Paramount is now aiming to close the deal on Tuesday, October 6. That's when, after months of drama, twists and turns, the merger will become official.
Read moreAlejandro G. Iñárritu Says ‘Digger’ Was Originally Titled ‘BLAH, BLAH, BLAH’
The title was ultimately changed because it was "too long" and "too complicated," though I suspect Warner Bros. was just horrified by the thought of selling a $180M movie with a title that sounds like an eye-roll.
Read moreZack Snyder Is Waiting for His ‘Rebel Moon’ Movies to “Get a Little Bit More Popular" and “Discovered” for Part 3 to Happen
Zack Snyder, whose 'The Last Photograph' still has no US distribution, doesn't sound so confident about 'Rebel Moon 3' ever happening, or that there's truly any demand for it.
Read moreVariety: ‘One Battle After Another' Lost $100M. ‘Digger' Could Lose Warner Bros. Far More
The "Digger" fiasco caps a disastrous 2026 for Warner Bros., which watched "Coyote vs. Acme," the film it tried to bury (now at Ketchup), out-gross nearly all of its releases this year
Read moreCarlos Reygadas' ‘Heil Jupiter!' Divides NYFF With Orgies, a Colonoscopy and Invented Language
I have no idea if I'll ever get to see "Heil Jupiter!" in a theater, and whether a U.S. distributor will take on nearly three hours of unsimulated sex, colonoscopy footage and an invented language is up for debate.
Read moreM. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Remain’ Surprise Screens, and First Reactions Are Promising
Clearly, by screening this four months before release, Shyamalan and Warner Bros. are feeling bullish about the potential of "Remain," and the reactions from last night are indeed very positive.
Read moreDanny Boyle Says ‘28 Years Later: Part 3' Might Happen “In Theory,” but He's “Not Sure When”
The timing of this latest update comes after this year’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” earned strong reviews but faltered at the box office.
Read moreJennifer Lawrence to Star in Zach Cregger’s ‘The Flood’
Zach Cregger’s next film, “The Flood,” has found its lead actress, and it’s none other than Jennifer Lawrence. Steven Spielberg is producing. Warner Bros. has it dated for August 11, 2028
Read moreBREAKING: David Fincher Exits Netflix Deal, Ending 13-Year Partnership
David Fincher has decided not to renew his deal at Netflix, a turning point in his long relationship with the streamer. His current deal expires next year.
Read moreCurry Barker's ‘Anything But Ghosts’ Sets May 2027 Release Date
Curry Barker is moving fast. Focus Features has dated the filmmaker's next project, the horror-comedy "Anything But Ghosts," for May 7, 2027.
Read more‘Cliff Booth' Plot Details: David Fincher's 1977-Set Sequel Is an L.A. Noir
A Tarantino script about a stuntman-turned-fixer navigating blackmail and extortion in late-'70s L.A. It honestly sounds like a noir written by Shane Black.
Read moreWarner Bros. Is Now Using Negative Reviews to Sell ‘Digger'
With reviews for "Digger" coming in poorly, Warner Bros. has gone nuclear with its marketing, inviting audiences to ignore the verdicts and "decide for yourself."
Read moreSylvester Stallone Is “100%' Sure He Can Fix ‘Rocky V,' and He's Asking Amazon for Three Weeks to Recut It
Sylvester Stallone has confirmed he's in talks with Amazon to recut "Rocky V," the 1990 entry that even the most hardcore Rocky fans tend to pretend doesn't exist. Speaking to SiriusXM, Sly didn't bury the lede.
Read more‘Game of Thrones: Aegon's Conquest' Movie Sets June 2029 Release, With Owen Harris Directing
In case you hadn't heard, a "Game of Thrones" movie has been greenlit, with "House of Cards" creator and "Andor" writer Beau Willimon penning the screenplay and Warner Bros. producing.
Read moreAri Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Casting Calls Seek ICE Agents, Anti-ICE Protesters, and Hispanic ICE Victims
In case you're wondering what Ari Aster might be cooking up with "Scapegoat," um, well, more hints have come our way, and this seems to be very much in the same spiritual realm as "Eddington."
Read moreBarry Jenkins Says He Went to Therapy Over the ‘La La Land’/‘Moonlight’ Best Picture Mix-Up
Jenkins admits he had to go to therapy to work through the night Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway handed Best Picture to "La La Land" before the Academy realized the wrong envelope had been read.
Read more‘Digger’ Reviews Are Not Good — 44 on Metacritic, Disastrous $9M Opening? Yet, Iñárritu's Big, Messy Swing Deserves Better Than It's Getting
First, the bad news, and sadly there's plenty of it for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's "Digger." The film is getting blasted by critics, sitting at 44 on Metacritic and 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. Its Oscar odds have all but collapsed.
Read more‘Forgotten Island’ Bombs With $13M Opening, $80M Budget, Despite Great Reviews
"Forgotten Island" just opened to $13M domestic and $20.6M worldwide. That's one of the five worst openings in DreamWorks Animation history, against an $80M budget.
Read moreShawn Levy Turned Down Tom Cruise's ‘Days of Thunder 2’ to Make ‘Ghost Rider’ with Ryan Gosling
Remember when Tom Cruise reportedly visited the set of Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling's "Star Wars: Starfighter"? Turns out it wasn't just a friendly pit stop.
Read moreNancy Meyers' ‘Paris Paramount' Shoot Is Reportedly a “Nightmare,” With a Budget Ballooning Way Past $100M
Meyers has always been known as a perfectionist, but perfectionism and a toxic set are two different things, and Warner Bros. is now paying for a rom-com that may end up as the most expensive in history.
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Clockwork — Warner Bros’ A24-style indie labels— has new films from Sean Baker, Park Chan-wook, Noah Baumbach and Sean Penn set to enter production in 2027.