“Initiate sequence.” And so begins the action of Bloodshot, with Vin Diesel carrying quite a load on those shoulders: Playing the unstoppable machine-man assassin, Diesel launches Sony and Cross Creek’s new superhero universe populated by the characters of Valiant Comics. Our first look at this universe comes via this new trailer, which effectively lays out
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Todd Phillips’ DC movie Joker is poised to become the highest grossing R-rated U.S. release of all-time heading toward a potential $900M in global ticket sales. In its third weekend, the Warner Bros./Village Roadshow/Bron Studios’ release made $107M worldwide sending its overall total to $737.5M. The pic, which has won Joaquin Phoenix high praise for his turn
Netflix is continuing to its originals drive in Korea by adding romantic comedy series Crash Landing On You to its slate. The SVOD service has ordered the series, starring popular local actors Hyun Bin (Memories of the Alhambra) and Son Ye-jin (Something in the Rain), to air later this year. The series is described by
15 minutes ago James Gunn has become a leading voice to defend Marvel movies, which is a wee bit ironic considering he was briefly fired from one, but never mind. The Guardians of the Galaxy director was saddened when Martin Scorsese said Marvel movies weren’t cinema and theaters shouldn’t be invaded by them. Now Francis
The debate among filmmakers on whether or not Marvel and other comic book movies are “cinema” continues as James Gunn has chimed in on the matter. In the wake of Francis Ford Coppola’s criticism of the superhero genre, the Guardians of the Galaxy took to Instagram to give an even-handed response that defended the MCU and
Jennifer Lawrence is hours away from saying “I do” on the Eastern Seaboard — but until then, the meat and potatoes of her wedding venue are still being worked out … literally. Preparations for J.Law’s nuptials were underway early Saturday morning at the historic Belcourt of Newport estate-turned-museum in Rhode Island — where the actress
Poor Robert Redford. Except for an out of focus poster in a Tulsa school room, the Oscar winner is never seen on-screen in HBO’s Watchmen. However, Redford’s multi-term Presidential shadow is an ominous specter in a sometimes shambolic and yet spectacular show full of shadows, good intentions gone wrong, mad trillionaires, and masks, literal and
Paradox Interactive showed us a new demo for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 at PDXCON 2019 that reveals information about the story and how it connects to the latest edition of the tabletop game. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was originally teased by the developers for GDC 2019 as a new dating site called Tender - an ARG (alternate reality game)
Good for Quentin Tarantino, for not capitulating to the Chinese government and marginalizing his film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, declining to trim scenes of violence, or the one that featured Bruce Lee sparring with Brad Pitt’s stuntman character. It seemed a non-starter that the filmmaker would cave when China informed Sony is was
In similar fashion to Disney’s previous Skywalker Star Wars installments, tickets for the finale of the 9-title franchise which kicked off back in 1977 will go on sale on Monday, Oct. 21. Tickets for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will become available following the halftime of ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between the New England Patriots
Nicholas Britell won Film Composer of the Year for his Oscar-nominated score for If Beale Street Could Talk at the World Soundtrack Awards, the annual event that honors the year’s best in film and TV music. The ceremony for the 19th edition of the honors was Friday on the sidelines of the Ghent Film Festival
15 minutes ago With the plot still largely under wraps, at least until we see the final trailer, we don’t really know quite what to expect from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Here’s what we do know though: Episode IX will be the end, not just of the Sequel Trilogy, but of the entire
Naomie Harris is in talks to portray the sonic-powered villain Shriek in the upcoming sequel to Venom, which returns Tom Hardy in the title role and features Woody Harrelson as the fan-favorite bad guy called Carnage. Shriek has been closely associated with Carnage in the pages of Marvel Comics since her introduction in Spider-Man Unlimited No. 1
Exclusive TMZ Rosario Dawson is being sued by a former employee — a transgender man who alleges the actress and her family assaulted and disrespected him. Dedrek Finley, who previously went by Deidre before coming out as transgender, says he moved to L.A. from NYC in 2017 at the request of Rosario’s mother, Isabel. Dedrek
Former Walt Disney Studios Chair Dick Cook Backing Two Fantasy Films – Deadline Click to Skip Ad Closing in… You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content October 18, 2019 7:55pm Dick Cook Studios (DCS), an independent production company helmed by former Walt Disney Studios chairman DIck Cook, will
Naomie Harris is in talks to play the villain Shriek in Venom 2. Sony is moving forward with their plans for a sequel to 2018’s surprise hit movie Venom, which earned over $800 million worldwide and kicked off plans to launch a new cinematic universe with their Marvel characters. Tom Hardy will be back to star as Eddie
Elisabeth Moss and Randall Park will be getting a taste of the aloha spirit at the Hawaii International Film Festival. The two actors will be honored at the 39th edition of the fest. Moss is set to receive the Halekulani Career Achievement Award while Park will receive the Halekulani Maverick Award. The two will join
‘Zombieland 2’ Sees $2.85M, ‘Maleficent Mistress Of Evil’ Posts $2.3M – Thursday Night Previews – Deadline Click to Skip Ad Closing in… You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content October 18, 2019 7:59am CORRECTED: Sony’s Zombieland: Double Tap made $2.85M last night, while Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil came
It’s not easy being the greatest female icon in the history of American comic books but, even after more than seven decades on the job, the Amazon princess they call Wonder Woman handles that burden with noble grace and singular determination. That’s one way to interpret the striking, just-released cover artwork for the upcoming, 96-page,
10 minutes ago While Joachim Ronning’s Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil reassembles most of its core cast from the original for its new adventure, there is one notable bit of recasting. While Brenton Thwaites played love interest Prince Philip in the 2014 predecessor, the sequel sees that role now played by Harris Dickinson. It put the
The Hobbit and Poldark star Aidan Turner has been cast as Leonardo da Vinci in the drama series about the celebrated Renaissance artist’s life and work. U.S. showrunner Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) and Brit writer Steve Thompson (Sherlock) are behind the eight-episode series, which has a working title Leonardo. The show will chart da Vinci’s achievements
Exclusive TMZ/Getty Composite Jennifer Lawrence is about to walk down the aisle this weekend — but the big scoop here is what she and her guests will feast on … a smorgasbord of fancy eats and drinks. We got some deets on JLaw’s wedding — which is going down Saturday at a swanky venue in
AFI Fest 2019 said Thursday that it will play host to “An Evening With Peter Morgan,” which will be followed by a gala screening of the Season 3 opener of Netflix’s The Crown. The event is set for November 16, the day before the Morgan-created hit series about the British royal family returns on the
To the surprise of no one, the fitness industry is big business and gaming companies have all thrown in an attempt at taking the interactivity of games to a more physical level. Still, these often cater to a casual user and rarely appeal to gamers. Not because there’s no interest in being physically fit from
Will the American Reich topple in the end? Intrigue, desperation, greed, and fury are all active fires in the fourth and final season of Amazon Prime’s The Man in the High Castle and, as the just-released trailer hints, those blazes may give way to the inferno of an all-out war. Season 4 premieres on Friday, November
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences certainly isn’t short on documentarians. Atop its existing 400 or so documentary branch members, the Academy in July invited almost 100 additional doc-makers to join. Despite some internal concern that a few invitees might need help with the dues, now $450 a year, it seems safe to
Revolution Studios, a Content Partners company, has set Sony Pictures Television to handle the global TV and digital distribution licensing for all of its titles. Today’s deal also includes 64 Morgan Creek films to which Revolution owns international distribution rights. The agreement reunites Revolution with Sony, an initial investor in the company as well as
30 minutes ago Less than an hour after the news broke last month that Jeffrey Wright was being eyed to play Commissioner James Gordon in The Batman, it was reported that Jonah Hill was also in talks to join the Caped Crusader’s next movie, only he’d be contributing in a villainous capacity if a deal
Endeavor Holdings Group has officially withdrawn the registration of its planned IPO, about three weeks after it halted the launch of the stock on the New York Stock Exchange the same day it was to debut. In a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, the company requested the “withdrawal of the
Staten Island-local Mike Giannelli is best known for playing the creepy Art The Clown — who terrorizes, tortures and murders young people on a VHS tape — in the 2013 killer clown film “All Hallows’ Eve.” Mike Giannelli is cemented into the ranks of classic homicidal clown movies including “Killer Klowns From Outer Space,” “Poltergeist,”