The Top Gun: Maverick world premiere is being held tonight on the USS Midway, the iconic Navy aircraft carrier docked in San Diego. Given that fact, of course Tom Cruise took the opportunity to pilot a helicopter onto the flight deck before sauntering over to the red carpet. The cast was joined by a group
Greg Marcus said first-quarter sales for Marcus Theatres surged from a year ago; that the film slate, while improving, is still not back to where it was pre-Covid; and that while studios have committed to theatrical windows, big streamers have not despite — in his view — overwhelming arguments for cinematic release. “We talk to
Refresh for updates Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness racked up $36M from previews that began at 3PM. That’s the tkk best preview during the pandemic. Critical reviews for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness have settled at 77% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, which is lower than the first movie’s 89% Certified fresh, and significantly
Refresh for latest…: Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness began offshore release on Wednesday in 20 markets and is already doing some crazy numbers. With $27.2M through yesterday, the first-day overall results are only 4% below Spider-Man: No Way Home and a staggering 153% ahead of the original 2016 Doctor Strange, as well
Audrey Diwan’s Happening launched New Directors/New Films in April, mesmerizing viewers with the story of a brilliant literature student from a working-class background seeking an abortion to keep her life from derailing. In 1963 France the procedure was illegal. The suspense builds with each week a new chapter title as she seeks help from doctors,
EXCLUSIVE: In honor of National Space Day today, Amazon Original Films has dated their Ryan White directed documentary Good Night Oppy for theatrical release on Nov. 4 with a worldwide drop on Prime Video on Nov. 23. The movie produced by Jessica Hargrave, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Brandon Carroll, and Matthew Goldberg tells the inspirational true
by Trevor Kimball, April 29, 2022 (Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW) Ryan’s time in Gotham won’t continue into the 2022-23 television season. The CW has cancelled the Batwoman TV show so viewers won’t be getting a fourth year. Season three finished airing in March. A superhero drama series, Batwoman TV show Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan
by Trevor Kimball, April 30, 2022 (Photo: The CW) The adventures for the Waverider crew have come to an end. The CW has cancelled DC’s Legends of Tomorrow so we won’t be seeing an eighth season. Season seven finished airing early last month. A superhero comedy-drama series, the DC’s Legends of Tomorrow TV show stars
by Trevor Kimball, May 4, 2022 (Peacock) Class is no longer in session. Peacock has cancelled the Saved By the Bell sequel series so viewers won’t be seeing a third season. A teen comedy series, the Saved By the Bell TV show is a continuation of the Saturday morning sitcom that ran on NBC in
WASHINGTON — NASA and Boeing say they’re confident they have resolved a valve issue that delayed a test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle last year and are ready to try again later this month. Boeing moved the Starliner spacecraft from a processing facility at the Kennedy Space Center May 4 to
SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is holding a series of meetings next week with potential government, academic and industry partners to discuss the agency’s plan to evaluate emerging satellite and ground architecture technologies. NOAA released three Broad Agency Announcements April 29. Two of the BAAs focus on satellite sensors: one to
SAN FRANCISCO — Adding microwave sounders to its constellation will not push back the timeline for startup Tomorrow.io to begin gathering weather data via satellite. By the end of 2024, the Bostin-based startup plans to have a constellation in orbit acquiring radar and microwave observations. Tomorrow.io announced plans in March to add microwave sensors to
SuperView Neo-1 first 30 cm pictures show the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas of USA and Qatar’s capital Doha. The satellites are in-orbit testing and calibration by China Siwei Surveying and Mapping Technology Co., Ltd(China Siwei). China Siwei’s newest commercial imaging satellites SuperView Neo-1 01 and 02 were successfully launched into space Apr. 29 aboard
TAMPA, Fla. — Echostar says satellite builder Maxar Technologies won’t deliver its long-awaited Jupiter-3 satellite in time for its end-of-year launch on a Falcon 9 rocket. The head of EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems said in a May 5 earnings call that the satellite, which it badly needs to relieve broadband capacity constraints in the Americas,
WASHINGTON — A Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico May 6, returning four astronauts to Earth after nearly six months on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance splashed down off the coast from Tampa, Florida, at 12:43 a.m. Eastern, after a normal reentry. Recovery teams placed the spacecraft
WASHINGTON — NASA expects to be ready to perform another countdown rehearsal of the Space Launch System in early June as it pushes back the first launch of the vehicle to at least August. At a May 5 briefing, NASA officials said they had made progress on two problems with the SLS and its mobile
With modern life’s reliance on space-based technologies, it can be easy to forget that Operation Desert Storm, the world’s first “space war,” occurred a mere 30 years ago. While that might seem a lifetime for some, soldiers and service members of my generation — many of us still serving — remember the uncertainty that preceded
TAMPA, Fla. — Intelsat announced financial, commercial and aviation leadership changes May 5 to guide the satellite operator’s post-bankruptcy future. The executive appointments come a month after former Raytheon executive David Wajsgras took over as CEO, replacing Stephen Spengler who had been at the helm for nearly seven years. Anthony (Toby) O’Brien, a former chief