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Sacha Baron Cohen is ready to bring back Ali G to get a little respect. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that it will release Ali G: Who Iz I? in theaters Oct. 23. Plot details have not yet been shared for the movie that will mark Cohen’s directorial feature debut. The star, who most recently

Yes, Universal’s Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey led by an extreme margin at the global box office with an updated $263.7M, a hands down opening record for the 2x Oscar winning filmmaker fueled by his best ever start overseas with $140.2M from 73 territories and his third best opening in North America with $123.5M. For

It’s rare that the biggest role of your life happens to also be the most controversial — especially when you’re 71 years old. But that’s the only way to describe the whirlwind of the last few months for Reed Birney, the esteemed character actor and Tony-winning Broadway regular who has wowed critics and shaken audiences

TUESDAY AM UPDATE AFTER EXCLUSIVE: The Odyssey came in much higher in its Monday with a reported $18.67M, which is still the best Monday 2026 has seen, beating Toy Story 5‘s $17.3M as well as Christopher Nolan‘s previous hit, Oppenheimer, which did $12.67M. Among Universal’s best Mondays at the box office, The Odyssey ranks fifth

School’s officially out for summer at Kyle University. The 7-foot muscle-head has spent the last four weeks making the rounds on social media, accruing more than 60 million views and 30,000 Instagram followers and becoming the manosphere’s latest “high-value” poster boy. His Tate brothers-esque content —built around seducing women, “looksmaxxing” and collecting “aura points” —

Broadway box office slumped a bit last week with a slightly thinner roster and some of the longer-running productions taking their hits and ever-popular Oh, Mary! showing the strain of new star Meg Stalter missing some performances and Every Brilliant Thing‘s recent arrival Tracee Ellis Ross settling in. In all, the 31 Broadway productions grossed

Ridley Scott and Hugh Jackman are taking their Treasure Island movie to Sony, which is in talks to acquire the package from the duo. Scott will direct from a script by Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne, with Jackman starring in the feature based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s work. Stevenson tale, first published in the 1880s in

EXCLUSIVE: There’s some serious buzz in town that Sony is about to resuscitate the Cinerama Dome and Hollywood Arclight multiplex, which has been shuttered since Covid it in 2020. The Culver City lot is in talks, we hear, with the Robertson Property Group on a lease to reopen the historic cinema venue. Details are still

Travis Scott is opening up about how Christopher Nolan cast him in The Odyssey. During a Tuesday night appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Scott recalled receiving an unexpected phone call from the Oscar-winning director, who asked if he’d be interested in acting in the Greek epic. “My phone went off and it

Universal Pictures is releasing the Snoop Dogg biopic, Snoop, on August 6, 2027. The movie takes the place of the Untitled Universal Event Film. Universal has had a great streak with musical biopics, taking Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson movie Michael past $1 billion global, having handled overseas. Its N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Comptonand Eminem autobiopic8 Milewere

Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey sets sail on its box office voyage as the star-studded retelling of the classical mythological tale aims to get moviegoers back in the saddle after a recent stretch of underperforming debuts. Universal Pictures‘ feature collected $17.6 million from Thursday previews on 3,900 North American screens as it targets a $50 million

The Odyssey is on its way to a $20M Tuesday, we understand, and if it gets past $20.86M today, it will become Christopher Nolan’s best Tuesday ever at the domestic B.O., ahead of 2008’s The Dark Knight. Currently, among all Tuesdays this year, the pic starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Zendaya,

After every acting job, Scoot McNairy likes to get a haircut, head to the store to buy some new t-shirts, and wash off whatever portrayal he’s just come out of as he prepares for the next. With The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, after the actor took on the most intense leading role of

J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi fantasy movie The Great Beyond starring Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega won’t be opening on Nov. 13, rather it’s moving to Oct. 1, 2027, setting off a chain reaction for Warner Bros and sending Matt Reeves’ highly anticipated The Batman Part II, which was on that date, to Feb. 18, 2028. At

The kids are not alright, or even right in the head in Serbian drama 3 Weeks After. This skillfully made but mean-spirited exercise revolves around a high-school trip to the countryside that turns extra dark when nearly everyone takes to bullying one kid among them: a boy, Zoza (Jovan Ginic), who just happens to have

Neon‘s Cannes Best Actress winner All of a Sudden from Drive My Car filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi is opening in theaters on Nov. 25. The Japanese-French language drama premiered to an 11-minute standing ovation and went on to win a Best Actress prize for both of its stars, Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto. Set in France

[This story contains spoilers for Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey.] For a film stacked with A-listers like Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya and Tom Holland, one actor took up a surprising chunk of The Odyssey’s pre-release buzz: Samantha Morton. This was due in large part to director Christopher Nolan himself. “There are no limitations on her

EXCLUSIVE: Blue Harbor Entertainment and Variance Films have picked up U.S. rights to Sundance comedy The Musical, starring Will Brill, Rob Lowe and Gillian Jacobs. A nationwide theatrical release has bee set for September 18. Unapologetic Projects Partners is teaming with Blue Harbor and Variance on the release, which reps the feature directorial debut of

Read on for a month-by-month guide to upcoming awards-related activities in the worlds of film, television, music and theater. All times listed are PT. JULY 2026 Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Thursday, July 23 57th San Diego Comic-Con begins Sunday, July 26 57th San Diego Comic-Con ends AUGUST 2026 Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Content

Sundance double prize-winning documentary American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez, the story of the groundbreaking Chicano activist and director, opens at Film Forum in NYC. Friday night’s screening — with Valdez, director David Alvarado and Lou Diamond Phillips — is sold out, and the weekend looks strong for the rare film of any size