When it comes to highly-anticipated upcoming book adaptations, the next Hunger Games movie definitely has me marking my calendar for its 2026 release date. Before Lionsgate starts production for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping movie, however, Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name will be released in March this year. Now, some new
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At the end of the day, it wasn’t as bad as expected. That’s the overriding sentiment among international distribution executives and other industry watchers regarding how 2024’s overseas and global box office panned out. Yes, we continue to need more consistency to foster the cinema-going habit, as well as more good movies that hit their
At the risk of sounding unintentionally patronizing, Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man gets an “A” for effort. You can see the same mind at work that took the story of The Invisible Man and crafted an allegory about gaslighting, as similar thoughtfulness is apparent in the tackling of the classic monster. Whannell’s latest movie presents strong
Broadway took a somewhat humbling post-holiday slip at the box office last week, with the roster of shows down by three productions and overall receipts off by about 29% from the previous week when the New Year holidays helped boost attendance. In all, the 30 shows grossed $32,176,529 for the week ending January 12, with
Spoilers below for anyone who hasn’t yet watched Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu, so be warned (and protect your neck). Given the filmmaker’s impressive filmography to date, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu was a project I’d longingliy anticipated as much as anything else in 2024 or any upcoming horror movie yet to debut. And while it certainly excelled in
Ke Huy Quan has had one of the most incredible second acts in Hollywood history. Following a pair of scene-stealing turns as a child in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies, Quan moved away from acting after finding a dearth of roles available to him. He returned with a vengeance, and
Alamos Drafthouse has laid off 15 corporate staffers as well as a significantly larger number of hourly employees across its circuit, effective immediately. The corporate layoffs rep about 9% of the total focusing on support center and technical engineers to streamline the business, a person familiar with the situation told Deadline. The hit to hourly
One of the biggest movies of 2024 wasn’t found in theaters, but on Netflix, with Jaume Collet-Sera scoring potentially the biggest success of his career with the high-stakes airport thriller Carry-On. The Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman flick exploded onto Netflix’s all-time Top 10 list, immediately sparking calls for a sequel, though it likely won’t
The international box office for French cinema dropped by 11% in 2024, according to data released by Unifrance on Monday, but the film and TV export agency said the figures only gave part of the picture. Unifrance said French film productions racked up 33.4M admissions internationally in the first 50 weeks of 2024 for a
Sometimes when actors work together they become lifelong friends. There have been more marriages than one can count that came about after two stars met on set. However, not every relationship between actors is wonderful, and some of them can get downright ugly. One of the most famous stories of actors clashing involves Lucy Liu
I’m not underselling things when I say that the 2025 movie schedule has my mind in its grasp. A lot of continuations of properties I love as a fan are happening throughout the landscape, one of which is undoubtedly 28 Years Later. I’ve followed all of the recent updates like a hawk, and one recent
It’s less than five weeks until the first big opening of 2025, that being Disney/Marvel Studios‘ Captain America: Brave New World, which hit tracking service Quorum and is expected to do $86 million-$95 million over the first three days of the four-day Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend beginning February 14. The Friday-Monday figure is also bound
Actor Ben Affleck has a had a long and wildly successful career, and the public has also been invested in his personal life for years. While Affleck and JLo have divorced, they’ve continued to make headlines thanks to their A-list status an shared family. Folks paused when it looked like he might be having some
UPDATED: This has been a solid holdover weekend with milestones crossed and neared for the major titles in release as we come off a really strong end to 2024. But it’s bittersweet as we cannot ignore the fire devastation in the home of Hollywood. My thoughts go out to you all who have been affected,
Writer/director Christian Gudegast’s Den Of Thieves is not a film that particularly appealed to my personal sensibilities, but it did allow me to go into the sequel with an open mind and reasonable hopes. My dislike of pretty much every character in the 2018 release held me back from engaging with the story, but I
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are engaged in a legal battle stemming from their work on It Ends with Us. The situation began in earnest back in December, when actress and producer Lively filed a complaint against director and co-star Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment amid production and working with others to launch a
A24’s The Brutalist busted out in limited expansion this weekend with close to $1.39 million on just 68 screens, a $20.4k per screen average, excellent for a period film with a three hour and 35-minute run time about a Hungarian architect in 1950s Doylestown, Pa. It won multiple Golden Globes — for Best Picture –
Brendan Fraser is certainly an example of an actor who made a remarkable career comeback. After a series of personal setbacks, the American-Canadian gained acclaim in 2022 with a major role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, which led to multiple other projects on the Brenaissance train. While still “pinching” himself, Fraser talks about the useful
SATURDAY AM: Lionsgate can relish a No. 1 win in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera this weekend which is now on its way to $15M+ opening, which is about the same as the 2018 original. Let’s hear it for great dating. The studio known for counterprogramming found a great release date on the schedule and
Spoiler Warning: The following article contains major spoilers for the Conclave ending. If you’ve yet to watch the papal thriller, please watch it streaming with a Peacock subscription and then come back. Edward Berger’s Conclave, one of the best movies of 2024, was a theatrical experience I don’t think I’ll ever forget. Watching with a
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers premiered relatively early last year, yet remained one of the best movies of 2024. The intense, sultry tennis romance starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor had audiences in chokehold and Challengers’ reviews were stellar. From the EDM soundtrack to the complicated yet sexy throuple dynamics, there really wasn’t much to complain
For Sean Baker, it’s theatrical or bust. Paychecks from streamers can be tantalized in front of him, but when it comes to his original work, not only is about making works for the cinema, but shooting on celluloid, too. “We shouldn’t abandon the medium which created this artform,” Baker tells us on this episode of
Over the course of this week, Los Angeles, California has been devastated by unyielding wildfires spreading throughout the city. Thousands of residents have lost their homes in the fire and had to evacuate due to the continued spread. While a bunch of celebs have moved out of Hollywood in recent years, many stars like Chris
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek 5 will now open on Wednesday, December 23, 2026, instead of July 1 next year. At the same time, the studio said Friday it is moving up Illumination’s Minions 3 from June 30, 2027 to Shrek 5‘s previous July 2026 date. That’s because the Minions and Gru have ruled
Winter is a wonderful time to go to the movies, especially if you’re into the atmospheric and dreary allure of gothic horror. Though it debuted as a 2024 movie, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is still ready to drain eager audiences of their blood and their awe. After finally catching the picture myself, I have to bow
The 2024 holiday season is well behind us, but there’s an amusing Christmas-related topic still being talked about. Before 2025 ended, Will Ferrell was seen at an L.A. Kings hockey game dressed as Buddy the Elf… or rather, a Buddy who’d fallen on hard times, as evidenced by his drinking and the cigarette in his
Wildfires rampaging through LA means moviegoing won’t be top of mind for Angelenos. Some top indies are opening or holding over in LA theaters, one of the nation’s key movie markets, amid uneven fire patterns that have scorched and flattened huge areas of the city but left others untouched. “In West Hollywood, the sun is
Sometimes, there are some movies out there that just bomb. Like, either fall flat entirely or end up being disappointments. But there were actually a ton of those types of movies in the 2000s from so many different studios and different genres, and many of them happen to be great – or, at the very
The highest-grossing Broadway musical movie of all time, Wicked minted a great first seven days on Premium VOD with $70 million, Universal reported Thursday. This is after the movie directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande landed in homes December 31. In the first day alone, Wicked yielded $26M in
The main John Wick film series is in limbo at the moment, because while Chapter 4’s ending seemingly concluded the story of Keanu Reeves’ character, there’s still been talk about the potential of Chapter 5 being made, though the actor has admitted that his knees may not be able to handle that. The John Wick