Weeks after Taylor Swift announced a historic partnership with AMC Theaters to distribute an Eras Tour concert film — a move that sidestepped the Hollywood studios who typically distribute such projects and prompted the film industry to shuffle its October release calendar — Beyoncé could be gearing up to bring a similar project to the theater chain. Variety has reported that the pop star is set […]
Todd Haynes is back on the festival circuit with “May December,” his Cannes hit that stars frequent collaborator Julianne Moore as a former teacher forced to reckon with renewed interest in her scandalous relationship with a former student. Critics have praised the dark comedy as one of the funniest films of Haynes’ career, with many speculating that it could be […]
After directing massive films like “Gladiator” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott knows a thing or two about historical epics. But even by his standards, “Napoleon” was a massive undertaking. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Scott spoke about the meticulous attention to detail that his team of department heads and consultants applied to the upcoming biopic that stars Joaquin Phoenix as […]
“PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount) topped “Saw X” (Lionsgate) by a healthy $5 million ($23 million to $18 million) on a weekend when either seemed feasible at #1. However, the order here isn’t the real story. While a “PAW”/”Saw” convergence isn’t exactly the second coming of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” it’s still two films with very different appeal […]
Todd Haynes has spent a large portion of the past decade trying to make “Fever,” his planned Peggy Lee biopic that never materialized. Haynes originally boarded the project in 2014, when Reese Witherspoon was attached to play the legendary crooner. She was eventually replaced by Haynes’ “I’m Not There” and “Wonderstruck” collaborator Michelle Williams, who developed the film alongside Haynes until its financing […]
The cancellation of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” provoked a wide range of responses from fans, ranging from displeasure at the anticlimactic ending to calls for Showtime to revive the series with a more appropriate title. But to Magic Johnson, who was played by Quincy Isaiah in the unauthorized series, the show’s untimely […]
