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Accustomed to getting what he wants, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison now looks to be running out of moves, time and maybe even money when it comes to his $111 billion Warner Bros Discovery acquisition. Here are some ideas that Deadline’s Dominic Patten is hearing whispered in Hollywood’s power corridors regarding what Ellison can do to get the deal back on track — including reaching out to a once and maybe future U.S. presidential candidate.
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Anthony Bourdain Biopic A Top 2026 Limited Opening; Jane Schoenbrun, ‘CatVideoFest’, Fire Up Indie Weekend – Specialty Box Office
Independents posted impressive numbers this weekend, another good one for moviegoing but competitive with blockbuster commercial films in the marketplace. Tony and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma are notable newcomers with CatVideoFest 2026 landing in the top 10 and a sweet debut for doc Cookie…
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Wagner Moura Compares Netflix’s ‘The Last House’ To His Hope That “The World Was Gonna Change” After COVID Isolation
SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Netflix movie The Last House
As Wagner Moura traps fans at home with his new movie The Last House, he can’t help but recall the isolation of the COVID pandemic.
While discussing the ending of the Louis Leterrier-helmed Netflix film, now available to…
Summer Domestic Box Office On A Hot Streak, Will Cross $4B By Monday
Forget the woes of a potential Paramount-WBD merger, the summer domestic box office is on fire, just $14.8M away from crossing $4 billion. This is all according to Rentrak.
For for the period of May 1-Aug. 9, the summer B.O. stands at $3.985B. The last time the North American box office crossed $4B was…
Paramount Making Deals To Theaters For 30 Films A Year Post WBD Acquisition; Cinema United Still Anti-Merger
When it comes to Paramount’s legal wrestle with the AG’s antitrust case over the Melrose lot’s possible merger with Warner Bros, the key is to divide and conquer with exhibition.
Deadline knows that Paramount has made a written commitments with at least one of the top two circuits, specifically, Regal…
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Alia Shawkat Talks Reuniting With Kristen Stewart In ‘The Wrong Girls’ After She “Literally Was Not Allowed To Speak” In 2010’s ‘The Runaways’
Years before they were onscreen buds in The Wrong Girls, Alia Shawkat and Kristen Stewart were jamming together as the titular rock “Queens of Noise” in 2010’s The Runaways.
At a recent screening for their upcoming Dylan Meyer-written/directed Neon stoner comedy, which premieres Aug. 14 in theaters…
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Immersive Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Opening In N.J. Mall
As FNaF fans await a third installment in the video game movie franchise, they can enjoy a slice at a Five Nights at Freddy’s immersive pizzeria.
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, the fictitious haunted establishment from the FNaF games and movies, is opening next year at the American Dream mall and entertainment…
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is Second-Fastest Film To Cross $1B At Int’l Box Office; Global Now At $1.67B
The global box office is humming with Sony/Marvel Studio’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossing the $1 billion threshold abroad in 12 days of release, the second-fastest to do so after Avengers: Endgame. The Destin Daniel Cretton movie is now the 12th highest ever at the worldwide B.O. with $1.67B ($655M…
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Benson Boone Postpones Sacramento Show After “Fighting Like Hell” To Get Voice Back
Sactown will have to wait a little longer for some backflipping good music as Benson Boone battles vocal issues.
On Saturday, the Grammy nominee postponed his Wanted Man Tour stop at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center after “fighting like hell” trying to get his voice back in time for the show.
“Sacramento…
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Catches Third-Best U.S. 2nd Weekend With $145M – Sunday Box Office Update
SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU after Saturday AM update: For a film’s second weekend to gross over $100M, that’s quite a gift, not just for a studio, but the greater exhibition industry. Spider: Man: Brand New Day caught $145M this weekend in its web (Sony just updated from $144.5M), the eighth title to pull this off…
‘The Odyssey’ Becomes Christopher Nolan’s Highest Grossing Movie Ever At Global Box Office With $1.1B
We told you on Friday that The Odyssey cracked the $1 billion mark at the global box office, and Universal is making it known that as of today the feature take of Homer’s epic is now director Christopher Nolan’s highest grossing movie ever, ahead of 2012’s Dark Knight Rises ($1.085B). The current cume for Th…
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James Gray Talks Dream Quality Of Cinema & Approach With Cast: “I’m Not A Good Director Of Actors” – Locarno
James Gray continued his festival tour with Paper Tiger this weekend setting down in the Locarno Film Festival to receive an honorary award ahead of the film's Swiss premiere on its landmark Piazza Grande.
Meeting the press ahead of the screening on Sunday evening, Gray gave an insight into his vision…
Obama Blames Larry David For 2014 Tan Suit Debacle In ‘Life, Larry & the Pursuit of Unhappiness’ Finale
As Larry David’s comedic trip through U.S. history comes to an end, he took credit for one of the nation’s more recent presidential scandals.
On Friday’s season finale of the HBO sketch comedy miniseries Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance as…
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