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EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Studios has picked up Rosaline, a comedic and revisionist take on Romeo & Juliet that has Kaitlyn Dever attached to star. The film had been at MGM but recently hit the market, and after being quickly acquired by 20th Century, the studio also tapped Karen Maine to direct. 21 Laps, Shawn Levy and…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive auction, 20th Century Studios has acquired rights to the feature film No One Will Save You, with Unbelievable star Kaitlyn Dever attached to star. Brian Duffield penned the script and will direct. Tim White, Trevor White and Allan Mandelbaum will produce for Star Thrower…

"I ain't got time to bleed," Jesse Ventura declares in one of the many quotable lines from Predator. However, the brothers who penned the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring sci-fi action flick are certainly making the time to argue in a lawsuit that Disney needs to get its mitts off the rights to the franchise. As…

EXCLUSIVE: The 20th Century Studios adaptation of the Mark Millar comic Starlight has just gotten a jolt of excitement. Joe Cornish, best known for directing Attack the Block, has signed on to write and direct the comic by Millar, the creator of Wanted, the Kingsman films and Kick-Ass. Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon…

While Disney’s seismic theatrical release changes with Black Widow, Cruella and Luca today were on the top of everybody’s minds, it was easy to ignore the elephant in the corner of the room. We’re specifically talking about Kenneth Branagh’s mystery ensemble Death on the Nile starring Armie Hammer, who has been…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros studio veteran Ravi Mehta has been named Head of Physical Production, Post-Production, VFX at 20th Century Studios. He will oversee all aspects of physical production for the Disney-owned 20th Century studios film division. Mehta spent 24 years at Warner Bros where he became EVP Physical…

Well, that didn’t take too long. About 18 months after Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame assailed to become the top grossing moving of all-time at the worldwide box office with $2,789.2 billion in July 2019, word is that James Cameron’s Avatar, which the Russo Brothers-directed Marvel movie defeated, will once again…

It was supposed to be a year when the playing field became even. After losing to Disney for four years in a row, with the Burbank studio setting an industry record in 2019 of $13.2 billion global box office, a new major studio was set to become the domestic king. “I think 2020 is going to be more of a horse race,” I…

Searchlight’s Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner Nomadland starring Frances McDormand, is opening on Feb. 19, 2021 limited. The movie was previously set to open on Dec. 4. Also Disney took the 20th Century Studios drag queen teenage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie off its Feb. 26, 2021 release date and…

EXCLUSIVE; 20th Century Studios has engaged 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg to direct the fifth installment in the Predator series. The script is being written by Patrick Aison, whose producer-writer credits include the series Kingdom, Jack Ryan and Treadstone. They are keeping the plot line under wraps…

Disney has officially pulled their 20th Century Studios movies Free Guy and Death on the Nile off the December calendar, leaving a grim immediate future in place for exhibition which was praying to make buck on the holiday moviegoing season. This move Thursday leaves Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984 left standing on…

Originally, the Ryan Reynolds-starring action comedy Free Guy, the tentpole about a man who realizes he lives in an open-world video game, was to hit theaters this July. Then everything happened, and moviegoing, which had planned a grand reopening with Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, has has to pause as most major films…