Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok predictably won the weekend with $57.1 million, representing a larger-than-expected 53.5 percent drop. Justice League won’t help matters next weekend, but Taika Waititi’s sequel has already passed Thor: The Dark World in the box office history books.
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Monica Beletsky will adapt Karin Tanabe’s book The Gilded Years, having previously episodes of such hit TV shows as Fargo, The Leftovers, Parenthood and Friday Night Lights.
Gary Dauberman, who wrote It and the Annabelle movies, has been hired to turn Nickelodeon’s beloved TV series into a feature film.
The next James Bond movie still doesn’t have a director, but now that Mendes has a hole in his schedule, we wonder if he could re-team with Daniel Craig one more time so they could ride off into the sunset together.
Bogart was the infamous record executive from Brooklyn who went on to define the pop-music culture of his time, and who was closely aligned with the rise of disco. His son, Timothy Scott Bogart, is expected to direct from his own screenplay.
On the specialty side, Fox Searchlight opens Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri on four screens, and it could very well end up challenging Lady Bird for this year’s per-screen average crown.
Scott Cooper’s violent western also stars Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons, Timothée Chalamet, Adam Beach, Stephen Lang, Bill Camp and the great Rory Cochrane.
The new films will be set in a different galaxy and feature a brand new set of characters, Disney chief Bob Iger announced Thursday on an earnings call.
This is an unprecedented move from Sony and director Ridley Scott, but it allows the studio to salvage the film’s planned release date of Dec. 22.
John J. Griffin’s script is described as a coming-of-age story set on the moon. It follows a boy living a lunar mining colony who, after the death of his father, takes a trip with his four best friends to explore a mysterious crater prior to being permanently relocated to another planet.
There is no Oscar race without this movie, which features supporting turns from Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Carrie Coon, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Plemons, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tracy Letts, Alison Brie, David Cross, Matthew Rhys, Zach Woods and Bruce Greenwood. Hey now!
Iain McDonald (“Rodney and Sheryl”) will adapt Matthew Baker’s short story, which has been compared to “Arrival” and “District 9.”
Unfairly or not, Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World” is now doomed as far as awards go in the wake of the Kevin Spacey scandal.
Halloween may be over, but Lionsgate hung on to 3rd and 4th place thanks to “Jigsaw” and “Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,” which finished behind “A Bad Moms Christmas.”
George Clooney’s “Suburbicon,” Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing” and Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!” probably looked good on paper, but they certainly didn’t do her any favors.
Justin Kurzel will direct the indie film, which will co-star Essie Davis, George MacKay, Travis Fimmel, Sean Keenan and Harry Greenwood.
Hosts Jeff Sneider and Simon Thompson also discuss the “Pet Sematary” remake and the troubling allegations against Brett Ratner and Kevin Spacey.
Available to read on Medium.com, “BB3L” is being pitched as a contained family drama with global sci-fi implications and socio-political themes.
Under Ortenberg’s leadership, Open Road released some really good movies, including “Nightcrawler,” “End of Watch,” “The Grey,” “Snowden” and “Bleed for This.”
The British actor is no stranger to DC fans, having played Sinestro in 2011’s “Green Lantern.”
After five years at Paradigm, the spec king is heading to new offices, though at this point, it’s unclear which of his clients will follow.
Jon Favreau is directing the film, which roars into theaters on July 19, 2019. Oh, and Hans Zimmer is coming back to do the score!
The past month has been a dark time for Hollywood, which is why we need feel-good stories like these two more than ever.
The news comes just days after New Line and DC set Zachary Levi (NBC’s “Chuck”) to play Shazam in the superhero film of the same name.
The script follows a group of thieves who target Fort Knox, though they soon learn that it was never built to keep people from getting in… it was built to keep something from getting out.
David F. Sandberg is directing from a script by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke. Peter Safran is producing the superhero film, which is slated to start shooting in February.
Variety’s Justin Kroll joins the show to discuss his “Captain Marvel” scoop, as well as the “Deathstroke” movie at WB
Boomer, Dead-Eye, Pins, Geronimo, Reverend Jim, Mrs. Columbo and Buttercup are headed to network TV. Gulp.
E. Lockhart’s New York Times bestseller is described as a psychological suspense novel that challenges preconceptions about identity.
