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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

Drew Barrymore and Courteney Cox have been pals for a pretty long time. Despite their eleven year age difference, the duo has been thick as thieves ever since they were cast in the original 1996 Scream. Drew Barrymore even felt comfortable enough to confide in Courteney Cox during a poster shoot for Scream, where she

EXCLUSIVE: LA-based Brightburn producer The H Collective Films has formed a pact with Saudi Arabia’s Inqisam Studios to co-invest in and co-produce movies and TV with a focus on the Arabic-speaking market. The co-pro deal is one of the first to be announced between a Saudi and Hollywood production company. Inqisam is a new division of

Play video content TMZ.com Fans from all over the nation are gearing up for what would’ve been Betty White‘s 100th birthday … joining in on a challenge encouraging fans to spread the love to animals in need and donate to local orgs. Brittany Vizcarra from Paw Works joined us on TMZ live to pitch the

Belle is set to top $2 million Thurs.-Mon. on 1,326 screens, according to distributor GKIDS. With Saturday’s actuals, it said, the gross surpassed $1.2M, making it director Mamoru Hosoda’s highest grossing film in the U.S. That was previously 2018’s Mirai with $812K. Hosoda’s (The Boy and the Beast) latest film with Studio Chizu was also

Christine Brown of Sister Wives is proving she is one tough cookie, as fans praise her recent Instagram post. The mother of six is not letting her separation get the best of her in any way. While the current season is showing the deterioration of her marriage to Kody Brown, Christine is now living it up

Refresh for latest…: In its fifth weekend, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home swung past the $900M mark at the international box office to weave a $926.3M running cume after a $33.4M session in 63 markets. The worldwide total through Sunday is an Electro-fying $1.625B. Notably during the frame, Spidey scaled new heights in Latin America,

EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Eckhart has been set to lead Renny Harlin’s action-thriller movie The Bricklayer, which is due to get underway in March in Europe. The Expendables outfit Millennium Media is producing with Gerard Butler after both teamed up with Eckhart on the lucrative Has Fallen franchise. In The Bricklayer, someone is blackmailing the CIA by

It seems like many moons ago, but there was a time when Megan Fox was an it-couple with Beverly Hills, 90210’s Brian Austin Green. The pair shared a 15-year love story that led to marriage, parenting three children together and their eventual separation in late 2019. As it was announced earlier this week that Megan

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Lin-Manuel Miranda had three movies open in 2021, but only Encanto has brand new music by the Hamilton creator. In the Heights was based on his stage musical, while Tick Tick… Boom!

Brian Cox seems just like his character Logan Roy — in that the guy speaks his mind, even if it’s at the expense of Johnny Depp, whom he considers … eh, not that great. The “Succession” star let his thoughts about Depp (and others) fly in his new memoir, “Putting the Rabbit in the Hat,”

Warning! Spoilers ahead for X-Men #6 While Scott Summers’ Cyclops has been overruled by the X-Men’s Quiet Council about adding Captain Krakoa to his team of heroes, he may expose mutantkind’s greatest secret in response. While recent issues of Marvel Comics’ X-Men have seen the newest team operating in New York once more, enemies have been

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 Asghar Farhadi, the

Fathom Events presents Betty White: A Celebration in 1,529 locations nationwide, a one-day-only special event on Monday honoring the actress who died Dec. 31 just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. The star-studded reflection on White’s life and career, which had already been set by filmmakers Steven Boettcher and Mike Trinklein to celebrate

The incoming superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District visited with administrators, staff and students at an Elysian Heights elementary school campus today, saying there is no end in sight to the difficulties Covid-19 will present for the district and students. “I’m one who believes in science, and we recognize that probably Covid-19 is here

Whether fans had an idea or not, Daniel Craig’s fate as James Bond was set in stone pretty much from the beginning. One of the best kept secrets in the nearly 60 year long legacy, the actor’s five film run flew by, with an ultimate endgame always in mind. In fact, you could say that

“When Wes (Craven) passed, I already said goodbye to it,” says original Scream franchise scribe Kevin Williamson today on Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast. However, when the Dimension Films IP was snapped up by Spyglass Media, conversations began to bubble up of a revival. Williamson had a meeting with Spyglass Boss Gary Barber, however, the project was set

Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are heading for a divorce after more than 4 years of marriage … they’re not using the word, but the message is clear … they are “parting ways in marriage,” and it sounds like COVID and all the craziness in America took its toll. The celeb couple announced the shocking

The program announcements continue for this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, with the Series and Generation strands both unveiling today, as well as the line-up for the Co-Production Market. Scroll down for the lists of titles. The Berlinale Series selection, which is increasingly becoming a more high-profile part of the festival, again boasts several buzzy

Editor’s Note: A lawsuit has been filed against Activision Blizzard by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which alleges the company has engaged in abuse, discrimination, and retaliation against its female employees. Activision Blizzard has denied the allegations. The full details of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit (content warning: rape, suicide, abuse, harassment) are