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Behind-the-scenes images showing Palpatine’s new costume from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have been posted online. The latest Star Wars feature released back in December, and remains one of the most talked-about films of 2019. Due to the coronavirus, the film was released three days early on Digital. The physical version is still releasing

The number of movie theaters closing today in U.S. and Canada went from around 200 this morning to well past 3K locations tonight according to sources. Alamo Drafthouse has just shuttered all their corporate-owned sites and all but one-franchise owned location in Winchester, VA. Over the weekend, they had already turned out the lights at

Last week, Elba had undergone a self-quarantine, after realizing he had been exposed to someone who eventually tested positive for COVID-19, and the results of his own test were made public today. Per his recent announcement on Twitter, the actor is not symptomatic as of yet, and his wife Sabrina Dhowre, has not been tested

Filming on Fantastic Beasts 3 won’t start on time due to the Coronavirus. The Harry Potter prequel series started in 2016 with the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which was followed up by Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018. Despite the series being based on a fictional textbook by J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros. has been

What we’re about to inform you about cannot be read into as an indication of long-term trends, or even short-term. The state of exhibition and the domestic box office is changing by the hour in the current coronavirus climate and by tomorrow or even before next Friday we could be looking at a different theatrical

Well, folks, this was not hard to see coming. In recent weeks there has been a lot of chatter about how the on-going pandemic would wind up affecting box office numbers, with people around the world not only worried about being in crowded spaces, but actively being warned against doing so. The effect of this

In a year when comic book movies, remakes, and sequels ruled the box office, Rian Johnson delivered an original film that is also one of the year’s most entertaining movies. Knives Out is styled after classic whodunit murder mystery about a wealthy family whose elder patriarch dies at a family get-together. RELATED: Knives Out: 10 Best

We just got word that Regal Cinemas is the next biggest chain stateside to enforce a reduced auditorium capacity size of 50% where applicable and “with state mandates on social gatherings” says the exhibitor. AMC just recently announced a similar policy. Of the distribution bosses we’ve spoken to, we hear that they don’t expect any

The Star Wars and the MCU series are currently in periods of transition, as both are venturing into uncharted territory with projects that showcase new settings, characters and storylines. Disney+ is becoming the place for this content, with shows like The Mandalorian and upcoming MCU TV series like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision

ABC’s The Bachelor finale aired and in a turn of events, Peter Weber made the choice to be with Madison Prewett. Now that Peter is no longer a Bachelor, less than 24 hours later, ABC has officially released the men competing to win the heart of the new star of The Bachelorette, Clare Crawley. Clare Crawley, the runner-up from Juan

With our world changing in real-time as America grips with the coronavirus outbreak, movie theaters across America stand as the last line of entertainment to remain open, as theme parks, sports games, and events close down for indefinite amounts of time. Sources tell me that it will come down to local governments in regards to

Joining The Little Mermaid in being delayed are Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, Home Alone, The Last Duel, Nightmare Alley, Peter Pan & Wendy and Shrunk. The latter two movies were in preproduction, while the others were either close to beginning principal photography or in the middle of it. Here’s what Disney

Solidifying itself as one of the most popular Shonen series ever written, My Hero Academia returns to the gaming industry with its second title My Hero One’s Justice 2. Bringing the series’ most popular quirk driven heroes back to the realm of anime arena fighters with even more fighters to choose from. From Overhaul to Tenya Lida, the latest

EXCLUSIVE: If exhibition couldn’t be further beaten down more today, we hear that Disney has just moved Mulan (March 27), 20th Century Studios’ New Mutants (April 3) and Searchlight’s Antlers (April 17) off the release schedule. New dates remain TBD for this year. This global now, from what we here, and likely the best financial choice for Disney

But hey, what’s one minor kick in the jaw against the fame and fortune that comes with being an action movie star? It’s at times like that, when he’s just been kicked in the jaw and is probably tasting blood, that Vin Diesel thinks of the fans. He could stop or say enough is enough

Apparently, the Mortal Kombat 11 version of Todd McFarlane’s Spawn is friends with Batman, according to one of the character’s intro phrases. Announced previously as the last character in the current iteration of Mortal Kombat 11’s DLC Kombat Pack, gameplay featuring Spawn in Mortal Kombat 11 was only recently shown to the public for the first time during the Final Kombat 2020 Esports fighting

If predicting box office openings wasn’t worse enough for the industry, the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. has studios and exhibition at the edge of their seats as concerns swell about how bad the impact might be. This weekend’s wide entries — Sony’s Vin Diesel movie Bloodshot,  Lionsgate-Kingdom Story’s faith-based K.J. Apa movie I Still Believe

By the sound of it, Bloodshot has some interesting science fiction going on and the potential is there, but like so many superhero movies (and really blockbusters more generally), it eventually falls apart and gives way to an ugly CGI mess. This sentiment was echoed by Slashfilm‘s Chris Evangelista, who gave Bloodshot a rating of

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for The Flash season 6, episode 14 “Death Of The Speed Force.” The Flash has officially found its latest way of bringing back Eobard Thawne a.k.a. Reverse-Flash (Tom Cavanagh,) concluding the mysterious Harrison Wells appearances. Throughout his time in the series, Eobard has found several ways of coming back. Whether he was killed or erased

National Amusements, the Redstone family holding company, was placed on negative credit watch by ratings agency S&P Global after shares of ViacomCBS – which NAI uses as debt collateral – skidded so low over the past three weeks that the parent technically defaulted on a bank loan. That’s a headache for NAI but also a

The above video shows Warwick Davis and his son Harrison being fitted for their Ewok costumes. Once wiggling in, the iconic Star Wars creatures quickly come to life, to the joy of J.J. Abrams and company. Eventually the pair of father/son actors arrive on set, and film their quick appearance for The Rise of Skywalker.

Jamie Foxx is still starring in Spawn despite the recent rumors. Todd McFarlane helped create one of Spider-Man’s most famous villains, Venom, in the ’80s, but in the ’90s, he created a character that is just as popular: Spawn. Spawn first appeared in 1992 and five years later, New Line Cinema banked on the character’s popularity

Broadway producers are “cautiously optimistic” as attendance figures for last week show little, if any, immediate impact from the global coronavirus scare. Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League trade organization representing producers and theater owners, said in a conference call with reporters this afternoon that she was “even a bit surprised” with today’s

We’ll have to see what ultimately happens with the next few movies in this franchise, but I do think it’s safe to say there is interest in the upcoming Avatar 2 and it’s nice to hear the people involved are rooting for the movie. Plus, ultimately, if Avatar 2 does or does not beat Avengers:

Marvel Studios has yet to reveal who ruled Wakanda between Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but there’s a clear choice for who Black Panther 2 should reveal to have led the kingdom. After Thanos snapped half of all life across the universe out of existence, the Marvel Cinematic Universe changed in a number of ways. While Avengers: Endgame explored

There was a stampede of new titles opening this weekend at the specialty box office, and despite coronavirus-induced fears of being in close proximity in theaters, there weren’t any glaring slumps in the indie and arthouse space. Of the films released this weekend, First Cow made some moo-ves at the box office, earning an estimated

I got to say that it really was a weird moment because as I was explaining it, you know, as I’m writing it, I’m a giddy nerd and then I’m about to shoot it, and my crew… You know, the one thing I will say about that moment is it’s probably the most proud I’ve

It’s not uncommon for writers to immerse themselves in the world of their characters whenever possible and get inside the heads of their subjects. Kami Garcia did just that in the upcoming Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity Secret Files #1, as she consulted with a real forensic psychiatrist and behavior analyst, Edward Kurz M.D., to get an inside track

Disney/Pixar’s Onward made $2 million on Thursday night in box office previews, according to the Burbank, CA studio, from shows that started at 6 PM. Previous previews around this range include Disney’s Dumbo ($2.6M, $45.9M opening), Monsters University ($2.6M, $82.4M opening), Moana (which previewed on a Tuesday before Thanksgiving with $2.6M, 3-day of $56.6M, 5-day much greater due to Thanksgiving

Pixar has two films on deck this year. First, there’s Onward, which hit theaters this weekend, and they’ll follow that up with Soul in June. Though both films may not bring in the $1 billion we saw with franchise stalwart, Toy Story 4, we know Pixar’s standalone films do just fine all on their own.