Following their $71 billion merger this past spring, Disney and Fox made some major changes and additions to its theatrical release schedule Tuesday — not just for the current year but all the way through 2027. The moves include adding three untitled Star Wars movies to the slate, and shifting Fox’s four Avatar…

No surprise here: Disney has pulled 20th Century Fox’s Brad Pitt astronaut film Ad Astra off the schedule temporarily. The pic was previously scheduled to open May 24. This has been rumored for some time, with Deadline’s Nancy Tartaglione and Andreas Wiseman reporting that the pic would miss a Cannes Film Festival…

20th Century Fox has reportedly settled out of court with the family of Joi Harris, the motorcycle stunt woman who was killed in 2017 during the production of Deadpool 2 in Vancouver after an accident on the set riding a high-powered Ducati motorcycle. The settlement, for an undisclosed amount, is to be made available…

EXCLUSIVE: Emily Rudd and McCabe Slye have signed on for Fox’s Fear Street trilogy, which is being helmed by Leigh Janiak. Both will make their first appearance in the second installment, which is set in 1978. Rudd will play the older sister of Sadie Sink’s character. Slye will take on two roles: He plays Bobby…

Disney’s first Fox release under the combined regime, the faith-based DeVon Franklin produced Breakthrough notched second place in its opening day yesterday with an estimated $1.7M at 2,764 runs behind New Line/DC’s Shazam! which took No. 1 in his second Wednesday with $1.96M (-39% from Tuesday at 4,306) for a running…

Steven Spielberg's West Side Story is casting up with over 40 performers set as Sharks and Jets, the rival street gangs at the center of the musical's timeless love story. Leading the Jets as Riff will be Mike Faist, who is best known for originating roles in the Broadway productions of Dear Evan Hansen and Newsies…

Crazy Rich Asians and Star Trek: Discovery star Michelle Yeoh is set to play scientist Dr. Karina Mogue in James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar movies at the now Disney owned 20th Century Fox. The news was announced on the official Avatar social channels. "Throughout her career, Michelle has always created unique and…

The very large cop flags down an Uber and tells the by-the-book driver that it’s “official police business.” After jettisoning the young women who got in later — he apparently had chosen the “UberPool option” — and making a roust-and-bust in Compton, the officer tells his driver to take a small handgun. The man…

After rumors swirled earlier this year that Josh Boone’s feature adaptation of X-Men spinoff The New Mutants was headed to Hulu, Disney indicated in its CinemaCon presentation that the delayed Fox/Marvel movie was indeed part of its 2019 release schedule. The pic has a release date of Aug. 2. Also a Dolby Vision…

20th Century Fox Vice Chairman Emma Watts ended Fox’s part of the Disney session with the first trailer of James Mangold’s Ford v. Ferrari. The trailer open’s on Christian Bale’s cocky race car driver Ken Miles who is with his son at sunset at a racetrack: “Look there, there’s a perfect light.” Matt Damon’s Carroll…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

EXCLUSIVE: Sadie Sink is set to star in the second installment of 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment’s Fear Street trilogy, based on the novels by R.L. Stine. Leigh Janiak is helming all three films. Previously announced cast includes Kiana Madeira, Olivia Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Ashley Zukerman, Fred…