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‘Wheelman’ Is A Lean, Mean Shot Of Old School Cool [Fantastic Fest] Allow me to thumb my suspenders and clear the kids off my lawn before I break out this old cliche, but they don’t make ‘em like this much anymore. Wheelmanmay represent the shifting cinematic landscape of 2017 – it was produced by Netflix and will skip theaters and arrive directly on the streaming service next month – but it’s a straightforward, simple, muscular, and blissfully old school thriller that, much like its leading man, feels like it escaped from 1974....

2017’s Movie Ticket Sales Were The Lowest In 25 Years We’re still basking in the rejuvenating cleanse of the new year and looking forward to the future, but folks who work for major movie theater chains have to contend with a statistic today that’s so sobering that it may shock that refreshing new year feeling right out of them. According toBox Office Mojo, movie ticket sales in 2017 were the lowest they’ve been since 1992....

8 Things We Learned From The ‘Twilight’ Anniversary Panel At New York Comic-Con November 21, 2018will mark ten years since the firstTwilightmovie was released in theaters. At that time, I was a vampire-obsessed college freshman who had already read the books twice and an embarrassing number of posters lined the walls of my dorm room (Team Jacob!).I’ve always been fully aware of the problematic aspects of the story (Edward is incredibly controlling and Bella is more than willing to give up every aspect of her life to be with him), but when you don’t take the franchise too seriously, you’re able to enjoy the first film for exactly what it is: a hilarious and entertaining movie that deserves a spot in film history....

Avatar Is Being Re-Released This Year To Prepare You For Avatar 2 [CinemaCon 2022] /Film’s own Ben Pearson is on the ground at CinemaCon in Las Vegas right now, bringing us news about what’s coming to theaters. A whole lot of it involves footage from new and upcoming films, but one announcement during the Disney panel today was about a movie that came out back in 2009. The original “Avatar” film, from director James Cameron, will be re-released in theaters worldwide on June 28, 2025....

Bad Robot’s Los Angeles Offices Getting A ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Upgrade A while back, a rumor began to circulate thatJ.J. Abramswas going to leaveStar Wars Episode VII. The reason? He supposedly didn’t want to pick up and move to London, where Disney and Lucasfilmhad agreed to make the movie. Abrams wanted to shoot it at home, in Los Angeles, California, and said as much in public. Whether or not he was ever considering leaving the project over this gripe, we’ll never know....

Box Office: Biggest Martin Luther King Weekend Ever Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Sony) and the Sean Combs'-produced hip hop biopic Notorious (Fox Searchlight) lead a strong-performing quartet of wide releases as Hollywood seems headed for the biggest 4-day Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend in history. I am projecting that the top twelve movies will gross an estimated $209M, 30% better than the previous record best, which was set last year....

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ May Open Early In 35mm And 70mm Christopher Nolanloves shooting on film and having his movies projected on film and according to the latest round of internet buzz, he’s looking to give those that share that enthusiasm a chance to seeDunkirka few days early.Indie Revolverreports that Nolan’s World War II epic, which is slated to open onJuly 21, 2017, is currently eyeing aJuly 19, 2017release for theaters equipped to project films in 35mm and 70mm....

Director Offers Theaters His Documentary ‘The Rep’ Free Of Charge Here’s a unique and bold take on the theatrical distribution model. DirectorMorgan Whiteis offering up copies of his documentaryThe Repto any theater willing to play it, free of charge. They keep 100% of the profits. The film is about a fading niche of theaters that show only older, classic films. Youcan see a trailer hereandread more here, as well as below....

Emma Stone Is Now Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Actress From Jonah Hill’s teen dream to Academy Award-winning songstress, 2017 was the yearEmma Stonehit it big. And what could top winning the most prestigious award in Hollywood for her role in the crowd-pleasingLa La Land?A big fat paycheck, of course. Stone has been named the highest paid actress in Hollywood by Forbes magazine in their annual Tinseltown salary ranking list. This means that Stone has dethronedJennifer Lawrence, who held the highest-paid actress title for the past two years....

Even ‘Contagion’ Couldn’t Prepare Steven Soderbergh For How “Deeply Irrational” Everyone Is Acting During The Pandemic DirectingContagionmay have preparedSteven Soderberghfor a pandemic, but not for the deeply stupid human behavior that people have had in response to a pandemic. The filmmaker’s acclaimed 2011 thriller was ahead of the curve — showing the breakdown of society and difficulties of curbing the spread of a deadly virus long before coronavirus (COVID-19) even existed....

Exclusive ‘Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil’ Clip: How The VFX Team Augment Practically Built Sets Maleficent: Mistress of Evilis one of the most visually dazzling films that Disney has put out this year, expanding on the lush fairy-tale visuals of the 2014Maleficentto show us a richAvatar-like underworld. It’s a world that you would expect to be completely created by the VFX team, but a newMaleficent Mistress of Evilclip that /Film is debuting ahead of the film’s digital and Blu-ray release proves that not to be the case....

Exclusive: Phil Lord And Chris Miller Will Only Produce ‘23 Jump Street’ The prospect ofPhil LordandChris Millerwriting the Flash and animated Spider-Man movies, and directing Han Solo’sStar Wars Anthologyfilm, is very exciting. We’d suspected that these commitments would prohibit them from directing the third entry in theJump Streetfranchise that, against all expectations, they helped turn into a blockbuster series. They’d already decided to produceLego Moviesequels and spinoffs for other directors while concentrating on other big-screen projects and TV series likeThe Last Man on Earth....

Factory Girl Movie Review Factory Girl could have been Lindsay Lohan’s E! True Hollywood Story. It could have made a watch-able television documentary. But instead it’s a pointless independent film with nothing to say. Starring:Guy Pearce, Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy Fallon, Meredith OstromDirected by:George HickenlooperRunning Time:87 minutesGenres:Drama and BiopicMPAA Rating:R for pervasive drug use, strong sexual content, nudity and language.Distributors:The Weinstein Company, MGM Director George Hickenlooper is clearly in love with Warhol, and for the most part treats him like a God....