After leaving the MCU, Robert Downey Jr.‘s next phase has translated into him making moves in and outside of Hollywood. While work has been a priority, Downey Jr. decided to take some time to relax and enjoy his personal life. In taking some personal time away from Hollywood, RDJ decided to give his children some
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Debuting in an initial 14 international box office markets on Wednesday, Disney/Marvel’s Eternals opened to an estimated $7.6M with No. 1s across the vast majority. First-day results on the Chloe Zhao-directed pic put it 85% ahead of Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and 20% ahead of Black Widow on a like-for-like basis.
If Hollywood memorabilia’s your thing — don’t miss this chance to bid on relics from ‘Anchorman,’ ‘Friends’ and a George Clooney watch … all in the name of helping vets. Indeed, the cause is a great one. A nonprofit called Homes for Our Troops is holding its 5th annual Veteran’s Day Celebrity Auction starting Nov.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo just announced on their Instagram handles that they landed parts in Universal’s Jon M. Chu-directed feature adaptation of the Broadway musical smash Wicked. Erivo will play Elphaba, while Grande will portray Glinda. The two teamed on announcing their attachments on their Instagrams. Erivo posted a series of photos, one of
NeNe Leakes is confirming that she would be “happy” to return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta in order to handle all of her “unfinished business.” This confirmation comes over a year after NeNe announced her shocking departure from the show that made her a household name. She also followed up her departure by launching
Theatrical giant AMC Entertainment announced it’s “expanding its business outside of the traditional theatrical exhibition industry with plans to capture a piece of the growing multi-billion dollar popcorn market.” That means it will be selling AMC Theatres Perfectly Popcorn through four new platforms starting next year, including at AMC Theatres Perfectly Popcorn kiosks at select
EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Trio Pictures principals –actor/filmmaker Chasen Parker, former Universal executive John C. Hall, and Lokal Media co-founder Nick Scherma– have secured a financing deal with Bakrr Media Group. Cardinal Trio Pictures will be receiving up to €15 million a year ($17.3M) for projects for a five-year term. “We’re incredibly grateful to be aligning with
Dwayne Johnson is one of the busiest people in the entertainment industry, constantly working as an actor and producer. For the latter job he works with his production company Seven Bucks, which is behind the various projects Johnson is attached to. And following the tragedy on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Rust, The Rock has
Deadline has confirmed that Matthew Hutchins, the husband of late Rust DP Halyna Hutchins, has hired L.A.-based firm Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi, which specializes in personal injury and wrongful death litigation, with partner Brian Panish acting as lead counsel. A rep for the firm would not comment on Matthew Hutchins’ legal plans are going forward against
The husband of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has lawyered up, and is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit … TMZ has learned. Matthew Hutchins retained the services of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi … according to the L.A.-based law firm. The firm’s website says its attorneys specialize in personal injury and wrongful
It’s safe to say that every crewmate featured in the Mass Effect trilogy goes through a significant change thanks to Commander Shepard’s involvement, and Tali is no exception, given how much her life would change if she’d never met Shepard. Throughout the course of BioWare’s roleplaying epic, Shepard is at the center of the series’ events,
EXCLUSIVE: Concourse Media has launched world sales rights during the virtual AFM on social impact drama-thriller On Sacred Ground, starring William Mapother, David Arquette, Amy Smart, Kerry Knuppe, Frances Fisher, Irene Bedard and Mariel Hemingway. Directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell, the film is based on the true 2016 events during the construction of the
Warner Bros/Legendary’s sci-fi epic Dune is crossing the $300M mark globally today, with North America totaling $71M through Monday and including $228.3M at the international box office. The Denis Villeneuve-directed world-building movie, based on Frank Herbert’s classic novel, initially debuted at the Venice Film Festival where it garnered strongly positive response. It has been on
Dozens of Hollywood’s most prominent cinematographers banded together today to put a thoughtful argument behind a simple plea: “ban all functional firearms on set.” Among the 200 signatories to the group statement of purpose were DPs Greig Fraser (Dune), Rachel Morrison (Black Panther), Ed Lachman (Carol), Mandy Walker (Mulan) and Alice Brooks (In the Heights).
We are getting ever closer to the debut of what might be the most fashionable film in years, with the upcoming release of House of Gucci. Ridley Scott’s ripped-from-the-headlines crime drama stars pop icon Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani, who marries into the famed fashion family after meeting Maurizio Gucci (played by Adam Driver), eventually
The bosses of all major UK broadcasters, Discovery UK and Sky have come together to sign a Climate Content Pledge at this week’s COP26, as they attempt to uproot their commissioning processes and teach audiences more about reaching net zero on greenhouse gases. Twelve networks, which represent more than 70% of time UK audiences spend
Time heals all wounds, right?? Not for Scottie Pippen … ’cause he’s STILL going off on Michael Jordan over the ‘Last Dance’ doc, claiming the Bulls legend used the series as propaganda to prove he’s better than LeBron James. Pippen — who’s been outspoken against the mega-popular Netflix show — is crapping all over it
EXCLUSIVE: Move over, Steve McQueen, there is a new ‘King Of Cool’ in town. You might recall the excellent 1998 documentary titled Steve McQueen: The King Of Cool. Well now a similar name has been awarded to none other than Dean Martin who is the subject of a comprehensive and compelling new docu premiering on Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
One of the most generous features of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is that it directly builds off, and includes, past expansions, Stormblood and Shadowbringers. While other online games segment players through paid content, Final Fantasy XIV makes sure that the community can always easily play together. This effectively lets late comers have access to old dungeons
Update: The Man From Toronto is walking away from MLK weekend 2022 where Kevin Hart has traditionally launched his Ride Along movies and will now open on Aug. 12, 2022. Man From Toronto leaves behind Spyglass and Paramount’s reboot of Scream on MLK, as well as the Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas 20th Century Studios thriller Deep Water and
EXCLUSIVE: As the American Film Market kicks off this week, Deadline has learned about some executive changes at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Stage 6 Films. Jon Freedberg has been promoted to EVP Content Strategy & Operations of the division. He began with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions in 2008, and has been instrumental in shaping
Actor Luke Evans has had a long and successful career, with his talents gracing both the silver and small screens in recent years. The Alienist actor famously played Gaston in the live-action Beauty and the Beast, and he’s been keeping a physique that would make that Disney villain proud. Because the fully ripped Evans recently
EXCLUSIVE: 20th/Hulu are moving forward with The Boogeyman, a two hour film based on the Stephen King short story. Production will be this winter/spring in New Orleans. Rob Savage (Host and Dashcam) is set to direct. 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine & Dan Cohen are producing. Mark Heyman (Black Swan) has been writing the
Hilaria Baldwin thinks her husband, Alec, will develop post-traumatic stress disorder after the shooting that claimed Halyna Hutchins‘ life … which is partly why they fled New York. The actor’s spouse revealed the reason behind their family’s travel to Vermont, saying they needed to get away from all the madness following the fatal accident …
Fans of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way believe that Jenny Slatten and Sumit Singh’s mother Sadhna Singh’s yoga and neti scenes were absolutely unnecessary. With Sadhna coming to stay at Sumit’s house, Jenny has had to make a lot of changes. Not only did Sadhna expose Jenny’s unhygienic habits by making her clean the dirty kitchen, but
Refresh for latest…: MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die, as projected, crossed the $600M global mark this weekend, leading international box office play with an additional $51.9M from 72 combined Universal and MGM markets. That lifts the offshore cume to $472.4M and worldwide to $605.8M. The bulk of the weekend’s business came from China where 007
Who says people don’t want to go to the movies and are complete lemmings for streaming? Comscore this morning reports that the October domestic box office clocked $638M, the highest month to date during the pandemic beating July’s $583.8M. Seventy-five percent of October’s figure was driven by major studio event pics Sony’s Venom: Let There
I want to preface this review by saying I am embarrassed. I was embarrassed for not knowing more about this documentary sooner and embarrassed by the film’s lack of attention from the media. Finding Kendrick Johnson sits at 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes with five critics’ reviews and no reviews from trades. Was the film
Since Chris Evans has hung up his Captain America shield and passed it off to Anthony Mackie’s Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’ve certainly missed Steve Rogers. But the next era of the actor’s career has already been epic. Evans took on the nefarious role of “Ransom” Drysdale in the 2019 murder mystery Knives
Play video content BACKGRID Alec Baldwin is speaking on the death of Halyna Hutchins for the first time on camera — and he had a lot to say. The actor addressed a swarm of paps Saturday who were hounding him in Manchester, VT, where he and his family have been laying low since the fatal