People don’t just make shows with no network attached, but Tyler Perry did. It was a gamble that paid off. House of Payne landed at the CW when that network needed new content. It did better than expected in the ratings, leading Tyler Perry to more work, then to the big screen, then to the
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When I was a kid growing up in Brattleboro, VT, I had to wait months for a big Hollywood movie to come to town. One of the big year-end holiday movies of 1980 was Paramount’s Robin Williams pic Popeye, but it didn’t come to my town’s Art-Deco historical landmark theater, the Latchis until Easter weekend.
Refresh for updates: Warner Bros. long-awaited Christopher Nolan movie Tenet finally opened in the U.S., and together with its Canadian run, which began last weekend rang up $20.2M to date at 2,810 theaters. All in, the time travel, 2 1/2 hour spy thriller has clocked almost $150M to date. Since movie theaters closed down nationwide due to
Refresh for latest…: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet added a further estimated $58.1M at the international box office this weekend, taking the overseas cume on the Warner Bros title to $126M after two sessions. With the time-bending film debuting in the U.S. this frame, the estimated worldwide total is $146.2M. The global weekend figure of $78.3M includes
Tiffany Haddish is revealing she tested positive for the coronavirus, and she’s opening up about her experiences with testing and learning her diagnosis. Tiffany revealed her diagnosis in a video posted on her YouTube page this week, rehashing her experience with the virus with Dr. Anthony Fauci. The actress and comedian says she contracted the
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard – August 20th, 2021 (Post-Production) The Hitman’s Bodyguard became an unlikely hit when it premiered in 2017. While it was met with tepid reviews, it became a box office hit, earning a crowd in no small part thanks to the high energy chemistry shared between Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds.
Sony has set moderate theatrical fall releases for two independent features, Diane Paragas’ narrative feature debut Yellow Rose and Andrew Cohn’s comedy The Last Shift which made its global premiere at Sundance. Last Shift, which Sony Pictures World Acquisitions picked up, will debut on Sept. 25, while Yellow Rose which the label’s Stage 6 Films acquired last year sans Philippines, will
The cast of “The Princess Bride” is reuniting, and they’re on a mission … to defeat Donald Trump in the cheese state. There will be a live stream table read on Sept. 13 and the cast is intact for “A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion” … Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn
DeSaad Has Posed As Darkseid For Selfish Purposes Heinously deceiving and causing pain to others is not the only reason that DeSaad uses his “shapeshifting” abilities, having also used them to further his own success. You see, while we may have referred to DeSaad as a “loyal” follower of Darkseid, that is not always the
Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre has indefinitely postponed its world premiere stage adaptation of the 2005 George Clooney-co-written film Good Night, and Good Luck, a project that had generated considerable interest on Broadway. Steppenwolf announced yesterday that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the theater company’s 2020-21 season will consist largely of streaming, virtual productions. Good Night, and
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said casinos statewide and NYC malls can open Sept. 9 but stayed mum on movie theaters in a press briefing Thursday dedicated mainly to ripping President Donald Trump in an escalating war of words between the two pols. The omission is a blow to theater owners as Tenet, the first
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet launched in the Middle Kingdom on Friday grossing RMB 62.3M, which included previews, translating into a $9.2M take. Pic’s day, at $8.6M, bested local epic The Eight Hundred which is estimated to have grossed $8.2M for a running total of $323.9M. It’s not certain yet if Tenet will best Eight Hundred for the top spot at China’s weekend box
The awesome estate Tyler Perry‘s building may soon need its own damn zip code, ’cause it seems he’s building his own airport on a property fit for a billionaire!!! TMZ’s obtained photos and video of the 35,000-square-foot mansion he’s building on 1,200 acres near Atlanta. As you can see … there are 2 structures on
As the world seems like it is aflame with a pandemic, divisive rhetoric from an oppressive administration and the unjust killing of Black lives at the hands of police officers, hope seems dim. However, there are voices and role models in the world that are fighting for change and on the frontlines fighting against 45,
As such, it’s not surprising that Kaili Thorne would be treated with some skepticism by her fellow creators. She’s been very open about not being full embraced by the community and has clarified several times on Instagram that she’s not shaming sex workers. Ultimately, however, it’s her life and she can do whatever she wants.
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It’s a big weekend Labor Day weekend for Ann Sarnoff at WarnerMedia. She recently celebrated her first year anniversary as the first woman to oversee Warner Bros in its 97-year history on August 22 (coincidentally on the same day as the studio’s DC FanDome day, which drew 22 million global visitors), and she heads into
Cristiano Ronaldo‘s longtime GF Georgina Rodriguez turned the Venice Film Festival into her very own fashion show on Thursday … and yeah, the woman SLAAAAAAAYED. Yes, that’s 7 As … and they’re all necessary. The soccer superstar’s gorgeous lady showed up for the showings of “The Human Voice” and “Quo Vadis, Aida?” at the big
At first it looked like AMC would be delayed with reopening their cinemas in New Jersey given the state’s last minute OK this week, and now the biggest exhibitor in the world will have two locations ready to go for Christopher Nolan’s time thriller noir this Friday, Sept 4: AMC Jersey Gardens 20 and AMC
However, in many ways, is it not a blessing to have plenty of films to choose from that you could watch at a moment’s notice? Of course it is! But, that being said, we still have empathy for those cinema obsessive who often struggle with indecision. That is where we can come in. To make
Focus Features’ Dawn Porter-directed documentary The Way I See It about former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza will premiere on MSNBC on Oct. 9, 10PM following The Rachel Maddow Show, three weeks after the pic’s Sept. 18 theatrical release. The doc, which Focus is co-presenting with MSNBC Films, will re-air several times ahead of the November elections.
As Deadline’s Tom Tapp reported last week, Los Angeles County isn’t quite ready to join other parts of California and the nation at large in allowing movie theaters to reopen, even with restrictions. So the coronavirus-beset movie capital remains closed to indoor movies. Which isn’t entirely bad. It buys some time, at least, to figure
How seemingly fitting it is to have the box office prospects for a time-travel thriller like Warner Bros.’ Tenet changing in real-time. That’s not to say that opening weekend projections are going in reverse, rather the last minute reopenings of New Jersey, Maryland, and some parts of California are providing the commercial potential for the long-awaited Christopher
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Taryn Manning is so sick and tired of the Karens of the world … she’s ready to play one in an effort to bring their racist behavior to a screeching halt. The “Orange Is the New Black” star hopped on “TMZ Live” Wednesday to discuss why she’s embracing the villainous
Disney’s live-action take on its 1998 Oscar-nominated animated classic Mulan has finally been set for a China release on September 11. A new poster with the date was released today on the studio’s official Weibo account with a note that said, “Looking forward to meeting you and witnessing the blooming of Mulan together!” The Niki
Marriage Story (2019) What does a marriage falling apart look like? Well, you have an uncomfortable front row seat in this recent Noah Baumbach film starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. The two of them are good people, but they’re heading in totally different directions in their relationship. Marriage Story is sad because you, as
EXCLUSIVE: The box office weekend projections for Warner Bros.’ Tenet just got higher. We can report that Regal Cinemas will have their cinemas reopened in time for this weekend’s release of the Christopher Nolan movie in New Jersey, Maryland and some cities in California. As of tomorrow, Wednesday at 5PM, Regal will be reopening their theatres in
With New Jersey and some markets in California reopening in the lead-up to Warner Bros.’ Tenet launch this week, the third biggest circuit stateside Cinemark is making sure they’re at the ready. By this Friday, Cinemark will have their Napa and Redding locations open in California, two locations in Oregon –Medford and Springfield, and half a dozen
This just in. AMC will have 70% of its circuit open this weekend, counting 420 locations. This includes San Diego, CA following the state Governor Newsom’s reopening provisions last Friday. In total, 140 additional AMC theaters will reopen this weekend. Distribution sources tell me that San Francisco, CA will likely be back online the weekend