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
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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
Germany’s Constantin Film has issued an apology over dialogue in its feature game adaptation Monster Hunter which led to an online backlash in China this weekend, and subsequently resulted in the movie being pulled from Middle Kingdom cinemas. Constantin says it “sincerely apologizes to Chinese audiences for a line of dialogue contained in an early
The Croods: A New Age won its second consecutive weekend in theaters with $4.4 million. The earnings were more than enough to take the number one spot, due to a pretty slow weekend. To date, the animated family movie has made just over $41 million globally as more and more theaters around the world begin
It goes without saying that the domestic box office is struggling. That said, it feels that we are trying to find different ways of framing that story every week. At the end of the day, it’s a win to report any numbers at all considering the circumstances — especially for the specialty box office space
With as much time as we have to sit at home and stream, one might think that we’d have burned through every streamable movie option by now. However, with the chances of that happening being next to impossible, it is easy to get caught up in the deluge of offerings. This is precisely why, with
“There is no way to sugarcoat this for the theater operators,” said one Wall Streeter as exhibition stocks plunged Thursday on WarnerMedia’s bombshell – a reimaging of its entire 2021 release slate that hit an exhibition industry already teetering on the brink. Cinemark shares– up earlier in the session — lost nearly 22% of their
Jake Paul came out of his last fight looking very strong after knocking Nate Robinson out cold, and his older brother Logan could be next. First finding fame as YouTube stars, both Paul brothers have since launched their own respective careers as professional boxers. Jake would defeat Deji Olatunji by TKO in an amateur boxing
An online backlash that swirled in China on Friday over a scene in Monster Hunter has resulted in the movie being pulled from the country’s cinemas. The Paul WS Anderson-directed feature game adaptation had been eyeing the market as one of its biggest plays, but a short exchange in the film has been perceived as
TikTok dancer Hannah Viverette was interrupted during a broadcast as a man broke into her house. Footage from the incident has since gone viral. Viverette was dancing alone in her apartment, which is located in Hagerstown, Maryland, when she noticed a man open up the door from her balcony, which is on the second story.
Cineworld Group, owner of Regal Cinemas in the U.S. and the world’s second largest exhibitor, has reacted to Warner Bros’ bombshell announcement on Thursday that its entire 2021 film slate will debut on HBO Max day-and-date with cinemas domestically. In a statement, Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger said the company believes that wen cinemas make a
Much has been written about the decision by WarnerMedia to put its entire 2021 theatrical slate on HBO Max for the films’ respective first month of release, in tandem with a global cinema release. In an interview with Deadline, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar explained why this revolutionary method of distribution is actually in the interests