With Warner Bros./Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong stomping away from its Nov. 20 release date, MGM’s 007 feature No Time to Die will take over that slot in the states. No Time to Die is also going earlier in the UK on Nov. 12 in the UK. News broke on social media this morning. Deadline was the first to report that due
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Natalie Portman Returned To Marvel Thanks To Taika Waititi While Natalie Portman’s relationship with Marvel was seemingly fraught with difficulties, it came as a delightful surprise to many MCU fans to learn that she would return to play Jane Foster in the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder. The third Thor sequel will not only feature
It just won’t stop. Warner Bros, in the wake of moving Tenet from July 17 to July 31 and Wonder Woman 1984 from Aug. 14 to Oct. 2, has shifted a number of its movies on the 2020 schedule to deeper in the calendar. Matrix 4, which currently paused production in Berlin but might restart next month goes from
UPDATED, 5:26 PM: More three-card-monte maneuvers on the summer theatrical release schedule. With Warner Bros. taking Christopher Nolan’s Tenet‘s from July 17 to July 31, STX is now moving its Gerard Butler-Morena Baccarin action movie Greenland off that date to Aug. 14. That’s where Wonder Woman 1984 was standing before she jumped to Oct. 2. PREVIOUSLY, June 11:
EXCLUSIVE: Now here’s a movie that isn’t moving completely off the schedule after Warner Bros. exploded the release calendar today with its Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984 release date change moves. United Artists Releasing is going a week earlier with Orion’s threequel Bill & Ted Face the Music, now on Aug. 14 — the date Wonder Woman 1984 previously
Breaking News “Gone With the Wind” is gone no more … HBO Max is bringing back the 1939 classic but it’ll do so by adding historical context and denouncing its racist depictions. The streaming platform made an about-face mere hours after announcing it would temporarily pull the film from its library. The move came after
Universal/Amblin’s Bios is the first to move off Oct. 2 after Warner Bros. plopped Wonder Woman 1984 on that new date, and will now go on April 16, 2021. With New York theaters and some prime offshore territories not really open yet, Warner Bros. made some seismic release date changes which has everyone jumping in
As for The Matrix 4, while it held onto its May 21, 2021 date for a while, it’s now been moved to April 1, 2022. This delay is no doubt due not just to the shifting Warner Bros slate, but because the movie also had to halt its production due to the current health crisis.
Bill Nighy is set to score a triple word score this weekend with the dramedy Sometimes Always Never, which is set to open virtually in theaters today before it becomes available on-demand July 10. Directed by former member of the British band The Farm, Carl Hunter and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the film follows Alan
My Spy will hit Amazon Prime on June 26. Deadline first told you that STX was selling it to the streamer after theaters closed down due to COVID-19. The pic’s previous theatrical release date was April 17. I hear the movie may also be provided to Drive-Ins and other cinemas that are open should they wish
Snap Inc on Thursday announced Atom Tickets as a premiere launch partner for Snap Minis, a new branded third-party experience within Snapchat that will include the Atom Mini called Movie Tickets By Atom. The feature tailored for Snapchat will let users make movie plans with friends and buy tickets without leaving the popular social media
Exclusive George Floyd‘s name could be worth a lot of money in the entertainment business … and now one man is looking to lock up the rights to his name for movies and TV shows. According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, a man named Munemo Mushonga filed a trademark application to use the
The Old Guard sees Charlize Theron’s Andy as one member in a group of immortal warriors who have been fighting to protect the world for centuries. Certainly, it’s going to have some elements that you expect to find in traditional graphic novels, lots of action and heroes who can’t be killed, but what set the
Marcus Theaters, the fourth largest circiut in the U.S., Thursday announced plans to reopen six theaters on June 19 with enhanced protocols in accordance with current local health and safety guidelines that will be used help fine-tune future phases of theatre reopenings in weeks ahead, in time for summer blockbusters based on when studios release
EXCLUSIVE: Looking at the international box office over the past few weekends, if there’s one trend that’s beginning to emerge from the smattering of cinemas back in operation, it’s that audiences are responding to new product — and fresh re-releases. Exhibitors are getting the job done with what’s available to them, but it’s still slim
Matthew McConaughey‘s mission to do more to defeat racial injustice led him to an interesting chat with Emmanuel Acho … where they broke down something referred to as “white allergies.” Matthew told the former NFL linebacker he recently learned of the term … which he describes as white people’s inherent prejudices — ones they likely
EXCLUSIVE: Even if New York City theaters aren’t opening, and even if Warner Bros. decides to move Tenet to August, Solstice Studios’ Russell Crowe road rage movie Unhinged will still open on July 1. While Tenet is being pinned as the long-awaited launch of the summer season after exhibition’s great shutdown since mid-March, Unhinged is the warm-up act to get turnstiles primed
Dr. Madeleine Swann Is Bond’s First Multi-Film Relationship In A Long Time Much as James Bond used to chase after the formerly named “Bond Girls” on a regular basis, his personal endeavors have been tempered with more of a tragic and lonely air. Even more surprising was the fact that, after he had his heart
Giant exhibitor AMC Entertainment said net losses swelled to $2.18 billion, including a giant $1.8 billion in non-cash impairment charges, for the first quarter of the year from a negative $130 million the year before in what CEO Adam Aron called “unprecedented times.” Revenue dropped 22% to $941 million from $1.2 billion for the three
AMC Entertainment stock jumped over 15% at open in a down market Wednesday at open after execs outlined global opening plans at a conference call late yesterday afternoon. Share had popped by over 17% in premarket trade. It’s been a roller coaster – mostly down – for AMC shares since the coronavirus pandemic forced it
Buried in AMC’s 1Q 2020 earnings release on page 3 today was the statement, “While we are in active dialogue with Universal, no movies made by Universal Studios are currently on our docket.” The note comes a little bit more than a month after AMC CEO and President Adam Aron alerted the studio in a
Harry Potter himself is shutting down his own creator’s views on gender identity and trans people, and his message about equality is pretty magical. Daniel Radcliffe responded to J.K. Rowling‘s controversial thoughts about the subject through an essay on The Trevor Project — an org that advocates for suicide prevention in the LGBTQ community —
In the wake of California giving the green light for movie theaters to open as early as this Friday, exhibition will be thrilled to hear that more product will become available on the marquee. TriStar Pictures is scheduling romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery from executive producer Selena Gomez on July 10, ahead of Warner Bros.’
Well, this is a bummer! Subscribers to the new platform undoubtedly will be unhappy to see the titles that may have enticed them into a month subscription already making a swift exit from HBO Max. At least 21 DC titles will remain after July 1, including Aquaman, Oscar-nominee Joker, Shazam!, Green Lantern, HBO’s Watchmen series,
Universal and Blumhouse are taking their Kevin Bacon–Amanda Seyfried psychological thriller You Should Have Left straight into homes on Friday, June 19 for a North America PVOD release. The pic was directed by Jurassic Park and Mission: Impossible scribe David Koepp which he adapted from the German novel by Daniel Kehlmann. Bacon and Seyfried star as a couple seeking
EXCLUSIVE: From what we’ve been able to pull together, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour continues to reign with $300K in its ninth weekend at the domestic box office from a theatrical marketplace that remains largely shut down coast to coast. Our sources believe that the sequel has made slightly more than $3M from theatrical ticket sales
Exclusive Tom Hanks is not only a beloved actor, he’s a trusted fatherly figure, so a fan asked for his advice on a very important aspect of raising a child … and Hanks delivered. Zack Teperman is the president of a public relations firm and has a daughter, Chloe, who is 2 and a half.
With California Gov. Gavin Newsom potentially poised to make an announcement easing COVID-19 restrictions on movie theaters this week, the industry anticipates at least the semblance of a summer season. The news will come as a relief to movie theaters, which have been shut since mid-March, and studios as well which have holding back on
Both Get Out And Us Feature Hidden Cameos By Jordan Peele Speaking of having an onscreen presence, despite his primary role as producer, writer, and director of Get Out and his doubly chilling 2019 follow-up Us, Jordan Peele does have an acting role in both films, but chose to keep them discreet, Hitchcock-style. In addition
Play video content BACKGRID Michael B. Jordan and Kendrick Sampson are demanding huge changes in policing, in Presidential politics and also in Hollywood … and they’re shouting it for everyone to hear. The actors and activists led a long BLM march Saturday through parts of L.A. and also Bev Hills. “Insecure” star Kendrick was the