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Refresh for chart and more analysis Some studio distribution bosses use to say that moviegoing is a 52-week business. Well, that’s not the philosophy this weekend, and it’s even grimmer next weekend as most of the majors figured in the wake of MLK weekend, and a traditional box office dead zone like January with Omicron

“You know I think I have a slightly self-flagellating instinct when it comes to acting,” admits Resurrection star Rebecca Hall “I don’t particular enjoy it unless there’s a lot to do,” the Sundance Film Festival vet adds. “This was one of those scripts where there just was an enormous journey to go on, and the

After becoming a huge name for playing Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy, Kirsten Dunst has primarily gravitated toward offbeat, independent films and that trend will continue with her next project. The actress has signed on to be in Alex Garland’s next film, the writer/director behind one of the best science fiction movies in

Play video content The Deadline Podcast Crew Call Fans’ demands for Idris Elba to play James Bond are NOT falling on deaf ears for those who can make it happen … because he seems to be at the forefront of their minds. Two producers who are key to the franchise, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.

EXCLUSIVE: Jane Campion will have some new hardware on her mantel come March. The Power of the Dog writer-director and Oscar-winning The Piano scribe is set to receive the Art Directors Guild’s 2022 Cinematic Imagery Award. She will be honored at the 26th annual ADG Awards on March 5 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Nominations will be

How I Met Your Father features another confusing sibling dynamic like HIMYM’s Barney and James, but makes Jesse and Ellen’s explanations worse. While Jesse and Ellen being questioned as mixed-race siblings is one of the first repeated running gags from HIMYM, it isn’t the only relationship that the spinoff takes from the original series. Right off

The shadow of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 murder mystery Rear Window looms large over Chloe Okuno’s nail-biting Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry, Watcher — but this debut feature is much more than homage. In fact, quite a few other suspense classics get the nod in the film’s trim 95-minute running time. Still, Watcher is very much

Universal Pictures’ Billy Eichner romantic comedy Bros has moved from August 12 this year to September 30. The news comes after Paramount today moved Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 7 from that September 30 date to July 14, 2023. Bros is the only major studio release on September 30, the weekend before Sony/Marvel’s animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Shrek 4-D movie is gone from Universal Orlando Resort, but the Shrek franchise is still going strong inside the parks because Donkey is still there and Donkey is still talking some serious smack to the guests. Last week Donkey went off on somebody who wore Minnie Mouse ears inside Universal. And now he’s back

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first clip from Sundance premiere My Old School, the imposter story documentary starring Alan Cumming (The Good Wife). Filmmaker Jono McLeod’s nostalgic look at the strange but true story of his former classmate, Brandon Lee, is being sold by Dogwoof. In 1993, 16-year-old Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a

Meat Loaf — the singer with some monstrous hits — has died at the age of 74. The singer’s manager, Michael Greene, confirmed Meat Loaf died Thursday night. Sources with knowledge tell TMZ … he was supposed to attend a business dinner earlier this week for a show he’s working on — “I’d Do Anything

What if there was more to the Goldilocks story? Picture this: when the three Bears (who are in college) get home, Goldilocks has eaten all the porridge, got drunk, and is now passed out on the living room floor. However, instead of doing something about it, they drive around town for hours arguing about whether

Hitman 3‘s brand-new Steam release has taken off to a rocky start, as players are review bombing the title on the platform and blaming the developers for abusing the title’s price and releasing a half-baked VR mode. IO Interactive recently announced that it had more plans for Agent 47 and revealed that Hitman 3 would continue to receive

The New York State Liquor Authority has ruled that all movie theaters can apply for a new or revised liquor license that would let patrons take drinks to their seats, a move that Joe Masher, president of New York NATO and chief operating officer of Bow Tie Cinemas, called a “long-due and tremendous win for

German actor Hardy Kruger, known for his roles in films including Barry Lyndon and A Bridge Too Far, has died at the age of 93. His death was confirmed by his literary agent, Peter Kaefferlein, who told the AP that Kruger died “suddenly and unexpectedly” on Wednesday at his home in California. Born in Berlin

If Brian Cox’s time on Succession doesn’t give the actor a ruthless enough image already, the 75-year-old actor recently took shots at an actor still near and dear to many people: Johnny Depp. During a recent interview, the award-winning actor called Depp “so overblown” and “so overrated,” as well as called out a couple of

‘Animals’ And ‘Black Pond’ Producer Sarah Brocklehurst Launches UK Studio; Ties With BBC Studios BAFTA-nominated Black Pond and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst has launched a production company and struck a partnership deal with BBC Studios. BBC Studios will help develop, produce and distribute Brock Media’s content, which will include TV and film projects for global audiences. BBC Studios has

Gaspard Ulliel — a well-known French actor and face of Chanel — has died … this according to his agent. The sad news comes after word of Ulliel’s involvement in a serious skiing accident in the Alps Tuesday, which left him hospitalized in Grenoble. He’s said to have collided with another skier on the slopes,

“We’re doing this all wrong,” proclaims Norman Reedus’ Daryl Dixon in the new and very bloody trailer for the upcoming second part of The Walking Dead’s 11th and final season. “We survived everything for what? Keep fighting and killing each other? “ As you can see in the video above that AMC dropped this morning

Contrary to recent rumors, Warner Bros. recently reconfirmed that Hogwarts Legacy will launch before the end of 2022. The upcoming open-world title will allow gamers to explore the world of Harry Potter, customize their own wizard and attend classes at Hogwarts. While the title was announced back in 2020, Hogwarts Legacy’s release date was delayed until 2022 in order to create the

Tributes are pouring in for Gaspard Ulliel, the French actor of Yves Saint Laurent biopic Saint Laurent and Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight fame, who died on Wednesday after a skiing accident. He was 37. Those adding their voices include the filmmaker Peter Webber, who directed Ulliel in Hannibal Rising, French director and actor Xavier Dolan, who cast

Broadway box office stayed slim last week, with a total gross of $18,496,689 holding even with the previous week, and total attendance of 162,566 rising a small 4%. Granted, the totals reflect a smaller roster of 25 productions (compared to 27 the previous week), so the tallies indicate some improvement on a per-show basis. And

Disney/20th Century Studios’ Death On The Nile has been confirmed for a China release, slated to go out on February 19. The date falls just after the Chinese New Year period ends, and is the day before the culmination of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Kenneth Branagh-directed mystery ensemble nabbed an increasingly rare China

Usually journalists do not tend to type “cold weather” and “Florida” in the same sentence, but this week it has, in fact, been happening. Following a cold streak that led Disney World’s Typhoon Lagoon to shut down just shortly after it opened, Universal Orlando followed suit with its own water park, Volcano Bay. Over the

Louie Anderson is battling cancer … and he’s getting treatment at a Las Vegas hospital. A rep for Louie tells TMZ … the iconic comedian is being treated for Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The type of cancer Louie has been diagnosed with is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the world … and

The Lumières International Press Awards, voted for by foreign press working in France, have crowned Audrey Diwan’s Happening as Best Film. Scroll down for the full list of winners. It was also a good day for Leos Carax’s Annette, the offbeat musical starring Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver and a puppet, which opened Cannes last year.

Powerful augmented armor can make Final Fantasy XIV‘s Bozjan Southern Front much easier. These gear pieces include a new sub-stat in the form of “Haste,” which will greatly decrease weapon skill and spell casting times. This stacks with the existing Skill Speed and Spell Speed scores and, best yet, doesn’t occupy the materia slots for those

Marvel dropped the “world trailer premiere” for its coming Moon Knight series during the Rams-Cardinals wild card game on ESPN and ABC tonight. In addition to some cool new footage, the spot revealed the series will premiere on Disney+ on March 30. To watch it, click the image above. “I can’t tell the difference between

Paramount–Spyglass Media’s Scream made $3.5M from Thursday night previews that began at 7 p.m. at roughly 3,000 theaters. That’s a healthy take for a horror movie during the pandemic, pacing behind Halloween Kills and A Quiet Place II‘s Thursday nights which were $4.8M each and not too far behind pre-pandemic MLK weekend thriller Glass which did $3.7M. Glass saw a 3-day of $40M, but

After being accused in July 2020 by Justice League actor Ray Fisher for “gross, abusive, unprofessional” conduct during the production of the 2017 Warner Bros movie, filmmaker Joss Whedon has finally responded to that accusation in a New York profile, as well as to the string of allegations that followed from Gal Gadot and former Buffy