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Box Office: Zendaya’s ‘Challengers’ Starts Off With $1.9M in Previews
Challengers has finally taken to the court. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the movie earned $1.9 million in box office previews for MGM and Amazon Studios as it prepares to open everywhere on Friday. The majority came from Thursday night shows, but there was also a special Imax sneak earlier this week. The critically acclaimed movie […]
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‘100 Years of MGM Studios and the Golden Age of Hollywood’ Exhibit Opens at Hollywood Heritage Museum
The preview opening of the new exhibit Meet the Stars: 100 Years of MGM Studios and the Golden Age of Hollywood on Thursday night was a crowded, buzzing affair. Held at the Hollywood Heritage Museum in the historic Lasky DeMille Barn across from the Hollywood Bowl, the event showcased the items of over 20 movie […]
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Jonathan Glickman in Talks to Lead Miramax as CEO (Exclusive)
Miramax may have found its new leader. Jonathan Glickman, the former MGM executive, is in talks to join Miramax as its CEO, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. He would step in for former CEO Bill Block, who departed last year after a six-year run. Glickman served as motion group president at MGM for nine years, […]
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Callum Turner Grabs Olympic Glory in George Clooney’s ‘Boys in the Boat’ Trailer
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore star Callum Turner goes on an epic quest for Olympic gold in the trailer for director George Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat, which Amazon MGM Studios dropped on Wednesday ahead of a Dec. 25 theatrical release. Turner plays Joe Rantz, a Depression-era outsider who discovers joining the rowing […]
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‘Saltburn’ Review: Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi in Emerald Fennell’s Fun but Derivative Take on Class Envy
Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant also star in this tale of excess and obsession, about an aristocratic family with a grand estate and an outsider who wants in.
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Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa to Team for ‘Wrecking Crew’ From ‘Blue Beetle’ Director Ángel Manuel Soto
Blue Beetle director Ángel Manuel Soto has lined up another feature: He’s set to helm The Wrecking Crew, an MGM project that is expected to star Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa. Both stars were in talks for the film before the actors strike commenced last month, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Wrecking Crew has a […]
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Katie Martin Kelley Tapped to Run Communications at Warner Bros. Pictures
Veteran Hollywood exec Katie Martin Kelley is joining Warner Bros.’ movie studio as executive vp of communications, Warner Bros. Discovery announced Wednesday. Her arrival at the studio’s Burbank lot isn’t a total surprise, considering she worked closely with Warner Bros. Picture Group co-chairs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy when the duo ran MGM. In […]
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‘A Transparent Musical,’ Based on the Amazon Series, Is Aiming for Broadway
Amazon Studios’ A Transparent Musical is aiming for Broadway in 2024. This comes after the show premiered at Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles for a month-long run starting in May 2023. The musical, based on the Transparent television series, is the first stage production from Amazon Studios. The production has partnered […]
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‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Plays a Man Determined to Honor a Debt in Gripping Afghan War Drama
Dar Salim co-stars as a military interpreter whose heroic efforts to deliver Gyllenhaal’s injured U.S. Army sergeant to safety put him on the Taliban’s most wanted list.
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Tessa Thompson to Lead ‘Hedda,’ Nia DaCosta’s Reimagining of ‘Hedda Gabler’ for MGM’s Orion, Plan B (Exclusive)
Fresh from her appearance in box office boxing smash hit Creed III ($265 million and counting), Tessa Thompson has been cast as a character considered one of the greatest dramatic roles in theater history. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Thompson is set to play Hedda Gabler in Nia DaCosta’s upcoming film Hedda for MGM’s […]
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Jake Gyllenhaal Says Guy Ritchie Forced Him to “Let Go” for ‘The Covenant’: “Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Done”
Jake Gyllenhaal is opening up about working with director Guy Ritchie and having to “let go” and “figure it out together” for their upcoming film The Covenant. When Hot Ones host Sean Evans asked the Nightcrawler actor during Thursday’s episode if he found it “more daunting, more challenging or more liberating” to work with a […]
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Amazon to Relaunch MGM Streaming Services in Europe as MGM+ International, Add Lionsgate Content
Following the relaunch of Epix as MGM+ in the U.S. in January, Amazon unveiled Wednesday that MGM’s streaming services will be rebranded as MGM+ International in key European countries. The company also announced that it had struck a “strategic content deal” with Lionsgate for “a significant package of premium films and television series” in support […]
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