Movies

Harry Macqueen’s drama Supernova is one of many films this weekend that will open in theaters before hitting a digital platform — this seems to be a new trend. Written and directed by Macqueen, The Bleecker Street pic that follows Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci), a couple of 20 years. They are more in love

Ethan Hawke has just joined the cast of Blumhouse’s The Black Phone. Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson is at the helm of the upcoming movie, which is based on Joe Hill’s short story of the same name. Derrickson is directing from a script that he co-wrote with frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill. Blumhouse and Universal

Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley movie, currently in production in Australia, is moving from its Nov. 5, 2021 date to June 3, 2022. The movie will explore the life and music of Elvis Presley (portrayed by Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by

It’s a sad day today as Cicely Tyson, the Emmy and Tony-winning actress whose career includes dozens of roles in theater, movies, and television, has passed away. Just two days after the release of her memoir, Just As I Am, Tyson reportedly died on Thursday afternoon, though the cause of death wasn’t revealed. She was

AMC Entertainment said Silver Lake Group is converting $600 million worth of the theater chain’s debt that it holds into stock at a conversion price of $13.51 a share, a surprise all around considering the exhibitor’s shares were languishing below two bucks earlier this month. The giant investment firm partnered with AMC back in 2018

Spider-Man 3 star Zendaya has seemingly confirmed that Alfred Molina will indeed return as the villainous Doctor Octopus in the upcoming Marvel sequel. While appearing on Variety’s Actors on Actors, Zendaya describes Molina as being “so nice, by the way,” while discussing how it is always the nicest actors who end up playing the nastiest

Paramount is moving its animated feature Rumble from May 14 this year to Feb. 18, 2022. The movie directed by Hamish Grieve is set in the world of monster wrestling where monsters are superstar athletes. Teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion. Matt Lieberman and Etan

After the news of Cloris Leachman’s death broke on Wednesday, fans from all over the world took to social media to express their heartbreak over the painful loss. Among her many, many fans are her colleagues and former co-stars who remember working with Leachman on various projects in years past. What all of these tribute

As exhibitors get set to report results from the last quarter of their annus horribilis, 2020, one Wall Street bull is predicting record box office in 2023. Eric Wold, a veteran analyst with B. Riley Securities, acknowledged in a note to clients that exhibitors’ efforts to emerge from the abyss of Covid-19 have been hampered

We have a brand new trailer for the upcoming horror/thriller Honeydew. This movie, on paper, has several things going for it. For one, it was a buzzy title coming out of the Nightstream Film Festival. Secondly, it stars Sawyer Spielberg in his feature acting debut. And yes, this is not a coincidence. Sawyer Spielberg is

This just in: James Wan’s upcoming horror movie Malignant is opening on Sept. 10 this year per Warner Bros. Again, this is part of their theatrical and HBO Max release plan. The movie, scheduled in the hot post Labor Day corridor that Warners created at the box office, fills the place for an untitled horror movie they

Spider-Man series star Tony Revolori is in talks for a lead role in the Willow TV Show, the upcoming sequel adaptation of the classic fantasy movie in the works at Disney+. The new series comes from Jonathan Kasdan, who wrote the pilot episode and serves as co-showrunner alongside Wendy Mericle, in collaboration with original movie

In the wake of MGM, Universal and Sony making major Q1 release date changes to their theatrical schedule yesterday, Disney is pushing a few of its 20th Century Studios releases to deeper in the calendar. It’s much delayed Matthew Vaughn directed period action feature The King’s Man is no longer going on March 12, rather Aug. 20

Prepare for a Freaky take on the body-swap movie which only Blumhouse, makers of Happy Death Day & The Purge franchise, could bring: a teenage girl switches bodies with a relentless serial killer! From the deliciously debased mind of writer-director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, the Paranormal Activity franchise) and prolific horror producer Jason Blum

Sony/Screen Gems Escape Room 2 will now open on Jan. 7, 2022. The sequel to the $155M-plus horror film was recently taken off the theatrical release calendar. Previously Sony had the movie set to open on Dec. 30, 2020, then prior to that, Aug. 14, and then even before that date, April 17. The microbudget feature is

After a very, very long wait, the official trailer for the next installment in Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise, Godzilla Vs Kong has finally arrived. The teaser promises an epic showdown in which the giant ape Kong acts as humanity’s protector, taking on the monstrous Godzilla after the giant lizard goes rogue and starts attacking cities. While

Billy Crystal has finally provided an update on Monsters at Work, the animated continuation of Monsters, Inc. in the works at Disney+. It’s been known that the series has been on the way for a while now, with Disney CEO Bob Iger first announcing the project in 2017. Updates on the show’s progress have been

Refresh for updates and top 10 chart: It didn’t take long for history to repeat itself. We’re not just talking about the second 2nd weekend No. 1 hold for a Liam Neeson Open Road release during the pandemic, i.e. The Marksman which earned $2.03M, -35% for a running total of $6.09M. But how the major studios