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How Michael Sarnoski Added a Touch of 'Pig' to 'A Quiet Place: Day One'
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Snoop Dogg-Produced ‘1992,’ Starring Tyrese Gibson, Lands Summer Release
Ariel Vromen directed the Lionsgate thriller that is set in L.A. during the turbulent titular year and features one of Ray Liotta's final film roles.
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Chad Stahelski’s 87Eleven to Remake Bollywood Action Thriller ‘Kill’ for Lionsgate
The ‘John Wick’ filmmaker will produce the English language version of the Hindi-language box office hit, with Nikhil Nagesh Bhat writing and directing.
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Crunchyroll to Stream ‘Kaiju No. 8’ Season Two
Shortly after the hit show's first-season finale on Saturday, Crunchyroll revealed that storied Japanese anime studio Production I.G. has already begun production on a second season.
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How Michael Sarnoski Added a Touch of ‘Pig’ to ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’
Every year, a number of films come out of the woodwork to challenge for industry awards and year-end recognition, and in 2021, Michael Sarnoski’s Pig was perhaps the ultimate example of this trajectory. The Neon-released pic about Nicolas Cage’s reclusive truffle forager subverted the past decade’s uptick of revenge films, ending in an empathetic gesture […]
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Snoop Dogg-Produced ‘1992,’ Starring Tyrese Gibson, Lands Summer Release
Lionsgate is going back to the early 1990s this summer, with help from Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Dogg. The company announced Monday that it will release director Ariel Vromen’s crime thriller 1992 in theaters Aug. 30. Snoop Dogg has boarded the feature as executive producer through his Death Row Pictures production company, with Gibson (known […]
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Chad Stahelski’s 87Eleven to Remake Bollywood Action Thriller ‘Kill’ for Lionsgate
John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski is set to produce an English-language remake of the action thriller Kill for Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. Nikhil Nagesh Bhat wrote and directed the 2023 Indian Hindi-language film. The original Kill movie took place during a train trip to New Delhi, and saw a pair of commandos battle an army of […]
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Crunchyroll to Stream ‘Kaiju No. 8’ Season Two
Hit Japanese anime series Kaiju No. 8 is getting a second season. Shortly after the credits rolled on the show’s season-one finale Saturday, global specialty streamer Crunchyroll revealed that work is already underway at the storied Japanese anime studio Production I.G for a follow-up story arc. Crunchyroll says it will stream the season two return […]
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Crunchyroll to Release ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’ in Theaters as Film Trilogy
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are giving the blockbuster Demon Slayer anime franchise an appropriately grand finish. The partners revealed Sunday that they will release Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, the last episodes in the hit anime franchise, as a trio of theatrical films in cinemas worldwide. The three-part installment represents the final […]
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Comic-Con: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment Teams with Heidi MacDonald’s Comics Beat for Daily News Show (Exclusive)
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con is getting a spotlight though a journalistic lens via award-winning website Comics Beat and OTT app and FAST channel ElectricNOW. The comics news site, run by longtime comics journalist Heidi MacDonald, has partnered with the division of the media company created by Dean Devlin to produce Con Daily Powered by […]
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Ryan Coogler, Mattson Tomlin Team for ‘A Vicious Circle’ at Universal (Exclusive)
Universal Pictures has landed the rights to A Vicious Circle, a Boom! Studios graphic novel series created by Terminator Zero showrunner Mattson Tomlin and artist Lee Bermejo. Tomlin will write the screenplay adapting his own work while Ryan Coogler, the filmmaker behind the Black Panther movies, will produce via his Proximity Media banner. Also producing are […]
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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Director Michael Sarnoski Interviewed Only About the Cat
Sarnoski answers all our burning questions about Frodo the cat (like why he never hisses at the aliens), plus teases a potential sequel.
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Denis Villeneuve’s Next Film Gets 2026 Release From Warner Bros.
Denis Villeneuve’s next feature is getting a holiday release, though it’s uncertain what that project will ultimately be. Warner Bros. announced Friday that the filmmaker’s next “event film” will hit theaters Dec. 18, 2026, and that it hails from Legendary Entertainment, home to his Dune movies. Plot details have not yet been shared, but Villeneuve, […]
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‘Inside Out 2’ Writer Reflects on the Anxiety of Writing a Movie About Anxiety
It’s a practical joke to ask a screenwriter to write about anxiety. The very nature of the occupation is to walk around constantly asking yourself: What’s the worst thing that could possibly happen in this moment? To this character? To someone the character loves? To someone I love? To me? But there’s a special kind […]
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Digital Comic Company Webtoon Launches IPO as It Aims for Inroads into Hollywood
Webtoon already changed the face of 21st century comics by pioneering the mobile webcomic format. Yesterday, the company took a major step toward global and Hollywood domination by launching its initial public offering on the Nasdaq. With a ticker symbol of WBTN, the company, backed by South Korean tech titan Naver, quickly gained a valuation […]
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Alec Baldwin Trains Novice With a Dark Past in ‘Clear Cut’ Trailer
Alec Baldwin and Stephen Dorff get caught up in the dangerous world of cutting timber in the Pacific Northwest in the trailer for Clear Cut. Lionsgate releases director Brian Skiba’s thriller feature theatrically and via digital and on-demand on July 19. Clive Standen, Lucy Martin, Jesse Metcalfe and Tom Welling also star in the movie […]
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‘Under Paris’ Director Used Hollywood Tricks to Make an “Anti-Hollywood” Netflix Hit
[This story contains spoilers for the Netflix movie Under Paris.] Slicing Paris in half, the river Seine flows through the heart of French identity, past the Musée d’Orsay, the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Académie Française, the centuries-old institution of letters that guards against the bastardization of the French language, leading a valiant resistance to American cultural expansion. In these sacrosanct waters and […]
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‘Black Panther’ Star Letitia Wright Teases More Shuri: “A Lot Coming Up”
Letitia Wright is teasing the possibility of returning to her role as Shuri from the Black Panther films. “Let’s just say … I would like to continue with Shuri,” Wright said during a Wednesday appearance on The View when asked about her appearing in future Avengers movies The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars, set for […]
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‘Street Fighter’ Movie Lands 2026 Release From Sony
Street Fighter is preparing to boom into theaters in 2026. Sony Pictures announced Wednesday that the new movie based on the popular video game franchise will be released theatrically on March 20, 2026. The Legendary film is co-developed and produced with Capcom, the company behind the long-running series of fighting games. Also set to hit […]
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‘Deadpool 3’ Was Dead in the Water. Then Hugh Jackman Called Ryan Reynolds and Brought It Back to Life
Ryan Reynolds felt like he had one more Deadpool movie in him, but finding the right story took years — and help from Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy. One day while on the set of The Adam Project after pitching several ideas to Marvel for Deadpool 3, Reynolds told Levy that he wanted to […]
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