Dozens of television productions, from NBC’s freshman Ted Danson-starring sitcom “Mr. Mayor” to 20th Television’s “American Crime Story: Impeachment,” have once again been put on hold as L.A. County health officials urge businesses in the area to shut down as coronavirus cases spike and much of the county locks down.
NEW YORK — Despite premiering simultaneously by streaming service, “Wonder Woman 1984” managed the best box office debut of the pandemic, opening with $16.7 million over the Christmas weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The superhero sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theaters, Warner Bros. said Sunday. Most of the earnings came from Chinese theaters, where it earned an estimated $18.8 million. It wasn’t enough to take first place in the country, however — that honor went to a local release.
As small businesses around California struggle to stay afloat amid the latest round of stay-at-home orders, Hollywood studios are able to keep the cameras rolling thanks to the work of highly paid lobbyists whom the studios reportedly hired to sway state politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) slammed Warner Bros. in a strongly worded letter, criticizing the At&t-owned entertainment company’s decision to release its entire 2021 movie slate in theaters and on HBO Max.
Movie actors and actresses have cheapened themselves, and by extension their product, and now they’re going to find themselves TV actors… And they deserve it.
Listen, there will always be movie theaters of some sort. People like going out to the movies. But movie-going as it had been? Doubtful.
Warner Bros. is reportedly set to release its entire movie slate in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day next year, a major move smashing the theatrical window, in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has shuttered thousands of theaters across the United States.
NEW YORK (AP) — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But it’s not because new films haven’t been coming out. By streaming service, video-on-demand, virtual theater or actual theater, a steady diet of films have been released under COVID-19 every week. The Times has reviewed more than 460 new movies since mid-March.
This news about “Wonder Woman 1984” isn’t about the pandemic, it’s about the math, it’s about where the real money is, and the real money is in the golden goose of streaming subscriptions.
“Justice League” star Ray Fisher has accused “top-level” Warner Bros. executives of engaging in “blatantly racist conversations” about his accusations of abusive treatment by director Joss Whedon on the set of the 2017 superhero film.
Leftist activist and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has inked a production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group to produce content across the company’s many multimedia platforms.
A group of anonymous street artists hijacked a full-sized billboard atop the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in Los Angeles and slapped Joe Biden’s name underneath an image of the DC Comics character “Swamp Thing.”
Hollywood action star Jason Momoa has made his most explicit comment yet concerning Ray Fisher’s allegations about how director Joss Whedon created an abusive and unprofessional atmosphere on the set of Warner Bros.’s Justice League.
Action star Jason Momoa has signaled support for his co-star Ray Fisher, amid Warner Bros.’s investigation into director Joss Whedon and allegations of an abusive workplace during filming of The Justice League.
Actor Robert Pattinson, star of Warner Bros’. “The Batman,” has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 and the U.K. shoot has been temporarily suspended.
NEW YORK (AP) — The first wave of big new movies released since the beginning of the pandemic, including Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending thriller “Tenet” and the long-delayed “X-Men” spinoff “The New Mutants,” arrived in theaters over the weekend, testing the waters of a radically different theatrical landscape.
Executives behind the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” were reportedly aware of the allegations of a toxic, sexist workplace environment on the hit daytime talk show as far back as 2018.
LOS ANGELES — Three producers of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” have exited amid allegations of a dysfunctional workplace that harbored misbehavior including sexual misconduct and racially insensitive remarks.
NEW YORK — AMC Theatres, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie.
“Mulan” is no longer headed for a major theatrical release. The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it will debut its live-action blockbuster on its subscription streaming service, Disney+, on Sept. 4.
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres issued an apology to her staff on Friday after the unveiling of fresh allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic work environment on the popular daytime talk show.
Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition to demand the blocking of the upcoming film Habit in which Paris Jackson reportedly plays the role of a “lesbian Jesus.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With reported cases of the coronavirus surging, Warner Bros. on Thursday postponed the release of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” further delaying Hollywood’s summer kickoff.
The film studios behind the Harry Potter franchise, Warner Bros., has weighed in on comments made by author J.K. Rowling that biological sex is a real thing and must be respected for the sake of women’s rights.
Americans rushed to snatch up physical copies of the movie Gone With the Wind after HBO Max announced it was blacklisting the film from its streaming platform.
NEW YORK (AP) — The 2019 film “Just Mercy,” which chronicles courtroom struggles against racial injustice and mass incarceration, will be made free on digital platforms throughout June in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Warner Bros. said Tuesday.
“Social distancing will certainly be a requirement on all productions,” one insider at a major studio told Breitbart News about how major Hollywood studios are planning to re-start movie and TV production in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Acting couple Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have given an encouraging update from their coronavirus isolation, telling their fans that they are feeling better.
Warner Bros’s latest superhero movie “Birds of Prey” has been retitled to incorporate its lead character, Harley Quinn, after bombing at the box office on its opening weekend.
One anarchist loves another in “Birds of Prey,” the new DC Comics superhero blockbuster starring Margot Robbie as the diabolical Harley Quinn.
Nearly two decades ago, Warner Bros. released Steven Spielberg’s A.I., about a humanoid boy brought to life by artificial intelligence technology. Now the Burbank studio is itself embracing A.I. in a major way to facilitate the greenlighting of potential movies.
“Jumanji: The Next Level” topped the weekend box office in its debut, bringing in $60.1 million, while Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” underperformed, debuting at the No. 4 spot with just $5 million.
Hollywood’s biggest studios have succeeded in shutting down Openload, a popular pirating site that received more online traffic than Hulu, HBO Go, and NBCNews.com. A second pirating site, Streamango, was also shut down.
A CNN commentator is claiming that the hit movie Joker represents a validation of “white-male resentment,” which he said was instrumental in helping bring President Donald Trump to the White House.
Warner Bros. won’t allow reporters on the red carpet to pepper stars with questions at the U.S. premiere of Joker, according to a new report.
Todd Phillips, the director of the grim new comic book film, Joker, railed against the “far-left” cancel culture as his film is criticized by some as being too dark and violent.
DENVER (AP) — Alarmed by violence depicted in a trailer for the upcoming movie “Joker,” some relatives of victims of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting asked distributor Warner Bros. on Tuesday to commit to gun control causes.
Warner Bros. will not show “Joker” in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater where a deadly mass shooting occurred during the premiere of the Batman sequel, “The Dark Knight Rises” in 2012.
Todd Phillips’ dark comic book film “Joker” won the Golden Lion Award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on Saturday and cemented its place as a legitimate contender for the rest of the awards season.
