Universal Pictures had release date changes for two animation sequels today: Illumination Entertainment’s Sing 2  will now open on Friday July 2, 2021 instead of its original Dec. 23, 2020 release date. Meanwhile, DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods 2 will take over that Dec. 23 date and…

Elisabeth Moss, who was in early talks for Universal-Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man last month, is officially on board with the latest rendition of the classic monster character.

The project reps a re-team for Moss with producer Jason Blum after the recent $220M-global grossing success of Jordan Peele’s Us. Invisible Ma…

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Amy Madigan is the latest to come aboard The Hunt, Universal/Blumhouse’s politically charged action thriller directed by Craig Zobel. Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Glenn Howerton, and Ike Barinholtz were previously announced as part of the cast.

Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse wrote the sc…

EXCLUSIVE: The OA: Part II's fast-rising Kingsley Ben-Adir has boarded Universal feature The Photograph from director Stella Meghie.

The Photograph, from Will Packer Productions, stars Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield and Lil Rel Howery. Meghie (The Weekend, The First Wives Club) directs, writes and is exec producing the…

Universal Studios Boss Donna Langley didn’t have any trailers for Cats, the studio’s feature take on the hit Andrew Lloyd Weber musical because as actor James Corden said in the reel “it’s a level of technology which hasn’t been used before.”

So they tickled attendees this morning with a BTS look showing the dancers co…

The Grantham estate had its fair share of high-profile guests over the six years it aired on ITV and PBS, but stakes are ratcheted up a notch in Focus Features’ big-screen adaptation of period epic Downton Abbey. Focus chairman Peter Kujawski introduced the first trailer at CinemaCon today where we learned that the…

Look out Love, Actually, because there’s a new Christmas romantic comedy coming down the pike: Universal’s Last Christmas. Paul Feig was looking to do a holiday movie like It’s a Wonderful Life, and Emma Thompson was asked to write a movie inspired by the George Michael hit “Last Christmas.”

When she was pitched the id…

For the most part, between the STX and Warner Bros sessions so far, it hasn’t been a star-heavy year at CinemaCon. However, any studio looking to send electricity through the Coliseum at Caesars Palace can always rely on Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, who were on hand Wednesday during Universal’s presentation to…

Best Picture Oscar winner Green Book has cruised past another milestone, topping $300M worldwide through Sunday. The split on the Participant Media/DreamWorks Pictures film from director Peter Farrelly is $84.48M domestic and $219.6M at the international box office, for a running global tally of $304M.

In North America…

Universal/DreamWorks Animation's How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World has passed $500M globally. Hiccup and Toothless rode across the half-a-billion threshold with this weekend's figures included. Domestically, the Dean DeBlois-directed charmer has grossed $152.97M while the international box office stands at $34…

UPDATE, 2nd SUNDAY AM Update 9:30AM after 8:08AM post: With chart Disney’s Dumbo didn’t leave a big footprint with a meh $45M opening after a $17.5M Saturday, which, next to Friday-plus previews, is +16%. This is not one of the better openings for a tentpole-conceived live action remake of a Disney ‘toon from a…