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Steven Spielberg Praises Universal For Commitment To 45-Day Window — “Do I Hear 60?” — In Appearance At His First CinemaCon With ‘Disclosure Day’
Steven Spielberg praised NBCUniversal Entertainment chair Donna Langley for moving to a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, accepted an award from the Motion Pictures Association, and sat down with Colman Domingo at CinemaCon to talk about his upcoming film Disclosure Day, a thriller about extraterrestrial life. The subject has always fascinated him, as evident from some […] More
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‘Focker-In-Law’ Trailer & Release Date: Franchise Back With Grande Plan
Universal used a portion of its CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas on Wednesday to reveal the first trailer for Focker-in-Law, the latest installment in the Meet the Parents franchise and the first one since 2010. The studio also revealed that the film will hit theaters ahead of Thanksgiving. Related Stories Ben Stiller and Robert De […] More
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Snoop Dogg Live At CinemaCon To Celebrate Upcoming Biopic With Star Jonathan Daviss
Snoop Dogg and Jonathan Daviss, the Outer Banks actor who plays the hip hop superstar in an upcoming untitled biopic, kicked off Universal Pictures’ CinemaCon outing, taking the stage to talk up the film by Craig Brewer. “I wish I could give you more details” on the project, Snoop said. But there were not many, […] More
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Afrika Bambaataa Dies: Hip-Hop Pioneer, Founder Of The Universal Zulu Nation Was 67
Afrika Bambaataa, one of the progenitors of hip-hop whose breakthrough track “Planet Rock” helped define electro-funk and influence generations of artists, has died according to friend and fellow member of the Zulu Nation, Mick Benzo. He was 67. “Two days ago, I spoke with Afrika Bambaataa and found him in high spirits,” wrote Benzo in […] More
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Universal Music Receives Bid From Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has submitted a bid to buy Universal Music Group (UMG) in a cash and stock deal worth $64.4 billion. The proposed bid would see shareholders receive $10.85 billion in cash and 0.77 shares of stock in the new company for each share of UMG held. In a statement this morning, Ackman […] More
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Box Office: ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ $122M WW Ahead of ‘Super Mario Bros’
FRIDAY UPDATE: No mushrooms needed to enlarge these plumbers, but for the most part, they’re staying at the same girth from when they pounced around the world three years ago. Essentially, the global running box office of Super Mario Galaxy Movie has as much rocket fuel as the first movie, Super Mario Bros, and that’s […] More
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Ryan Gosling Exits Secret Daniels Movie At Universal
EXCLUSIVE: After hoping to get a deal done for Ryan Gosling to star in Universal‘s secret untitled project directed by Daniels, aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, sources now say Gosling will no longer be appearing in the film. When Deadline first broke the news Gosling was in negotiations to star, we also learned that the film was set […] More
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‘Michael’: Michael Jackson Movie Eyes $55M+ Record Musical Biopic Opening
Lionsgate‘s Michael is bound to be a chart-topping hit when it opens on April 24. Three-week tracking today indicates an opening between $55M-$60M, besting the previous box office record set by a musical biopic, that being the 2018 Freddie Mercury movie, Bohemian Rhapsody, which bowed to $51M. Advance tickets sales at this point in time, […] More
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‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Eyes $350M Box Office Global Opening
Bigger than an expanding mushroom or a giant-sized Mario, the box office is literally going to explode over the Easter stretch in the positive sense of the word as Illumination/Nintendo/Universal‘s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is set to do around $350M around world. Broken out that’s $175M over five days in the U.S./Canada at 4,000 […] More
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CAA Signs ‘Outer Banks’ Jonathan Daviss, Next Up As Young Snoop Dogg In Universal Biopic
EXCLUSIVE: CAA has emerged from a signing scrum and has landed Jonathan Daviss as a client in all areas. Daviss had hit breakout turn as Pope Heyward in the Netflix series Outer Banks. He has wrapped the final season of that show. He will next take on the iconic role of Snoop Dogg in Universal’s […] More
