The cast of Father of the Bride reunited after 25 years, bringing back many original characters for a Zoom-style new story in what Netflix is calling a “special sequel.” Running about a half hour long, the quasi-sequel, dubbed Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish), was made available to watch for free on Netflix’s Facebook
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Vertical Entertainment and Noriva, the distribution arm of The Forest Road Company, are teaming for the US distribution of the FBI spy thriller The Informer starring The Killing and Altered Carbon Joel Kinnaman. The feature will hit PVOD on Nov. 6 at a price of $19.99, available on Comcast, ATT, DIRECTV, Dish, Spectrum, Verizon, Frontier, Amazon, FandangoNow, Vudu, Microsoft,
Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett are set to star in Netflix’s upcoming Spiderhead. The movie is based on a 2010 short story titled Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders, which was originally published by the New Yorker. The story was later included in the author’s New York Times bestselling book, Tenth of December.
The first major blockbuster of the pandemic era, The Eight Hundred this week became the No. 1-grossing movie of 2020 worldwide, jumping ahead of Bad Boys For Life ($430.3 million global, per Sony). The Guan Hu-directed war epic has through Friday amassed $434M at the Chinese box office alone, and is also now the 10th
At least one character from the history of the franchise is not returning for Jurassic World 3. Or, at the very least, she hasn’t been asked yet. This, according to Julianne Moore, who recently revealed that she has not been contacted to reprise her role as Sarah Harding in the upcoming sequel. Julianne Moore is
It really hasn’t been broadcasted widely, but Sofia Coppola’s latest dramedy from Apple/A24, On the Rocks, is opening in key markets next weekend, Oct. 2. I hear it will be a very limited run followed by a debut on the AppleTV+ streaming service on Oct. 23. The movie made its world premiere at the New York
Casting for the Moon Knight Disney+ series is currently underway. A new rumor suggests that Keanu Reeves will finally join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the show’s star. This is not the first time that this has been rumored. Back in May, it was reported that someone high up at Marvel Studios really wanted to
AMC Entertainment has filed to sell 15 million shares of common stock to raise fresh cash, the second exhibition distress call today after Regal parent Cineworld of the U.K. posted a brutal results for first six months of the year. Regal is the largest circuit in the U.S., AMC the second. Exhibitors shut down in
Hot on the heels of the surprise news of The Creepshow Halloween Special, premiering October 26, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Joey King with stories from Joe Hill and Stephen King, streaming horror king Shudder is adding even more treats for their one million-plus members. 2020’s All-New Ghoul Log – October 1 Halloween’s answer to the
EntTelligence, a new corporation devoted to features and streaming audience analytics, has opened its doors today. Additionally, as of Oct. 1, motion picture industry vet Steve Buck will join as Partner and Chief Strategy Officer to the newly formed entity. EntTelligence subsumes MovieQu and its technology, currently supporting Hollywood’s premiere trailer verification service, MovieMeasure, which will
Downtown Disney has unveiled a new mural dedicated to Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman. The actor passed away on August 28th at the age of 43 after a secret battle with colon cancer. Only a handful of people who were truly close to Boseman knew what he was dealing with, which stretches all the way
Focus Features and Magnolia Pictures have jointly announced that they’re re-releasing their respective Ruth Bader Ginsburg features, On the Basis of Sex and the documentary RBG, in tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice. Both pics will play in 1,000 theaters this Friday, and also be available on-demand, with net proceeds from both pics’ box office going to the American
Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has revealed that he helped pay for Forrest Gump out of his own pocket. Hanks and Robert Zemeckis ended up in a battle with the studio over the iconic cross country run scene featured in the 1994 classic. But the scene wouldn’t have happened at all of Hanks and Zemeckis hadn’t
In the wake of COVID-19’s continued grip on the box office, Disney made another round of release date changes, the good news for exhibition being: Nothing is headed to Disney+. And that includes Pixar’s Soul which is currently sticking to its Nov. 20 release against MGM’s No Time to Die. While we already knew Marvel’s Black Widow was set
A Father of the Bride reunion special is happening at Netflix this week. The Banks family reunion will benefit World Central Kitchen. The special will premiere on Friday, September 25th at 6pm ET/3pm PT on the streaming platform’s YouTube and Facebook pages. World Central Kitchen is a non-profit organization that aims to provide meals to
The nonfiction feature, produced and directed by Matthew R. Brady of MRB Productions, explores what scientists are calling a ‘Sixth Mass Extinction.’ This docu, which includes rare footage of endangered animals, shows the work of major zoological organizations known as nature’s last arks of hope in preserving one million species on the brink of disappearing forever. Says
AMC Networks’ Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today it has surpassed a major milestone and is now streaming to more than one million members. The streaming service saw a surge in usage and new memberships that began with the debut of its original Creepshow series last September, and
EXCLUSIVE: Good news, movie theaters. Open Road Films’ Liam Neeson action-thriller Honest Thief, which was set to go wide, is going really wide now at 2,000 theaters. However, you’ll have to wait a week later than anticipated. The movie from Ozark co-creator and producer Mark Williams, which was set to open on Oct. 9 will