SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: Shazam! is the word at the international box office this weekend, with the Warner Bros/New Line/DC title striking past the $100M mark in its debut. On 40,000 screens in 79 offshore markets, the David F Sandberg-directed family superhero pic grossed $102M. The global opening is $158.6M when…

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: New Line/DC’s Shazam! posted a solid hold on Saturday of $19.75M, -4%, putting its opening weekend at $53.45M. Add those Fandango $3.3M paid previews from March 23 and the DC superhero who was originally known as Captain Marvel (really, he was) has a running total of $56.7M. Shazam! flew in ahead of…

FRIDAY MIDDAY: New Line/DC’s Shazam! is currently at this point in time looking at a $18.9M Friday, a 3-day of $49M and including previews a running total of $52.3M. Note late night business yesterday pushed its Thursday higher, so we might see the same again tonight, plus Saturday matinees, natch.

Paramount’s Pet Sema…

On stage in front of a South by Southwest crowd that had just been laughing, gasping and cringing to the wildly dark premiere of Pet Sematary, director Dennis Widmyer said, "What do you think? Feel good movie of 2019?"

Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura had no use for sarcasm. He was blunt: "How f–ked up is this movie?"

F…

New Line’s Shazam! we hear is set to fly to a $40M-$45M start when it opens on April 5, a healthy opening in the marketplace after Captain Marvel‘s $153.4M, Us‘ anticipated $40M+ start next Friday and Disney’s Dumbo on March 28 which has a wild range from $58M to $75M (from some studio analysts). Hopefully some…

If you have read Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, then it probably freaked you out. If you watched the 1989 film adaptation directed by Mary Lambert then you probably were freaked out even more (remember how creepy Zelda was?). Now, the new 2019 iteration starring Jason Clarke and John Lithgow will continue the tradition…

The SXSW Film Festival has added more to their already robust lineup including the world premieres of the forthcoming remake of Pet Sematary and the horror The Curse of La Llorona as well as a screening of the series finale of Comedy Central’s Broad City and the second of season of YouTube’s Cobra Kai. In addition…

Sometimes, as Stephen King’s memorable line from Pet Sematary goes, dead is better. But fans of his super creepy 1983 novel – and the ’89 movie adaptation – will be happy to see that in King’s world anyway the famous warning typically goes unheeded.

Back for more adventures in dead-cat babysitting, Pet Sematary, from P…

Alien: Covenant‘s Amy Seimetz has landed the female lead opposite Jason Clarke and John Lithgow in Pet Sematary, Paramount Pictures’ remake of the 1989 horror film based on the bestselling Stephen King novel. Starry Eyes helmers Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer are directing the film, and Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Steven…

Jason Clarke, who stars in the just-released indie drama Chappaquiddick, is in talks to star in Pet Sematary, Paramount’s redo of its 1989 horror pic based on Stephen King’s 1983 novel, Deadline has confirmed. The studio has already set an April 19, 2019 release date for this one. Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer (Starr…

Paramount has sets dates for a reboot of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary due out on April 19, 2019 and Sean Anders’ Instant Family starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne for Feb. 15, 2019.

In the comedy Instant Family, a couple played by Wahlberg and Byrne decide to start a family, and adopt through the foster care…