Jul 11, 2018 | In Production
“Ben Is Back,” the drama starring Lucas Hedges and Julia Roberts, is getting an awards-season release on Dec. 7. LD Entertainment, Lionsgate, and Roadside Attractions will partner on U.S. distribution for the film, which will be directed by Lucas Hedges’ real-life...
Jul 11, 2018 | In Production
Veteran creative executives Rick French and Patrick Shanahan are partnering with Buddy Holly’s widow on “Clear Lake,” depicting Holly’s 1958 music tour with Clarence Collins,Variety has learned exclusively. French is the chairman and CEO of North Carolina-based...
Jul 11, 2018 | In Production
“Indiana Jones 5” has officially been delayed. Disney pushed back the film’s release a year to July 9, 2021. It was reported late last month that the Harrison Ford-starrer would miss its 2020 launch date. The return of the action hero has been halted following issues...
Jul 11, 2018 | New Releases
Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” is eyeing a North American opening weekend in the $60 million range, early tracking shows. The lower end of estimates come in at $48 million, while others are speculating earnings as high as $65 million. Tracking also...
Jul 11, 2018 | New Releases
The 20th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe also marked a franchise first. With “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” audiences finally saw a Marvel movie co-headlined by a woman as Evangeline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyne (a.k.a. the Wasp) shared center stage with Paul Rudd’s...
Jul 4, 2018 | Hollywood Chronicles
Speculative-fiction writer Harlan Ellison, who penned short stories, novellas and criticism, contributed to TV series including “The Outer Limits,” “Star Trek” and “Babylon 5” and won a notable copyright infringement suit against ABC and Paramount and a settlement in...
Jul 4, 2018 | In Production
Dwayne Johnson has unveiled an official release date of Dec. 13, 2019, for Sony’s sequel to “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” The untitled movie will open a week before Disney-Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: Episode IX” launches. Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman revealed in...
Jul 4, 2018 | In Production
Jim Carrey is in final negotiations to join James Marsden in Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie. Jeff Fowler, who received an Oscar nomination for his 2005 animated short “Gopher Broke,” is helming the movie, which will blend live-action and CG elements....
Jul 4, 2018 | In Production
New Regency has won an auction for “Rub & Tug,” an “American Hustle”-like movie starring Scarlett Johansson and directed by Rupert Sanders, sources confirmed. Based on a true story, the film will focus on Dante “Tex” Gill (Johansson) who flourished in the...
