Bleecker Street’s Wild Mountain Thyme and RLJE Films’ Archenemy are the latest films to throw their hats into the specialty box office space. As we all know, for the past nine months, box office numbers have been stagnant to non-existent because of the pandemic. That said, it’s the same story for these two titles — but
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Disney and Lucasfilm have announced the future of the Star Wars franchise on both the big and small screen. The announcements were made during Disney’s Investors Day presentation earlier this week, and there is enough to keep fans busy for the next handful of year. The main star of the show, lately, has been The
Refresh for more analysis, chart, etc. Even in a normal, healthy economy, the major studios are typically skittish about opening big movies before Christmas with many busy with holiday activities, so it comes as no surprise during a pandemic where just north of 40% of all 5,500 domestic movie theaters are open that there wouldn’t
As Disney and Pixar’s Soul nears its debut on Disney+ on December 25, a new sneak peek of the critically acclaimed feature film is now available. In the movie, Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) is a middle-school band teacher who dreams of playing in the best jazz club in town. Filmmakers found they could
Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari made its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year and immediately became the talk of the fest after it won Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Now, A24 is set to share this moving story with the world — well, in limited release at least. The family
Anyone who thought that the MCU possibly can’t trump the excellence they served in their Phase III needs to immediately check out the trailer of the much-awaited Disney+ series Loki that will feature MCU’s beloved villain, the notorious God of Mischief himself. It’s a treasure trove of wonders but what will leave fans picking their
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg is back in the Oscar race with Another Round (Druk), a film whose star, Mads Mikkelsen, calls “an embracement of life.” The drama has an intriguing premise: four weary high school teachers test the theory that a constant level of modest inebriation opens our minds to the world. The friends experience
Cyberpunk 2077 features an incredibly NSFW nude character glitch. The long-awaited game is finally available on PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Google Stadia, and PC, where the glitch is viewable. So far, the game has been a pretty big hit with critics, though many have complained that it spends more
Imax CEO Rich Gelfond doesn’t see the Warner Bros.-induced sound and fury in Hollywood subsiding anytime soon as talent joins theaters to protest the studio’s 2021 theatrical windows – nor does he think Warner will stick it out for a full year. “I don’t this is a storm that’s going to blow over in a
Dave Bautista says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will begin production at the end of 2021. Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have been wondering about the long-awaited sequel ever since James Gunn stepped up to direct The Suicide Squad. However, Gunn has done a good job of keeping the MCU fans in the loop, providing
Refresh for updates Coming out of Disney Investor Day, there were a number of release date changes, many of which were announced yesterday, i.e. Black Panther moving from May 6, 2022 to July 8, 2022. However, Disney has re-dated a few others they took off the list temporarily, i.e. the 20th titles King’s Man, Death on the Nile, and Free
For some now, the question of whether Harrison Ford’s character in the celebrated Indiana Jones franchise will be recast has been a big topic for heated debates. While it is understandable that one can’t expect the actor to play the role forever, to even think of any other actor in his place is akin to
Even though a combined 100 movie and TV series titles were announced today during Disney Investor Day, with 80% of them going to Disney+, let it be noted that the Burbank, CA studio didn’t burn down its 2021 theatrical release schedule, like WarnerMedia did last week, in order to keep the fire going on its
Enchanted 2 has officially been confirmed by Disney for an upcoming release on the streaming service Disney+. This follows years of rumors and rumblings that the live-action musical comedy Enchanted would be getting a sequel, as despite efforts reportedly being made at Disney, the project just couldn’t seem to get off the ground. This year,
UPDATED with latest: Universal has had second thoughts in this pandemic environment where fewer theaters are open, and will open its Bob Odenkirk action thriller Nobody on February 26, which was one of the pic’s former release dates before they opted for February 19. I hear that the studio is giving some distance from the pic’s
Keanu Reeves has been announced as a presenter for The Game Awards this week to help celebrate an “incredible year for video games.” The event, which will be streamed live online for gamers to watch, is scheduled to go down on the evening of Dec. 10. That also just so happens to be the release
Editors’ Note: Michael Shamberg is a tenured film and TV producer whose credits include Contagion, Get Shorty, The Big Chill, Erin Brockovich, Out of Sight, Pulp Fiction, A Fish Called Wanda and many others. With the Warner Bros announcement that all its 2021 films will premiere online at the same time as in theaters, it’s
A new Rogue One DeepFake video makes substantial improvements to the original special effects. Leia Organa and Grand Moff Tarkin look even better than they did when Lucasfilm and Disney originally released the movie in 2016. Peter Cushing portrayed Grand Moff Tarkin in A New Hope and passed away in 1994. Carrie Fisher portrayed Leia