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
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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
Christopher Nolan, who was doing consumer press interviews today for the DVD release of Tenet, was asked about that movie’s film studio, Warner Bros., and their recent radical windows plan to drop their entire 2021 slate both in theaters and on their struggling frosh streaming service HBO Max at the same time. It was a
Redbox has taken another step forward in the streaming market by launching Free On Demand, a new ad-supported streaming service hosted by the famous video rental company. Featuring titles that are “curated to the tastes of Redbox audiences,” the Free On Demand service will deliver hundreds of options every week for people to watch free
Can cinemas play day-and-date releases from Warner Bros after continually refusing to show Netflix films? The big circuits have to be feeling really stupid now: If they had only made a deal with Netflix last year on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman at a 45-day window instead of emphatically rejecting one, perhaps this looming apocalypse brought on
Whether or not they will ever find the time to make it remains to be seen, but Emily Blunt feels that the Edge of Tomorrow 2 script is really cool and promising. Blunt starred alongside Tom Cruise in the 2014 sci-fi/action flick that ultimately went on to become a relatively modest success initially that found
Monster Hunter director Paul W.S. Anderson has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the film, which was pulled from Chinese cinemas during its opening weekend amid backlash over a line of dialogue that has been perceived as racist by local audiences. In a statement provided to Deadline, Anderson says he is “devastated” and “mortified” that
Over the years, The Godfather Part III, Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious conclusion to the story of Michael Corleone, has become something like a by-default example of how to not make a sequel. Despite the less-than shining audience reviews, the mere mention of the film is enough to start fresh debates even after 30 years of
The Independent Cinema Alliance, a volunteer alliance of independent cinemas operating in North America, has responded to WarnerMedia’s theatrical-HBO Max 2021 slate day and date release strategy and they’re not pleased. They’re calling on studio of Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood and Harry Potter to recommit to theatrical exclusivity, for that is what drives value to movies, not
We may not be getting a new Alien movie anytime soon, but Marvel Comics is bringing us new stories set within the classic sci-fi/horror franchise in just a few short months. The publisher has announced a new series from writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Empyre: Captain America) that will debut in March 2021. The series, simply