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Warner Bros. Discovery To Split Into Two Companies In 2026

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Discovery Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that it will be splitting into two public companies next year, separating its cable operations from its streaming services. The new companies will be known as Streaming & Studios and Global Linear Networks when the restructuring is completed in the middle of 2026. In announcing…

Neon To Release Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ on November 7

©Courtesy of Neon  Just in time for consideration for nest year’s Oscars, Neon plans to release Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value on November 7, a date that signals the studio’s strategy of creating “long-lead word of mouth” for the film. Sentimental Value won a Grand Jury Prize (second place) at the recent Cannes International Film Festival. Two…

Bidding Underway for ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reboot

©Courtesy of Dark Sky Films  Taylor Sheridan, Osgood Perkins, and Jordan Peele are reportedly among the frontrunners in the competition to earn the rights to make a reboot of the classic 1974 low-budget thriller, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The original Massacre, which featured the iconic villain known as Leatherface, had been directed by Tobe Hooper…

Blumhouse Reportedly In Talks to Acquire ‘Saw’ Horror Franchise

©Courtesy of Lionsgate  Blumhouse is reportedly in the final stages of cutting a deal that would allow it to acquire the rights to the billion-dollar Saw horror franchise from Twisted Pictures. Negotiations have been ongoing since 2023, but for a time were in limbo due to disagreements over the bottom line. Sources say that the…

Luca Guadagnino to Direct Amazon MGM’s OpenAI Movie ‘Artificial’

Photo by Niko Tavernise / Metro Goldwyn M/Niko Tavernise / Metro Goldwyn – © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. Luca Guadagnino, the writer-director behind such acclaimed movies as last year’s Queer and Challengers, has potentially found his next project. The filmmaker is in talks to helm Artificial for Amazon MGM Studios, Deadline is reporting….

Crunchyroll Sets One-Day-Only Theatrical Release // given The Double Album: Hiiragi mix & To the Sea

©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Crunchyroll will bring given The Double Album: Hiiragi mix & To the Sea to theatres in the United States for one-day-only on June 16. The double feature of the series’ anime films is comprised of given The Movie: Hiiragi Mix (the second film of the series) and given The Movie: To the Sea (the third film of the series). given The Movie:…

James Cameron Will Co-Write Film Adaptation of Joe Abercrombie’s ‘The Devils’

©James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction Canadian-born filmmaker James Cameron has confirmed that his Lightstorm company will be producing a film adaptation of Joe Abercrombie’s best-selling novel The Devils, with the duo poised to co-write the script. But the project will have to wait until Cameron has completed his work on Avatar: Fire and Ash….

Director James Gunn Acnowledges ‘Godzilla Minus One” Inspired ‘Superman’

©Courtesy of Toho Pictures.  “It’s a monster, it’s a kaiju, it’s Superman!” According to director James Gunn, his upcoming Superman film debuting on July 11 was inspired by Toho’s recent Godzilla Minus One movie, which was released to mark the 70th anniversary of that franchise. In an interview with Cinematoday, Gunn made it clear that…

Alfonso Cuarón Will Reportedly Not Be Directing 26th James Bond Film

Photo by Julio Hardy – © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. – All Rights Reserved Alfonso Cuarón is no longer being considered to direct the twenty-sixth James Bond film—the first for Amazon MGM Studios—according to World of Reel and other sources. The Mexican director had previously turned down another chance to direct a 007 movie, saying…

Child’s Play Actor Ed Gale Dies at 61

© 1988 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Celebrated actor and stunt performer, Ed Gale died yesterday at the age of 61. The cult classic film star, who’s best remembered for being the physical performer of Chucky in Child’s Play, died in hospice care in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. The entertainer’s cause of death…

HBO Original HARRY POTTER Television Series Sets Cast For Roles Of Harry, Hermione, and Ron

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Discovery The HBO Original HARRY POTTER television series has cast screen newcomers Dominic McLaughlin in the role of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. Francesca Gardiner (showrunner, executive producer) and Mark Mylod (director of multiple episodes, executive producer) quote: “After an extraordinary search led by casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, we…