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‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Flying To Franchise Best Opening With $82M+; ‘Materialists’ Eyeing $12M – Friday Afternoon Update
Updated Friday Midday: The live-action take of How to Train Your Dragon is coming in ahead of projections with $82.5M at 4,356 theaters. The weekend is still young, and Saturday could fly this dragon to a higher atmosphere and Sunday looks to get a lift too as this is the quintessential father-son…
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Paramount Animation & Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Making ‘I Eat Poop: A Dung Beetle Story’; Josh Cooley In Talks To Direct
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Animation is developing I Eat Poop: A Dung Beetle Story based on the popular children's book by Mark Pett, with Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort producing under their first-look deal with the Melrose Ave. lot.
Josh Cooley, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Toy Story 4, is…
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Luna Sofía Miranda, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Brendan George & Emily Adams Have ‘Youthful Pleasures’
EXCLUSIVE: Luna Sofía Miranda, who most recently starred in multi Oscar winner Anora, has boarded the coming-of-age sex comedy Youthful Pleasures along with Ignacio Diaz-Silverio (Primo, New Years Rev), Drama Desk nominee Brendan George (A Eulogy for Roman), Emily Adams and John Filmanowicz…
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Voltage Pictures Acquires Global To ‘The Sicilian’ With Michele Morrone, Megan Fox, Iain Glen & Emanuela Postacchini
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has taken worldwide rights to The Sicilian, an action thriller led by Another Simple Favor‘s Michele Morrone, Riff Raff‘s Emanuela Postacchini, Transformers‘ Megan Fox and Game of Thrones’ Iain Glen.
Swedish filmmaker Amir Chamdin directs with filming commencing this…
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Imax Names Heather Morgan Head Of Global Distribution; Vet Craig Dehmel Exiting
Imax has hired Heather Morgan as its new Head of Global Distribution.
At the same, Craig Dehmel, who’s been Imax’s longstanding Head of Global Distribution for the last nine years, is departing the large format exhibitor.
During Dehmel’s run at Imax, the company delivered the best years…
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Heading To $115 Million-Plus 5-Day Opening Over July 4th Stretch
Universal’s reboot of Jurassic World — Jurassic World Rebirth starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey — is shaping up for a $115 million-$135 million five-day opening according to three-weekend tracking released Thursday morning.
This is the second Jurassic movie to open on a Wednesday…
Vanessa Kirby & Sebastian Stan ‘Ruins’ Package Acquired By Miramax, Scott Free & Aluna Entertainment Producing
EXCLUSIVE: Miramax in a competitive bid has snapped up the rights to Australian author Amy Taylor’s upcoming second novel Ruins with Oscar nominees Vanessa Kirby and Sebastian Stan attached to headline and produce. Scott Free, Linden Entertainment and Kirby’s Aluna Entertainment put this package…
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Skims Co-Founder & CEO Jens Grede Joins UTA Board
Skims Co-Founder and CEO Jens Grede has joined United Talent Agency’s board of directors.
Grede is also the co-founder and Chairman of FRAME and a prolific investor in the consumer and media industry through his holding company Popular Culture. Prior to partnering with Kim Kardashian to launch…
‘Materialists’ Filmmaker Celine Song Knows Something About Love – Crew Call Podcast
The best romantic comedies in and of themselves become timeless bibles of life.
Woody Allen’s Annie Hall didn’t just speak to the 1970s single folk, but also to any teenager in a future era going through heartbreak. Ditto for 2009’s (500) Days of Summer: It may have been about millennials and…
‘Violent Night 2’ Puts A Ho-Ho-Hold On Post Thanksgiving 2026 Release Date
UPDATED Violent Night 2 from 87North and Universal is coming, and it’s set for a Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2026 theatrical release.
The first Tommy Wirkola directed movie, written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller, follows an embittered Santa played by Stranger Things‘ David Harbour, as he battles…
The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter & Questlove Team With Impossible Creative For Immersive Hip-Hop Feature
EXCLUSIVE: Roots co-founder Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter is writing and directing a new narrative film that they hope “drops audiences into hip hop's soul,” and it’s powered by WonderRoom, a 360° immersive platform.
Trotter is teaming with Impossible Creative as the studio and enlisting…
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‘Superman’ Early Access Amazon Prime Screenings Become Fandango’s Best First-Day Ticket Pre-Seller YTD
Great early heat here on James Gunn’s Superman. Fandango is reporting that the Amazon Prime Early Access screenings for the film have become the ticket retailer’s best first-day advance ticket seller of 2025, outselling all other movies' general first-day ticket sales year to date including…