Frank Grillo opened up about starring in Marvel and DC Studios films and revealing the differences between both universes. Grillo has had the privilege of playing a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the new DC Universe James Gunn and Peter Safran are creating. The actor played the role…

Ray Chan, a longtime production designer on some of Marvel’s biggest films, died this week, according to a statement Friday from Marvel Studios. He was 56. Chan was best known for his work on multibillion-dollar Marvel blockbusters such as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame as well as the…

Given how global exhibition has been impacted by Covid with reduced capacities and on-and-off closures in certain territories, we haven’t harped on the profit and loss of theatrical movies. Until now. Of course, as the first $1 billion grossing global title of the pandemic, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is…

"Things were happening fast and, on the fly, and, you know, when you are walking into a world that is very much established and you're trying to establish yourself, it can be tricky," says Hailee Steinfeld of making her Marvel live action debut with Disney+'s upcoming Hawkeye series. "But I had some incredible support…

There's nothing that kicks off a summer holiday weekend like a good blockbuster battle and that's what the courtroom showdown between the Walt Disney Company and Fireman's Fund Insurance has all the potential to be. Sure, the price tag of the $10 million or so dispute filed today in LA Superior Court isn't that epic…

Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of Avengers Endgame, have graciously saluted James Cameron’s film Avatar for edging past them in the all-time worldwide box office totals. With its rerelease in China this weekend, Cameron's 2009 sci-fi pic overtook the Russos and Marvel's Avengers: Endgame, which had previously…

As James Cameron's Avatar once again became the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide today, a long-held Hollywood tradition of the previous record-holder paying homage continued. Marvel Studios, whose Avengers: Endgame was just eclipsed by Avatar, tweeted congratulations to Cameron, as well as producer Jon…

UPDATE, with more detail after 1:47AM post: Confirming what we reported in the wee hours of Saturday morning (see below), Disney has announced that James Cameron's Avatar has once again become the highest-grossing film of all time at the global box office, overtaking Disney/Marvel's Avengers: Endgame. This is thanks…

UPDATE with amended pre-sale figures, writethru after Wednesday post: Long-rumored for a China re-release, James Cameron's Avatar suddenly popped onto the calendar this week. The erstwhile highest-grossing film of all time worldwide will hit Middle Kingdom cinemas on Friday, March 12. In so doing, it has a chance to…

Robert Downey Jr., who concluded a decade-long run as Tony Stark with Avengers: Endgame, reflected on his troubled pre-comeback days in an interview on last night’s post-Super Bowl episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “I could relate to Tony Stark a lot by the time I played him,” Downey told Colbert (watch…

Pinewood Atlanta Studios, which bought out its U.K. mothership last year, is officially going solo, announcing a new name for its expanded production facilities and the adjacent planned community, previously called Pinewood Forest. The entire live-work campus will now be called Trilith — an architectural term…

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo climbed the ladder again in Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament, winning for a second year in a row thanks to the all-time. record-breaking. $2.79 billion-grossing Avengers: Endgame, which netted close to a $900 million profit for Walt Disney Studios after all theatrical…