What a difference a year — and a pandemic — makes. At this time in 2019, Pokémon Detective Pikachu was the No. 1 movie in 72 markets with a $54M frame at the international box office while John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum took out a took out a $35M hit in 66 and Avengers:
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In the version of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that we saw, Kylo Ren finds the Emperor on a planet called Exegol, that we had never seen on the screen before. But according to the book The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (via ScreenRant) in one early version of the script,
Warner Bros has keyed up a re-release of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy in Hong Kong and Taiwan, ahead of the mid-July launch of the director’s latest epic, Tenet. The three films — Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises — will release over several weeks. The first rollout is in Taiwan
Focus Features’ Jacob Chase directed and written horror movie Come Play is moving from its July 24 spot on the calendar, where Disney’s Mulan exists, to Oct. 30 against Lionsgate’s Deon Taylor-directed thriller Fatale. Newcomer Azhy Robertson stars as Oliver, a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in
Breaking News Gregory Tyree Boyce — one of the guys who was vying for Kristen Stewart‘s heart and attention in the first ‘Twilight’ movie has died … TMZ has confirmed. Boyce passed away last Wednesday in Las Vegas. An official cause of death is pending. His mother, Lisa Wayne, confirmed the news on social media,
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Vertical Entertainment has snapped up the domestic and UK distribution rights to The Big Ugly, an action thriller starring Snatch‘s Vinnie Jones, Ron Perlman and Malcolm McDowell. The Big Ugly will first hit UK theaters and VOD on July 24, and then U.S. theaters and VOD a week later on July 31.
Capone is a real departure for Josh Trank, who burst on the scene with the extremely popular found-footage superhero movie Chronicle. His next career stop was a debacle, though, as Trank got caught up in a disastrous Fantastic Four adaptation, which set his trajectory back. For better or for worse, Capone is completely the movie
Barack Obama, meet Arnold Schwarzenegger — he’s got a little commencement speech of his own … and it might be just as good or possibly better advice for the Class of 2020. The A-list actor and former California Governor delivered an epic address via ATTN to all the grads who couldn’t attend their own in-person
Honestly, I’m not sure why the service hasn’t just said, ‘Hey Outer Banks team, you’re renewed,” but if I know anything about Netflix it’s that the content provider likes to wait a little while before a renewal order comes down. It’s like the opposite strategy of Amazon, which has renewed shows like Carnival Row for
Italy’s cinemas will get back to business from June 15, the government announced Saturday as it outlined an overall easing of lockdown protocols in what was the initial epicenter of the European continent’s coronavirus outbreak. As with other markets that are beginning to lift restrictions on moviegoing, there will be social distancing measures in place
France’s movie theaters may be able to re-open at the beginning of July, the country’s Culture Minister Franck Riester said today. A further update is expected at the end of this month, however, Riester told local radio this morning that the government believes a certain number of cinemas may be able to get back to
Some Like It Hot, a planned stage musical based on the great 1959 Billy Wilder comedy, has set its sights on a Fall 2021 Broadway opening, producers announced today. The staging would mark the musical’s world premiere: A previously announced pre-Broadway engagement in Chicago has been canceled. With a book by Matthew Lopez (The Inheritance),
Fred Willard has died … TMZ has learned. The veteran comedic actor passed away late Friday night. His daughter Hope tells TMZ, “My father passed away very peacefully last night at the fantastic age of 86 years old. He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end. We loved him so very
Screen Media will release the indie kill-or-be-killed crime drama Blood and Money starring Tom Berenger on VOD this weekend to give you a jolt of thrills. Directed by long-time cinematographer John Barr, the pic stars Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actor Tom Berenger (Platoon, Hatfields & McCoys) as a retired veteran who, while is hunting in the Allagash
If you’re one of the millions of people who’ve seen Knives Out since it hit movie theaters (ah, remember those?) in November 2019, a few things from the film probably stand out: Rian Johnson’s whip-smart script, Ana de Armas’ star-making performance, Benoit Blanc’s confounding final revelation, and Chris Evans’ life-changing, cream-colored cable knit sweater. His
The franchise owner of Alamo Drafthouse’s three dine-in movie theaters in Arizona has filed for Chapter 11 amid the impact from exhibition’s nationwide closure during the coronavirus pandemic. The filing only pertains to the Phoenix-based franchises of Alamo Drafthouse in Tempe, Gilbert and Chandler, not the other corporate owned theaters of the Austin, TX chain.
EXCLUSIVE: Good news for big circuits AMC, Regal and Cinemark and other movie theaters which are hoping to return to business in the late June to early July period: In an updated EDO moviegoer study entitled “Movie Theaters and Social Distancing”, 75% respondents said that they were more likely to return to cinemas upon their
Will it? Won’t it? Can it? Exhibitors, rival studios and the town have been paralyzed all week wondering whether Warner Bros.’ Tenet will remain on its July 17 release date and bring the world’s movie theaters back from this coronavirus deep-freeze they’ve been suffering since mid-March. Here’s what we know at this time: solid sources
Keith Urban did something last night that could be a new way to enjoy in-person concerts … from the safety of your own car!!! The country music star put on a surprise concert at a drive-in theater near Nashville Thursday night. The show was to show appreciation to frontline workers at the Vanderbilt University Medical
Universal–Blumhouse’s The Forever Purge, which was dated for July 10 prior to Warner Bros.’ The Tenet, is now unset. Solstice Studios’ Russell Crowe road rage movie Unhinged on July 1 remains the first wide release back for those cinemas reopening. We hear there is no determination yet as to whether Forever Purge goes to PVOD, which is where Universal released Trolls World
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hit theaters back in December, but we’re still consistently learning more about J.J. Abrams’ massive blockbuster. The film contained plenty of of plot twists, many of which
Amazon Studios said Thursday that Chemical Hearts, the coming-of-age drama starring and executive produced by Riverdale‘s Lili Reinhart, will hit Amazon Prime Video on August 21. The movie follows 17-year-old Henry Page (Austin Abrams) who has never been in love. He fancies himself a romantic, but the kind of once-in-a-lifetime love he’s been hoping for just hasn’t
Breaking News It’s been a year since LeSean McCoy ruined the ending to the insanely anticipated “Avengers: Endgame” movie … and the NFL star is FINALLY apologizing for the huge mistake. Of course, Shady infamously tweeted out “RIP my dog TONEY STARK” on April 26, 2019 — before most people were able to check out
Disney’s Frozen has become Broadway’s first long-running casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic and industrywide shutdown. The production, which opened March 22, 2018, at the St. James Theatre, announced today that it will not return when Broadway reopens — whenever that might be. In the closure announcement, producers said the musical will not re-open “as a
Of course, Venom never appeared in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. There seemed to be enough going on in the story, highlighting the origins of Miles Morales. However, fans think it might be time to put Venom in the sequel. One fan recently went to social media to post some graphic art, depicting Miles Morales in
Germany’s Constantin Film has been awarded the Federal Film Board’s Branchentiger prize for the top local producer and distributor of 2019. This is the 13th consecutive year that the Resident Evil and Perfect Strangers maker has won the award. With it comes 3.1M euros in funding for seven new in-house productions as well as 600K
MJ, the Michael Jackson stage musical headed for Broadway, will begin previews next March, an eight-month postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. The new dates were announced today by producers Lia Vollack Productions and The Michael Jackson Estate. The world premiere of MJ, featuring Jackson’s music, will begin previews on Monday, March 8, 2021,
EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned and confirmed that some exhibitors will be sharing in this weekend’s revenues for the Warner Bros. digital and PVOD release of Scoob! Warner Bros. opted to take their Tony Cervone-directed animated release into homes this Friday instead of theaters given the continued near nationwide exhibition shutdown during COVID-19. Scoob! will be available for
Exclusive Mary-Kate Olsen wants to get divorced, but she’s hit a major roadblock — coronavirus, so now she wants an emergency court order to speed things along. Mary-Kate says her attorneys got an email from her husband, Pierre Olivier Sarkozy‘s attorneys this week giving her a May 18 deadline to get her stuff out of
The much-delayed former Fox/Marvel The New Mutants is not going to Disney+ or Hulu, and remains on track for a theatrical release, now set for Aug. 28 this year. New Mutants stands alone as the only wide entry on the pre-Labor Day weekend frame. The pic’s history of release dates include April 13, 2018; Feb. 22, 2019;