The anticipation for Sister Act 3 is steadily growing, though info is still scarce. All fans know is that Whoopi Goldberg will return as Deloris Van Cartier and that Tyler Perry producing the film. They’ve definitely been wanting more news since the sequel was announced a few years ago. And with the movie now in
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What’s better than being 30 and flirty and thriving? Having an entire generation of fans cheering you on when you reach that milestone, including one very famous former co-star. Just ask Christa Allen, who played the younger counterpart of Jennifer Garner’s Jenna Rink in 13 Going on 30. After celebrating hitting the big three-oh with
Saturday AM Update: Despite the worst reviews for a Marvel movie, and a B CinemaScore, the second weekend of Disney/Marvel’s Eternals didn’t implode, now on track for a -62% weekend, which is on the high end of where we were expecting it with $27.4M. The pic made $7.8M yesterday, -75%. Through ten days, the Chloe Zhao directed
This coming week will mark the 10th anniversary of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1‘s release. The Twilight film was especially notable because it allowed fans to see Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson’s Bella and Edward get married ahead of their eternity together as vampires. In the movie, Taylor Lautner memorably disapproved of
Sony, which doesn’t mess around with theatrical day-and-date releases like some other motion picture studios, can celebrate their Marvel sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage crossing the $200 million mark in the US and Canada. It is the second movie to do so during Covid, after Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
No one could have predicted that when Independence Day was released in 1996, it would become a box office smash hit. Director Roland Emmerich’s intergalactic disaster picture certainly defied the odds and turned its novel spin on alien warfare into a huge cash cow. It also turned Will Smith into a bonafide box office star,
Today is Disney+ Day and the celebration of the streaming service’s second birthday has brought with it a lot of cool stuff. A bunch of new content has arrived on Disney+ itself, a massive number of the service’s upcoming content has been teased, and even the theme parks have been getting in on the action.
Reese Witherspoon’s offspring have become hot topics in recent years as fans have watched them become young adults. Every other week, a new debate about who the children favor more – her or their father Ryan Phillippe – continues to emerge. Witherspoon’s son Deacon Phillippe has captured a bit of attention online from viewers and
Sony Pictures Classics releases Telluride-darling documentary Julia with a national TV push, culinary events and virtual screenings through November hosted by famous chefs from Alice Waters (San Francisco) and Johnny Spero (Boston) to Jamie Bissonnette (Houston) and luminaries from New York, LA, Philly and Miami. Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen talked up the film
After starring together in the biggest movie event of the year in Dune, Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista are clearly two of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood. Earlier this year, there were rumors the pair were itching to work together again after Bautista joined Momoa’s Apple TV + series See. Bautista suggested to Momoa
20 years ago, the Harry Potter film series launched with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, just four years after the original book by J.K. Rowling. Daniel Radcliffe was selected to play the Boy Who Lived on the big screen, and The Sorcerer’s Stone quickly catapulted him to worldwide fame. As it turns out though,
Paramount’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, which is taking advantage of the Veterans Day holiday, leashed second place on its opening day Wednesday with $2.3M, which includes previews at 3,407 theaters. The Walt Becker-directed feature adaptation of the 58-year-old Scholastic children’s book IP also is available on Paramount+ as some studios practice a hybrid form of distribution
If you’re going to play a boxing champion, then you obviously need to be in the right shape. That’s just what Michael B Jordan is doing for Creed 3, as the threequel is gearing up to begin shooting. While the latest installment in the Rocky franchise will also see Jordan sitting in the director’s chair,
Imax has named former Lionsgate and Netflix publicity veteran Julie Fontaine as SVP Marketing in what is a newly created position at the large-format exhibitor. She will report directly to Imax chief marketing officer Denny Tu. Fontaine will oversee strategic marketing campaigns and creative for Imax’s global event features lineup as well as product and
The western movie Rust is gathering very little rust. The movie may have ceased production, probably for good, but the story of this movie is far from over. The movie that has already led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and the possibility of an amputation for a crew member, is now facing a
This just in from Paramount: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will no longer be opening on June 24, 2022 rather June 9, 2023. And the new Star Trek movie they’ve been in development on won’t launch on June 9, 2023 rather Dec. 22, 2023. The pic is in development with Matt Shakman attached to direct, as we first told
The holiday season is about to get started at Disneyland Resort, and while that means Christmas or Chanukah for most people, the Star Wars galaxy has its own winter holiday to celebrate and that means that Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be getting in on the seasonal festivities with its own event surrounding that great
Despite Disney’s commitment to a pure theatrical window during Q4 of this year with wide releases like Eternals and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, CEO Bob Chapek isn’t ruling out the possibility of going theatrical day-and-date with Disney+ again. “We’re sticking with our plan of flexibility,” said the CEO today on the conglom’s
Following our trip back to 1987 for Bumblebee, the Transformers film series is jumping to 1994 for its next installment, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. The premise of the seventh Transformers movie was revealed back in June, and originally the plan was to deliver the final product to the masses on June 24, 2022. However,
Since 1985 People Magazine has declared some celebrity male the Sexiest Man Alive. Both Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds have earned the title in the past. Last year it was was given to Creed star Michael B. Jordan. The new Sexiest Man Alive is Paul Rudd, and perhaps unsurprisingly, Rudd is having fun with his
EXCLUSIVE: United Artists Releasing is pivoting its awards season release of MGM’s Joe Wright feature musical Cyrano. Instead of the Peter Dinklage-Haley Bennett movie going limited on Dec. 31, UAR will qualify the movie for Oscars with a one week run in Los Angeles on Dec. 17. The pic, which already counts 86% fresh on
One of the most buzzy performances of the year has been Kristen Stewart’s turn as the late Princess Diana for Spencer. The drama is referred to as “a fable from a true tragedy” that follows the British royal during the Christmas holiday in 1991 as she decides to separate from Prince Charles. In order to
Paramount will continue to experiment with a theatrical day-and-date release model during the pandemic with eOne’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, a live-action CGI hybrid take of the 1963 Scholastic children’s book classic which hit theaters today at 1:30PM, goes wide tomorrow at 3,695 theaters and also drops on Paramount+. The movie is expected to do between
Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise attraction has been around since the theme park first opened on July 17, 1955, and 66 years later, it finally followed in the footsteps of Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion by scoring its own cinematic adaptation. The Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt-led Jungle Cruise arrived both in theaters and
Broadway box office was up about 16% last week, with three new productions joining the playing roster and all 30 of the shows taking in a combined $22,855,192. The figure, which represents box office grosses for the week ending Nov. 7, indicates an expected rebound from the $20 million tally of the previous week, which included
Summer 2022 marks the day when dinosaurs finally rule the Earth again thanks to the arrival of director Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion. After a little over a year’s delay from the film’s original release date, all of the action you could expect in the aftermath of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will be on its
AMC Entertainment saw revenue jump to $763 million last quarter, beating Wall Street forecasts on a strong movie slate and accelerating theatrical recovery. Adjusted EPS losses of 44 cents a share shrank from a loss of $8.41 a year ago. Analysts had anticipated sales of $708 million with an EPS loss of 53 cents. As
The road to shooting John Wick: Chapter 4 stretched longer than expected, but principal photography finally kicked off in May and wrapped several days ago. Now the wait begins for the first official John Wick 4 images and footage to be released to the public, but now it appears that we finally know its official
AMC CEO Adam Aron, who already has announced a push into retail popcorn sales and accepting payment in cryptocurrencies, waxed enthusiastic Monday at a flood of new ventures suggested by the chain’s 4.1 million retail investors. The floated ideas include everything from an AMC credit card and a return to movie producing to its own
Hollywood can be a wonderful place for stars and entertainers wanting to remain close to the film and television industry. But it can be a hard place to be if you want a semblance of “normal” life. Oftentimes, this aspect results in A-listers living the city for a more tranquil life outside of entertainment. There