Imax CEO Rich Gelfond doesn’t see the Warner Bros.-induced sound and fury in Hollywood subsiding anytime soon as talent joins theaters to protest the studio’s 2021 theatrical windows – nor does he think Warner will stick it out for a full year. “I don’t this is a storm that’s going to blow over in a
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Breaking News SF 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel is showing love to the man who inspired his nickname … saying it was a “blessing” to meet Tiny Lister before he passed away. In case you didn’t know … Samuel earned the nickname “Deebo” when he was a kid because he had that bully swagger that
Struggling AMC Entertainment said it risks running out funds in January. In its latest warning cry, it said it needs $750 million “to remain viable” through 2021. Even if it raises that, it still risks bankruptcy next year if moviegoing doesn’t pick up — and Warner Bros. may have made that harder to accomplish. In
Where Is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Streaming If you want to see Clark Griswold battle his neighbors, encourage his cousin-in-law to kidnap his greedy boss, and cause a blackout in the greater Chicago area, you will need to subscribe to the AMC+ streaming service. You can get AMC+ as an add-on through a number of
EXCLUSIVE: CAA is the latest to blast WarnerMedia on its decision to place its entire 17-film slate on HBO Max at the same time the films are released in U.S. theaters in 2021. Sources said that at an agency staff meeting, CAA president Richard Lovett read aloud a letter that he sent to WarnerMedia CEO
Even though a combined 100 movie and TV series titles were announced today during Disney Investor Day, with 80% of them going to Disney+, let it be noted that the Burbank, CA studio didn’t burn down its 2021 theatrical release schedule, like WarnerMedia did last week, in order to keep the fire going on its
In the first sign today on Disney Investor Day that the studio might be going the way of WarnerMedia-HBO Max, the studio will release their upcoming animated feature Raya And the Last Dragon both in theaters and on Disney+ premiere access (like Mulan) in March. The pic is currently slated for a March 12 release. We’ll see as
Matthew Morrison probably thinks fans who saw his performance in “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical!” have hearts 2 sizes too small … ’cause they’re going off about his hyper-sexual take on the Grinch. The “Glee” star drenched himself in the green getup for Wednesday night’s musical on NBC, but instead of softening hearts around the
Nab Film Collectibles From Mondo And Alamo Drafthouse Whether it’s to add to your own personal collection or to snag a last-minute holiday gift for a fellow film-lover, Mondo and Alamo Drafthouse are selling film collectibles and posters, with all of the proceeds going toward paying Alamo Drafthouse staff and paying debt and expenses occurred
East Coast child actor, Adam Hann-Byrd, is best known for his role as the young boy genius Fred Tate — who gets accepted to college at 7 years old and learns about scholastics … but mostly learns about life — in the 1991 coming-of-age film, “Little Man Tate.” Adam Hann-Byrd was cast alongside some big-name
Eric Bogosian (Arno Moradian) As Arno Moradian, a menacing loan shark out to collect Howard’s well-overdue tab, Eric Bogosian provided a very threatening role in Uncut Gems. An accomplished playwright and novelist in addition to being an accomplished actor, Bogosian is best known for writing plays like Talk Radio and subUrbia, both of which have
Can cinemas play day-and-date releases from Warner Bros after continually refusing to show Netflix films? The big circuits have to be feeling really stupid now: If they had only made a deal with Netflix last year on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman at a 45-day window instead of emphatically rejecting one, perhaps this looming apocalypse brought on
Editors’ Note: Michael Shamberg is a tenured film and TV producer whose credits include Contagion, Get Shorty, The Big Chill, Erin Brockovich, Out of Sight, Pulp Fiction, A Fish Called Wanda and many others. With the Warner Bros announcement that all its 2021 films will premiere online at the same time as in theaters, it’s
Exclusive Zak Bagans has all the makings of the dollhouse from hell … he just threw down more cash for one of the famous Chucky dolls from “Child’s Play.” The “Ghost Adventures” star tells TMZ … he dropped a cool $11,000 at an auction, and scored one of the creepy dolls used in the first
Christopher Nolan, who was doing consumer press interviews today for the DVD release of Tenet, was asked about that movie’s film studio, Warner Bros., and their recent radical windows plan to drop their entire 2021 slate both in theaters and on their struggling frosh streaming service HBO Max at the same time. It was a
Monster Hunter director Paul W.S. Anderson has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the film, which was pulled from Chinese cinemas during its opening weekend amid backlash over a line of dialogue that has been perceived as racist by local audiences. In a statement provided to Deadline, Anderson says he is “devastated” and “mortified” that
The Independent Cinema Alliance, a volunteer alliance of independent cinemas operating in North America, has responded to WarnerMedia’s theatrical-HBO Max 2021 slate day and date release strategy and they’re not pleased. They’re calling on studio of Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood and Harry Potter to recommit to theatrical exclusivity, for that is what drives value to movies, not
Natalie Desselle-Reid — a prolific actor known for roles in “Eve,” a ‘Madea’ film and ‘B*A*P*S’ — has died after a battle with cancer … one she’d kept private. The veteran comedic actor passed away Monday morning. A family member tells TMZ she died of colon cancer after having been diagnosed earlier this year. We’re
Wonder Woman was a groundbreaking movie for a variety of ways. It proved the power of the DCEU, as well as the appeal of female-led superhero movies at the box office. The action sequences involving the Amazons were thrilling visual experiences, and a flashback brought the opportunity to recreate that magic, while also introducing Diana’s
If there’s one weekend at the box office that studios and exhibitors typically have had no thanks for, it’s the post Thanksgiving period, typically the first weekend in December, when business drops by as much as 50%. Last year the Black Friday weekend went from $180.9M led by Frozen 2 to $90.3M during the first frame of
Germany’s Constantin Film has issued an apology over dialogue in its feature game adaptation Monster Hunter which led to an online backlash in China this weekend, and subsequently resulted in the movie being pulled from Middle Kingdom cinemas. Constantin says it “sincerely apologizes to Chinese audiences for a line of dialogue contained in an early
It goes without saying that the domestic box office is struggling. That said, it feels that we are trying to find different ways of framing that story every week. At the end of the day, it’s a win to report any numbers at all considering the circumstances — especially for the specialty box office space
Breaking News The author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” — the guy who said Hitler had reason to target the Jews — was cruel to say what he said, according to the guy’s own family. Roald Dahl, a wildly successful author who also wrote “Matilda,” “The BFG” and “The Witches,” said during a 1983
Refresh for latest…: Sunday’s international box office reporting looks vastly different to what was expected coming into the weekend. A Friday gross that portended a high-teens launch for Monster Hunter in China was quickly thwarted when local authorities pulled the feature game adaptation from the country’s cinemas. This was the result of an online backlash
James Purefoy has built a solid resume over the past few decades, as he’s taken on prominent roles in series like Rome, The Following and Sex Education. His career might have looked quite a bit different, though, if he’d taken a different path — one that was presented to him on two separate occasions.
WarnerMedia didn’t have to wait until Wonder Woman 1984 debuted both on HBO Max and in theaters: The Burbank, CA based studio is putting its entire 2021 theatrical slate on HBO Max for their respective first month of release, concurrent with a global cinema release. After a one month access period for the pics on
Play video content Matthew McConaughey is not into extremes, at least not in politics … and that’s why he’s saying the intolerance and condescension has got to stop, and he has a solution. M.C. jumped on Russell Brand‘s podcast, ‘Under the Skin,’ and they were talkin’ politics … both here in the States and across
An online backlash that swirled in China on Friday over a scene in Monster Hunter has resulted in the movie being pulled from the country’s cinemas. The Paul WS Anderson-directed feature game adaptation had been eyeing the market as one of its biggest plays, but a short exchange in the film has been perceived as
The upcoming movie features an all-star cast including K.J. Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Demi Moore and Bradley Whitford. We don’t know much about Alexandra Daddario’s role in Songbird just yet, but the actress did recently speak about what it was like making the movie under these circumstances. In her words:
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar jumped on the phone today to talk more about the revolutionary theatrical-HBO Max window for the studio’s 2021 slate. That big decision comes strictly down to the pandemic, and the studio aiming to maximize their movies as revenue events on its new streaming service HBO Max, as well as helping those