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The Horror Section‘s Ice Cream Man from Eli Roth will hit theaters on Aug. 7 via Iconic Events Releasing in what will be a 2,000 theater break. Ice Cream Man follows an idyllic summer town […]

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Budnick’s has hired Thomas Adam as Director of Development for Features. He joins Maya Jackson who is Director of Television Development. Both execs will report to the film and TV production company’s Head […]

Bigger than an expanding mushroom or a giant-sized Mario, the box office is literally going to explode over the Easter stretch in the positive sense of the word as Illumination/Nintendo/Universal‘s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie […]

Exactly two years after Lionsgate‘s opened the Paul Feig near-$400M grossing R-rated hit The Housemaid, the pic’s sequel, The Housemaid’s Secret, will open on Dec. 17, 2027. Like the first film which was mega female […]

The Amazon MGM Studios’ Bart Layton-directed and written film noir Crime 101 will hit Prime Video on Wednesday, April 1. That represents a 47-day theatrical-to-streaming window for the Amazon movie; longer than the 30-day that […]

In what is hopefully a sign of the times for the box office to quote the Harry Styles song in Project Hail Mary, non-franchise IP is excelling around the world with Amazon MGM Studios’ posting […]

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is shifting the release date for Legendary‘s live-action animated hybrid comedy Animal Friends to January 22, 2027. We understand that the reason for this latest date change is because the film’s talent […]

EXCLUSIVE: Raquelle David is opening the doors to New Story, a new management and production company focused on building bold, filmmaker-driven film and television with a global perspective. An Australian native with an international career […]

EXCLUSIVE: Roadside Attractions and Saban Films have teamed to acquire North American rights to Rod Davis Lurie‘s (The Last Castle, The Contender, The Outpost) WWII action thriller Lucky Strike. Lucky Strike will open in theaters June […]

New Line/Nocturna’s They Will Kill You banked $1 million in previews from both Thursday 3 p.m. showtimes and Monday Mystery screenings. That’s a number that’s just under that of Ready or Not 2: Here I […]

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Lowe is the latest to fall in love with the Stephen Merchant directed and starring, and Cameron Diaz headlining romantic comedy at Amazon MGM Studios. The West Wing Primetime Emmy nominee joins a […]

Screenwriting education and training platform Roadmap Writers is celebrating its tenth anniversary today. The org has helped 500 writers secure representation to myriad firms including but not limited to CAA, Verve, Circle of Confusion, 42, […]

South by Southwest Film & TV Film Festival is naming former Variety chief film critic, Peter Debruge, as Director starring April 6. He takes over Claudette Godfrey, VP, Film & TV, who is stepping down […]

EXCLUSIVE: Utopia Originals has the documentary The Way I Was Made: The Story of a Man Called E in the works. The pic follows the founder of the Los Angeles indie pop rock band Eels, […]

Bleecker Street’s event cinema division Crosswalk has teamed with LD Entertainment to acquire North American and English-speaking territories for the West End live theater-shot Tony Award-winning hit musical Hadestown. A July 24 theatrical release has […]

Rolling spring breaks remain in effect this weekend, but the feature that’s reaping the benefit of that is Amazon MGM Studios’ second weekend of Project Hail Mary, which is eyeing a hold similar to another […]

Sony Pictures’ Affirm Films and Mucho Mas Media have set drama Live Like That for a Feb. 26, 2027 theatrical release. Starring Esai Morales (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning), Roselyn Sanchez (Act of Valor), […]

Stephen Colbert doesn’t have to worry about his next gig after he signs off as host on CBS’s The Late Show on May 21. The late-night show cost will be embarking on what is arguably […]

EXCLUSIVE: ESX Entertainment has a feature version of its Freevee series Casa Grande, and it’s getting released in theaters May 1. The Juan Pablo Arias Munoz-directed movie follows a prodigal daughter who returns to her […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate‘s John Wick spinoff, the untitled Caine project which will see Donnie Yen directing and reprising his role as the blind assassin, will begin production next month, we understand. The project, which was announced […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Williams has boarded the Wayfarer Studios, Misfits Entertainment and Mediawan documentary, Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, as EP. Williams joins alongside Alicia Keys and recording artist Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, who we […]

JT Mollner Signs With WME You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content March 24, 2026 11:04am Services to share this page. EXCLUSIVE: Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner has […]

EXCLUSIVE: We understand that Row K’s top trio of executives — President Megan Colligan, Chief Revenue Officer Mo Rhim and Chief Marketing Officer Ben Carlson — are in the midst of steering their boats out […]

EXCLUSIVE: Laika‘s live action division has won the bidding war for Emily St. John Mandel‘s upcoming novel, Exit Party, we understand, and Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s Fruit Tree has also boarded as EP. We understand […]

Worldwide Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary debuted to an awesome $140.9M. That’s the biggest global debut so far in 2026 for an MPA title, head of Paramount/Spyglass’ Scream 7 global launch of $97M+. Yes, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Daytime Emmy-nominated actress Vannessa Vasquez (Say A Little Prayer) is leading the Jon Garcia directed crime noir Motives opposite Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite) and Michael Raymond James (Godfather of Harlem). The project reps Garcia’s […]

Disney is claiming theatrical date turf for several untitled pics in 2028 and into 2029. No guidance on what future titles will fall on which dates from the studio, which updated its calendar Friday. An […]

Erin Barrier has been promoted to SVP of Communications for the Walt Disney Studios. She was previously VP of Comms at Walt Disney Studios. Barrier will be stepping into Paul Roeder’s former role after that […]

EXCLUSIVE: A non-franchise movie is making waves at the box office and we’re talking about Amazon MGM Studios‘ Project Hail Mary. Sources tell us that the previews for the Phil Lord-Christopher Miller directed sci-fi production […]

There’s already excellent word of mouth for Amazon MGM Studios‘ sci-fi dramedy Project Hail Mary, with a 98% Rotten Tomatoes audience score and 95% certified fresh from critics. The global outlook is around $100M+ with […]

EXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Lionsgate has acquired Ride or Die, a romantic buddy action-comedy with Marlon Wayans and Keke Palmer attached to star. The feature project centers on robbery detective Martin Banks (Wayans), […]

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has taken North American rights to the Sundance Film Festival premiere, The Weight, starring 5x Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke and Oscar winner Russell Crowe. A Sept. 18 wide theatrical release is planned. The […]

The highest grossing animated movie in MPA history, Zootopia 2 ($1.866B), clocked 32 million views globally in its first seven days on Disney+. Zootopia 2 dropped on Disney+ on March 11. Altogether, Zootopia, Zootopia+, and Zootopia […]

Ella Purnell is boarding the Nicholas Galitzine starring thriller The Return of Stanley Atwell from BAFTA- and Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated Hamnet producer Hera Pictures. The pic is being co-produced with John Gore Studios. Production is […]

Pop Mart and Sony Pictures Entertainment have made it official that a live-action Labubu movie is in the works based on the former’s The Monsters universe. As previously announced, Wonka and Paddington multi-BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Paul […]

In Netflix‘s pursuit of Warner Bros, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos came to promise that he’d honor a 45-day exclusive window to PVOD for the studio’s titles. This was after enormous pressure from the industry and […]

During a Netflix press event Wednesday, the streamer’s Dan Lin and Jinny Howe announced a new feature film The Cackling of the Dodos that will be directed by Jason Bateman. The feature puts Netflix back […]

Newly anointed Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro just made it official at the shareholders meeting: Lilo & Stitch 2 is coming out on May 26, 2028, Memorial Day weekend, with Pixar’s Incredibles 3 on June 16, […]

EXCLUSIVE: The fifth season of Apple TV’s multi-award winning The Morning Show is adding Jesse Williams. The actor will play Vernon, UBN’s newest Head of News, who is known as a brash pot-stirrer with a […]