Thomas Tull and Legendary had a pretty charmed run at Warner Bros with the Dark Knight and Hangover hits, but they’ve lost big on two costly flops so far this year in the new partnership with Universal. Our sister publication Variety has broken a good story in revealing that the Michael Mann-directed Blackhat cost a…

3RD UPDATE, Wednesday 5 AM PT: International actuals took their time arriving after the long holiday weekend in the U.S. Most studios have now reported, and in some cases have included grosses through Monday. There were no massive fluctuations, but some of the Oscar nominees including The Theory Of Everything, Boyhood…

6TH UPDATE, TUESDAY, 3 PM: Rentrak Theatrical filed the weekend’s actuals with Warner Bros.’ American Sniper counting a four-week cume through yesterday of $110.4M. Talk about the spoils of war: American Sniper propelled the 2015 box office, in its first 19 days, 3.6% percent over the same frame last year with $667M…

Last weekend saw shocking box office results for a film that paired an esteemed filmmaker with a fast-rising star, and fused them to a hot-button issue that couldn't be more timely. No, I'm not talking about American Sniper, which posted a record $105.3M holiday weekend. I'm talking about the year's first big flop…

Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis and Wei Tang star in Michael Mann’s latest film, the oh-so-timely thriller Blackhat that arrives, amid seemingly endless real-world cyber attacks such as today’s shutdown of social-media sites for the U.S. military. In the movie, Hemsworth plays a convicted computer criminal furloughed…

Controversy struck Michael Mann’s new cyberhacker actioner from within this week when composer Harry Gregson-Williams accused the director of “slicing and dicing” his work on the film. So who wants credit for Blackhat’s hacked-up score? “I would like it to be known for what it's worth that the 'score' for Blackhat…

The second trailer for Universal’s January 16 thriller Blackhat begins with a prophetic quote made by former C.I.A. director Leon Panetta during a Senate hearing — it’s particularly eerie given the current climate that Sony has suffered: “The next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber-attack.” Blackh…

Universal and Legendary have unveiled a new trailer for Michael Mann’s cybercrime thriller Blackhat. Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth stars as a furloughed convict helping a team of U.S. and Chinese forces hunt a network of high level hackers across the globe. Viola Davis, Tang Wei, and Wang Leehom also star in the actioner…

Michael Mann and Chris Hemsworth unveiled the first footage of Mann’s latest movie just now and revealed it is called Blackhat. The global cyberthriller will be released early next year, but it may qualify for the Oscars this year in what would be a strategy much like Lone Survivor this past awards season. The trailer…