Haifaa Al Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate, which was due for theatrical release in the UK on March 27, will instead be made available online to avoid the widespread disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, which has today seen cinemas close across the country. The film will be rolled out that same date by distributor Modern
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Behind-the-scenes images showing Palpatine’s new costume from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have been posted online. The latest Star Wars feature released back in December, and remains one of the most talked-about films of 2019. Due to the coronavirus, the film was released three days early on Digital. The physical version is still releasing
More great news out of Australia today: In the wake of us learning that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are on the mend, out of the hospital, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton tested negative for the coronavirus. The director of such movies as Just Mercy and Short Term 12 revealed the news
EXCLUSIVE: In sign of what many are expecting is yet to come for all theaters in the U.S., Regal Cinemas is shutting down all their theatre locations starting Tuesday, March 17 as a precaution amid the current circumstances. All theatres will remain closed until further notice. Regal, is the second-biggest chain in the U.S. with 7,155
4. Bridget Jones Diary (2004) If I were to make a list without including Bridget Jones’s Diary, I think, no, I know my wife would disown me and make me sleep in the doghouse upon reading this. Based on the novel of the same name, which is a reinterpretation of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and
BBC dramas Peaky Blinders and Line Of Duty are the latest shows to fall foul of coronavirus. Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions have postponed production on Peaky Blinders, while World Productions has suspended filming on Line Of Duty. Both shows are in their sixth season. A BBC spokeswoman said: “In light of the spread
Sylvester Stallone‘s new movie is doing what a lot of other productions and production companies have halted almost immediately … continuing to film amid the coronavirus. The movie star was down in Atlanta Saturday, where he was filming on set for his upcoming sci-fi flick, ‘Samaritan,’ in full costume and makeup. What’s crazy about that
UPDATE: As a preventative measure for the spread of coronavirus, Mayor Eric Garcetti took to Facebook Live to announce that he has now taken executive action to close all movie theaters, bars, nightclubs, entertainment venues and gyms until March 31. Restaurants will remain open but will only provide takeout and delivery. However, grocery stores, food
Marvel Studios may have rewritten the Eternals‘ origins to ensure they’re not too similar to the X-Men. There’s a sense in which Eternals is one of Marvel’s riskiest movies to date; although the characters were created by the legendary Jack Kirby, their brand is one of the weakest in the comics. Still, this is the studio that made
We just got word that Regal Cinemas is the next biggest chain stateside to enforce a reduced auditorium capacity size of 50% where applicable and “with state mandates on social gatherings” says the exhibitor. AMC just recently announced a similar policy. Of the distribution bosses we’ve spoken to, we hear that they don’t expect any
All movie theaters in France will be closed from midnight tonight, we have learned. This is a new directive from the French government which yesterday had limited gatherings to no more than 100 people in public places. This evening’s measures were announced by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe as France passes to Stage 3 — the
8. I Heart Huckabees (2004) Admittedly, I Heart Huckabees isn’t everyone’s deal. It’s sometimes seen as too twee, too cutesy, too beholden to the quirky indie movie cliches of the early ’00s. That’s understandable, to a certain respect, but that’s also overlooking how smartly it’s executed, how stylish it can be, and how much it’s
With much of the nation sitting at home waiting out the coronavirus, Disney made Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker available for purchase a few days early. The film was supposed to be released on Tuesday, March 17. Instead, the final Skywalker Saga became available late Friday, March 13, in most digital stores including Vudu,
Linda Collins is anything but predictable. One might gloss over her career and assume she is a talented actress with occasional forays behind the camera as a producer, but a deeper look confounds your expectations when you soon realize she is not just an actress and producer, but a multi-instrumentalist as well. Look even deeper
Exclusive TMZ.com Ben Affleck‘s new movie production won’t even get off the ground — before anyone could yell action, the coronavirus pandemic is postponing the shoot. Here’s the deal … Ben’s set to star in Robert Rodriguez‘s upcoming action thriller, “Hypnotic,” but they’re already behind schedule due to the outbreak. Solstice Studios tells TMZ …
Star Wars: Episode 9 – The Rise of Skywalker brought Emperor Palpatine back as a clone, something Star Wars Legends did decades prior. The Rise of Skywalker did not make it a priority to explain the Emperor’s survival; after all, his death seemed absolute in Star Wars: Episode 6 – Return of the Jedi. However, reveals
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has canceled the sale of Love Is Blind and Bosch production group Red Arrow Studios as the world is gripped by the coronavirus crisis. ProSiebenSat.1 has been exploring a sale of Red Arrow for six months, with All3Media an AMC emerging as two of the most likely buyers as the situation progressed.
With our world changing in real-time as America grips with the coronavirus outbreak, movie theaters across America stand as the last line of entertainment to remain open, as theme parks, sports games, and events close down for indefinite amounts of time. Sources tell me that it will come down to local governments in regards to
EXCLUSIVE: As Skydance Media’s staff, like many around town, split off and head to their homes to work remotely during the coronavirus climate, CEO David Ellison shared his immense gratitude in an email to them, and reassured that the studio can “weather this storm”. “Let me assure you that we are in this together —
This update comes from Variety reporter Justin Kroll, who shared on Twitter that he’s heard that The Batman, The Matrix 4, King Richard and Fantastic Beasts 3, all of which are either filming or about begin doing so, will proceed ahead with production. It’s possible that Warner Bros could change its mind on any of
Editors note: The Star Trek: Picard Podcast is a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access’ series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics behind the 10-episode first season of the Patrick Stewart-led sci-fi drama. The podcast is sponsored by CBS All Access and hosted by Deadline’s Senior Editor Dominic Patten. In
Michigan born actress Lin Shaye has been in the TV and movie game since the mid-’70s, but is best known for her bronzed and blonde role as the neighbor Magda — who loves her puffy and clam dip — in the 1998 Farrelly brother’s film “There’s Something About Mary.” Lin’s other big Farrelly bros role
Despite a global pandemic, thousands of cases of coronavirus in France and mass entertainment cancellations, the Cannes Film Festival is ploughing ahead with plans to stage an event in early May. The festival reiterated to us today, “The festival staff members are currently working to prepare the event scheduled, as usual, the second week of
Major League Baseball is nearly back, which means that the time has come to review Sony San Diego’s latest iteration of its premiere baseball series: MLB The Show 20. Bad news first, the PlayStation exclusive MLB The Show 20 isn’t a quantum leap forward for the series – it’s not even a very big step.
Coming off the major box office success of I Can Only Imagine, the 2018 faith-based smash based on a massive hit song, directors Andrew and Jon Erwin follow it up with another story titled after a single that also struck gold in the Christian music world. I Still Believe is based on the first song Jeremy Camp
Not just one Paramount movie is getting postponed this morning, but we heard that the studio’s April 3 action comedy The Lovebirds is also shifting following today’s big news that A Quiet Place Part II is not opening on Friday, March 20. Lovebirds, directed by Michael Showalter, was to make its world premiere at SXSW. Some time before
EXCLUSIVE: Dillon D Jordan’s PaperChase Films and Fandom are collaborating to produce serial podcast Superman Vs. The Ku Klux Klan, recalling the true story of how everyday citizens infiltrated and exposed the KKK in the 1940s. The team will produce an initial 10 episodes, launching this spring. The project is based on the true events
The remarkable thing, however, is that no MCU film has a particularly “bad” score according to the collective ratings of critics or audiences, but in Hollywood’s dog eat dog world, there are always going to be a few that get sent to the lower tiers of the totem pole. Based on the collective ratings of
Purely Capital, the UK startup that has launched a FinTech (financial services technology) receivables platform allowing rights owners to cashflow license fee payments, says it is has secured a $150M institutional funding line that will allow it to operate at ‘bank level’ pricing. The backer is a big-ticket financial investor that has opted to keep its name
Breaking News TMZ.com Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson — who were filming an Elvis Presley movie down in Australia — have just tested positive for the coronavirus … TMZ has confirmed. Tom’s reps tell us he and Rita got tested for the deadly virus after feeling like they had a cold — he says they