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Kanye West discussed his plans to run for president in 2024. West’s controversial political views have received a lot of attention in recent years. West spoke at Fast Company’s Innovation Festival, where he was joined onstage by his Yeezy collaborator Steven Smith. The embattled performer delighted in sharing news about the next generation of his
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Finance sources tell us today that Warner Bros.’ weekend Stephen King upset Doctor Sleep is poised to lose around $20M after all ancillaries, should it earn $100M at the global box office. If ticket sales are lower, in the $80M range, then the loss swells to around $30M+. This comes after the grand under-performance of the
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Sony’s sequel to its $962.1M global hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will debut in China on Dec. 13 in sync with its domestic opening.  China is a rich territory for Dwayne Johnson with such pics like Hobbs & Shaw ($201M), Rampage ($156.3M), San Andreas ($103M) and Skyscraper ($98.4M) racking up bucks.  The first Jake Kasdan-directed pic made $78M in the Middle Kingdom, repping 14%
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Warner Bros. The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep drew $1.5M last night from showtimes that began at 6PM. In the post It era of the feature adaptations of Stephen King’s canon, Doctor Sleep is 75% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, a grade that’s higher than the latest Pet Sematary and It Chapter Two‘s 63% fresh. Horror fans typically come out first to these pics, and Screen
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The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman says planning is already underway for season 2 of the upcoming Netflix series based on his comic books. Gaiman’s work has been increasingly adapted for the small screen in recent years, with Good Omens becoming an Amazon Prime series and American Gods being turned into a Starz TV show. Even Lucifer (which
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The Disney+ series Loki will tie into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Kevin Feige has revealed. Both projects were announced this summer as part of the MCU‘s ambitious Phase 4 slate, each scheduled for spring 2021. Only Multiverse of Madness has an official release date of May 7, 2021. Loki will see the return of Tom Hiddleston’s beloved trickster after he
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Last weekend didn’t start the fire at the November box office after Paramount/Skydance Media/Fox’s mechanical breakdown with Terminator: Dark Fate, which is set to lose $130 million off an estimated combined $325M production and global P&A cost and $29M stateside opening. This weekend, Warner Bros in a rare move for its genre product opens Doctor
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Director Tim Miller claims that the Kitty Pryde movie will never happen. After a few short films in the early 2000s, Miller made his directing debut in 2016 with Deadpool. David Leitch replaced Miller for Deadpool 2, but last year it looked like Miller might be returning to the mutant universe. Two years after the release of Deadpool, it was reported
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Fox Searchlight has announced that its pre-TIFF acquisition, Armando Ianucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield, will be opening on May 8. Pic reps Iannucci’s third outing as director, after directing the Oscar-nominated In The Loop and The Death of Stalin, and also created the award-winning HBO series Veep.  Iannucci adapted the film with frequent collaborator Simon Blackwell from the Charles
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Refresh for latest…: Paramount/Skydance/Fox’s Terminator: Dark Fate found little salvation in its wider offshore rollout this weekend. Handled overseas by Disney, it came in below pre-weekend projections, grossing $72.9M in 48 material markets (including a soft $28M from China where Tencent Pictures is handling). Along with the early releases and holds from last session, the
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Apple TV+’s The Morning Show cast is filled to the brim with top talent from across the industry – along with many familiar faces but also some not-so-familiar ones. The new series headlines the lineup for Apple TV+’s launch, and it was created by Jay Carson, the former press secretary for Hillary Clinton. The Morning Show follows all
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Paramount/Skydance Media/Fox’s Terminator: Dark Fate drew $2.35M from 7 p.m. shows on Halloween night. Last night we were hearing early estimates between $1.5M-$1.7M, so this definitely is an improvement on that. That’s on par with the Tuesday night previews of its previous chapter, Terminator: Genisys which made $2.3M back on June 30, 2015. In fact it is pretty
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