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EastEnders legend lands huge role on Agatha Christie movie after quitting soap
Former Peter Beale actor Ben Hardy is set to start filming an exciting new 'whounnit' based on real-life events. The new film Eleven Missing Days will also star Vincent Cassel and Felicity Jones and tell the story of Agatha Christie's real-life…
It's Kill or Be Killed' in the World of Ridley Scott's Apocalyptic New Movie
It's been a good week for Ridley Scott fans so far, between the news that the legendary director is making a Treasure Island movie with Hugh Jackman and this new trailer for The Dog Stars. Scott's apocalyptic sci-fi film released an earlier trailer…
Only 60 movies have ever hit $1 billion at the box office - here they all are
Worldwide gross: $1,000,530,625 'Galaxy' marks the first $1 billion-plus earner of 2026. Following the hit original, 2023's 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie,' which you'll find further down this list, Nintendo and Universal teamed up for a sequel that…
In His Own Heist Movie, Donald Trump Stars as the Loser
Whoever designed Donald Trump 's $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department must be a fan of the “Ocean's 11” movie franchise. The multi-act plot lines are strikingly similar: put together a…
Netflix film chief says they won't work with directors who want to release movies in theaters
When Netflix announced it intended to buy Warner Bros. Pictures, there was widespread concern that the streaming service giant would permanently alter the legendary studio. While many Netflix executives, including CEO Ted Sarandos, claimed that…
This Horror Movie Franchise is Back on Top With Excellent Box Office Prediction for Next Movie
The supernatural horror film Evil Dead Burn, the sixth installment in the Evil Dead series, has received a box office prediction that is consistent with the performance of recent entries in the franchise. Directed and co-written by Sébastien…
A24 Releases $200 Million Movies Now
At the time, it looked like Alex Garland's “Civil War” would be the face of the new A24, the one that didn't pursue potential sale offers and instead raised a big equity investment to make films that were more commercial while still…
HK movie producer Raymond Wong Pak-ming sentenced to five months in prison
Well-known movie producer Raymond Wong Pak-ming on Tuesday was sentenced to five months in prison and fined about HK$99,000 after being convicted of insider trading. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The 80-year-old veteran filmmaker is also ordered…
HK movie producer Raymond Wong sentenced to five months in prison over insider dealing
Well-known movie producer and actor Raymond Wong Pak-ming has been sentenced to five months in prison and fined about HK$99,720 after being convicted of sharing insider information with his sister to trade shares of Pegasus Entertainment. SCROLL TO…
Before Peddi, 10 Movies Slammed For Misogyny
From Baahubali to Peddi, these movies from South Cinema drew criticism for romanticising toxic masculinity and reducing their female leads to objects of desire. Buchi Babu Sana's Peddi has drawn significant criticism for its highly sexualised…
Every Mortal Kombat Movie, Ranked By Box Office
Video game movie adaptations had a poor reputation in the film industry for many years. While great video game movies do exist, there are plenty of flops that fail to impress general audiences or even fans of the games themselves. Over the years…
Scooby-Doo movie casts a real dog for the first time: What PETA and animal rights groups say about it
What's new for Scooby-Doo? Being played by a real dog. In Netflix's upcoming live-action series Scooby-Doo: Origins, the iconic mystery-solving dog will be portrayed by an actual dog rather than being animated for the first time in the franchise's…
SCARY MOVIE Is a Mixed Bag of Crude Humor and Meta Commentary (Review)
The first Scary Movie is an undeniable 21st-century cultural touchstone. It is a shamelessly raunchy, endlessly quotable (and crucially, gif-able) horror parody of '90s slasher films like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, and the film's…
Disclosure Day Is Not the Movie You Think It Is
Steven Spielberg returns to UFOs, but this time from an even more spiritual angle. “When the horizon's at the bottom, it's interesting. When the horizon's at the top, it's interesting. When the horizon's in the middle, it's boring as…
One of Spielberg's Darkest Movies Is Also One of His Biggest Hits. (Hint: It Involves Aliens.)
This article is part of Spielberg Week, Slate's seven-day celebration of Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg has never directed a horror movie, but he's come close more times than it's possible to count. His first major directing credit was a 1969…
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