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4th Update, Sunday AM writethru following Saturday AM post, w/updated chart: There isn’t a studio executive out there who would disagree: the weekend opening for Universal’s Good Boys –now at $21M this morning per Uni– is fantastic for the theatrical business. Saturday rang up $7.3M last night after Friday’s $8.3M…

When Blinded By the Light first premiered at Sundance, it immediately became a buzzy crowd-pleaser that was picked up by New Line. That was in January. As we near the end of summer, the musical dramedy has maintained its buzz like the longevity and energy of a Bruce Springsteen song. Directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend I…

UPDATED, Thursday AM: Sony’s Angry Birds 2 ranked 4th yesterday with $1.6M, -36% for a running two day total of $4.2M. Disney’s Lion King and Universal’s Hobbs & Shaw are currently fighting over No. 1 Wednesday with $2.3M a piece. CBS Films’ Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark took third place with just under $2M and…

It will be quite a few more sunny days before Warner Bros makes its trip to Sesame Street. The studio’s untitled film adaptation of the children’s TV classic has moved from its January 15, 2021, to that summer: The pic now will open on June 4, 2021. Warners also said today that its legal drama Just Mercy, starring…

The Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) announced final additions to their programming which includes the world premiere of the Netflix film Good Sam starring Tiya Sircar. The fest, which was co-created by Geena Davis and champions inclusion in all forms of media, has also added spotlight screenings of Gurinder Chadha’s…

Bruce Springsteen’s global impact on the mid-1980s gets its close-up in Blinded by the Light, a hybrid musical-comedy about a Pakistani teen in England whose life is upended by the Boss’ words and music. All it takes is a couple of cassettes. Check out the trailer above. Directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckha…

All these Dune casting announcements have built up to Warner Bros. finally announcing that the Denis Villeneuve-directed Legendary production will hit theaters during the pre-Thanksgiving frame of Nov. 20, 2020. Dune will play in 3D and Imax. Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Villeneuve adapted Frank Herbert’s classic…

UPDATED with official confirmation: New Line has confirmed Deadline’s scoop that it has acquired Blinded By the Light after its big Sundance Film Festival bow, and that it is eyeing a release for the Gurinder Chada-directed pic sometime in 2019. The studio’s announcement Friday can be found below our original break. PR…

Two years after 9/11, filmmaker Gurinder Chadha released her film Bend it Like Beckham during a divisive time in the world when the perception of South Asians, Muslims, and cultures that were deemed “the other” were under unfair scrutiny. With the film, she welcomed everyone into the lives of a South Asian family to…

The music of Bruce Springsteen fuels Blinded by the Light but tonight the Sundance debut of the Gurinder Chadha directed film did not get a visit from the Boss himself. “The reason Bruce isn’t here is that he didn’t want to take away from the movie,” Chadha told a packed Eccles Theatre after the screening. The Bend It…

Shooting has begun, cast has been set and eOne has taken UK and Australia rights on Gurinder Chadha’s comedy/drama Blinded By The Light, a hybrid musical rooted in the British tradition of quirky comedies. This is the project that Deadline scooped Chadha was prepping with Cornerstone Films boarding international sales…

EXCLUSIVE: Bend It Like Beckham filmmaker Gurinder Chadha is lining up to direct Blinded By The Light (working title), a comedy/drama adapted from Sarfraz Manzoor’s 2007 memoir Greetings From Bury Park. The autobiographical story is based on journalist/broadcaster Manzoor’s experiences growing up as a Muslim and…