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Box Office: Enchanted 2nd-Biggest Thanksgiving Opening Ever With $55M+ Since I literally went “over the river and through the woods” for Thanksgiving (I’m in Altoona, Pennsylvania), not a lot of analysis, but here are the numbers for Thursday. As usual, turkey day pushed moviegoing to a late afternoon-evening experience. Let me preface these numbers and this analysis by stating that nobody in Hollywood, including most of my studio sources, are on holiday....

Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekhar To Direct ‘Yogi Bear 2’ Broken Lizardstar/directorJay Chandrasekharis directing a sequel to a hit film. It’ll be filled with laughs, hijinks and maybe even people with badges but, unfortunately,it’s notSuper Troopers 2. Chandrasekhar has been tapped by Warner Bros.to rewriteand directYogi Bear 2, the sequel to the 2010 Eric Brevig hit that grossed just over $100 million in the U.S. Read more after the jump.Deadlinebroke the news of the deal which, for fans, might seem a bit out of left field....

Bruce Campbell Heavily Implies That He’s In ‘Doctor Strange 2’ If you were to make a list of the most indelible actor/director pairings of all time, it wouldn’t be complete without mentioningBruce CampbellandSam Raimi. The duo have worked together multiple times since first teaming up for a short film back in 1976, and now Campbell has taken to Twitter and may have hinted that they’ve just added another tally to their long list of collaborations....

Coming To America Caused A Lot Of Friction Between Eddie Murphy And John Landis Eddie Murphy spent the 1980’s rising to the top. From hitting comedy clubs as a teenager to his role in revitalizing “Saturday Night Live” to his unmissable film comedies — “Trading Places,” “48 Hrs,” and “Beverly Hills Cop” — he made a name for himself as one of the funniest men in show business before he’d even turned 30....

Cool Stuff: Eric Tan’s Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom Poster We first discovered Eric Tan through a coolUFA German inspired X-Men cinema posterhe created for a Stan Lee art show event. We were lucky enough to score a print of this, and it sits framed on the wall next to my computer. Tan has done some incredible design workfor Pixar which we’ve spotlighted in the past. Tan is doing a series of Indiana Jones movie posters forAcme Archives(check out hiskick ass Raiders poster)....

Disinfecting Movie Theaters Between Screenings Is Now Optional Movie theaters are slowly reopening after being shut down due to the coronavirus, and everyone in the industry seems to be holding their breath, wondering when and if things will bounce back to normal. With the vaccine rollout continuing, there’s real hope that returning to the movies will be a safe experience. However, a recent change might give some folks pause. The National Association of Theatre Owners recently updated itsCinemaSafeguidelines, telling exhibitors they no longer need to disinfect movie theaters between each screening....

Dozens Of Cinematographers Sign Open Letter Refusing To Work On Sets With Functional Firearms In Rust Aftermath New updates have emerged in the fallout from last month’s fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” claiming the life of a crewmember and injuring its director. On October 21st, actor Alec Baldwin discharged an on-set weapon while rehearsing for a scene on his film (which he also produces), “Rust.” Assistant director Dave Halls states in a Sante Fe County police affidavit that he handed the firearm, a functional 1880s-era gun, to the actor and indicated that it was a “cold gun,” meaning that it contained no live rounds....

Gavin Hood To Attempt Developing ‘Ender’s Game’ If you are reading this site and haven’t readEnder’s Game, you should go out and do that right now. Seriously. I mean, it’s a precursor to so many books, video games and movies that we cover it would be futile to try and list them all. Unfortunately, though, this seminal work has always had a tough time finding its legs in Hollywood. But there’s a chance that might be changing....

Halloween Vs Scream – The Greatest Horror Franchise Ever [Round 9] Welcome to the Tournament of Terrors, a /Film bracket where we argue about the greatest horror franchise of all time, and you, the readers, get to decide the winners. The rules are simple: two iconic horror movie series enter the ring, each represented by a /Film writer ready to champion them. And you — yes, you, the person reading this right now — will vote on which one gets to move forward....

Hidden Streams: A Hitchcock Great, An Animated Classic, And Other Older Movies Streaming Right Now (Welcome toHidden Streams, a column focused on the best older movies available to stream on your favorite services, including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and more.)FilmStruck is dead, which might make it harder for cinephiles to dig those older hidden gems out of the overwhelming piles of streaming titles. But that won’t stop us from trying. From lesser-known classics to cult favorites, we’ve put together a handy guide to some of the best older films you can stream on the various platforms....

Hidden Streams: Werner Herzog, Paul Schrader, And Other Streaming Gems (Welcome toHidden Streams, a column focused on the best older movies available to stream on your favorite services, including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and more.)The death of FilmStruckmight make it harder for cinephiles to dig those older hidden gems out of the overwhelming piles of streaming titles. From lesser-known classics to cult favorites, we’ve put together a handy guide to some of the best older films you can stream on the various platforms....

How ‘Silicon Valley’ Will Deal With T.J. Miller’s Departure Last month, we learned that actor/comedianT.J. Miller, who has been a staple of the first four seasons of the hilarious HBO comedySilicon Valley,will not be returning for the show’s fifth seasonto reprise his role as Erlich Bachman. This past Sunday night, the season four finale revealed the character’s fate, but how will the show handle the character’s departure moving forward? Is there a chance we see Miller pop up again in a future season?...

How Dan Aykroyd’s Original ‘Ghostbusters’ Idea Became The Movie We Love [Video Essay] This weekend bringsPaul Feig’s reboot ofGhostbustersto theaters. Even though the reboot doesn’t really measure up to the high profile of the original, it does offer something exciting for a different demographic and a new batch of young people. While the movie is undoubtedly entertaining, it does have ample shortcomings, specifically in the story department, and that’s something that the original had perfected....