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Zack Snyder Breaks Silence With ‘The League United’ Justice League Post
UPDATE: While Snyder rallies fans around “The League United,” DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran dodged a direct Justice League question in Brazil, confirming no Justice League movie is on the announced slate. Zack Snyder went quiet on Instagram for a full week. When he came back, he didn’t post Batman. He didn’t post Superman. He posted the…
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Masters of the Universe Crashing in Second Weekend — Will It Even Hit $100M?
Masters of the Universe is falling apart in its second weekend, and the international numbers are turning a bad situation into a potentially historic one. Per Friday estimates via Deadline, the He-Man reboot is dropping roughly 68% to a projected $9.4 million three-day, sliding all the way to fifth place. Saturday update: Estimates have dropped…
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Disclosure Day Heads For $44M Opening After Expectations Were Lowered
Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is heading for a $42.5 million domestic opening weekend, per Deadline‘s Friday midday update, a number the trade is framing as ahead of expectations. Whether that’s true depends entirely on which expectations you’re measuring against. Saturday Update: Estimates are now saying $44M. The Expectations Game Here’s the timeline. As we covered,…
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Our Zack Snyder DC vs Marvel Movie Rumor Just Went To Another Level
Back in November, we reported that our insiders said discussions had taken place about a Marvel vs. DC project involving Zack Snyder and the Russo Brothers. We called it a long shot at the time, but said the timing lined up. Well, it just lined up a lot more. Update: Hours after this article was…
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‘The Death Of Robin Hood’ Reviews: Critics Agree On Hugh Jackman But Split Hard On The Movie
The Death of Robin Hood reviews are in, and the verdict is more interesting than a simple split: critics can’t agree on the movie, but they almost universally agree on Hugh Jackman. The film currently sits at 64% on Rotten Tomatoes with 22 reviews, meaning it is barely Fresh and far from the across-the-board rave…
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Mad Max 6: Warner Bros. Out, Amazon, Universal & Sony Circling
Warner Bros. has been the home of Mad Max for over four decades, but it looks like the Wasteland is up for grabs. According to Puck‘s Matthew Belloni, George Miller was recently in Hollywood meeting with studios about a new Mad Max movie, with Amazon, Universal, and Sony Pictures all said to be interested. Per…
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Helen Mirren Backs Tom Hardy’s MobLand Return: ‘In A F—ing Heartbeat’
Helen Mirren just made it crystal clear where she stands on Tom Hardy, and at the same time, the trades are now confirming what we’ve been telling you for weeks: MobLand isn’t moving forward without Harry Da Souza. Speaking at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, where she’s receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award, Mirren was…
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Spielberg’s Disclosure Day Starts Out Soft After Teens Warned It Was ‘For Boomers’
UPDATE 6/13: The opening has firmed up at $44M — ahead of Deadline‘s lowered $35M number, but at the low end of the original projections (full breakdown of the expectations game here). And the “for Boomers” warning has now been vindicated: the exit polls confirm the teens were right, with Spielberg’s name alone driving 55%…
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Left-Wing Billionaire Money Bankrolls Push To Block Paramount-Warner Bros. (Report)
Editor’s note: The following is an editorial and contains opinion and analysis. Back in April, I said the campaign against Paramount buying Warner Bros. Discovery did not look like some organic Hollywood labor uprising. It looked political. Now, a new New York Post report is putting names, groups, and donor networks behind that exact point.…
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Zack Snyder Teases A24 Connection As Studio Rides Backrooms To Record-Breaking Heights
Zack Snyder just dropped a photo from inside A24’s offices, and fans are already connecting the dots. Snyder posted the image on Instagram with the caption “Hanging out with my buddies at @a24,” and the timing is impossible to ignore as A24 is coming off the biggest hit in the studio’s history with Backrooms, which…
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Transformers: ‘Rise of the Beasts’ Sequel In The Works Amid Michael Bay Return Rumors
Paramount teased “More Transformers” at CinemaCon back in April without offering a single detail, and now we know at least part of what the studio meant. Jason Fuchs, the co-creator and co-showrunner of HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry, has been tapped to write an untitled Transformers movie for Paramount and Hasbro, according to an exclusive…
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Fantastic Four 2 Hopes Fade As Matt Shakman Books Third Non-Marvel Project
Any lingering hope for a quick Fantastic Four sequel just took another hit, as director Matt Shakman has added a third non-Marvel project to his schedule. Deadline reports Shakman is set to direct the pilot and three additional episodes of Discretion, a legal thriller series from A24 heading to Paramount+ starring Nicole Kidman and Elle…
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Stargate Producer Says Amazon Is ‘Trolling Fandom’ As Petition Hits 75K
One week after Michael Shanks told fans to call Amazon and ask for Blair Fetter, the Save Stargate campaign isn’t slowing down, it’s getting sharper. The main Change.org petition demanding Amazon reverse its Stargate cancellation has now passed 75,000 signatures, the #SaveStargate hashtag is keeping the pressure on daily, and longtime franchise producer Joe Mallozzi…
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Doctor Who May Be Shelved Until 2028 As Producers Lose Interest
The BBC’s plan to put Doctor Who out to competitive tender is already running into a problem: nobody seems to want it. Deadline reports it contacted four respected UK drama producers about their appetite for taking on the show following Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf’s exit, and all four had serious reservations. One top…
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Fans Ditch Marvel, Star Wars For Sports — And They’re Paying $10K To Do It
Fans keep being told that Marvel, Star Wars, and Hollywood are still as big as ever. The numbers keep saying something else. Marvel shows on Disney+ are struggling to make a dent. Daredevil: Born Again never charted on Nielsen during Season 1, and Season 2 went 0-for-17 right through its finale. Star Wars has had…
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National Treasure 3 Demand Is Back — So Why Hasn’t Cage Said Yes?
For the first time since 2007, Ben Gates and Abigail Chase are back on screen together. Nicolas Cage and Diane Kruger reunited for Prime Video’s Spider-Noir, hit the press tour side by side, and somehow the obvious question never really landed. The interviews covered Cage’s son’s name, the superhero roles he turned down, and his…
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Masters of the Universe On Pace To Miss Break-Even By $400 Million
UPDATE: As projected, Masters of the Universe is collapsing in its second weekend. Friday estimates have it dropping around 68% to a projected $9.4 million three-day, falling to fifth place — an even steeper fall than the 65% Mortal Kombat II decline this piece anticipated. That would bring He-Man’s domestic total to roughly $47.4 million…
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The Odyssey 70mm Tickets Hit eBay For Up To $10,000
Scalpers have descended on The Odyssey, and the prices are getting absurd. Resale listings for Christopher Nolan’s IMAX 70mm screenings have flooded eBay, with confirmed sales already hitting $2,000 for a pair of opening-week seats, and one seller asking a staggering $10,000 for a block of opening-weekend tickets. That listing — 12 tickets to an…
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Percy Jackson Producer ‘Hated’ Daredevil: Born Again — Can’t Remember Why
Percy Jackson and the Olympians executive producer Becky Riordan says she “hated” Daredevil: Born Again — so much that she couldn’t get through a single episode — though she admits she can’t remember exactly what it was she hated. The comments came on Threads back in May when a fan asked whether she and author…
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Becky Riordan Claims Percy Jackson Did ‘Exceptionally Well’ — Nielsen Says Otherwise
Percy Jackson and the Olympians executive producer Becky Riordan is once again at the center of fan backlash, this time over comments suggesting she’s “surprised” adult fans even want to watch the show, the same adult fans who grew up reading the books and made the Disney+ series possible in the first place. The comments…
