When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that
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Jason Momoa’s Trademark Eyebrow Scar Has A Violent And Bloody Story Behind It Watch enough movies, shows and late night show appearances featuring everyone’s favorite Hawaiian strongman, and you’ll begin to notice the iconic scar that runs through his left eyebrow. No, this isn’t something Momoa was born with, nor was it some barbaric body
UPDATE, with specific show details Broadway will remain closed through June 7, a two-month extension of the current coronavirus shutdown that would seem to retroactively end the 2019-2020 Broadway season with the March 12 shutdown. No mention was made in the Broadway League’s announcement today of officially closing the Broadway season – theoretically, at least,
Play video content Gwyneth Paltrow couldn’t throw her son a huge birthday bash with the coronavirus guidelines, so she set up the next best thing … a driveway parade in his honor. Gwyneth and Chris Martin‘s boy, Moses, celebrated his 14th bday Wednesday, and instead of eating cake and opening presents surrounded by his friends
EXCLUSIVE: With the recent shutdown of movie theaters due to COVID-19, the STX action family comedy My Spy, which was last scheduled for theatrical release on April 17, is heading to Amazon Prime. Amazon Studios picked up the Peter Segal-directed PG-13 movie from STXFilms and MWM Studios for U.S. and key foreign territories. A streaming date will
Most days, Netflix feels like a bottomless pit of movies, television shows and documentaries – sometimes so much so that more scrolling goes on than viewing. Everyone ventures into their section of the streaming platform, but a lot of subscribers are tuning into the new original comedy Coffee & Kareem, even if the general consensus
When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that
New York-native Helen Slater‘s fame took flight in the early ’80s when she landed the role of Linda Lee — who uses the guise as Clark Kent’s cousin to blend in with the people of Earth while also defeating Selena as Supergirl — in the 1984 DC cinema spin-off, “Supergirl.” Slater shared the big screen
UPDATED with video New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed skepticism about Broadway’s just-announced June 7 reopening date. “I wouldn’t use what Broadway thinks as a barometer of anything unless they’re in the public health business and have seen better numbers and models,” Cuomo said at his daily COVID-19 briefing. Asked by a reporter if he
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) The third installment of the popular franchise started by Oren Peli’s surprise hit reveals the truth behind the demons haunting Katie, the protagonist of the original, and her sister, Kristi, whom the second film focused on. Why It Is One Of The Best Found Footage Movies: The grainy footage that helps
A group of 51 European film and audiovisual organizations and individual companies has released a call for action by EU and member state decision makers to safeguard the future of the sector in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The statement, see it in full below, says the industry requires “urgent financial support now and
When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that
In the wake of a S&P Global report that forecasted AMC Entertainment’s depletion of cash by mid-summer and its potential inability to re-open by June, media reports have already written the chain’s obituary. But hold on one moment. While distribution and rival exhibition sources wouldn’t be shocked if AMC files Chapter 11 in the near
Play video content Ezra Miller appeared to have a physical altercation with a woman in Iceland, and though it started out seeming like a joke … people at the bar took it very seriously. According to our sources … “The Flash” star was visiting the Prikið Kaffihús bar in Reykjavik on April 1 when this
Another Broadway production has nixed plans for this season: The Manhattan Theater Club’s highly anticipated staging of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive, with Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse reprising roles they originated 23 years ago, has been postponed. MTC says it’s finalizing plans to mount the production during the 2020-2021 season,
Of course, the Snyder Cut of Justice League is likely not a finished film. There should be visual effects that weren’t finished, as well as scenes that weren’t cut properly. As such, more money would likely be needed in order to produce the movie as Zack Snyder originally intended. Distribution also takes money, and it
As it faces up to the huge coronavirus challenge, exhibition giant Cineworld has suspended payment of its 2019 fourth quarter dividend of 4.25c per share and upcoming 2020 quarterly dividends in a bid to “conserve cash wherever possible”. The Regal-owner also announced today that executive directors will defer payment of their salaries and bonuses. Non-executive
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Jeffrey Katzenberg says his new streaming service, Quibi, is revolutionary in the entertainment game — bringing the highest quality video exclusively to your phone, and with a starting price ya can’t refuse. The mega-producer launched Quibi on Monday, and joined us on “TMZ Live” to tell us all about his
In the six previous years of our tournament to name the year’s most profitable film, Deadline has always launched the contest around the NCAA basketball tournament. But this year is drastically different. Tonight was supposed to be the national championship game, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, but of course the entire tournament was canceled. Not
1917 is an interesting movie since you don’t get many modern war films set during World War I, and certainly not from the British side. And since there’s the time element, it ratchets the tension sky high. From the trailer, I know a lot of people compared this movie to Dunkirk but they are completely
EXCLUSIVE: As movie theaters have shuttered around the globe due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, exhibition is among the front line of industry sectors feeling the crisis. Cineworld Group, which owns Regal Entertainment in the U.S. and is the world’s second biggest circuit, has faced challenges recently, including closing cinemas until further notice, a share
The actress who played the mother of the kid who got eaten in “Jaws,” has passed away by a threat that’s becoming more real and dangerous than a great white … COVID-19. Lee Fierro — who portrayed Alex Kintner’s mom, Mrs. Kintner, in the 1975 classic film — has passed away due to complications from
Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment is shifting a raft of theatrical releases online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered cinemas across the region. It’s rare for MENA distributors to forego theatrical releases on decent-sized movies given strict windowing rules. But the current climate will see Front Row kick off ‘Premium VOD’
Iko Uwais I would give you full permission to dismiss this list as invalid if it didn’t include Iko Uwais, so consider this me saving you the need to leave a negative post in the comments section. For those who don’t immediate recognize the name, Uwais is the star of the two movies in The
If you forgot what it looks like when Hollywood titans meet up for chitchat, take a peek at this. The likes of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw joined married couple Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley as they walked their Pacific Palisades neighborhood on the westside of L.A. They meandered around the hood late afternoon
Life (2017) What’s It About: The 2017 science fiction thriller Life follows a group of astronauts played by Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, and Jake Gyllenhaal, after they discover the first trace of life on Mars. When they bring the found organism onboard the International Space Station, however, things take a turn for the worst as
France’s National Film Center, the CNC, has taken measures to relax the country’s notoriously strict windows policy during the coronavirus pandemic. A reduction from the traditional four-month delay between theatrical release and DVD or TVOD was earlier granted for all titles that were already in cinemas on March 14, while movies whose release was set
There are more than enough streaming and VOD titles of all genres in the specialty arena making their debut this weekend as they shift from theatrical to streaming for your quarantine entertainment. For those who need to quench their thirst for a rom-com, Mike Doyle’s Almost Love is set to premiere. The Vertical Entertainment film made
More betting by the major studios that moviegoing occurs later this season in the coronavirus climate, than earlier this summer as Universal/MGM’s Candyman reboot moves from June 12 to Sept. 25. In the wake of Paramount, Warner Bros. and Sony shifting their movies out of the earlier part of summer as questions hang over when exhibition
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com A British actor known for playing Jesus in various films has the coronavirus and is extremely upset his country’s quarantining rules are putting people at extreme risk. Adam Bond is in a Malaysian hospital … he’s been there for weeks. Adam was filming his 7th movie in which he plays