It’s a special holiday season for Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger! They are reportedly getting ready to be parents to two. The married couple, who welcomed their first child together, Lyla, in August 2020, are expecting another child together, keeping to Pratt’s words that he wants “a lot of kids.” The news broke via Us
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UPDATE, with Mrs. Doubtfire Mrs. Doubtfire just joined the roster of on-pause Broadway productions due to positive Covid test results within the company. Producers announced that performances of the musical at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre from tonight through Sunday, Dec. 19, have been canceled. Described as being on “hiatus,” Mrs. Doubtfire is scheduled to resume
As we head into the holiday season’s final throes, 2022 is starting to become ever brighter on the horizon. That’s especially of note if you’re a James Bond fan, as the 60th anniversary celebration looks to include some stunning new developments for all things 007. It’s not certain if that could include the casting of
Next spring’s buzzy production of Macbeth starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga will have a larger Broadway home than previously expected, courtesy of the Princess Diana musical. Macbeth had originally been set for the approximately 943-seat Lyceum Theatre, but with the unexpected early closing of Diana, The Musical this weekend, that show’s approximately 1,095-seat Longacre
Olivia Wilde has seen some key moments of professional and personal growth in 2021. Earlier this year, she wrapped work on her second feature-length film, Don’t Worry Darling. And while shooting that movie, she began a relationship with one of its stars – Harry Styles. Shortly after reports of their romance first emerged, many fans
Sony Pictures Classics has set a March 25 theatrical release date for The Duke, directed by the late Roger Michell. The film starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren will open in theaters in New York and Los Angeles before expanding in the following weeks. The dramedy is currently playing at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles
After the runaway success of Dune, Denis Villeneuve has his pick of projects he can take on. While viewers wait for more news on Dune: Part 2, Villeneuve has already found an addition project, one which will see him staying in the lane of sci-fi epics. The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the Dune director will
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron said a Canadian court ruling requiring its biggest rival to pay a hefty fine is an “opportunity,” leaving Wall Street and AMC’s own legion of retail investors wondering what he meant. Last summer, in the midst of the pandemic, Cineworld, the UK-based parent of Regal Cinemas, scrapped a deal to
While most movie fans are a little hyper focused on Spider-Man: No Way Home right now, there’s another big sequel coming out very soon that is likely to do pretty well at the box office. Illumination’s Sing brought together a who’s who of celebrities and a collection of pop music’s greatest hits for success the
Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed an estimated $5.28M in Korea on its first day today. This is significant for a number of reasons: Korea has been extremely soft of late, yet the launch day is 11% over the first day of 2019’s pre-pandemic Spider-Man: Far From Home and is the biggest day-one figure for
Keanu Reeves is obviously an icon of our generation, and one who has remained part of pop culture for over 30 years. At one point, it was for saying “Whoa!” in the Bill and Ted movies, and at another point, it was for dodging bullets as Neo in The Matrix. Then in 2010, paparazzi photographs
The Michael Bay directed action movie Ambulance will go from Feb. 18 to April 8, 2022 which is the weekend before Easter weekend. The news comes after Sony today moved Bullet Train off April 8. Now, Ambulance will go up against Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Universal just made this release date change tonight. It’s a great date and corridor
Throughout the years that passed between Pacific Rim’s 2013 debut and its 2018 sequel, the hype machine that eventually gave us Pacific Rim: Uprising saw a minor detour that remains one of the greatest “what if” scenarios. As we all know, the second adventure we saw in theaters wasn’t the one that series co-creator/director Guillermo
Before Spider-Man: No Way Home dominates the world this weekend and 2022 sets in, Sony has moved its David Leitch directed Brad Pitt action movie Bullet Train and Hello Sunshine production Where the Crawdads Sing to July, respectively July 15 and July 22. Bullet Train was previously scheduled on April 8 next year, while Crawdads was on June 24. Bullet Train travels away from
Star Wars is one of the biggest film franchises of all time, with entire generations brought up on the galaxy far, far away. Through the years franchise hero Mark Hamill has continued to be one of the biggest cheerleaders for the beloved property. And the Luke Skywalker actor recently shared a sweet tribute to late
In another move to feed the beast of frosh streamers, Universal has announced that their Jennifer Lopez–Owen Wilson romantic comedy Marry Me will stream on Peacock the same weekend the movie hits theaters, Feb. 11-13. Previous theatrical-day-and-date Peacock releases include DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby: Family Business ($57.3M domestic) and Blumhouse/Miramax’s Halloween Kills. The latter film didn’t seem to be
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but that doesn’t mean that the deals are over and done with. The second Monday in December is known as “Green Monday”, and this year, Best Buy has tons of great options across multiple price ranges for Star Wars and Marvel fans. We’re scouring the web to
Imax grossed $95,000 live simulcasting the Kanye West (with special guest Drake) benefit concert at the L.A. Coliseum to 35 Imax theaters — a one-night event Thursday that included seven sellouts despite being available to stream live on Amazon Prime. The show, Imax’ first live concert event, comes as the large format exhibitor experiments with
It’s been nearly two full decades since Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy captured pop culture. The legacy has continued to live on through quotes and references. The first film’s cult status led to the sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues being released years later. Anchorman 2 director Adam McKay watched the sequel come together
Buffalo 8 Distribution has acquired the North American rights to Jan P. Matuszyński’s Leave No Traces starring Tomasz Ziętek (Corpus Christi), Sandra Korzeniak (Influence) and Jacek Braciak (Edi). The film, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival, is Poland’s official selection for Best International Feature at the upcoming Academy Awards. Buffalo 8 will release the
Once the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 trailer dropped, it sent the internet into a frenzy after viewers witnessed Sonic and Knuckles go head-to-head for the first time in a cinematic setting. While audiences were familiar with Ben Schwartz as the blue hedgehog, it was their first time hearing Idris Elba as Knuckles. Given Elba’s Hollywood
The accidental shooting involving actor Alec Baldwin on the Rust film set sent shockwaves through the industry. Conversation sparked regarding the use guns on future productions. But the bigger question remains as to what exactly happened that allowed a live round of ammunition to tragically take the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins that day. Well,
Refresh for latest…: With stellar critical and audience scores, there is certainly a place for Disney/20th Century Studios’ take on West Side Story — and the hope is that it will grow through the coming weeks. In its debut session at the international box office, however, the Steven Spielberg-directed version of the classic musical landed
Denzel Washington has been a consistent fixture in the film and TV industries for nearly 40 years now. In that time, he’s captured audiences’ attention with the stunning performances in front of the camera along with his compelling work behind it. As an “elder statesman” in the entertainment industry, one would think that the actor
Sean Baker’s Red Rocket, the highest-profile specialty opening to report numbers this weekend (i.e. not distributed by a streamer) posted a solid $96,953 for a per screen average of $16,158 in six theaters in New York/Los Angeles. Critics are calling the film about a washed up porn star returning to his hostile Texas hometown audacious
The Matrix franchise was absolutely groundbreaking when it launched in the late ‘90s, with its emphasis on how technology could be used to alter our very realities. These days, it would seem that we are getting much further along with tech in regard to virtual reality, especially with games like Cyberpunk 2077. Keanu Reeves even
My good colleague Pete Hammond tells us the film awards season is in full swing, live and in-person. Screenings. Panels. Parties. Lunch with the stars. Just like 2019. Now, if the audience would only catch up. This weekend, an extremely important connection got missed, as Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, meant to be a crowd-pleaser,
Ant-Man and Ghostbusters: Afterlife star Paul Rudd was recently named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, setting the internet ablaze. It’s a massive distinction for Rudd, even if his wife had another a-lister on her ballot. Of course, the celebrity that held the title prior was non other than Creed and Black Panther star Michael B.
Paul Thomas Anderson is back with Licorice Pizza, a critically-acclaimed coming-of-age film about an unlikely romance in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. The movie stars the late Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son, Cooper Hoffman, and Haim band member Alana Haim in their debut acting roles. But there’s another person who made Licorice Pizza their first
It’s been over 20 years since The Matrix franchise kicked off and took the sci-fi genre by storm but, like many groundbreaking films, it doesn’t fit neatly into any one box. The franchise takes cues from a number of genres, though action is heavily present in the films. As a result, the movies house many