It says Dark Phoenix on all the theater marquees but the latest installment in the hot mess of Hollywood superhero franchises should have been called X-Men: The Second Last Stand. I had hoped that Simon Kinberg’s directorial debut would reclaim the Dark Phoenix mythology that had been squandered by Brett…

At yesterday’s Sundance Film Festival premiere of Love, Antosha, a new documentary celebrating the life of the late actor Anton Yelchin, his grief-stricken parents Irina and Viktor Yelchin emerged for a Q&A to a standing ovation from the crowd. Sundance had been a good home to Anton, who first visited with Alpha Dog…

Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin’s parents have settled their lawsuit against the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV that crushed and killed their son in 2016. Terms were not disclosed on the settlement, which was filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court. There are reports that the settlement will go to the…

“The only thing worse than being incompotent, or being unkind, or being evil, is being indecisive,” according to Focus Features’ newly released trailer for Thoroughbreds, which will hit select theaters March 9. The drama, which Focus picked up at Sundance, stars Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Paul Sparks, and Anton Yel…

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Porto, the Gabe Klinger-directed film starring Anton Yelchin and Lucie Lucas. The deal comes as the pic shot in the Portuguese city preps for its North American premiere Sunday at SXSW. The pic is screening in 35mm in Austin, and Kino Lorber is planning a fall…

EXCLUSIVE: The deals are beginning to fall like snow in Park City. Focus Features is in exclusive negotiations and soon to close a deal on Thoroughbred, the Cory Finley-directed drama that excited buyers when it premiered yesterday at a noontime first screening at the Library Center Theatre. The deal should land in…

Viktor and Irina Yelchin claim in a lawsuit filed today that Fiat Chrysler and others caused the "wrongful death" of their son Anton Yelchin on June 19 by not dealing earlier with a defective gearshift in his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. "Plaintiffs are informed and believe and, based upon such information and belief…

“There’s something missing. There’s someone missing. Anton should be here.” So said J.J. Abrams tonight before the world premiere of Star Trek Beyond at San Diego’s Embarcadero Marina Park Amphitheater about the late Anton Yelchin. The actor, who plays Pavel Chekov in the rebooted Star Trek franchise died June 19 in…

The accidental death of Anton Yelchin on June 19 is heading to the courts – at least as part of a proposed class action lawsuit filed today. Seeking restitution for the now-fallen resale value of their vehicles and referencing the Star Trek actor's death, the complaint filed Thursday accuses Jeep Grand Cherokee…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is already in bed with Alibaba on the upcoming Star Trek Beyond, and has now added another Chinese partner for the sci-fi film. Fast-growing Huahua Media is making its first global investment in a tentpole with Par and Skydance’s STB. The Chinese studio has a pre-existing relationship…

Following the death of 27-year-old actor Anton Yelchin in an auto accident on Saturday, the greatest thoughts go to his family and friends. Paramount, the studio which is releasing his next film, Star Trek: Beyond, is thinking in kind. The cast of the film was due at the Cannes Lions advertising exhibition on…

When Anton Yelchin died suddenly Saturday night in a car-related accident, he was still recording the voice for the lead character in the upcoming Netflix animated family event series Trollhunters from creator and executive producer Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation. While the project was officially unveiled…