‘Grave Hill’: CJ Entertainment Hire Deon Taylor to Direct Horror Remake!!

South Korea’s CJ Entertainment, best known as the studio behind Bong Joon-ho‘s Oscar winner Parasite, has signed Deon Taylor (The Intruder, Black and Blue, Traffik) to direct the upcoming gothic thriller Grave Hill, the company’s English-language remake of the hit Vietnamese horror film The Housemaid. The original version of The Housemaid, written and directed by Derek Nguyen, was released in 2016 and became a Vietnamese … Continue reading ‘Grave Hill’: CJ Entertainment Hire Deon Taylor to Direct Horror Remake!!

‘Free Agents’: Lionsgate Acquires Football-Themed Crime Drama!!

Lionsgate has preemptively acquired Free Agents, a football-themed crime drama from The Intruder director Deon Taylor, the studio announced Friday morning. Taylor and Joe Bockol wrote the script, which finds a group of professional football players turning to crime to get back at the owners who are exploiting and under paying them. Lionsgate envisions a high-octane film in the vein of Heat and The Town, though … Continue reading ‘Free Agents’: Lionsgate Acquires Football-Themed Crime Drama!!

‘Aladdin’ Flies to $86 Million, While ‘Brightburn’ and ‘Booksmart’ Struggle at the BO!!!

Disney‘s Aladdin topped the weekend with an impressive debut, delivering over $85 million for the three-day and is expected to top $100 million for the four-day, Memorial Day holiday weekend. Meanwhile, fellow newcomers Brightburn and Booksmart finished more in line with studio expectations than Mojo‘s aggressive pre-weekend forecast and Avengers: Endgame will become only the second film ever to top $800 million at the domestic … Continue reading ‘Aladdin’ Flies to $86 Million, While ‘Brightburn’ and ‘Booksmart’ Struggle at the BO!!!

‘John Wick 3’ Takes Down ‘Avengers: Endgame’ With $57 Million Opening at the BO!!

This weekend was a big one at the box office for Lionsgate, as “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” earned $57 million from 3,850 screens — nearly doubling the $30 million opening of “John Wick: Chapter 2” in 2017, and giving the studio its biggest opening weekend since the “Hunger Games” series ended in November 2015. At a time when many studios are acquiring recognizable … Continue reading ‘John Wick 3’ Takes Down ‘Avengers: Endgame’ With $57 Million Opening at the BO!!

‘Detective Pikachu’ Delivers Record Opening as ‘Endgame’ Tops $700M at the BO!!

Disney‘s Avengers: Endgame dipped a little more than expected for the three-day, but it was still able to capture the weekend’s top spot, holding off a record start for a video game adaptation from WB‘s Pokemon: Detective Pikachu. Meanwhile, UA Releasing‘s The Hustle lived up to expectations, but STX and eOne‘s Poms and Disney‘s release of the Fox Searchlight drama Tolkien both struggled in their … Continue reading ‘Detective Pikachu’ Delivers Record Opening as ‘Endgame’ Tops $700M at the BO!!

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Tops $2 Billion Globally, While New Releases Open Low at the BO!!

In just twelve days of global release Avengers: Endgame is already the second largest worldwide release of all-time, topping $2 billion globally and delivering over $619 million at the domestic box office. Lost in its wake, the weekend’s three new wide releases were led by the Screen Gems thriller The Intruder while Lionsgate‘s Long Shot and STX‘s animated feature UglyDolls finished the weekend on the … Continue reading ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Tops $2 Billion Globally, While New Releases Open Low at the BO!!

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Moves into the Top 5 of All-Time Worldwide BO!!

The Avengers: Endgame spoiler-ban is officially over, but the box office numbers show few signs of slowing down. The movie, which is the culmination of the MCU’s story so far, has already made a habit of destroying existing box office records; many more are likely to fall. Take, for example, the current list of top-earners from the all-time worldwide box office, which now has a new … Continue reading ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Moves into the Top 5 of All-Time Worldwide BO!!

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Breaks Records with $1.2 Billion Global Opening at the BO!!!

Heading into the weekend it was a foregone conclusion that Avengers: Endgame would deliver the largest opening weekend of all-time, both domestically and globally, but to deliver a three-day domestic gross totaling an estimated $350 million and a global weekend over $1 billion was almost inconceivable. Today that figure has become a reality as Endgame not only delivered an estimated $350 million over the course … Continue reading ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Breaks Records with $1.2 Billion Global Opening at the BO!!!

CinemaCon 2019: New Movie Posters Including ‘Sonic’, ‘Godzilla’ and Others!! Check It Out!!

What happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas… but not when it comes to CinemaCon, which kicks off Monday night with a screening of Neon’s Wild Rose starring Jessie Buckley. With Fox absorbed by Disney, Amazon canceling its luncheon and Sony taking the year off, the schedule is a bit lighter this year, so I had plenty of time to roam the convention … Continue reading CinemaCon 2019: New Movie Posters Including ‘Sonic’, ‘Godzilla’ and Others!! Check It Out!!

‘The Intruder’ Trailer: Dennis Quaid Terrorizes A Young Couple!!! Check It Out!!!

Synopsis – A psychological thriller about a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property. Directed – Deon Taylor Starring – Dennis Quaid, Meagan Good, Joseph Sikora Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Intruder’ Trailer: Dennis Quaid Terrorizes A Young Couple!!! Check It Out!!!