6 minutes ago At the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, the Rebel Alliance was understandably in celebration mode, as Luke Skywalker had blown up the Death Star and delivered the first significant blow to the Empire. But that was still just one victory; three years later (both in real life and in the
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Lin Shaye and Demián Bichir are terrorized by malevolent ghosts in the first-look images from The Grudge reboot. An Americanized take on the Japanese Ju-On franchise, The Grudge series was part of a wave of Hollywood J-horror re-imaginings that flooded theaters in the 2000s, following the success of Gore Verbinski’s The Ring in 2002. The first Grudge film,
Universal had already reserved Aug. 14, 2020 on the calendar, and today they announced that the title opening on that date will be the Bob Odenkirk feature Nobody, which is described as John Wick meets Falling Down. Odenkirk plays Hutch Mansell, the guy you don’t notice. A suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor. A nobody.
2 minutes ago By this point in 2019, you’ve more than likely clowned around with Pennywise and The Losers’ Club, courtesy of director Andy Muschietti’s IT Chapter Two. Should that statement be untrue, it’s recommended that you fix that, especially if you happen to be a horror fan. However, if you’re looking for something scary
FIFA 20 is not an overhaul for the series, but combines its top tier core gameplay with some neat additions such as the fun Volta game mode. As another year passes, so another FIFA game is released. The EA Sports series is one of the most popular in the world, gaining millions of players with
We’ve been hearing for quite some time that the advance ticket sales for Focus Features’ big-screen take on the TV series Downton Abbey are just through the roof. On Fandango, presales for the Michael Engler-directed feature continue to best those of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again and The Great
21 minutes ago Filmmaking is a serious business, but that doesn’t mean fun can’t be had along the way. For the actors, that usually translates to them cracking up on set, whether it’s because they mess up their own lines, something funny is happening during the shooting of a scene or anything in-between. Thus, the
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie features more than 10 characters from the original AMC series. That iconic series, which debuted in 2008, tracked the saga of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher who, after being diagnosed with cancer, set out to provide for his family by teaming up with his
Phyllis Newman, known for her Tony Award-winning role as the bath towel-clad Martha Vail in the musical Subways Are for Sleeping, has died. The star of stage and screen was 86. The news was announced by her son Adam Green, a theater critic for Vogue, via Twitter. “My sister @amanda_green and I had to say
16 minutes ago When three of the most popular female artists are in the same movie together, you’d expect it to be something of a musical. But that’s not Hustlers. Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo and Cardi B may all star together in the “based on a true story” stripper heist, but their acting and seductive pole-dancing
It appears GameStop is implementing some major redesigns that will change the in-store experience for its customers. GameStop lost $673 million in 2018 as more gamers are opting for digital software from the comfort of their couch. Most of GameStop’s revenue comes from the sale of used physical video games which just aren’t selling as well anymore.
Danielle De Palma has been hired as Paramount Pictures’ EVP Domestic Marketing. She will report to Marc Weinstock, president of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution, and Mary Daily, co-president of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. Previously, De Palma served as a senior executive at Apple in the video marketing team overseeing film and TV series marketing. She
10 minutes ago Hustlers pretty much came out of nowhere as a box office win. It had a quick filming schedule earlier in 2019 on a production budget of roughly $20 million. It already made a lot more than that in its domestic opening, with Jennifer Lopez earning the best reviews of her career. There’s
The teaser trailers for American Horror Story: 1984 aren’t just marketing, they could be serving as a prequel to the new season. The ninth season of Ryan Murphy’s horror anthology series is set to pay tribute to the beloved ’80s slasher era of horror, while the show’s tenth season is already in development to debut
Refresh for latest…: New Line/Warner Bros’ It Chapter Two had its second reading at the global and international box office this weekend, after screaming to the 2nd highest worldwide opening ever for a horror movie last session. With the sophomore frame’s extra balloons, the franchise has now crossed $1B worldwide. The split on Chapter Two
42 minutes ago As any Horror fan worth their weight in blood will tell you, we’re quickly approaching that time of the year when thrills and chills are in high-demand. Some like to get their fill in the theater or simply stream the scares, while others like to take a more live-action approach. That’s where
The Parks & Recreation series finale included a couple of time jumps, the last one showing an ambiguous ending for Leslie Knope: did she actually become President? Parks and Recreation was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and aired from 2009 to 2015 with a total of seven seasons. Throughout the series, viewers got to
EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey, the movie, began offshore rollout this week in 17 markets including the UK where the film had its world premiere on Monday. The big screen transfer of the award-winning and game-changing period drama is off to a strong start in key hubs. The weekend is estimated at $12.5M. Currently, the Focus/Universal/Carnival Films
11 minutes ago Remember Edward Norton’s Bruce Banner? Good times! The Incredible Hulk came out in 2008 as the second Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, but there were behind-the-scenes clashes and the MCU ultimately recast with Mark Ruffalo for the rest of the run so far. Ruffalo has played The Hulk in all four Avengers movies
Reality TV star Jenelle Evans says she wasn’t fired from Teen Mom after all. This news comes after Evans’ challenging year, including a messy custody battle for her children, a husband who killed her family dog, and being noticeably absent from MTV’s Teen Mom 2. According to the mother of three, she has not been fired from the
It’s over. Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY), the parent company of MoviePass announced today that they’re pulling the plug on the famed monthly movie ticket subscription service which offered unlimited tickets for $9.99/a month. HMNY today said that it formed a strategic review committee comprised of independent directors, to identify, review and explore all strategic
30 minutes ago Yes, while the Fast & Furious movies have gotten increasingly crazier with each entry, these still largely revolve the main characters getting into shenanigans in cars, trucks and all sorts of ground-based vehicles (and even a few airborne ones), but Daniel Radcliffe wants no part of that. While plugging his new movie,
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey are to reunite for a new podcast project that looks back at every episode of The Office. On the NBC sitcom, Fischer starred as Pam Beesly while Kinsey played Angela Martin for all nine seasons. The show aired from 2005-2013 but has maintained popularity thanks to streaming. The show, which was a remake of the
Todd Phillips’ R-rated DC villain movie Joker arrived on tracking today with an indexed first choice among all audiences in the low 20s among moviegoers that exceeded a mix of both superhero movies and R-rated fare including Batman v. Superman, Suicide Squad, It, It Chapter Two, Logan, Venom, Halloween, Us, John Wick Chapter 3 and more. That’s a huge
25 minutes ago Now that the X-Men are back under Marvel’s control, it feels like open season on the way Fox has handled the franchise over the past couple decades. Granted, it’s not as though folks held back their criticism during Fox’s tenure, but now that things have a real chance of changing with the
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp announced that she is pregnant with Baby #3. She and her husband matched with their two children in pink and blue long johns to announce on social media that they were expecting. The Real Housewife of Beverly Hills star has been very open with her social media followers
Broadway box office was down nearly 10% from the previous week’s Labor Day holiday tourist bulge, with the 25 productions grossing a total $25,965,471. Attendance of 224,402 was steady with the prior week, though should have been better: The roster count was up by two over the previous week’s 23 shows. Just about every production
5 minutes ago When Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened its very first location at Disneyland, a lot of the cast of the movies were on hand for the event. Among them was Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill. The actor recently posted a picture of a bust that can be found in the new theme park
Despite what recent rumors said, Zatanna will not appear in The Suicide Squad because writer-director James Gunn never even considered it. Following Disney’s decision to fire him from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (and before reversing that move to rehire him), Gunn found a new home at Warner Bros. and DC. He signed on to write and
Rupert Everett will take over for the previously announced Eddie Izzard as George in director Joe Mantello’s upcoming Broadway staging of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? co-starring Laurie Metcalf as Martha. The announcement was made today by producers Scott Rudin/Barry Diller/David Geffen, who said Izzard is leaving the production due to scheduling conflicts. The revival