‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Box Office Tracking Suggests A $200 Million Opening Weekend Breaking news: aStar Warsmovie is poised to make a lot of money. Shocking, I know! Snark aside, early projections forStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerhave director J.J. Abrams' saga-concluding chapter making between $175 and $200 million during its opening weekend. That’s a number that most studio executives would sacrifice a child or three to have happen on their watch, even if it’s just atadlow for a modernStar Warsmovie....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Review Round-Up: Yep, It’s The Third-Best ‘Terminator’ Movie Just a few days after thesocial media embargo liftedonTerminator: Dark Fate, the new sci-fi sequel from directorTim Miller, the full review embargo has now also lifted. In the early reactions, one thing was repeated again and again:Dark Fateis the best movie in this franchise since James Cameron’sTerminator 2: Judgment Day. That’s not exactly a tough accomplishment to achieve, considering its competition....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Ends With The Promise Of “One World, One People” Hello, and welcome to your weekly recap ofThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier. These are meant to be read after watching, so they will go deep intospoilerterritory. You have been warned! Previously On… In “Truth,” John F. Walker (Wyatt Russell) was stripped of his title and authority as Captain America after taking the last vial of Dr....

‘The Gift’ Trailer: Joel Edgerton Is A Generous And Very Creepy Friend Reconnecting with an old friend sounds pretty nice, especially if said friend turns out to be a generous and thoughtful gift-giver. But in the firstThe Gifttrailer, Simon (Jason Bateman) quickly realizes that his new old friend Gordo (Joel Edgerton) has a dark side — and that he could wind up exposing some of Simon’s unsavory secrets, too. Edgerton directed andRebecca Hallalso stars....

‘The Greatest Showman’ Soundtrack Is Getting Reimagined With Kelly Clarkson, Panic! At The Disco & More No matter how you felt about the quality ofThe Greatest Showmanas a film, there’s no denying that the soundtrack is incredible. Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Loren Allred (singing for Rebecca Ferguson) and Kaela Settle belted out the musical tunes of the circus-centric romance, but now the best-selling soundtrack is getting reimagined with some of the world’s top recording artists....

‘The Hateful Eight’ Extended Version Is Now On Netflix…as A Mini-Series? Last month, we got word that the extended version ofThe Hateful Eightwas coming to Netflix. This was a momentous occasion, because this version of the film had only previously been released in a limited theatrical roadshow version. The Netflix release would mark the first time the extended cut of Quentin Tarantino’s violent Western would ever be available in home media form....

‘The Little Mermaid’ Reveals First Look At Halle Bailey As Ariel As Filming Wraps Disney’s live-action remake ofThe Little Mermaidhas been in the works for five years, and singer/actressHalle Baileywascast in the lead roleat the tail end of 2019. (Get it? “Tail” end? She’s playing a mermaid, and mermaids have tails!) We’re now mid-way through 2021 and filming on the movie has finally come to an end, and today Bailey shared the first look at her iteration of the headstrong and adventurous Ariel to mark the occasion....

85th Academy Award Nominations: ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild,’ ‘Lincoln,’ And ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Earn Major Recognition Emma StoneandSeth MacFarlanewoke up at the crack of dawn this morning to announce the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. Academy members nominated nine contenders for Best Picture, withAmour,Argo,Beasts of the Southern Wild,Django Unchained,Les Miserables,Life of Pi,Lincoln,Silver Linings Playbook, andZero Dark Thirtyall in the mix. The choices aren’t totally surprising, but it’s still a strong group of competitors....

A Comprehensive Eddie Murphy Documentary From Oscar Winner Angus Wall Is Deep In Production Right Now Eddie Murphyis one the most influential comedians of all time. Though his feature film output across the past couple decades has left something to be desired — with the exception of turns inDreamgirls,Dolemite is My Name, and the surprisingly decentComing 2 America— he was a comedic force of nature in the 1980s and even into most of the 1990s....

Alamo Drafthouse Takes Fantastic Fest 2013 On Tour The Alamo Drafthouse have announced they will be taking Austin’s Fantastic Fest on tour, showing movies from the festival at all Alamo Drafthouse markets over three weekends in November. Films includeBig Bad Wolves, Borgman, Cheap Thrills, Confession of Murder, The Congress, Grand Piano, Journey to the West: Conquering The Demons, andWhy Don’t You Play In Hell. Tickets are now available on theAlamo website....

AMC And Regal Pact To Acquire And Release Films Is this the first stage of the return of the old studio system? Once upon a time studios didn’t just make films; they also distributed them in their own theaters. There’s a reason some cities still have old Paramount and RKO theaters kicking around. But that system died (and, in part, was killed off by a 1948 Supreme Court consent decree) leaving a fairly distinct separation between studios and exhibitors that has lasted for decades....

Avatar 2 Is Officially Titled Avatar: The Way Of Water, Trailer To Play With Doctor Strange 2 [CinemaCon 2022] No one could have anticipated the monumental success that would follow James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi epic, “Avatar.” No one, that is, other than James Cameron. That film still reigns supreme as thehighest-grossingmovie of all time, and the highly-anticipated series of sequels areon the horizon. Now, “Avatar 2” has been given an official title....

Best Stories Of The Week: Comic-Con, Batman V. Superman, Han Solo Spin-Off And More It’s been quite the long week for us, having just returned fromComic-Conin San Diego. But now that we’re back home, let’s count down theBest Stories of the Week. Below we recap major stories such asPhil Lord & Chris Millerdirecting aHan Solospin-off movie, a bunch of new images fromPaul Feig’s reboot ofGhostbusters,Harry Shearerreturning toThe Simpsons. We also have new trailers forBatman v....