According to a just-released Bloomberg report, Comcast is planning to orchestrate some major changes in the way it makes films available to its Peacock streaming service. The media giant allegedly wants to remove NBCUniversal films from Netflix, HBOMax and similar platforms to keep them in the Peacock feather nest instead of providing access to other…
Move over, Camelot, the Westovians are after your throne. Your “fleeting wisp of glory” as Broadway’s iconic fantasy realm is under siege. In an exclusive story published this week, the Hollywood Reporter claims there are plans underway to bring Game of Thrones to the Great White Way as Broadway gears up for a post-pandemic revival. …
Starving fans waiting for a second helping of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” may have to put their appetites on hold a bit longer pending the resolution of a copyright infringement suit filed against Paramount in Los Angeles Superior Court. The complaint was brought by representatives of the Truman Capote Literary Trust representing the interests of the…
Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Like father, like son? The industry is abuzz this week with reports that Vin Diesel’s 10-year-old son Vincent Sinclair will be making his blockbuster film debut with this spring’s release of “Fast & Furious 9.” Sinclair will be portraying a younger incarnation of Dominic Toretto, the character his father portrayed in earlier…
Will Matthew McConaughey be returning to home screens as the lead character in a new adaptation of John Grisham’s “A Time for Mercy”? The industry is abuzz this week with reports that HBO is planning to adapt the 2020 novel as a serial, though any official announcement has not yet been made. It is being…
Black film mogul and director Spike Lee will be presiding over the jury at the 74th running of the Cannes Film Festival, some 35 years after one of his own early films, “She’s Gotta Have It” had premiered there. Other Spike Lee joints that were shown at Cannes include “Do the Right Thing” in 1989…
Not surprisingly, the movie business has been a major casualty of the COVID`19 pandemic, with social-distancing restrictions effectively shuttering most of the nation’s nearly 6000 movie theaters during 2020 and into 2021, darkening about 40,000 screens. (Are we in for a resurgence of the drive-in?) In March, the AMC chain reported it had lost $4.58…
Universal’s film adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” is now scheduled for theatrical release on September 24 of this year. Ben Platt will be reprising his role as the title character, which garnered him a Tony award. He will be backed up by a cast that includes Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, and…
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