.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll the way from South Korea, we have the satirical black comedy No Other Choice from filmmaker Park Chan-wook, who\u2019ll have his lead actor Lee Byung-hun with him on our stage to talk about this film that takes unemployment issues to a whole new level.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd from Norway, we\u2019ll have the team behind Sentimental Value, led by filmmaker Joachim Trier, with his The Worst Person in the World collaborator Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, Elle Fanning and newcomer Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas joining him fo a discussion.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe makers of Homebound, the Oscar submission for India, will take to our stage too, with director Neeraj Ghaywan and actors Ishan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa. We\u2019ll also have some stunning animation on board, with Japanese fantasy feature Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond this World, from director Isamu Imkake.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019ll also want to strap in for the ride with F1, the film that puts us in the hot seat with both Brad Pitt and Damson Idris as they race their way to Formula 1 stardom. Director-producer Joseph Kosinski will be at Contenders with supervising sound editor Al Nelson, to talk about capturing the roar of the racetrack, among other things.<\/p>\n

\n\tIf you need a little soothing music after all that, we\u2019ve got you covered with not one, but two biopics for you. We\u2019ll have the team from Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, including writer-director-producer Scott Cooper, and Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater will be here with their Blue Moon, Linklater\u2019s film about songwriter Lorenz Hart.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast but definitely not least, we\u2019ve giving a shout-out to those brave, unsung heroes of the screen: stuntpeople. They will have their own panel, along with those other all-too-hidden gems: casting directors.<\/p>\n

\n\tCheck out our lineup below and stay with Deadline all day for panel coverage both on the site and on social via #DeadlineContenders, followed Monday by the launch of the event\u2019s streaming site featuring all the panel videos.<\/p>\n

\t\tContenders Film: Los Angeles Lineup\t<\/p>\n

\n\t(Order, panelists subject to change)<\/p>\n

\n\tBLACK BEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tChristy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSydney Sweeney (Producer\/Actor)
Kerry Kohansky-Roberts (Producer)<\/p>\n

\n\tNEON<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSentimental Value<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJoachim Trier (Writer\/Director)
Renate Reinsve (Actor)
Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd (Actor)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Actor)
Elle Fanning (Actor)<\/p>\n

\n\tNo Other Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tPark Chan-wook (Writer\/Director\/Producer)
Lee Byung Hun (Actor)<\/p>\n

\n\tAPPLE ORIGINAL FILMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tF1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJoseph Kosinski (Director\/Producer)
Al Nelson (Supervising Sound Editor)<\/p>\n

\n\tAMAZON MGM STUDIOS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the Hunt<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAllan Mandelbaum (Producer)
Malik Hassan Sayeed (Cinematographer)
Jessica Ronane (Casting Director)<\/p>\n

\n\tCONTENDERS STUNT PANEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAndy Gill, (Stunt Coordinator, Sinners)
Brian Machleit (Stunt Coordinator, One Battle After Another)<\/p>\n

\n\tSONY PICTURES CLASSICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tEleanor the Great<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJune Squibb (Actor)
Tory Kamen (Writer\/EP)<\/p>\n

\n\tBlue Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tEthan Hawke (Actor)
Richard Linklater (Writer\/Director)<\/p>\n

\n\tNuremberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJames Vanderbilt (Writer\/Director)
Rami Malek (Actor)<\/p>\n

\n\tHS PICTURES STUDIOS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIsamu Imakake (Director)<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE CASTING PANEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSusanne Scheel, Casting Director (A House of Dynamite)
Francine Maisler, Casting Director (Sinners, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Ella McCay)
Bernie Telsey, Casting Director (Wicked, Wicked: For Good)
Mary Vernieu, Casting Director (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
Bret Howe, Casting Director (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
Nina Gold, Casting Director (Jay Kelly)<\/p>\n

\n\tWARNER BROS PICTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSinners<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tRyan Coogler (Writer\/Director\/Producer)<\/p>\n

\n\tCONTENDERS HALL OF FAME AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tGuillermo del Toro<\/p>\n

\n\tDHARMA PRODUCTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tHomebound<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNeeraj Ghaywan (Director)
Ishaan Khatter (Actor)
Vishal Jethwa (Actor)<\/p>\n

\n\t20TH CENTURY STUDIOS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSpringsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tScott Cooper (Writer\/Director\/Producer)
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (Producer)
Eric Robinson (Producer)<\/p>\n

\n\tAMAZON MGM STUDIOS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tHedda<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNia DaCosta (Writer\/Director\/Producer)
Tessa Thompson (Producer\/Actor)
Cara Brower (Production Designer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hot on the heels of Contenders Film: London, Deadline is back home in Los Angeles where it all…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":381445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,182659,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-381444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-contenders-los-angeles","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115555555339396865","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}