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‘Die Hard’ Returning to Cinemas for Christmas!!

Heads up people, Die Hard is returning to theatres before Christmas, AMC has announced. The action film directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis is an unusual Holiday feature that deserves all the re-runs and rightfully so. Set in the backdrop of Christmas, it follows New York City police detective John McClane (Willis), the feature is full of epic action sequences and a story … Continue reading ‘Die Hard’ Returning to Cinemas for Christmas!!

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‘Die Hard’ and ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Actor Clarence Gilyard Jr. Passes Away!!

Clarence Gilyard Jr., the American actor, university professor, and author—best known for his work on the television shows Walker, Texas Ranger, and Matlock—has died at age 66. The College of Fine Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where Gilyard taught film and theater, confirmed the tragic news via the institution’s news release. Although there are no further details available about the actor’s … Continue reading ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Actor Clarence Gilyard Jr. Passes Away!!

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Features, TV

Disney Plus Star Brand Reveals First Set of Lineup Titles!!

Disney Plus in Europe has revealed the first titles to launch next month on its Star brand, the studio’s new international online home for ‘mature’ content with additional parental controls. Disney says the Star lineup will double the amount of content available to watch on Disney+ overseas, including shows and films from Disney Television Studios, FX, 20th Century Studios and 20th Television. The brand, the … Continue reading Disney Plus Star Brand Reveals First Set of Lineup Titles!!

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Box Office

‘The Croods: A New Age’ Continues Slow Domination at the BO!!

If there’s one weekend at the box office that studios and exhibitors typically have had no thanks for, it’s the post Thanksgiving period, typically the first weekend in December, when business drops by as much as 50%. Last year the Black Friday weekend went from $180.9M led by Frozen 2 to $90.3M during the first frame of December, and let me tell ya somethin’, studios and exhibition … Continue reading ‘The Croods: A New Age’ Continues Slow Domination at the BO!!

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Disney Is Restricting Classic 20th Century Fox Movies From Screenings!!

Disney is pulling several old 20th Century Fox films (including popular classics like Alien, The Princess Bride, and Fight Club) from availability in a move eerily similar to how the company has famously treated its own films for decades. After months of speculation over whether or not Fox films would suddenly become scarce, a new Vulture piece confirms that Disney has begun restricting the films … Continue reading Disney Is Restricting Classic 20th Century Fox Movies From Screenings!!

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Studios May Lose ‘Die Hard,’ ‘Terminator,’ ‘Beetlejuice’ Rights as Authors Cite Copyright Law!!!

Last fall, Victor Miller, who wrote the original screenplay for Friday the 13th, won a lawsuit that gave him the domestic rights to the slasher franchise under an old copyright law that grants authors rights to their original work after a period of 35 years. The case is still being appealed, but it was an important ruling within the Hollywood legal community, which was watching … Continue reading Studios May Lose ‘Die Hard,’ ‘Terminator,’ ‘Beetlejuice’ Rights as Authors Cite Copyright Law!!!

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Disney’s Acquisition of FOX is Now Officially Complete!!!

More than a year after the deal first started coming together, Twenty-First Century Fox has announced that The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of its film and TV assets is now complete and will become effective as of 12:02 AM, Wednesday, March 20th. Disney originally reached an agreement to purchase Fox back in December 2017 for $52.4 billion, only for Comcast to enter the race, pushing the … Continue reading Disney’s Acquisition of FOX is Now Officially Complete!!!

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Action, Thriller, Trailers

‘Die Hard’: New Trailer Finally Gets Christmas Treatment!! Check It Out!!

Fox is finally settling the age-old debate about whether “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie. The studio recently re-cut the classic film’s original trailer to give it a holiday spin. Declaring it “the greatest Christmas story ever told,” Twentieth Century Fox also released a new log line: Facing Christmas 3,000 miles from his estranged wife and two children, New York policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) … Continue reading ‘Die Hard’: New Trailer Finally Gets Christmas Treatment!! Check It Out!!

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Disney And Fox Shareholders Approve $71.3 billion Takeover Deal!!!

Well, it looks like the long-running saga of The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s film and TV entertainment assets is now all but a done deal, with shareholders for both companies voting today to approve a deal which is likely to be concluded in early 2019. The takeover will give Disney control of the 20th Century Fox and FOX movie and television studios … Continue reading Disney And Fox Shareholders Approve $71.3 billion Takeover Deal!!!

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‘Die Hard 6’ Enlists ‘Conjuring’ Writers to Tackle An Unnecessary Origin Story!!!

It’s almost impressive how badly Len Wiseman misses the point of Die Hard. He previously directed Live Free or Die Hard, the PG-13 Die Hard movie that had John McClane launching a car at a helicopter and taking down a fighter jet, and now he wants to do an origin story for Bruce Willis’ iconic cop. For the past couple of years, Wiseman has been … Continue reading ‘Die Hard 6’ Enlists ‘Conjuring’ Writers to Tackle An Unnecessary Origin Story!!!

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Bruce Willis to return in a Die Hard prequel & not a sequel?

He’s been harder, had a vengeance, lived free and endured a not-so-good day as part of the Die Hard series. But could Bruce Willis have at least one more Die Hard sequel in him? Fox certainly hopes so. Deadline is reporting that the studio is “making a deal” with Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman to return to the series and craft a … Continue reading Bruce Willis to return in a Die Hard prequel & not a sequel?

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