Refresh for latest…: The international box office continues to be led by Asia, with Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train still enjoying runaway success this weekend. Currently the No. 5 all-time biggest movie in Japan, the anime adaptation should climb up to No. 2 sometime in the next week or so. This session, the cultural
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Katee Sackhoff is blown away by Star Wars fans and their reactions to The Mandalorian season 2. The third episode debuted this past Friday on Disney+ and fans have been picking apart every scene with a fine-tooth comb. Episodes one and two saw Din Djarin and the Child start their quest to locate more Mandalorians,
It’s no secret that the box office space has been struggling to find life during the pandemic — and it seems to be even more difficult for the specialty box office space. As specialty films try to navigate the space by shifting to PVOD, digital, and virtual openings, some distributors continue to brave the landscape
There’s a hit out on Santa Claus in the weird and wild new action comedy Fatman, which isn’t quite like any other holiday movie coming this Christmas. Starring Mel Gibson and Walton Goggins, Fatman is coming to theaters this Friday, November 13th. It will then be available On Demand and Digital starting November 24. To
SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Universal/Blumhouse’s genre body swap comedy Freaky, starring Vince Vaughn, took in $1.45M yesterday, including Thursday night previews ~$200K, on what looks to be a $4M opening at 2,472 theaters. Universal, the only major Hollywood studio putting out consistent fresh wide product during the pandemic, can claim a three-week streak at No. 1 between
The Mandalorian season 2 finally revealed who Sasha Banks is playing. The hit Disney+ show is back with a brand-new episode, which is full of Easter Eggs and a major step forward with the season 2 story arc. The first two episodes saw Din Djarin and the Child meeting up with new characters and going
Paramount last night made some nudges on their theatrical release calendar. Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, starring Michael B. Jordan, was removed from on Feb. 26, which is no surprise given that the studio unloaded that title to Amazon. Taking over that date is Lee Daniels’ untitled Billie Holiday movie starring Andra Day in the title role;
David Fincher Recent comments about Todd Phillip’s Joker have sparked some controversy on social media. He also said that the movie gave him flashbacks to working on Fight Club. Fincher had a very difficult time trying to pitch the 1999 movie to studios, which he has talked about numerous times. The movie dealt with mental
Walt Disney blew past Wall Street estimates last quarter although it swung to red and revenue fell with Disneyland shuttered, and movie theaters in major markets dark. It’s the last showbiz giant to report financials in the latest earnings round and the most anticipated as its sprawling businesses touch most of media and entertainment for
The Mandalorian Season 2 is back on track with Chapter 11 “The Heiress.” It majorly veers away from the antics of the second episode, Baby Yoda gobbling down the alien Frog Lady’s egg and Mando facing off against a monster who appears to have no connection whatsoever to the larger plot. Its latest episode is
Neon will bring some passionate romance in Ammonite this weekend. The period pic starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan opened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September where immediately garnered buzz as an Oscar favorite. Written and directed by Francis Lee, is set in the 1840s and follows once-acclaimed paleontologist Mary Anning (Winslet), who works
In 2012, fresh off the success of his indie superhero venture Chronicle, wunderkind director Josh Trank was brought on board to direct Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four. Trank’s version of the film was released in 2015 to poor reviews and even poorer box-office performance. In an interview with Collider, Kate Mara, who played the role
William “Bill” Hillman is a featured guest on The Mike Wagner Show on iHeart Radio. Director/Writer/Producer/Actor William Byron Hillman has directed, produced and written 14 feature films, including Quigley, which was named in the Top 20 Family Films of All Time, numerous TV commercials, several music videos and has sold 32 screenplays to date. He
A decision from Warner Bros. on Wonder Woman 1984’s Christmas Day theatrical fate is imminent, I hear, either tomorrow or by Monday at the latest. The internet is in a tizzy over a Bloomberg article tonight that the sequel to the $821M-plus grossing 2017 DC hit, which broke several records for women at the box office,
Ahead of his “Final Farewell” celebration scheduled for this month, WWE legend The Undertaker further emphasized his retirement as a pro wrestler. Back in June, The Undertaker had seemingly announced his retirement in an episode of WWE’s documentary series Undertaker: The Last Ride, suggesting that the cinematic-style match he had with A.J. Styles at WrestleMania
If you’re dying to know what the total revenue reap was from Disney’s combined PVOD/Disney+-overseas theatrical release experiment of Mulan, well, we just have to wait for the studio’s investor day on Dec. 10. That’s when they’re reportedly going to tell us more. Disney CEO Bob Chapek said on today’s year-end earning call that he was “pleased
Amber Heard is “super excited” to return as Mera in Aquaman 2. The news comes after over 1 million angry DC fans signed a petition to have her removed from the sequel. She claims that the media campaigns are paid for, while stating that they have “no basis in reality.” Heard was briefly married to
With Disney having already erased two big movies from the holiday schedule, Free Guy and Death on the Nile, and Warner Bros. expected to punt its Christmas Day release of Wonder Woman 1984, movie theaters really don’t know how they’re going to be able to weather the next few months of the pandemic. The National Association of Theatre Owners today urged