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mirror.co.uk - Jamie Roberts - Oscar winner dies days before new movie premiere as fans remember 'inspiration
Oscar winner dies days before new movie premiere as fans remember 'inspiration
Daily Mirror

Oscar -winning producer Jeremy Thomas has died at the age of 77. The film guru, known for films including The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, passed away days before the premier of his latest movie. His death was confirmed in a statement that said he…

mentalfloss.com - Tim Brinkhof - The Beatles Movie That Helped Inspire 'The Monkees
The Beatles Movie That Helped Inspire 'The Monkees
Mental Floss

During the 1960s, then-aspiring filmmaker Bob Rafelson spent years trying to pitch a television sitcom about an American pop band, but network executives couldn't see the concept working— until The Beatles proved them wrong. In…

theguardian.com - Peter Bradshaw - Film producer Jeremy Thomas was a cross between a kindly Cambridge don and the movie world's cool uncle
Film producer Jeremy Thomas was a cross between a kindly Cambridge don and the movie world's cool uncle
The Guardian

To say that movie producer Jeremy Thomas was British cinema royalty did not quite do justice to his meritocratic, democratic instincts. A brilliant and inexhaustibly creative man, self-effacingly charming and quietly spoken in a world of loudmouths…

deadline.com - Glenn Garner - Courteney Cox Is Ready To Direct A 'Scream' Movie
Courteney Cox Is Ready To Direct A 'Scream' Movie
Deadline

As Courteney Cox returns to the director's chair for her sophomore feature Evil Genius, she's ready to take on a franchise she's been with for 30 years. While discussing the TIFF true-crime film at the Deadline Studio, the Golden Globe nominee…

deadline.com - Anthony D'Alessandro - Box Office: 'The Odyssey' Is Universal's Highest Grossing Movie Ever
Box Office: 'The Odyssey' Is Universal's Highest Grossing Movie Ever
Deadline

By the end of this weekend, The Odyssey will have crushed the ultimate record, becoming Universal ‘s highest grossing movie ever at the global box office with $1..684 billion. The pic will sail above Universal's previous record-breaker…

variety.com - Todd Spangler - Gary Oldman Predicts HBO's 'Harry Potter' Series Will Be 'More Satisfying' for Fans Than the Movies
Gary Oldman Predicts HBO's 'Harry Potter' Series Will Be 'More Satisfying' for Fans Than the Movies
Variety

Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black in four “ Harry Potter ” movies, said he believes HBO's forthcoming TV series adaptation set in the Wizarding World will be a bigger crowd-pleaser than the Warner Bros. films. That's because the…

smh.com.au - Nell Geraets - Warner Bros axed this Looney Tunes movie. But fans refused to accept defeat
Warner Bros axed this Looney Tunes movie. But fans refused to accept defeat
The Sydney Morning Herald

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Will Forte could not have been prouder of Coyote vs Acme. The live-action animation hybrid, in which a disgruntled Wile E. Coyote and his lawyer…

makeuseof.com - Gavin Phillips - No login, no fees, these free movie sites still work in 2026
No login, no fees, these free movie sites still work in 2026
MakeUseOf

Yearly streaming service price hikes feel as sure as the tide returning each day. Endless, permanent, inescapable, and often slapped on your account without warning, streaming services know that, for the most part, they have a captive audience.

express.co.uk - George Simpson - Avengers Doomsday first reactions 'The greatest movie I've ever seen'
Avengers Doomsday first reactions 'The greatest movie I've ever seen'
Daily Express

This Christmas, the first Avengers film in seven years finally hits cinemas. Avengers Doomsday is a direct sequel to Avengers Endgame, with directors The Russo Brothers returning alongside screenwriter Stephen McFeely. The first half of a two-film…

collider.com - Luc Haasbroek - 10 Unfilmable Books That Became Amazing Movies
10 Unfilmable Books That Became Amazing Movies
Collider

Novels and films are very different mediums. Readers can undergo entire experiences, so long as the writer has a command of tone, language, and purpose. Thus, a book loaded with abstract ideas and stream-of-consciousness might still be compelling…

buzzfeed.com - Alyson Lee - 21 Movies That Were 'Guaranteed' Hits, Only To Catastrophically Flop At The Box Office
21 Movies That Were 'Guaranteed' Hits, Only To Catastrophically Flop At The Box Office
BuzzFeed

How it bombed: Despite being a highly advertised remake of a beloved classic, the film only made $260.5 million against an estimated $225-250 million budget, on top of an additional $150 million in marketing costs, making it one of the biggest…

foxnews.com - Brie Stimson - Liam Neeson, 74, says he likely still has 'a couple' more action movies left in him
Liam Neeson, 74, says he likely still has 'a couple' more action movies left in him
Fox News

Liam Neeson isn't hanging it up yet. The 74-year-old said he thinks may have 'a couple' more action movies in him. 'Maybe a couple left, you know,' Neeson told Fox News Digital when asked if he'll transition away from action films in the near…

collider.com - Carolyn Jenkins - Netflix's Latest Release Officially Takes Over Streaming, and It's Not a Movie or Series
Netflix's Latest Release Officially Takes Over Streaming, and It's Not a Movie or Series
Collider

Netflix has a history of putting its finger on the pulse of what matters, from Stranger Things to Squid Game. The newest hot ticket item, however, is not a movie or television series. As everyone came down with Grand Theft Auto fever, the streamer…

foxbusiness.com - Bryan Preston - I saw the movie that Warner tried to delete: 'Coyote vs. Acme
I saw the movie that Warner tried to delete: 'Coyote vs. Acme
Fox Business

AUSTIN, Texas – The backstory to how this movie got to a theater near you could be a movie. And it might be someday, but Hollywood won't make it. Hollywood isn't making a lot of movies these days. Production has moved away, to Texas, to…

screenrant.com - Matthew Rudoy - Tom Cruise's New Movie Digger Debunks Secret Genre Theory
Tom Cruise's New Movie Digger Debunks Secret Genre Theory
ScreenRant

The secret genre theory for Digger has been debunked. Ahead of the October 2 theatrical release, a theory of Tom Cruise's Digger secretly being a musical has circulated and picked up steam on social media. This came from viewers pointing out how…

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