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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: First Trailer Released by Disney
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Composer Daniel Pemberton Announces U.S. Concert Tour, Talks His Groundbreaking Score
Musicians will perform the score live as the animated feature plays for audiences across 50-plus dates: "I always thought it'd be impossible to do live."
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Director Shawn Levy Says Film Requires No “Prior Research” of Marvel Cinematic Universe
“I am definitely not looking to do homework when I go to the movies," he says of his aim to make a movie that MCU newcomers will enjoy as much as passionate fans.
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‘Kraven the Hunter,’ ‘Karate Kid’ Pushed Back by Sony
The studio made some late Friday afternoon changes to its calendar.
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: First Trailer Released by Disney
Disney on Monday released the first trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the music-filled film serves as both an origin story and follow-up to Jon Favreau’s 2019 photorealistic movie The Lion King. That film was based on the 1994 Disney animated classic of the same name. Along with the trailer release, it […]
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Composer Daniel Pemberton Announces U.S. Concert Tour, Talks His Groundbreaking Score
Following last week’s announcement of the now fast-selling U.K. tour, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse composer Daniel Pemberton is revealing that the film’s live-in-concert experience is now web-swinging across the Atlantic and into the States. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert’s 50-plus-date U.S. tour will kick off Sept. 1 in Nashville, Tennessee, featuring a live-to-picture […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Director Shawn Levy Says Film Requires No “Prior Research” of Marvel Cinematic Universe
With numerous films and TV series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s a daunting proposition for a newcomer to even think about getting caught up on the various characters and storylines. But Shawn Levy, who directed the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine, says there will be no “homework” required to enjoy his film. “I was a […]
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‘Kraven the Hunter,’ ‘Karate Kid’ Pushed Back by Sony
Kraven the Hunter is seeking new hunting grounds, with the Aaron Taylor-Johnson starrer taking a release date just vacated by The Karate Kid. On Friday evening, Sony moved the villain-centric Kraven the Hunter to the prime winter spot of Dec. 13, 2024 (back from Aug. 30, 2024). Kraven steps into a date that was occupied […]
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‘Humane’ Director Caitlin Cronenberg on Why She Changed Her Mind About Becoming a Director
For the longest time, Caitlin Cronenberg wanted no part of the director’s chair. As a highly successful photographer who’s shot everyone and everything — including the much-publicized cover art for Drake’s fourth studio album, Views — she had no interest in following in the footsteps of her father, David Cronenberg, and older brother, Brandon Cronenberg. But everything […]
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Russell Crowe Is a Horror Movie Actor Who Begins to Unravel in ‘The Exorcism’ Trailer
The trailer for the latest take on the demon extraction genre dropped on Thursday with a first look at The Exorcism, which stars Oscar winner Russell Crowe as an actor who begins to unravel while filming a supernatural horror film. The Exorcism, from director Joshua John Miller, will see an exclusive theatrical release beginning on […]
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John Krasinski’s ‘IF’ Tracking for Promising $40M-Plus Opening
Writer-director John Krasinski’s upcoming summer movie IF already looks like it will have plenty of friends when hitting theaters. The Paramount movie is tracking to open to $40 million-plus, or a range of $38 million to $42 million, an impressive figure for an original family film. And based on raw data, some box office pundits […]
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‘The Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy Returning to Theaters, Remastered and Extended
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is coming back again — but it’s a bit different this time. Warner Bros. and Fathom Events are teaming to rerelease the Oscar-winning fantasy blockbusters this summer. The versions screened will be Jackson’s extended editions (so you might want get the jumbo tub of popcorn), and also the […]
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Julia Garner Joins Josh Brolin in Zach Cregger’s Horror Thriller ‘Weapons’
Julia Garner, emerging quickly as one of Hollywood’s most in-demand talents, has nabbed the starring role in Weapons, the New Line horror movie from Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger. Garner will star opposite Josh Brolin in the feature, which is due to begin shooting in mid-May in Atlanta. Cregger wrote the top secret script for Weapons, which […]
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’28 Years Later’ Casts Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes
Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes are looking to take a bite out of 28 Years Later, with the actors joining the long-awaited sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Danny Boyle is once again directing, after helming 2002’s 28 Days Later, which centered on a man (Cillian Murphy) who wakes up in the hospital […]
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Frank Miller Strikes Partnership With Abrams ComicArts (Exclusive)
Comic creator Frank Miller has struck a unique publishing deal with Abrams ComicArts. The acclaimed graphic novel arm of art and illustration-centric Abrams will now be the book publisher of select titles from Miller’s independent and self-published book company, Frank Miller Presents. Miller, the creator behind The Dark Knight Returns, 300 and Sin City, becomes […]
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Box Office: The Lupita Nyong’o-Voiced ‘Wild Robot’ Makes Small Change to September Release Date
DreamWorks Animation’s September event movie The Wild Robot is tweaking its release plans. The family film will now open in theaters on Sept. 27, 2024, instead of a week earlier on Sept. 20. The move gives Wild Robot some distance from Paramount’s animated Transformers One, which moved to the Sept. 20 date earlier this week. […]
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Eiza González Talks ‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,’ ‘3 Body Problem’ Season 2 and Her Real-Life ‘Ambulance’ Sequel
From a certain point of view, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare star Eiza González may have just played the original real-life Bond girl. Ungentlemanly Warfare, the first of González’s three Guy Ritchie movies to hit theaters, is loosely based on the recently declassified Operation Postmaster, chronicling Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) and their covert […]
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Lindsey Anderson Beer and Her Lab Brew Banner Re-Up at Paramount (Exclusive)
Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Lindsey Anderson Beer and her production banner Lab Brew. In re-upping the deal, the studio has also picked up Here Comes the Dark, a supernatural thriller spec script by Shane and Carey Van Dyke, the duo who co-wrote the 2022 thriller Don’t Worry Darling. Anderson Beer and […]
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LaKeith Stanfield to Star In, Produce Video Game Adaptation ‘El Paso, Elsewhere’
LaKeith Stanfield, who most recently starred in The Book of Clarence for Sony, is teaming up with veteran producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for El Paso, Elsewhere, an adaptation of the neo-noir vampire video game from publisher Strange Scaffold. Stanfield is in talks to star in the feature and will also produce along with di Bonaventura, […]
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Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Draws Blood to Beat ‘Abigail’ and Stay No. 1 With $11M Second Weekend
Alex Garland’s dystopian political action film Civil War about an America torn apart triumphed over new vampire pic Abigail at the weekend box office. Civil War held in well to stay No. 1 in its second weekend with $11 million for a healthy domestic total of $45 million for indie studio A24. The film has […]
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