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EXCLUSIVE: STX and AGBO are moving their Chadwick Boseman-starrer 21 Bridges from September 27 to November 22 on the release date calendar. The Brian Kirk-directed cop thriller, which also stars Sienna Miller, Stephan James, Keith David, Taylor Kitsch and J.K. Simmons, is stepping into a Thanksgiving corridor and a…

After Avengers: Endgame toppled Avatar to become the highest-grossing film worldwide on Comic-Con Saturday with $2.79 billion, FandangoNOW, Fandango's video on-demand service, is reporting that the sequel directed by Anthony and Joe Russo is the most pre-ordered title in the company’s history. It’s now one of several…

During their panel at Comic-Con, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo talked about a lot including Avengers: Endgame, but a considerable amount of panel was dedicated to their company AGBO and their slate of projects — including their upcoming adaptation of Magic: The Gathering at Netflix. The Russo Brothers said they grew up…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, AGBO has sold bestselling author Lev Grossman's original idea, The Heavens to Amazon, which has committed to a pilot script with a significant penalty attached. The series idea is science fiction in the grand tradition of classic space opera, but told in a dark, grounded…

Check back here for updates. Movie studios love playing a guessing game when it comes to what they are going to reveal when at San Diego Comic-Con. The bad news is that Sony, Warner Bros. and Universal have decided to sit this year out which means no news or reveals about Venom, the Spider-Verse, Wonder Woman, Birds of…

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony and Joe Russo, the directors of this summer’s $2.76 billion-grossing Disney/Marvel pic Avengers: Endgame, are officially heading to San Diego Comic-Con and will be hosting their own panel centering on their AGBO Studios. The panel is happening at 11 AM on Friday, July 19 in Hall H. The duo will…

After 26 years of supernatural success at retail, the tabletop trading-card game called “Magic: The Gathering” is getting its first Hollywood screen adaptation: Netflix has just announced an animated original series called Magic:The Gathering from executive producers Joe & Anthony Russo, the co-directors of Avengers: E…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is nearing a world rights deal and a budget commitment of more than $40 million for the hottest Cannes package, Down Under Cover, the mismatched buddy cop comedy that stars Avengers: Endgame's Chris Hemsworth and Girls Trip's Tiffany Haddish, from a script by Peter Hoare. It’s one of…

Joe and Anthony Russo are riding high—about as high as it's possible to get—as their superhero showdown Avengers: Endgame surpassed $2.5B in global gross to sink Titanic and take second place with Avatar in sight for the all time top grossing film. The brothers have spent the last seven years at Marvel working with…

EXCLUSIVE: Joe and Anthony Russo are re-teaming with Chris Hemsworth. The Avengers: Endgame directors have committed to produce Down Under Cover, the comedy that teams Hemsworth with Girls Trip's Tiffany Haddish on a two-hander buddy-cop action comedy that is being mounted in the spirit of films like 48 Hours, Rush Hou…

EXCLUSIVE: What a time to shop a movie on the Croisette. As their film Avengers: Endgame surpasses James Cameron’s Titanic for the second highest-grossing film of all time, with Cameron’s all time champ Avatar in sight, Joe and Anthony Russo have firmed plans to come to Cannes next Thursday to introduce Cherry. That…

Fresh off a record-breaking $1.2 billion box office weekend, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, the filmmakers behind the Disney/Marvel epic Avengers: Endgame, made an appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. The pair discussed their journey through the Marvel Cinematic Universe that culminated with the…