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Yeon Sang-ho’s Peninsula, the follow-up to his 2016 zombie smash, Train To Busan, made a meal of the international box office this weekend, in Korea and four other markets. The thriller sequel (aka Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula) already logged the biggest opening day score of the year in its home market on Wednesday and

Exclusive Mark Wahlberg dropped a fat stack on a new set of quarantine wheels … a custom 3-wheeler that’s eco-friendly AND street legal!!! Marky Mark’s newest ride is an Arcimoto FUV — Fun Utility Vehicle — which retails for just under $20,000 … and it’s super cool. Sources connected to the deal tell TMZ …

Let’s get together! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Director Nancy Meyers took to Instagram to reveal that the cast of the 1998 reboot of Disney’s The Parent Trap will be reuniting to celebrate its 22nd anniversary on July 20 at 9 am ET on Katie Couric’s Instagram. Meyers teased days ago that she had news about The Parent Trap and

Throughout its run, The Flash has brought several Glee stars into the Arrowverse in both big and small roles. Grant Gustin, who portrays Barry Allen was mostly associated with the musical dramedy as the villainous Sebastian Smythe. Starting in season 3 until his final appearance in Glee season 5, Gustin played the openly gay Warbler member

UPDATED, July 17: Lionsgate said Friday that Roadside Attractions’ romantic drama The Secret: Dare To Dream, starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas, will be released on Premium Video on Demand on July 31. In March, the pic based on based on Rhonda Byrne’s 2006 global bestselling self-help book, had to postpone its April 17 theatrical

(Press Association) Tesla founder Elon Musk regularly visited Amber Heard late at night at Johnny Depp’s Los Angeles penthouse, it has been claimed. Alejandro Romero, a concierge at the Eastern Columbia Building, said in a written witness statement as part of Depp’s libel trial with The Sun, that the actress, 34, gave Musk his own

Focusing Too Heavily On Spectacle Of the many reasons video game movies fail, focusing too heavily on style, special effects, and action-packed sequences ranks high on the list. And, while those things are great and needed to make a story exciting, they don’t ultimately satisfy. Despite that, video game movies fall into this trap a

(UPDATED with more messages on the death of Rep. John Lewis) Presidents, Oscar nominees, potential Vice-Presidential nominees, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and other admirers tonight mourned the death of Rep. John Lewis. They also celebrated the tireless fight for justice that the civil rights icon who was later in life called

Exclusive Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are going back to work on the Puerto Rican movie set where they first met … and set in motion her split from Brian Austin Green. Megan and MGK arrived Thursday in San Juan after flying in together from the mainland, ready to get back to business on

Delays in production for Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ original series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier caused first by an earthquake in Puerto Rico and then the coronavirus will keep the Marvel spinoff series from making its previously set August premiere date. The series was not on Disney+’s list of next month premieres released Friday.

Even as one of the Switch’s first big-budget games, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, remains arguably the best title on the platform to this day. That puts considerable pressure on Nintendo to make Breath of the Wild 2 an even better game, but its predecessor wasn’t entirely perfect, so there are plenty of

UPDATED WITH WINNERS: Chernobyl was the big winner at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards on Friday after the Sky and HBO drama scooped seven awards. The Sister-produced nuclear disaster series beat competition from the likes of The Crown, Killing Eve and The Virtues at the pre-recorded ceremony, triumphing in categories including Director: Fiction for Johan

EXCLUSIVE: Wasting no time as cinemas prepare to reopen beginning next week in most of China, a first batch of titles due for release has been identified. Universal’s Dolittle has been granted a July 24 date while we understand that Sony’s Bloodshot, handled locally by Bona Film, will also go out that same day. This

New York City enters Phase 4 — the last region in the state to do so — on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed in a Friday afternoon conference call, allowing film and TV production to ramp up and fanless pro sports to move foward after being cleared by global health experts. Media production activities, meaning

It’s always been the case that the Disney Parks are always changing, but even though Walt Disney World is now open to the public, though a smaller percentage of that public, we’re seeing a larger than usual wave of change overtaking the resort. First, came the confirmation that two announced attractions at Epcot, a redesigned

UPDATED with cause of death: Grant Imahara, a former MythBusters and White Rabbit Project host who earlier worked as a modelmaker for Industrial Light + Magic, died Monday of a a brain aneurysm. He was 49. A Discovery spokesperson confirmed the news but did not provide details. Imahara co-hosted more than 200 episodes of Discovery’s MythBusters starting

Japanese actor Akira Takarada was only 20 years old when he gained international fame after landing the lead role of the sea captain who saves the day, Hideto Ogata, in the OG classic monster movie, “Godzilla,” that was released way back in 1954. Akira Takarada wast cast alongside Akihiko Hirata as the smart scientist, Dr.

In the wake of the China Film Administration announcing yesterday the reopening of cinemas on July 20, there’s been several questions as to what China is determining to be a low or high risk COVID-19 area. We heard from a number of industry sources today that the majority of the country’s exhibitors can reopen except

Brooklyn Nine-Nine was a total smash hit with audiences, so clearly, the popular police-satire has done something right. Celebrated for its witty portrayal of serious issues, actor Andy Samberg brings the laughs as an immature (yet competent) NYPD detective in Brooklyn’s 99th precinct. As wonderful as it is, no show lasts forever, so it’s important for fans of cop/workplace

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions. Today’s subject is the Oscar-nominated and

Imax China has expanded its decade long partership with Wanda Film Co. with a twenty-theater agreement that calls for Wanda to upgrade Imax systems in ten existing locations in major cities and install the technology in ten new ones, the companies said Thursday, as China prepares to reopen its shuttered theaters starting July 20. The

Netflix has set the first animated TV series based on the long-running Usagi Yojimbo comic books by Stan Sakai. The streamer today announced Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, which is set in a world that mixes modern high-tech images with classic Japanese references. Spawned from Sakai’s comics that began in 1984 and counting James Wan

Dan Stevens’ role in Beauty and the Beast was a particularly demanding one, not only because he’d be following a beloved animated character, but he also wore a motion-capture suit and sang some major notes for Alan Menken’s new song “Evermore,” which added dimension to Beast’s character. Stevens reflected:

Netflix has acquired rights to Bombay Rose, Gitanjali Rao’s animated film that last year became the first Indian animated pic to open Venice Critics Week. The streaming service will release the film globally (excluding China) in the fourth quarter of this year, with a bow in France to follow in 2021. Written and directed by

Some of La La Land’s most recognizable movie props in the filmmaking history are finally being released to the public — but none of this stuff comes cheap … not by a long shot. The famous Prop Store — which houses a treasure trove of on-set Hollywood memorabilia collectibles — is hosting a MONSTER auction

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has picked up the U.S. rights to Emperor, the feature based on the harrowing journey of American freedom fighter Shields Green, played by Dayo Okeniyi (Shades of Blue). Oscar nominee James Cromwell (The Green Mile) co-stars along with Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries), Naturi Naughton (Power), Mykelti Williamson (Fences), Ben Robson

Molly O’Shea’s story came to an abrupt end in Red Dead Redemption 2, but not before the gang member told a serious lie that ended up costing her life. When players learn the real truth, it makes the story of Molly’s death in Red Dead Redemption 2’s Van der Linde camp all the more dismal. Players are first introduced to

EXCLUSIVE: Apple’s WWII drama Greyhound, starring and written by Tom Hanks, has become the largest opening-weekend release ever for Apple TV+, including series that have bowed on the service, sources close to Apple tell Deadline. The streamer is loathe in giving up exact numbers, but I’m told the film turned in a viewing audience commensurate

(Press Association) A Hollywood stylist has told the High Court that Amber Heard had “no visible” injuries the day after the actress alleges Johnny Depp was violent towards her during a heated row. Samantha McMillen said she spent “much of the afternoon and early evening” with Heard, 34, on December 16 2015 as the star

Deadline broke the news, as sources close to Apple TV+ divulged that Greyhound put up some spectacular numbers over its initial viewing period. While there’s no specific figures provided as to how many viewers were under the tent, or what other titles may have been surpassed in the Apple TV+ library, there was one impressive