Much finger-pointing can be done now, but largely as a result of the strikes that shut down Hollywood last year, the release calendar is a barren wasteland in the first chunk of…
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A Failed Pilot Set Meghan Markle And Patrick J. Adams Up For Success On Suits – /Film
Cable news legend Larry King passed away in 2021, but had he been around for the summer of “Suits,” we have a pretty good idea how he’d feel about it. That’s because…
The Beekeeper Is David Ayer’s First Box Office Success Since Suicide Squad – /Film
What sticks out like a sore thumb right now is the fact that the budget for the film has yet to be revealed. That said, Variety recently described it as “modestly budgeted,”…
Christopher Nolan Says AI Could Not Have Predicted Oppenheimer’s Success – /Film
2023 saw the Writer’s Guild of America hold a prolonged strike, partly due to proposals from the major studios that failed to regulate the use of AI in any way. Ultimately, the…
How The Success Of Aquaman Let James Wan Go Fully Nuts With The Sequel [Exclusive] – /Film
The “absurd” aspects of “Aquaman” were what made it so much fun. Wan spoke about how the fact that he’d leaned into that in the first one allowed him to continue in…
Adam Sandler’s Leo May Be A Netflix Success, But His First Animated Feature Bombed – /Film
As a kid, I was allowed to watch pretty much anything so long as it fit under the umbrella of comedy (or sci-fi, but that’s a traumatizing story for another time). I…
How Terrifier 2’s Success Sets The Stage For A Bigger (And Scarier) Part 3 [Exclusive] – /Film
When asked what sort of luxuries an expanded budget might afford “Terrifier 3,” Damien was relieved to say that having a crew would be indulgence number one. “Terrifier 2” was a film…
How Jawan Became One Of 2023’s Biggest Box Office Success Stories (And What Comes Next For Indian Cinema) – /Film
Looking at the slightly larger picture here, it appears “Jawan” isn’t an outlier. Other recent Indian blockbusters have reliably found an audience in the US, which didn’t used to happen with regularity….
This Thanksgiving Could Be A Huge Success (Or Huge Disaster) For The Box Office – /Film
“Wish” is an animated movie that was specifically developed as a celebration of the 100 year anniversary of Walt Disney Studios, and combined traditional hand-drawn animation with modern CG animation. It’ll be…