Warner Bros. isn’t reporting any official box office results for Wonder Woman 1984 on its opening Christmas Day –which various sources tell us was record-worthy for the pandemic stateside, disastrous by normal marketplace conditions– but various HBO Max users are taking to social media, in particular the @HBOMaxHelp Twitter handle to voice their grievances over either streaming
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Breaking News Now, this is creative … a handful of Clubhouse users put on a live production of ‘The Lion King’ — complete with a full cast and choir — and THOUSANDS of people dropped in to listen live. Organized by executive producer and director Noelle Chesnut Whitmore — along with the assistance of a
Both Walken and Seymour show their respective charms quite well in The War with Grandpa, as accomplices to Robert De Niro’s Ed in his family friendly fight against his grandson Peter (Oakes Feigley). Much as she’s described what makes a Christopher Walken role so fun to watch, that’s exactly the same sort of energy that
Written and directed by Emerald Fennell (Killing Eve), the Focus Features dramatic thriller Promising Young Woman has been a buzzy awards season title before its Christmas Day theatrical release. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association named Carey Mulligan Best Actress for her turn as the methodical Cassie who is out for revenge while Fennell received honors
Chicago-born signer and actor Tommy Sands first made a name for himself in the music industry in the late ’50s with smash singles like “Teen-Age Crush” and “Going Steady” … but it wasn’t until after he took on the acting role of Tom Piper in Disney’s 1961 Christmas musical “Babes In Toyland” that Sands became
A lot of Star Wars fans got a good laugh out of that gem when it first dropped in February, but unfortunately, not every last human being on Earth heard it. Apparently some were busy with other life things and never came across it. Fortunately, the Twitter account Star Wars Facts tweeted it out yesterday,
WarnerMedia will be closing its Hong Kong theatrical office with films from Warner Bros to be released by Universal Pictures in the market from January 1, Deadline has confirmed. Layoffs are expected in Hong Kong, though an exact number is not yet clear. A typically solid market, Hong Kong’s cinemas shuttered for the third time
Tom Cruise is flying south for the winter break … fleeing his now controversial ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ set after blowing a gasket over COVID-19 rules. Production’s reportedly shut down on ‘MI7,’ but not due to a breach in COVID protocols — it’s so Tom can start his Christmas break a little earlier than planned. Cruise
On spec, casting Dwayne Johnson as Knuckles the Echidna isn’t the craziest idea. While Sonic is known for speed, Knuckles, by comparison, is a character known for strength, so giving him a voice actor that we connect with physical strength makes some sense. And then, of course, there’s the fact that Dwayne Johnson already has
Warner Bros. Pictures announced theatrical release dates for three big event movies tonight — and their intention is that they’re going straight to the big screen, not HBO Max and theaters. Those three are the George Miller Max Max prequel Furiosa on June 23, 2023, Dave Green’s animated hybrid Coyote vs. Acme on July 21,
New Jersey-born child actor Yvonne Zima was only 7 years old when she was cast as the wishful little sister Sarah Jackson — who is the reason that her brother has to endure Christmas every day — in the 1996 holiday movie “Christmas Every Day.” Yvonne shared the screen on the holiday classic with Robert
It wasn’t just Katherine Schwarzenegger whom he thought would avoid actors. Another story about the set of True Lies detailed his other daughter Christina freaking out when her dad was shot at as part of that movie’s plot. With all these remembrances in mind, at the end of the day, he really just never saw
Warner Bros. drama Judas and the Black Messiah about Fred Hampton, the Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman who was betrayed by FBI informant William O’Neal, will open on Feb. 12, 2021 in both theaters and on HBO Max. The studio is planning to push the Shaka King directed feature for the current 2020-21 awards season. The pic
Florida-born actors Sabrina and Kelly Aldridge were in their early 20s when they took on the role of the hot twin daughters Ashley and Emily Hall — who get wrapped up their dad’s neighborly holiday hijinks — in the 2006 Christmas comedy “Deck the Halls.” Sabrina and Kelly shared the screen in the merry movie
This update comes to us from Observer, which reports that David Gordon Green is in talks to helm a new Exorcist movie for Blumhouse. It’s currently unclear exactly when this project might begin production, and if it’ll delay work on his third Halloween movie, Halloween Ends. But the movie is being developed by Blumhouse and
AMC Entertainment Monday unveiled plans to change its board structure in an agreement with majority shareholder Wanda America Entertainment, a division of Dalian Wanda Group of China. Wanda holds nearly 60% of the voting power of financially strapped AMC through ownership of all the company’s super-voting Class B shares. The nation’s largest theater chain said
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Bill Bellamy says flying during a pandemic is inevitable … he just wishes there was more accountability all around to help prevent what sadly went down on United Flight 591. We got Bill out at LAX on Monday afternoon and talked to him about the man who died on a
We know that the majority of guests visiting Florida’s theme parks are still locals, and that vacationers, who have been the bread and butter of the industry, are still largely keeping their distance. What’s unclear is if these crowds are simply the same locals going back to the park to experience Christmas, or if more
Refresh for more analysis and top 10 chart: With even more theaters closing down during this past weekend, including the Boston market and parts of Portland, OR, there wasn’t much money to make at the box office even with a shiny, new major studio movie, Sony/Screen Gems’ Monster Hunter which is respecting the window. Couple
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Clifton Powell says ‘Friday 4’ absolutely needs to get off the ground as an homage to the franchise’s late stars John Witherspoon and Tommy “Tiny” Lister. We got Clifton — who played Pinky in “Next Friday” and “Friday After Next” — at LAX and talked about the chances of another
Recently, Disney decided to unload a ton of new TV shows and movies to the public during a Disney+ reveal show that seemed to keep bringing on new versions of everyone’s favorite Star Wars characters, superheroes, and Disney princesses. However, there was one announcement that got everyone super excited, and that was that the a-holes
Leading the charge this week in streaming and specialty titles is Netflix with two films that have been garnering awards season buzz with their star wattage and prestige storytelling. First up, is the highly anticipated Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s play of the same name. Set in 1920s
The world can now see Chadwick Boseman‘s last performance before he died … and the role is sure to strike a high note, especially if you’re into jazz. The late actor starred in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” which premieres Friday on Netflix. Chadwick plays a trumpeter named Levee in an early 20th-century jazz band. The
After the Russo Brothers gave us arguably the most exciting chapters in comic book movie history with the last two Avengers films, they have a seriously impressive lineup ahead of them. Joe and Anthony Russo have been flip flopping between writing, directing and producing a number of big-name projects, including Extraction early this year and
Warner Bros/DC’s Wonder Woman 1984, as expected, landed at No. 2 in its China debut on Friday, coming in behind local actioner The Rescue. The Patty Jenkins-helmed sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman grossed an estimated RMB 44.2M ($7M, including sneaks). This portends a weekend in the mid $20M range for the Middle Kingdom, lower than
COBRA KAI (L to R) MARTIN KOVE as JOHN KREESE in episode 302 of COBRA KAI Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020 COBRA KAI takes place over 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament with the continuation of the inescapable conflict between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William
Exclusive Tom Cruise might want to look in the mirror when it comes to making sure everyone on set is COVID safe — especially if he sticks with what appears to be his go-to face covering. The mask Tom’s wearing in almost all the pics from various ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ sets is NOT recommended by
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in a unique place, as the interim period between phases has been expanded with the year-long delay of Black Widow. A number of highly anticipated blockbusters are also
Lionsgate’s YA sci-fi adventure Chaos Walking will be released in theaters nationwide and in IMAX on March 5, 2021, a push-back from the previous Jan. 22 date. The move comes as distributors begin to adjust the Q1 calendar in response to the ongoing pandemic, which they are hoping quells by spring given the good news
Breaking News 1:08 PM PT — A statement from Jeremy’s family says the actor died following health complications which included Parkinson’s disease … something he battled for years. Jeremy’s wife, Maureen, and two of his sons, Jamie and Robbie, were able to spend their final days with their dad. Jeremy Bulloch, the actor who played