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Spider-Man Brand New Day Box Office vs Every Spidey Film
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is projected to pull down $355 million and change at the box office in its opening weekend, making it the second-biggest haul in history, just $2 million shy of Endgame 's $357.1 million back in 2019. Brand New Day did top…
Beyond Paradise fans say 'thank goodness' as BBC issues filming update
Beyond Paradise, the UK spin-off of Death In Paradise, is back. A joint post by the show and BBC Studios announced that filming has begun on the fifth series of the crime drama. The show shared a picture of a clapperboard with the silhouette of…
New thriller Army of Shadows to be filmed at Liverpool Town Hall
David Humphreys Local Democracy Reporting Service Having attracted the likes of Batman, Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders over the years, Liverpool has become one of the UK's popular filming locations outside of London. Now a new Channel 4 thriller…
New thriller Army of Shadows to be filmed at Liverpool Town Hall
Having attracted the likes of Batman, Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders over the years, Liverpool has become one of the UK's popular filming locations outside of London. Now a new Channel 4 thriller is set to take over Liverpool Town Hall as shooting…
Race Around the World recap: Catch this week's films
The six filmmakers taking part in ABC iview's Race Around the World are in the ninth week of their global adventure. Only finding out their destination with a day's notice, each filmmaker had just 10 days to find a story and produce a short film…
From The Wizard of Oz to Trainspotting: 25 films to watch before you turn 25
Screentime has a bad rep these days: it's allegedly at the root of everything from the collapse of media literacy to the rise of the far right. For parents, and indeed anyone who cares about the future of the planet, the relationship children have…
Kowloon Walled City action film sequel's gritty, nostalgic set draws residents
Tucked in a corner of a hi-tech industrial estate in Yuen Long, a cluster of cluttered flats has been designed to evoke a gritty Hong Kong slum. It is the main set for the sequel to the nostalgic blockbuster film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled…
'Spider-Man' Film Notches Hollywood's Second-Biggest Debut Ever
Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the latest film starring Tom Holland as a superhero with arachnid-like powers, generated the largest opening weekend ticket sales of any film this year, and the second-highest in Hollywood history. The picture took in…
'Excel Shankar' film launched in Visakhapatnam
The launch ceremony of “Excel Shankar,” the third production of BFF Productions, was held at the production office in Akkayyapalem in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (August 2, 2026). Former Deputy Mayor Dadi Satyanarayana inaugurated the…
Jerusalem Film Festival attracts 70,000 attendees
The 43rd Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF) ran from July 9-19 with an estimated 70,000 total attendees. The festival took place roughly 10 months after the advocacy group Film Workers for Palestine launched a pledge naming the Jerusalem Film Festival…
Beloved movie director dies from heart attack weeks before latest film release
Beloved film director Justin Hardy has died at the age of 61. The director had just completed a follow-up to his father Robin's cult classic film The Wicker Man. His new film Wrath Of The Gods is also set to premiere at FrightFest in Leicester…
Films, comedy and networking featured at festival weekend - Salisbury Post
SALISBURY — A weekend of “celebrating stories, laughter and legacy” is planned during a three-night event as the premier KWPC Production and Entertainment LLC Comedy & Film Festival Weekend approaches. Scheduled for Aug. 7-9 at…
Sports car built for high-octane Hollywood film up for grabs
Posted Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 8:13am A 1968 Chevrolet Camaro which featured in The Fast and Furious franchise's seventh film is on display to prospective buyers. Its current owner won the vehicle, reportedly valued at $290,000, in a lottery last year.
This 'Fifty Shades of Grey' star embodies the film icon Marilyn Monroe
Dakota Johnson rose to international fame with *Fifty Shades of Grey* and had previously appeared in a small role in *The Social Network*. Dakota Johnson thus joins a long list of prominent actresses who have portrayed Marilyn Monroe. The first…
Filmmaker sues Netflix for $105 million over losing Nicolas Cage film copy
Streaming giant Netflix has been sued for $105 million after losing an unencrypted copy of a film producer's World War II film Fortitude, featuring Nicolas Cage and Ben Kingsley. Swiss businessman Simon Afram wrote the script and spent seven long…
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