Jim Abrahams, a film director and writer behind hit slapstick comedies like “Airplane!,” “Hot Shots!,” the “Naked Gun” series and more, died Tuesday, his son Joseph confirmed to Variety. He was 80.

It’s not every day that a delightfully absurd oddity from the 1970s resurfaces in sharp, 4K clarity — but that’s exactly the twist in the tale of “King Kung Fu,” the made-in-Wichita cult comedy spoof ...

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ...

At first glance, “Hundreds of Beavers” is exactly what its title suggests. At the start of the film, hundreds of beavers invade an apple orchard and cider distillery, destroying Jean Kayak’s (Ryland ...

A soulful silliness pervades the rootin’, tootin’ live-action cartoon “Hundreds of Beavers” from Milwaukee filmmakers Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, merry pranksters who deploy a ...

Saturday Night Live’s Mikey Day turned a low-hanging anti-Trump premise into an outrageous slapstick tour de force on Weekend Update as a man who just walked into a spider web explaining the impact of ...

Director Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17 marks his first film since Parasite (2019) and signifies a return to the wacky sci-fi comedy genre, blending satire, dark humor, and existential themes. Set against ...

Out of all the franchises that might enter the stealth action genre, Chicken Run is not one I would've put all that highly on my list, but when it comes to Aardman Studios, you can't fault their ...