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Netflix has landed the next animated feature in the uber-popular Pokémon franchise. The streamer and the Pokémon Company International made the announcement today that Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution will debut February 27 on Netflix around the world outside of Japan and Korea. Watch the international trailer…

After abruptly pulling the George Nolfi-directed The Banker on the eve of its closing-night berth at AFI Fest last year and indefinitely postponing the December 6 release that was to mark Apple’s debut as a theatrical distributor, Apple has finally come forward and dated the period film for a March 6 theatrical…

EXCLUSIVE: Hector Babenco’s final film, My Hindu Friend was originally released in Brazil (where it is known as Meu Amigo Hindu)  in 2015 and made its international premiere at the Montréal World Film Festival the following year where the film’s star Willem Dafoe was honored with a Best Actor award. After Babenco died…

Warner Bros has set a slew of release dates for its movies next year and beyond, including dating The Matrix 4 for May 21, 2021, and its DC superhero stand-alone The Flash for July 1, 2022. Among the 12 titles in the mix Wednesday as the studio solidifies its slate for 2020 and beyond include moving Taika Waititi's…

UPDATED, 12:33 PM: Amid a slew of changes to its…

Focus Features has set an August 21 release date for Let Him Go, a thriller starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane from writer-director-producer Thomas Bezucha. In the film based on the novel by Larry Watson, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) leave their Montana ranch after the…

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to Elsewhere, a dramedy starring Rectify alum Aden Young. The digital distribution unit of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios will release the film from writer-director Hernan Jimenez (About Us) day-and-date in select theaters and VOD on January 24. Here’s…

Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker has been set for a December 20 China release, in step with domestic. This marks a change from the saga's recent holiday installments which have each bowed in the Middle Kingdom in January, after initial rollout elsewhere. The official Star Wars Weibo account posted a…

2ND UPDATE: Sylvester Stallone’s MGM thriller Samaritan is heading to Dec. 11, 2020. I hear that the actual reason for the move was that the Stallone film needs more time to be completed. That’s one week after the first weekend in December which following Black Friday weekend is a no man’s zone for wide entries. Samari…

Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong is heading to Nov. 20, 2020. Warner Bros. already had the pre-Thanksgiving frame on hold for a major release, and well, this is it.  The pic directed by Adam Wingard will be released in 3D and Imax. After the under-performance of the second film this past summer, Godzilla: King…

Netflix has announced that the second season of its British comedy Sex Education will premiere on January 17. “Get in losers, the new term is starting,” Netflix UK & Ireland tweeted on Monday, announcing the return of the Eleven Film show, starring Gillian Anderson and Asa Butterfield. Get in losers, the new term is…

The China release of Lulu Wang's indie breakout The Farewell has been delayed. The Sundance hit was due in theaters on Friday, November 22, but was abruptly pulled from the schedule this week. There's been no official word as to the reasons behind the change, although it is believed the family dramedy will get a later…