West Coast actress Suzanne Snyder was in her early 20s when she landed the role as the high school hottie and nerd crush Deb — who ditches the jocks and falls for the dweebs after their abduction by the biker gang — in the classic ’80s comedy “Weird Science.” Snyder was cast alongside some big
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Whether it’s fun or safety, Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 sound like they’ve been rewarding experiences for the entire cast, Hayley Atwell included. Considering the delays and worries the world of entertainment has been subjected to through current events, those rewards are especially enjoyable, as they keep the wheels turning for the future of this
Germany has extended its partial coronavirus lockdown until at least December 20, meaning cinemas in the European major will not resume operations before that date. It is also possible, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, that restrictions could continue into January. A re-evaluation is due to take place on December 15. Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984
Faizon Love claims he was scrubbed from a movie poster just because he’s Black … and now he’s suing Universal over it. The actor filed the lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the studio of racial discrimination for removing him from an overseas version of the “Couples Retreat” poster … while leaving the rest of his white costars
Universal’s release of Dreamworks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age stayed on target from what we saw yesterday with an opening Wednesday of $1.85M in a very broken exhibition landscape where there’s only 2,650 theaters open right now out of national footprint of 5,5K. Croods 2 is booked at 2,211 theaters. Five-day projections are unpredictable as we don’t
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter franchise has been entertaining audiences for decades, and is showing no signs of slowing down. The property continues to expand with theme parks, stage plays, and the Fantastic Beasts movies. Director Chris Columbus helped to kickstart the Harry Potter films, directing the first two installments and going on to serve as
EXCLUSIVE: Despite the severe ratcheting down of movie theaters during the pandemic in recent weeks, Universal is standing strong with a robust global promotional campaign behind their DreamWorks Animation sequel The Croods: A New Age which opens today at 2,211 theaters. While the marketing spend on domestic wide releases has been in the single digit
There is rumblings tonight that Legendary’s fourthquel Godzilla vs. Kong, scheduled to be released by Warner Bros on the big screen, is in talks to head to HBO Max. Surprise, surprise. THR reports tonight, and we’ve confirmed with sources, that Netflix made a $200M+ offer for the Adam Wingard directed movie, but WarnerMedia blocked it, and
Exclusive Details Megan Fox apparently has a great thing going with Machine Gun Kelly … good enough that she’s decided to pull the trigger and divorce Brian Austin Green. The actress filed her divorce docs Wednesday after nearly 10-and-a-half years of marriage to the ‘90210’ star. In the docs — obtained by TMZ — Megan
As we enter the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend during an era when the box office is struggling and more weight is being placed on streamers for new product, there are still titles making theatrical debuts amid the digital film landscape as people recover from their turkey-induced tryptophan haze. It all starts with three films spotlighting
Much as Clifford The Big Red Dog promises a big red dog, some believe that the teaser above delivers on that very promise. There’s complaints, to be sure, but there’s also defenders on how director Walt Becker’s gargantuan canine looks in these early stages of promotion. As usual, this design could find itself fine-tuned before
Movie theaters in France will be allowed to reopen from December 15, President Emmanuel Macron announced this evening in an address to the nation. The country’s second COVID-19 spike has peaked, said Macron, and there will be an overall, gradual easing of restrictions over the next several weeks. Culture “is essential,” Macron insisted. A 9PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Sarah Paulson thriller Run has become Hulu’s most watched feature title ever during its opening weekend, and has ranked as the most talked about Hulu Original Film to date on Twitter, Deadline has learned. Through the pic’s first three-days, which began on Nov. 20, Run has beat not only previously watched Hulu Originals Films, but
The Pioneers Assistance Fund’s Covid-19 relief effort has helped more than 8,000 movie theater workers with nearly $3 million in grants during the pandemic. The fund, which is part of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, is chaired by Chris Aronson, Paramount’s president of distribution. The overwhelming majority of financial assistance disbursed by the
Cue up Richard Strauss’ ‘Also Sprach’ and the enchanting wailing sirens, because it sure looks like Stanley Kubrick’s classic sci-fi flick is coming to life … in the Utah desert. A sleek metallic monolith was discovered last week in the middle of freakin’ nowhere — an incredibly remote area in the southeastern part of the
At the end of the first Fantastic Beasts movie, it was revealed that Colin Farrell’s Percival Graves was actually Grindelwald in disguise. Johnny Depp appeared briefly in a cameo, before having a major role in The Crimes of Grindelwald. And while the character escaped Azkaban prison, Depp recently posed for a photo behind bars as
Universal’s domestic release of Simon Kinberg’s directorial The 355 is jumping from its MLK 2021 weekend release to MLK weekend Jan. 14, 2022. While Universal has committed a number of fresh wide releases during the pandemic to exhibition during Q4, i.e. Focus Features’ Come Play, Let Him Go, Blumhouse’s Freaky, Dreamworks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age and Tom Hanks’ News of the
Despite what you may have read, The Right Girl is not a musical about Harvey Weinstein. Then again, having been created by one of the first women to speak out against the rapist, it’s not not a musical about Harvey Weinstein. Had Broadway not gone dark with the coronavirus pandemic last March, audiences might already
Play video content SplashNews.com The director who seemingly got busted for trash-talking actor Lukas Gage‘s apartment on a Zoom call says he’s not going to apologize for it … because important context is missing. Tristram Shapeero — a British TV director best known for directing episodes of “Community,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Veep” — is
Japan’s runaway smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train continued its reign at the top of the local charts this weekend, despite the release of Stand By Me Doraemon 2. Monday is a holiday in Japan, so full official weekend figures are not expected to be reported until Tuesday. However, according to estimates from Deadline
Chris Pratt is almost certainly doing his share of working out as well for the new film, but Chris Hemsworth is supposed to be playing an actual god, while Star-Lord is just a really in shape, otherwise normal, human. I’m afraid Pratt is going to look slightly lacking next to Thor no matter what happens.
In a major sign of confidence in the future of theatrical moviegoing, Cineworld Group, the world’s second largest exhibitor and owner of Regal in the U.S., has secured significant additional liquidity that will help ensure its future despite ongoing challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes a new debt facility of $450M, while further
There aren’t any huge surprises in the specialty box office as we enter what is expected to be a very different Thanksgiving holiday week. Normally, this would be the time of year where people would be participating in post-Thanksgiving dinner moviegoing but, as we know, theaters are shuttered. As the spike in COVID cases across
Play video content Exclusive Details Courtesy Of Tyler Perry Studios Tyler Perry was in the giving mood this weekend — and it appears thousands more were in the receiving mood ahead of an extremely challenging Thanksgiving. Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta became the site of incredibly long lines of cars Sunday morning as folks came
SUNDAY AM UPDATE, refresh for chart and more analysis: The weekend before Thanksgiving is one of the most lucrative ones on the calendar, last year bringing in $204.9M off the opening of Disney’s Frozen II which posted November’s fifth best domestic opening of all-time at $130.3M. Who would ever think that the domestic box office would sink
The Ocean’s Eleven movies are a ton of fun. They may not be the best thing anyone involved has done, but they’re fun movies that keep your attention, probably because everyone involved is so clearly having a great time. Their attitudes are infectious, and as a viewer, you just want to be along for the
Cineworld, the world’s second largest cinema chain, is looking into a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in the UK, which would allow it to restructure and renegotiate a mounting debt pile caused by unpaid rents due to ongoing closures. Deadline can confirm that a potential CVA, first reported by the Financial Times, is one option being
The Wet Bandits are once again being chased off a property by young Kevin McCallister this holiday season … because somebody went to extreme lengths to bring ‘Home Alone’ to life at their own crib … almost quite literally. The house in question is decked out in perhaps the most EPIC Christmas decoration set-up ever
AMC’s Adam Aron isn’t the only one who is happy about WarnerMedia’s decision’s to take Wonder Woman 1984 theatrical day and date on HBO Max. This morning the Independent Cinema Alliance (ICA), which reps North America indie movie theatre owners, exclaimed their support to the Burbank, CA studio and its plans to keep the Gal Gadot-Kristen
Meg Ryan And Tom Hank’s Chemistry If you’re going to spend an hour and a half to two hours watching people fall in love, then you at least want them to have good chemistry. There is a reason Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan appeared in multiple movies together: they have great on-screen chemistry. They are