Universal had the most to boast last night at the box office, hitting the 18-34 arthouse demo with Robert Eggers’ Focus Features Viking epic, The Northman, which drew $1.35M last night in previews, and families with Dreamworks Animation’s The Bad Guys, which made $1.15M. Lionsgate’s Nicolas Cage satire The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent made $835K in pre-opening
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The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions. Today’s subject is Nicolas Cage, who
Top Gun: Maverick is shaping up to be one of the most exciting new movie releases of 2022, and the trailers alone show us that making the highly anticipated sequel was no small task. Amid production, director Joseph Kosinski had to stage some incredible aerial combat sequences, and Tom Cruise and co. went through some
The first film that was due to kickstart Universal’s monster cinematic universe (which was to include Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp), was The Mummy (2017) starring Tom Cruise and directed by Alex Kurtzman. Kurtzman is known for working on the scripts of Transformers, the first two Star Trek films, and the Amazing Spider-Man 2. He’s
Play video content MEGA Will Smith resurfaced after that slap, but far, far away from Hollywood. Will touched down at a private airport in Mumbai, India, and it was clear the paparazzi in India knew he was coming. They shouted out his name as he arrived at his hotel, and he was more than happy
Sony Pictures Classics art heist caper The Duke, Neon’s tender Petite Maman, and Charlotte from Good Deed Films, an animated biopic with mature themes, open an eclectic specialty weekend ready to draw older crowds if they’re ready to return. Younger demos are back when they like the pic, as per A24s Everything Everywhere All At
EXCLUSIVE: True Blood and Justice League star Joe Manganiello has joined Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson and Oscar nominee Uma Thurman in the upcoming dark comedic thriller The Kill Room. Principal photography is set to begin this spring in New Jersey and New York on the movie, which will chart the story of a hitman
For the past decade, the Fast & Furious franchise has been collecting an impressive billing of its “Fast Family.” As the main franchise supposedly comes to an end with the upcoming two-part finale, there’s a lot of possibilities about who we might see. One fan-favorite we’re curious about is Helen Mirren, who has appeared as
The long-awaited live Hollywood return of the TCM Classic Film Festival arrived Thursday night with a biggie: The 40th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s 1982 masterpiece E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. TCM had to go virtual the past couple of years so getting back to normal with the four day fest in the heart of Hollywood is welcome
Before this buttoned-up little girl turned into an A-list celeb, she was just a super cute kiddo with blunt bangs growing up in Kalispell, Montana. This wavy haired gal started her career modeling for elite brands like Valentino and Chanel. Her acting career took off after landing a lead role in HBO’s television series “The
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix, France’s Metropolitan and multi-territory distributor Vertice are among companies to have pre-bought Liam Neeson thriller In The Land Of Saints And Sinners, we can reveal. Filming is now underway in County Donegal, Ireland. As we first reported, Neeson (Taken) is starring with Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) and Kerry Condon (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Newly
For a long time, it wasn’t uncommon for distribution bosses to throw shade on one another’s success, but in the case of A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, there’s nothing but glee emanating from Hollywood for the New York-based indie studio’s success with the martial arts fantasy movie from Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. At a
EXCLUSIVE: Pig helmer Michael Sarnoski is set to write and direct the feature film adaptation of Sabrina, which is based on the Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel, from New Regency and RT Features. New Regency is producing alongside RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira. New Regency will finance the project. Sources close to Sarnoski say this will not be
For a long time, the Fast & Furious had two main leads: Paul Walker’s Brian O’Connor and Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto, with their life journeys intersecting in 2001’s The Fast and the Furious. Sadly, Walker passed in 2013, and Furious 7 marked his character’s last appearance in the franchise (excluding him driving up at the
Play video content Johnny Depp is getting grilled on the stand, with Amber Heard‘s lawyer showing the court text messages from Depp that say he’d do unspeakable things to Heard’s corpse just to prove she was dead. The actor’s testimony continued on for the third day, and a string of texts between him and “WandaVision”
UPDATE: NBC News is reporting that an audio tape supplied by former President Donald Trump’s spokesman shows he didn’t storm off the set of his Piers Morgan interview, as some outlets reported. The interview with Morgan is part of a marketing campaign to hype the new Talk TV, which bows Monday. NBC News reports the
Sony’s animated sequel to the Oscar winning movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is moving from Oct. 7 this year to June 2, 2023. The news is breaking just before the studio’s presentation at CinemaCon next week. Meanwhile, the pic’s sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part II, is dated for March 29, 2024. The
Is it truly a marketplace for branded tentpoles and uber low-budget fare at the box office as the pandemic eases? And is everything in between just future programming for a streamer? Surely if you ask any filmmaker, established or budding, they truly don’t want their art lost to obscurity in a streaming queue, or worse,
On October 21, 2021, a tragedy unfolded on the set of the Alec Baldwin-led movie Rust when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot from a live round from a revolver being used as a prop by Baldwin. Production on the Western was suspended indefinitely, and the New Mexico Environment Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau
Play video content BACKGRID Tiffany Haddish has something cooking in the kitchen — but it ain’t a comedy thing, it’s music … and she says she’s hoping she can make it pay dividends. The comedian/actress dished about her new musical endeavor to a photog Tuesday night out at the Mint Room Studios in Glendale, where
EXCLUSIVE: Former Endemol Shine Australia co-founder Carl Fennessy and ex-Nine Entertainment CEO Hugh Marks have set up a major new Sydney-based production company and have scored backing from Endeavor Content. The duo have launched full-service production and distribution studio Dreamchaser and will serve as joint CEOs. It comes after Fennessy, who ran Endemol Shine Australia
Six had its best week ever, Mrs. Doubtfire was back and several new shows joined the Broadway roster last week as box office climbed a total of 23% to $34,729,295. Compared to the previous week, Broadway total attendance was up about 16% to 261,835 for the 34 productions. The attendance figure indicates that about 87%
EXCLUSIVE: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Better Call Saul actress Kerry Condon is joining Liam Neeson and Ciarán Hinds in thriller In The Land Of Saints And Sinners, according to sources. No word yet from the production but we understand filming gets underway imminently in Ireland. Set in a remote Irish village, Neeson will play
Explosions, one-liners, and unbelievable stunts are all a few characteristics found in the best action movies, and help turn great buddy cop movies, high-octane thrill-rides, and the martial arts films into all-time greats. But, what are the best action movies and where can you find them streaming, available for online rentals and purchases, and on
Bam Margera is working out again as part of his latest rehab program … and one of his oldest friends says it’s the best Bam has been in ages. Bam’s “Jackass” and “Viva La Bam” costar, Brandon Novak, tells TMZ … it’s the closest Bam has been to the person he was when they were
It takes a lot of confidence to wear a white suit to a fight in an open-cut mine. It takes something else — maybe an Avengers-style superpower, to repel dirt — to come out of said fight still gleaming, shirt collar tidily spread across those snowy lapels, shades on. Rocky, outlaw hero of KGF, has
It’s All Coming Back to Me will be hitting theaters on February 10. The Sony Screen Gems movie formerly titled Text for You centers on a woman who, after tragically losing her fiancé, starts to send romantic texts to his old cell. It turns out the number has been reassigned to a man across town suffering
Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill) and Farrah Mackenzie (United States of Al) have signed on for roles in Sam Esmail’s Netflix film Leave the World Behind, Deadline can confirm. They join a cast that also includes Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold, as previously announced. Leave the World Behind is based
Once Jason Momoa was best known for his roles on TV shows like Stargate Atlantis and Game of Thrones, but now he’s a full-blown movie star. From his outings as Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe to playing Duncan Idaho in Dune, this man is among the cream of Hollywood’s crop, and we learned back
There’s a famous piece of horror movie history going up for sale … the axe from the Stanley Kubrick masterpiece “The Shining” … but you’re gonna need some crazy deep pockets. The axe is remembered for the scenes towards the end of the film, including the one where Jack Nicholson‘s character uses it to break