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AMC Entertainment on Thursday filed with the SEC to sell up to 200 million shares as the embattled exhibitor seeks to keep its business afloat with the global pandemic dragging on. It could raise $844 million at an estimated offering price of $4.22 per share, based on trading Nov. 30, the filing said. But the

Wes Craven’s original Scream movie put a fresh spin on the slasher genre by setting up the identity of its “Ghostface” killer as a mystery. The rest of the films in the franchise followed in that tradition by featuring surprising twists in the identity of each new killer who dons the Ghostface mask. William Sherak,

After recently extending a partial coronavirus lockdown until at least December 20, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced today that restrictions will remain in place for a further three weeks, to January 10. That means cinemas will be closed until that date — thus kiboshing the planed local release of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984. The

Despite still being a new addition to the online streaming landscape, Disney+ already has a massive hit on its hands in the shape of space western series The Mandalorian. Pedro Pascal stars in the show as Din Djarin, a bounty hunter known as the titular Mandalorian. Created along the lines of the iconic character of

A major acceleration of Hollywood studio and travel advertising could inject up to 10% in incremental ad spending on national television in the second half of 2021, spending that won’t be present this year, according to the latest forecast by Group M. National TV ad spend will fall by 7.9% this year but next year

There are near-countless beloved characters in the Star Wars galaxy, many of whom have never made it to the world of live-action. But few characters are so beloved as Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has been a fixture of the franchise for nearly 30 years. But many fans of the franchise, specifically viewers of The Mandalorian

STX’s Mikael Marcimain thriller Horizon Line will debut on EPIX in 2021 followings the pic’s transactional platform launch on Jan. 12. The movie will be available then for the purchase of $14.99 or to rent at $6.99. From the creators of 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Shallows, Horizon Line follows estranged couple, Sara (Allison Williams) and Jackson

A Happiest Season sequel hasn’t been handed the green light yet, but director Clea DuVall has ideas. The holiday rom-com recently debuted on Hulu. Fronted by Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as a lesbian couple who wind up in an uncomfortable situation at Christmas, the movie has become an online sensation since it debuted. Assuming

A new mysterious monolith has been discovered in Romania. The news comes just days after a similar one disappeared from Utah in the United States. The latest monolith was spotted on Batca Doamnei Hill, which is near Piatra Neamt in Romania on November 26th of this year. “It is on private property, but we still

EXCLUSIVE:  Roadside Attractions is opening Roberto Benigni’s new Pinocchio movie from filmmaker Matteo Garrone on Christmas Day stateside on 2,000 screens. It’s more good news for those theaters which are braving the Christmas holiday. This past Thanksgiving proved that families will venture out during the pandemic where they feel safe and head to the movies; Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The

Thrawn author Timothy Zahn has shared his thoughts on The Mandalorian surprise. Chapter 13 of the hit Disney+ series has already separated itself from the pack in terms of providing quite a bit of information. We learned a lot about the Child, aka Grogu, and we were introduced to fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano, who is

DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s The Croods: A New Age led the weekend in China with a $19.2M debut, outpacing local titles One Second and Caught In Time as it got a huge Saturday boost. This is the third best bow for a studio movie in the Middle Kingdom during the pandemic era (behind Tenet and Mulan). In

The Croods: A New Age easily won the holiday box office weekend after taking in $9.7 million in three days. For the 5-day totals, the movie earned $14.2 million and then $35 million globally. This marks the highest debut since the public health crisis started and theaters reopened their doors. Warner Bros. was only able

As states and cities start new stay-at-home orders — specifically Los Angeles county — it is only expected that box office will continue to struggle. This applies even more to the specialty box office. This weekend we saw a trio of films about iconic figures in cultural history: the Gabriel Range-directed Stardust showed us the early

Glenn Close says Gwyneth Paltrow’s Academy Award win for 1998’s Shakespeare in Love “doesn’t make sense.” The Miramax movie ended up taking the Best Picture award home that evening too, which has been debated for over 20 years now. The comedy was the first in the genre since Annie Hall (1977) to win Best Picture

DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s The Croods: A New Age looks set to lead the weekend in China where the cume is an estimated $11.7M through its first two days, and pre-sales are solid. This portends an FSS frame of $20M, per Uni, with family uptick throughout. Six other overseas markets are also getting a first look at

Johnny Depp may have been fired from Fantastic Beasts 3 by Warner Bros., but Dion continues to stand by the actor following the loss of his libel case against The Sun earlier this month. This week, Depp was featured in an ad for the brand’s Sauvage cologne that aired in the United Kingdom during The

We know what you are thinking, “The Mandalorian is a part of the Star Wars franchise, so of course it is going to mention characters from its wider universe!” True, but when it comes to the latest episode of the Disney+ series, titled the Jedi, it includes some rather subtle callouts to the Jedi-turned-Sith-Lord, Anakin