Shia LaBeouf doesn’t need a bumper sticker to show his support for Joe Biden … a face covering — do just fine. The actor was out Monday morning in L.A. arriving at a film set while also doing his part to stem the spread of the coronavirus. But, Shia’s face mask is doing double duty
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For those that are not a minority or underrepresented group, it may seem ridiculous or silly to get excited about things like this, but representation matters. Growing up not seeing people who represent your color, gender, sexuality, shape, etc. in the media can feel like you’re not seen or appreciated by society, because sometimes these
Exclusive Zac Efron is formulating a plan to escape from Los Angeles … and he’s got his eyes set on a big move down under!!! Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Zac plans on listing his L.A.-area home in the very near future, and he wants to move full-time to the Byron Bay area
As one of the first major motion pictures to re-enter production, Jurassic World: Dominion will more than likely help to set the standard for studio practices for the foreseeable future. Things are sure to get challenging at times, as it was even wrongfully reported that the film had shut down production just shortly after starting
SATURDAY UPDATE: Since cinemas reopened in China’s low-risk areas on July 20, the market today had its biggest day yet. Box office was $5.74M (RMB 40M) overall for the day, according to Maoyan figures. That reps a 38% jump from Friday. After leading last weekend and the midweeks, then dropping to No. 2 on Friday,
Exclusive Wilford Brimley — an iconic actor who was the face of Quaker Oats for years, as well as a spokesperson for diabetes education — has died … a rep tells TMZ. We’re told Brimley passed away Saturday morning at his home in Utah. Sources with direct knowledge of Wilford’s health tell us he was
The New Mutants summary also highlights a few of the other characters we’ve seen glimpses of thus far, including Danielle Moonstar, a.k.a. Mirage (Blu Hunt), Sam Guthrie, a.k.a. Cannonball (Charlie Heaton), Rahn Sinclair, a.k.a. Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), and Roberto da Costa, a.k.a. Sunspot (Henry Zaga). The synopsis makes it clear that these characters end up
China’s second Friday with cinemas back to business in low-risk areas rang up another $4M at local turnstiles, a 39% increase versus the same day last week. About 60% of movie theaters are now operating, with capacity limits and social distancing still in place, so all numbers are to be taken with a grain of
Happy Friday … here’s a filthy, but happy, Jason Momoa getting hosed down after riding on a dune buggy. The Hollywood hunk and star of the upcoming “Dune” remake flaunted his hot bod in a series of photos … where he’s caked in mud … giving a thumbs up while trying to clean him off.
Alan Parker, the revered filmmaker behind unforgettable crime dramas Mississippi Burning and Midnight Express and movie musicals Fame, Evita and The Commitments has died at the age of 76 after battling a lengthy illness. The British director, writer and founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain leaves a significant legacy on Hollywood as
The hope for NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell in the studio’s new unprecedented 17-day theatrical window collapse-PVOD deal with AMC Theatres is to make more money in the post theatrical windows which have waned in recent years. “Movies are our lifeblood,” said the NBCUniversal pro-PVOD exec, “Over the last couple of years, it’s become more increasingly
Exclusive Any Jimi Hendrix collectible is significant, but this rare electric guitar oozes with so much history … it’s no wonder it’ll fetch a HUGE sum of money when it goes up for auction. The folks over at Kruse GWS Auctions are in possession of Buster’s early 1960s Japanese Sunburst electric guitar that’s expected to
Honest Thief sees Neeson’s protagonist, Tom Carter, ready to pay back the $9 million he’s stolen throughout a career in crime. Turning himself into law enforcement, he’s ready to do his time, and go straight for the woman he loves (The Umbrella Academy’s Kate Walsh.) There’s just one, huge problem: a pair of dirty agents
EXCLUSIVE: Those in town assuming that one of the other big exhibition circuits will fall in line with AMC and seek their own 17-day theatrical window-PVOD deal with Universal will soon realize that it will be a cold day in hell. Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger, who oversees the world’s second largest chain, exclusively tells Deadline
Play video content @scottderrickson / Twitter Benedict Cumberbatch knows how to make friends and influence Marvel fans — try walking off the street into a comic book store while in his full Doctor Strange costume. Scott Derrickson, who directed the movie, posted a never-before-seen clip of the lead star popping into a Manhattan comic book
Of course, this is just the latest film adaptation of the original Black Beauty novel (the full title being Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse) written by Anna Sewell, with the most recent Black Beauty movie before now being the 1994 one starring Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Alan Cumming and
After AMC CEO Adam Aron publicly threatened that he would never play Universal movies as along as the studio had a plan for simultaneous theatrical-PVOD releases like Trolls World Tour, the world’s No. 1 exhibitor and the Hollywood studio have broken bread with the following multi-year agreement: Universal and Focus Features releases will play at
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Gary Busey can’t make up his mind about quarantine life — one minute he says it’s the best thing to happen to him … and the next, he’s calling it prison. We got GB Monday at the Malibu News Stand, where he chopped it up with us about how he’s
The rumor comes from The Disinsider, who tends to be reliable when it comes to Disney news, so we can give this a little bit more credence. The report states that multiple sources have confirmed that meetings between Disney and Kacey Musgraves’ representatives have taken place, what’s less clear, and therefore not confirmed, is if
EXCLUSIVE: We’ve just heard that Cineworld, in response to the recent changes on the theatrical release schedule with Tenet, is reopening its U.S. circuit Regal, on Aug. 21. “Welcoming theatergoers back to our cinemas will be a celebration for not only our team and our industry, but most importantly for the fans who have been
Play video content @KrissyLionz / Twitter Because Gotham hasn’t been through enough in 2020 … the Joker’s popping up his colorful head for some summer hijinks. Naturally. Somebody dressed as the Clown Prince of Crime himself was spotted this morning riding a jet ski on the East River, in broad daylight no less. He cruised
What makes the loss of the scene so unusual is the fact that Katerine Langford was cast in the roll. Clearly, there was a desire to make the adult Morgan Stark recognizable, which would seem to have a point, but not enough of one to keep the scene in the movie. Langford is asked about
In or around 1976, I caught a forlorn moment near New York’s Bleecker St. It was early morning. The sun was just up. Two ragged guys were shuffling toward me on the sidewalk, when one offered the other a bottle in a bag. But the drink was declined. “I guess I lost my taste for
Breaking News Olivia de Havilland, the last surviving star of “Gone with the Wind,” has died. The actress played Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, who squared off with Scarlett O’Hara to gain the affection of Ashley Wilkes. The 1939 movie became one of the icons in cinema … played and replayed every year in movie theaters across
And that’s because all the movies on this list are PG-13 and practically bloodless. What makes them scary then? Well, a number of things really, be it tone, atmosphere, storylines, you name it. But while I know a popular horror convention these days is jump scares, I’ve tried to steer away from movies that only
On their first Friday back to operations, Chinese cinemas did roughly $2.92M worth of box office business — more than tripling Thursday’s figures and making a sizable jump from Monday when theaters opened to about $501K in low-risk areas across the country. There was growth throughout the midweeks which is encouraging since less than 40%
Breaking News Somebody get Liam Neeson … ’cause it’s time to release the Kraken!!! Seattle’s new NHL team just revealed it’s new name and look on Thursday … officially going with the legendary sea monster. FYI, a “kraken” is like a giant, angry octopus. Other options were thrown around — including the Sockeyes — but
Will Black Adam Be In Shazam! 2? While the DC Extended Universe seems like it is slowing down its crossover plans for the time being, there are definitely some interesting things brewing with the development of both the Shazam! series and Dwayne Johnson’s upcoming Black Adam movie (due out in December 2021). As comic book
UPDATED, 10:43AM: STX’s Greenland is now going to Sept. 25 stateside from its Aug. 14 release date in the wake of several major studios hitting pausing and delaying their event films. The Gerard Butler movie will debut first offshore –which is great news– in Belgium (July 29), France (Aug 5) and Scandinavia (Aug 12). STX/Miramax’s The Gentlemen was an
Exclusive “American Crime” actor Johnny Ortiz is facing a real-life attempted murder charge for his alleged role in an L.A. drive-by shooting … TMZ has learned. We broke the story … Ortiz and another man, Armando Miguel Navarro, allegedly tried to kill a man named Brian Duke in a gang violence-related incident. Though Navarro’s the