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Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for

Toy Story Land is one of the newest areas to be created at the Walt Disney World Resort. Located in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, this entire land is obviously dedicated to the popular Pixar world of Toy Story. It takes guests into Andy’s back garden and shrinks visitors down to the size of a toy. The

Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The

BBC newsreader George Alagiah has become one of the first British television stars to test positive for coronavirus. Alagiah, who is also currently fighting his second bout of bowel cancer, revealed his diagnosis to BBC News having not been on-air in recent weeks. He said that he has had a mild dose of the illness,

The biggest delays include Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which was originally dated for August 7, being pushed back to March 5, 2021; Morbius, which was originally dated for July 31, being pushed back March 19, 2021; and Uncharted, which was most recently dated for March 5, 2021, being pushed back to October 8, 2021. Additionally, Peter Rabbit

There’s a whole lot of shuffling going on at Sony Pictures with their release slate. The new release dates are the result of the current coronavirus outbreak. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Columbia Pictures) has been moved to March 5, 2021 from its original July 10 release date while the Sony/Marvel pic Morbius (Columbia Pictures) starring Jared Leto

Play video content Exclusive Tiffany Haddish has the cure for your self-quarantine blues — laughter … specifically, about penis size!!! Hey, she says it’s working for her. Tiff made a surprise appearance on UMC.tv’s #LaughsOnLockdown — yes, that’s where we are now … stand-up comedy shows on Instagram live. Comedians Aida Rodriguez and Gary “G.

After leaking a day ahead of its supposed release, it’s been confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered will bring back one of the most controversial video game moments of all time – the infamous ‘No Russian’ mission. Activision has remained hard at work on supporting the Call of Duty franchise, thanks to

London-based sales firm Film Constellation has boarded international sales rights to Natalie Erika James’ well-received Sundance Midnight debut Relic, whose producers include AGBO and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories. Scheduled for theatrical release in the U.S. in Q4, 2020, with IFC Midnight, the film was to play at the cancelled SXSW this month, also in the

The specialty box office space has quickly adapted to the changing film landscape as many are shifting to virtual theatrical openings. Many indie and arthouse titles do day and date releases and are VOD-only so the transition, for the most part, is familiar territory for many distributors and production companies. Written and directed by Jonathan

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that some of Hollywood’s biggest names have put some big bucks on the City of Angels’ frontlines fighting the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ve seen it in the can-do spirit of some of the pillars of our community who are making personal contributions that we’re redistributing to those who are

A Quiet Place: Part II Original Release Date: March 20th Originally set to come out on March 20th, John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II was the first major movie to bump up against the COVID-19 pandemic. The release date was originally planned to mirror the first A Quiet Place, which came out in March

Exclusive Actor Matthew Faber — who starred in a number of cult classic films in the ’90s — has died … TMZ has learned. Faber was found deceased Saturday inside his Van Nuys, CA apartment — this after his family hadn’t heard from him in some days and asked the landlord to his building to

2nd UPDATE SUNDAY: Lady Gaga is the latest music superstar to join Fox Presents The iHeart Living Room Concert for America, the hourlong benefit concert hosted by Elton John, which airs tonight, March 29, at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Other last-minute additions to the special include Ellen DeGeneres, The Masked Singer‘s Ken Jeong, Ryan

With the novel coronavirus shutting down the entertainment industry, and forcing entire companies to either severely reshape their business models or close doors entirely, comic book readers have voiced concern over whether or not they will still be able to buy their expected comics. Nerds can breathe a sigh of relief, now that DC Comics has

EXCLUSIVE: APA has become the latest talent agency to confront the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The agency just sent an internal note to staff. They’ve been notified that across the agency’s offices in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Toronto and London there will be a series of pay cuts, along with some

truTV’s surprise winter feature sleeper Impractical Jokers: The Movie will be available on Wednesday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, just five weeks after its theatrical play due to the national shutdown of cinemas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Again no shocker here about the early home release given how all current theatrical releases such as Onward, Sonic

Bill Rosemann’s words to Den Of Geek show an effort to modernize Mary Jane to bring more realistic female characters – especially to a video game landscape that has famously over sexualized its female characters. Marvel Games is currently hard at work on Marvel’s Avengers, an ambitious project that will star the likes of Captain

As weeks look to turn into months of lockdown around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, Starz is seeing a surge of sign-ups to its digital platforms and more as viewers seek more Power and Outlander. Data reveals a 45% jump in audience on the Starz App in the March 14-23 period compared to

Exclusive “Juwanna Mann” star Miguel A. Nunez Jr. really didn’t want to pay for hundreds of dollars of groceries … at least according to cops, who say he gave himself the ole five-finger discount. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the actor was checking out at an L.A. Ralphs supermarket this week when his credit

The Hollywood Support Staff COVID-19 Relief Fund has raised more than $500,000 to help assistants, coordinators, PAs and other industry support staffers who have been laid off or whose hours have been cut due to the coronavirus shutdown. The fund was created by the #PayUpHollywood organization, the ScriptNotes podcast and the nonprofit YEA! The first

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard‘s Season 1 Finale The Star Trek: Picard season 1 finale ended with the death of Commander Data (Brent Spiner), which was especially shocking since Data had already died in Star Trek: Nemesis. In Star Trek: Picard, the emotional scars left behind by Data’s demise was a driving factor in

Warner Bros. is pushing its forthcoming summer theatrical releases until the coronavirus crisis calms down and exhibition makes a full-steam comeback. Despite reports that Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 was headed to streaming, the movie is in fact still going theatrical, and that was always the plan. Wonder Woman 1984 is now moving from its June 5

Focus Features’ latest title Never Rarely Sometimes Always, will be available at home on-demand for $19.99 48-hour viewing period starting Friday, April 3. The Eliza Hittman directed and written teenage drama, which has 99% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, faced the unfortunate circumstance of opening in New York and Los Angeles during the weekend when

Some of the last holdouts in Asia are joining the raft of global markets to see cinema closures, even as the picture in China was beginning to look brighter, before taking a turn today. At this point, all major international box office markets (along with domestic) are essentially closed. Even in places where turnstiles are

As the Marvel star has detailed on her Instagram today, she has been social distancing in her home alongside her family since March 18 – two days after her controversial words. She said that at the time of her first post, her community had much looser directives, only asking people to not gather in groups

From Saturday, a first batch of 205 cinemas will re-open for business in Shanghai. This follows last weekend’s opening of 500+ theaters in other China provinces, though Shanghai becomes the first tier one city to turn the lights back on as the coronavirus reportedly abates in the Middle Kingdom. The Shanghai municipal government made the

Mark Blum, famous for starring in “Desperately Seeking Susan” and “Crocodile Dundee” … has died as a result of complications from the coronavirus. Mark, who also starred as Mr. Mooney in the hit series, “You,” and acted on Broadway, was a true working actor. Blum played Gary Glass in 1985’s ‘DSS’ … and he played

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Disney’s Frozen 2 revealed a surprising twist about Queen Elsa’s ice powers as the fifth spirit, which the first Frozen barely teased. Whereas the 2013 original was all about Elsa learning to control her powers so she could live happily ever after with her sister, Anna, Frozen 2 explores the backstory and mythology of the