The fourth installment of the popular Korean franchise, The Roundup: Punishment, has made a significant impact in its home market with a new all-time opening day presales record. Starring and executive produced by Ma Dong-seok (Don Lee), the crime action film has garnered an impressive 834,000 ticket reservations, representing 95.5% of all sales. This surpasses
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The highly anticipated horror film, Stream, produced by the creative minds behind the successful Terrifier franchise, is gearing up for its theatrical release on August 21 in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Bringing together the majority of the Terrifier 2 crew, including producer Phil Falcone, composer Paul Wiley, and special effects expert Damien Leone, Stream
James Cameron, the acclaimed filmmaker behind blockbusters such as Titanic and Avatar, has thrown his weight behind a new UK film studio project. The proposed £750M ($927M) Marlow Film Studios has the potential to become a base for Cameron’s technology training center, Lightstorm3D. His vision is for the studio to serve as a hub for
The stars of The Blair Witch Project, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael Williams, have come together to share a public proposal to Lionsgate after the studio partnered with Blumhouse for a reboot of the franchise. The trio is requesting retroactive and future residual payments for their roles in the original Blair Witch Project. They
Ania Trzebiatowska, a full-time programmer at Sundance, curated a diverse selection of fiction and non-fiction titles for the third annual Sands International Film Festival in St Andrews, Scotland. The festival, which kicked off on a Friday evening, is a collaborative effort with part-time student programmers from the University of St. Andrews and AGBO, a production
The entertainment industry has been buzzing with news of Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra engaging in discussions with Apollo Global Management regarding a potential acquisition of Paramount. Despite exclusive talks between Skydance/Redbird Capital and Paramount Global’s majority shareholder National Amusements, the Apollo and Sony deal is said to be an all-cash transaction aimed at
Brian Cox recently shared his harsh criticism of Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s upcoming film. Cox did not hold back in expressing his disappointment, labeling Phoenix’s performance as “terrible.” Cox went on to say that he believed he could have played the role much better than Phoenix, emphasizing that the performance
Zendaya, not only a star in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers but also a producer in the film, had nothing but praise for the renowned director. At the LA premiere, she gushed about Guadagnino’s brilliance and his deep understanding of characters on another level, which was apparent from the very beginning. Zendaya mentioned how special it was
Film Independent recently announced the screenwriters selected for the 26th edition of its Screenwriting Lab. The chosen screenwriters are Omer Ben Shachar, Mary Dauterman, MG Evangelista, Naomi Iwamoto, Thomas Kivney, Juan Paulo Laserna, and Jhanvi Motla. These individuals will participate in an intensive program aimed at providing personalized story and career development for screenwriters with
The 2024 Writers Guild Awards took place in Los Angeles and New York, celebrating the best in film and television writing. Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers and Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction were among the big winners of the night, scoring awards for Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay, respectively. The awards ceremony also recognized other outstanding works