I caught up with Game Night over its opening weekend, having missed the one press screening to which I was invited, but I have to say it exceeded my expectations for an action comedy that seems a tad smarter than recent entries in the genre. This is a smart adult flick that manages to be as much fun as a game night…
UPDATED, Monday AM: Early morning estimates show Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther now making $112 million for the weekend, a 45% dip from its Week 1, which is an amazing second-weekend hold for a four-quad event film of this size. Disney will report its official figure later this morning.
All records still stand…
After scoring the second-best four-day opening of all time with $242 million and the best Monday ever at the domestic box office, Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther continued to knock over box office records, earning an estimated $21.07M on Tuesday. That’s the best pre-summer Tuesday take ever, beating Beauty and theBeast…
One of the hardest things about covering Hollywood for New York editors is trying to convince them that most of the next year's stories have already happened. Films are made on a long lead time of, say, 18 months, give or take. So most of the touchy decisions, political fights, minor victories, major failures and…
Update: Warner Bros/New Line is moving their Jason Bateman-Rachel McAdams comedy Game Night back to February, specifically the 23rd. On its new date, Game Night vies against Weinstein Co’s War With Grandpa, Paramount’s Annihilation and Orion’s Every Day. Previous, July 17: Warner Bros now will release its New Line…
UPDATED:Warner Bros has moved the release of Smallfoot back by two weeks to September 28, 2018.
PREVIOUSLY: Warner Bros. just made a slew of release date changes:
Of note, Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong will jump up by a week in 2020 from May 29 to May 22. Essentially the pic being hatched in a writers room led by…
EXCLUSIVE: More contestants continue to join New Line/Warner Bros’ Jason Bateman-Rachel McAdams comedy Game Night, with Catastrophe Emmy nominee Sharon Horgan set to play Sarah, the date Billy Magnussen’s Ryan brings along to the evening of comedy errors. While Ryan has a predilection for dating millennial girls…
EXCLUSIVE: Bloodline star Kyle Chandler will play Brooks, the successful, better-looking brother to Jason Bateman’s character Max in New Line/Warner Bros’ comedy Game Night from John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. In fact, it’s the Friday Night Lights alum’s character who concocts the whole idea for the game…
EXCLUSIVE: Billy Magnussen is set to board the New Line/Warner Bros. comedy Game Night which stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams. Pic centers around a group of couples who are caught up in a very real game night. They get together regularly to play games, but this particular night turns into a real murder mystery…
Warner Bros. will open New Line’s Game Night on Feb. 16, 2018. Pic starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams centers around a group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery. Movie is directed and written by Vacation filmmakers John Francis Daley and Jonathan…
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are game to reunite with New Line Cinema. The Spider-Man: Homecoming screenwriters have been hired to rewrite Game Night, the pic being produced by Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films. Goldstein and Daley, who made their directorial debut on last summer’s Vacation reboot for New…
