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Damon Lindelof Working on Green Lanterns TV Series
'Ozark' showrunner Chris Mundy and comics author Tom King are also part of the creative team, James Gunn announced Saturday.
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Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Rides to $3.5M in Thursday Previews, ‘Garfield’ Chases Down $1.9M
George Miller's 'Mad Max: Fury Road' sequel is expected to win the long Memorial Day weekend and chase away its competitor, 'The Garfield Movie.'
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Trailer Revives Michael Keaton in Long-Awaited Sequel
Tim Burton's follow-up to his 1988 original hits theaters in September.
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Box Office Meltdown: ‘Furiosa’ Edges Past ‘Garfield’ to Win Memorial Day With Worst No. 1 Opening in Three Decades
The Memorial Day box office is no picnic this year. But it was certainly a roller-coaster ride. On Sunday, Alcon and Sony’s The Garfield Movie claimed victory ahead of George Miller’s Furiosa with an estimated four-holiday gross of $31.9 million, the worst Memorial Day No. 1 opener since Casper debuted to $22.5 million nearly 30 […]
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Damon Lindelof Working on Green Lanterns TV Series
Damon Lindelof is returning to television and to superheroes. The writer-producer, one of the co-creators of seminal adventure series Lost who later brought seminal comic Watchmen to the screen as an acclaimed, Emmy-winning HBO limited series, is part of the creative team behind Lanterns, the DC based-show from DC Studios. Lanterns, based on the heroes […]
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Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Rides to $3.5M in Thursday Previews, ‘Garfield’ Chases Down $1.9M
After a high-profile debut at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has started off its North American box office run with $3.5 million in Thursday previews. The prequel to Max Max: Fury Road hopes to win Memorial Day weekend with $40 million-$45 million for the four days but will […]
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Trailer Revives Michael Keaton in Long-Awaited Sequel
Michael Keaton is back and loving it in the first full trailer for director Tim Burton’s feature sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Warner Bros.’ highly anticipated follow-up to Burton’s original 1988 movie hits theaters Sept. 6. In addition to Keaton in the titular role, the cast includes Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, […]
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Brande Roderick’s ‘Wineville’ Horror Pic Goes to Dark Star Pictures (Exclusive)
Dark Star Pictures has picked up the North American rights to Brande Roderick’s directorial debut, Wineville, a horror film set for a September 2024 release. The Celebrity Apprentice contestant also stars in the 1970s-set thriller as Tess Lott, a woman who escaped her abusive father as a teen. Now she returns as a single mother […]
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Frank Miller Documentary ‘American Genius’ Reveals Trailer, Sets One-Night Theatrical Showing (Exclusive)
The longtime coming documentary Frank Miller: American Genius is getting a one-night-only theatrical showing, announced the film’s distributor Picturehouse, which also unveiled the trailer for the feature. Set to screen simultaneously in Cinemark theaters nationwide Monday, June 10, the event will feature a live introduction with Miller, moderated by actress Rosario Dawson, and all ticket […]
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Eddie Murphy Is Back on the Beat in Netflix’s Full ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Trailer
Eddie Murphy is feeling the heat in the first full trailer for Netflix’s forthcoming action-comedy sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. The feature from director Mark Molloy is set to launch July 3 on the streaming service. Murphy leads a cast that also includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, Bronson […]
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Hugh Jackman Joined ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Before Telling His Agent: “Literally Couldn’t Wait”
When Hugh Jackman signed on to a third Deadpool movie as the Wolverine, it was so spontaneous that he forgot to tell his agent first. The actor recently sat down with Fandango, alongside his co-star Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy, to talk about his decision to reprise the superhero role after being killed off […]
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New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie Lands Rupert Friend in Starring Role (Exclusive)
The velociraptors have found a Friend. Rupert Friend, the British actor who in appeared in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, will star alongside Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey in the all-new Jurassic World feature being made by Universal Pictures. Gareth Edwards is directing the creature feature that also has Manuel Garcia-Rulfo on the call sheet. David […]
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Marvel Resurrects Vision (Again) for Disney+ Series
Marvel is looking to a new Vision for its next TV offering. The Vision character played by Paul Bettany will be at the center of the studio’s first new series order in some time. The untitled show is currently on track for a 2026 premiere on Disney+, with Star Trek: Picard’s Terry Matalas installed as […]
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‘Atlas’ Director Brad Peyton on Key to Working with Jennifer Lopez, Filming a 2030 DeLorean and His ‘Predator’ Dreams
Brad Peyton had his work cut out for him on the set of his new sci-fi action film, Atlas. The Canadian director’s new 2071-set film centers on Jennifer Lopez’s Atlas Shepherd, a data analyst whose deep mistrust of AI is tested to the extreme when she must rely on an AI-driven mech suit to survive […]
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Adam Wingard Not Returning for ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Sequel (Exclusive)
Godzilla and Kong have smashed their last building for Adam Wingard. At least for now. Wingard, who has directed the last two of Legendary’s hit MonsterVerse movies, will not be returning for a third installment, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The parting of ways is described as amicable and stemming from timing issues. The […]
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Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Movie Lands ‘Hunger Games’ Writer Michael Lesslie
Marvel Studios’ X-Men movie is gaining momentum as the project lands a writer. Michael Lesslie, who is known for his work on the series The Little Drummer Girl and the recent prequel feature The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, is in talks to pen the new film focused on Marvel Comics’ iconic […]
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Jessica Alba Goes on Revenge Mission in Netflix’s Violent ‘Trigger Warning’ Trailer
Jessica Alba isn’t satisfied with the explanation for her father’s unexpected death in the first trailer for the Netflix action thriller Trigger Warning. Mouly Surya directed the film that launches June 21 on the streaming service and includes co-stars Mark Webber, Jake Weary, Anthony Michael Hall, Kaiwi Lyman and Hari Dhillon. Trigger Warning centers on […]
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Mark Ruffalo in Talks to Join Chris Hemsworth in Movie Based on Don Winslow’s ‘Crime 101’
Mark Ruffalo is eyeing a big-screen reunion with Chris Hemsworth for the planned adaptation of a Don Winslow project. Ruffalo is in talks to join Hemsworth in Amazon MGM Studios’ feature version of Crime 101, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Bart Layton — who wrote the script with contributions from Peter Straughan — is set […]
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Disney’s Club 33 Getting Movie Treatment From ‘Goosebumps’ Writer Darren Lemke, Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps (Exclusive)
A private Disney club is going public. Like, big-screen public. Club 33, the exclusive dining club inside Disneyland, is getting the movie treatment. Darren Lemke, who has worked on such family films as Goosebumps starring Jack Black and Shazam!, has been tapped to pen the script set in a fantastical world about the club. Deadpool […]
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