Aaron Eckhart, Nina Dobrev Action Pic ‘The Bricklayer’ Acquired By Screen Media – Deadline

Nina Dobrev and Aaron Eckhart in 'The Bricklayer'

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Renny Harlin’s actioner The Bricklayer from Millennium Films, slating the pic for release in theaters and on VOD next summer. The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment […]

Michel Gondry’s New Film ‘The Book Of Solutions’ On Sale At Cannes – Deadline

Michel Gondry’s New Film ‘The Book Of Solutions’ On Sale At Cannes – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry is readying his next project, which will be on sale in the Cannes market with French seller Kinology. As previously revealed, in-demand French star Pierre […]

Bella Thorne Leads ‘Game of Love’, Ashley Benson Sets ‘Loneliest Boy’ – Deadline

Voltage Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: Even before the pandemic, the foreign sales market became mired down with some risky bets, i.e. the over exorbitant Roland Emmerich sci-fi disaster title Moonfall which carried a $140M production cost (resulting in a […]

Kevin Bacon Blumhouse Horror Film Heading To Peacock – First Look – Deadline

'They/Them'

Peacock today unveiled They/Them, a new Blumhouse pic starring Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill), Anna Chlumsky (Inventing Anna), Carrie Preston (Claws), Theo Germaine (4400), Austin Crute (Call Your Mother), Monique Kim (What/If), Anna Lore (All […]

‘Doctor Strange 2’ Fires Up With $36 Million In Previews – Deadline

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

FRIDAY MIDDAY: Sam Raimi’s return to Marvel, Disney’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is eyeing an $85M+ Friday at 4,534 theaters according to industry estimates. The number includes last night’s $36M in previews. Among […]

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Spinoff In Works, ‘Barry’ Scribe Jason Kim Writing – Deadline

Jason Kim

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominated Barry producer and scribe Jason Kim is set to pen a spinoff of Crazy Rich Asians which will center around the Gemma Chan character of Astrid Young Teo and her romance with Charlie Wu, played […]

Marvel’s Victoria Alonso, Xochitl Gomez On America Chavez, LGBTQ+ Representation – Deadline

Xochitl Gomez Victoria Alonso

Xochitl Gomez is shaking up the Marvel Cinematic Universe with her debut as LGBTQ+ Latina superhero America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, bringing with her the representation someone like Marvel’s Victoria […]

James Schamus, 3x Oscar Nominee & Focus Features Vet, Signs With Verve – Deadline

Verve

EXCLUSIVE:  Verve has inked 3x Oscar-nominated filmmaker, producer and former Focus Features Features CEO James Schamus in all areas. Verve Early in his career, Schamus formed a creative partnership with filmmaker Ang Lee, and would […]

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Raises Eyebrows At CinemaCon – Deadline

Olivia Wilde

Those clamoring for more middle adult fare in movie theaters will have their fill with Olivia Wilde’s upcoming 1950s thriller, Don’t Worry Darling.  Warner Bros. CinemaCon session showed off the first trailer for the New Line […]

Cineworld CCO Renana Teperberg Talks Theatrical Outlook — CinemaCon – Deadline

Cineworld

EXCLUSIVE: Cineworld’s Chief Commercial Officer Renana Teperberg is receiving CinemaCon’s Global Achievement in Exhibition Award in Las Vegas on Monday. The executive has spent essentially her entire career in the business, starting with the group […]