Movies

DL: Barry Keoghan has had to drop out of GLADIATOR 2 because of scheduling conflicts. notfabio May 18, 14:28

well . . . there goes that dream {nm} my mate paul May 18, 14:31

Fred Hechinger In Talks For [GLAD2] replacing BKEOG. May Calamawy, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Peter Mensah and Matt Lucas join {nm} Antibody May 18, 14:32

May Calamawy is the female lead (Starbond time!) {nm} notfabio May 18, 14:33

I'm working on his scheduling conflict at the moment. {nm} RufusS May 18, 14:50

Judas! {nm} my mate paul May 18, 14:53

ATL: Your secret project unveiled I guess, Andrea Arnold's BIRD notfabio May 18, 15:02

That was quick! {nm} RufusS May 18, 15:57

INDI5 reviews budice May 18, 13:22

Link for second review budice May 18, 13:23

OVATION WATCH: An unspectacular 6 minutes (but Top Gun Maverick was about the same) notfabio May 18, 13:26

Variety says lukewarm 5 minutes notfabio May 18, 13:43

Sounds like the final showdown is super bonkers cray cray deluxe (at least on compare with the Ark being opened up and melting Nazis) {nm} notfabio May 18, 13:33

Games Radar review with a few spoilers ladybegood May 18, 13:46

DL's review strongly hints what the kookoo bananas final act is. (Spoilers) notfabio May 18, 14:24

IW's David Erlich who is kind of a hardass, thinks Crystal Skull was better. Thinks the movie peaks with the de-aged Indy first 45 minutes. notfabio May 18, 15:44

So now the hopes of as beloved a film for Summer 2023 as Maverick go to MISS7 {nm} notfabio May 18, 15:48

ERC: GOTG3 will not lose any theatres this weekend despite FASTX (will lose PLF screens of course) likely will lose some Memorial Day Week notfabio May 18, 12:45

The Disney hits for Florida keep on coming, the $5000 a stay Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is closing in September. notfabio May 18, 12:23

can't believe that didn't work {nm} my mate paul May 18, 13:07

that has nothing to do with Florida and everything to do with Disney being sutbborn about the direction of their IPs {nm} Fitch3k May 18, 18:41

Reuters: Iger has cancelled Chapek's plans to relocate 2000 Disney employees to Florida (for obvious political reasons) notfabio May 18, 11:31

if this quote is accurate, Zaslav just publicly proposed that all studios commit federal antitrust collusion my mate paul May 18, 11:15

Streaming Bundles (ala Cable packages) are going to happen, but there is still going to need to be a middle-man ala Amazon. {nm} notfabio May 18, 11:24

Peacock wanted to bundle with a competitor, for now they bundled with the less FTC irking Walmart+ {nm} notfabio May 18, 11:25

i guess another way to read it is "i've cut costs down to the bone now that it at least makes $50m a quarter so come buy me [tech co]" my mate paul May 18, 11:31

DL: First clip of The New Boy [TNEWB] Antibody May 18, 10:34

HFORD walking the carpet for todays Cannes INDI5 screening, first reviews/ovations should hit in a few hours. notfabio May 18, 10:24

Tickets go on sale Monday for #IndianaJones Antibody May 18, 10:46

Are there no limited releases opening next Friday the 26th? {nm} Buckee May 18, 09:34

According to BOM (which has been run by AI for 5 years), Little Mermaid is limited TheWeekendWarrior May 18, 09:42

Variety: Uni really muzzled them well, just reporting #'s today, same 60+ for FAST X almost everyone else is going with. notfabio May 18, 09:11

Under $70 million opening will be the worst showing for the franchise since Diesel/Walker returned (other than the Hobbs/Shaw spinoff) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior May 18, 09:24

It's definitely time to end it (for now), I do like Empire City's idea to do a stripped down "Loganesque" final installment notfabio May 18, 10:06

Jatinder says he will post his expectations for FASTX this evening. notfabio May 18, 10:18

He does not think it will reach $1 billion WW (a pretty safe bet) notfabio May 18, 10:19

Predicts $100M+ for MISS7 but no guts on BARBI Antibody May 18, 10:25

Warhol estate just lost a big old fair use case in SCOTUS for repurposing a copyrighted Prince photograph into an Andy painting my mate paul May 18, 09:02

Life board. {nm} Antibody May 18, 09:05

"studios contend that the case could impact the protection of derivative works, things like sequels, remakes and reboots." {nm} my mate paul May 18, 09:08

GFR: Giant scoop if they're right. Daveed Diggs has an offer to play The Thing in FANTASTIC FOUR. notfabio May 18, 09:01

Not when he's already been reported. {nm} Antibody May 18, 09:03

MTTSH says the in talks is true. Does insist that the Mila Kunis thing was real. Claims to have a big giant scoop to release. notfabio May 18, 14:44

DL: Brianna Hildebrand and Shioli Kutsuna return for DEAD3 notfabio May 18, 08:59

DL: No studio lid on tracking for TFRM7, a not terrible but not great $68-70 million notfabio May 18, 08:44

A little under the opening for the first TFRM, about the same as the 5 day (for 3 day) as The Last Knight. Way better than Bumblebee's 21.6. {nm} notfabio May 18, 08:48

Also, no freaking way Spider-Verse 2 only does 80 million, if this does 68-70. Spider-Verse 2 sales are crazy hot. {nm} notfabio May 18, 08:49

[TFRM7] tracking $68M to $70M start {nm} Antibody May 18, 08:57

70 would be great. It's double BO's forecast. Let's see what they change it tomorrow. {nm} Antibody May 18, 09:06

It is better than I was expecting. But it's back to a 200+ million budget (still a better position to be in than FASTX) {nm} notfabio May 18, 09:13

THR goes with 68 million. notfabio May 18, 09:17

That's better than Shawn at BOP's $30-40 million prediction though :) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior May 18, 09:23

GFR: Bullet Train 2 is in development, Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock would return, trying to get Margot Robbie (in her spare time) notfabio May 18, 08:40

GFR: 2nd Alien series in development, Michael Fassbender And Katherine Waterston in talks to reprise Alien: Covenant roles. notfabio May 18, 08:37

Likely in place of a theatrical Alien: Covenant prequel--sequel. {nm} notfabio May 18, 08:38

DM: BEET2 setpics of WRYDE as Lydia Deetz riding a Tesla Antibody May 18, 08:15

DL interviews KCOST on HORZN "I hope it comes out in the fall. I’d like to take it to the Venice Film Festival" Antibody May 18, 07:34

FFCOP on MEGAL " It has to be in theaters for its initial opening... My guess is it’s not coming out this year, so we’ll see." {nm} Antibody May 18, 07:35

He wants a large format (IMAX/etc) release, so that complicates it. There is a lot of slots in 2024. {nm} notfabio May 18, 08:32

SD: DYEN making Ip Man 5, even though 4 was The Finale Antibody May 18, 07:23

Ip Man 5: I Forgot Something {nm} notfabio May 18, 07:27

Trailer for Theater Camp [THCMP] Antibody May 18, 07:13