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Warwick Davis, who turns 50 on February 3, was only 13 when Return of the Jedi came out in 1983. Star Wars: Episode VI introduced his Ewok character, Wicket W. Warrick. Not only did Wicket return, briefly, in Episode IX, he was shown to have a son named Pommet — played by Davis’ own real-life

Universal has released a second trailer for its upcoming romantic drama, The Photograph. Romantic dramas are hard to come by in Hollywood these days, least of all those featuring people of color. Looking to change that, writer-director Stella Meghie and producer Will Packer (Straight Outta Compton, Girls Trip) have teamed up for The Photograph, a

Broadway continued to drop a some box office winter weight last week, though no one seems to have notified David Byrne: The former Talking Head’s American Utopia was not only a sell-out but surpassed the $200 mark for average ticket price. The priciest seat on Broadway after the blockbusting champ Hamilton, Byrne’s concert-style theater piece,

Much like her work on “The Globe Sessions” album, Crow’s song is a morbidly romantic tune that laments how danger and love collide in the world of James Bond’s line of work. If there was ever one statement that could pin down why Bond hasn’t been the best mate in his checkered past, it’d have

It was a rollercoaster night for WWE fans watching the 2020 Royal Rumble. As is traditional, the road to Wrestlemania began last night with the first of 2020’s ‘big 4’ pay-per-views and there was plenty of excitement ahead of the fan-favorite event, which has become renowned and beloved for its shock returns, chaotic fun and periodic buzzer noises. The strong

Refresh for latest…: Sony’s Bad Boys For Life kept the joyride going in its sophomore session at the international box office. The weekend was worth $42M in 58 markets for an offshore cume of $95M and bringing global to $215M. The overseas drop was 39% in the holdover hubs. Following last week’s debut, the well-received

While my time with Floria Sigismondi didn’t allow a deep-dive discussion about the alternative sequences, one fan of the ultimate choice is Mackenzie Davis. Being aware of the different possibilities that could have been cut into The Turning (given that she was at the center of all of them), the actress noted that the final

The critically-acclaimed auteur Martin Scorsese directed a number of must-see films before The Irishman. Given how his most recent outing has received intense praise for its meditation on guilt and regret, it’s easy to see why Martin Scorsese’s name has become synonymous with cinematic gold. Since his debut with 1967’s Who’s That Knocking At My

A couple weeks after Deadline reported that Ruben Fleischer was atop the list to direct Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg in Sony Pictures’ Uncharted, and the race was on to keep the pic on track to shoot before the next installment of Holland’s Spider-Man, the studio changed the release date of the Columbia Pictures actioner.

Harley Quinn was first introduced to the DCEU in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. While taking part in the villain-centric mission, she also had a side plot with The Joker, revealing his abusive behavior. But he won’t be appearing in Birds of Prey, and Margot Robbie recently elaborated on this choice, saying:

Hannah Ann Sluss received the first impression rose during the season 24 premiere of The Bachelor. A native to Hollywood, Weber is ready to find love after suffering a terrible heartbreak at the hands of Hannah Brown. There was a bit of a scare during the season premiere that had many people thinking Brown was going

Despite older guys indulging greatly in Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s reteam Bad Boy for Life last weekend, STX and Miramax are hoping that there’s a little bit of spillover from that into Guy Ritchie’s R-rated all-star ensemble The Gentleman.  STX took U.S. rights from Miramax for $7M, and the hope is that the pic

Considering the spot Red Granite is currently in with the Malaysian and U.S. goverments, it’s slim that Jordan Belfort will be getting the $300 million he’s asked for in his lawsuit. However, he could be freed from the rights agreement he made with the production company. Belfort could negotiate the rights to his Wolf of

DC’s Justice League Dark team is in good hands with J.J. Abrams and his production company, Bad Robot, who have together produced movies from some massive franchises. It was recently reported that discussions were taking place regarding a deal that would put Bad Robot in charge of overseeing movies and TV shows related to DC’s Justice

EXCLUSIVE: As we step foot on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival today, we’ve confirmed that 12 people of the near 30-person staff at Aviron Pictures were pinkslipped on Friday and issued their final paychecks. Domestic theatrical distribution president Greg Forston and his team were eliminated, in addition to EVP Publicity and Promotion Claire Heath.

A lot of fans had serious issues with the way Iron Man 3 changed up the story of The Mandarin, a classic Iron Man villain, but a Marvel short, All Hail the King, reveals that the real Mandarin does exist. The title of the new Shang-Chi film is a reference to the Ten Rings organization

Duane “Dog” Chapman, or better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter has revealed that he is now “broke” and left without a TV contract. The bounty hunter has had a hard year which included the loss of his beloved wife. Beth was first diagnosed with throat cancer back in 2017 and soon after had entered

Oscar nominations continue to make a difference at the box office, and the box office continues to be important to Oscar contenders. At a time when prestigious, financially risky award bets are often destined to Netflix, nothing beats having that extra exhilaration from great ticket sales, as studios vie to raise the profiles of their

Jared Harris’ character is described as Morbius’ mentor, and the trailer shows him saying he’s known Michael Morbius since he was a boy. He knows Morbius has a gift and always has. Flashback footage in the trailer seems to show Harris’ character protecting young Michael, who would grow up to be a scientist who tries

Out of all of Gotham’s Rogues, few vex Batman quite like his former friend Harvey Dent, AKA Two-Face. The coin-flipping former district attorney turned gangster first appeared in Detective Comics #66 in 1942 and has since been portrayed in other mediums by prominent actors like Tommy Lee Jones and Aaron Eckhart. While not typically portrayed

Refresh for latest…: Seventeen years after the release of Bad Boys II, Sony’s Bad Boys For Life dominated domestic, overseas and global turnstiles in its debut, and will cross $100M worldwide when including the domestic four-day weekend. At the international box office, the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence cop flick set a new franchise record launch of

The good news in this respect is that there’s only five nominated films in the DGA race for Best Picture, so the odds are automatically better in a mathematical perspective. However, when that field also includes Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, the pressure mounts pretty significantly.

The new James Bond movie No Time to Die gets an unofficial theme song thanks to a parody version of Billie Eilish’s hit “Bad Guy.” The 25th film in the long-running Bond series, No Time to Die sees Daniel Craig returning for his fifth and final go-around as the iconic secret agent 007. This time,

Sony’s Bad Boys for Life, a sequel 17 years in the waiting, previewed at 3,154 theaters last night making a great $6.36M. That amount for the R-rated film is bigger than American Sniper‘s $5.3M preview, which turned out to be the record opener over the 2015 MLK holiday with a 4-day of $107.2M. Sony is seeing a $38M

Set between the events of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, the ride features a number of excellent cameos from notable characters – including Daisy Ridley as Rey, John Boyega as Finn, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, Domhnall Gleeson as Admiral Hux, and definitely-not-Adam-Driver as Kylo Ren, and the

This article contains spoilers for Black Widow Prelude #1. Marvel has finally revealed how Black Widow escaped after the events of Captain America: Civil War. The passing of the Sokovia Accords placed Natasha Romanoff in a difficult place. She believed in the Avengers – perhaps more than even Tony Stark or Steve Rogers – but she swiftly realized

Warner Bros. DC movie Bird of Prey hit tracking this morning with a range of $49M-$55M, the average being $52M when it opens on Feb. 7, that weekend’s only wide release. All exhibitors look to Birds of Prey as it’s arguably the only franchise film for the month of February. The film is really hot right now

Murder mysterious as a tried and true genre in filmmaking. Audiences have been enjoying this type of film for decades, as they attempt to figure out whodunit before the detective onscreen. Rian Johnson recently had great success with his murder mystery comedy Knives Out, which continues to make money and has even inspired plans for

MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for Crisis on Infinite Earths Parts 4 & 5 Warner Bros. actually requested that Ezra Miller’s DC movie version of The Flash appear in the Arrowverse‘s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. The CW’s Flash TV show kicked off in 2014 as a spinoff from their flagship Arrowverse series, Arrow, and introduced Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen.

EXCLUSIVE: Klaus, Ford v Ferrari, and animated shorts Sister and Hair Love repped Oscar nominations earned by alumni of The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) yesterday. Since the creation of the Best Animated Feature Oscar category in 2001, 12 of the winning films were directed by CalArts alums with the last seven consecutive Animated