Paramount’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, which is taking advantage of the Veterans Day holiday, leashed second place on its opening day Wednesday with $2.3M, which includes previews at 3,407 theaters. The Walt Becker-directed feature adaptation of the 58-year-old Scholastic children’s book IP also is available on Paramount+ as some studios practice a hybrid form of distribution
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EXCLUSIVE: Italian distributor TVCO has taken world sales rights for Dace Pūce sci-fi thriller Manny, the first ever Indo-Latvian co-production. Written and starring Sonal Sehgal as lead, the film is a complex story depicting the world’s growing dependence on AI. It follows an Indian woman who travels to Latvia for a writers retreat to work
The holiday season is about to get started at Disneyland Resort, and while that means Christmas or Chanukah for most people, the Star Wars galaxy has its own winter holiday to celebrate and that means that Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be getting in on the seasonal festivities with its own event surrounding that great
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed — the armorer for “Rust” — is doubling down, claiming she was targeted for sabotage and she thinks she’s now being framed … this according to her lawyer. Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney Jason Bowles tells TMZ … “We are convinced that this was sabotage and Hannah is being framed.” This is a step beyond what
The teaser trailer for Focus Features’ Downton Abbey: A New Era has been set to run exclusively in theaters on fellow Focus title Belfast this weekend. Above is a preview of the teaser while below are first-look photos from the sequel to 2019’s global hit. Downton Abbey: A New Era is due to open globally
Warning! Potential spoilers for Timeless #1 by Marvel Comics In a new variant cover by Iban Coello, some of the greatest different versions of the Hulk from across the Marvel Universe band together in a stunning image. This week, Marvel Comics revealed several new covers for the upcoming Timeless #1 one-shot. In Coello’s cover, Maestro, Joe Fixit,
EXCLUSIVE: Move over Squid Games, it’s Time To Hunt. In an interesting development, we can reveal that Netflix is remaking its Korean-language movie Time To Hunt, marking the first time the streamer has adapted one of its local-language movies into English. The studio has come full circle, you might say. Netflix has set director Adam
Paramount will continue to experiment with a theatrical day-and-date release model during the pandemic with eOne’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, a live-action CGI hybrid take of the 1963 Scholastic children’s book classic which hit theaters today at 1:30PM, goes wide tomorrow at 3,695 theaters and also drops on Paramount+. The movie is expected to do between
More adventures are on the horizon for the crew of the U.S.S. Protostar. Ahead of its Season 1 midseason finale, Paramount+ has renewed popular animated kids series Star Trek: Prodigy for a second season. The streamer has ordered a 10-episode second season for premiere sometime next year. The renewal announcement comes amid strong viewership for
Lady Gaga has been a musical icon for almost a decade and a half now, but she’s also been making a name for herself on the acting front. Thus far her biggest role has been her Academy Award-nominated turn as Ally Maine opposite Bradley Cooper’s Jackson Maine in 2018’s A Star is Born, but in
Martin Scorsese Joins ‘Evolution’ As Exec Producer Martin Scorsese is joining Kornél Mundruczó’s Cannes title Evolution as an executive producer. This marks his second collaboration with the filmmaker and screenwriter Kata Wéber after Oscar nominee Pieces Of A Woman. “Every new movie by Mundruczó and Wéber comes as a welcome shock to the senses for
There was another horrific injury on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” … a film worker was bitten by a poisonous spider … and the wounds look disgusting and painful. Seriously, these grisly images of the man’s injuries are not for the faint of heart … because you can literally see the insides
The Red Sea International Film Festival has set the lineup for its inaugural edition which runs from December 6-15 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The roster includes 138 titles from 67 countries and will open with MGM’s Joe Wright-directed musical romance Cyrano. The film previously played Telluride and Rome among others and releases domestically on December
Eternals actress Lauren Ridloff has chimed in on the debate of whether or not Makkari is faster than The Flash. The actress makes her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Eternals, which debuts this weekend. Eternals is directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao and introduces the MCU to a brand-new team of cosmic superheroes with a wide
New Republic Pictures, Francis Lawrence’s about:blank and Electric Shepherd Productions are teaming to adapt Philip K. Dick’s novel Vulcan’s Hammer for the big screen, with Hunger Games sequels helmer Lawrence set to direct. Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer of New Republic will produce alongside Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy from about:blank, and Isa Dick Hackett from
AMC Entertainment saw revenue jump to $763 million last quarter, beating Wall Street forecasts on a strong movie slate and accelerating theatrical recovery. Adjusted EPS losses of 44 cents a share shrank from a loss of $8.41 a year ago. Analysts had anticipated sales of $708 million with an EPS loss of 53 cents. As
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a clip of Netflix’s Animal from Plimsoll Productions, which launches Wednesday. Narrated by big-hitters Bryan Cranston, Rashida Jones, Rebel Wilson and Pedro Pascal, the series utilizes the latest filming tech such as gimbals and drones to follow eight families of the natural world including big cats, dogs, marsupials and octopuses. Series two, which features
The western movie Rust starring Alec Baldwin and Jensen Ackles already was suffering from the most tragic reputation, following the accidental discharge of a live round in a prop gun that led to the death of the production’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The movie is no longer shooting, and now may never happen, and yet the
World Productions Boss and YouTube EMEA Head Win RTS Fellowships Line of Duty (pictured) producer World Productions CEO Simon Heath and YouTube Regional Director, EMEA, Ben McOwen Wilson are among the six winners of this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Fellowships. CPL Productions MD Danielle Lux, BBC News At Ten‘s Clive Myrie, ITV Continuing Drama
Play video content UFC UFC fans got some extra star power at the ceremonial face-off between Rose Namajunas and Zheng Weili … ’cause even Hollywood actress Halle Berry made sure to be in attendance to oversee the whole thing. Berry — an Academy Award winner — stood in between the two fighters as they met
Warning: contains preview pages for Nightwing 2021 Annual! Two former Robins, Nightwing and Red Hood, join forces in Nightwing Annual 2021, on sale in print and digital November 30. Someone is framing Red Hood for murder, and now he and Nightwing must discover the culprit, all the while exploring the brotherly bond between them. As the
Refresh for latest… Disney/Marvel’s Eternals has come in ahead of projections with an opening weekend of $90.7M at the international box office, and $161.7M global when paired with domestic. This gives the Chloé Zhao-directed film bragging rights to the second-biggest worldwide opening for a Hollywood title in 2021. The global debut sets Eternals 26% ahead
Deadline has confirmed that Disney is shutting down production on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever for a temporary amount of time. The news Friday comes in the wake of star Letitia Wright injuring herself in late August, when she suffered minor injuries on a stunt rig incident. She was released from the hospital at that time. We
On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 25 new deaths from Covid-19, as well as 1,647 new positive cases. The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But at present, 664 County residents are hospitalized with Covid-19. Covid test results have now been made
Taylor Swift is currently going down memory lane as she steadily re-records and releases each of her first six albums following her master recordings being sold off by Scooter Braun. The Grammy-winning singer started with her second album Fearless early this year and next in line fans will revisit her fourth album, Red, which was
Play video content The Chris Stigall Show Donald Trump believes Alec Baldwin may have had more to do with the “Rust” shooting case than his obvious pulling of the trigger — baselessly suggesting he might’ve loaded it too. The ex-Prez shared his unhinged thoughts on the “Rust” shooting that claimed Halyna Hutchins‘ life this past
Nic Cupac, who was working as a grip on the second unit of Disney/Lucasfilm’s new Indiana Jones movie in Morocco, died suddenly. He was 54. Cupac’s family has not released additional information about the cause of death, but it was not related to the production of the film, the latest installment of the franchise starring
Apple Music is one of the most popular music streaming apps out there, and among the many features it brings to the table, one of them is the ability to share playlists with other users. Sharing music is an essential aspect of the listening experience. While some folks prefer to listen entirely on their own, others
Deadline reported yesterday that Marvel’s latest juggernaut, The Eternals, will not be shown in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. The film — which contains the MCUs first same-sex kiss — was due to open in those markets on November 11, but censors sought further cuts beyond any scenes of same-sex intimacy. Disney opted
UPDATED, Friday midday: Disney’s Eternals is heading toward a $30 million Friday, including those $9.5M previews from last night. Given that Friday is typically around 40% of the weekend, this will put the Chloé Zhao-directed movie in the $70M-$75M range from what we’ve figured. Again, this could fluctuate up or down by Saturday morning. Do the fans