Peter Levinsohn was named Vice Chairman and Chief Distribution Officer for Universal Filmed Entertainment Group today after serving as President and Chief Distribution Officer since 2013.
In his new role, Levinsohn will oversee domestic theatrical distribution, global home entertainment, global television…
EXCLUSIVE: More Jurassic World 3 casting as Venom and Midnight Special actor Scott Haze joins the cast of the Universal-Amblin feature alongside Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mamoudou Athie, DeWanda Wise, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Dichen Lachman.
Haze can next be seen starring alongside Keri Russell…
Universal Entertainment Group, The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary's University and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have entered a year-long partnership to pilot a Spellcheck for Bias resource to help support more authentic Latinx onscreen representation and casting opportunities…
EXCLUSIVE:Sam Mendes’ WWI epic 1917 has become eOne's highest grossing release ever in the UK, overtaking The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, with a local grab of £36.2M ($46.9M) through Monday. The milestone hit this past weekend after 1917dominated the BAFTA Awards on February 2, followed by Oscars this past…
Following a barrage of criticism eight months ago from right-wing commentators and President Donald Trump, who called the movie one that will “inflame and cause chaos,” Universal-Blumhouse’s The Hunt is muscling its way back on to the release calendar with a March 13 date. It’s being billed in a new ad campaign as…
When you’re doing a movie trailer launch nowadays and need to grab everyone’s attention, it helps to throw a concert.
Universal’s trailer for F9(aka Fast & Furious 9), since dropping its near four-minute trailer on Friday ahead of the Super Bowl, has clocked a massive 439.3 million global views across YouTube…
If you’re going to make a sequel, especially a ninthquel, you gotta give a great reason for audiences to come back. And in the case of Universal’s F9 ne Fast & Furious 9, it’s that John Cena’s character aka Jacob is “Dom’s brother” according to Michelle Rodriguez’s Letty Ortiz.
Says Charlie Theron’s baddie Cipher to…
With the BAFTA Film Awards fast approaching this Sunday, London is poised to start swinging into revelry from Friday through to the wee hours of Monday morning.
The party roster this year as compared to last is slightly different, but that shouldn't dampen the spirit of the home stretch towards the Oscars on February…
The usual studios — Universal, Paramount, Disney, and maybe even Fox — again are aboard to tease their upcoming event pics during Sunday’s Super Bowl. And the notion that the majors have sticker shock over this year’s record $5.6 million 30-second ad spot cost isn’t really stopping them from banging the drum before an…
EXCLUSIVE: Even though it was a late entry this awards season (not coming into the contest until late November and skipping the usually obligatory film festival circuit altogether), 1917Â has emerged as a frontrunner heading into the BAFTAs this weekend and the Oscars one week later.
The short season hasn’t seemed to…
EXCLUSIVE: I hear that Universal is in development on Tias, a female-driven Latina ensemble drama based on an original pitch by TV scribe Rob Sudduth. He will also write the script.
Will Packer and James Lopez will produce under Packer's eponymous production company, Will Packer Productions. Eva Longoria and Ben…
(UPDATED WITH SETH BYERS DETAILS) Nearly two years after he was shown the door at Universal following undisclosed "inappropriate conduct" allegations, the studio's former president of marketing Josh Goldstine has emerged with his name cleared and his bank account apparently quite healthy. While nowhere up in the eight…
