Walt Disney Studios is expected to cross the $6 billion mark at the 2017 worldwide box office on Friday, with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” providing the final push to reach the mil…
The Writers Guild of America East has selected Hamilton Nolan as the recipient of the Richard B. Jablow Award for Devoted Service to the Guild. The honor will be presented at the 70th annual…
Warner Bros. has moved back “A Star Is Born,” starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, back nearly five months from May 18 to Oct. 5. Cooper is also helming the film, which will ma…
Paramount Pictures has moved the third SpongeBob SquarePants movie back a year from Aug. 1, 2019, to July 31, 2020. The animated project, now called “The SpongeBob Movie,” had be…
The Writers Guild of America West has issued a blistering attack on Disney’s proposed $52.4 billion, all-stock deal to acquire 20th Century Fox and other entertainment and sports asset…
The ritual of Star Wars fans lining up at the TCL Chinese Theatre well before the first showing of the movie has started in earnest. About 50 fans were in line Friday afternoon at the back o…
A week before the opening of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” the TCL Chinese Theatre unveiled a revamped auditorium that will help immerse audience members in a galaxy far, far away.…
Disney has offered Rob Marshall the job of directing its live-action version of “The Little Mermaid.” The studio tapped Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken last year to write the …
“Thor: Ragnarok” has pushed Disney past the $5 billion mark at the 2017 worldwide box office for the third year in a row. Disney said Thursday that it’s become the first an…
Sony has released a new trailer for its thriller “All the Money in the World” with Christopher Plummer having replaced Kevin Spacey in the key role of J. Paul Getty. The new foot…
James Cameron’s “Titanic” has been set for a 20th anniversary re-release in the Dolby Vision technology in 87 AMC theaters for a week, starting on Dec. 1. Dolby Laboratorie…
Disney-Pixar’s animated family comedy “Coco” has set a box office record in Mexico, becoming the top film as measured in local currency. “Coco,” which premiered…
“Wonder” writer-director Stephen Chbosky has signed on to pen and possibly helm Disney’s live-action movie “Charming,” a re-telling of the Prince Charming folk …
MGM has set an Aug. 10 release date for the untitled Anne Hathaway-Rebel Wilson scam artist comedy. The project, which has been known as “Nasty Women,” is a remake of the 1988 co…
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will co-host the Spirit Awards for the second year in a row. The ceremony, which takes place in a tent on Santa Monica Beach, will be broadcast live on IFC. Th…
AFI Fest has selected Jessica Chastain’s “Molly’s Game” to replace Kevin Spacey’s “All the Money in the World” as the closing film for the festival …
Following a growing backlash, the Walt Disney Co. has ended its ban on the Los Angeles Times from press screenings of its movies. “We've had productive discussions with the newly in…
Four critics groups have blasted the Walt Disney Co.’s media blackout of the Los Angeles Times and pledged to disqualify Disney’s films from awards consideration until the blacko…
Citing lousy box office performance, AMC Entertainment Holdings has reported a third-quarter loss of $42.7 million, compared with earnings of $30.4 million for the 2016 quarter. AMC made the…
Lily Collins will star opposite Zac Efron as the former girlfriend of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy in the thriller “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.” Voltage is h…
In today’s film news roundup, Disney Channel star Mollee Gray lands the lead in “A Night to Regret,” Sentient Entertainment signs an output deal with Italia Film, and Bleec…
Harvey Weinstein has been removed by Disney as a producer on the movie “Artemis Fowl” in the latest fallout from the scandal surrounding the mogul. “We have terminated his …
Walt Disney Animation Studios has dropped development of “Gigantic,” its adaptation of the classic fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk.” “Sometimes, no matter how …
Denzel Washington is an even-keeled, no-nonsense criminal defense attorney in the trailer for Sony’s legal thriller “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” “Sorry for taking a nano-s…
SAG-AFTRA is honoring the television series “This Is Us,” the “Hamilton” cast album, and KPBS San Diego with its American Scene Award. The awards will be presented on…