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The cast of James Gunn’s Peacemaker series on HBO Max is taking shape, as several new names have just been added to the ensemble. A spinoff of The Suicide Squad, the upcoming standalone DC movie written and directed by Gunn, Peacemaker will star John Cena in the lead role. Now, the news is coming in

Universal, which already had July 22, 2022 RSVP’ed on the theatrical release calendar, is designating that as the day to open Jordan Peele’s next horror event title. Between the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s Get Out and Us, his directed genre fare has minted a combined $510.5M WW for Universal. The news comes in the wake of Warner Bros. announcing today that Fantastic

In a sea of franchises adapted from western toy lines and comics, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 movie Pacific Rim felt like a breath of fresh air. Borrowing heavily from anime culture, the film starred Charlie Hunnam in a leading role that had many projecting the actor as the next big movie star. In an

EXCLUSIVE: Universal has set changes to its leadership teams for Germany/Austria and the Netherlands as Paul Steinschulte, Managing Director for Germany and Austria, has decided to retire at the end of the year. A 31-year veteran of the studio, he joined in 1989 as part of a joint venture between Universal and Paramount. Universal’s President

Shudder is closing out a record-breaking year with holiday specials from two of their most popular series, exclusive new supernatural chillers, massive new collections focused on holiday horrors and giallo, and so much more. Take a look below for all of the classics, new movies, and series coming to the horror streaming service this December.

Universal Pictures’ Jennifer Lopez music fueled romantic comedy Marry Me is moving from Presidents Day-Valentine’s Day weekend on the theatrical release calendar next year, Feb. 12 and going to May 14, 2021. Marry Me will take the place of DreamWorks Animation’s Untitled Spirit Riding Free movie which has now been title Spirit Untamed. That animated pic will now open on

Fans of the Fantastic Beasts franchise were shocked to hear that Johnny Depp had been asked by Warner Bros. to step down from the role of central villain Gellert Grindelwald. The reasons behind the decision had been unclear until now, but a new report has surfaced which indicates that the real reason that Depp exited

EXCLUSIVE: For all the headlines today that everything is coming up roses with exhibition after Pfizer’s good news about a COVID-19 vaccine, Regal Cinemas, will shutter the 18 locations the chain left open in New York and California, effective Thursday. Those sites will stay closed now with the rest of the U.S. chain until further

Jurassic World 3 required 40,000 COVID tests during the course of filming. Safety was of utmost importance while making the long-awaited sequel. The public health crisis is still happening all over the world, with cases spiking every day. The fact that Colin Trevorrow and crew were able to complete the movie with only a few

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has picked up worldwide rights to VW Scheich’s romantic comedy Stars Fell on Alabama. The movie will hit on-demand and digital on Jan. 8, 2021. The deal was negotiated by Peter Goldwyn on behalf of Samuel Goldwyn Films and Uyen Le on behalf of the filmmakers. The

On Valentine’s Day, someone always loses their heart. Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine’s Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned the town not to celebrate Valentine’s

Glenn Danzig is best known as the singer and bandleader for the seminal horror punks The Misfits, his eponymously monikered hard rock band, Danzig, and his hit song “Mother.” But a deeper look into his discography reveals a connection to Hollywood, one that pre-dates the ’90s rumor that he was offered the role of Wolverine

Refresh for latest…: With cinemas in the bulk of the European majors now dealing with a second wave of closures amid the COVID-19 crisis, international box office is again led by Asia this weekend — and should continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Japan’s runaway smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train is

The world is paying tribute to Alex Trebek this morning. The iconic Jeopardy! host and philanthropist passed away peacefully at his home in California this morning at the age of 80. Trebek announced in March 2019 that he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, noting that he would still continue to host Jeopardy!

Tenet, the movie that was intended to jumpstart exhibition out of the pandemic but really only did so abroad, will arrive on 4K, Blu Ray, DVD and digital on December 15. The time thriller noir grossed a lackluster $53.8M at the domestic box office at a time when Warner Bros. was attempting to reignite exhibition,

During these unprecedented times the thing we all want the most is certainty. That is what movies give us. The fact that so many movies exist around the holidays nearly cements the fact that we crave certain norms. With the current state of the world changing the way we look at just about everything, it’s

It’s not common for a studio specialty label to lead the weekend box office two weeks in a row, but that’s the anomaly of pandemic times and here we have Focus Features’ taking No. 1 again after last weekend’s Amblin horror film Come Play, with the Kevin Costner–Diane Lane crime thriller Let Him Go with $1.47M yesterday (including $150K