After scoring a fantastic international opening, it looks like Doctor Strange could score a pretty sizable domestic number when it opens this weekend. The Hollywood Reporter are saying that Doctor Strange is currently tracking $65-$70 million, but could do better. This means it will open ahead of Ant-Man, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Incredible Hulk […]
Inferno collapses and bombs as Boo! A Madea Halloween tops the box office again
Inferno took a tumble at the box office from Friday to Sunday and fell victim to Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween, which topped the U.S. charts for a second week. Directed by Ron Howard, Inferno opened well on Friday to $5.6 million and held that on to Saturday with $5.7, but collapsed on Sunday with […]
It’s official: George Lucas will have no involvement with Indiana Jones 5
When it was announced a few months back, director Steven Spielberg had said that co-creator George Lucas would be involved in Indiana Jones 5, but that now appears to be completely untrue. “He’s not [involved], to my knowledge,” screenwriter David Koepp told Collider. “I’ve had no contact with him.” Ever since Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney, his […]
Tyler Perry scores big and beats Tom Cruise with Boo! A Madea Halloween as it opens to $27 million
Released in the run-up to All Hallow’s Eve, not many people gave Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween a fighting chance as it competed against the Tom Cruise-starring Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and horror prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil, but the comedy spoof beat them both. Screening in significantly less theatres than both Jack Reacher: Never Go Back […]
Shin Godzilla earns just over $1 million from its United States screenings
American fans were delighted to hear that the latest Japanese-produced Godzilla movie, Shin Godzilla, would be getting a short theatrical run in the States. Released last Monday [read our review here], the film brought home just over $1 million. Screening in 488 theatres across the U.S., Shin Godzilla averaged 2.2k per screen to earn $1.09 […]
Tom Holland says Spider-Man 2 is already in development and they’re discussing which villain to use
Last week it was revealed by Sony chairman Tom Rothman that plans for an expanded Spider-Man Universe that would run alongside the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in development, and now the web slinger himself has opened up about the future of the franchise after Spider-Man: Homecoming. “We’re talking about the second one and who the villain […]
Supergirl producer fires back at Miley Cyrus criticism
Although there is a clear issue of gender equality in superhero output in film and TV which needs to be addressed, popstar Miley Cyrus seems a little upset about one of them: Supergirl. In an interview with Variety, Cyrus said, “I think having a show with a gender attached to it is weird. One, it’s […]
Felicity Jones comments on the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reshoots
Earlier in the year, it was reported that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story would be getting huge reshoots that pushed back its post-production (so much the film lost its composer). Director Gareth Edwards said there was nothing to worry about (though Tony Gilroy now has a screenwriter credit), as did producer Kathleen Kennedy, and […]
Bruce Campbell reveals why Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash never happened
Shortly after the box office success of Freddy vs. Jason, rumours started to fly that a sequel could feature the famed Deadite hunter Ash from the Evil Dead series. Jeff Katz even wrote a treatment for the movie which eventually became the comic book series Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, but the film never materialised. […]
Planet of the Apes 4 already being developed
War for the Planet of the Apes hits cinemas next year, but it looks plans are already in place for another Planet of the Apes film. It was assumed that War for the Planet of the Apes would round out the trilogy, but director Matt Reeves has other ideas. “We know that that’s the ending, that […]
