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Sony’s dive into the deeper waters of Marvel with vampire anti-hero Morbius looks to be shaping up to be a new franchise for the Culver City studio. Industry estimates are pegging around $17M today with a shot at an opening north of $40M for the $75M feature production. Swedish filmmaker Daniel Espinosa wowed Sony execs with his

Though aron Egerton has brought some major energy to movies like the Kingsman movies, Rocketman and through his voiceover role in Sing, the actor has spent the past month on the stage as a lead in a London play called COCK. But following two incidents during his run, the actor has decided to step away

EXCLUSIVE: Arrow and The Hobbit actor Manu Bennett is joining Kiana Madeira (Trinkets), Ross Butler (13 Reasons Why) and Matthew Noszka (Star) in YA movie Perfect Addiction. Filming is due to get underway in Poland on Monday. Written by Stephanie Sanditz (The High Life) and to be directed by Castille Landon (Fear of Rain), the story centers on successful boxing trainer Sienna

Will Smith tried cleaning up his Oscars moment, but it may not be enough for some studios who’ve got projects planned with him … as his career seems to be getting halted, for now. THR reports that at least a couple films of his (as an actor) that were supposed to be in the works

If Will Smith is to be disciplined by SAG-AFTRA for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, the union’s constitution spells out in great detail how that disciplinary process will play out. SAG-AFTRA covers performers at the Academy Awards, where Rock was a presenter Sunday night and, as such, deems it a workplace incident subject to

The Voice coach Ariana Grande announced on her Instagram that she’s raising money for Transgender Day of Visibility. The pop star is no stranger to activism and has proudly defended the LGBTQ+ community from the start of her career. Ariana’s older brother, Frankie, is an openly gay man, and the two even left the Roman Catholic church after

April Fool’s Day seemed to come a little early this year with the punchline the 94th Academy Awards turned into. However, Will Smith’s slap heard around the world and AMPAS’ faltering reaction in the Dolby Theater and since aside, there is a fair amount of fun to hand on the small screen this week. The

The heroine of Goran Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone is a witch, with echoes of vampire and zombie, yes, but mostly with a haunting desire for human connection in 19th century rural Macedonia. The film’s Sundance premiere got great reviews (see Deadline’s here). It’s 94% Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh with critics as Focus Features opens

Gary Oldman, who collaborated with Christopher Nolan on his trilogy of Batman movies, says he is set to feature in one scene of the director’s next picture. Oppenheimer will tell the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist who contributed towards the invention of the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy is starring as Oppenheimer, with

For the past week, Hollywood has been processing and discussing Will Smith’s altercation with Chris Rock at Sunday’s telecast of the 94th Academy Awards before accepting his first Oscar for his role in King Richard. The latest development in the situation is that Smith has formally decided to resign his membership from the Academy of

EXCLUSIVE: To most movie stars, having two movies dropping within seven days of each other would seem like they are plenty busy, but for Chris Pine, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Besides having The Contractor and All the Old Knives going day-and-date on April 1 and April 8, respectively, Pine also is deep in prep

Chris Rock might have a lot going on right now, but that hasn’t stopped him from takin’ a trip to the movies to watch a flick. Chris showed up by himself Thursday at the AMC Boston Common in MA — the day after his first standup show since the Oscars. Chris got some popcorn, a

Warning: This article contains mentions of violent crimes. HBO Max has been a go-to streaming platform in recent years for some of the best entertainment around. Each month, movies and TV shows come and go, keeping the options on the platform fresh. HBO Max has recently added or will soon be adding some incredible films. Some

While some may know Michael Bay best for blockbusters like Bad Boys and Armageddon, there are plenty of people who mainly associate him with the Transformers movies. Bay directed the first five installments in the robots in disguise’s film series, and while all those movies each pulled in more than $500 million worldwide, critical reception

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 ran off with a $1.2M No. 1 start in France on Wednesday as the sequel begins early rollout at the international box office this weekend. In France, the little blue critter topped the previous film’s first day holiday release in the market by 30%. In total, the Jeff Fowler-directed

Paul Walker‘s sunglasses from his fatal car crash are changing hands … and Zak Bagans wants to get them back to the late actor’s family. The “Ghost Adventures” star tells TMZ … earlier this year he bought the infamous pair of Maui Jim sunglasses recovered from Paul’s crash site, but he doesn’t feel comfortable displaying

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Chris Evans (Captain America) are set to star in buzzy new movie package Project Artemis, we can reveal, with Ozark star, director and exec-producer Jason Bateman aboard to direct. That’s not all. Fresh off its Best Picture Oscar win for Coda, Apple has swooped on the

Judd Apatow responds to Paul Rudd‘s commitment to a bizarre talk show bit and shares a story about the actor from This Is 40. Since 2004, Rudd has continued to pull the same prank on former late-night talk show host, Conan O’Brien. Every time Rudd visited the show to promote a movie, instead of showing

Right up there with the cinematic debate over which actor played James Bond the best is the heated argument among fans about who is the best big-screen Batman. Each actor’s work was clearly influenced by their film’s director, time period and source material — i.e. a Dick Sprang-era caped crusader vs. Frank Miller’s Batman. So

Imagine doing a reading with your co-star thinking this is a guy fresh out of nowhere only to discover you’re reading with a major star. Well, Margot Robbie, who played Tonya Harding in the award-winning hit I, Tonya, was not the only one who fully transformed for the wickedly funny movie. While she knew she

Kirill Serebrennikov, the prominent Russian director of film and theater, has had his widely-condemned fraud sentence commuted and has subsequently left the country. On Monday, a Moscow court moved to cancel the three-year prison sentence and erase his criminal record after half of the term had passed without any parole violations, according to local reports.

“The Sopranos” actor Paul Herman has died … and on his 76th birthday, no less. Paul’s former “Sopranos” castmate, Michael Imperioli, confirmed his death in an Instagram post calling Paul a great dude and “one hell of an actor”. He continued … “Paulie lived around the corner from me the last few years and I

Netflix has come onboard The Kitchen, the UK dystopian thriller co-written and produced by Daniel Kaluuya. The pic is set in London, 2044, a future where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been forced to live

The release of Genshin Impact 2.6 includes a new domain, and unlocking The Lost Valley should be at the top of the to-do list of many players. The new domain contains two powerful artifact sets in the Vermillion Hereafter and Echoes of an Offering, and given their viability on several characters, getting access to this location to

Jamie Lee Curtis may not have been one of the 2022 Academy Award winners, but she held something more precious than one of those golden trophies: the most adorable little puppy! During her tribute to late Golden Girls star Betty White, Curtis spoke about honoring the actress through Paw Works’ mission of making sure abandoned

Neon has picked up rights to Dorothy Baker’s 1962 novel Cassandra at the Wedding and has set Sarah DeLappe to adapt for the screen. The book follows Cassandra Edwards, a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-wracked, and miserable. At the beginning of the novel, she drives back to her family ranch in the foothills

Play video content TMZ.com Will Smith is an adept face-slapper, even teaching youngsters the ropes on how to wind up and deliver. TMZ has obtained footage shot back in November showing Will and his “King Richard” costar, Aunjanue Ellis, on a junket. There was a Q&A and a little guy named Chris — yes, that

EXCLUSIVE: Paloma Kwiatkowski (Riot Girls), Donal Logue (Sons Of Anarchy), David Mazouz (Gotham), Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), and Golden Globe nominee Adam Beach (Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee) have been set to star in supernatural thriller The Island Between Tides. Production is underway in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, with XYZ Films newly aboard to

The Flash movie star Ezra Miller has reportedly been arrested in Hawaii for disorderly conduct and harassment. Miller was cast as the cinematic iteration of The Flash, as Grant Gustin portrays the TV incarnation on The CW. While a movie was announced all the way back in 2014, the project faced multiple delays. As Miller

AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron said there’s room for both cinemas and streamers in the current marketplace and the latter would benefit from wider theatrical release of films. He made the comments to CNBC after Apple made history last night with Coda’s Best Picture Oscar win. “I’ve been saying for years that the market is