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The knives have been out for Rian Johnson again as Star Wars fans react to the release of Disney-owned Fox’s The Rise of Skywalker by revisiting the debate over the space saga’s preceding installment, Johnson’s polarizing The Last Jedi from 2017. Today, Johnson defended himself and his version of the franchise’s…

After Rian Johnson made Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he faced angry Star Wars fans on Twitter, including some who formed a petition to have Lucasfilm strike Johnson's film from Star Wars canon. Johnson funneled that experience into his new film, Knives Out. The all-star murder mystery has a character, Jacob Thrombey…

Imax beat Wall Street estimates with its fourth-quarter total revenue, reaching just shy of $109 million, but a weaker film slate in the quarter compared with 2017 kept a lid on results. Total revenue slid 13% from the year-earlier quarter, to $109 million, while earnings per share of 26 cents fell from 34 cents. Both…

The sci-fi channel Dust and the USC School of Cinematic Arts are partnering for a showcase of student short films that will include a vintage artifact — the 1996 student short made by Rian Johnson, the future writer-director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the 2017 epic that made more than $1.3 billion in worldwide box…

ComScore and the National Association of Theatre Owners said Tuesday that North American box offices hit an unprecedented record $12 billion in the last 12 months for the first time. The period covers films released in theaters in the U.S. and Canada from October 2017-October 2018. This is bolstered by the success of…

When Kelly Marie Tran was cast in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it was a milestone for inclusivity in Hollywood: the first woman of color cast in the lead role of a Star Wars film. What should have been a celebratory moment turned sour because, well, the Internet tends to be trash and filled with trolls that enjoy…

After director James Gunn’s unceremonious ouster from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise last week as a result of controversial tweets buried in his timeline that were unearthed by alt-right journalists, Rian Johnson’s decision to delete some 20,000 of his old tweets posted before this January has sent online…

It may not be the Oscars, but if tonight’s results of the 44th Annual Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films is any indication of influence on that other Academy (which it usually isn’t) then get prepared for a Black Panther wave at the Dolby Theatre next February. After virtually sweeping last week’s…

The global box office for all films produced in every country reached a record high of $40.6 billion in 2017, up 5% from 2016, according to the MPAA's latest theatrical market statistics report. International box office for all films, foreign and domestic, increased 7% to $29.5 billion, but the domestic box office in…

For the second time in the history of Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament, Disney’s Lucasfilm prevails with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the eighth movie (really ninth, if you count Rogue One) in a 41-year old sci-fi franchise that beat several superhero movies and some truly big family breakouts including Bea…

This will end the top 10 Most Profitable, but the tournament is far from over. Also coming tomorrow will be a list of the five most profitable films that didn’t fit the criteria for inclusion in the tournament, but still made a disproportionately high amount of profit. Then comes our experts’ list of the five biggest l…

Since Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released there has been this buzz that Tom Hardy, Prince Harry and Prince William made cameos as Storm Troopers. Well, the rumors are true — at least we think — based on the deleted scene above which will be included on the DVD which will be released in April. The scene has Finn (John…