EXCLUSIVE: The Black Film Critics Circle has voted Eddie Murphy-starrer Dolemite Is My Name as its Best Film of 2019. Murphy also scooped Best Actor, while Lupita Nyong’o took Best Actress for Us. And for the first time in the organization’s nine-year history, there was a tie for Best Director between Kasi Lemmons for Harriet
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EXCLUSIVE: We understand that MarketCast has tapped Steve Buck as its SVP Theatrical. In his new role, Buck will drive commercial sales and new business efforts for MarketCast’s theatrical products and services, which counts every major Hollywood studio and many independent producers as clients. Buck will partner with MarketCast’s creative testing and analytics team to
As Apple looks to draw more viewers to its TV offerings — both original programming on Apple TV+ and third-party app gateway Apple TV — it has been having discussions with a wide range of potential partners. A Wall Street Journal report Thursday identified two disparate entities: MGM and the Pac-12 conference, with the latter
5 minutes ago If you’re going to play a super-powered humanoid being with near-immortality, it helps to look the part. Actor Kumail Nanjiani did just that. At this point we’ve all seen how shredded the Stuber and Silicon Valley actor got to play Kingo in the MCU’s Phase 4 film Eternals. Now we know part
The just-released trailer for A24’s Saint Maud is a holy terror. The eerily intense and dangerously devout Maud (Welsh actress Morfydd Clark) is a hospice care worker who is out to save souls but may take some lives in the process. The film is the debut effort by writer-director Rose Glass and the trailer’s unsettling energy and
Breaking News Alamy Legendary high school football coach Herman Boone — portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie “Remember the Titans” — has died at age 84, his school announced Wednesday. Boone was the head coach at T.C. Williams High School in Virginia where he led a group of integrated players to a 13-0 record
All3Media International has signed a content sales deal with HOOQ, the Southeast Asian streaming service launched in 2015 as a joint venture between Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros and Singapore telco Singtel. Under the deal, All3Media will sell HOOQ Originals internationally, unless the rights are retained by the production company or by HOOQ. To give
In the latest entry of our ongoing series, Screen Rant’s Ryan George reveals what (probably) happened in the pitch meeting for 2017 sequel Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Updating the beloved 1995 film for the 21st century, Welcome to the Jungle is about a mismatched group of teens who get put in detention together, and
This weekend Eddie Murphy is coming back to his roots by hosting Saturday Night Live, the show that launched his career. It isn’t the only thing Murphy is returning to, as I learned when he visited our Deadline Studios to tape this week’s edition of my video series, The Actor’s Side. We talk about everything in
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker advance ticket sales are pacing with 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the same point in time in their Fandango sales cycle. We heard from other exhibition sources that a $200M+ opening is within reach. Also working greatly in the favor of business this weekend are 15% K-12 schools out on
EXCLUSIVE: Baobab Studios will venture into the world of graphic novels with Intercats, a new brand the Emmy-winning animation house is now developing as a namesake interactive series with broader tentpole aspirations. First Second Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, and Baobab are fast-tracking the publishing venture with plans for a 2020 release for the first
7 seconds ago Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker blasts into theaters this week, and with it, hopefully the answers to our most pressing questions. These questions don’t just pertain to the Sequel Trilogy either. This story has many loose ends that need tying up, from the Original Trilogy to the Prequels to the modern
EXCLUSIVE: Endemol Shina India is lining up a web series based on Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy’s book Trial By Fire:The Tragic Tale Of The Uphaar Fire Tragedy. The book is an account of the Uphaar cinema fire in Delhi in 1997, which resulted in the deaths of 59 people and injured 100 more. Injured survivors
Play video content Exclusive Kumail Nanjiani walked into his workout regimen for “Eternals” as one big softy and emerged totally yolked thanks to high-intensity training, and a major focus on 2 key body parts. Check out these workout videos of Kumail pumping iron with Grant Roberts … the celeb trainer tells TMZ Kumail’s transformation from
Star Wars world premieres, you will be missed. Since blasting off Force Awakens back in December 2015, all the way through their fifth Lucasfilm production, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker last night, it’s an understatement to say that Disney has raised the bar on the the sense of opulence and wonder in a Hollywood
The first-look images have arrived for Bill & Ted Face the Music. Before he made his name as an action star, Keanu Reeves played the lovable slacker musician Theodore “Ted” Logan opposite Alex Winter as his BFF, William “Bill” S. Preston, Esq., in 1989’s time-travel comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The pair reunited two
The interstellar, multi-generational saga of House Skywalker reaches its concluding and (hopefully) climatic chapter with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth installment in the space opera that has captivated moviegoers since the Carter Administration. The mega-release from Disney’s Lucasfilm and director/producer/co-writer J.J. Abrams premieres tonight and the live-stream will be available above beginning at
Well, that was fast: Director Ivo van Hove’s West Side Story joined Broadway’s Million Dollar Club after only six previews, grossing $1,254,440 in its first week of performances. The musical revival, with all new choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, filled all seats at the Broadway Theatre for the week ending Dec. 15, with a
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is dropping the first in a series of Charles Dickens adaptations this Christmas with his reimagining of A Christmas Carol for FX and BBC One. Knight is yet to decide on what Dickens story he will tackle next for Ridley Scott’s Scott Free London and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son &
13 seconds ago While J.J. Abrams is known as a filmmaker with vision and a strong ability to construct stories, he is also well regarded as a collaborative director. Obviously he has final say, and doesn’t incorporate input that totally clashes with his bigger ideas, but he keeps an open mind when it comes to
Christopher Lloyd and Richard Kind will lead Tankhouse, an ensemble comedy being directed by Noam Tomaschoff, who co-wrote the piece with Chelsea Frei. Tara Holt, Stephen Friedrich, Nadia Alexander, Joe Adler, Austin Crute, Luke Spencer Roberts, Devere Rogers, and Sarah Yarkin also star. It follows two pretentious New York theatre actors who, when blackballed from
Chelsea Handler‘s longtime TV sidekick and hypeman, Chuy Bravo, has died … TMZ has confirmed. The Mexican-American actor — best known for his many appearances on “Chelsea Lately” — passed away Sunday, according to his family. We’re told Chuy was hospitalized Saturday in Mexico City, where he’s been visiting family for the past month. His
EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ genre streaming service Shudder has acquired rights in North America, the UK and Ireland to Scare Me and La Llorna. The deals come ahead of both films landing at the Sundance Film Festival next month. Scare Me, written and directed by Josh Ruben in his feature debut, is a comedic thriller that
The Mandalorian is the spiritual successor of George Lucas’ plans for Star Wars: Underworld, a TV series he was never able to make due to budget constraints. The Star Wars franchise is changing shape, and moving from the big screen to the streaming service. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the final chapter in the Skywalker Saga,
Exhibition giant Cineworld, which acquired U.S. chain Regal Cinemas in 2018 for $3.6B, is adding another group to its portfolio with a proposed $2.1B (C$2.8B) purchase of Canada’s Cineplex. The deal would see Cineworld pay C$34 per share in cash and would make Regal the largest cinema circuit in North America by number of screens.
Refresh for latest…: As global turnstiles start greasing up for next week’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, audiences are continuing to warm up to the two current titles in wide release: Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level and Disney’s Frozen 2. Expanding to another 34 offshore hubs after an early rollout last weekend, The Next
Character Media (formerly known as Kore Asian Media) hosted the 18th annual Unforgettable Gala on Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles to honor and recognize Asian American icons and changmakers in the entertainment industry, who are representing the API community through their creativity and excellence. Among the top winners of the evening
5 minutes ago As it marked the end of an era in the MCU, Avengers: Endgame had some pretty emotional moments. But it also offered a bit of much-needed levity. And according to Karen Gillan, one of the funniest moments in the film actually came as a result of some improvisation with her co-star Robert
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com “21 Jump Street” star Richard Grieco doesn’t react well when the cuffs are getting slapped on him, as proven by this video of his DFW airport bust for public intoxication. Police body cam footage, obtained by TMZ, shows Grieco angrily storming away from the American Airlines ticket counter in Dallas
Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad actress Laura Fraser and Bodyguard star Anjli Mohindra are set to make guest appearances in Doctor Who season 12. As is usually the way with Doctor Who, the BBC did not reveal any details about their characters because it will give away plot points before the series premieres on