A growing number of directors are being fired off films. Is there a connection to the trend of more filmmakers writing their own screenplays, rather than depending on the craftsmanship of seasoned screenwriters? Directors have worked hard to achieve more creative freedom, but may be sacrificing those gains in their…

EXCLUSIVE: "Look, the shows are designed to be confrontational,” says Steven Soderbergh of the second installment of The Girlfriend Experience, just before the Starz drama's debut at the Toronto Film Festival today. "The great thing about what's going on in television right now is that if you make something that's…

Specialty films saw a mixed bag over the summer at the box office, though the groans of gloom among some are somewhat off-base. The Big Sick from Amazon Studios/Lionsgate was clearly a front-runner out of the gate and topped the list if one considers it a "specialty" title. Focus Features' The Beguiled from Sofia…

UPDATED, TUES. 10:30 AM: All grosses have been updated below. Looking ahead, Warner Bros. should see its Christopher Nolan epic Dunkirk cross the $400M worldwide milestone this week just as its superhero film Wonder Woman crossed $800M this weekend, with Japan to come on Friday. The studio’s Annabelle: Creation also…

Sunday Update: For previous weekend box office coverage, click here. Mid-August has proved to be an opportune time for Lionsgate and Millennium and their action titles in the past (think The Expendables franchise), so it stands to reason they would target that date on the calendar again, which is what they did this…

UPDATE, Saturday AM Writethru after 12:47AM post: Two distributors, Bleecker Street and Lionsgate, observed ahead of time that August wasn’t going to be dominated by any particular tentpole like last year’s Suicide Squad. And given how difficult it is to slot low-to-mid budget fare on the calendar in the teeth of…

Four years after announcing his “retirement” from directing feature films, Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh is back behind the camera for another big-screen movie. But this time he is in total control overseeing the marketing and distribution in addition to directing, editing (as Mary Ann Bernard) and acting as his own…

The major studios quietly hope that Logan Lucky will instantly run out of luck when it opens next week. The reason: The movie is dedicated to the proposition that studios are expensive anachronisms. The strategist behind Logan Lucky is filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, who, having battled the majors on many issues over the…

Amazon will bring Steven Soderbergh's new Channing Tatum heist comedy Logan Lucky to its Prime Video customers during the movie’s exclusive first-run US streaming window, Amazon said today. Logan Lucky hits theaters August 18, 2017 and is expected to be released on Prime Video during the first quarter of 2018. Amazon…

Bleecker Street is partnering with Steven Soderbergh’s Fingerprint Releasing to distribute his new comedy Logan Lucky in the U.S. An August 18 wide release is being eyed for the heist comedy, which features a killer ensemble including Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, Hilary Swank, Seth MacFarlane, Katie…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Gleeson has joined the cast of Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky, which stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig and Jack Quaid. He will play the role of Sam Bang, brother of Craig and Quaid’s characters. Gleeson, who’s the son of actor Brendan Gleeson and brother of Ex Machina’s Domhnall…

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Quaid has joined the Steven Soderbergh-directed ensemble cast of Logan Lucky. Quaid, who co-stars in the returning HBO series Vinyl, was able to get Martin Scorsese and Scott Burns to allow him the flexibility to join a stellar cast that includes Channing Tatum, Katherine Heigl, Daniel Craig, Katherine…