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I have said before that, while failure is rarely something I root for — especially when it comes to the movie business — I personally think that the premature cancellation of the Dark Universe is one of the best things to happen to the horror genre in recent memory. If 2017’s The Mummy had been

Let the speculation begin. The “Untitled Event Film” Warner Bros had dated for December 2026 now is being billed as a “Denis Villeneuve Event Film,” and sources said the studio and Legendary are holding the date with expectations that he wraps up the spectacular trilogy with Dune 3. Hurdles still have to be cleared as

Ben Affleck is cutting all ties to the marital home he owns with Jennifer Lopez … moving his belongings out while she was off hanging with friends in Italy and France. Ben took the last of his belongings from their Beverly Hills mansion before Jen got back home from Europe … according to People. Ben

Netflix has dropped the trailer for The Union, it’s new action comedy starring Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg. It’s set to be released on Netflix on August 16, 2024. “Mike (Mark Wahlberg) is happy living a simple life as a construction worker in his native New Jersey — until his long-lost high school sweetheart, Roxanne (Halle Berry), shows up with

Maybe I’m a masochist, but I’ve seen a lot of movies about slavery. Harriet, Emancipation (pre-Bad Boys: Ride or Die Will Smith), Beloved, and of course, the Academy Award-winning 12 Years a Slave are all movies that I’ve sat through, and, if I’m being completely honest, suffered through.  However, do you want to know my

Paramount‘s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is heading to a franchise record preview night between $5M-$6M, several sources inform us. Showtimes began at 3PM. Tonight’s figure easily ranks ahead of the $4.3M made by the first movie in 2018, and the $4.8M made by Quiet Place: Part II on its Thursday heading into Memorial

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are back in the same country and hanging out … ’cause the two hit up his office — though photogs still couldn’t snap the two together. The actor and singer-songwriter both hit his Beverly Hills office Wednesday with Ben arriving in a chic suit around 10 AM and J Lo

Sony Pictures Classics has released the trailer for Between The Temples, the upcoming comedy starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane, which will hit theaters on August 23, 2024. The official synopsis reads: “In the film, Ben is a forty-something cantor losing his voice and possibly his faith. Struggling to meet the expectations of his rabbi, congregation,

One of Lifetime’s most powerful dramas that’s a real must-see, especially for Pride Month, is Prayers for Bobby. Based on Leroy F. Aarons’ book recounting the true story of Mary and Bobby Griffth, where a young man took his own life in the early 1980s after his devout Christian mother refused to accept his sexuality.

Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 keeps on soaring, reaching $799.7M globally through Tuesday. Within that, its international box office crossed the four-century mark at a running cume of $411.9M from 44 overseas markets through Tuesday. In North America, Inside Out 2 rose to $387.8M, moving well up the domestic animated chart. After 12 days in domestic

Emma Roberts is weighing in on the nepo baby debate … saying women face the criticism more than men do — and pointing to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars to make her point. The actress sat down for a conversation about her famous family on the podcast “Table for Two” released Tuesday … and she

Lionsgate has released the trailer for Latency, its forthcoming sci-fi thriller starring Sasha Luss and Alexis Ren. The film will make it’s debut on Tuesday, July 9. “When Hana (Luss), a professional gamer who suffers from acute agoraphobia, is asked to trial sophisticated new gaming equipment which uses AI to interpret the electrical activity of her brain, she sees an

A 21 Jump Street/Men In Black crossover may sound like an idea that originates from a movie that is satirizing Hollywood, but it was a real thing. At the end of 2014, leaked emails from Sony revealed that the project was in the works, with the intention being for it to exist as a follow-up

EXCLUSIVE: Former EDO Theatrical President Derek McLay has acquired EDO Box Office and EDO Screenings from EDO, and is opening the doors to his new firm, Insight Theatrical.  McLay will continue EDO’s groundbreaking work in box office audience analytics, research, and prediction, while expanding the service, which is already used by nearly every distributor in

Move over, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift — the Kansas City Chiefs got their own romance brewing … courtesy of a new Christmas flick!! The Super Bowl champs announced their move into the movie biz on Tuesday … saying the organization is teaming up with Hallmark Media and Skydance Sports for a project titled “Holiday

Quiver Distribution has released the trailer for The Girl in the Pool, the new thriller drama starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Monica Potter. “On his birthday, Tom’s life collapses when his mistress is found dead in his pool. Terrified of the consequences, and desperate to protect his family, he conceals the truth, triggering a chaotic night that threatens

Angelina Jolie has been in the film industry for the past four decades, with her best movies including the Lara Croft films, Changeling and Girl, Interrupted, to name a few. While she’s already scored three Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild and one Oscar, Jolie is now the proud recipient of a Tony Award for

In the wake of Inside Out 2’s massive $295M worldwide debut last weekend, Disney Head of Global Theatrical Distribution Tony Chambers kicked off the studio’s CineEurope presentation this evening thanking exhibitors in attendance for their part in the historic start — and was met in kind by enthusiastic and clearly appreciative applause. He noted too that midweek numbers have been

David Corenswet looks about ready to take flight on the set of the new ‘Superman’ flick … ’cause he’s out in full costume and looking real beefed up in the first on-set pics. The actor was donning the classic blue and red suit while filming in the small town of Cleveland, OH Monday … looking

Umbrella Entertainment announced today it has partnered with premium streaming video service, Shudder, to release slasher smash hit ‘In a Violent Nature’ in cinemas in Australian and New Zealand on August 1, 2024. This announcement further strengthens the relationship between Umbrella Entertainment and Shudder following their collaboration on release of Shudder titles YOU’LL NEVER FIND

From its visual effects to its disturbing performances to its legacy as an early entry in the demonic possession subgenre, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist remains one of the best horror movies of all time for a reason. Appropriately enough, it’s that soup-spewing je ne sais quoi that has made it so difficult for other filmmakers

The indie box office roared to life this weekend as Thelma from Magnolia Pictures saw a hefty $2.2 million on 1,280 screens and Searchlight Pictures’ Kinds of Kindness booked a stellar $70k per screen average at five theaters in LA and NY for $350k — the year’s highest per screen average and best overall limited

Tom Cruise‘s appearance at Taylor Swift‘s London concert on Saturday was not only a huge hit with fans … but he was also super popular with the pop star’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce. Play video content Check out the video … Tom was sitting in a VIP box while grooving to Taylor’s music with a big

We give you the first teaser trailer to the sequel to the hit horror film Smile 2, which is due to hit cinemas in October. “About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events,” says the synopsis. “Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors

I think it’s fair to say Emily Blunt has mastered the American accent. The British actress even earned a 2024 Oscar nomination for convincingly playing the wife of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kitty. But apparently Blunt has spent so much time in the United States that she’s apparently experienced a change in her accent. Well, at

After knocking it out of the park with Poor Things last year, director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone are back at the box office with Kinds Of Kindness from Searchlight, which looks set to shake up a sluggish arthouse market with the best limited opening this year. The best PTA in 2024 so far

Jonathan Majors was honored Friday night at the Impact Awards for his perseverance after he was convicted of domestic assault last year — and the actor delivered a moving acceptance speech. Play video content Majors hit the fourth annual “Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards 2024” in Bev Hills with his actress girlfriend, Meagan Good, and a

A24 has dropped the first trailer for The Front Room, a new religious horror movie led by Brandy Norwood and Kathryn Hunter. The film “tells the story of a young, newly pregnant couple who is forced to take in an ailing estranged stepmother,” per the official logline. The Front Room makes it’s way into cinemas on

When I first had the opportunity to watch Dogtooth in 2010, I instantly recognized writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos as a filmmaker with fascinating sensibilities and style, and I committed to keeping an eye on his work in the years ahead… but I never had even the slightest inkling that he would find what can be called

Whoever wrote that the theatrical business is dead may want to run a correction as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is potentially headed to a historic second weekend for an animated movie, topping Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie‘s $92.3M. Rival projections see $95 million for the second frame of the Kelsey Mann-directed sequel, while insiders see