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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande To Star In Wicked
After years of development hell, Wicked is finally beginning to take shape. With the announcement earlier this year that Jon M. Chu will be directing the film, the two leads have officially been revealed. The Hollywood Reporter […]
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Law & Order Revived At NBC
Dick Wolf’s Law & Order franchise has become television juggernaut throughout its history. The franchise has aired over 1000 episodes spread across the original series and its various spinoffs. While Law & Order: Special Victims Unit […]
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Christopher Nolan’s Demands For His Deal At Universal
Christopher Nolan made news last week when it was announced that his new film about the atom bomb would be landing at Universal Pictures, ending a two decade run with Warner Bros. While the deal is […]
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Christopher Nolan Chooses Universal Pictures For His Film About J. Robert Oppenheimer
Just this past weekend during our recording of the Reel Chronicles podcast, my colleague and I were discussing the studio possibilities for Christopher Nolan’s next film and I felt Universal Pictures would be the most […]
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Paul Rudd Was Asked To Come Back As Tommy Doyle In Halloween Kills
We are only a few months away from the release of David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills and as the anticipation continues to grow for the film, a bit of casting news has hit the interwebs. As many […]
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Jamie Lee Curtis Thinks She’s Done Playing Laurie Strode After Halloween Ends
For 17 years, it looked as though 1981’s Halloween II would be the last time Jamie Lee Curtis would ever play Halloween heroine Laurie Strode, but then she came back for Halloween H20 in 1998. Following 2002’s Halloween: Resurrection, […]
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Universal Received A ‘Firm No’ For A Potential Jaws Reboot
As the dog days of summer have arrived, the summer blockbuster season is hitting full throttle. None of that would be possible without the release of 1975’s immortal classic, Jaws. The film is considered one of Steven […]
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Carey Mulligan And Zoe Kazan To Portray The New York Times Reporters Who Broke The Harvey Weinstein Sex Scandal Story In She Said
Nearly four years after New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor broke the bombshell Harvey Weinstein sex scandal report, Hollywood is ready to tell the story of how these two reporters persevered to break this game-changing story. As […]
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Cher Biopic In The Works At Universal Pictures
Cher’s 75th birthday has arrived, & in celebration, she shared the news many fans have been longing for quite a while, a biopic. Deadline first reported that Cher tweeted out that on the eve of celebrating […]
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Edgar Wright’s Sparks Brothers Documentary Picked Up At Focus Features
One of the critical darlings of this year’s Sundance Film Festival has found a home! As reported by Variety, Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers. The Edgar Wright-directed […]
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Jennifer Lopez’s Marry Me Delays Release To February 2022
The release date calendar shift continues as Universal’s romantic-comedy Marry Me, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson is changing its release yet again due to ongoing theater closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, the […]
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Jon M. Chu To Direct Wicked
Wicked has been a musical adaptation in the works for quite some time and at long last, it looks as though there is traction for the film. Jon M. Chu who recently left Disney+’s new […]
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Universal & Cinemark Land Deal To Shorten Theatrical Window
It’s been mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shift in the way studios are releasing their films. While many have shifted their release dates, some studios have used a PVOD release model with […]
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Dwayne Johnson Looking To Relaunch The Scorpion King Franchise
The late 90’s Mummy franchise was quite the delight as Universal rebooted the franchise and spawned 2 sequels and a spin-off film, The Scorpion King. At the time, newcomers to Hollywood Dwayne Johnson took the mantle of the […]
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The Fast and the Furious Franchise To Conclude With Final Two Films
The end has finally arrived for one of the most profitable franchises of this generation. As first reported by Deadline, Universal Pictures is planning to conclude the main Fast and the Furious franchise with two more […]
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Universal To Remake Nicole Kidman’s The Others
While iconic horror franchises have made the rounds of the remake, the latest remake attempt is quite surprising. As first reported by Deadline, Universal Pictures and Sentient Entertainment have partnered to produce a remake of […]
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Jurassic World: Dominion Delayed Until 2022
Another day, another release date change. This time around, Jurassic World: Dominion has shifted its release date to Summer 2022; June 10, 2022, to be exact. The new release date is featured on the film’s new poster. […]
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AMC & Universal Agree to Shrink Theatrical Window To 17 Days
It was only a matter of time! For quite some time, Universal has pushed for years to shorten the window, and in March, AMC CEO Adam Aron stated that his company was going to boycott […]
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Gael Garcia Bernal Joins M. Night Shyamalan “Secret” Thriller at Universal
M. Night Shyamalan’s “secret” thriller continues to add to its star-studded cast. Gael Garcia Bernal is the latest star to join M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller for Universal. Shyamalan will write, produce and direct the […]
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AMC Theaters Bans Universal Pictures Film Showings
After the successful release of Trolls: World Tour on VOD this past month, Universal announced on Tuesday that it would begin releasing first-run movies on demand as well as in theaters. That choice did not work for […]
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Universal Announces Change to Nobody in its Release Calendar
Universal has announced more changes to its release calendar. It’s decided to delay the theatrical release of Bob Odenkirk’ Nobody from Aug. 14, 2020, to Feb. 26, 2021. The new date for the film was […]
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Night of the Hunter Remake in the Works at Universal
Charles Laughton’s iconic Night of the Hunter is getting a remade at Universal Pictures. The report which originated from Variety, confirms that screenwriter Matt Orton will be writing the script, and is set to be […]
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NBCUniversal Will Make Theatrically Released Films Immediately Available Online
In one of the most unpredictable times in many of our lifetimes, the coronavirus has affected the film industry as theaters have closed across the country. To combat theater closures, NBCUniversal announced its popular movies […]
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Most Movie Ads Sitting Out Super Bowl LIV Commercial Spots As Prices Soar
For the second year in a row, there will a decline in movie teasers during Super Bowl. Over the past few years, Hollywood studios are migrating to the pregame and postgame shows, where an ad […]
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Jurassic World 3 Working Title Revealed
The third film in the Jurassic World saga is heading into production very soon with Production Weekly confirming that the film’s working title is Arcadia. While this likely doesn’t reflect anything about the events of […]
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Ryan Reynold’s Detective Pikachu To Be Released in 2019
The 2019 Summer Blockbuster season has another entry! Universal Studios has confirmed that May 10, 2019, will be the release date for the upcoming film, Detective Pikachu, the live action Pokemon film starring Ryan Reynolds, […]
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Coming Soon: Jurassic World 2 (Teaser Trailer)
While the full trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will be released this coming Thursday, teasers of the upcoming trailer continue to be released. On Sunday, Universal Pictures revealed the first teaser for the sequel from […]
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Universal’s Dark Universe Seems Dead on Arrival
Despite the high optimism Universal Studios had in rebooting its classic movie monster franchise for the new age, it appears that their “dark universe” is dead at least for now. The first sign of trouble […]
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The Mummy Set To Lose $95 Million For Universal
The final nail in this installment of The Mummy has been placed. According to deadline, Universal’s Tom Cruise film and first installment in the Dark Universe stands to lose an estimated $95M off of a final estimated global […]
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Jordan Peele’s Next Film Lands Spring 2019 Release Date
Jordan Peele’s next film has a release date. Universal Pictures, where Peele has signed a new two-year deal following the massive success of Get Out, has announced the release date for his next film. Peele is […]
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David Ayer In Talks To Direct Scarface Remake
Suicide Squad director David Ayer may be set to tackle one of the biggest cult classics in film, Scarface. Ayer is in talks to direct the reimagining with Diego Luna, (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) attached to […]
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The Mummy Tracking for A $40 Million-Plus U.S. Debut
While the 1999 edition of The Mummy was a financial success in its opening week earning 43 million domestically, one would think that a Tom Cruise-driven version of the franchise would rake in much more than that. […]
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Madonna Biopic Blonde Ambition Picked Up By Universal
Universal has picked up the Madonna biopic Blonde Ambition.The story for the film will be set in early 1980s New York as Madonna Louise Ciccone works on her first album. Blonde Ambition is the debut script for […]
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Kevin Hart to Star in Universal’s Night School
Kevin Hart has signed on to star in the upcoming Universal film, Night School. Hart will also produce the film through his Hartbeat Productions company along with Will Packer Productions. The script for the upcoming film […]
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Coming Soon: The Mummy (Trailer 2)
The first trailer for The Mummy showed us a more mature serious film than its original Universal predecessor. We now have a second trailer for the upcoming horror thriller and it really plays up the film’s […]
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Jurassic World 2 To Be A Fun Follow-Up
While Jurassic World made plenty of money, the reviews were split on the 2015 hit. Director of the sequel, J.A. Bayona said in a recent interview with The Playlist that he hopes to make a […]
Javier Bardem as #Frankenstein in Universal’s New Monster Universe
In the spirit of franchises creating their own cinematic universe, Universal is set to relaunch their popular monster movies, by creating a new monster universe. The latest news is that Javier Bardem is in negotiations […]