EXCLUSIVE: Twenty six years after the iconic original debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, Neal Moritz’s (The Fast And The Furious) awaited reboot of hit action-thriller Cliffhanger is heading to the Cannes Marché where it will be among the buzziest projects on sale. In a zeitgeisty twist, the reimagined, big-canvas…

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…

Legendary is in negotiations for Aquaman star Jason Momoa to join the cast of Denis Villeneuve's film adaptation of Frank Herbert's bestselling novel Dune. Momoa joins an already stellar cast of Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin…

Javier Bardem, Angela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman, Emilia Clarke, Laura Dern, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephan James, Keegan-Michael Key, KiKi Layne, James McAvoy, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Momoa and Sarah Paulson have been added as presenters for the 91st Oscars later this month. They join previously announced Awkwafina…

Even though the temperature in Park City dropped today after Deadline broke the news that congresswoman and social media sensation Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was skipping Sundance, a last minute appearance by Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa, cranked up the heat. Momoa may have come to Utah for the snowboarding, but he was…

EXCLUSIVE: As Aquaman is poised to supplant The Dark Knight Rises as the top-grossing film in the DC Universe, Warner Bros has begun the process of bringing director James Wan back for the inevitable sequel. Sources said the plan in discussion is for Wan to oversee the development of a second film, including the…

Aquaman‘s fins continue to flap away at the international box office, propelling the fish-guy across the $600M mark through Tuesday. Worldwide, the Warner Bros/DC origins story has cumed $822.9M with $606.6M from offshore waters. As we noted during the past weekend, Aquaman is headed past $900M global. Depending on…

Similar to how Warner Bros. hooked female moviegoers with Wonder Woman, the studio lured that demographic again for Aquaman, but under a different guise. With Wonder Woman, female audiences finally had a superhero they could claim as their own. Diana Prince’s image easily sold the virtues of female empowerment and…

With Aquaman, the Warner Bros. superhero spectacle that opens in North America on Friday, director James Wan had every reason to feel like a fish out of water. After all, the Australian filmmaker minted his Hollywood reputation within the horror genre by displaying a golden (and grisly) touch with hard-R hits with…

SATURDAY UPDATE: Riding a wave into seven more markets on Friday, Warner Bros/DC’s Aquaman fished out another $27M from overseas turnstiles, lifting the international box office cume to $179.1M. There are 43 offshore hubs now in release, ahead of a further 28 next session which open alongside North America. The…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru…: The tide was with Warner Bros/DC's Aquaman this weekend in China where the James Wan-directed pic splashed out on a huge $93.6M (RMB 644.8M) opening. This is the biggest Middle Kingdom launch frame ever for WB, surpassing Ready Player One by 66%, and the best ever for the month of December…

NBC's Saturday Night Live, with host Jason Momoa, musical guest Mumford & Sons and Robert de Niro returning as Robert Mueller, averaged a 4.3 Live+same day household rating in the metered markets and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in the markets with local people meters. That was up from last week’s show, which was hosted…