Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament is back. While studios during Covid wildly embraced the theatrical day-and-date model when cinemas were closed, they soon realized there’s nothing more profitable than a theatrical release and the downstreams that come with it. If anything, theatrical is the advertisement for a movie’s longevity in subsequent home entertainment windows. Entering
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Scott Speedman has won over Grey’s Anatomy fans with his performance as Dr. Nick Marsh. But he might soon be facing much gorier medical emergencies in a new and very different role. Variety reported today that Speedman has been cast in a lead role on the upcoming Peacock horror series Teacup. The show is based
Yellowstone is coming to an end, and it’s not only Paramount who will suffer. As the key to Yellowstone streaming, Peacock loses a golden goose, too. What better way than to introduce a real-live ranch family who, like the Duttons, are fighting for their future in a dying world? Peacock has announced a new original
Oppenheimer will finally arrive on Peacock on Feb. 16., right smack dab in the middle of Oscar season. Oscar nominations come out Jan. 23. The Christopher Nolan directed movie just won five Golden Globes including Best Director, Best Feature Drama, Best Actor Drama Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor Robert Downey Jr, and Best Original Score
Alexander Payne’s 3x Golden Globe nominated, 8x Critics Choice nominated dramedy The Holdovers will stream on Peacock on Friday, Dec. 29. By the time the movie hits the streaming service it will have been in theaters exclusively for 64 days. The pic has grossed to date $17.4M at the domestic box office. The movie which
Today, Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy‘s is clocking past the $100M domestic mark, a box office milestone for the studio when it comes to its experimental theatrical day-and-date releases on its Peacock streaming service. That’s not only the highest that Uni has seen from a pic that’s been distributed via such means at the box
EXCLUSIVE: “We may have a big hit on our hands,” beamed one person close to the production of Universal/Blumhouse’s feature take of videogame Five Nights at Freddy‘s today. And while the movie, which hits theatrical-day-and-date today on screens at 2PM and on Peacock at 6PM is projected to do around $50M, there are some crazy
No one knew how big this was going to be, or is going to be but Universal/Blumhouse’s feature take on beloved horror videogame, Five Nights at Freddy‘s is eyeing a $50M+ start possibly even more. At that level, it’s the second-best opening of this autumn’s B.O. behind Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour ($92.8M). Note the
Wes Anderson’s arthouse oasis, Asteroid City, will stream on Peacock on Friday, Aug. 11, 57-days after opening in theaters. The Focus Features absurdist comedy, which world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and stars Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Bryan Cranston, Steve Carrell, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Hanks, Jeff Goldblum, Ed Norton among several others has grossed
Mike Cavanagh, the president of Comcast who was recently named the de-facto head of NBC Universal, said the company remains “committed to reaching a fair deal [with actors and writers[ as soon as possible, so we can get back to doing what we do best, which making great content together.” In a change, he kicked
Community fans got their wish in 2022 when Peacock ordered a movie follow-up for the comedy series. Since the announcement, there have been few updates about the project, and, as expected, the project is on hold due to the Writers Guild Strike. Series star Joel McHale opened up to TV Line while promoting Crime Scene
If you went in and digitally removed all the smartphones from Peacock’s new series Poker Face, it could’ve aired right alongside Columbo and The Rockford Files in a 1970s NBC primetime lineup. Co-creators Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne dust off a creaky old format — the guest-star-studded mystery of the week — and put a stylish spin
We’ve just run down the best (and worst) of 2022. So, what’s got us excited for 2023? There is so much good TV waiting in the wings, not to mention some movies we’ve been aching to see. Here’s a list of everything we’re excited about in the entertainment world. Teen Wolf: The Movie (Paramount+) MTV’s
Who doesn’t love a good ship? Every year we have to sit down and decide which relationships blew us away with their chemistry and genuine love for one another. And while some of these couples will look familiar from years past, some newbies also snuck on the list. It was a good year for love
Steve Burton is returning to Salem. According to People, the beloved actor has closed a deal to return to Days of Our Lives in 2023. Burton made his television debut on Days of Our Lives in 1988. The veteran soap star left the series in 1990 and returned to the franchise with an appearance in
Before the pandemic, if there was something studio executives rubbed their hands about, it was the near total eclipse of the theatrical window. In 2021, for some studios that dream came true, and as far as 2022 goes, hopefully they’ve learned their lesson from this nightmare that, in Deadline’s annual survey, shows largely diluted box
In another move to feed the beast of frosh streamers, Universal has announced that their Jennifer Lopez–Owen Wilson romantic comedy Marry Me will stream on Peacock the same weekend the movie hits theaters, Feb. 11-13. Previous theatrical-day-and-date Peacock releases include DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby: Family Business ($57.3M domestic) and Blumhouse/Miramax’s Halloween Kills. The latter film didn’t seem to be
The failure of Universal’s Dear Evan Hansen at the domestic box office with a $7.5M opening didn’t really surprise anyone after the movie was torn apart by critics post its TIFF world premiere. But the latest misfire by a feature adaptation of a Broadway musical raises plenty of questions about the sub-genre’s fate at the
Universal will be releasing the Blumhouse/Miramax movie Halloween Kills in theaters and on Peacock on Oct. 15. The release date stays the same, the distribution pattern changes up. Why is Uni doing this in the wake of moviegoers’ great return to theaters for Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings, that pic having cleared $106M?
Days of Our Lives will take viewers beyond Salem next month. Peacock has announced the five-part spinoff kicks off Monday, September 6, with new episodes made available daily. The limited series finale is set for Friday, September 10. Lisa Rinna is set as the lead of the spinoff, reprising her role as Billie Reed. Eileen
A younger iteration of Robert Langdon is coming to Peacock. The streamer on Monday dropped the full-length trailer for the new series that gives fans a look at a world with a younger version of the character. Peacock ordered the project to series in March. The series is based on Dan Brown’s international bestselling novel,
Tina Fey comedies are almost a distinct genre at this point. The formula, established by 30 Rock and followed closely by Kimmy Schmidt and Great News, seems to be confidently quirky characters delivering rapid-fire punchlines laced with ultra-current pop culture references, with quick cutaways and peppy music bopping along in the background. It doesn’t always
If you’re a TV viewer of a certain vintage (like me), Saved by the Bell imprinted on you at an early age, whether you liked it or not. (In our defense, there wasn’t much TV to choose from back then.) Yes, the cheesy ’90s high school antics of Zack, Kelly, Slater, et al do have