The Witcher has been forced to hit the pause button on production as filming Season 2 continued this week. The hit Netflix show had already seen a lengthy hiatus in filming due to the worldwide pandemic. Now, 4 crew members have tested positive for COVID-19. It isn’t known quite yet when filming will resume. News
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This weekend, Focus Features will bring the feature adaptation of Let Him Go starring Oscar winner Kevin Costner and Oscar nominee Diane Lane to theaters. Directed and written by Thomas Bezucha, the suspense thriller is based on Larry Watson’s popular 2013 novel of the same name. The story follows retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife
CinemaCon 2021 has been officially postponed from April to August. The National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) is currently going through an unprecedented time, like the rest of the world, thanks to the global public health crisis. This year’s CinemaCon, like just about everything else in 2020, was canceled. Movie theaters in Los Angeles and
CinemaCon has set its dates for next year and is being extra cautious due to the pandemic. Originally scheduled for April 26-29, the exhibition-film distribution confab at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will now happen between Aug. 23-26, 2021. This year’s CinemaCon was cancelled as COVID-19 took its grip on the nation, with a slew
Hours after Johnny Depp revealed his exit from the Fantastic Beasts franchise, a new petition for Warner Bros. to bring him back is already rapidly gaining signatures. On Friday, Depp took to Instagram to let his fans know that Warner Bros. had asked him to resign from his role as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts 3
Disney has officially pulled their 20th Century Studios’ features Free Guy and Death on the Nile off the December calendar, leaving a grim immediate future in place for exhibition which was praying to make buck on a holiday moviegoing season. This leaves Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984 left standing on Dec. 25, however, everyone with a brain is betting that
Original Twister director Jan de Bont was surprised by the reboot announcement earlier this year. He also doesn’t think the upcoming reboot will work with a bigger tornado. The reboot was announced back in June of this year, though no story specifics were revealed. Top Gun: Maverick helmer Joseph Kosinski is attached to direct with
Lionsgate posted soft quarterly earnings with revenue of $745 million down 20% from $938 million the year earlier and below Wall Street expectations. The motion picture producer and distributor, which just announced it’s laying off 15% of its global motion pictures group, said it swung to a net loss of $18.4 million from a $1.8
Did Harrison Ford really like Solo: A Star Wars Story? The actor has had a love/hate relationship with the Star Wars franchise for decades now. Long-time fans were shocked to learn that Ford had agreed to appear in The Force Awakens, and then again in The Rise of Skywalker. He spoke about the franchise and
It’s no secret that the box office has suffered in 2020 as movie theaters have been closed around the world for much of it. And even the ones that are open aren’t doing much business outside of China and Japan. But Paramount Pictures has managed to make lemonade from lemons as they have made millions
AMC CEO Adam Aron channeled Winston Churchill Monday, comparing the exhibition industry’s last stand against COVID-19 (and Chapter 11) to the U.K.’s fight for survival during World War II. Wall Street analysts on a conference call were too polite to bring up the word bankruptcy directly, nor did Aron. He said again that the chain
Sequels to legacy horror movies are so hot right now. Following on from the likes of 2018’s Halloween and the upcoming Candyman, next on the list of unexpected sequels is Fright Night 2, with the original Fright Night writer Tom Holland (no relation to Spider-Man) recently letting slip that he has been hard at work
Not to send everyone screaming for the exits, but it wouldn’t be out of the question if Warner Bros. moves Wonder Woman 1984 off its Christmas Day global theatrical release. Facts are facts whether former Vice President Joe Biden takes the U.S. Presidency tomorrow night or if President Donald Trump continues: New York City and Los
Stone Cold Steve Austin will be the subject of a new documentary in the works from the producers of the acclaimed Michael Jordan docuseries The Last Dance. Directed by Jason Hehir, The Last Dance explores the career of NBA legend Michael Jordan, focusing particularly on his final season with the Chicago Bulls. After premiering on
The nation’s fourth-biggest cinema chain Marcus Theatres saw revenue plunge and swung to the red last quarter, beating Wall Street forecasts, however and emphasizing solid financials underpinned by the fact that it owns most of its theatres. Family-owned Marcus, based in Milwaukee, owns or operates 1,110 screens at 91 locations in 17 states under the
Earlier this year, horror fans were treated to the surprising announcement that a prequel to the 2009 psychological thriller Orphan was in the works. Well, more details have now emerged regarding the prequel, which will be titled Orphan: First Kill, with The Bourne Identity star Julia Styles now joining the cast. Even more excitingly, it
European cinema trade body UNIC has today renewed its call to national governments for further public funding support of the exhibition industry during the COVID-19 crisis. UNIC says the current situation is “undeniably the most challenging period faced by European cinemas in their long history,” and adds that the coronavirus pandemic “has dealt the sector
Harrison Ford and George Lucas have taken some time to pay tribute to the late great Sean Connery. The iconic actor, and first James Bond, passed away over the weekend at the age of 90. Connery’s wife of 45 years, Micheline Roquebrune, revealed that the actor had been suffering from dementia, noting that he “was