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Following the global success of Oppenheimer and Dune: Part Two, Imax is looking forward to its biggest ever “filmed for Imax” slate in 2025, including at least 14 titles currently shooting with Imax film or Imax-certified digital cameras, which are due for release next year.  The company said today that the 2025 slate more than

Brendan Fraser’s The Mummy is one of those movies that, even 25 years later, people still talk about. Unfortunately, it seems that some of that talk isn’t entirely accurate. Director Stephen Sommers recently debunked the idea that Tom Cruise was considered for the lead role, and while he’s at it, he’s also looking to put

For a decade, writer/director Dean DeBlois expressed his vision for the How To Train Your Dragon movies in collaboration with the talented filmmakers at DreamWorks Animation. Five years after the final movie’s emotional ending, DeBlois has been back in the fictional Isle Of Berk, but this time in a much more physical sense. After nearly

In July of 2023, recently returned Disney CEO Bob Iger shocked the media industry by indicating he might be open to divesting the company’s declining  linear assets. By last fall, he’d changed his mind, declaring them not for sale. On interviews and earnings calls since, he’s explained why — most recently at the MoffettNathanson media

You can’t think about the best action films of the ‘90s without Will Smith and Martin Lawrence coming to mind in Bad Boys. The 1995 buddy cop film started a franchise that combined humor, action and plenty of iconic movie quotes that have endured over the decades. Now Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are back

Alex Garland’s Civil War has been set for a June 7 theatrical release date in China. This marks the first time an A24 production will officially hit cinemas there. The dystopian thriller was acquired by Huahua Media in the market with Alibaba set to partner on the local release.  After world premiering at SXSW, Civil

In recent years, the creatives behind Radio Silence Productions have made a name for themselves in the horror space, including making the most recent Scream movies, V/H/S films, Ready Or Not and 2024’s vampire flick Abigail. Following its directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett no longer helming Scream 7, they are pursuing new projects. Their

For those who know me, you understand I love to eat and cook. For those who don’t, you just learned a new fun fact about me – cooking (and eating) is honestly a passion of mine. Granted, I pair that with a decent amount of working out so that way I can eat whatever I

Put it your calendar to wear your tights and capes on June 26, 2026 as the Warner Bros/DC Studios feature take of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow will hit theaters. There are no wide entries dated on Supergirl’s weekend. The Craig Gillespie directed, Milly Alcock starring adaptation of Tom King’s 2022 comic book series Supergirl: Woman of

Sometimes a movie leaves us with a finale so head scratching, we need to run out and talk about it. That concern is always going to be valid, and that’s why we felt it was time to decipher 32 of the most confusing movie endings, so that you don’t have to. Brace yourselves, as some

Paramount will keep its chin up high amid the whole Sony and Skydance takeover headlines and keep the summer box office churnin’ with the John Krasinski-directed/scripted/produced Ryan Reynolds-led family movie, IF, which is hoping to hit $40M. This is after Disney’s overperformance with 20th Century Studios’ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which posted

Happy Haitian Heritage Month! Though I’m not Haitian myself, if there’s any group that instantly comes to my mind when I think about Haiti, it’s The Fugees.  I remember watching The Fugees in Haiti on MTV, as Wyclef Jean was born in Haiti, Pras is Haitian-American, and they considered Lauryn Hill to be Haitian by

Love Lies Bleeding pumps you full of adrenaline and leaves you scratching your head by the end. It’s a sexy, violent, and a little bit mad movie. It’s one of the great neo-noir crime flicks. Kristen Stewart gives another great performance in Love Lies Bleeding, and Katy M. O’Brian is equally enthralling in this breakout

Broadway‘s spring roster seemed to settle into a Tony season box office ranking, with the strongest of the newcomers maintaining their draws and the weakest continuing downward slides. In that first category were repeat sell-outs An Enemy of the People, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and Hell’s Kitchen, with both The Outsiders and Stereophonic

As The Mummy commemorates its 25th anniversary, even making a triumphant return to theaters, the film’s director Stephen Sommers reminisces on the enduring charm of the 1999 blockbuster that transcended into a cultural phenomenon. Universal Pictures’ release, which featured Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, not only amassed a staggering $409 million globally but also ignited

It’s hard to believe it’ll soon be twenty years since we last saw Chad Michael Murray and Hilary Duff engage in a rainy liplock in A Cinderella Story. This teen rom-com movie has one of the top-ranked Cinderella love stories out there of a high school football star meeting his masked chatroom crush at a

Mad Max: Fury Road is easily one of the most stunning films to hit the silver screen within the past decade. George Miller’s post-apocalyptic vision is still an excellent action movie, and what partially makes it so great is the chemistry between the leads, Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. Given that, many were likely surprised

EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has tapped Amazon MGM Studios and IFC distribution vet Mark Boxer as their U.S. Head of Distribution. Boxer will be on the Croisette during the run of this year’s Cannes Film Festival scoping out product for Mubi. In the new job, Boxer will be based in the New York office, and he’ll report

Someone should buy Imelda Staunton a drink of her choosing today, as the legendary actor’s previous chatter about a third, and seemingly final, Downton Abbey film has panned out. While we probably shouldn’t expect Downton Abbey 3 to debut on the 2024 movie schedule, that project has now officially been confirmed. What’s more, there’s two

Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company will limit its output of Marvel movies to “two good films” a year — three maximum — from about four and also cut the numbers of TV series spinoffs for the franchise. Speaking on a conference call with analysts Tuesday after quarterly numbers, Iger took questions about the

I’ll tell you. We American Godzilla fans have been eating well, as of late. I remember being a little fan back in the ‘90s. Sure, we got the ‘98 Godzilla movie (Which I actually like!), but other than that, it was pretty slim pickings for us. Like, if we were lucky, we’d find a Toho

It’s a sad reality that every so often, the filmmaking community loses one of its own and, this past week, it lost an absolute giant within the industry. Roger Corman – the acclaimed director and producer – passed away at the tender age of 98. The show business legend was highly regarded for his work

Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw Then TV Glow is looking at an estimated $195k+ on 21 screens, a great week-two expansion for the A24 film. The number is driven by a passionate fan base for the gender-bending supernatural thriller that’s been skewing very young, male and heavily LGBTQ+.  Will continue a rollout in coming weeks. It’s

While Los Angeles is thought to be ridden with actors on every corner, tons of Hollywood stars don’t actually live in California. This includes Marvel star Chris Hemsworth, who moved back to Australia with his wife and kids back in 2015 to get away from the flashing lights and such. When Hemsworth recently opened up

AMC Entertainment’s biggest issue right now may be its $4.5 billion debt and the fact that most comes due in 2026. On a conference call post-earning today, CEO Adam Aron addressed it publicly for the first time, assuring investors the giant theater chain has been working with lenders for almost a year to extend the

The Met Gala may be over, but Rita Ora doesn’t need a red carpet to continue to prove she looks good in the hot sheer trend! The Masked Singer Season 11 panelist shared photos from a vacation to Tulum, Mexico with her husband and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, and she rocked not one, but

Now You See Me is about to be a trilogy, as the third movie in the franchise is in the works.  For some time, we didn’t really know if Now You See Me 3 was going to happen. While the second film was released in 2016 to mixed reviews, it was a commercial success, and

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is beating its chest towards a $125M global bow this weekend. At the international box office, we understand the Wes Ball-directed installment is at around $31M through Friday. As Anthony has reported, domestic is looking at a $52M-$55M start for the full frame. Overseas,

In reality, the history of the Planet of the Apes movies spans almost 60 years, with 10 entries to its name. However, the world inside one of the best sci-fi movie franchises crosses years, decades, even centuries in the story it tells. With that in mind, and in celebration of the 2024 movie Kingdom of

Mark your calendar for June 20, 2025 as that’s when the next installment in Danny Boyle’s 28 franchise hits theaters, 28 Years Later. Boyle returns to direct off a screenplay by Alex Garland. Boyle and Garland are also producing, as is original producer Andrew Macdonald and Peter Rice. Bernie Bellew is also producing. Cillian Murphy