Former Saturday Night Live star Jay Pharoah had a scary altercation with police officers in what was said to be a case of mistaken identity, and the comedian has since released a video of the harrowing experience online. The incident occurred back in February, when Jay was out for a jog on a street in
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EXCLUSIVE: Now here’s a movie that isn’t moving completely off the schedule after Warner Bros. exploded the release calendar today with its Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984 release date change moves. United Artists Releasing is going a week earlier with Orion’s threequel Bill & Ted Face the Music, now on Aug. 14 — the date Wonder Woman 1984 previously
Warner Bros. continues to surprise no one by making release date moves in its schedule, following the announcements earlier today that Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984 have been delayed from their original release dates. Following on the Tenet and Wonder Woman news is the latest on The Matrix 4, which was in production in Germany
My Spy will hit Amazon Prime on June 26. Deadline first told you that STX was selling it to the streamer after theaters closed down due to COVID-19. The pic’s previous theatrical release date was April 17. I hear the movie may also be provided to Drive-Ins and other cinemas that are open should they wish
Lucasfilm has announced its latest Star Wars novel, From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back. The anthology book will take a look at the middle entry in the original trilogy which, for many, remains the single greatest movie in the history of the franchise. But borrowing from the famous line uttered by
Gene Wilder was behind one of the most classic scenes from 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Wilder played the part of Willy Wonka in the beloved first big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The movie was a modest success at the box office, but it
Marcus Theaters, the fourth largest circiut in the U.S., Thursday announced plans to reopen six theaters on June 19 with enhanced protocols in accordance with current local health and safety guidelines that will be used help fine-tune future phases of theatre reopenings in weeks ahead, in time for summer blockbusters based on when studios release
We are getting closer, it seems, to movie theaters attempting to reopen again. It’s still hard to know what that might look like, and quite a few people may not be ready to head back out to a theater again just yet. So, for the time being, we are still left with what is available
EXCLUSIVE: Even if New York City theaters aren’t opening, and even if Warner Bros. decides to move Tenet to August, Solstice Studios’ Russell Crowe road rage movie Unhinged will still open on July 1. While Tenet is being pinned as the long-awaited launch of the summer season after exhibition’s great shutdown since mid-March, Unhinged is the warm-up act to get turnstiles primed
San Diego Comic-Con is going virtual in 2020. It was announced earlier this year that the traditional event had to be cancelled. Most of the entertainment business has been shut down since the middle of March for obvious reasons. Social distancing is still the norm in most states across the country, so getting thousands of
AMC Entertainment stock jumped over 15% at open in a down market Wednesday at open after execs outlined global opening plans at a conference call late yesterday afternoon. Share had popped by over 17% in premarket trade. It’s been a roller coaster – mostly down – for AMC shares since the coronavirus pandemic forced it
One of the 90s most phenomenal horror movies is getting a huge new release from Scream Factory this September. In space, you will be hearing many screams as the studio unleashes 1997’s gruesome Event Horizon on an upgraded and definitive blu-ray release. Its name: Event Horizon. The high-tech, pioneering research spacecraft mysteriously vanished without a
In the wake of California giving the green light for movie theaters to open as early as this Friday, exhibition will be thrilled to hear that more product will become available on the marquee. TriStar Pictures is scheduling romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery from executive producer Selena Gomez on July 10, ahead of Warner Bros.’
Hawkeye has been revealed as the most valuable member of The Avengers. That is not to say that Clint Barton is more powerful than Thor or can flex his brain muscles like Iron Man, but based on certain real-world metrics, Jeremy Renner’s character is, quite literally, the most valuable here in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
BREAKING: In a surprising turn of events, longtime Universal President of International Distribution and 41-year industry veteran, Duncan Clark, is to step down from his position in August, transitioning to a consulting role with the studio. Replacing Clark is Veronika Kwan Vandenberg who spent 28 years at Warner Bros and was most recently President, International
Netflix’s latest original movie has joined an exclusive club, albeit one that the company would undoubtedly prefer not to be associated with. The Last Days of American Crime, which hit the streaming service recently, has earned a rare 0 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It is the first movie to accomplish this
With California Gov. Gavin Newsom potentially poised to make an announcement easing COVID-19 restrictions on movie theaters this week, the industry anticipates at least the semblance of a summer season. The news will come as a relief to movie theaters, which have been shut since mid-March, and studios as well which have holding back on
Despite a seemingly huge speed bump earlier this year, the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series is still in development. This was confirmed by director Deborah Chow over the weekend, which is good news for Star Wars fans who have been looking forward to seeing Ewan McGregor make his return as the famed Jedi. Work is continuing