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Super Mario Galaxy targets $200M-plus Easter weekend opening
Nintendo and Illumination are positioning the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy film to open with over $200M domestically during the Easter holiday weekend, citing the 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron $191M opening as a benchmark.
The piece outlines a fan‑curated roster of obscure X‑Men that could enrich the MCU now that Disney has secured the Marvel mutant rights. It highlights characters such as Destiny, Frenzy, Doop, Thunderbird, Armor, an adult Kate Pryde, Dazzler, Glob Herman, Kid Omega and Multiple Man. Each entry explains the mutant’s unique powers, backstory quirks and how they could add fresh narrative angles. The article argues that these deep‑cut heroes would diversify the team beyond the familiar core members.
i watched Sam Raimi's new movie 'Send Help' last night and, while it sort of fell apart in the last act, it was great to see him back in action doing his thing over-the-top nasty, tons of insane reaction shots -...
Eddie Marsan & Éanna Hardwicke in 'No Ordinary Heist' Irish Thriller Trailer https://t.co/8WbKcvBX3E #Ireland #NoOrdinaryHeist #EddieMarsan #EannaHardwicke #NorthernBank https://t.co/CbZrCGZjRp
Cineverse is debuting a free‑ad‑supported streaming TV (FAST) channel called “Mohr Stories,” featuring comedian Jay Mohr’s podcast and video interviews. The channel launches exclusively on LG Channels, while the audio version remains on the Witz Podcast Network. Mohr’s show has...
New: Meltdown at the new indie distributor Row K, @elmayimbe has the details. President Megan Colligan and marketing chief Ben Carlson are set to exit after just 7 months. Cash problems; strategic re-set seems underway for Chris Woodward and Raj...
Veronika Janatková, newly appointed programme director of the Institute of Documentary Film’s East Doc Platform, oversaw the March 19‑25 market in Prague, selecting 14 projects from nearly 300 applications. The event highlighted a shift toward documentaries that explore fragility and...
Studio Ulster, a £72 million (~$90 million) virtual‑production facility in Northern Ireland, announced a major hiring push across technical, stage, commercial, finance and operations teams. The expansion follows the studio’s recent work on the thriller “No Way Off” and the BBC docudrama...
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Nickelodeon’s *Henry Danger The Movie* is now available for streaming on Paramount+ and scheduled for broadcast on the network, giving families immediate access. The feature‑length film reunites Jace Norman, Ella Anderson, Michael D. Cohen and Frankie Grande, while adding a new super‑fan character who...
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Book World Prague and the Moravian Library in Brno, backed by the PPF Foundation, launched the Book‑to‑Screen at KVIFF initiative. The program aims to create a market for film and TV rights...
Macedonian director Georgi Unkovski is debuting a feature film titled "DJ Ahmet," a coming‑of‑age tale about a teen who farms sheep and obsessively spins EDM. The story pits a rural illegal rave against the stubbornness of farm animals, visualising two...
MyPOV: Tilly is the future ahead. Here’s What It Took to Create the AI Actress Freaking Out Hollywood https://t.co/1PKqtYr1Bx
The first trailer and poster for Gille Klabin’s horror‑comedy *Weekend at the End of the World* have been released, showcasing a blend of apocalyptic stakes and dark humor. The film follows best friends Karl and Miles as they confront a portal...
Moscow Film Cluster and Mumbai’s Film City have signed a cooperation agreement to boost film production between Russia and India. The memorandum, signed at the India International Film Tourism Conclave, highlights Moscow’s 45% rebate program and a $255,000 Image Grant...
Jim Broadbent and Michelle Dockery star in the literary drama *The Sense of an Ending*, now streaming on BBC iPlayer after a recent BBC Four broadcast. The 2017 film adapts Julian Barnes’s 2011 Booker‑Prize‑winning novel and follows businessman Tony Webster...
Prada’s Re‑Nylon documentary series returns with episode two, fronted by Letitia Wright, to showcase Hawaiian reef restoration and ocean education. The film follows the brand’s Sea Beyond initiative, which has educated more than 35,000 students worldwide since 2019. Wright joins...
The 2026‑27 release slate promises a blockbuster surge for superhero cinema, highlighted by the July 31, 2026 debut of Spider‑Man: Brand New Day. Marvel is gearing up for a two‑part Avengers saga, with Doomsday (2026) and the MCU‑soft‑reboot Secret Wars (2027). DC...
Universal Pictures’ upcoming sci‑fi thriller *Disclosure Day* has sparked intense fan debate over a possible hidden link to Steven Spielberg’s 1977 classic *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*. The film’s two trailers feature visual cues—a mothership emerging from clouds and...
Prime Video’s new eight‑episode series “My Lady Jane” reimagines the tragic Tudor queen Lady Jane Grey as a surviving monarch entangled with a husband who transforms into a horse each dawn. The alt‑history fantasy, created by showrunners Gemma Burgess and...
Ryan Gosling’s "Project Hail Mary" opened to $141 million worldwide and $80.5 million domestically, making it the biggest non‑franchise debut of 2026. The blockbuster’s $200 million budget and rapid climb toward a $100 million domestic milestone have studios weighing a potential sequel that would...
TorinoFilmLab unveiled its 2026 development line‑up, selecting projects for ScriptLab, ComedyLab and Green Film Lab. ScriptLab brings together 22 writer‑directors and trainees from 21 nations, including Sundance‑award winner Marija Kavtaradze. ComedyLab will develop four feature‑length comedy projects, while Green Film...
Pierce Brosnan headlines *Giant*, a new boxing drama executive‑produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions. The film, which chronicles Prince Naseem Hamed’s rise in 1980s‑1990s Britain, premiered to strong buzz at the BFI London Film Festival. It currently holds a 61% critics’ rating...
Peter Santenello’s 64‑minute YouTube documentary spotlights the 640‑acre Earthship community called Atlantis just outside Taos, New Mexico. Founder Michael Reynolds, despite a stage‑four cancer diagnosis, walks viewers through self‑sustaining homes that harvest rainwater, generate solar power, and use tire‑filled rammed‑earth...
Cinema on Wheels: The World’s First Mobile Theater Station with 4K Laser Projection and Spatial Sound by @tweetciiiim #Innovation #EmergingTech #Tech #Technology https://t.co/TtOoaZsGnl
The teaser for the upcoming Indian sports‑action drama Peddi was unveiled on Ram Charan’s 42nd birthday, showcasing the star in a muscular wrestling avatar. The 44‑second glimpse highlights intense kushti training and hints at a narrative centered on a man whose...
My review of Billy Idol Should Be Dead (dir. Jonas Åkerlund) is up here: https://t.co/4iqTdkGobZ
My review of the re-release of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996) (dir. Baz Luhrmann) is up here: https://t.co/ROlzuoDdGo
Ryan Gosling’s *Project Hail Mary* opened in India on March 26 after a one‑week delay caused by the blockbuster *Dhurandhar 2* monopolizing premium screens. The sci‑fi film debuted with only five IMAX showings, later nudged to nine, sparking fan outrage on social...
People and Meat, directed by Yang Jong‑hyun, follows three septuagenarian outlaws who survive by dining and dashing at Korean barbecue joints, exposing personal traumas and systemic neglect of Korea’s elderly. The film balances dark humor with stark realism, using tight...
The 32nd Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas showcased eight Korean titles, including three premieres—"Beautiful Dreamer," "My Old Me," and "Welcome Home Freckles." Audiences responded intensely, debating themes of death and societal pressure, underscoring Korean cinema’s emotional resonance. Festival...
South Korean actor Kim Nam-gil is set to star as Detective Kim Tae-yi in the upcoming sci-fi thriller series “Nightmare,” which blends crime drama with futuristic technology that imprisons criminals in their own nightmares. Co-star Lee Yoo-mi portrays Jang Gyu-eun,...
Lena Headey headlines the new revenge thriller "Ballistic," where a grieving mother discovers the bullet that killed her son in Afghanistan was manufactured at her own factory. The film, written and directed by Canadian indie filmmaker Chad Faust, debuted at...
Marvel Studios confirmed that two high‑profile actresses, Anne Hathaway and Sarah Snook, were approached for a female villain in Spider‑Man 4: Brand New Day but both declined. Their rejections prompted the studio to rethink the character, potentially scaling back the role...
Senator Adam Schiff is pushing a federal tax credit for film and TV production to counteract the exodus of U.S. projects to the United Kingdom, where incentives can cut costs by up to a third. The proposal enjoys bipartisan Senate...
Priyadarshan praised directors Aditya Dhar and Sandeep Reddy Vanga for trusting their instincts, noting that neither learned from formal schooling. Dhurandhar 2 has become the fastest Indian film to cross the $120 million (₹1,000 crore) mark, pulling in roughly $129 million (₹1,067 crore) worldwide in just seven days...
Actor‑director Deepak Tijori publicly criticised the Central Board of Film Certification for half‑muting abusive language in the adult‑rated film *Dhurandhar 2* while leaving other profanity untouched. He also highlighted the inconsistency that the same movie appears fully unmuted on OTT platforms...
Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge opened to a massive box‑office haul, exceeding ₹200 crore (about $24 million) in its first weekend and reigniting theater attendance. The film’s graphic violence and storyline, rooted in recent India‑Pakistan tensions, have split audiences between praise for bold storytelling...
Akshay Kumar recalled veteran actor Asrani’s warning never to self‑finance a film, citing Asrani’s personal loss after producing his own movie. The duo of Kumar and director Priyadarshan also commented on Rajpal Yadav’s recent cheque‑bounce case, which landed the comic actor...
Will the new indie distributor make it to CinemaCon? hard to say. @thewrap @elmayimbe reports that the two top execs Megan Colligan and Ben Carlson have left amid reports of a cash crunch. https://t.co/nKEXo2sOCd https://t.co/jw7X7RJqK1
The third Jumanji film, starring Dwayne Johnson, has been moved from Dec 11 to Dec 25, 2026, to capitalize on the holiday window. The shift pits the adventure comedy against Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday, Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three, and Shah Rukh Khan's...
A young man confronts his life and fears while trapped in a surreal, endless subway corridor, in the surprisingly effective Japanese horror film "Exit 8". Here's my spoiler-free review: https://t.co/lesrIWrCPt #horror #film #movies #exit8 https://t.co/pb1Neg2VAZ
#TheyWillKillYou has the aesthetic of a Wes Anderson horror film This is very high praise https://t.co/PhNN0GIvVw
In this episode, Senator Adam Schiff discusses a proposed federal tax credit aimed at halting the exodus of film and TV production from Los Angeles. He explains that a 15% baseline credit, stacked on top of state incentives, would make...
Geoffrey Owens to Guest Star on ‘The Pitt’ Season 2: First Look (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/yMvGly1BGn via @variety
Take THE RAID mix it with JOHN WICK, EEAAO & READY OR NOT and you get the fantastically weird & splattertastic #TheyWillKillYou Mega-stylistic with outstanding production design & killer kinetic cinematography FULL-WATTAGE filmmaking destined for future midnight screenings https://t.co/FfZ0xiKylD
Netflix announced that the Tom Hardy‑led sports drama *Warrior* will leave its catalog on Tuesday, April 14, 2024. The 2011 film, praised for its 84% Rotten Tomatoes score and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Nick Nolte, has been re‑added...
Tom Hanks to Star in Baseball Movie With Bad Bunny and Colman Domingo Eyed for Roles; Sony Leads Bidding War for Marielle Heller Project (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/H4I3iJKnnD via @variety
Studio N CEO Mikyung (Michelle) Kwon told Variety that Western studios are beginning to grasp the commercial value of webcomic properties after a string of successful adaptations on Netflix, Disney+ and Crunchyroll. The Korean studio cites Emmy nominations and record‑breaking box‑office...
Three major studios are bidding on "The Comebacker," a baseball‑themed drama that reunites Tom Hanks with director Marielle Heller. The film, based on a Dave Eggers short story and scripted by Heller, follows a major‑league pitcher whose life changes after...
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Forty years after its 1986 debut, *Top Gun* remains a cultural touchstone, having grossed $176 million then and spawning the $1.5 billion *Top Gun: Maverick* sequel. The original ensemble—Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, and others—has pursued varied paths, from Oscar‑nominated performances and TV stints to directing,...
Ryan Gosling will headline the next film from Oscar‑winning directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known as the Daniels. The Universal Pictures project begins shooting in Los Angeles this summer and is slated for a November 19, 2027 theatrical release. The announcement follows...
