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‘Naked Gun’ Reboot With Liam Neeson Lands 2025 Release From Paramount
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Jake Gyllenhaal Responds to Doug Liman Boycotting Their ‘Road House’ Premiere
The remake star discusses his director's decision to sit out their film's upcoming SXSW premiere.
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Willy Wonka Immersive Event Leaves Kids in Tears: “It Looks Like a Meth Lab”
What was billed as an immersive experience seemingly inspired by Willy Wonka movies turned into the Fyre Fest of unofficial movie tie-ins.
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‘Office Space’ at 25: The Unlikely Cult Hit That Had Its Cast “Biting the Inside” of Their Cheeks From Laughter
The film's team tells The Hollywood Reporter about studio tension, favorite improvised lines, residual checks, typecasting and the surprising path to classic status: "I don't know that there's a right way to market this movie."
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‘Naked Gun’ Reboot With Liam Neeson Lands 2025 Release From Paramount
The Naked Gun reboot is about to make 2025 a good year. Paramount Pictures announced release dates Wednesday for a number of upcoming films. This includes director Akiva Schaffer’s new untitled installment in the Naked Gun comedy franchise hitting theaters July 28, 2025. The movie, first announced back in 2022, stars Liam Neeson and includes […]
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Jake Gyllenhaal Responds to Doug Liman Boycotting Their ‘Road House’ Premiere
Jake Gyllenhaal has weighed in on Doug Liman’s decision to boycott the premiere of their upcoming remake of the 1989 action movie Road House. Liman is refusing to attend the film’s March 8 world premiere at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival next month because the film’s studio, Amazon MGM Studios, is releasing […]
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Willy Wonka Immersive Event Leaves Kids in Tears: “It Looks Like a Meth Lab”
An “immersive experience” that promised to transport Willy Wonka fans into a “magical realm” has turned out to be such an epic letdown that customers called the police and compared the attraction to a meth lab. The U.K. event was titled Willy’s Chocolate Experience and charged customers $44 each (photos below). The attraction was not […]
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‘Office Space’ at 25: The Unlikely Cult Hit That Had Its Cast “Biting the Inside” of Their Cheeks From Laughter
Office Space is celebrating its 25th anniversary following its delayed path to success, although hopefully no one would get their ass kicked for saying something like that. Released Feb. 19, 1999, director Mike Judge’s enduring and endlessly quotable workplace satire follows computer programmer Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), who decides to stop caring about his day […]
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As ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Hangs in the Balance, Warner Bros. Discovery Takes $115M Write-Down on Mystery Projects
Those following the saga of Coyote vs. Acme waited with bated breath Friday for Warner Bros. Discovery’s earnings report to hint at any signs of the animated film’s fate. The feature became the most talked about movie in town on Nov. 10, when The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Warners intended to scrap the […]
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Vin Diesel Moving Forward with Next ‘Fast’ Installment
Vin Diesel is updating fans on the future of his Fast and Furious franchise amid legal issues surrounding the star. Diesel took to Instagram on Friday to share that he met earlier that day with the writers and team behind the planned finale for Universal Pictures’ action movie series. This marks the first public update […]
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‘Naruto’ Movie in the Works with Destin Daniel Cretton Writing and Directing (Exclusive)
Naruto, one of the most popular mangas of all time, is headed to the big screen. Destin Daniel Cretton, who co-wrote and directed the Marvel Studios movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, has been tapped to pen and helm a live-action adaptation of the title for Lionsgate. Cretton will also produce alongside Jeyun […]
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New ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Comic in the Works
The Toxic Avenger is returning to the world of comics. Matt Bors, the Pulitzer Prize finalist who founded the daily online political comics publication The Nib, and artist and caricaturist Fred Harper, are collaborating on the what will be a five-issue comic book series. The publisher behind the revival is AHOY Comics, a Syracuse-based publisher […]
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James Gunn Shares First ‘Superman: Legacy’ Cast Photo: “All Together for the First Time”
The gang is all here as James Gunn shares the first cast photo for Superman: Legacy. Gunn took to Instagram on Thursday to post an image taken following the first table read for Warner Bros.’ upcoming superhero film that is set for theatrical release on July 11, 2025. The pic includes himself and Peter Safran, […]
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Jenna Ortega Confirms Details of ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel Role
In an interview for Vanity Fair‘s Hollywood Issue, Jenna Ortega detailed her role as the daughter of Winona Ryder’s beloved character in the Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. “I don’t know how much I’m allowed to say, but I am Lydia Deetz’s daughter, so I’ll give that away,” she revealed. “She’s weird, but in a different […]
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First ‘Borderlands’ Trailer Sends Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart to “Dumpster Fire of a World”
The first Borderlands trailer puts a bevy of A-listers on Pandora, the most dangerous planet in the universe. Cate Blanchett leads a cast as Lilith, the outlaw leader of a crew on a mission to retrieve a treasure from a vault on a planet she describes as a “dumpster fire of a world.” Kevin Hart […]
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How Marvel Is Quietly Retooling Amid Superhero Fatigue
Just over a year ago, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was set to take Marvel Studios to the next level. A new villain was going to be introduced, setting the stage for several years’ worth of storytelling. And the movie itself was a giant-sizing of a franchise that was previously modest in scope. Instead, the […]
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Paramount’s ‘Ferris Bueller’ Spinoff Film Lands Director David Katzenberg
Paramount Pictures’ feature spinoff of 1980s touchstone Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is revving up. The studio has set David Katzenberg to direct the follow-up movie Sam and Victor’s Day Off, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Taking place on a single day, the film centers on the two titular valets who borrow the Ferrari belonging to […]
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‘Jurassic World’ Director Found in ‘Rogue One’ Filmmaker Gareth Edwards
The dinosaurs are ready to roam once again. Gareth Edwards is in talks to direct Universal’s latest installment of the Jurassic World franchise and to step into shoes that were worn, if ever so briefly, by Bullet Train filmmaker David Leitch. Universal and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners are moving as fast as hungry velociraptors on […]
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‘Civil War’ Trailer: New Footage of Alex Garland’s American Apocalypse
The second trailer for the highly anticipated action-drama Civil War has been released. The A24 film from writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) depicts a near-future United States where 19 states have seceded from the Union, while much of the rest of the country is ruled by a tyrannical three-term president (Nick Offerman), who has ordered […]
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After 70 Years, EC Comics Returns from the Crypt in Oni Press Deal
In the early 1950s, EC Comics was the bad boy of comic publishers. Its comics such as Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science and Two-Fisted Tales sold millions in mid-century America. Unfortunately, its stories — at times shocking, horrifying, and even progressive — also drew scrutiny and backlash, and the company found itself in the […]
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