Movies

EW: Recap of Spielberg's comments at the TCM 40th Anniversary of E.T. screening last night. notfabio Apr 22, 12:03

Way better recap from THR. Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas both no showed. notfabio Apr 22, 12:06

anyone know what they mean by "restored IMAX version"?...higher resolution?...open matte? {nm} tealfan Apr 22, 15:07

Probably an IMAX DMR version that has yet to screen theatrically otherwise. Spielberg reverted back some of his home video changes notfabio Apr 22, 15:34

There's still going to be plenty of dead weekends without a major IMAX title, I'm sure it'll find a weekend sometime this year. {nm} notfabio Apr 22, 15:35

DL's recap of the event. Sporting a brand new remasterd IMAX print. So it's just DMR. notfabio Apr 22, 17:38

thx {nm} tealfan Apr 22, 19:43

Hasbro's Star Wars Day: Potato Head The Yamdalorian & Tot notfabio Apr 22, 10:04

CinemaCon Charity Auction Items for this year. If you wanted the in-theatre Minions Foosball standee, nows your chance! notfabio Apr 22, 09:40

TIL Kevin Mayer has a Twitter account. He talks about Netflix going ad supported and knowing it would go that route per his time at Hulu notfabio Apr 22, 09:35

Vulture: a good, if obvious, analysis of why Netflix is hitting the subscriber wall sooner than it (or Wall Street) expected raccacoonie Apr 22, 10:50

VanityFair: Natalie Holt (Loki, Batgirl) is the composer for Obi Wan Kenobi, the first female to score a Star Wars project. notfabio Apr 22, 09:19

Also confirms she worked with John Williams. {nm} notfabio Apr 22, 09:19

THR: Mo' Cinemacon deals. AMC installing 3500 Laser Projectors through 2026 (of 11k). Probably replacing crappy end of life Sony 4K's. notfabio Apr 22, 08:57

THR: Saudi Arabia bans Dr. Strange 2 over its exclusively gay character America Chavez notfabio Apr 22, 08:33

Shah Rukh Khan announces his next film DUNKI for December 22nd, 2023 Antibody Apr 22, 08:33

THR: REGGE used CG genitals in NRTHM "I’m sure we did some full-body scans of Alex. They’re out there." Antibody Apr 22, 08:13

Bloomberg's Shaw: Netflix has also abandoned plans to make a sequel to Brright, but that is unrelated to the incident. Antibody Apr 22, 08:01

First movie was maybe not as bad as advertised, but it's been nearly 5 years.. no reason to revisit at this point {nm} MiyazakiFan Apr 22, 09:53

Friday gut check: Long on all three .OW and on two of the calls.. not sure about that Northman call based on Thursday #s. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 22, 07:56

Long on the Massive Talent put, not playing the others, but short on all three movies {nm} bchicken Apr 22, 08:43

W: NRTHM $1.35M TBADG $1.15M previews Antibody Apr 22, 07:40

DL: Massive Talent $835k {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 22, 07:45

Posted below {nm} Antibody Apr 22, 07:46

Not a great comp with day and date Peacock and 4th of July weekend, but BOSS BABY 2 was 1.3 million, 16 million 3 day. {nm} notfabio Apr 22, 08:13

Box Office: 835k Thursday for Massive Talent. notfabio Apr 22, 07:23

This includes Investor Connect AMC screenings {nm} notfabio Apr 22, 07:26

Ambulance did 700k and 8.7 but this could be more frontloaded by Cage fans {nm} notfabio Apr 22, 07:28

Probably less frontloaded I would think. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 22, 07:49

Went to a 6:00 showing at the Alamo and it was pretty full (to be expected) -- very enjoyable flick, Pascal was especially great {nm} MiyazakiFan Apr 22, 09:54

Netflix has picked up In The Land of Saints and Sinners though this article doesnt specify which territories notfabio Apr 22, 07:21

Netflix (UK, Republic of Ireland), Not US. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are co-representing domestic rights. {nm} Antibody Apr 22, 07:32

KAIGEE: TOP 100 For The Week Ended April 19, 2022 - #1 +29.60 MILL. #100 +13.45 MILL. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Apr 22, 02:18

KAIGEE: TOP 100 For The Year 2022 - #1 +525.24 MILL. #100 +190.86 MILL. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Apr 22, 02:21

Smaller (adult) films play vital role in tempting older audiences back to theaters, new research finds Peterlee Apr 21, 23:07

Casting call for a 6'7" / 200CM young man to possiby play James and the Giant Peach directed by ASERK Antibody Apr 21, 20:25

6'7"? I hope that's to do performance capture as the giant peach. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 22, 08:06

BS: Bag Man is set to start production this summer in New Jersey.[BAGMN] Antibody Apr 21, 20:18

The Illuminerdi: The Acolyte production pushed all the way back to October 2022 from Summer until May 2023. notfabio Apr 21, 17:58

That production timetable is basically what Mandalorian's time-table is, so either it's their December 2023 title, or Spring/Summer 2024. {nm} notfabio Apr 21, 18:03

What may complicate things is Disney still has Rogue Squadron or whatever is going to take its place for December 2023. {nm} notfabio Apr 21, 18:06

BSL: SHAZAM 2 was the other DC film going into reshoots in a week or two besides BLACK ADAM. Supposed to be minor. notfabio Apr 21, 17:37

Which presumably will add Dwayne Johnson in some small capacity to tease Shazam vs Black Adam. {nm} notfabio Apr 21, 17:38