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The truth shall set Ryan Reynolds free. Reynolds has finally copped to being part of leaking Deadpool test footage way back in 2014, when the film was in the production bardo between editing and theaters. The clip was an instant hit with Marvel fans, whose enthusiastic push finally gave the film the green light. Reynolds […]

“Do you want to see more footage?” Fede Alvarez asked halfway through the Alien: Romulus Hall H panel at Comic-Con on Friday. “Yeahhhhhh!” screamed the crowd, which for 20th Century Studios and Disney should be a sigh of relief in terms of the reception toward their millennial take on the Ridley Scott-born 45-year-old franchise. Though […]

During a Hall H panel at Comic-Con on Friday, directors Antoine Fuqua and Roland Emmerich discussed everything from an “overbearing” James Cameron to Fuqua’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael and more. Emmerich didn’t mince words when asked about competing with Cameron for years to get a remake of the classic 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage […]

EXCLUSIVE: I Am Legend screenwriter and producer Akiva Goldsman teased yesterday there would be big news soon relating to the Warner Bros sequel with Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan, and what we hear is that the studio is taking an interest in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts filmmaker Steven Caple Jr. to direct. Note […]

The new regime at DC Studios, led by James Gunn and Peter Safran, has already started putting their stamp on the division’s output with rebooted film and TV slate. Now they are also revamping the studio’s logo, emphasizing tradition and harkening back to the nights of the 1980s and 1990s that included Christopher Reeve’s Superman […]

Watch out Knives Out 3! Another Netflix murder mystery film, The Thursday Murder Club, is in the works from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Netflix, based on a book by BBC game show host and British TV presenter Richard Osman. The cast was stacked from the start, and production on the film was set to […]

After serving as Joaquin Phoenix’s sidekick in Gus Van Sant’s black comedy To Die For, Casey Affleck got in the car alongside brother Ben, Matt Damon and Yellowstone‘s Cole Hauser in Good Will Hunting. After getting Damon & Affleck’s script to Van Sant and essentially enabled the film to happen, Casey Affleck discovered that he […]

Imax Live is out today with the Openings Ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Bleecker Street debuts star-studded The Fabulous Four, Sundance winner Didi opens in limited release and Kit Harrington is a werewolf dad in The Beast Within. Again this weekend, another massive wide release, Deadpool & Wolverine, dominates the box office. Tentpoles are good […]

Already a beloved figure among the San Diego Comic-Con set for fixture for his work as the title character in Marvel’s The Punisher, Thomas Jane is back. This time, he’s armed with news he is bringing his horror comic book series The Lycan to Comixology Originals. Jane is doing it through Renegade Entertainment, the company he co-founded with Courtney […]

Illumination and Universal’s Despicable Me 4 handily crossed the six-century mark at the global box office this week, now with $632M through Thursday. The latest in the series has pushed the worldwide running total for the Despicable Me/Minions franchise to $5.3B, overtaking Transformers ($5.295B) and the Avatar movies ($5.268B). This puts the franchise at No. 12 […]

James Woods reveals why he kept quiet about his involvement with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The actor and vocal Donald Trump supporter recently opened up in an interview why it was “painful” for him to sit back and not talk about the Cillian Murphy-starring film, saying he “took one for the team.” “When Oppenheimer came out, […]

The San Diego Comic-Con kicked off its 2024 edition this week, the premiere event for super fans of all things comics, movies, television, gaming, and book enthusiasts. This event is renowned as the largest comic convention globally and has seen its popularity soar over the years, attracting creators, actors, and industry professionals. Today’s Panels include […]

At the start of her film career, Laura Dern took a big risk, quitting college to star in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. The Big Little Lies star recalled she learned she had landed the role of Sandy Williams in the 1986 psychological thriller two days after starting college. “I was 17, so excited to get […]

It’s a pivotal weekend for superhero movies, one in which they’ll refuse to die. Two powerful forces are set to make one big cosmic boom: The media loudspeaker epicenter that is San Diego Comic-Con, which kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday, is coinciding with the opening of Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine on Thursday, […]

James Mangold is working hard on his Bob Dylan movie, A Complete Unknown. But even though he’s directed installments of the X-Men and Indiana Jones franchises, he’s not bringing that sensibility to this project. In a Rolling Stone interview, Mangold addressed a question on why star Timothée Chalamet, who plays Dylan, is seen in the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Multi-hyphenate actress and comedian Lisa Ann Walter has signed with Gersh for representation. Walter, one of the stars of ABC’s Emmy-winning comedy series Abbott Elementary, has earned a Peabody award and shares a SAG award for her role as Melissa Schemmenti on the show which is entering its fourth season. Her other credits include […]

San Diego Comic-Con is back in full force this year as the Hollywood studios bring their major IP to the iconic convention after many skipped out on the 2023 event because of the dual writers and actors strikes. But while there are panels, parties and activations galore, their signage is still lacking in the area […]

Police are investigating an apparent suicide at Trilith Studios in the Atlanta suburb of Fayetteville, GA. Officers and medical personnel responded to a report of an “unconscious adult contractor” inside a vehicle on the studio property at around 6:47 a.m. Wednesday, according to a police statement. The unidentified person was found dead from an apparent […]

A group of 11 former employees of bankrupt Redbox parent Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment have filed a lawsuit charging the company and ex-CEO Bill Rouhana with “greed at shocking levels.” The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by Michael Alder and Lani Levine of L.A. firm AlderLaw, seeks up to $1 billion […]

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films has won a spirited auction to land The Corsair Code, an original feature film set to star Chris Hemsworth. The film is based on a short story by Jonathan Tropper, which he brought to Hemsworth and his producing partner Ben Grayson. Hemsworth and Grayson will produce through their Wild State shingle, […]

Earlier this summer we had to endure the misbegotten Summer Camp which was yet another attempt by Diane Keaton, joined by Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard, to mix comedy and later-in-life drama in an older female bonding flick. Keaton had great success in the first film that announced this subgenre, 2018’s Book Club, which smartly […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has commenced production on The Long Walk, its adaptation of the 1979 novel from Stephen King, starring Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson, adding seven to the cast. The newcomers are Garrett Wareing (Ransom Canyon), Tut Nyuot (The Witcher: Blood Origin), Charlie Plummer (National Anthem), Ben Wang (American Born Chinese), Jordan Gonzalez (Pretty Little […]

EXCLUSIVE: Djimon Hounsou has joined the cast of Sony Pictures’ untitled thriller from producers Adam McKay and Kevin Messick. Phoebe Dynevor and Whitney Peak are also starring, with Tommy Wirkola writing and directing. Plot is being kept under wraps. McKay and Messick are producing through HyperObject Industries. Hounsou was most recently seen in the box office hit A Quiet Place: Day One with Lupita […]

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman had their work cut out for them when it came to the MCU‘s highly-anticipated superhero team-up. At Monday’s Deadpool & Wolverine premiere in Los Angeles, the duo told Deadline about the pressure to meet fans’ “sky-high” expectations of finally bringing their characters together on the big screen. “I think both […]

Don’t expect Deadpool to ease up on the F-bombs just because he’s at Disney now. At Monday’s Deadpool & Wolverine premiere in New York City, Kevin Feige told Deadline that watering down the character (played by Ryan Reynolds) was “never in question,” despite it being the first R-rated title in the MCU. “Bob Iger had […]

Zachary Levi‘s Disney prince days are behind him, but he has some ideas of who could wear his crown. The actor, who can be seen in Harold and the Purple Crayon on August 2, suggested who should play his character Flynn Rider in a potential live-action adaptation of the 2010 Disney animated movie Tangled as […]

EXCLUSIVE: Justine Bateman has been warning about the corrosive realities of generative AI for the creative community long before most people started paying any attention to the rise of the machines. Now the Violet director is putting her SOS on the big screen with a no AI-allowed film festival. Set to debut in LA in […]

Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine makes its world premiere in New York City on Monday, July 22 at the David H. Koch Theater. Director Shawn Levy joined the star-studded cast on the red carpet, including Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, and Matthew Macfadyen. Other guests included […]

EXCLUSIVE: In what would mark the first time the two A-listers have shared a screen together, sources tell Deadline that Robert Pattinson is in negotiations to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the thriller Die, My Love, which Lynne Ramsay is directing. Ramsay also co-wrote the script with Enda Walsh. Set in a remote forgotten rural […]

Baltasar Kormákur was in a reflective mood at the Taormina Film Festival, where his romantic drama Touch had its Italian premiere this past week. The Icelandic filmmaker compared Touch to his first feature, 2000’s 101 Reykjavik. The former was “a black comedy about love,” while Touch is “a way more sincere approach to love and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live alum Alex Moffat and Nancy Drew‘s Kennedy McMann are starring in the independent feature comedy Brewmance. The movie is the directorial debut of New Mexico native Keagan Karnes off a screenplay by Mary Haarmeyer and Stafford Douglas. Brewmance follows Amber, a headstrong brewery owner and Samuel, a slick marketing strategist, who […]

EXCLUSIVE: Stars Collective has optioned the film rights to Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization, the critically acclaimed work of non-fiction from Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller. The company plans to develop, fully finance and produce a feature adaptation alongside Academy Award winner […]

AMC Entertainment had some good news Monday, as long talks with lenders have resulted in collaborative refinancing transactions that extend up to $2.45 billion in debt maturities from 2026 to 2029 and beyond. The company called the deals “transformative” and said they’ll strengthen the balance sheet, pave the way for future de-levering, and align its […]

Much like the original Twister (1996) film’s adrenaline-fueled rock soundtrack, Twisters boasts a stacked soundtrack full of country heavy hitters like Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Tanner Adell, Lainey Wilson and many more. Other songs were contributed by Benson Boone, Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, Shania Tain, Leon Bridges. The rodeo at night […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tickets for Wayfarer Studios and Columbia Pictures’ It Ends With Us went on sale last Wednesday with presales outstripping that of Sony’s summer 2022 sleeper romance title Where the Crawdads Sing by nearly 4x in its first day. It Ends With Us opens on Aug. 9. The news follows in the wake of the […]

It appears Madonna might be finding her way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a director. After contacting the Queen of Pop for permission to use her 1989 single ‘Like a Prayer’ in Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds revealed she “gave a great note” for the sequence that quickly ended up in the final cut. […]

As Nicole Kidman marks 25 years since Eyes Wide Shut, she’s reflecting on making the movie with her co-star and then-husband Tom Cruise. The Academy Award winner recalled working with writer/director Stanley Kubrick and “just a lot of talking” as they spent weeks rehearsing one memorable scene of the pair having an intimate talk over […]

As Twisters rips through theaters and updates a nearly 30-year-old franchise, the original movie’s creator is reflecting on how the movie got made. Director Jan de Bont recalled the “goddamned real” effects that went into 1996’s Twister and “ultimately decided whether the movie was made” as the sequel premieres in theaters. “We weren’t sure at […]

He may not be fighting in the ring anymore, but Dave Bautista still has some moves in his back pocket. The WWE alum confirmed that he snuck his signature Bautista Bomb into a fight scene in his new action comedy sequel My Spy: The Eternal City, which is now available to stream on Prime Video. […]

Nearly 25 years after he began playing the character, Hugh Jackman is finally suiting up in Wolverine‘s most iconic look. Deadpool & Wolverine executive producer Wendy Jacobson recounted “one of the craziest things” when everyone on set saw the Australian actor wear his character’s signature yellow suit for the first time in the upcoming crossover […]

Whitney Rydbeck, who memorably appeared in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and later made a major impact in a safety PSA, died last week from prostate cancer complications while in hospice care in Chatsworth, California. He was 79. Rydbeck started in TV, making one-episode appearances on shows like The Brady Bunch, Big John, […]

Anna Faris would come back to Scary Movie. But there are a few conditions. Speaking to People, Faris said she mostly needs one thing: “Money.” Faris last appeared as Cindy Campbell in 2006’s Scary Movie 4. Paramount announced in April that it’s developing a reboot. She added that she “would love to reprise” her role […]

The original Deadpool film presented its fair share of challenges for Ryan Reynolds. Not the least of which was having his co-writers on set. “No part of me was thinking when Deadpool was finally greenlit that this would be a success,” the actor told The New York Times. “I even let go of getting paid to […]

Thai studio GDH has teamed with Bad Genius director Baz Poonpiriya to form a production house, BASK. GDH said that BASK will work alongside U.S.-based producers to “offer a fresh perspectiveon Thai and Asian culture for global audiences.” Through BASK, Poonpiriya will work with GDH to co-develop, co-finance and co-produce projects with U.S.-based studios and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Some high-profile jurors will be selecting winners for the 20th edition of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Among those on board to adjudicate for the festival, which runs from August 8-18 at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood: Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, upcoming Superman movie); Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka, Rent); Tyrese Gibson (Fast […]

UPDATED, 2:15 PM: A Manhattan judge today set a tentative start date of the rape retrial of convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein. With the disgraced former movie mogul in the courtroom briefly, Judge Curtis Farber penciled in November 12 but said he was open to earlier trial date depending on how quickly prosecutors move through […]

Armie Hammer is opening up about the aftermath of the sexual assault allegations from 2021 and the people who expressed their support during this time. More than two years after the allegations, an investigation into the Call Me by Your Name actor brought no charges against him by the LA District Attorney due to “insufficient […]

Oracle CEO Safra Catz, who began serving on Disney’s board of directors in 2018, is exiting her board post. No official reason was given for the move, which the company said would result in the board shrinking from 12 members to 11. One ingredient in her decision could well have been the involvement of Oracle […]

In front of the camera since he broke in as a child actor in the 1970s, Giovanni Ribisi made a detour and makes his debut as a cinematographer in the JT Mollner-directed Miramax film Strange Darling. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest to strong reviews, has a 100% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes and gets […]

Not long ago I vowed never to write about dogs or cats. It seems everyone feels compelled to talk about their pets or show us photos. Even movies. It’s on overload: a cat named Frodo is a scene-stealer in A Quiet Place: Day One. She faithfully observes the post-dystopian rules of silence, even sensing intricate […]