With their latest directorial outing, Jane Schoenbrun used subtle pieces of nostalgia to deconstruct the slasher genre. The Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma writer/director explained to Deadline that they wanted to create “a mindset where you can really enjoy something scary,” noting the frequent symbolism of candy and junk food as providing an […]
Matthew McConaughey shows off his vocal skills with his latest role in The Rivals of Amziah King. On Friday, Lakeshore Records released the single and music video for “Quill” from the original motion picture soundtrack, performed by the Oscar-winning and co-star Ben Hardesty, also featuring Miranda Zickler, Angelina LookingGlass and Andrea Pister. Set in the […]
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 himself in a sketch set in […]
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 for cinema and how […]
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 The […]
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, and […]
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 — I’m so so […]
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 complex in Bergen County, New […]
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, Shawkat recalled they “were children” on the set […]
When it comes to Paramount’s legal wrestling with 12 state attorneys general’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 commitment to at least one of the top two circuits specifically Regal, for 30 films […]