EXCLUSIVE: Rosario Dawson has been set to join LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish in Haunted Mansion, Disney’s latest live-action film based on one of its theme park attractions. Justin Simien is directing a script from Katie Dippold, and the pic is now gearing up to begin shooting next month. The plot is under wraps and
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are back in Italy, and even though this time it’s for industry biz … there’s always time to pack in a little PDA. It’s what they do. The couple arrived Thursday for the 78th Venice International Film Festival, and were all smiles — and all over each other — on
“We have three days before the future is changed irrevocably,” proclaims Star Trek: Picard’s Sir Patrick Stewart in the telling and time jumping latest look at Season 2 of the Paramount+ series. However, the future was on display in more ways than one this Star Trek Day for Jean-Luc as the newest Picard trailer (watch
Paul Schrader, who co-wrote Martin Scorsese‘s Raging Bull, disagrees with his old collaborator on whether Marvel movies are cinema. Schrader has screenwriting credits on some of Scorsese’s most acclaimed works, including Taxi Driver, Bringing Out the Dead, and The Last Temptation of Christ. He’s also an impressive director in his own right. Despite this storied resume, Schrader picked up his first
EXCLUSIVE: Among the world premieres being offered at the Toronto Film Festival this week is the latest from director Ted Melfi, The Starling, which reteams him with Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd. Both also appeared in Melfi’s much acclaimed St. Vincent that starred Bill Murray and which also had its world premiere at TIFF in 2014.
Before the industry could calculate summer’s final box office figures, they had to wait for Disney, which had the final say. Because when you have a Marvel movie like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings programmed during the final weekend of the season, and it delivers a Labor Day holiday opening of $94.67M, it
EXCLUSIVE: Power Book III: Raising Kanan star Omar Epps and Stumptown‘s Michael Ealy are teaming for the Lionsgate and Command Films thriller The Devil You Know, Deadline has learned. Written and directed by Charles Murray, The Devil You Know follows Marcus Cowans (Omar Epps), who after a lifetime of trouble, finally has the chance to turn things around with the love and
From the moment they discover this gigantic threat to life as we know it, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence’s Don’t Look Up protagonists are sent on a wild ride. Visits to the White House, andspots on cable news with anchors played by Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry ensue, all with the goal of getting the
Tributes for Michael K. Williams are pouring in from the sports world after his shocking death Monday morning … with star athletes and pro teams honoring the late actor on social media. Dwayne Johnson — who worked with Williams in the 2013 film “Snitch” — penned an emotional message on Instagram … saying, “You’ll be
Character Actor Tim Blake Nelson may have found his niche in memorable turns recalling the heyday when westerns ruled the roost in Hollywood. Or at least in Venice where this film festival once again has shown a fondness for the star in a genre that rarely gets much of a close up anymore. A couple of
Natasha Parker is receiving much support from her Bachelor In Paradise co-stars after a shocking betrayal by her sole romantic interest, Brendan Morais. Since the show commenced, Natasha only had eyes for the 31-year-old, who won the hearts of fans on Tayshia Adams’ season of The Bachelorette. Brendan was seen as a “good guy,” even when he pulled
EXCLUSIVE: In what becomes the first hot package to be unveiled as part of the Toronto International Film Festival market, Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Al Pacino and Oscar nominee Danny DeVito are set to star in Sniff, a stylish reinvention of the film noir genre that will be directed by Oscar winner Taylor
It was the worst kept secret in Hollywood that Sony was bound to vacate Venom: Let There Be Carnage from its Oct. 15 release date, but after the enormous $90M Labor Day weekend success of Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Culver City lot has decided to go earlier with their own
However, if you’d rather enjoy Star Wars as a filmed spectacle, and through the power of Lego or not, Disney+ has you covered. With the entire Skywalker Saga, and tons of other specials and series to enjoy, you don’t need to jump to hyperspace to find your next adventure. Though if you’re not a Disney+
EXCLUSIVE: Former Disney President of Marketing Ricky Strauss is one of five joining the advisory board of new entertainment app Binj. Binj is an app which provides recommendations from friends and family members on what to watch on TV or streaming. Industry vet Strauss, who previously served as President of Content & Marketing for Disney+ and
Takeshi Kitano, the famed Japanese actor/director, was attacked with a pickax by a man who was angry Kitano wouldn’t help him break into showbiz. Kitano was leaving the TBS studio in Tokyo Saturday night when the attacker used the pickax to smash his car windows and demanded Kitano get out of the vehicle. Fortunately, the
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the debut trailer for Last of the Right Whales, Nadine Pequeneza‘s documentary about the fight to save the titular sea mammal from extinction. The doc is the story of a disparate group of people – a wildlife photographer, a marine biologist, a whale rescuer, and a crab fisher – united in their cause
Warning! Spoilers for Defenders #2 by Marvel Comics below The Defenders just met a brand new villain who essentially is Galactus, but even deadlier. After being taken across space and time and finding themselves on the planet Taa, the Marvel heroes discover a devourer of worlds who existed before Galactus: Omnimax. And unlike Galactus, Omnimax
Tango Shalom — where a female Tango dancer (Dancing with the Stars champion Karina Smirnoff) invites an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi (Jos Laniado) to enter a televised dance competition — was an arthouse standout this weekend with a per screen average of over $4,000 at four theaters in New York and LA. The solid performance in a
Refresh for latest…: Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings outperformed expectations at the global and international box office this weekend, coming in with $56.2M overseas for the standard frame, and a new Labor Day record $83.5M for the four-day domestic session ($71.4M three-day). Combined, and including the Labor Day estimate, the worldwide
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Major spoilers for Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings lie ahead. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings introduced audiences to a new hero but to a new
Panelists at the press conference for Ana Lily Amirpour’s Venice Film Festival competition title Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon today said they have experienced feeling like an outsider, a theme that runs through the story. The film follows a girl with unusual and dangerous powers who escapes from a mental asylum and tries to
New York Giants pass rusher Azeez Ojulari is starting off his rookie season in a Wakanda-kinda way … by coppin’ an insane “Black Panther” diamond chain — that glows in the dark!!! TMZ Sports has learned the outsider linebacker wanted to pay homage to Chadwick Boseman with some new drip before the Giants’ season-opener …
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Official Competition (Competencia Oficial) announces its meta intentions with its very title. Here is a Venice Film Festival competitor about the making of a festival film. Lampooning the very world in which it exists, the Spanish comedy-drama is a highly entertaining entry with winning performances from Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez. An eccentric
For the pandemic, Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings posted a solid Thursday night preview gross especially before a slow Labor Day box office frame, with $8.8 million from showtimes that began at 6 p.m. On the high side, that figure is above the Thursday night start of Universal’s F9, which posted $7.1M
When Last Night In Soho director Edgar Wright submitted his latest film to the Venice Film Festival, he called it “a dark Valentine to Soho.” Elaborating on that, Wright told the Lido press corps this afternoon, “I love London, but there’s a lot to fear about it as well, so you have a conflicted relationship
The actors are set to reunite in the upcoming Marvel film Spider-Man: No Way Home, which will pick up right where Far From Home left off. In the 2019 movie, Peter Parker and MJ got closer on a summer European vacation, when MJ learned of his secret identity and they started dating. In No Way
Play video content TMZ.com “Really Love” star Kofi Siriboe says his new Netflix show breaks the mold … a romantic drama with Black leads where the story is not rooted in trauma or crime. Kofi — best known for his role in Ava Duvernay and Oprah Winfrey‘s TV series “Queen Sugar” — says he grew
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune had its official world premiere here at the Venice Film Festival on Friday evening and had the Sala Grande reverberating like a thropter as it gave the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi classic a seven-minute standing ovation. Deadline was present and timed the applause, which ended only after the director humbly