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UPDATED: Disney has summarized a bulk of release dates that had been made known over the weekend out of D23. The important news to note here is that Rogue Squadron, the Star Wars movie that Patty Jenkins couldn’t commit to, has been removed from its Dec. 22, 2023, release date — not shocking. The film, we hear,

Writer-director Rodrigo García’s original idea for the story of Raymond & Ray involved only one man at the grave of his father. It wasn’t until years later that he figured out how to make it into a feature length film. “One good day years later, I thought about two half-brothers,” says García, “and from the dark

In the most subtle, yet unsubtle of ways, Blake Lively announced her fourth pregnancy today. The actress and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, have three girls: James, 7, Inez, 5 and Betty, 2.  Rather than through an official announcement, the world found out about Baby #4 through a red carpet photo. The picture shows Lively in

The Independent Film & Television Alliance has today unveiled the confirmed exhibitors, as well as the opening speakers for the 43rd edition of the American Film Market, taking place at the Loews Beach Hotel in Santa Monica and theatres throughout the city from November 1-6. Thus far, 225 entities across sales, production and distribution — including international

Play video content Jason Momoa is a head case — at least for tattoo artists — ’cause he inked his noggin in a big, big way. The “Aquaman” star showed off his new tat on Instagram Wednesday … doing a big reveal. He’s wearing a hat in the vid, and then removes it to unveil

EXCLUSIVE: After announcing the Avengers: The Kang Dynasty at this year’s Comic-Con, Marvel Studios looks to have found the writer who will now pen the highly anticipated film. Sources tell Deadline that Jeff Loveness, who recently wrote Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania, will pen Kang Dynasty for Marvel. Loveness will join Destin Daniel Cretton, who was

EXCLUSIVE: The arthouse chain has inked a lease agreement for the five-screen former CMX Market Cinemas in Closter, New Jersey, located at 130 Vervalen Street in Closter Plaza. The new Landmark Closter Plaza will open on Friday, Sept. 30. Landmark is upgrading the venue with the installation of new recliners in the auditoriums. At the

Irene Papas, the Greek actress who starred in such films as The Guns of Navarone, Z, Zorba the Greek and dozens of other films, playing opposite many of Hollywood’s biggest stars, died Wednesday in her hometown of Chilimodion. She was 93. No cause of death was given, but Papas was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the mid-2010s. Greece’s

Production on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is well under way. The film received a lot of attention this summer for wacky released pictures showing crazy costumes and fun characters, including Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken. But apparently Saoirse Ronan was supposed to be in the film as well in a unique role.

Oscar winner Roberto Benigni is attached to Paramount+ original Francesco Il Cantico, as the global streamer prepares to launch in Italy tomorrow with more than 8,000 hours of content. Benigni will front the show, which is billed as “an immersive reading of one of the most iconic texts dedicated to love.” Its announcement came at a

UPDATE 2:55 PM PT — Harrison Ford reunited with an old friend/costar during Disney’s convention — none other than Ke Huy Quan!!! UPDATE Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan reunited 38 years after ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’. #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/gC43og8VAF — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) September 10, 2022 @DiscussingFilm UPDATE The two actors posed for

On the heels of National Cinema Day, a smaller event that debuted last year, called National Cinema Week, has set Oct. 7-13 for its second annual push to celebrate moviegoing in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Over 1,200 theaters repping 12,00+ screens are participating and more may join. The dates are one week later

Watching Peter Farrelly’s new film, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, and knowing little about it going in, I kept thinking this would be a totally absurd, beyond belief story if it isn’t one that really happened. By the end I saw it is indeed 100% true, proving life can sometimes be stranger than fiction.  As such it

A plethora of well-deserving stars scored 2022 Emmy wins on Monday night, including beloved rapper and songwriter Lizzo. The entertainer won Outstanding Competition Program for her show, Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (streamable with an Amazon Prime subscription), and gave a passionate acceptance speech. This is a major accomplishment on its own but, in

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Bergsman, a seasoned business executive who helped Joe and Anthony Russo build AGBO into a formidable content supplier, will exit as the company’s CEO this fall. Indications are that the parting of ways is amicable, and stems from a lack of alignment between AGBO’s current evolutionary stage and Bergsman’s longer-term career interests. He

Steven Spielberg has done it again — his latest flick got a standing ovation at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend … and the Oscar buzz is so loud you’d think it was a chainsaw. The iconic moviemaker got a packed room of ticketholders at TIFF Saturday to rise to their feet once the credits

SPOILER ALERT: This video contains details & exclusive behind-the-scenes looks from the third episode of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which dropped on September 8. A new episode of Inside the Ring will drop every week of Season 1 of Rings of Power. Check out past episodes here. “I

In the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Universal has chosen to delay the UK release of the Julia Roberts/George Clooney romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise “out of respect to the Royal Family.” Originally scheduled to release this coming Friday (September 16), the Working Title film from director Ol Parker will instead go

Empire of Light, written and directed by Sam Mendes, is a loving tribute to the power of cinema and a poignant story about the healing qualities of genuine human connection. The film follows the budding romance of two employees working at a grandiose but crumbling seaside cinema on the southern coast of England. The Covid

It seems like almost three full months ago, moviegoers were heading to their local theater to see Elvis, the latest of Baz Luhrmann’s movies. Oh wait, it was actually that long ago. Well, following Elvis collecting over $283 million worldwide and becoming available for HBO Max subscribers to stream, it’s been announced that another movie

Global anime destination Crunchyroll will release the anticipated One Piece Film Red in the U.S. and Canada on Nov. 4. The film, produced by Toei Animation and One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, will hit theaters in Australia and New Zealand the day before, on Nov. 3, following a release in Austria and Germany Oct. 13.

Brie Larson can’t catch a break in the world of Marvel — something she acknowledged this weekend with a snarky answer … for which the internet is once again criticizing her. The actress was on hand Saturday at the D23 Expo — where Disney showcased a ton of new stuff they got coming out. One

Diego Luna and Kathleen Kennedy kicked off the Saturday session of Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim by dropping the final trailer for the Rogue One Disney+ spinoff series Andor. “We’re going to go back five years before Rogue One, and you won’t believe where you find these characters,” Luna said. “You’ll see Cassian and not

After Ever Happy, the fourth installment of the popular After romance/drama franchise, will gross circa $1.1 million since its release last Wednesday on 1,085 screens. From Fathom Events, this was the top film in the domestic marketplace Sept. 7-8 for a two-day run before dipping to 200+ screens this weekend. Vertical Entertainment will pick up

My Policeman, which had its World Premiere today at the Toronto International Film Festival, has its roots  in a novel by Bethan Roberts  which was actually based on a complicated love relationship between famed novelist E.M. Forster (A Room With A View, Howard’s End, Maurice), his male lover of 40 years, a policeman named Bob Buckingham,

The Fabelmans is director Steven Spielberg’s magnum opus. The family found at the heart of this painfully personal and stunningly emotional feature stands in for Spielberg’s own, as the Oscar-winning filmmaker turns his camera back on his adolescence to examine – through his unique, masterful lens – the hardships and triumphs that led to him

Film Academy chief executive Bill Kramer dropped a reminder in Toronto on Saturday, that his group’s movie museum will in February devote space to the late director John Singleton’s Boyz N The Hood. So here’s a gentle plea to the museum: Do this one without apology. For the moment, the Academy and its museum are

Halle Bailey finally showed the world what she looks like as Ariel in “The Little Mermaid” reboot, but per usual — Twitter’s found a way to ruin it … by tearing down Jodi Benson. Here’s the deal … Disney dropped the new ‘Little Mermaid’ trailer Friday, and while most everyone was in awe of the

“You are a Mandalorian no more,” Pedro Pascal’s titular character is told in the first trailer for Season 3 of Disney+’s The Mandalorian. Watch it above. It seems that’s not the only point of contention as we see scenes that seem to suggest an internecine war among those in the helmeted sect. We also hear

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With the exit of New Line’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot in what has been a lucrative post Labor Day weekend pre-pandemic, Disney swooped in and booked its 20th Century Studios horror title Barbarian. That pic, directed and written by Zach Cregger, follows a woman staying at an Airbnb, who discovers that the house she