AMC to charge 15 cents a ticket on opening day
In a drastic move to get patrons back into theaters, AMC Theatres has announced that its ticket prices will be 15 cents on ...
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Quibi executives to take pay cut as new platform struggles to take flight
Quibi launched less than two months ago, boasting premium short-form content with a large amount of talent attached. It seems that the idea ...
MoviePass parent company files for bankruptcy, fails last death saving throw
MoviePass officially died in September, but today the dream of defying basic arithmetic is extra-dead. Helios and Matheson Analytics, MoviePass’ the ill-fated parent ...
Netflix may offer Eddie Murphy huge $70m dollar deal for standup special
In a reported deal, Eddie Murphy could be offered up to $70 million to return to host a standup special. The famously reclusive ...
J.J. Abram’s Bad Robot and WarnerMedia are about to ink a huge deal
J.J. Abram is so hot right now. Well, to be more precise, Bad Robot, the production company that he and Katie McGrath run, ...
Some or all of Miramax will likely be sold in the next month
There was a time, back in the 90s, that Miramax was the the vanguard of independent filmmaking, despite being owned by Disney at ...
MoviePass lost 90% of its subscribers in the last 12 months, would be more if canceling wasn’t an ordeal
MoviePass has a problem with math. No, not its previous problem with math (i.e., the “pay $10 a month to watch a movie ...
Features
If Netflix loved cinema, it would be doing half of what The Criterion Channel does
The clash between Netflix and the movie industry reached new heights in late February when Steven Spielberg re-entered the fray. The 72-year-old filmmaker ...
The Russo brothers are going to remake MGM classics
The Russo brothers have pretty much had their entire lives taken over by guiding the MCU through its most important stages, but once ...
Fox came out cleaner than Disney after their Town Hall meetings
Now that Disney has consumed 21st Century Fox, we wait for Disney to strangle the life out of any potentially bankable franchise Fox ...
The clash between Steven Spielberg, the Academy, and Netflix raises questions about the future of streaming
Steven Spielberg has jumped into the industry battle between traditional theatrical distribution and streaming platforms. According to a spokesperson from Spielberg’s production company ...
Amazon to release 30 movies a year, some will skip theatrical release
Amazon is already a major film studio now but they obviously want more and in an interview with Variety Amazon Studios chief Jennifer ...