Despite AT&T CEO John Stankey’s victory lap today about WarnerMedia’s theatrical and HBO Max release strategy with Godzilla vs. Kong, the studio’s R-rated title, Mortal Kombat, is facing a serious threat at the weekend box office from a traditional theatrical release and rival Asian IP, Funimation’s Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train. Since
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EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment have reteamed to acquire North American rights to Michael Polish’s American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally, the historical drama starring Al Pacino and Meadow Williams. It tells the story of Mildred Gillars, the American woman who who was charged with treason for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to U.S. troops
Agatha Christie’s great detective Hercule Poirot hasn’t been portrayed on the screen quite as often as say, Sherlock Holmes, but like Homes, it is a role that has been played by some of the world’s finest actors. And each one comes at the character in a slightly different way and bringing something unique and interesting
Play video content AmenClinic / YouTube AnnaLynne McCord is not ashamed to admit she struggles with mental health problems — specifically revealing her diagnosis for dissociative identity disorder. The former “Nip/Tuck” and “90201” star announced she has what used to be commonly referred to as multiple personality disorder during a sit-down interview with Amen Clinics
Take a deep breath, here’s the first trailer for Netflix’s French-language survival thriller Oxygen. Directed by Alexandre Aja and written by Christie LeBlanc, the movie stars Mélanie Laurent (6 Underground) in the story of a young woman who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up
Superstar Marvel Comics artist Russell Dauterman’s latest X-Men variant cover showcases all of Psylocke‘s different costumes. The original X-Men made their debut all the way back in 1963 and they’ve changed costumes so many times over the years that the current relaunch is literally treating the different outfits as changes of clothes. It’s an amusingly meta way
EXCLUSIVE: The Current War and The Giver scribe Michael Mitnick has been set to write Jim Henson biopic Muppet Man for Disney and The Jim Henson Company, we can reveal. Currently in development, the live action film will chart the life and times of the legendary puppeteer, creator of The Muppets, Fraggle Rock and many
Sony has dated Denzel Washington’s directorial A Journal for Jordan for Dec. 10 in New York and LA with a wide break on Dec. 22. The film is based on Dana Canedy’s New York Times best-selling memoir of the same title, which was published in 2008. Washington directs Michael B. Jordan and Chanté Adams off
Shot in the mockumentary style, Taika Waititi’s Ralph is a rabbit who has lost his ability to see in his right eye, and one of his ears is greatly damaged with a constant ringing in them. Ralph is pretty indifferent about his injuries considering he grew up in a family of rabbits who have all
UPDATED, 7:35 PM: The announced European Super League appears to be crumbling. By late today, all six of the English Premier League clubs involved in the widely panned venture — Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea — had pulled out. See their tweets and/or statements below. In a statement (read it below),
Matthew McConaughey only has one path to victory over Greg Abbott if he’s serious about running for governor of Texas, and that’s to hitch his wagon to the Democrat Party right away … so says the Chair of the Texas Democrats. Gilberto Hinojosa tells TMZ … he truly believes the “Dallas Buyers Club” star and
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Tuesday that it has expelled its former president Phil Berk from its membership rolls. “Effective immediately, Phil Berk is no longer a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,” the HFPA board said in a statement that has just gone out. NBC and the parent company of the Golden
Freeform vet Olivia Holt highlights the network’s latest teen drama, Cruel Summer, and an intriguing group of stars surrounds her. The new series, developed by Bert V. Royal, will take viewers back in time for a ’90s-set mystery involving two teenage girls. Jessica Biel (The Sinner) serves as an executive producer, whereas Shondaland’s Tia Napolitano acts
(Interactive chart with estimates below) This week, Neon released its COVID-inspired horror film In The Earth, directed by Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Kill List). Written across 15 days last August, the movie follows a scientist and a park scout in the midst of a pandemic. Their journey into a forest becomes imperiled as they find
The BBC’s streaming service, iPlayer, enjoyed a record start to the year after series including Netflix co-production The Serpent and Line of Duty propelled it to 1.7 billion streams in the first three months of 2021. Viewing to iPlayer was up 22% year-on-year in Q1 as Brits flocked to the streaming service during lockdown in
As far as YA book-to-movie adaptations go, Maze Runner is a success story. The movies starring Dylan O’Brien received adaptations for its core trilogy and managed to make some solid money along the way without greatly alienating its fans along the way. Crazy, right? It has a different narrative in Hollywood than other YA adaptations
EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Documentaries and Impact Partners have partnered on the feature documentary Paper & Glue. It is directed by renowned French artist JR, on a very personal subject: his own artwork. Using unexpected canvasses, JR’s intention is to give a global voice to everyday people through a genre-blending combination of public art, photography and large
Matthew McConaughey‘s chances at winning the Texas governorship look solid — at least based on a random sampling of 1,000 or so registered voters who say they’d vote for him. The actor stacked favorably against incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott in terms of winnability … this according to a new poll conducted by The Dallas Morning
Psyduck almost got its own game, as it was originally going to be the mascot of one of the Pokémon: Let’s Go titles. Before a Pokémon: Let’s Go, Psyduck! could get off the ground, Psyduck was replaced with Eevee as Pikachu’s counterpart. The Pokémon: Let’s Go games are remakes of Pokémon Yellow, with a gameplay shift that puts them closer to Pokémon GO. Pikachu
Twelve of Europes’s leading soccer clubs have confirmed their agreement to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League. The seismic and highly controversial proposals, which involve the game’s biggest clubs such as Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus, have dominated European news services this evening. AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter
Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla Vs Kong is approaching the $400M global mark, as it topped $300M at the international box office this weekend. Adding $12.2M from 41 overseas markets (a good -49% hold), the monsters have cumed an estimated $309.7M offshore for $390.2M worldwide through Sunday. After overtaking Tenet as the No. 1
The American Society of Cinematographers is announcing its winners today for the 35th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards this afternoon in the feature film, documentary and television cinematography categories.They represent the organization’s picks for the most compelling visual filmmaking over the past 14 months. The Society is bestowing the ASC Board of Governors Award to
The Creed and Black Panther franchises took Michael B. Jordan’s career to the next level. Part of the appeal of both was Jordan’s fighting skills as both Adonis Creed and Erik Killmonger. Of course, like any film star, Jordan’s skills were courtesy of top-notch fight choreography and stunt coordinators. According to the actor, his choreography
The guy who played Jesus in ‘Passion of the Christ’ is leaning into a QAnon conspiracy theory … which believes children are being blood-drained for a chemical in their body. Jim Caviezel made a guest appearance Friday at a right-wing convention called Clay Clark’s Health and Freedom Conference near Tulsa, OK … where organizers griped
After a morning of very British pomp and ceremony, the Royal Family is now proceeding towards St George’s Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, to attend the funeral of Prince Philip. Stream the funeral live on Sky News here. In line with his wishes and UK Covid-19 guidelines for funerals, the Duke of Edinburgh will receive
It has been discovered that fish in Red Dead Redemption 2 travel in quite a unique way. Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 has developed a reputation for its impressive attention to detail, which provides an even more realistic exploratory experience. Since releasing three years ago, the sprawling action-adventure game is largely recognized as one of the best video games
Oscar show producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher, and Steven Soderbergh this morning spelled out how Covid protocols would be integrated into the April 25th broadcast, and assured they are taking every measure to make sure all nominees and participants are safe throughout the three hour ceremony. Certainly with Soderbergh and Sher having also produced the
Imax CEO Rich Gelfond earned $6.9 million last year, down slightly from $7.1 million in 2019 as the pandemic shuttered theaters and Imax screens around the world. The package included base pay of $1.2 million and a stock award valued at $5.5 million. Imax, while hard hit like the rest of the industry, was able
Warning: This article contains spoilers about Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Episode 5 “Truth”. There was buzz heading into the penultimate season 1 episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier that a new character we haven’t been introduced to before in the MCU would emerge, and surface she did. Eleven-Primetime Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus made
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