The hosts won’t be the only people missing from this year’s Oscars broadcast on Sunday — female directors and many actors of color were shut out of the 2020 nominations. The nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced last month, and to the surprise and dismay of many moviegoers,Read More →
Now everyone can be in the room where it happened. Disney DIS, +1.52% has scored the worldwide distribution rights to the film of the original staged production of “Hamilton” on Broadway, and the footage of the original cast performing the Tony-winning musical will be hitting theaters on Oct. 15, 2021.Read More →
Film fodder for Netflix-and-chill NFLX, +1.02% nights has grown sparser, a new analysis suggests. Netflix’s U.S. movie offerings have dwindled by around 40% over the past five years, according to a report by the streaming news and reviews company Streaming Observer. The streaming company’s catalog held 3,849 titles asRead More →
Safe to say, Barack Obama is a fan of Netflix Inc. The former president shared his favorite movies and TV shows of 2019 on Sunday, with four Netflix NFLX, -1.76% original movies — including one he and his wife co-produced — and a Netflix series among them. “This year’sRead More →
Disney really iced out the box office competition this year. Now that “Frozen 2” has earned $1.032 billion worldwide, the House of Mouse’s global box office total has cross the $10 billion mark, making it the first movie studio to ever do that in a single year. That breaks itsRead More →
“Joker” wasn’t supposed to be a blockbuster — even the executives at its own studio reportedly weren’t betting on a big win. Yet the unique, darkly violent movie is killing it a the box office. While the DC Comics film scored plenty of rave reviews ahead of its Oct. 4Read More →
“That’s the nature of modern film franchises: market-researched, audience-tested, vetted, modified, revetted and remodified until they’re ready for consumption.” That’s famed director Martin Scorsese, who penned a New York Times op-ed on Monday to explain his previous comments knocking Marvel’s superhero moves as “not cinema.” Those comments, which came inRead More →
The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t losing its friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, after all. Just when you thought that Sony SNE, -0.96% and Disney DIS, -1.17% wouldn’t be able to renegotiate a deal to keep the Sony-owned webslinger from appearing in Disney’s MCU films like “Avengers: Endgame,” the two companies revealedRead More →
The Emmy Award-winning creators of “Game of Thrones” have landed at Netflix Inc. in a deal reportedly worth $200 million to $300 million to create and develop series and movies exclusively for the streaming giant. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss chose Netflix NFLX, -2.21% after being courted by a handfulRead More →
The only thing tougher than defeating Thanos may be sitting through “Avengers: Endgame” without needing to use the bathroom. Disney’s DIS, +1.95% long-anticipated superhero blockbuster, which officially opened Friday (after breaking records a day earlier), is the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s longest movie yet, clocking in at a walloping three hoursRead More →
The end of “Game of Thrones” is coming. ‘I know death. It’s got many faces. I look forward to seeing this one.’ Arya Stark Spoiler alert for those who either haven’t caught up to season eight of “Thrones,” or those who want to go into the final episodes cold: HBORead More →
