In his early 20s Michael Apted began assisting on a film called Seven Up!, little realizing it would turn into the most ambitious documentary project ever undertaken. It focused on a group of seven-year-old British schoolchildren from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, and became such a sensation on British television that producers decided to return every seven
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The last wide entries of 2019 hit tracking today with projections for the 5-day Christmas holiday as follows: 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky’s animated feature Spies in Disguise ($23M-$30M), Sony’s Greta Gerwig directed Little Women ($19M-$35M), and A24’s Adam Sandler crime thriller Uncut Gems ($15M). Distribution sources always say that people don’t begin to go to
EXCLUSIVE: NBC has given a script commitment with penalty to Fallback, a one-hour sci-fi thriller crime drama from Blindspot creator Martin Gero, his frequent collaborator Brendan Gall (Blindspot) and Warner Bros TV, where Gero and his Quinn’s House production company are under an overall deal. Written by Gero and Gall, Fallback is a sci-fi thriller
2 minutes ago Spoilers Ahead! If you have yet to see Frozen II, freeze where you’re reading and come back after you’ve checked it out! After six years of waiting and anticipating, the sequel to Frozen is finally here! Walt Disney Animation Studio’s latest epic continues the story of the sisters of Arendelle as Elsa
Prolific Japanese auteur Takashi Miike’s latest feature is First Love, the wild genre romp that follows a young boxer and a call girl who get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. The pic premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight program and has also played Toronto, Busan, London and
Backgrid Jenna Dewan is trading in birthday cake and candles for cardboard boxes and dollies … she’s moving into her new digs as she celebrates 39 trips around the Sun. Check out these pics of Jenna and her boyfriend Steve Kazee on her birthday … no celebrations, just business as they move into her new
ViacomCBS marked its first day as a merged company with a celebrity-studded appearance on the floor of the Nasdaq Market Site in New York’s Times Square and a town hall meeting overflowing with optimism. CEO Bob Bakish and chairman Shari Redstone smiled and clapped alongside Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Gayle King, a SpongeBob SquarePants mascot
Episode 4 of the Disney+ live-action Star Wars TV series, The Mandalorian, transported the show’s protagonists, the lone bounty hunter “Mando” and his newly-acquired sidekick, “Baby Yoda” (as the internet calls him) to a whole new planet, far, far away from the Client and his presumably dastardly plans; yet, even on this quiet, sparsely-populated world, the duo are located by
Locke and Key, the high-profile television adaptation of the bestselling IDW Comics graph novels by writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, will premiere on Netflix on Feb. 7. Locke and Key stars Darby Stanchfield (Scandal) as Nina Locke, Jackson Robert Scott (It and It 2) as Bode Locke, Connor Jessup (American Crime) as Tyler
Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level opens early in 18 overseas markets this week, beginning today in France and including Netherlands, some of South East Asia and, notably, China, through Friday. This is a different rollout pattern to 2017’s reboot, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, which went day-and-date with domestic in 53 offshore markets, landing No.
Mexican actress Elyfer Torres, who was the breakout star of Mexico’s Ugly Betty re-make Betty En NY, has signed with Ryan Muckenthaler and Ali Benmohamed at UTA for representation in all areas. Torres was also recently named Best New Actress at the Produ Awards at Mipcom Mexico. She is close to wrapping her second TV
56 seconds ago As expected, Disney’s long-anticipated animated sequel Frozen II was an immediate hit at the box office in its opening weekend. The film from directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck continued to rack up numbers in its sophomore frame, where it set a Thanksgiving weekend box office record. Well, records beget records and
Netflix’s Martin Scorsese mob drama The Irishman, which has already picked up Best Picture wins from critics groups, is one of 10 films named to the American Film Institute’s AFI Motion Pictures of the Year list. The diverse group for 2019 includes everything from indies like Lulu Wang’s A24 pic The Farewell to a comic
Exclusive TMZ.com Tyler Perry is getting showered with love from the sick man he basically rescued from a Mexican hospital — and the guy says he’d STILL be trapped if not for Tyler. Stephen Johnson says Tyler is his real-life superhero for covering his $14,000 hospital bill and paying to fly him home to Atlanta.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has raised the curtain on its list of contenders for the visual effects Oscar. The 20 pics include superhero blockbusters, the next Star Wars film, war movies, a Netflix original and the upcoming adaptation of one of Broadway’s biggest hit musicals. Here are the hopefuls, in alphabetical
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams debunks a popular Reylo fan theory involving East Asian lore and anime. 2015’s The Force Awakens first introduced the characters of Rey and Kylo Ren, she the orphan girl living on the desert planet Jakku and longing for the return of her parents, and he the
BBC One has commissioned its latest drama from the makers of Bodyguard — a six-part series about a murder trial that explodes in the national consciousness. World Productions will make Showtrial for the British broadcaster after working with Strike and The Tunnel writer Ben Richards to create the series, in which two worlds collide in
The Madison Square Garden Company said Tuesday it has notified the SEC of its plan to spin off its entertainment business and tighten its corporate focus on sports. In a press release, the company said it expects to complete the spinoff by the first quarter of 2020. The Dolan family, which has run MSG Co.
As part of Focus Features’ presentation recently at Deadline’s The Contenders Los Angeles, the DGA Theater crowd packed with Academy and key guild voters felt a collective chill down its spine as the plot of Dark Waters was explained not only by producer and star Mark Ruffalo and director Todd Haynes, but also by the Midwestern
10 seconds ago Welcome back, Agent Romanoff. The first official trailer for Marvel Studios’ Black Widow has dropped, bringing the original Avenger back to life (following her sacrifice in Avengers: Endgame) for a prequel adventure that will trace the warrior back to her roots. There’s action. There’s intrigue. And there’s a special emphasis on family!
Exclusive Getty Ron Perlman was shooting a movie scene when an out-of-control truck plowed into a group of crew members — injuring one of them — but it sounds like it could have been a lot worse. Sources on the scene tell TMZ … the “Hellboy” star was on set of his upcoming film, “The
EXCLUSIVE: Shades of Blue creator Adi Hasak has lined up his next European TV project – an adaptation of Peter James’ psychological thriller Perfect People for Scandinavian streamer Viaplay with German producer Leonine. The event series is based on James’ book, which was published in 2011, and is a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller and family drama set
The Star Wars galaxy has its own calendar system – and here’s how to read it. The Star Wars saga spans decades, running from the childhood of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace to the impending final battle with Palpatine in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of the timeline. In
“To have somebody make a movie about you must be even for Elton, quite weird. It’s like you’re putting your childhood on sale, all your misdemeanors, your success, and all of that. Given all of that, he was incredible, and a real generous spirit. I showed him the [costume] concepts, and he gave his seal
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend had a sparse amount of openings in the specialty box office space. In fact, Michael Apted’s documentary 63 Up was one of the only — if not the only — new titles. The BritBox docu had an exclusive single-theater opening at New York’s Film Forum and earned a confident $15,150 for the
21 minutes ago James Bond fans have bene chomping at the bit for new footage from Cary Fukunaga’s upcoming 007 thriller No Time to Die. We figured that a new trailer would be coming soon enough, probably attached to the two Sony movies reaching theaters in the next few weeks: Jumanji: The Next Level or
Documentary For Sama, the intimate and scarring portrait of a young mother’s experience of the Syrian civil war, has scored Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Documentary at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards ceremony in London. Scroll down for a full list of winners. The film’s three awards announced this evening were
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Refresh for latest…: The Frozen 2 blizzard continued at the global and international box office this weekend with the Disney sequel now minting $738.6M worldwide and $451M overseas through Sunday. The offshore hold was -38 for a $163.8M weekend, and Elsa continued her No. 1 reign in 45 open markets. This comes after a record-setting
A Sony art director has given Black Knight from Eternals a concept treatment. Black Knight is a character that dates all the way back to December 1967 when he appeared in The Avengers #47. Next year, the character will be making his cinematic debut when he joins the MCU. Back in August during Disney’s D23 fan event, Marvel