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EXCLUSIVE: Even before the pandemic, the foreign sales market became mired down with some risky bets, i.e. the over exorbitant Roland Emmerich sci-fi disaster title Moonfall which carried a $140M production cost (resulting in a $44.3M WW gross), and Simon Kinberg’s femme spy ensemble The 355 at a $75M cost (which…

The next two instalments in the popular After franchise – After We Fell and After Ever Happy – won't be repeating the box office feats of the previous films in the UK and France, where Amazon Prime Video has picked up exclusive rights to launch the titles directly online. The original movie, 2019's After, grossed $10M…

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Castille Landon, who is already in post production on the third and fourth After movies, After We Fell and After Ever Happy, will remain aboard as the franchise’s director for a new feature prequel and sequel, but will also take on writing the fresh installments as well. The After movies, based on…

Production is on the third and fourth installments of the After film franchise is currently underway with a couple of new casting additions. True Blood alum Stephen Moyer has joined the YA pic along with Oscar winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite), Chance Perdomo (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Arielle Kebbel (John…

EXCLUSIVE: Open Road Films, back under the oversight of its founder Tom Ortenberg, has acquired domestic on the feature adaptation of the Anna Todd YA sequel After We Collided from Voltage. Open Road has set a limited theatrical day and date release with PVOD for Oct. 23. Cruel Intentions’ Roger Kumble directs off a…

UPDATED, after 3:22 PM post: It should come as no surprise to After fans that they’ll be getting a third and fourth movie based on the Anna Todd novels. Even though Part 2 to last year’s indie hit After — After We Collided — hasn’t opened stateside just yet, the hearts of Tessa Young and Hardin Scott go on. The…

Voltage Films unwrapped a sweet digital success today with the release of a spicy Valentine’s Day trailer. The racy preview for After We Collided was released this morning and already has surpassed 2.5M hits on YouTube, stirring up social media interest in the upcoming sequel to After, which was a profitable hit last…

EXCLUSIVE: After We Collided, the upcoming sequel to Voltage Pictures’ indie YA hit After, has locked down its final cast as it begins production with Charlie Weber, Louise Lombard, Candice King, Karimah Westbrook and Rob Estes joining. After, which was released in April making close to $70M WW, is based on the…

The 2019 Teen Choice Awards handed out coveted trophy surfboards on Sunday night. More than 55 million votes from teens came in to support their favorite teen icons in film, television, music, sports, fashion, comedy and the web. Disney and Marvel dominated the film side with Avengers: Endgame, Aladdin and Spider-man…

Roger Kumble has signed on to direct After We Collided, the sequel to the Voltage Pictures indie YA hit After, which reaped close to $70 million at the global box office earlier this year. As announced by After author Anna Todd, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody star Dylan Sprouse is joining the pic’s original stars…

Voltage Pictures has added an After sequel to its sales slate here in Cannes. Stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin are set to reprise their roles as Tessa and Hardin in the second steamy romance pic. The first adaptation of Anna Todd's bestselling YA novels, which started out on the fan-fiction website…

UPDATE, writethru: A varied offering of holdover titles and a handful of new entries in staggered release, the international box office this weekend was led for the second frame in a row by Warner Bros/New Line/DC's Shazam!. The family-friendly superhero added $35.9M in the sophomore session and has now grossed $163.9M…