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MacGruber is a classic parody of MacGyver brought to life by actor and comedian Will Forte on Saturday Night Live that eventually got its own spinoff movie and now an upcoming TV series. Christopher Nolan is possibly Hollywood’s biggest filmmaker known for making ultra-serious and complicated blockbusters. Jorma Taccone is the director of the MacGruber

This morning Vertical Entertainment reports a company VOD record for the release of Bron Studios Josh Trank Tom Hardy gangster pic Capone with a 10-day gross of $2.5M-plus. Capone was released on May 12 via on-demand platforms including, but not limited to, iTunes, where it soared to #1 on the charts within its first 3

Movie theaters may be closed down, but there are still new movies arriving this week for people to enjoy. A wide variety of new releases are coming down the pipeline to stream this weekend, be it through major streaming services, digital purchases or rentals. Whatever the case, there is no shortage of options for those

Director and cinematographer Benjamin Ree injected his deep interest with art theft in his latest feature The Painter and the Thief, which drops in virtual cinemas as well as VOD platforms starting Friday. The documentary debuted at Sundance earlier this year and went on to win the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative

Bridesmaids was that rare female-led comedy that went on to be a huge box-office hit, established itself as an iconic addition to its genre, and made overnight stars out of its cast, particularly Melissa McCarthy. With such a formidable legacy to live up to, director of the movie Paul Feig recently revealed to Collider why

Here’s another notable theatrical release to hit PVOD due to COVID-19, and that’s Focus Features’ Jon Stewart directed political comedy Irresistible. Originally scheduled for a May 29 theatrical release, the Steve Carell-Rose Byrne-Chris Cooper movie will now play in homes on Friday, June 26. Irresistible will be available for the 48-hour rental price of $19.99 on such

Zack Snyder has confirmed that he is already working on the Justice League trailer. The director officially announced that he is working on his original version of the movie earlier this week. The Snyder Cut will debut sometime in 2021 on HBO Max and DC fans are ecstatic. Over two years of pushing the studio

Some good news for exhibition which will hopefully prime business before this summer’s big event films open, i.e. Mulan and Wonder Woman 1984, and that’s Fathom Events along with Screen Media will be premiering Millennium Media and Rod Lurie’s feature The Outpost in theaters on July 2 on roughly 500 screens. The pic is based on Jake Tapper’s best-selling non-fiction

Netflix has announced that they will start to cancel inactive customer subscriptions. If a person has not used their account in over a year, the streaming platform will automatically cancel the account. However, the company states that it will reach out to these customers first via email to make sure they would like to cancel.

EXCLUSIVE: New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre has announced an upcoming online run of four plays, becoming what could be Off Broadway’s first summer season created specifically for virtual viewing. Included in the line-up is the world premiere of Darren Murphy’s short play The Gifts You Gave to the Dark, with characters affected by the COVID-19

Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan have released a new trailer for the highly anticipated Tenet. The trailer originally premiered in the popular Fortnite video game in their new outdoor theater. While many people thought the pairing of Nolan and a video game was strange, one of the co-creators of the game thought differently. Donald Mustard

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chairman Joe Drake continued to emphasize the studio’s commitment to theatrical today, telling analysts on today’s 4Q earnings call that “we believe that people are anxious to get out of the house and do things” following the nationwide sheltering-in from COVID-19. Drake also emphasized about the future of moviegoing, “We’re bullish

Netflix and Skydance have released the first trailer for their upcoming movie The Old Guard. Charlize Theron stars as an immortal warrior who leads a mysterious group of mercenaries. The movie is based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez. Rucka also came on board the production

It turns out that the Cleveland Indians are particularly big fans of Nicolas Cage, as the professional baseball team has been secretly inserting the Hollywood actor’s face into dozens of their official lineup graphics… and not one person seemed to notice. This week on Twitter, the Major League Baseball team tweeted that they discreetly hid

Tenedora de Cines, owner of exhibition giant Cinepolis, has acquired 2.8 million shares, or 2.4%, of U.S exhibitor Cinemark, according to an SEC filing Wednesday. Another 17 individuals who are executives and part of the company’s founding family have acquired various smaller positions that total 6.1%. An SEC filing is required in cases where passive

More bad news is coming in this week as it’s been reported that veteran actor John Mahon has passed away. Known for his roles in movies like The Exorcist and L.A. Confidential, Mahon has been working steadily in movies and television for almost five decades. According to his son, Joseph Mahon, Mahon died of natural

Warner Bros has keyed up a re-release of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy in Hong Kong and Taiwan, ahead of the mid-July launch of the director’s latest epic, Tenet. The three films — Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises — will release over several weeks. The first rollout is in Taiwan

Given the state of the movie industry, fans are wondering where and when exactly we’ll be able to watch Bill & Ted Face the Music, and star Alex Winter is promising a major update coming soon. With movies like Trolls World Tour and Scoob! finding great financial success by releasing directly on VOD, the question