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EXCLUSIVE: TaleFlick Productions CEO Uri Singer has secured the film and television rights to God Mode, a Keenspot webcomic created by Chris Crosby. Having debuted as an online comic, God Mode has attracted more than nine million readers and hundreds of millions of views. Set in 1995, it follows a feisty…

Universal’s Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson romantic comedy Marry Me led the Valentine’s Day Monday box office with $3 million, raising its four-day total to $10.99M. The pic, which also was available to watch on the paid tier of Uni’s streaming service Peacock, is booked at 3,642 theaters. Marry Me‘s Monday was up 109%…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off her rom-com Marry Me‘s release this weekend, director Kat Coiro looks to have found her next project. Sources tell Deadline that Coiro has been set to direct Sony Pictures' The Husband’s Secret. The film, based on Liane Moriarty’s No. 1 New York Times bestseller published in 2013, is currently in…

UPDATE, writethru: Hitting 15 offshore markets ahead of its domestic debut and further overseas expansion next weekend, Sony's Uncharted mapped out an international box office launch of $21.5M. The Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg-starrer was No. 1 in each of its openings, taking advantage of school holidays in some markets…

Sunday AM Writethru: Two major studios this weekend took a bold swing and decided to go after the challenged older female demo over Valentine’s Day weekend in a continued pandemic. While the results were in line with projections, they wouldn’t be anything to brag about in a pre-pandemic marketplace. There’s also an…

Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile  saw $1.1M in both Wednesday and Thursday previews for Disney’s 20th Century Studios, while Universal’s Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson romantic comedy Marry Me posted $525K from Thursday night shows alone. Marry Me, which also made itself available on Peacock last night as the third…

Jennifer Lopez knows a thing or three about media harassment and being in the public eye 24/7, but that only makes the far-fetched romantic comedy Marry Me seem even less tolerable or redeemable than it might have looked on paper. In its opening minutes, this slickly made, music-drenched concoction serves up a premise…

Just as President Biden's top medical adviser Anthony Fauci is declaring that the U.S. is exiting "the full-blown pandemic phase" of Covid-19, three studios are hoping to lure out adult audiences, especially women who’ve been slow to return to cinemas. Further curbing Sunday business is the Super Bowl, but if older…

In another move to feed the beast of frosh streamers, Universal has announced that their Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson romantic comedy Marry Me will stream on Peacock the same weekend the movie hits theaters, Feb. 11-13. Previous theatrical-day-and-date Peacock releases include DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby: Family…

“This is the most unbelievable thing that could ever happen in life,” says Sarah Silverman’s gal-pal character Parker in the first trailer for Universal’s Marry Me. Have a look above. Described as Notting Hill meets The Proposal, the story centers on pop superstar Kat Valdez (Jennifer Lopez) who, moments before…

More bad news for exhibition, and this from the distributor which has been good about releasing movies during the pandemic: Universal is moving their Jennifer Lopez musical-driven romantic comedy Marry Me from May 14, 2021 to Feb. 11, 2022. Translation: The studio has enough confidence in the movie to postpone it and…

Universal Pictures’ Jennifer Lopez music fueled romantic comedy Marry Me is moving from Presidents Day-Valentine’s Day weekend on the theatrical release calendar next year, Feb. 12 and going to May 14, 2021. Marry Me will take the place of DreamWorks Animation's Untitled Spirit Riding Free movie which has now been…