‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Director Greg Berlanti on Channing Tatum and Scarlett...
Director Greg Berlanti didn’t intend for his new romantic comedy “Fly Me to the Moon” to have a theatrical release. “It was originally direct to streaming,” Berlanti says, speaking Thursday at a...
View ArticleUkrainian Filmmaker Oleh Sentsov Meets With Czech Republic President Ahead of...
Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic, met with Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov Sunday ahead of the world premiere of Sentsov’s documentary “Real” at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Described as...
View Article‘Between the Lights’ and ‘A Little Hope for Chicago’ Lead Dances With Films:...
Michael Groom’s “Between the Lights” and Leon Lozano’s “A Little Hope for Chicago” were two of the grand jury prize winners of Dances With Films: LA. The celebration, hosted at the TCL Chinese Theatre...
View ArticleLupita Nyong’o Says ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Cancer Storyline Was ‘Very...
Lupita Nyong’o told People magazine that her cancer storyline in “A Quiet Place: Day One” was “very therapeutic” to film after she lost her “Black Panther” co-star and friend Chadwick Boseman to colon...
View Article‘Wicked’ Moves Up Release Date, Will No Longer Open Against ‘Moana 2’
“Wicked,” Universal’s film adaptation of the hit Broadway show, is landing in theaters on Nov. 22 — five days ahead of schedule. It was originally supposed to open on Nov. 27, the same day as Disney’s...
View ArticleJamie Foxx Says Medical Emergency Started With a ‘Bad Headache’ and Then ‘I...
Jamie Foxx has provided the first brief details about the medical emergency that left him hospitalized last year. No official cause has ever been disclosed about the incident, although the...
View ArticleEddie Murphy Says Marlon Brando Once Told Him That ‘Acting Is Bulls—‘ and ‘I...
Eddie Murphy revealed on The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast that Marlon Brando told him that “acting is bullshit, when Murphy’s star profile was on the rise in the wake of “48 Hrs.” Murphy was...
View ArticleIllinois Expands Production Tax Credit Program to Cover Talk Shows, Game...
Illinois is hoping to lure more talk show and game show productions to the state now that Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a bill that removes some restrictions that kept unscripted shows from participating...
View ArticleRidley Scott Says ‘I Should Have’ Directed First ‘Alien’ Sequels, but ‘I Was...
Ridley Scott said in an interview with Vanity Fair that he was never asked to direct the sequels to “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” nor was he even told about their development at the time. Scott reasons...
View Article‘Real’ Review: Oleh Sentsov’s Ukrainian War Documentary Is Unplanned but...
A lot of great cinema is made by happy accidents: certain intangible chemistries and tricks of timing that can’t be calculated even by the most exacting auteur. In the considerably rarer case of...
View ArticleImagine Entertainment Enlists J.P. Morgan to Field Sale Offers
Imagine Entertainment is in the market for suitors again now that leaders Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have tapped J.P. Morgan to field incoming inquiries for the production company behind such...
View ArticleThe Most-Anticipated Movies of 2024
Get ready for a ton of sequels, threequels and prequels coming to the big screen in 2024, including some movies that were delayed due to the Hollywood strikes. Although the actors and writers strikes...
View Article‘Amedspor,’‘Lover, Not a Fighter’ Among Winners at Karlovy Vary’s Eastern...
“Amedspor” and “Lover, Not a Fighter” were among the winners at the awards for Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s industry section, on Tuesday. The Works in Progress Visual Post-Production...
View ArticleBen Affleck and Matt Damon to Star in Netflix Thriller ‘RIP’
BFFs Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have found their next collaboration. The “Good Will Hunting” and “Air” team will next star in “RIP,” a new Netflix thriller from writer and director Joe Carnahan. Plot...
View ArticleChristopher Reeve’s Son Will Reeve to Appear in James Gunn’s ‘Superman’
James Gunn’s “Superman” is celebrating both the legacy of the Man of Steel and the actor who originated him on the big screen with a special cameo. The late Christopher Reeve experienced his greatest...
View Article23 Best Movies New to Streaming in July: ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4,’‘Godzilla x...
The summer movie season keeps on rolling in theaters this month with the likes of “Despicable Me 4” and “Deadpool and Wolverine.” But over on streaming platforms, some giant tentpoles and acclaimed...
View ArticleCandle Media Cuts Costs: Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden to Oversee All...
Candle Media, the fledging media company backed by private equity player Blackstone, is undergoing a restructure in order to cut costs. Founded in 2021 by former Disney executives Kevin Mayer and Tom...
View ArticleSkydance Media and National Amusements Inc. Reach New Merger Agreement for...
In a holiday week shocker, Skydance Media and Shari Redstone’s National Amusements Inc. have quietly renewed acquisition talks and have reached a tentative agreement to acquire Paramount Global. That...
View ArticleRobert Towne, Writer of ‘Chinatown,’ Dies at 89
Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday at his home in Los...
View Article‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.’ Review: Eddie Murphy Works Hard to Act Game in a...
"Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F." is engineered to make us feel, for a couple of hours, as carefree now as we did then. That’s why the whole cash-grab tackiness of the movie isn’t necessarily a liability....
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