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At a time when the industry is suffering through historic dual strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, the motion picture industry is poised to see an enormous weekend at the box office with Warner Bros./Mattel’s long awaited toy feature adaptation Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s World War II era three-hour adult drama Oppenheimer reaping a combined

Le’Veon Bell says NFL running backs are being treated like a bunch of ants when it comes to contract negotiations … and unless they team up, they’re going to continue to get squashed. The ex-Pittsburgh Steelers star — who famously sat out an entire season over his own contract dispute — went on a Twitter

UK actors union Equity is to rally in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA later this week in London and Manchester. Attendees announced so far for the rally taking place at 12 p.m. GMT (4 a.m. PT) on Friday include Equity General Secretary Paul W Fleming, Equity President Lynda Rooke and John McDonnell, the former Shadow Chancellor for

What was it W. B. Yeats wrote, that line Joan Didion lifted and twisted in her essay “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” about West Coast chaos in 1967? Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. That’s how it felt on Thursday, a few minutes before lunch with some seasoned film executive-friends at the Academy Museum (Salad Niçoise

EXCLUSIVE: A24 has quietly added another experienced exec to its steadily growing London office. Former Film4 and The Ink Factory production boss Tracey Josephs, whose past credits list includes Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years A Slave and Fighting with my Family, joined as Head of UK Production several months ago. She had previously been freelancing with the

It’s splitsville for Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello — as the couple just announced they’re throwing in the towel on their marriage … and going their separate ways. They issued a joint statement Monday, telling Page Six … “We have made the difficult decision to divorce. As two people that love and care for one

UPDATE: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a new statement on the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, this time making a more explicit case for labor and their need to get “fair and equitable” contracts. Bass has avoided overtly taking sides in the work stoppage, at least in the way that some other Southern California politicians

Talk about respecting a theatrical window: Disney has set a Disney+ global premiere date for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 of Aug. 2, that’s 90 days after the pic’s theatrical release of May 5. While Disney got a lot of slack during CEO Bob Chapek’s era for executing theatrical day-and-date releases on Disney+ during

Disney held its world premiere of Haunted Mansion without actors due to the SAG-AFTRA strike and the first reactions of the Justin Simien-directed film are coming in. Inspired by the classic ride at the Disneyland Resort theme park. The story of the film is about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew

Awkwardness was in the air at Disneyland this weekend, where the studio forged ahead with their “Haunted Mansion” premiere amid the SAG strike … without any of the cast in sight. The premiere went down Saturday at the Anaheim park — in front of the actual Haunted Mansion ride, no less. Like we said, none

Searchlight Pictures’ Sundance-winning original comedy Theater Camp will take in an estimated $281,172 or $46.9k per theater at six locations opening weekend — the best limited opening for the distributor since Jojo Rabbit in the fall of 2019 ($349k in five locations). That’s after the A CinemaScore film on Sunday pulled ahead of Searchlight’s The

Diane Guerrero, who played Maritza Ramos on the Netflix hit “Orange is the New Black,” worked at a bar where patrons would recognize her. “How could you tell this complete stranger how much you’re getting paid for being on a television show?” she asked. “Because everyone’s reaction would be, like, ‘Oh, my God, I love

The new live-action “Snow White” movie is sure gonna look different from what most people remember about the fairy tale classic — ’cause there are hardly any dwarves to be found. A handful of on-set photos were published this week — with production going down in the London area — and based on the images

Stanley Kubrick’s great apocalyptic Cold War comedy Dr Strangelove is being brought to the stage by Armando Iannucci, best known for more recent shows Veep and Avenue Five.  And the director of the upcoming show, Sean Foley, is seeking an actor who shares the versatility of Peter Sellers – star of the 1964 film in

SATURDAY PM UPDATE: Facts are facts, and Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One set a 5-day opening domestic record for the franchise with $80M, we hear. Previous best 5-day opening belonged to 2000’s Mission: Impossible II which cleared a Wednesday-Sunday take over Memorial Day weekend of $78.8M. The 3-day record still belongs to

Tom Cruise is flying high in the new ‘Mission: Impossible,’ but the flick itself is already coming in for a mediocre landing at the box office … at least that’s the outlook. The early ticket sale numbers are in, and with the pace it’s currently at right now … ‘Dead Reckoning: Part One’ is projected

Judy Solomon, the former six-term president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, died Friday morning at 91 years old. No cause of death or location was given by the HFPA, which confirmed the death. “We are incredibly saddened by the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Judy Solomon. The loss is profound, but we

Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is off and running overseas with a $39.8M cume through Thursday in 48 international box office markets. This includes Wednesday openings in some markets and a strong paid preview program. With domestic’s Wednesday/Thursday plus previews, that brings the global total on the Tom Cruise-starrer to $$63.6M through

San Diego Comic-Con Hall H had been reserved two Saturdays from now for a presentation by Legendary, which I hear was to strut out Dune: Part Two and the studio’s next Monsterverse movie. However, that’s not happening now due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. UPDATE: ABC’s Abbott Elementary has also canceled its Comic-Con panel scheduled for

Play video content Ron Perlman is super pissed at the studio executive who wants to bleed striking writers dry before coming to the table to end one of two Hollywood strikes … so much so, he’s making threats. The “Hellboy” star did not mince words in a since-deleted social media rant Friday, making some ominous

Expressing solidarity with Hollywood actors on Day 1 of the SAG-AFTRA strike, specialty distributors polled were anxiously juggling opening weekend Q&As and movie premieres without talent. They were trying to clarify which actors on what international productions are SAG-AFTRA, bound by the guild, or neither. And, for those involved in production, trying to pin down

SAG-AFTRA soon will be signing “interim agreements” with truly independent producers that will allow many of them to start or continue production during the strike — as long as they are not affiliated with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and agree to be bound retroactively to whatever contract terms eventually are achieved

Kevin Costner‘s estranged wife Christine Baumgartner better think twice before removing a sofa or fridge from the family home, because we’ve learned a judge has just laid down the law. The judge in the bitter divorce case just issued a ruling this morning — Christine is permitted to remove and take all her clothing, toiletries,

Tom Cruise appears ageless in his films. But Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning director Christopher McQuarrie was close to de-aging Cruise as a gimmick in the new film’s opening sequence. The process was recently seen in the latest Indiana Jones film, where 81-year-old Harrison Ford had the odometer rolled back. At age 61, Cruise still is safe

AMC Networks had made it official that Scott Shooman as been upped to Head of its Film Group which encompasses IFC Films, RLJE Films and the Shudder streaming service.   Shooman has been serving as the interim head in the wake of the shocking exit of IFC Films President Arianna Bocco back in March. Shooman

SAG-AFTRA actors are facing a load of rules as the strike goes into effect … and we’re talking about everything, from acting on camera to even tweeting about projects. TMZ has obtained a copy of the rigorous guidelines the 160,000 union members are required to follow until the strike ends … and it cites the

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan told the crowd at the film’s London premiere Thursday that the cast of his film had left and are “off to write their picket signs” as SAG-AFTRA prepares to go on strike. “I have to to acknowledge the work of our incredible cast, led by Cillian Murphy,” Nolan said from the

Box office for most Broadway shows last week wilted a bit as June’s Tony glow gave way to plain old New York summer heat, though a couple newcomers were among the handful bucking the downward trend, one very impressively so. In its second week of previews, Back To The Future: The Musical grossed a whopping

Contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP broke off tonight, and the guild’s national board will meet Thursday morning to formally approve the launch of a strike. It will be the first actors strike against the film and television industry since 1980 and the first time that actors and writers have been on strike at