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‘Mandalorian And Grogu’, ‘Michael’, ‘Scream 7’ & More In Play For Super Bowl LX Movie Trailers
Super Bowl – to spend or not to spend.
For some motion picture marketing heads, it’s a no brainer in the bang for buck before a near 128 million-plus viewers; this year’s Super Bowl LX single ad rate hitting a record $10 million up from last year’s estimated $7.5M-$8M for a 30-second spot. As…
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Universal Dates Next ‘Fast & Furious 11’ For Spring 2028
Vin Diesel just announced that the next film in Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise, which now is titled Fast Forever, will hit theaters on March 17, 2028.
Louis Letterier returns as director. Letterier directed the last pic, Fast X, in 2023 with Diesel back in the Domenic Torreto role. The…
Warner Bros Discovery Pips Universal To Lead Nominations At BAFTA Film Awards
Warner Bros. Discovery's strong start to the year has continued apace with the studio landing the most BAFTA Film Awards nominations Tuesday, all down to One Battle After Another and Sinners.
Sinners couldn’t quite match its record-breaking Oscar feat of 16 nominations but landed 13 noms today…
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New TV Spot For ‘The Odyssey’ Shows First Look At Travis Scott In Christopher Nolan’s Epic
A new television spot for Christopher Nolan’s much-hyped epic The Odyssey gives viewers a first glimpse at a character played by none other than 10-time Grammy-nominated rapper Travis Scott.
In the minute-long teaser, which aired during Fox's Sunday broadcast of the AFC Championship matchup…
Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Exorcist’ Movie Starring Scarlett Johansson Back On Schedule For 2027
Universal said Friday that its film The Exorcist, billed as a “radical redo” of the horror movie classic being written, directed and produced by Mike Flanagan and starring Scarlett Johansson, will be released on March 12, 2027.
The studio had originally set a Friday, March 13, 2026 release date…
Cristin Milioti Joins Glen Powell In Judd Apatow’s New Comedy At Universal; Film To Bow In February 2027
EXCLUSIVE: Following her Emmy-winning turn in The Penguin, Cristin Milioti has set her sights on her next big film project and looks to be teaming with one of the town’s busiest stars. Sources tell Deadline that Milioti is set to join Glen Powell in a new untitled original comedy at Universal from…
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Trump Wants To “Unleash Hell” In 2026; POTUS Tries To Go Full Maximus With A Misguided ‘Gladiator’ Flex
In the dying days of 2025, Donald Trump wants to be more Maximus than POTUS as a new video from the White House today laughably tries to assert.
Grabbing the pivotal winter battle scene at the beginning of Ridley Scott and Universal’s 2000 blockbuster Gladiator, the White House today posted a…
‘Wicked: For Good’: Read The Screenplay For The Film That Follows The Yellow Brick Road All The Way To ‘The Wizard Of Oz’
Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season's most talked-about movies continues with Wicked: For Good, the second film in the Jon M. Chu-directed adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical.
Written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, Wicked: For…
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Jim Carrey, Ron Howard Recall Grueling ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ Production, Hiring CIA Trainer To Help Actor Endure Special Makeup
Though 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas has become an indelible classic and holiday season staple since its premiere 25 years ago, the Ron Howard-directed and Jim Carrey-starring irreverent family comedy was nothing short of a Christmas miracle.
In a sprawling oral history for Vulture timed…
‘Wicked’Â Author Gregory Maguire To Release Galinda Prequel Book In 2026
The Wicked universe is officially expanding in all its technicolor splendor.
Author Gregory Maguire, whose 1995 novel inspired the Broadway phenomenon-turned-Universal blockbuster starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is returning to the land of Oz with a prequel novel exploring the…
‘Wicked: For Good’ – All The Box Office Records Broken
Universal’s Wicked: For Good essentially beat itself at the box office, err, the franchise’s first half that is last year’s Wicked.
Wicked: For Good opened to $147M domestic, and $223M around the world, besting Wicked‘s $112.5M domestic, and $164M global start. Therefore, Wicked: For Good beat W…
‘Wicked: For Good’ Magical At $226M Global Bow; Biggest Start Ever For A Broadway Musical Adaptation – International Box Office
SUNDAY UPDATE: Universal's Wicked: For Good has swooped in with an estimated $226M global debut, a smidge lower than where we saw it yesterday, but higher than the pre-weekend projection and broomsticks above the first film.
In 78 international box office markets, the opening is $76M, 13% ahead…
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