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MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die is crossing $733M worldwide this weekend, making it the highest grossing Hollywood film of 2021 — and of the pandemic era. After topping $708M through last Sunday, and becoming the biggest Hollywood movie overseas in 2021 and throughout the pandemic, we’ve been expecting Mr Bond to overtake the previous global

Mike Mills’ A24 film C’mon C’mon triumphed at the 2021 EnergaCamerimage Film Festival, celebrating the art of cinematography—claiming its high honor, the Golden Frog, along with its Audience Award. Cinematographer Robbie Ryan’s Golden Frog win gives him new momentum as a 2022 Oscar contender, on the heels of his first nomination in 2019 for his

In the matter of a decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has arguably become Disney’s most popular property, making it a no-brainer for the company to expand its cinematic vision to Walt Disney Parks. Over the summer, the studio’s original theme park in California became the home of Avengers Campus and, now, Walt Disney World is

Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife is off to a promising start at the pre-Thanksgiving box office with $4.5M, ahead of Sony’s 2016 all-femme reboot which posted a Friday of $3.5M. While Sony was projecting $27M-$28M, and the industry higher $30M-$35M, Thursday night’s ticket sales (which started at 4PM at 3,450 locations) puts the Jason Reitman-directed feature in a position

Misha Collins must be feeling like a real estate guru right now — he unloaded his Hollywood oasis and made it look super easy by selling it quickly, and getting way above his asking price. The “Supernatural” star sold his stunning Hollywood Hills pad — a 27,683-square-foot slice of tranquility — for $4,550,000. Not too

Forza Horizon 5 features more than 500 different vehicles for players to use in the various races and activities across Mexico, but no offroad vehicle is as great as Halo’s Warthog. When it comes to street, road, and even dirt races, the Warthog can find some difficulty among the rest of the competition. However, the stock

The kitchen takes center stage in Boiling Point, a one-take wonder that thrives on the tension coursing through one night at a trendy London restaurant. The stress level may be cranked artificially high at moments, but director Philip Barantini’s follow-up to his well-received debut — last year’s East End gangster saga Villain — plunges you

C’mon C’mon is distributor A24’s first platform release post pandemic, opening on five screens in New York (Angelika and Lincoln Square) and LA (Grove, Landmark and AMC Burbank) It’s s vote of confidence — launching in the strongest markets and letting word of mouth spread only works if there are signs of life. Specialty distributors

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever officially began its production hiatus for the remainder of 2021 today as it allows star Letitia Wright additional time to recuperate from an on-set injury earlier this year. This morning, cast and crew of the sequel received a note direct from Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito and Nate

Last Friday Disneyland’s It’s a Small World was supposed to open for its annual holiday season presentation for It’s a Small World Holiday, where costumes and music have been changed to give it a more festive vibe. Unfortunately, for the first time in over 20 years, that didn’t happen. There was a problem when the

George Clooney is speaking his piece on the fatal shooting that claimed Halyna Hutchins‘ life — and he’s torching the entire “Rust” crew over the tragedy, especially the assistant director. The legendary actor weighed in while he was on Marc Maron’s ‘WTF’ podcast and he didn’t hold back one bit … lighting up AD Dave

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie) has been joined in action feature On Fire by Fiona Dourif (Tenet), Asher Angel (Shazam!) and Lance Henriksen (Aliens). We can unveil a first look at the movie, which is three weeks into shoot in Austin, Texas. As we revealed last month, the film follows a family who get caught up

90 Day Fiancé stars Jesse Meester and Jeniffer Tarazona, who currently star on 90 Day: The Single Life season 2, have hinted at being engaged via Instagram. Jesse was previously in a relationship with Darcey Silva, and Jeniffer was seeing Tim Malcolm on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days. While Jesse claimed his breakup

Helen Mirren will receive this year’s SAG Life Achievement Award and will be presented with the prize during the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on February 27. The award is given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession”. Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy winning actress Mirren becomes the

In the wake of Sony’s attempt to reboot Ghostbusters in 2016 with a female leading cast, the studio hasn’t given up on the IP and finally is releasing an all-new Jason Reitman-directed sequel, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which it has protected for a theatrical release throughout the pandemic. Exhibition bosses went nuts at CinemaCon for the movie, which has

Another November weekend is ahead, which means there’s some big box office potential headed our way. Will the audience call on the Ghostbusters with the release of the latest installment, Ghostbusters: Afterlife? Jason Reitman, the son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, has helmed the sequel that will also see Bill Murray, Dan Akyroyd and

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and BuzzFeed have revealed details about their third movie tie-up, Dear David. The supernatural thriller was originally set up at New Line with Dan Lin producing but we can reveal that the project is now set as the next production on Lionsgate and BuzzFeed’s feature slate. Based on a true story and one

Quentin Tarantino seems to be pushing forward with plans to auction off “Pulp Fiction” NFTs, but the movie studio behind the film says they aren’t his to sell … according to a new lawsuit. The famous movie director is being sued by Miramax, which claims his plans to sell a set of digital tokens featuring

EXCLUSIVE: Silver Mountain Distribution, the sales and marketing wing of Ireland-based Silver Mountain Productions, is handling rights on Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Hosseini’s Son Of Man. The pic is a rare LGBTQIA+ story to come from Iran, where homosexuality continues to be illegal. It was also shot in the country, notable as other Iranian filmmakers have

Developer Niantic has responded to fans after a server crash hindered the recent Pokémon GO Turtwig Spotlight Hour. The Pokémon GO Spotlight Hour was scheduled to happen on November 16th, but for a time, players were unable to log into their accounts, causing fans to miss out on participating in the Hour. Spotlight Hours are similar to Community Days in

Sony Pictures and Marvel on Tuesday dropped the official trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home, the latest installment of the superhero franchise starring Tom Holland – and in this case Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange. The pic is gearing up for its December 17 release exclusively in theaters. The plot revolves around Spider-Man’s identity being revealed

In the wake of redefining the measurement of binge-watching on streaming, Netflix’s new top 10 film chart for the week of Nov. 8-14 lists Rawson Marshall Thurber’s $200M action feature Red Notice as the No. 1 film for the period with 148.7M hours watched since Nov. 12; easily the most watched movie ever on Netflix for

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed emerging filmmaker Brandon Caruso, son of xXx: Return Of Xander Cage and I Am Number Four director DJ Caruso. Brandon Caruso most recently directed sci-fi short film Atom, which we can reveal today. The short got the attention of CAA and the agency is now going out to market with a feature version of

Parades at theme parks are one of the great things to experience while you’re at a Disney Park, and the best parades are during the nighttime. This is just fact. By definition a night parade requires impressive lighting and that has made Disneyland and Disney World popular places over the years thanks to parades like

EXCLUSIVE: Major European indie Federation Entertainment is getting into the American market by launching a Los Angeles-based management and production company with a trio of top-tier executives. Animal Federation will act as a subsidiary of Paris-based group Federation, which has credits including The Bureau, Bad Banks and the upcoming Around the World in 80 Days

Alec Baldwin is being made a scapegoat in the fatal “Rust” shooting because of political views … at least according to his brother. Daniel Baldwin appeared Monday on “The Domenick Nati Show” … and during the radio hit, he said his brother should NOT be taking the blame for the fatal incident on set. Play

Following the success of Borderlands 3, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is slated to be the first true spin-off from the popular Borderlands series, and Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep will be getting a standalone release as a result. Similar to its predecessor, Wonderlands is a first-person shooter with action-RPG elements and a focus on acquiring loot.

A new film festival in Auckland, New Zealand, has unveiled the first wave of its line-up ahead of its debut edition in January 2022. In The Shade will highlight a mix of titles from international festivals, awards season films, and upcoming local fare. Opening the event will be the first New Zealand screening of Nightmare

Belfast, Kenneth Branaugh’s intensely personal story of one boy’s childhood in tumultuous late 1960s Northern Ireland, earned an estimated $1.8M in 580 locations this weekend for a PTA of $3,111 – a solid showing for a black-and-white film in a specialty market that’s waging what one distribution exec calls an “an inch-by-inch, week-by-week recovery.” The