Thomas J. McLean is an AwardsLine contributor.

Expect Gravity to be as powerful and inevitable a force in the visual-effects category at this year's Oscars as, well, gravity. Offering more than just snazzy visuals — about 95% of what's on screen is digital — Gravity's visual-effects supervisor Tim Webber fulfilled…

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight, the 27th American Cinematheque Award honors Hollywood’s longest-running and most commercially successful producer in Jerry Bruckheimer. Over the past 40 years, Bruckheimer has been the most consistent generator of films that filled theaters, moved popcorn and displayed more onscreen explosions than…

The producer “will probably end up making more films for us” including a fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean, the Disney CEO told CNBC’s Jim Cramer today. And last week’s decision to let their first-look deal expire next year was not tied to the fact that Disney might write down as much as $190M from losses tied to The Lone…

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Lone Ranger stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer waited until they hit the UK press circuit to explain why the expensive Disney tent pole flopped big time at the summer box office. “This is the deal with American critics,” said Armie Hammer speaking to Yahoo UK/Ireland. “They’ve been gunning for our movie since it was…

CFO Jay Rasulo just told analysts that the company is “disappointed” in the film’s performance and likely will take a charge of anywhere from $160M to $190M next quarter. <img class="alignright size-200px wp-image-261801" title="lone-ranger" src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.…

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Listen to (and share) episode 33 of our audio podcast Deadline Awards Watch With Pete Hammond. Deadline's awards columnist talks with host David Bloom about whether one of Hawk Koch's last initiatives, making the Motion Picture Academy membership more diverse, may have the most long-term impact; weekend events…

Top Gun 2 is still aiming for lift off, said Jerry Bruckheimer today. "For 30 years we've been trying to make a sequel and we're not going to stop. We still want to do it with Tom [Cruise] and Paramount are still interested in making it," the producer said Sunday at the Produced By <img src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-conten…

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