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The action-packed first trailer for James Cameron‘s next Avatar fantasy epic has leaked online — and the footage looks spectacular. Disney is rolling out the trailer for Avatar: Fire & Ash “exclusively” in theaters in front of Fantastic Four: First Steps. And just like with Christopher Nolan’s “only in theaters” trailer for The Odyssey early this month, grainy unauthorized copies have begun to circulate. But give some credit to Disney here — the Fire & Ash trailer is, at least, a bit tougher to find than the trailer Nolan’s Universal film was, with copies being taken down as fast as…

Steve Buscemi is known for many of his recognizable roles, but he was not able to secure a part in Barry Levinson‘s 1987 comedy Tin Men, the actor recalled on Wednesday’s Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The host asked Buscemi if there were any roles he auditioned for that stung when he didn’t secure them. “I was always hot and cold. I never knew, like, if I should wing it ’cause sometimes I’d be good if I went in the room and I didn’t really prepare,” he said about his experience with auditions. “And then the next time I’d do…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Dakota Johnson plays a matchmaker who can’t seem to find “the one” for herself in Materialists, the new movie from Oscar-nominated writer-director Celine Song. Called a “refreshingly complex look at modern love” by THR‘s David Rooney, the critic-favorite film is now available to watch online. Before it streams on demand on HBO Max, Materialists is available to buy or rent online on digital in 4K Ultra HD starting at $19.99 at Prime Video, Apple TV and elsewhere.…

In 1953, Roman Holiday won the Oscar for best screenplay. The statue went to Ian McLellan Hunter. The man who actually wrote it, Dalton Trumbo, was blacklisted and invisible. It would take decades for the Academy to correct the record and attach his name to the film he wrote in exile.It wasn’t an isolated case.In 1939, The Wizard of Oz opened with Victor Fleming’s name on the director’s slate. But at least two other directors, George Cukor and King Vidor, had shaped the film’s tone and look. They were reassigned, dismissed, or absorbed into the machinery of the studio system…

Jimmy Hunt, the freckle-faced youngster who appeared in Pitfall, Sorry, Wrong Number, Cheaper by the Dozen, Invaders From Mars and 31 other features before he retired from acting at age 14, has died. He was 85. Hunt suffered a heart attack six weeks ago and died Friday in a hospital in Simi Valley, his daughter-in-law Alisa Hunt told The Hollywood Reporter. Hunt played William Gilbreth, one of the 12 offspring of an efficiency expert (Clifton Webb) and a psychologist (Myrna Loy), in Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), then returned to play another son in the family, Fred, in the sequel, Belles on the Toes (1952). As an orphan,…

Adam Sandler said he had to rewrite Happy Gilmore 2 following Carl Weathers‘ death. The actor and comedian who is reprising his role as Happy Gilmore in the sequel to his beloved 1996 sports comedy recently told Collider that Weathers’ Derick “Chubbs” Peterson was planned to return for the new movie before he died last year at age 76. “We had a painful change. Carl Weathers had a massive part,” Sandler shared. “I would talk to Carl, and we were excited, and then Carl passed away. We had to rewrite a lot of the stuff, and even what the story…

James Gunn‘s Superman crossed the $200 million mark at the North American box office on Saturday after finishing Friday with a domestic haul of $194.4 million. And globally, its tally stands at $337.2 million as it prepares to leap past $400 million in worldwide ticket sales to become the top-grossing superhero pic of the year to date. The DC Studios and Warner Bros. $225 million tentpole will have no trouble staying atop the chart in its sophomore outing and is trouncing new offerings, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Smurfs. The latter two films are reboots and are…

Janel Parrish is set to star in a new indie drama, Bound For Glory.   Parrish, known for playing villain Mona Vanderwaal in Pretty Little Liars and the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before films, is reuniting with actor-filmmaker Michael Naizu (Hacks, My Secret Agent Husband) for the feature, who stars alongside the actress. He also co-directs the film with his brother, John Wilcox. Parrish and Naizu previously worked together on the 2021 rom-com, Christmas Is Canceled. The film, which is inspired by Naizu’s background as a Japanese-Filipino American navigating Hollywood, follows “a mixed-race, working-class couple in crisis, interweaving themes…

Joe Eszterhas, who wrote the script for the 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct, is back to pen the screenplay for Amazon MGM Studios‘ planned reboot. United Artists and Scott Stuber have acquired the rights to the franchise relaunch that is currently untitled. The deal marks the largest spec sale of 2025, with Amazon paying $2 million against a possible $4 million if the film gets made. Producers include Stuber and Nick Nesbit for UA and Craig Baumgarten for Vault Entertainment. Adam Griffin serves as executive producer.  Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone starred in director Paul Verhoeven‘s original Basic Instinct. It centers…

Lily James’ upcoming slate of films are throwbacks in uniquely different ways. Beginning with Saverio Costanzo’s 1950s-set Italian drama Finally Dawn, James plays Josephine Esperanto, an Elizabeth Taylor-type movie star who ropes a rejected background artist (Rebecca Antonaci’s Mimosa) into a pivotal scene of her sword-and-sandals epic. From there, Josephine, her co-star Sean Lockwood (Joe Keery) and her jack-of-all trades, Rufo Priori (Willem Dafoe), pressure Mimosa into exploring Rome’s nightlife with them. While en route to one of their two destinations, Sean Lockwood’s acting insecurities get the better of him, and Josephine makes a half-hearted attempt to compliment their scene…