Author: Deadline

Theater owners waited a long while for a robust and reliable release schedule, for a variety of films at the box office to attract more moviegoers and hopefully keep them coming back. Mission accomplished again this weekend where there’s something for everyone from kids fare to comedy to superheroes to Neon’s Together, an original horror, the first feature by Michael Shanks, and the sole independent film in an otherwise big studio-dominated top ten. Together premiered at Sundance and Neon has been riding a wave of strong reviews ever since with a first teaser in February and stream of well received…

A month after his death at age 67, one of Michael Madsen‘s most prolific collaborators paid tribute to the late actor in Los Angeles. On Friday, Quentin Tarantino hosted a private memorial for Madsen at the filmmaker’s Vista Theatre, where he recounted earning Madsen’s respect on the set of their 1992 film Reservoir Dogs after firing co-star Lawrence Tierney in the first week. “It was the last hour of the last day of the first week of shooting. So, I had never directed a movie before,” Tarantino noted on stage in a video shared by TMZ. “And Lawrence Tierney was…

FRIDAY PM UPDATE: A bit of a calm spell before the Freakier Friday-Weapons double bill happening next weekend, with The Fantastic Four: First Steps eyeing around $12 million today for a $40M-$45M second weekend, which gets it close to $200M+ (or $198M on the low end). On the low side, that’s a 66% decline in the vicinity of Captain America: Brave New World (-68%), but harder than Thunderbolts* (-56%) which indicates the front-loaded rush to Marvel’s first family. The pic is booked at 4,125 theaters. Marvel / © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection DreamWorks Animation’s The…

Apple’s chief executive had a film to tout on a quarterly call fro the first time in a while, telling Wall Streeters the company was “thrilled to release F1 in theaters around the the world” and calling it “one of the summer’s most unforgettable blockbusters.” F1: The Movie released June 25 with Warner Bros. distributing has grossed over $500 million globally. The Brad Pitt-starring film by Joseph Kosinski capitalized on the growing popularity of the sport in the U.S. has seen Apple reportedly poised to win actual F1 rights away from Disney/ESPN. Cook wasn’t asked and didn’t address that on a…

Jason Momoa is getting ready to get back into character for Dune: Part Three and filmed himself shaving his facial hair. In a new video posted on social media, the Aquaman actor said the last time he had shaved was for the first film. “Only for you, Denis,” Momoa says in the video, giving a shoutout to Dune director Denis Villeneuve. After Momoa shaved off his facial hair, he looked at himself and said, “Goddamnit, I hate it!” Dune was first released in 2021, where Momoa played the role of Duncan Idaho, a swordmaster of House Atreides and a mentor…

Korea‘s nominee for minister for culture, sports and tourism, Chae Hwi-young, said at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday that he plans to grow the Korean culture industry to 300 trillion won ($215.7 billion). Chae cited industry figures from 2023, pointing out that the culture industry contributed around $110 billion in domestic revenue and $13.3 billion in exports that year, according to local reports. The Korean culture industry has grown at an annual rate of around 5 to 6 percent, and spans the film, television, music, games, webtoons and publishing fields, among others. If his nomination is confirmed, Chae will become…

Jake Schreier is set to direct the X-Men reboot and, in a new interview, teased the film in the works. Marvel boss Kevin Feige confirmed that Schreier would helm the film, and although the filmmaker can’t give too many details on the movie, he did discuss the comic book superheroes. “Without going into too much—really almost any detail,” he told The Playlist. “What I can say is, it’s just inherently interesting and complex material.” Schreier noted that “the core idea of what X-Men is involves complexity,” adding, “It’s an incredible opportunity with super interesting characters and [much] internal conflict. These characters are…

With Season 4 of The Bear dropping last month on Hulu, Molly Gordon could finally get the show’s secrets off her chest. The actress recently admitted that she spoiled the new season of the Christopher Storer-created series for her Oh, Hi! co-star Logan Lerman as they filmed the romantic comedy, which is now playing in limited theaters. “I shot my stuff for The Bear before we shot this movie, which is crazy, because we shot it about a year ago,” she noted to People. “You told me a little bit,” Lerman confirmed, as Gordon apologized, “Yeah. Sorry. You’re like, ‘You…

When Sterling K. Brown isn’t portraying the astute and grief-stricken Secret Service agent Xavier Collins in Hulu’s Paradise, the actor (recently nominated for his sixth Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy for the role) was filming Amazon MGM Studios‘ live-action film adaptation of Voltron. Speaking at a San Diego Comic-Con panel for the political thriller opposite series creator Dan Fogelman, the three-time Emmy-winning Brown took a moment to tease the upcoming movie, also starring Rita Ora, John Kim, Daniel Quinn-Toye and Henry Cavill. “Rawson Marshall Thurber is the director, the screenwriter. I think he’s come up with a really…

It’s time for marching orders. Lionsgate dropped a new trailer for The Long Walk today during the pic’s Hall H San Diego Comic-Con presentation Friday. Author of the novel that inspired the film Stephen King introduced the clip via video message, alluding to the Vietnam War and drawing attention to how this story came out long before The Hunger Games and Squid Game. “It’s got some hard bark on it,” King added of the adaptation. Based on King’s 1979 dystopian horror novel of the same name, The Long Walk takes place in a disillusioned America that is entertained by a competition called The Long Walk— a challenge in…