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Japanese box office phenomenon Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train has been set for a North American theatrical release on April 23. Aniplex of America and Funimation are distributing the anime adaptation which in December became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, dethroning Spirited Away, which had held the title

Breaking News Didn’t see this coming … UFC legend Georges St-Pierre — one of the greatest of all time — says he actually HATED fighting during his 15 year MMA career. … but he stuck around so long because he was addicted to the feeling he got after winning a match! The 39-year-old superstar opened

It’s been over a year since director Rian Johnson’s Knives Out released into theaters, taking the world by storm with its combination of murder, mystery and comedy. But another thing that whodunnit was known for was its keen eye for fashion, especially through the wardrobe of Chris Evans’ smart-ass, sweater enthusiast character, Ransom. However, some

Chloe Zhao recently became the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director and now has a shot to repeat that at the Oscars with her awards-season darling Nomadland garnering six nominations today for Best Picture, Director, Editing, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography and Actress. Still, despite the accolades, questions remain: Will Nomadland ever see

Exclusive Reggie Warren — one of the original five members of the R&B group TROOP — has died … TMZ has learned. A rep for the group tells us Reggie passed away Sunday at his home in San Bernardino County, surrounded by family. We’re told he’s been dealing with health issues for a while now,

The Ending Feels Rushed The ending is sweet. I’ll give it that. It’s the typical Disney ending that you would come to expect, but it doesn’t sit right with me. I feel like the world wouldn’t come back together just like that. It would take some serious healing to reach that point again. It’s been

Refresh for latest…: As we first reported yesterday, James Cameron’s Avatar is again king of the all-time worldwide box office, having snapped the title back from Avengers: Endgame thanks to a very robust China reissue this session. The full three-day frame in the Middle Kingdom is estimated at $21.1M, also giving the sci-fi epic bragging

Exclusive Elvis Presley is about to make someone the king of rock n’ roll memorabilia — that’s if you make the winning bid on a guitar used for his famous 1968 comeback. The folks over at Kruse GWS Auctions are handling the auction of Elvis’ rare cherry red Hagstrom Viking II guitar. EP was slinging

Like any long-awaited follow-up to a beloved comedy, Coming 2 America boasts a fair number of appearances by some of the original film’s funniest fan-favorite characters, many of them played, once again, by Eddie Murphy. However, more glaringly recognizable is the absence of actors such as Samuel L. Jackson and several others from 1988’s Coming

Saturday AM Update: There’s lots of good news ahead at the box office, but we’re not quite there yet. The No. 1 box office market, Los Angeles (over $900M in 2019), won’t begin to wake up until really next weekend, and then the industry’s only headache is waiting for capacity restrictions to increase well beyond

The Fake-Out Ending With Its False Sense Of Hope Is Grim As All Hell I absolutely love the fake-out ending at the conclusion of Dawn of the Dead, but there was a time when I thought it was a little too happy-go-lucky, especially with what follows. That has changed, however, and I have learned to

Are you ready for the weekend? Specifically, are you ready for a Long Weekend? Of course, we’re referring to the rom-com from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films. Long Weekend will make its debut in theaters today and marks the feature directorial debut of Steve Basilone, who also wrote the script. The rom-com stars Finn Wittrock

SPOILERS are ahead for Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, so proceed at your own risk. Move over, Frozen, there’s a new pair of Disney princesses in town, and the internet is absolutely obsessed with them. This past weekend, the studio released its latest animated project, Raya and the Last Dragon, a fantasy action epic

Long-rumored for a China re-release, James Cameron’s Avatar suddenly popped onto the calendar this week. The erstwhile highest-grossing film of all time worldwide will hit Middle Kingdom cinemas on Friday, March 12. In so doing, it has a chance to jockey back up to the No. 1 spot globally, after Avengers: Endgame overtook it in

Exclusive Pepe Le Pew was never meant to be interpreted as rape-y, but the times have caught up with him to make it seem that way … so says the daughter of the guy who first drew him. Linda Jones — whose father, Chuck Jones, is credited as the creator and original animator of Pepe

Mortal Kombat has a certain way of getting folks excited. Whether it’s a favorite character, the signature fatalities or the series’ iconic music, there’s a lot to like from the video game based franchise. Recently, Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Simon McQuoid’s upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot, and fans went crazy for it.

Scoring another record with a local title in Japan, IMAX has had its best opening day ever for a film there with Shin Evangelion. Overall, the movie, which is the fourth and final installment in the Rebuild Of Evangelion series, grossed nearly 828M yen ($7.6M). Of that, the IMAX portion was $740K. The sci-fi animated

Exclusive Paul Rodriguez — one of the ‘Original Latin Kings of Comedy’ — underwent heart surgery, but the good news is he’s on the mend. A rep for the legendary comic tells TMZ … Paul recently had bypass surgery, but is recovering nicely at his home. They add, “Paul wants everyone to know he is

As things currently stand, Avengers: Endgame is at $2,797,800,564 with its worldwide grosses, while Avatar sits at $2,790,439,092. On a more granular level, $7,361,472 is all that stands between James Cameron becoming the king of the world yet again. But while it may seem handily within grasp, let’s take a look at some factors that

National CineMedia, operator of the nation’s largest cinema advertising network, saw sales plunge and it swung into the red last quarter as more than half of all theaters were shuttered. On a conference call, execs noted recent agreements to expand outside of cinemas and said the company will be announcing another, a big one, in

HBO Max subscribers looking for some family fun were instead treated to an early look at Zack Snyder‘s “Justice League” … with the streaming service leaking the film 10 days early. Here’s the deal … folks who wanted to watch the PG-rated “Tom and Jerry” movie Monday on HBO Max were, instead, greeted with the

Now, if you’d rather watch the theatrical cut of Justice League, that’s easily playable to all HBO Max subscribers. But as far as Zack Snyder’s Justice League goes, unless you were among the lucky group who managed to play the movie during a previously-intended Tom and Jerry viewing, you’ll have to wait until March 18

Pepe Le Pew’s problematic behavior appears to have been something Warner Bros. was well aware of before he was called out anew … because he reportedly doesn’t make a single appearance in the new ‘Space Jam.’ A new Deadline report explains that the Looney Tunes character actually had a scene written into the movie early

Still set to feature Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Marvin The Martian, Tweety, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Lola Bunny, and more, Space Jam: A New Legacy is scheduled to arrive as one of the big movies of summer 2021. The live-action/animation hybrid blockbuster will be debuting in theaters and streaming on HBO Max on the

After winning a Golden Globe, numerous critics circle accolades as well as SAG Award, Independent Spirit Award and Critics Choice nominations, Minari has taken its success overseas as the A24 American family drama has opened at number one in South Korea. Minari has banked an estimated $2.2 million in South Korea, earning more than double of

The sound mixer from the award-winning movie, “Nomadland,” has died after taking his own life … and his father thinks the coronavirus pandemic may have played a part. Michael Wolf Snyder had not been heard from for several days, when his dad, psychiatrist Dr. David Snyder, went to check on him in his Queens apartment.

This weekend’s latest theatrical release sees Patrick Ness’ award-winning novel The Knife of Never Letting Go get the big-screen adaptation treatment with Doug Liman’s Chaos Walking. The movie, starring Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley and Spider-Man’s Tom Holland, is a high-concept science fiction story about a new settlement away from Earth, which is made up of

EXCLUSIVE: The New York DMA exploded last night at the box office with NYC theaters returning after a 50 1/2 week pandemic closure with an estimated gross of $307K, +614% from last Friday according to B.O. sources. I’m also told that the NY DMA was easily the No. 1 market in the country last night, followed

Nicolas Cage is going back to the wedding well … he got married for a whopping 5th time, and once again he tied the knot in Sin City. The 56-year-old actor married 26-year-old Riko Shibata last month in Nevada, according to the Clark County Clerk’s Office. The records show Riko took Nic’s last name, and