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Refresh for latest…: Asia continues to power international box office with local titles atop the charts. This is a trend we can expect to carry on as the Hollywood studios have widely vacated the rest of 2020, and as Europe begins a re-closing process amid coronavirus spikes. In just the last week, France shuttered its

Exclusive Actor Eddie Hassell — most famous from NBC’s “Surface” — has died after being shot … TMZ has learned. Eddie’s rep tells us he was killed early Sunday morning somewhere in Texas over what appears to be a carjacking. His team is working on getting more information, but they confirm he has, in fact,

During the Holidate press day I attended on behalf of CinemaBlend, I asked Emma Roberts about this very simple, but still pretty special moment in the movie. After an R-rated parking lot encounter between her character Sloane and her holidate Jackson (played by Luke Bracey,) there’s some plot driving conversation, which culminates in a moment

Focus Features has the widest entry at the pandemic weekend box office with Jacob Chase’s Amblin horror film Come Play, and therefore the No. 1 movie at the box office, earning $1M yesterday at 2,183 theaters. $150K of that figure came from Thursday previews. Come Play, which now is 52% Rotten on Rotten Tomatoes, centers

Sean Connery, the first and widely-regarded best James Bond ever … has died. Connery became an enormous star in 1962 with the release of “Dr. No,” but not without difficulty. James Bond creator Ian Fleming felt he was unrefined and wanted someone suave like Cary Grant. Fleming relented and ultimately said it was a great

The roasts never stop between these two! Kevin Hart slapped some fake blood on his face to jokingly talk about his own gym head injury from “45-pound dumbbells” after “clanging and banging” during his own workout. The bit gets crazier once the comedian gets into how he thinks he might have a concussion and then

Focus Features has set a June 25, 2021 theatrical release for Justin Chon’s drama Blue Bayou which the label picked up global rights to last spring during the Cannes virtual market. The pic, which also stars Chon, tells the timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean

Exclusive Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost‘s wedding announcement on the Meals on Wheels Instagram account paid big time … for the org, which saw an influx of donations. A rep for the meal delivery program tells TMZ … the org saw approximately $10k in donations in the 24 hours after the Meals on Wheels IG

Now the time has come for The Batman, which began filming at the beginning of this year, then had to take pause for about half a year due to the pandemic, and is now deep back into principal photography. So naturally, Zoe Kravitz already had plenty of time to prepare to play Catwoman and has

This weekend is Halloween and Focus Features is delivering some scares with the Jacob Chase-directed horror Come Play, which opens in theaters starting today. Come Play is based on Chase’s 2017 short film Larry. The feature version which is dubbed as “a terrifying new vision in horror” follows Oliver (newcomer Azhy Robertson), a lonely young boy

Los Angeles native Grant Cramer gained fame in the ’80s after he landed the role of the hunky Mike Tobacco — who helps save the small town of Crescent Cove from the wacky antics of alien jesters — in the 1988 cult creep flick “Killer Klowns From Outer Space.” Grant Cramer shared the big screen

Prime Video has announced that the anthology will consist of eight films total, with four more Welcome to the Blumhouse movies coming in 2021. Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said the reception of the film series thus far has ”surpassed” expectations, per a press release. We have some early details about the four additional titles

Shares in IMAX were down in pre-market trading this morning after the company announced its Q3 results, which included a loss of $47.2M on revenues of $37.3M. As of 10AM ET, they were down 4.92%. CEO Rich Gelfond, however, remains bullish on the theatrical business and the company’s future health. “Our financial position gives us

Breaking News Colin Kaepernick has found his younger self … with “The Get Down” star Jaden Michael landing the role of teen Kap in the upcoming Netflix series based on the QB’s early life. Kap and Emmy winner Ava DuVernay have teamed up to create a 6-episode limited series based on the QB/social activist’s early

France is now set to enter a second lockdown phase from tomorrow night and for five weeks as coronavirus cases continue to escalate. French President Emmanuel Macron made the announcement in an address to the nation this evening. Movie theaters were not explicitly cited, but will clearly be included in the off-limit zones, dealing a

English actress Veronica Cartwright was only 13 years old when she was cast as the birthday girl Cathy Brenner — who narrowly escapes the throngs of ferocious fowl in the small town of Bodega Bay — in Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic 1963 horror film, “The Birds.” Cartwright shared the silver screen with Rod Taylor as the

Can you even imagine the perfect terror that he experienced at that moment? His blood must have turned ice cold in an instant. Not only was the fate of Borat 2‘s big climax at stake, but he also had to feel responsibility for the safety of the young woman who plays his daughter, actress Maria

Of the titles debuting in the specialty box office space this weekend, Well Go USA’s Synchronic had a decent showing, opening in 326 theaters to the tune of an estimated $225,070, averaging $690 per theater for its opening weekend. Set in New Orleans, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s sci-fi pic follows two best friends Steve

Breaking News Next up for LeBron James after an NBA championship? The Lakers superstar is partnering with CNN to create a documentary that he hopes will shed new light on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. LBJ’s SpringHill Company announced this week it’s in the process of making “Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall

In Borat 2, the eponymous character meets Judith Dim Evans and her friend in a synagogue after having discovered disinformation claiming that the Holocaust didn’t happen. In order to try and blend, he dresses in a costume ripped straight out of World War II propaganda, but Evans and the other woman at the temple don’t

The nation’s third largest cinema chain Cinemark said Monday it will open a San Francisco multiplex and locations in Santa Clara County on Oct. 30 with no concessions in a nod to local restrictions. The move, including of the Century San Francisco Centre 9 and XD, follows plans to open five of its Alameda County

President Trump thinks Sacha Baron Cohen is an unfunny jerk who tried, but ultimately failed, to fool him years ago — and to that, SBC says … appreciate the plug, DT!!! POTUS gave a harsh critique of Sacha and his work as Borat, especially as it pertains to the sequel that just came out this

This attitude could go a long way in explaining why it is that Doc doesn’t berate Marty about the blown amplifier when they meet up later that night at the Twin Pines Mall to run tests for the DeLorean Time Machine. However, there is another funny possibility to consider, and one that I offered to

Refresh for latest…: To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers Army entering the Korean War, the Middle Kingdom released epic The Sacrifice this weekend. The locally-titled Jin Gang Chuan grossed an estimated $53M in its three-day bow. While not a record start for the year in the market, the actioner could hold

Exclusive Wendell Pierce might be singing the blues soon, because he’s NOT been tapped to play B.B. King in an upcoming film as he’s proclaimed … according to King’s estate anyway. Pierce — known for his roles on “The Wire” and “Treme” — made his announcement Monday, saying … “We are official. Preparation has begun

However, dogs are also limited in that they’re not allowed to go into certain places. We see this several times in the movie, like when Enzo isn’t permitted at the hospital, at the funeral, and in the courtroom. Dogs also can’t speak, so they can be misunderstood and sometimes feel helpless, as shown when Enzo

What a great time not to be a movie marketer. Theaters half-closed, with COVID-19 again rising. Pipeline dried up. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asking, in a survey that was due last week, how the pandemic is affecting your craft. Or what’s left of it. But movie promoters on the whole are an

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Danny Trejo wants voting rights restored to felons who’ve paid their debt to society, but while they’re on the inside … he thinks Kim Kardashian‘s doing more to help than President Trump. We got the actor — who spent years in various prisons back in the day — at Trejo’s

Charlize Theron Had No Idea The Old Guard Would Be Such A Hit While Making It You never really know how a movie is going to turn out, and Charlize Theron had that very feeling while working on The Old Guard. In an interview with Variety, Theron explained that she never considered how big the

The specialty streaming space will be On the Rocks this weekend — so to speak. Sofia Coppola’s father-daughter dramedy is set to drop on Apple TV+ on Friday and it seems like light-hearted movie-watching fare from the Oscar-winning filmmaker. Deadline’s resident critic Pete Hammond seems to sign-off on the sentiment that this will bring a little