Jun 20, 2017 | Gossip, In Production
The H Collective is launching as a production-financing entity that’s backing half a dozen projects including the sequel to “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” and Aaron Paul’s thriller “The Parts You Lose.” The Los Angeles-based H Collective has signed production deals with...
Jun 20, 2017 | In Production
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot have set a release date for World War II horror movie “Overlord,” starring “Fences” actor Jovan Adepo and Wyatt Russell. The movie is scheduled for Oct. 26, 2018, The film is directed by Julius Avery (“Son of a Gun”), and...
Jun 20, 2017 | Films, Trending
Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” dominated social media buzz with nearly 93,000 new conversations last week, according to media-measurement firm ComScore and its PreAct service. Sony released an international poster on June 12, announced an arcade game at...
Jun 20, 2017 | New Releases, Trending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv, Paramount Pictures claims the top spot in spending for the second week in a row with “Transformers: The Last Knight.” Ads placed for the...
Jun 20, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles
June is graduation month, which means a long parade of commencement ceremonies and family parties celebrating the new graduate. And at many of those parties, someone will make a joke about Mrs. Robinson or the word “plastics,” because the 50-year-old film “The...