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fastcompany.com - Phil Petitpont - Social fandom beats big movie budgets
Social fandom beats big movie budgets
Fast Company

Supergirl cost $170 million to produce and had everything going for it: the backing of DC Studios and Warner Bros., worldwide distribution, and a marketing budget over $115 million. By year's end, however, the film is projected to gross around $100…

bloomberg.com - Lucas Shaw - The Year We Went Back to the Movies
The Year We Went Back to the Movies
Bloomberg

Hollywood has once again cheated death. The first seven-plus months of 2026 have revived the industry's faith — not just in movies but in the act of going to the theater. Global ticket sales have increased 15% from a year earlier and are on…

fastcompany.com - Saleah Blancaflor - Spider-Man,' 'The Odyssey,' and the summer of movie screen maximalism
Spider-Man,' 'The Odyssey,' and the summer of movie screen maximalism
Fast Company

Could Spider-Man and Odysseus singlehandedly save the theatrical box office? Maybe not completely. But with the release of Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, they make a strong case for it. When the latest…

theguardian.com - Philip Oltermann - Movie paradise? How Malta became a magnet for big film shoots
Movie paradise? How Malta became a magnet for big film shoots
The Guardian

What links the Caribbean, ancient Rome, Enid Blyton's Land of Spells, the south of France and the Bay of Pentos from Game of Thrones? They are all places that have been portrayed in recent and forthcoming films by a sunny archipelago in the…

bloomberg.com - Miles Surrey - David Ellison's 30-Movie Pledge Sounds Like Make-Believe
David Ellison's 30-Movie Pledge Sounds Like Make-Believe
Bloomberg

As Paramount waits for the antitrust trial over its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to start in March 2027, its chief executive, David Ellison, is bringing his perspective to the court of public opinion. In a New York Times op-ed…

rediff.com - SREEJU SUDHAKARAN - GDN Movie Review: Madhavan Lifts Generic Biopic
GDN Movie Review: Madhavan Lifts Generic Biopic
Rediff.com

GDN has a fascinating genius at its centre, but Madhavan's terrific performance is let down by a repetitive, overly familiar biopic treatment, asserts Sreeju Sudhakaran. R Madhavan delivers a strong performance as Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu…

slate.com - Rebecca Onion - It's the Buzziest Book of the Year. Anne Hathaway Is Making It Into a Movie. It Has the Worst Kind of Twist Ending.
It's the Buzziest Book of the Year. Anne Hathaway Is Making It Into a Movie. It Has the Worst Kind of Twist Ending.
Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. This article contains spoilers for Yesteryear. All this summer, Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke, has remained in the Top…

cbsnews.com - Spencer  Wilson - Colorado community concerned over pending movie theater closure to make room for housing
Colorado community concerned over pending movie theater closure to make room for housing
CBS News

For decades, the Skyline Cinema in Dillon, Colorado has been one of the few places Summit County families go to watch the latest movie, teenagers go for their first jobs, and friends go to spend a few hours together. Now, that could all be coming…

today.com - 'Wicker' Movie Explained: Why Is the Internet Thirsting Over a Sentient Basket?
'Wicker' Movie Explained: Why Is the Internet Thirsting Over a Sentient Basket?
TODAY

“Catch Me Up” is a TODAY series where our experts and journalists bring readers up to speed on the biggest headlines, leading with your questions. In this latest series, we're breaking down why a movie about love and wicker sparked a…

makeuseof.com - Dan Selcke - Netflix has been releasing movies wrong for years and now we have proof
Netflix has been releasing movies wrong for years and now we have proof
MakeUseOf

Netflix released its first original film, Beasts of No Nation, in 2015. Since then, major filmmakers have worked with the streaming service, including Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), David Fincher (The Killer), and Bong Joon Ho (Okja). One thing…

bleedingcool.com - Rich Johnston - Transformers 1986 Movie Optimus Prime: The Daily LITG 10th August 2026
Transformers 1986 Movie Optimus Prime: The Daily LITG 10th August 2026
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: Collectibles | Tagged: newlitg, optimus prime, transformers The Transformers 1986 Movie Optimus Prime story was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday, again. Transformers 1986 Movie Optimus Prime tops Bleeding Cool again…

aljazeera.com - Mansur Mirovalev - 'Like the movies': How Ukraine's ground robots are changing rules of war
'Like the movies': How Ukraine's ground robots are changing rules of war
Al Jazeera

Ternopil, Ukraine – A ground robot carrying ammunition and resembling a real-life cousin of Wall-E, the 2008 Pixar cartoon's rusty protagonist, got stuck late one night in a trench in northeastern Ukraine. Named Murakha (ant in Ukrainian)…

collider.com - Safwan Azeem - 10 Genuinely Perfect Horror Movies, Ranked
10 Genuinely Perfect Horror Movies, Ranked
Collider

Perfect in this list doesn't mean these movies are comfortable to watch or that everyone likes them. But it means every choice on screen is doing exactly what it's supposed to do, and there's nothing you'd actually want to change if you sat down…

indiewire.com - Kate Erbland - Know Your Movie Sequel Terms, from Requel to Revival, Legacyquel to Threequel, and More
Know Your Movie Sequel Terms, from Requel to Revival, Legacyquel to Threequel, and More
IndieWire

When we first started to sketch out Sequels Week, one major question kept popping up: OK, so what is a sequel ? Or, more pointedly, what isn't ? Over the course of the next week, we will attempt to answer that question through the celebration (and…

slashfilm.com - Rafael Motamayor - The End Of Oak Street Reactions: Is Anne Hathaway's Dinosaur Movie Worth Watching?
The End Of Oak Street Reactions: Is Anne Hathaway's Dinosaur Movie Worth Watching?
SlashFilm

The summer movie season is approaching its end, and that means the last of the blockbusters hoping to get your hard-earned money and make bank at the box office are on the way. With 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' and 'The Odyssey' obliterating…

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