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EXCLUSIVE: It’s all very quiet on the international box office front, but this past weekend saw some decent increases in various markets. Cinemas are still just sputtering back to operations around the world, notably in parts of Europe and Asia. Germany remains the key major driving admissions — and largely from drive-ins, though Vue International’s

Superheroes and comic book characters have entertained the public for decades, usually starting with kids who eventually become adult fans. Plenty of us have dreamed of the day we might get our own superheroic powers, wether by evolution, radiation, or a spider-bite. Although a group of young men in Bolivia took these stories a bit

Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ colorful cast of island-residing and traveling NPCs already seems perfect, but one inspired player’s brilliant idea for a new character absolutely needs to make its way into the game. The hypothetical NPC’s prescribed role and personality seem so simple and obvious that it’s a true wonder how a character like them

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

May 25th is an important date for Star Wars fans. It was on that date in 1977 that the original Star Wars movie was released. However, Star Wars fans, or at least some of them, are not spending May 25 celebrating the 43rd anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope. Instead, they’re focused on today

The Fantastic Four‘s Human Torch once wrote “A Song of Ice and Fire.” In 1996, now-legendary writer George R.R. Martin published the novel “A Song of Ice and Fire.” It became the beginning of an epic fantasy series, and the basis for the Game of Thrones TV series. Game of Thrones even exists in the Marvel Comics

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

Still, there’s no denying the fact that Frank Oz, Stuart Freeborn and George Lucas created something truly magical with Yoda. For being such a small creature, he’s cast a long shadow on the franchise, to the point that The Mandalorian‘s The Child (which has been given his name) was the catalyst for huge viral moments

Director Zack Snyder reveals why Superman chose the red and blue suit rather than the black one in Man of Steel. Superman’s suit is an important aspect of his superhero identity, in both the comics and other media. The black suit, sometimes called the Recovery Suit, is especially interesting to fans, as it’s only been used

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

From Hogwarts history to detailed wizarding family trees, Harry Potter fans love the mythology of the series. We’ve also been equally entranced by the rags to riches story of its author. Over the years, numerous stories about the locations and moments that inspired her to write about the bespectacled wizard have become integral parts of

Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is beloved by fans around the world. It’s the use of Eastern design and fantasy storytelling that resulted in a new world that captured the imagination of many. It is unlike any other franchise because of this, but its characters are just as engaging as the world. No matter the

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

Today is the day I learned that Hollywood star Anna Kendrick and I have something very important in common: We both wake up starving. Mind you, we end up eating completely different things, which is how she still looks like Anna Kendrick, and I more closely resemble the late, great John Candy. But it’s strangely

Last Updated: May 21, 2020 DC Films has four movies releasing throughout 2022, which makes it their busiest lineup yet. In 2016, Warner Bros. launched the DC Extended Universe with Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and then quickly followed that with Suicide Squad. From then on, they planned on releasing two movies a year,

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

All in all, the documents tally that Sonni Pacheco has reportedly taken out nearly $50,000 from her daughter’s trust fund. The way the trust fund works is that Jeremy Renner drops in money that is supposed to go for educational or medical expenses, as well as extracurricular activities for his 7-year-old daughter. Any amount in

This morning, to celebrate National Streaming Day, Disney+ announced the new original series Muppets Now is set to premiere July 31. Muppets Now has been in development since 2019, even before the launch of Disney+ six months ago. The series is directed by Kirk Thatcher, who directed NBC’s It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

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

Like Game Night or The Out-of-Towners, it embraces the manic mayhem that can be had by chucking Average Joes (and Janes) into a bizarre quest that hurls them out of their comfort zone. The script by Aaron Abrams, Brendan Gall, and Martin Gero sets up our odd couple swiftly. He is, as a cerebral documentarian,

Although David Murphey finally met his Ukrainian girlfriend Lana on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, a happily ever after still seems far away for this couple. Lana is real, but her behavior on the dating website where she met David should be a cause for concern for the Las Vegas resident. Through the majority of

What a difference a year — and a pandemic — makes. At this time in 2019, Pokémon Detective Pikachu was the No. 1 movie in 72 markets with a $54M frame at the international box office while John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum took out a took out a $35M hit in 66 and Avengers:

Fuzzbucket What It’s About: A kid starting junior high gets adopted by an imaginary friend. Except, the friend isn’t actually imaginary, but rather invisible. Of course, nobody believes young Michael that his friend, named Fuzzbucket, is actually real, which leads to one misunderstanding after another. All the adults – mom, dad, school principal, etc. –

The absolute swarm of players rushing to play GTA Online since the Epic Games Store gave Grand Theft Auto V away for free evidently overloaded the game’s servers, taking them offline. That’s quite a feat considering how battle-tested the multiplayer blockbuster infrastructure is seven wildly successful years down the line, and it should give paying players a vague idea of

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Vertical Entertainment has snapped up the domestic and UK distribution rights to The Big Ugly, an action thriller starring Snatch‘s Vinnie Jones, Ron Perlman and Malcolm McDowell. The Big Ugly will first hit UK theaters and VOD on July 24, and then U.S. theaters and VOD a week later on July 31.

One can guess that identical messages will be placed at the entry points to Disney Springs, and probably all over the resort so that the notices can’t be avoided and people can’t claim they weren’t properly warned. Certainly, while an outbreak on Disney property is a worst case scenario and the company is going to

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is speaking out about his retirement from WWE in a revealing new video. Johnson began his wrestling career in 1996, racking up a number of wins during his time there. He won the WWE championship an impressive eight times and was an unmatched draw for professional wrestling. However, after several years

Italy’s cinemas will get back to business from June 15, the government announced Saturday as it outlined an overall easing of lockdown protocols in what was the initial epicenter of the European continent’s coronavirus outbreak. As with other markets that are beginning to lift restrictions on moviegoing, there will be social distancing measures in place

He certainly had no qualms with killing Tyler Rake, or at least trying to anyway. He and his gang of kids were less than successful during the first attempt, and even shooting Tyler in the neck seemed to not take. Of course, we don’t know for sure that Rake survived that just yet, though the

As Microsoft’s Xbox division goes all-in on Xbox Series X production on the lead-up to the console’s holiday 2020 launch window, France has been identified as a high priority for the console’s distribution. That latter point likely won’t catch the attention of anyone outside of Western Europe, but a solid confirmation about how the next-gen