U.S. Agencies Court International Distributors as Market Consolidation Puts Domestics in Disarray
WME Independent / UTA / CAA As the global film industry emerges from the worst of the pandemic — and wide-ranging consolidation in the...
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Blumhouse Names Universal’s Abhijay Prakash as President
AP Abhijay Prakash has been named president of Blumhouse, the genre juggernaut founded by Jason Blum over twenty years ago. Prakash joins...
Five Burning Questions Facing the Movie Theater Business as Hollywood Heads to CinemaCon
Courtesy of Ben Mounsey-Wood As Hollywood heads to Las Vegas for CinemaCon, studios will land in Sin City with a renewed appreciation for...
SkyShowtime Appoints Senior Leadership Team
Courtesy of SkyShowtime SkyShowtime has made a number of senior appointments to its leadership team under CEO Monty Sarhan ahead of the...
How Universal Beat Other Studios to Land Christopher Nolan’s New World War II Epic
Christopher Nolan (Courtesy of Maria Laura Antonelli/Shutterstock) Christopher Nolan is making his next movie at Universal, severing the...
Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Triumphs Again in Second Weekend, ‘Malignant’ Misfires
Courtesy of Marvel Studios Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” ruled the domestic box office again, collecting $35.8...
Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Dazzles With Mighty $71.4 Million Opening Weekend
Jasin Boland “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” delivered the sizzle that struggling movie theaters so desperately needed,...
Netflix, Universal Extend and Expand Animated Film Licensing Deal
New Pact will also include movies from DreamWorks Animation. Courtesy of Universal/Illumination Netflix and Universal Filmed...
Universal Moves Film Licensing Deal From HBO to Peacock, Bolstering Streaming Service
Giles Keyte/Universal/Kobal/REX Universal will move its pay-one window for films from HBO to Peacock, the studio said Tuesday. The move...
California Theme Parks, Stadiums Can Reopen With Limited Capacity on April 1
Courtesy of Michael Buckner for Variety Disneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks in California — as well as sports stadiums —...
California Tax Credits Go to Coen Brothers and Steven Soderbergh Projects
Soderbergh: AP; Coen brothers courtesy of Everett Collection The California Film Commission has announced the latest round of recipients...
Box Office: Denzel Washington’s ‘The Little Things’ Repeats No. 1 With $2 Million
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Denzel Washington’s crime thriller “The Little Things” led domestic box office charts again, pulling in $2.1...
Box Office: Liam Neeson’s ‘The Marksman’ Ends ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Reign
The Marksman (Courtesy of Everett Collection) If time is a flat circle, then it’s only fitting that a second under-the-radar Liam Neeson...
Hollywood Prepares to Delay Another Slew of Blockbusters
Daniel Craig as James Bond, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, and Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto (Courtesy of MGM/Marvel/Universal) Here...
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Stays Atop Domestic Box Office
Wonder Woman 1984 (Courtesy of Clay Enos/Warner Bros.) “Wonder Woman 1984” led domestic box office charts for the third straight weekend...
Box Office: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Grabs $5.5 Million Domestically, Global Total Tops $118 Million
Courtesy of Clay Enos | Warner Bros. “Wonder Woman 1984” used its lasso of truth to rope in a modest $5.5 million over the New Year’s...
Buyer or Seller? How Each Film Studio Tackled Dealmaking Amid the Pandemic
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Box Office: Without New Releases, ‘The Croods 2’ Claims Victory Again
The Croods: A New Age (Courtesy of Dreamworks Animation) Universal’s animated adventure “The Croods: A New Age” led another quiet weekend...
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