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Despite the fact that Golden Globe-winning blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer deals with a mighty heavy subject—the advent of the atomic bomb and the moral implications of its use during World War II—it’s clear that both the cast and crew on the Christopher Nolan-directed drama had a great time behind the scenes.  Oscar-bound leading man Cillian Murphy
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Emerald Fennell has enjoyed acclaim as an actress (this year even appearing as Midge in Barbie) and even an Emmy nomination for The Crown, but she hit the zeitgeist in 2020 when she won the Original Screenplay Oscar and was nominated as Best Director for her first writing-directing feature film, Promising Young Woman. Her follow-up,
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Paramount’s next iteration of Mean Girls has minted $3.25M in previews. That figure includes 4pm showtimes from yesterday as well as the “On Wednesdays We Wear Pink” early access screenings. A reminder that Paramount pivoted the release of Mean Girls: It was originally intended for Paramount+, and the test scores screamed, ‘Release this movie theatrically!’.
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EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion is gearing up for Sundance Film Festival by changing its corporate identity to Beetz Brothers Film Production, and unveiling new projects on Boney M and the Titan Disaster as part of an international push. The Leonine Studios-owned producer’s new name reflects the relationship of its co-founders, brothers Christian and Reinhardt
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No nudes is good news, says Julia Roberts, who explained in an interview for her British Vogue cover debut why she avoids baring all on-camera. The 56-year-old Roberts said to screenwriter Richard Curtis that she wants to champion other women who feel pressured to strip on camera.  “You know, not to be criticizing others’ choices, but for
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Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic starring Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, is getting a global release. Lionsgate is releasing the movie stateside on April 18, 2025, with Universal is handling overseas distribution. Today, Lionsgate announced that it was beginning production on director Antoine Fuqua’s Michael on January 22. The John Logan-scripted movie, produced
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Sure, it may be the nostalgia talking, but the 1990s gave us some of the best family movies of all time. The final decade of the 20th century produced such iconic movies as Home Alone, The Sandlot, and Mrs. Doubtfire, and that’s only from those first few years. And while there are certainly some popular
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Studiocanal has dropped a first-look teaser for Back To Black, filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic of musical trailblazer Amy Winehouse, starring Industry breakout Marisa Abela.  The biopic, which hits UK cinemas on April 12, charts Winehouse’s career from her years as a breakout in the London underground music scene to her rapid ascension to worldwide superstardom.
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Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things rounded out the top ten this weekend and American Fiction from Amazon MGM Studios continued its slow burn with both films in the running for big awards at the Golden Globes tonight. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things starring Emma Stone grossed $2 million in week five on 750 screens (down from 700)
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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of Marvel‘s Echo, which debuts with all five episodes today on Disney+ & Hulu. Turns out those predictions and wishful thinking that Marvel finally had lost the plot were a little premature. Launching today on the increasingly integrated Disney+ and Hulu after an anemic year for the Kevin Fiege-run
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Barry Keoghan and his Saltburn co-star Jacob Elordi got really close during the filming of the Emerald Fennell production. The two stars were seen very flirtatious during the L.A. premiere of the film and Keoghan confirmed that it’s all very real and not just for cameras. “I’m really flirtin’, ”Keoghan said in an interview with GQ.
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Broadway box office was back on earth last week following the previous week’s unusual double-holiday surge, when both Christmas and New Year’s Eve fell within the same theatrical window. For the week ending January 7, Broadway’s 26 productions grossed a total $29,681,396, a 35% drop from the previous week‘s $45,413,789. Attendance was down about 14%
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EXCLUSIVE: With the almost impossible-to-believe Post Office scandal bedecking the front of most UK national newspapers this week, the writer of the ITV smash drama about the saga has said it “tapped into” frustrations with the “politics of the moment.” Gwyneth Hughes, who penned the Toby Jones-starring four-parter, said the team has been “blown away”
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Audiences didn’t have a lot of new choices, nor a mega late-December blockbuster to ring in the first weekend of the new year at the movies, but the studio titles on offer are still drawing crowds and seeing strong holds, particularly with ongoing holidays in many international box office markets. Milestones are also being set
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