In the wake of Disney pushing Avatar 2 from Dec. 17, 2021 to Dec. 16, 2022; Sony is taking advantage of the opportunity and putting its Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel there. Remember, that’s a continued co-production between the Culver City, CA lot and Disney. The Far From Home sequel becomes the sole wide entry on its new date.
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Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro has revealed that he wants to make a Frankenstein movie trilogy. Del Toro has been a big name in Hollywood for a long time now, and he has always had a particular fascination with monsters. But The Shape of Water put him on a whole new level. During a panel for
In or around 1976, I caught a forlorn moment near New York’s Bleecker St. It was early morning. The sun was just up. Two ragged guys were shuffling toward me on the sidewalk, when one offered the other a bottle in a bag. But the drink was declined. “I guess I lost my taste for
[email protected] is coming to a close and Funko decided to go out with a bang. The virtual event has been interesting, to say the least, but the weekend has kept the spirit of the annual event alive, which many did not think was going to be possible. As for Funko, they announced their SDCC exclusive
Amazon Studios brings the story of Marie Curie to the screen with Radioactive starring Oscar-nominated actress Rosamund Pike as the pioneering scientist. Directed by Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) and written by Jack Thorne, Radioactive is based on the 2010 graphic novel Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss. The film adaptation follows
Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Trek) have teamed up for HBO’s latest original series, Lovecraft Country. And HBO has brought the cast to this year’s [email protected] for a special virtual panel that digs into the show. Even though San Diego Comic-Con won’t be happening as
EXCLUSIVE: According to box office figures we’ve gotten our hands on this morning, IFC’s Dave Franco-directed horror feature The Rental is leading at the weekend box office, having logged roughly an estimated $130K yesterday at 251 locations. The movie should rake in north of $400K for the 3-days. The Rental, Franco’s feature directorial debut, is also available in
Zack Snyder confirmed at Justice Con when the teaser trailer for the Snyder Cut of Justice League will arrive. The filmmaker revealed that the trailer will debut during the DC FanDome event, which is scheduled to take place next month. So fans won’t have to wait long for a bigger look as the long-awaited movie.
On their first Friday back to operations, Chinese cinemas did roughly $2.92M worth of box office business — more than tripling Thursday’s figures and making a sizable jump from Monday when theaters opened to about $501K in low-risk areas across the country. There was growth throughout the midweeks which is encouraging since less than 40%
Gamera fans rejoice! Arrow Video is releasing Gamera: The Complete Collection, an insane new limited collector’s edition blu-ray box set, on August 18, 2020 in the US and August 17, 2020 in the UK. This limited edition collectors’ set traces the decades-long evolution of Gamera, from the “friend of all children” in his more light-hearted
UPDATED, 10:43AM: STX’s Greenland is now going to Sept. 25 stateside from its Aug. 14 release date in the wake of several major studios hitting pausing and delaying their event films. The Gerard Butler movie will debut first offshore –which is great news– in Belgium (July 29), France (Aug 5) and Scandinavia (Aug 12). STX/Miramax’s The Gentlemen was an
The Bob’s Burgers cast invited fans into their homes for a virtual [email protected] panel this afternoon. All of the laughs and surprises they generally bring to the Indigo Ballroom were brought into the living rooms of fans across the nation. Creator and executive producer Loren Bouchard broke down news about the upcoming season and the
The release-date change landslide continues today following AMC’s announcement that they’re reopening in mid-to-late August with Paramount’s A Quiet Place 2 leaving Labor Day weekend for April 23, 2021 and now their Skydance co-production Top Gun: Maverick vacating Dec. 23 for July 2, 2021. In regard to the latter, hey, it was always a summer movie. So
Voltage Pictures has released the trailer for Archenemy. Joe Manganiello plays inter-dimensional superhero Max Fist in the upcoming movie, which looks rather intense. Right off the bat, it’s clear to see that director Adam Egypt Mortimer set out to make a far darker superhero movie than what has been released recently. The colors are dark
Bob and Jeanne Berney’s Picturehouse will open Marco Pontecorvo’s Fatima in theaters and direct to home (PVOD) throughout North America on Aug. 28. The pic was last scheduled for an Aug. 14, 1,000 theater-plus run. The distributor has been having sold out pop-up drive-in previews recently as part of their grassroots word-of-mouth digital marketing campaign. Picturehouse
A hardcore Marvel Cinematic Universe fan has taken the posters for Avengers: Endgame and Infinity War and combined them. Endgame is the highest grossing movie of all time, and it will likely stay that way since Avatar 2 was just delayed indefinitely. Regardless of box office success, both movies put an end to the Infinity
Just because Warner Bros. took Christopher Nolan’s Tenet temporarily off the release schedule doesn’t mean that the No. 1 theater chain isn’t going to reopen. AMC announced this morning that it planning to reopen its multiplexes beginning mid-to-late August instead of the previously announced date of July 30. The chain didn’t go into details in its
Even after all these years, the fighting game series, Mortal Kombat, remains one of the most well-recognized video game franchises in the business. Mortal Kombat has been adapted for the big screen a few times, with mixed results, but now actor Lewis Tan, who is set to star in the new Mortal Kombat movie set