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EXCLUSIVE: Meghan Leathers (For All Mankind) and Candice Coke (Proven Innocent) are set to recur opposite Eric Petersen and Annie Murphy in AMC's dark comedy series Kevin Can F*** Himself, from Valerie Armstrong, Rashida Jones and Will McCormack and AMC Studios. Created and executive produced by Armstrong, Kevin Can F*…

UPDATED with closing prices. The better-than-expected Christmas-weekend opening of Wonder Woman 1984 is giving most exhibition stocks a welcome boost as the misery of 2020 gives way to hope for a brighter 2021. Shares in Cinemark, Imax, Marcus Corp. and National CineMedia rose between 3% and 7% apiece after the sequel…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video has secured the rights to AMC’s futuristic anthology series, Soulmates, across Europe (excluding Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, and Andorra), Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The six-part series debuted on AMC in October and has been renewed for a second season. Each…

UPDATED: Can cinemas play day-and-date releases from Warner Bros after continually refusing to show Netflix films? The big circuits have to be feeling really stupid now: If they had only made a deal with Netflix last year on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman at a reduced window instead of emphatically rejecting one…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks streamers Sundance Now and UMC have inked a deal for the North American, Caribbean, Canadian, and UK rights to South African horror series Dead Places. Created by Gareth Crocker, who is behind Shadow, Netflix’s first South African original series, Dead Places is co-produced by France’s Canal+…

AMC Boss Adam Aron has weighed on WarnerMedia’s news about debuting its entire 2021 theatrical release slate simultaneously on HBO Max, and he isn’t a happy camper. Wonder Woman 1984 as a one-off was fine, but the chain expects to fight hard when it comes to terms. Here’s what Aron had to say today: "These…

Fear the Walking Dead will return for a seventh season. AMC announced the renewal Thursday on the show’s Twitter account. The renewal news comes midway through Season 6 of The Walking Dead companion series, which stars Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Danay Garcia, Garret Dillahunt, Maggie Grace…

The silent nights of the holiday season are set to feature some terror and frights as AMC announces its first-ever The Walking Dead Holiday Special. Set to premiere on the network’s streaming platform AMC+, The Walking Dead Holiday Special will see Chris Hardwick host the hour-long event and feature cast members as…

Subscription streaming outlet AMC+ has launched on Roku, expanding its distribution reach to the No. 1 U.S. streaming platform. AMC+ is a $9-a-month bundled offering showcasing programming from across AMC Networks’ streaming and linear portfolios, from Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited to AMC, BBC America…

Universal has just inked another multi-year shortened theatrical window/Premium VOD share deal, this time with Canada’s biggest exhibitor Cineplex. The deal comes on the heels of Uni’s recent pact with No. 3 U.S. chain Cinemark. To date, Cineplex becomes the third exhibitor to agree to Uni’s truncated theatrical…

AMC dropped a bunch of news today about the upcoming extended 10th season of The Walking Dead. The first of the six new episodes is set to debut on Sunday, February 28, while AMC+ will have them earlier starting on February 25 before their linear debut. Each new episode will debut on the streamer on the Thursday…

Shares in major exhibitor Cinemark, along with most movie theater stocks, are rising today as Wall Street salutes another milestone release window agreement. Universal and Cinemark announced a windows deal late Monday that shares a lot of traits with AMC’s breakthrough pact with the same studio earlier this year. It…