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West Coast actress Suzanne Snyder was in her early 20s when she landed the role as the high school hottie and nerd crush Deb — who ditches the jocks and falls for the dweebs after their abduction by the biker gang — in the classic ’80s comedy “Weird Science.” Snyder was cast alongside some big
Cordial yet reserved, the man seated across from me seemed well cast as a CEO. We had just attended a board meeting as “outside” directors, and he was mulling the big question: “How much disruption and cost cutting can you apply to a company, yet still keep it functional?” With a shrug of resignation, he
A new video uses deep fake technology to drastically improve de-aged Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy, making Clu much more convincing. Bridges played tech genius Kevin Flynn and his digital avatar Clu in the original Tron, released in 1982, and reprised both roles in the 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy. The long-awaited latter movie used cutting-edge CGI (for
SPOILER ALERT: This recap reveals details about today’s Disney+ drop of The Mandalorian Chapter 13: “The Jedi”, directed and written by Dave Filoni. Christmas came early to Star Wars fans as Rosario Dawson finally made her appearance as Clone Wars fave character, Jedi Ahsoka Tano, on Disney+’s The Mandalorian. We knew Mando was bound to meet Ahsoka, as Katee Sackhoff’s
Universal’s release of DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age stayed on target from what we saw yesterday with an opening Wednesday of $1.85M in a very broken exhibition landscape where there’s only 2,650 theaters open right now out of national footprint of 5,5K. Croods 2 is booked at 2,211 theaters. Five-day projections are unpredictable as we
Channel 4 Orders Follow-Up To Influential Princess Diana FilmChannel 4 has commissioned Blink Films to make a follow-up to its explosive documentary on Princess Diana’s infamous Panorama interview with the BBC in 1995. The revelations in Blink’s first film, Diana: The Truth Behind The Interview, have sparked an independent inquiry at the BBC to get
Is Tenet On Netflix? One of the biggest questions surrounding the streaming release of any movie always centers around Netflix, specifically when any given movie will be available on one of the biggest and most popular digital platforms out there. The truth of the matter is no one really knows at this point when, or
Los Angeles County reported 5,087 new cases of Covid-19 and 37 additional deaths on Thanksgiving Day, one of the highest single-day case totals of the entire pandemic. The number of county residents hospitalized with the coronavirus jumped from 1,298 last Friday to 1,809 reported on Thanksgiving. That’s a 28% rise in 7 days. COVID-19 Daily
Exclusive Details Megan Fox apparently has a great thing going with Machine Gun Kelly … good enough that she’s decided to pull the trigger and divorce Brian Austin Green. The actress filed her divorce docs Wednesday after nearly 10-and-a-half years of marriage to the ‘90210’ star. In the docs — obtained by TMZ — Megan
In the competitive world of indie pop, Blake Langdale doesn’t have an easy road ahead of him in trying to put his name on the map, but this isn’t to say that his new single “Streets” doesn’t put forth quite the sterling effort. Langdale introduces himself to us in “Streets” via a decadently-arranged, groove-centric pop
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has set an end date for The Expanse. The popular sci-fi drama has received an early renewal for Season 6, which will be its last. Not returning for the final season is original cast member Cas Anvar, who faced a slew of sexual misconduct allegations during the summer. The rest of the
Warning: this article contains spoilers for X of Swords: Destruction #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, and Pepe Larraz For a character who originally entered the X-Men‘s orbit as one of their greatest threats ever, Apocalypse has, as of late, been revealed to be far more complex than previously assumed, with his latest sacrifice in
UPDATE, NOVEMBER 26: The UK government has confirmed which sections of the country will be entering the three tiers of Covid-19 restrictions. Levels 1 and 2 will allow for cinemas to re-open, while tier 3 will not, as of December 2 when a four-week nationwide lockdown is lifted. London will be placed in tier 2, meaning
EXCLUSIVE: Despite the severe ratcheting down of movie theaters during the pandemic in recent weeks, Universal is standing strong with a robust global promotional campaign behind its DreamWorks Animation sequel The Croods: A New Age which opens today at 2,211 theaters. While the marketing spend on domestic wide releases has been in the single-digit range
Paramount Pictures released the first look at its adaptation of the Scholastic’s popular children’s book Clifford the Big Red Dog and the large canine looked very red… or something close to it. As soon as the teaser trailer was dropped Twitter erupted with reactions — and not many of them were good. Just search “Clifford” on
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Thanksgiving is not normally a big holiday for gifts, but TNT has a big one coming for DCEU fans in the form of Aquaman heading to cable. Just in case channel hopping and
Canadian actor Lochlyn Munro was in his thirties when he gained fame after landing the role of the hilarious jock Greg — whose not-so-nice nude pics embarrass him before he gets slashed at the beauty pageant — in the super-funny horror spoof “Scary Movie.“ Lochlyn Munro shared the screen with an awesome cast of young
The Great British Bake Off rose like a magnificent soufflé for UK broadcaster Channel 4, as the Love Productions show’s Season 11 finale was watched by a record audience on Tuesday night. Deadline won’t be revealing any spoilers given the episode is yet to stream on Netflix in the U.S. (where it is known as
The bond between siblings has been a longtime fascination for film and television shows. Those who think romance is the pinnacle of an interesting relationship will be surprised to know that some of the most memorable character bonds are between siblings. Popular shows like Supernatural have a brother duo as its main characters and one
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors heard details about a new “targeted” stay-at-home order that would prohibit all public and private gatherings of people not in the same household and require individuals to stay home “as much as possible.” The proposed order met with no objections from the board, but it was
EXCLUSIVE: The Sarah Paulson thriller Run has become Hulu’s most watched feature title ever during its opening weekend, and has ranked as the most talked about Hulu Original Film to date on Twitter, Deadline has learned. Through the pic’s first three-days, which began on Nov. 20, Run has beat not only previously watched Hulu Originals Films, but
Ok, clearly I am not doing the best job trying to clear all of this up for you so far, so how about we just try breaking it down one by one? By our count, there are 11 well-known foes of the Dark Knight who have been confirmed to exist in the DC Extended Universe
Italy is putting forward Gianfranco Rosi’s latest documentary Notturno as its candidate for the 2021 International Oscar race. ANICA, the country’s national film body, oversaw the selection process with the jury consisting of Nicola Borrelli, Simone Gattoni, Paolo Genovese, Carlo Poggioli, Cristina Priarone, Gloria Satta, and Baba Richerme. The pic premiered at Venice in Competition
Play video content SplashNews.com The director who seemingly got busted for trash-talking actor Lukas Gage‘s apartment on a Zoom call says he’s not going to apologize for it … because important context is missing. Tristram Shapeero — a British TV director best known for directing episodes of “Community,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Veep” — is
[WATCH] Deadline Now: John Boyega Not Afraid Of Confronting Race Issues – Deadline Click to Skip Ad Closing in… You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content November 23, 2020 6:18pm Services to share this page. John Boyega is not afraid of using his platform to address social injustice.
In December 2020, Disney+ is bringing a good amount of Christmas content, including an original movie, as well Pixar’s latest movie and the season finale of its most successful original TV show to date. With the coronavirus pandemic still going, streaming services continue to be the main source of entertainment for many, as well as
The end for Black Lightning is in sight. The CW confirmed Friday that the superhero drama will end with the upcoming fourth season, which is set to premiere early next year. The move follows the network’s announcement last week that it is planning a planted spinoff of the series titled Painkiller, with Jordan Calloway reprising
In a major sign of confidence in the future of theatrical moviegoing, Cineworld Group, the world’s second largest exhibitor and owner of Regal in the U.S., has secured significant additional liquidity that will help ensure its future despite ongoing challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes a new debt facility of $450M, while further
EXCLUSIVE: Highly sensitive employee data, including bank account details and home addresses, may have been breached after super-producer Banijay was the victim of what could be a major hack late last week. Banijay, the company behind global hits including MasterChef and Big Brother, had its IT systems compromised by a bad actor demanding a ransom,