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Focus Features’ Sundance-premiering Polite Society opens on 927 screens, the feature debut of writer/director Nida Manzoor, creator of We Are Lady Parts, the Peacock comedy about the eponymous British punk rock band. This comedic mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, where martial artist-in-training Ria Khan tryies to save her older sister from

Former President Obama‘s living his best life, as they say … not just flying to Spain for a Bruce Springsteen concert, but also enjoying a night out with the Boss and Steven Spielberg. Barack and former First Lady Michelle Obama had a celeb-packed dining experience Thursday night at a restaurant called Amar in Barcelona …

The Vacation Friends 2 release date has been announced by Hulu, the sequel to the 2021 comedy film. It debut August 25, 2023. The sequel will once again star John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, and Meredith Hagner, who will return alongside a group of new stars including, Carlos Santos, Ronny Chieng, Jamie Hector and Steve Buscemi. “His

The latest Hunger Games, set decades before the original, is grittier and “more authentic” in some ways but doesn’t waver from existential questions, as relevant now as they were when the first films came out, said the director and producer of Ballads of Songbirds And Snakes. “Are we worthy of freedom? Are we unable to

Jonathan Majors has just been ordered to keep away from the ex-girlfriend he allegedly assaulted, TMZ has learned … but his team still denies he attacked her. A rep for the Manhattan D.A.’s office tells TMZ … a judge granted a full temporary order of protection Thursday for the alleged victim, at her request. We’re

“We thought we’d give you a little taste of it,” said Universal Pictures boss about Wicked, which is in production in London with Jon Chu directing and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the respective roles of Glinda and Elphaba. The rough footage, which even some Uni execs haven’t seen, showed, Elphaba getting trained by

Sony Pictures has acquired the action horror-comedy Hell Naw, with Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi attached to star and the infamous Sam Levinson (Creator of Euphoria) producing. Screenwriters Keith & Kenny Lucas are writing the script, who also wrote ‘Judas and The Black Messiah’. Mescudi and Levison will also serve as producers. Image Credit: The Wrap Although not many details

Play video content BACKGRID Tyrese Gibson says he can pay the more than half a million bucks for child support and his ex-wife’s lawyers — but he still thinks the judge did him dirty, and that’s why he’s gonna keep fighting it in court. Tyrese laid it all out Wednesday at LAX, one day after

A pre-taped message from Harrison Ford introduced an extended action clip from Lucasfilms’ highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny during Disney’s CinemaCon presentation here in Las Vegas this morning. Said the veteran actor, “Hello CinemaCon! Playing Indiana Jones all these years has meant the world to me. (The movies) have adventure and heart — and

Play video content TMZ.com The judge Tyrese publicly called out before his child custody hearing is ordering him to fork over nearly $250K to his ex-wife, and almost $400K to her attorney! The actor/singer was in Fulton County court Tuesday to deal with his ongoing child support battle with Samantha Lee Gibson — the main

Deadline has announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger will make his return to the big screen in the upcoming action thriller Breakout. The movie will be directed by Scott Waugh, and Arnie will play the lead character named Terry Reynolds. “When his stepson, Daniel, is framed and sentenced to 25 years in a foreign country, Reynolds makes a daring

Warner Bros. has no worries in The Flash. The studio knew they had the goods on the DC multiverse movie which brings together Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton’s Batman, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Michael Shannon’s General Zod and a new Supergirl in Sasha Calle, and boldly premiered the movie here at CinemaCon Las Vegas to

Sydney Sweeney is still with her fiancé Jonathan Davino and is NOT dating Glen Powell, multiple sources with knowledge tell TMZ … this coming on the heels of a swarm of rumors pinning them together. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Sydney is still living with Jonathan and all is well between them —

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Denzel Washington told a Colosseum-full of exhibition executives at CinemaCon. The star of The Equalizer 3 — first trailer dropping tomorrow — received a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by director Antoine Fuqua during Sony’s presentation, which kicked off the annual four day-event in Las Vegas. “We

We give you the first trailer for Blumhouse’s upcoming horror sequel ‘Insidious: The Red Door’. The fifth installment of the franchise is currently scheduled to hit the theaters on July 7. Insidious: The Red Door, which serves as lead star Patrick Wilson’s feature directorial debut, will once again shift the focus of the story to

Play video content TMZ.com Pete Davidson‘s New York Knicks took home a big win, but one fan might wanna take a lesson in personal space … cuz he got wayyy too far into Pete’s zone. Check out the video, Pete was posing for pics and high-fiving a bunch of his fellow Knick fans as he

An oft-heard lament on the part of international distribution is that Italy is impossible to program in the summer. In 2019, there was an effort on the part of the studios and the local industry to steer the season in a different direction resulting in record results, but the pandemic halted momentum.  At the end

Pete Davidson‘s late-night car crash didn’t result in serious injury, but that doesn’t mean the comedian is gonna get off scot-free … because we’ve learned he’s now facing possible criminal charges as a result of the incident. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the Beverly Hills Police Department recently wrapped its investigation, and sent the

“White Men Can’t Jump is a modern retelling of the iconic 1992 film that celebrates the streetball hustling culture of Los Angeles,” says the synopsis. “Sinqua Walls stars as Kamal, once a promising player who derailed his future in the sport, and multi-platinum rap superstar Jack Harlow makes his movie debut as Jeremy, a former star

Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid did decent business in its second week, expanding from four screens to well over 900 for a gross of $2.7+ million and a cume of $3.14 million. The A24 film starring Joaquin Phoenix has a $2.8k per screen average and no. 9 spot. It’s a weekend with a wide range

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis are still in the middle of a nasty custody battle, but you’d never know it watching the two cheer on their kiddo like the best of friends. Both Olivia and Jason attended one of their kid’s soccer games Saturday where they not only exchanged pleasantries, but also stood together chat

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Warner Bros Discovery CEO and President, David Zaslav, will be teeing off Warner Bros studio presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday AM, April 25. While it’s standard for the heads of motion picture studio divisions, read Sony’s Tom Rothman, Universal’s Donna Langley, and former Warner Bros chief Toby Emmerich to share

After much anticipation we finally get the see a sneak peak of HBO’s upcoming film ‘Reality’, the forthcoming biographical drama thriller starring Sydney Sweeney. Sweeney portrays real-life whistleblower Reality Winner. Winner, a former US Air Force member and NSA translator, uncovered Russia’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It’s set to debut on May 29,

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are living out the plot of ‘Ted Lasso’ in real life — ’cause their British soccer team just got bumped up to a whole new level of competition. Wrexham won their match Saturday against Boreham Wood to come from behind and secure a 3-1 victory — which guarantees them a

New Line and Warner Bros’ Evil Dead Rise freaked out $2.5M last night from previews that began at 7PM at 3,000 locations. The Sam Raimi executive produced R-rated horror movie directed by Irish director Lee Cronin is eyeing a start between $15M-$20M+ as Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie swats any newcomers away from No. 1

Alec Baldwin continues to embarrass Santa Fe New Mexico authorities who charged him with involuntary manslaughter … because he may have been right all along when he insisted he never pulled the trigger on the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The prop gun Baldwin used back in 2021 had been modified, this according to

Director: Lee Cronin Writer: Lee Cronin Stars: Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lily Sullivan, Noah Paul, Alyssa Sutherland, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher The 2013 ‘Evil Dead’ film from writer Sam Raimi was one of my favourite horror films of that year. So I was highly anticipated this new chapter ‘Evil Dead Rise’ from writer/director

After posting giant per screen numbers at four theaters last weekend, A24’s Beau Is Afraid  jumps to 926 for the distributor’s third outing with Ari Aster. It’s a very different film from his horror favorites Hereditary and Midsommar but one the distributor hopes will cement the director’s place as a modern auteur. According to one

Koko Da Doll, one of the memorable subjects from the recent documentary “Kokomo City,” is dead … and the film’s director says she was shot and killed as a result of trans violence. D. Smith — director of the moving, award-winning doc featured this year at Sundance — shared the sad news Friday, saying Koko,

Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theaters closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studios’ respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that brink, the studios have largely returned to their theatrical release models and the downstream