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Tuesday, Jul 2

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‘Twister’ Director Jan de Bont Remembers “Shapeshifters” Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman

Fresh off the 30th anniversary of his all-time great actioner, Speed, filmmaker Jan de Bont is now turning his attention to his highly successful sophomore effort, Twister. On July 9, the Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt-led disaster film will…

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Matt Damon, Ben Affleck Thriller ‘RIP’ Lands at Netflix

The latest collaboration between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck has landed at Netflix. The streaming service has acquired the rights to RIP, the thriller feature that Joe Carnahan is directing, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Damon and…

Monday, Jul 1

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‘Wicked’ Film Moves Up November Release

Wicked fans won’t have to wait quite as long as expected to watch Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. Universal Pictures announced Monday that director Jon M. Chu’s musical feature will…

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How Michael Sarnoski Added a Touch of ‘Pig’ to ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’

Every year, a number of films come out of the woodwork to challenge for industry awards and year-end recognition, and in 2021, Michael Sarnoski’s Pig was perhaps the ultimate example of this trajectory. The Neon-released pic about Nicolas…

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Snoop Dogg-Produced ‘1992,’ Starring Tyrese Gibson, Lands Summer Release

Lionsgate is going back to the early 1990s this summer, with help from Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Dogg. The company announced Monday that it will release director Ariel Vromen’s crime thriller 1992 in theaters Aug. 30. Snoop Dogg has boarded…

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Chad Stahelski’s 87Eleven to Remake Bollywood Action Thriller ‘Kill’ for Lionsgate

John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski is set to produce an English-language remake of the action thriller Kill for Roadside Attractions. Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, who wrote and directed the 2023 Indian Hindi-language film, is on board for the same…

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Crunchyroll to Stream ‘Kaiju No. 8’ Season Two

Hit Japanese anime series Kaiju No. 8 is getting a second season. Shortly after the credits rolled on the show’s season-one finale on Saturday, global specialty streamer Crunchyroll revealed that work is already underway at the storied…

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Crunchyroll to Release ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’ in Theaters as Film Trilogy

Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are giving the blockbuster Demon Slayer anime franchise an appropriately grand finish. The partners revealed Sunday that they will release Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, the last…

Friday, Jun 28

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Comic-Con: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment Teams with Heidi MacDonald’s Comics Beat for Daily News Show (Exclusive)

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con is getting a spotlight though a journalistic lens via award-winning website Comics Beat and OTT app and FAST channel ElectricNOW. The comics news site, run by longtime comics journalist Heidi MacDonald, has…

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Ryan Coogler, Mattson Tomlin Team for ‘A Vicious Circle’ at Universal (Exclusive)

Universal Pictures has landed the rights to A Vicious Circle, a BOOM! Studios graphic novel series created by Terminator Zero showrunner Mattson Tomlin and artist Lee Bermejo. Tomlin will write the screenplay adapting his own work while…

‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Director Explains Why Frodo the Cat Never Hisses at the Aliens

Sarnoski answers all our burning questions about Frodo the cat (like why he never hisses at the aliens), plus teases a potential sequel.

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Denis Villeneuve’s Next Film Gets 2026 Release From Warner Bros.

Denis Villeneuve’s next feature is getting a holiday release, though it’s uncertain what that project will ultimately be. Warner Bros. announced Friday that the filmmaker’s next “event film” will hit theaters Dec. 18, 2026 and that it…

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‘Inside Out 2’ Writer Reflects on the Anxiety of Writing a Movie About Anxiety

It’s a practical joke to ask a screenwriter to write about anxiety. The very nature of the occupation is to walk around constantly asking yourself: What’s the worst thing that could possibly happen in this moment? To this character? To…

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Digital Comic Company Webtoon Launches IPO as It Aims for Inroads into Hollywood

Webtoon already changed the face of 21st century comics by pioneering the mobile webcomic format. Yesterday, the company took a major step toward global and Hollywood domination by launching its initial public offering on the Nasdaq. With…

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Alec Baldwin Trains Novice With a Dark Past in ‘Clear Cut’ Trailer

Alec Baldwin and Stephen Dorff get caught up in the dangerous world of cutting timber in the Pacific Northwest in the trailer for Clear Cut. Lionsgate releases director Brian Skiba’s thriller feature theatrically and via digital and on…

Thursday, Jun 27

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‘Under Paris’ Director Used Hollywood Tricks to Make an “Anti-Hollywood” Netflix Hit

Slicing Paris in half, the river Seine flows through the heart of French identity, past the Musée d’Orsay, the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Académie Française, the centuries-old institution of letters that guards against the…

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‘Black Panther’ Star Letitia Wright Teases More Shuri: “A Lot Coming Up”

Letitia Wright is teasing the possibility of returning to her role as Shuri from the Black Panther films. “Let’s just say … I would like to continue with Shuri,” Wright said during a Wednesday appearance on The View when asked about her…

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‘Street Fighter’ Movie Lands 2026 Release From Sony

Street Fighter is preparing to boom into theaters in 2026. Sony Pictures announced Wednesday that the new film based on the popular video game franchise will be released theatrically on March 20, 2026. The Legendary film is co-developed…

Wednesday, Jun 26

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‘Deadpool 3’ Was Dead in the Water. Then Hugh Jackman Called Ryan Reynolds and Brought It Back to Life

Ryan Reynolds felt like he had one more Deadpool movie in him but finding the right story took years — and help from Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy. One day while on the set of The Adam Project after pitching several ideas to Marvel…

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Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Find Love While De-Aged in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’ Trailer

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright experience pivotal moments at one very important place in the trailer for Here. Sony’s TriStar Pictures is set to release director Robert Zemeckis’ drama feature in theaters on Nov. 15. Here tells the story of…

Tuesday, Jun 25

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Green Lantern Series Finally a Go at HBO

HBO is at long last signing up with the Lantern Corps. The premium cable outlet has given a straight-to-series order for Lanterns, based on the long-running Green Lantern characters — specifically John Stewart and Hal Jordan — from DC…

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Amazon MGM, Ryan Gosling Team for Zombie Comedy ‘I Used to Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale’

Amazon MGM Studios has landed zombie comedy film package I Used to Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale. Ryan Gosling will produce the feature with Jessie Henderson, his partner at General Admission, the production banner the duo launched earlier…

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Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans Search for Santa in ‘Red One’ Trailer

Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans face an unusual array of holiday challenges in the first trailer for their Christmas movie Red One. Jake Kasdan’s action-comedy feature from Amazon MGM Studios is set for worldwide theatrical release on Nov.…

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Hugh Grant Imprisons His Houseguests in Chilling ‘Heretic’ Trailer

Hugh Grant has a unique strategy for discouraging unsolicited visitors in the first trailer for A24’s psychological horror feature Heretic. The movie from writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods hits theaters Nov. 15. Sophie Thatcher…

Monday, Jun 24

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Bob Odenkirk’s ‘Nobody 2’ Lands Timo Tjahjanto to Direct for Universal, 87North

The sequel to Bob Odenkirk’s 2021 thriller Nobody has found its director and is slated for release next summer. Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes for Us) is set to helm the follow-up movie for Universal Pictures and 87North, The Hollywood…

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‘Nosferatu’ Trailer: Robert Eggers and Bill Skarsgard Reveal Intense Vampire Epic

Robert Eggers’ first Nosferatu trailer shows the Witch and The Lighthouse filmmaker’s dark and intense new take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The horror film stars Bill Skarsgard as Count Orlok (aka Nosferatu/Dracula), along with Lily-Rose…

Friday, Jun 21

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Mike Faist Explains How Zendaya’s Cameras Led Him to ‘The Bikeriders’

Mike Faist was planning to take a prolonged breather after an exhausting shoot on Challengers, but then those intentions fell by the wayside once Jeff Nichols called about The Bikeriders. The Take Shelter and Mud filmmaker made Faist an…

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‘Maxxxine’: Ti West, Lily Collins Shock Fans with Surprise Screening of New Horror Movie

Ti West and A24 pulled off a killer surprise Thursday night, unveiling an early screening of their upcoming slasher movie Maxxxine to a group of unsuspecting horror fans. The evening was billed as a double feature of West’s X horror series…

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‘The Acolyte’ Star Amandla Stenberg Releases Song Responding to Fan Backlash

In what’s likely an industry first, a TV show’s star has written and released a song and music video — complete with dance moves — in response to racist backlash against the show. Disney+’s The Acolyte actress Amandla Stenberg posted the…

Jeff Nichols on His Long-Awaited ‘The Bikeriders’ and How Austin Butler Protected His Sixth Film

It’s been over seven-and-a-half years since acclaimed filmmaker Jeff Nichols last had a film in movie theaters, and with tonight’s release of The Bikeriders, the interminable wait for his sixth feature is now over. In the aftermath of his…