‘Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light’ Set for April 25th Hulu Premiere!!

For fans of a classic noir flick, the team behind Nightmare Alley is here to treat you. Though we’ve known about the black and white version of the film for quite some time, we finally have a Hulu release date of April 25. Just like the colorized version, Hulu subscribers will be treated to the Oscar nominated feature for free, from the comfort of their … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light’ Set for April 25th Hulu Premiere!!

‘Death On The Nile’ Drowns Competition With a Quiet $12.8M at the BO!!

Two major studios this weekend took a bold swing and decided to go after the challenged older female demo over Valentine’s Day weekend in a continued pandemic. While the results were in line with projections, they wouldn’t be anything to brag about in a pre-pandemic marketplace. There’s also an argument that the Super Bowl today slows Sunday business. However, both these titles were aimed at … Continue reading ‘Death On The Nile’ Drowns Competition With a Quiet $12.8M at the BO!!

Oscar Nominations 2022′ Revealed!!! Check Out the Full List!!

In another sign that things are starting to get back to normal, or at least settle into a new normal, the Oscar nominations are here! The 94th Academy Awards will hopefully look a bit different than last year’s ceremony. But one thing is for sure, the nominees will get us talking for the next few weeks as we theorize about who will win the big … Continue reading Oscar Nominations 2022′ Revealed!!! Check Out the Full List!!

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Stays on Top with $11 Million at the BO!!

Despite movie theaters in the Northeast being closed due to Winter Storm Kenan, Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is coming in above the studio’s estimates yesterday morning with $11M in its seventh weekend. How is that? Essentially, the Jon Watts directed MCU title is seeing 24% of its business from the West with 23% from the Southeast and 15% from South Central outside the snow zone. Interestingly … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Stays on Top with $11 Million at the BO!!

Nightmare Alley (2021) Review!!!

Synopsis – An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is. My Take – Like myself, fans of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro always anxiously await the arrival of his new project, after all the Mexican director is one of few filmmakers who is able to move … Continue reading Nightmare Alley (2021) Review!!!

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Continues to Break Records While ‘The 355’ Flops at the BO!!

Despite Omicron sending many back to the comfort of their households for January, people are still going to the movies. Specifically, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is snatching a fourth weekend of $33M at 4,012 locations, a -41% ease from weekend 3. Proof that Spidey is immune to Omicron: He’s coming in higher than the $30M everyone was expecting yesterday. His fourth session take here … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Continues to Break Records While ‘The 355’ Flops at the BO!!

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Becomes 10th Highest-Grosser of All Time at the Domestic BO!!

Comscore has estimated the 2021 domestic box office at $4.55B, which is +100% from last year’s $2.28 billion and off 60% from 2019’s $11.4 billion. While it would be impossible to think we’d come raging back to 2019 norms, it is arguable that the domestic box office recovery isn’t as robust as many expected. No 1 Exhibitor Boss Adam Aron of AMC forecasted 2021 ending … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Becomes 10th Highest-Grosser of All Time at the Domestic BO!!

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Continues Domination While ‘Matrix 4’ Struggles at the BO!!

For all the headlines about Omicron, in many ways the Christmas box office isn’t unlike others pre-pandemic, where one film is driving the majority of business. With the 3-day for all films estimated to ring up around $154M, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is driving 53% of that figure. It has a 3-day of $81.5M, with only one other event film expected in the long run, … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Continues Domination While ‘Matrix 4’ Struggles at the BO!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro to Release a Black-And-White Version!!

Director Guillermo del Toro is bringing audiences back to the age of classic films with a special re-release of his newest film, Nightmare Alley. Announced by Searchlight Pictures, the alternate version of the film will be presented in black-and-white, mimicking the tone of horror and film noir classics, and will be released under the title Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light, with a limited … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro to Release a Black-And-White Version!!

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Stomps With Mighty $253 Million Opening at the BO!!

It’s a number befitting of such an epic adventure of multiversal proportions: Spider-Man: No Way Home, the hotly-anticipated latest installment of Tom Holland‘s Spidey adventures, has debuted to an awe-inspiring $253 million, from 4,336 theaters across North America. That figures blows any other domestic open during the pandemic out of the water, the erstwhile greatest hit being Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which scored a … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Stomps With Mighty $253 Million Opening at the BO!!

‘Nightmare Alley’ Trailer Reveals Guillermo del Toro’s Star Studded Noir!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is. Directed – Guillermo del Toro Starring – Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Bradley Cooper Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’ Trailer Reveals Guillermo del Toro’s Star Studded Noir!! Check It Out!!

‘Nightmare Alley’ Gets New Character Posters!! Check It Out!!

As we stroll closer to the premiere date for Guillermo del Toro’s (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water) Nightmare Alley, we are being treated with some new character posters. The Academy-Award-winning director isn’t the only star powering this film, as a star-studded ensemble cast joins in to tie this film together. The lineup includes: Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born, American Sniper), Cate Blanchett (Ocean’s … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’ Gets New Character Posters!! Check It Out!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: First Trailer Teases Guillermo del Toro’s Star Studded Noir!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is. Directed – Guillermo del Toro Starring – Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Bradley Cooper Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: First Trailer Teases Guillermo del Toro’s Star Studded Noir!! Check It Out!!

‘Nightmare Alley’ Gets a First Poster!! Check It Out!!

Searchlight Pictures released the first Nightmare Alley teaser poster, reminding fans that the movie is getting released exclusively in theaters this December. The poster was shared by co-writer and director Guillermo del Toro, who says more art pieces are yet to be released. The poster features Bradley Cooper as the manipulative Stan Carlisle, a carny con-man who’ll get in a dangerous relationship with a psychiatrist … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’ Gets a First Poster!! Check It Out!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: First Images Tease Guillermo del Toro’s Star Studded Noir!! Check It Out!!

Guillermo del Toro‘s next movie is titled Nightmare Alley, and Searchlight Pictures will be releasing the hotly anticipated film only in theaters on December 17, 2021. Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn star in Nightmare Alley. Vanity Fair provides us with several first look images from Nightmare Alley this week, while making it clear that the film … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: First Images Tease Guillermo del Toro’s Star Studded Noir!! Check It Out!!

‘Bob’s Burgers’ Movie Set for May 27th 2022 Release; ‘Nightmare Alley’ Pushed to Dec 17th!!

On the heels of a successful opening weekend for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Walt Disney Company committed its remaining 2021 film releases to exclusive theatrical releases. In addition to this news, Disney also revealed an ambitious slate of mostly untitled films which fans can expect from their favorite Disney IPs all the way into 2024. Marvel fans will be excited … Continue reading ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Movie Set for May 27th 2022 Release; ‘Nightmare Alley’ Pushed to Dec 17th!!

‘Antlers,’ ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Others Set for New Release Dates!!

While the 2021 release calendar is very much up in the air, with big movies still shifting endlessly amongst the uncertainty of the still-very-terrible pandemic, Searchlight today announced the theatrical release dates of several high profile and hugely eagerly titles. Whether or not they’ll make these dates is anybody’s guess, but for now, this is what we’ve got. First up, on July 16, The Night … Continue reading ‘Antlers,’ ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Others Set for New Release Dates!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro’s Next Completes Filming; Gets a Release Date!!

If not for COVID, we probably would have gotten Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Nightmare Alley this year. The film started production back in January, but had to shut down because of the pandemic, and while it restarted, it didn’t complete filming until this week. Del Toro took to Twitter to announce the completion of principal photography as well as reveal that the movie is … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro’s Next Completes Filming; Gets a Release Date!!

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next to Star Bradley Cooper!!

Bradley Cooper is in talks to star in Paul Thomas Anderson‘s next movie, which recently moved from Focus Features to MGM, which has become rejuvenated under the leadership of Michael De Luca. The untitled coming-of-age drama finds Anderson returning to the San Fernando Valley of the 1970s — the same setting as the first half of Boogie Nights. The director’s next two films, Magnolia and … Continue reading Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next to Star Bradley Cooper!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro Looks to Restart Production in Fall!!

Unlike a few other productions who risked it all to get its shots in during the COVID pandemic, Guillermo del Toro reportedly shut down the set of Nightmare Alley basically the second the news broke. In a recent interview with IndieWire, the Shape of Water filmmaker described how quickly production shut down on his A-list carnival-set drama. “We stopped the shoot a week before [the … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro Looks to Restart Production in Fall!!

Disney Halts Production on ‘Little Mermaid’, and Other Films!!

We suppose this was inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any less unfortunate. It appears that Hollywood is beginning to shut down over concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus. Disney announced today that it is halting production on a number of films, including those under its 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures banners. The live-action The Little Mermaid remake was due to begin filming in London … Continue reading Disney Halts Production on ‘Little Mermaid’, and Other Films!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro’s Next Gets Official Synopsis and Character Descriptions!!

Guillermo del Toro started his trek down Nightmare Alley last week, and now Searchlight Pictures is making things official with a new synopsis and character descriptions for the film’s genuinely stacked cast, headlined by Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett. The film, which Del Toro co-wrote with Kim Morgan, is based on the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham. Here’s the new official synopsis: In NIGHTMARE … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro’s Next Gets Official Synopsis and Character Descriptions!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Filming Has Begun on Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

Production is now officially underway on filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated next project. The Pan’s Labyrinth director took his time in choosing his follow-up film, as he most recently won the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director for his wonderful 2017 outsider love story The Shape of Water. He settled on Nightmare Alley, which is an adaptation of the William Lindsay Gresham novel … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Filming Has Begun on Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Biopic Is Being Backed By Netflix, Spielberg and Scorsese!!

Back in May 2018, we reported that dueling Leonard Bernstein biopics were in the works. One was from Bradley Cooper with Steven Spielberg producing and the other was from Cary Fukunaga with Jake Gyllenhaal set to star as the famous composer. Now it looks like the Cooper project has clearly won out with Deadline reporting that Netflix will back the film and Cooper holding the … Continue reading Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Biopic Is Being Backed By Netflix, Spielberg and Scorsese!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Willem Dafoe Reveals When Filming Begins on Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

Guillermo del Toro had a very good 2017 having finally received Oscars for his acclaimed drama The Shape of Water. Since then, we’ve been wondering what would be his follow and he answered us earlier this year by moving forward on a new adaptation of Nightmare Alley. Based on the book by William Lindsay Gresham, the story “is set in a world of carnival hustlers … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Willem Dafoe Reveals When Filming Begins on Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: David Strathairn Joins Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

THR is reporting that David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck, The Expanse) has become the latest addition to the cast of Nightmare Alley, the next film from Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro. The noir-thriller is an adaptation of William Lindsay’s 1946 novel, and follows a corrupt con-man who teams female psychiatrist to swindle people with a mentalist ac as part of a traveling carnival. … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: David Strathairn Joins Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Rooney Mara Joins Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

Deadline has revealed that Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mary Magdalene) has become the latest addition to the cast of Guillermo del Toro’s next directorial effort Nightmare Alley. The film will reunite Mara with her Carol co-star Cate Blanchett and also stars Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born). Cooper plays Stan, a corrupt con-man who teams with Blanchett’s female psychiatrist to con … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Rooney Mara Joins Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

Guillermo del Toro to Produce a Werewolf-Western!!

Guillermo del Toro seems to be one of the busiest filmmakers in the industry right now. He is currently writing four projects, producing five films and a TV series, and directing three different projects including a remake of 1947’s Nightmare Alley starring Bradley Cooper and a stop-motion version of Pinocchio. Now, according to filmmaker Issa Lopez (via Entertainment Weekly), she is directing a werewolf-western alongside … Continue reading Guillermo del Toro to Produce a Werewolf-Western!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro Lines Up Star-Studded Cast for his Next!!

As you might imagine, Guillermo del Toro‘s new adaptation of Nightmare Alley, which is set to star Bradley Cooper, is one of the hottest projects in Hollywood right now. The film will be del Toro’s follow-up to The Shape of Water, which won Best Picture, and it will be Cooper’s first starring role since his Oscar-nominated turn in A Star is Born. So it should come … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro Lines Up Star-Studded Cast for his Next!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Bradley Cooper In Talks To Lead Director Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!!

Back in April, we reported that Leonardo DiCaprio was in talks to lead Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Nightmare Alley. Previously adapted in 1947, the William Lindsay Gresham novel revolves around “an ambitious young con-man who teams up with a female psychiatrist who is even more corrupt than he is. At first, they enjoy success fleecing people with their mentalist act, but then she turns … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Bradley Cooper In Talks To Lead Director Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!!

‘Nightmare Alley’: Leonardo DiCaprio in Talks to Lead Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

Talk about a match made in heaven: Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio is in line to lead the next film from Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro. The Shape of Water filmmaker took 2018 off after scoring Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture with his fantastical love story, and it appears he’s now settled on Nightmare Alley as his next project. Variety reports that DiCaprio, fresh … Continue reading ‘Nightmare Alley’: Leonardo DiCaprio in Talks to Lead Guillermo del Toro’s Next!!

Guillermo del Toro Set to Direct ‘Nightmare Alley’ Remake; Will Produce Scott Cooper’s ‘Antlers’!!!

Guillermo del Toro is having a pretty good finish to 2017 so far. His latest film, The Shape of Water, has met with critical acclaim and figures to be a serious contender this awards season, and he’s not rushing into another project. However, he still plans to keep busy as Variety reports there are two more projects on the filmmaker’s horizon. First up, he’s set … Continue reading Guillermo del Toro Set to Direct ‘Nightmare Alley’ Remake; Will Produce Scott Cooper’s ‘Antlers’!!!