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EXCLUSIVE: The recent surge nationwide of coronavirus cases and California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s recent promise for tougher restrictions in Los Angeles tomorrow has many in exhibition and distribution really concerned that there’s no hard date in immediate sight as to when the big circuits will reopen again. I hear that after July 4, there will be

Carl Reiner, one of the most prolific entertainers in the history of show business has died … TMZ has learned. We’re told Reiner died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home.  We’re told his family was with him when he passed. Reiner was a producer. He was also a director. He was also an actor.

With new Star Wars movies, TV series, and books on the way, there’s going to be just that much more Star Wars coming into the world. Odds are not everybody will like all of it. Perhaps, like the prequels, most people will take issue with some of it, but the odds are just as good

As expected with NYC and LA cinemas still not opened, and Tenet, the first big event pic heading to Aug. 12, the No. 1 exhibitor in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, AMC, will now reopen its circuit on July 30 instead of July 15. On the new date, the Leawood, KS-based chain will

Breaking News “Gone with the Wind” is gone no more … HBO Max is restoring the film to its library after a 2-week hiatus, but this time the streaming platform’s adding a disclaimer. The 1939 classic will return to HBO Max with historical context that includes 2 videos — the first showing TCM host and

It’s not exactly news to say that 2020 has been something of a dumpster fire of a year. We’re pretty much all ready for it to be over. Under normal circumstances, when reality just becomes too damn annoying to deal with, many of us might escape into fictional stories that are much more interesting, but

After Warner Bros. put Wonder Woman 1984 on Oct. 2, Paramount has moved Skydance’s Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse to Feb. 26, 2021.  This is a delayed move by Paramount having nothing to do with the recent Tenet shift from July 31 to Aug. 12. Two weeks ago, Warners moved their Petty Jenkins-directed Gal Gadot sequel to the autumn weekend they

Breaking News Kelly Asbury, who worked on some huge animated films, including directing the blockbuster “Shrek 2” … is dead after a long battle with cancer. Kelly died peacefully Friday in Encino, CA … according to his rep, and leaves behind an amazing resume in the world of animation. He’s best known for directing the

Of course, this just leaves best frenemies Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman alone but, believe it or not, the two actually still manage to create a reunion with an unexpected guest. After being left alone, they’re joined by Sabertooth actor Liev Schreiber, who declares it to be a reunion for the cast of X-Men Origins:

It’s official — at least for the time being: Disney said Friday it is moving Niki Caro’s Mulan release date from July 25 to August 21, the weekend after Tenet‘s five-day opening from August 12-16. We were hearing noise about this earlier this week, as we told you, with COVID-19 cases surging nationwide and theaters

It’s about time, but there’s finally a serious effort to change the name of John Wayne Airport in Orange County because the actor was famously racist and homophobic. The Orange County Democratic Party passed a resolution, calling out Wayne’s “racist and bigoted statements” and demanding the O.C. Board of Supervisors rename the airport Orange County

Ana Lily Amirpour One of the most intriguing breakout voices in horror within the past decade was Ana Lily Amirpour, who helmed the Iranian vampire western (yes, you heard that right) A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, which was a film festival hit. The film led to Amirpour’s current career directing for Jordan Peele’s

Solstice Studios had said that it wasn’t going to move Unhinged if Tenet moved, but the company had second thoughts and now is jumping the Russell Crowe road-rage movie from July 1 to July 10. That means no movie over the Fourth of July weekend. I’ve heard that AMC is planning an early-July opening, post-Independence Day, and it

Breaking News Disney’s making waves after announcing its iconic Splash Mountain ride will be re-themed after the studio’s first Black princess in “The Princess and the Frog.” The Mouse House announced Thursday its Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort parks will overhaul Splash Mountain — which opened in 1989 — and tell the story of

The one other thing I’ve really felt has sort of been underdiscussed is seating availability. Obviously, there will be fewer movies out at once, so even with the seating restrictions at most movie theaters moving forward, I’d assume more of the actual theater auditoriums will be able to be dedicated to one or two movies.

Warner Bros. is moving its Christopher Nolan action thriller Tenet again — this time from Friday, July 31, to Wednesday, August 12. Nolan’s 10th anniversary reissue of Inception now will open on July 31 instead of July 17. The decision comes in the wake of COVID-19 cases spiking to a new national high of 45K on Wednesday, and

Play video content Breaking News @cinemark/Twitter Cinemark Theatres is dispatching essential workers to sanitize seats between movie screenings … and it looks like hazardous labor to say the least. Check out this video from the theater chain’s location in West Plano, Texas … where a very essential employee is spraying down each and every seat

In fact, the opening scene is so graphic that I couldn’t even consider using it as a top image in this article. It’s rated TV-MA on the streaming service, and if you are familiar with the Gaspar Noé movie, you may already know the sex scenes are unsimulated in the 2015 film, which was originally

While Disney insiders remain optimistic, it would not be a shocker if the studio moves Mulan, the first big event movie after exhibition’s COVID-19 shutdown, off its current July 24 date. There are just too many gloomy signs out there now. Even though the $200 million Niki Caro-directed movie built up a great degree of

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Joel McHale says his ex-costar, Ken Jeong, has proven to be just the right man for the job — when that job is a podcast about what the hell’s really going on with a pandemic. JMH told us all about “The Darkest Timeline” … the podcast he and Ken launched

Having said that, while Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez might feel shame over the decision to overlook Jonathan Groff in the first movie, one person who does not feel that way is Jonathan Groff himself. He would like to remind everybody that he actually did have a song in the first Frozen, and he loves

M. Night Shyamalan’s next movie now has a release date. Universal said Tuesday that it will release the writer-director’s untitled thriller on July 23, 2021. The pic, details of which are under wraps, stars Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff and Vicky Krieps. On Monday, Deadline scooped that Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird and

Exclusive You are so criminal to MEEEEEEE … is probably what cops said to the guy who once played Alfalfa when they busted him for allegedly sucking up air duster cans. Yes, Bug Hall — who had the lead role in the 90s “Little Rascals” movies — was arrested over the weekend in a Weatherford,

Steve Bing isn’t necessarily a name that a lot of people knew who weren’t intimately involved in the inner working of Hollywood or politics, but he was a major force behind the scenes who used his wealth to make movies as well as support political causes he believed in. Now, there’s an outpouring of support

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Spielberg’s 1993 movie Jurassic Park was No. 1 for the fourth time in its release history this past weekend as movie theaters tried to have a semblance during the COVID-19 pandemic over what is typically a big moviegoing weekend, Father’s Day. While 2020 fare like Universal/Dreamworks Animation’s Trolls World Tour had been leading at a

Joel Schumacher — the famed director behind “Phantom of the Opera” and a series of ‘Batman’ films — has died. Schumacher died Monday morning in New York City after a long cancer battle … according to a rep. The American director rose to stardom with “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “The Lost Boys” and “Flatliners.” He also

While there is nothing quite like the experience of seeing a live hit Broadway play with its original cast, there is an obvious hiccup with it as a form of popular entertainment: not everybody in the world can experience it. Not only can it be expensive to travel to New York, but tickets can be

After making a strong debut in Japan last weekend, Sony’s Little Women this session crossed the $100M mark at the international box office. The Greta Gerwig-directed update on the classic tale now has an offshore cume of $101M and a global haul of $209M to date. The current frame was worth $475K from 12 overseas

The abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness — made famous in the 2007 film “Into the Wild” — just hitched a chopper ride out of the wild, because people were literally dying to find it. The decision to get the bus out of Denali National Park was all about public safety — it had attracted

Purple Man (Kim Coates) David Tennant gave one of the best performances of his career with his portrayal of Kilgrave, also known as Purple Man, on the Netflix series Jessica Jones, but if he isn’t able to return if the character is brought into a future Marvel film, then Kim Coates would be an ideal