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Sony's Jumanji: The Next Level opens early in 18 overseas markets this week, beginning today in France and including Netherlands, some of South East Asia and, notably, China, through Friday. This is a different rollout pattern to 2017's reboot, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, which went day-and-date with domestic in…

Stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Hart is set to give a behind-the-scenes look at his life in the forthcoming six-part Netflix documentary series Don’t F**k This Up. The series will launch globally on December 27. In the new docuseries, Hart will be an open book, giving unprecedented access to his life over the past…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: As I watched Kevin Hart on The People’s Choice Awards grow introspective about second chances and feelings of morality after…

Kevin Hart is speaking out about his serious car accident and how it has changed his outlook on life. In his first public comments since the Sept. 1 crash, in which the comedian suffered major back injuries that required surgery, he posted an emotional video on Instagram Tuesday night documenting his recovery. “When…

It's time for what's sure to become an annual debate since the last Oscar ceremony did fine without an emcee. What do we do this year: Host? Or no host? Or do we finally get serious about an idea that's been bouncing around the Internet at least since Kevin Hart ditched the gig after flirting with it in December of…

UPDATED with post-surgery status: Kevin Hart is doing "great,” according to his wife Eniko Hart, following back surgery Sunday night. The actor and comedian underwent an operation after a single-car accident early Sunday, and his wife told TMZ "he's going to be just fine.” Hart is expected to remain at Northridge…

STXfilms has bought the high concept comic superhero pitch Night Wolf from Detective Pikachu scribes Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, a project that Kevin Hart will star in and produce via his HartBeat Productions. Night Wolf follows a Meet the Parents-esque encounter where a man (Hart) meets his future father-in-law…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart is expanding his Hartbeat Productions banner by tapping Bryan Smiley to be its President of Film and Television. Smiley is currently a vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and he will make the move when his contract expires at the end of the year. SPE has many percolating productions…

Kevin Hart will star in the Quibi original series Action Scene, a comedic action-thriller based on the frenetic opening scene of his 2016 concert film Kevin Hart: What Now? His company Laugh Out Loud is producing. Executive produced by Kevin Hart, his longtime business Jeff Clanagan and Dave Becky, Action Scene will…

Kevin Hart and Paramount are teaming on a potential remake of Scrooged, the 1988 comedy directed by Richard Donner and starring Bill Murray in a memorable take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The new project is in early development, we hear, and the next step is hiring a writer. Hart also could topline the pic…

Sony dated a trio of films for 2020-2021 while moving Screen Gems’ Adam Robitel sequel Escape Room 2 from April 17, 2020 to Aug. 14, 2020. Of note, Kay Cannon’s re-imagination of Cinderella starring multi-platinum pop artist and Grammy nominee Camila Cabello will open on Feb. 5, 2021. James Corden cracked the idea…

EXCLUSIVE: Alfre Woodard has signed on to play Kevin Hart’s mother-in-law in Fatherhood, the Sony Pictures film adaptation based on the memoir Two Kisses For Maddy: A Memoir Of Loss & Love by Matt Logelin. Paul Weitz is directing the motion picture from a screenplay by Dana Stevens. Weitz penned the current…