We already knew that AMC took over two older Pacific Theatres leases at Rick Caruso’s The Grove in L.A. and Americana at Brand in Glendale, however, today CEO Adam Aron announced on the recent earnings call that eight out of his upcoming ten new locations are former Arclight locations. He didn’t name which specific Arclight
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The revival of West Side Story will not return when Broadway repoens its doors in September, producer Kate Horton said on Monday. The iconic musical was one of only a handful of major titles that had not made an official announcement about its return plans after New York declared back in May that theatres could
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck aren’t shying away from their love here in La La Land — as if their big date night on Saturday wasn’t enough … here’s more evidence from the day after. Check out these photos TMZ obtained of Bennifer holding hands for a romantic stroll on the beach late Sunday afternoon
S.T.A.R. Labs In the comics, Polka-Dot Man is named as such because the polka-dots on his costume can turn into different weapons and vehicles. In The Suicide Squad, Abner Krill was instead exposed to an interdimensional virus that caused him to grow multi-colored polka dots and pustules from his body, requiring him to expel the
Refresh for latest…: After debuting to $6.7M from five overseas markets last weekend, Warner Bros/DC’s The Suicide Squad moved into wide offshore release this session, taking $35M from 69 total international box office markets. This is a touch below the like-for-like opening of 2020’s disappointing Birds Of Prey ($36.6M at today’s rates) and under the
It was a triumphant second weekend for indie Stillwater from Focus Features, which hit the $10 million mark in 2,611 theatres (up by 80) and 233 DMA’s in North America, where it was no. 5. The Matt Damon-starrer held up strongly from its debut, dipping 45% — compared with a 64% drop for The Green
Matt Damon‘s homophobic f-slur controversy is drawing a firm response from a leading voice in the LGBT community, and its response is simple … everyone should get the word out of their vocabulary, period. GLAAD has spoken out on all the chatter this week about how and when Damon ever used it, and whether he’s
NYPD has a 26-year-old man in custody for allegedly striking actor Lisa Banes with an electric scooter and fleeing the scene … the incident that ultimately killed her. According to cops, Brian Boyd was arrested Thursday and is facing 2 charges — leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and failure to yield
The Characters Dawn of the Dead’s Characters A normal group of everyday people, from couples to normal people, all trying to survive. Ty Burrell, Jake Weber, Sarah Polley, and more lead this cast. Army of the Dead’s Characters A group with individualized skills, such as lock-picking, weaponry, and more, come together to open a high-tech
Jim Belushi has filed for divorce after more than 23 years of marriage … and it’s the second time he and his wife have called it quits in the past 3 years. Jim beelined it to Los Angeles County Superior Court Friday and filed divorce docs, according to online records. As we reported … Jim’s
For Troy Baker, Batman: The Long Halloween marked another opportunity to deliver his take on The Joker for a more mature story, having previously in Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Assault on Arkham, among other projects. Like in the original Long Halloween story written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Tim Sale, Joker was among
Warner Bros. fired up James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad last night, the studio’s first Thursday preview in a long time arguably since pre-pandemic; the DC R-rated ensemble seeing $4.1M off showtimes that began at 7PM; the biggest for a R-rated movie during the pandemic. Previously, Universal/Blumhouse’s R-rated The Forever Purge made $1.3M on its Thursday night.
Sony Pictures Classics has set a Nov. 19 New York and Los Angeles theatrical release for their British romantic drama Mothering Sunday. SPC picked up the movie in September and gave it a world premiere at Cannes last month. The pic will further expand to other U.S. markets after its initial late fall release. Starring Odessa
LeBron James is back on the movie scene — this time, it’s behind the camera … producing a new flick about Native American basketball!! SpringHill Company — LBJ and Maverick Carter‘s production business — will be teaming up with director Sydney Freeland to make the sports drama for Netflix called ‘Rez Ball.’ The movie is
The action picks up in a hospital where John Economos (Steve Agee) and Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) walk down a hall with a doctor to check in on Peacemaker (John Cena), who it turns out wasn’t killed by the “smaller bullet” Bloodsport (Idris Elba) shot through his neck in the third act. As discussed by
The Weeknd hoped to surprise fans with a really BIG screen showing of his new music video … but safety concerns for viewers with epilepsy got the project pulled. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … Abel’s video for his new track, “Take My Breath,” was scheduled to play on IMAX screens that are
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions announced today that they’ll release the first of three movies based on the Exorcist franchise IP on October 13, 2023. Universal already had an untitled Blumhouse movie scheduled on the date which follows in the wake of the first October weekend of 2023 where both Disney Marvel and Warner Bros.
Alongside Bryce Dallas Howard being named up top with Henry Cavill, Argylle also stars Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, Catherine O’Hara and John Cena. The movie will also feature Grammy-winning singer Dua Lipa in her first acting project, along with the artist providing the music for the spy film. All the way around,
UPDATED with TIFF exit: Clifford the Big Red Dog, Paramount’s CG/live-action movie that was unset from its planned September 17 release, will also not world premiere at next month’s Toronto Film Festival. It had been set as a Gala Presentation via the pic’s Canadian rightsholder eOne, which confirmed the news today that it was removing
While the delta variant continues to be a stumbling block for the overseas box office, it’s not entirely certain that’s the continuing case at the domestic box office as more people become vaccinated. Despite comfort levels for moviegoing being down over the last three weeks per NRG, it’s not all doom-and-gloom with such parameters on
Jenna Dewan claims she was “without a partner” after giving birth, but Channing Tatum did everything he could to make sure his wife and baby were fully taken care of and safe — even when he couldn’t be there physically … TMZ has learned. Sources close to the former couple tell us Jenna’s recent comments
Fans of Knives Out has so much to look forward to regarding the sequel. But even more so than the fans, Knives Out 2’s Dave Bautista appears to be just as excited for the film as they are. He even decided to make a bold statement about the whodunit follow-up. Bautista explained why Rian Johnson’s
Sara Bareilles won’t be the only Waitress cast member with prior stage-diner experience when the musical reopens on Broadway in September: Producers announced today that Waitress vets Eric Anderson, Charity Angel Dawson, Christopher Fitzgerald, Caitlin Houlahan, Dakin Matthews and Joe Tippett will be back for at least part of the show’s limited engagement. Producers Barry
EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s Dwayne Johnson-Emily Blunt family adventure movie Jungle Cruise was watched by 777,000 U.S. Households in its first weekend on Disney+ Premier according to streaming analytics corp Samba TV. At a price of $29.99 that translates to an estimated $23.3M amount of revenue earned for Jungle Cruise in Samba monitored TV households. Samba monitors streaming viewership in 3M
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez popped into a jewelry store during their romantic European getaway — trying on some serious pieces — but there’s no ring in play, yet. The shopping trip went down last week at Faraone Mennella jewelry store in Capri, and a store spokesperson tells us J Lo tried on a number
The Blue Beetle superhero mantle has existed since 1939, with Dan Garrett first fighting crime with that moniker and Ted Kord succeeding him. While Ted became well-known both as a solo superhero and for teaming up with Booster Gold and other members of the Justice League International, unlike Dan, he was never able to access
Here’s another installment of Paul Rudd Is Benjamin Button — because the older he gets, the younger he looks … at least that’s what a new viral photo of him suggests on its face. The veteran comedy actor posed for a new snap this weekend that was posted by the owner of an Indian restaurant
Sony Picture Classics and Neon fared well in their small releases this week with Nine Days and Ailey respectively, running across 6 total locations in New York, Los Angeles and Irvine – both notching heavy per screen averages with the former leading to its wider release next week. Nine Days hit NYC (Angelika, AMC Lincoln Square)
Major League Shot In Milwaukee As Opposed To Cleveland For A Variety Of Reasons The events of Major League are set in Cleveland, Ohio, the real-life home of the Indians baseball team, but the movie was actually shot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with Milwaukee County Stadium, the former home of the Brewers, filling in for Cleveland
Refresh for latest…: In its global launch, Disney’s Jungle Cruise grossed $61.8M at worldwide turnstiles. That does not include the “over $30M” that came from Disney+ in the day-and-date streaming release (which leads to $91.8M as Anthony has reported). In pure theatrical terms, the Dwayne Johnson/Emily Blunt-starrer performed ahead of expectations domestically, and came in