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With at least six film versions preceding it, along with countless other television productions, is there really a need for yet another stab at Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale of four sisters coming of age just after the Civil War? In the hands of writer-director Greta Gerwig, who clearly has a passion…

Here is the first trailer for Little Women, writer-director Greta Gerwig’s awards-season follow-up to Lady Bird that takes on the classic yet timely Louisa May Alcott novel. Check it out above. It unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March (Saoirse Ronan), reflects back and forth on her fictional life. It’s the story…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

A few weeks ago, we reported that a campaign was afoot to have women wear all black at tonight's BAFTA Film Awards in solidarity with the Time's Up movement in the U.S. This weekend, two letters have gone out in support of Time’s Up, and some British actresses will be walking the BAFTA red carpet at the Royal Albert…

Disney’s Beauty And The Beast hit a pair of major milestones on Tuesday as it continues an enchanted box office dance around the world. Bill Condon’s update on the 1991 animated classic became the 26th film in history to cross $400M domestically, and has also hit a nice round $900M worldwide. The split is now $401.1M…

SATURDAY UPDATE: As expected, Disney's Beauty And The Beast waltzed past the $500M global mark on Friday with a total of $541M after eight days in worldwide release. Overseas, BATB is crossing $300M this session after taking $289M through yesterday. The full offshore weekend is on track to land just over $100M. France…

EXCLUSIVE: Even when you run Disney’s most tenured moviemaking division, it is easy to feel overshadowed when you are a silo alongside Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Animation Studios. But this past weekend marked a watermark moment for Sean Bailey and his Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, and forgive…

Disney’s Beauty And The Beast continued its box office momentum into Monday where it made an estimated $13.7 million, the second-best Monday in March after last year’s Batman V. Superman which grossed $15M. Through four days, the Bill Condon-directed musical stands at $188.45M. Even though Beauty And The Beast‘s…

3RD UPDATE, SATURDAY, WRITETHRU: With a further $40.3 million at offshore turnstiles Friday, Disney's Beauty And The Beast has twirled its way to $51.8M at the international box office. That’s in two days of play and with Saturday/Sunday still to figure. Combined with the record-breaking domestic debut, the worldwide…

UPDATE: The situation surrounding the shelving of Beauty And The Beast in Malaysia has become somewhat clearer. Earlier this week, the movie was approved by the local censors with what was characterized as "a minor cut involving a gay moment." But its release was then postponed pending an "internal review," the…

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I know the first question you are thinking: Did we really need another version of Beauty And The Beast? The answer, based on the sheer joy, eye-popping visuals, soaring vocals and pure art of movie craftsmanship on display in Bill Condon’s live-action Disney reboot is, well, yes. Of course this is not a startlingly…