FX continues to stock up its movie library with top box office performers. Some of the recent buys include Deadpool, X-Men Apocalypse, Jason Bourne, the Ghostbusters remake, Neighbors 2, The Secret Life of Pets, Independence Day: Resurgence, Ice Age: Collision Course, Nerve, Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Purge: E…

EXCLUSIVE: Alexandra Shipp, who plays Storm in Fox’s recent X-Men: Apocalypse and was Ice Cube’s wife in Straight Outta Compton, has signed with WME. She also is known for portraying Aaliyah in the 2014 Lifetime biopic. Upcoming, Ship has the indie pic Dude from Olivia Milch starring opposite Lucy Hale, Kathryn…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU Final Monday, 2:30 PM: There was a hodgepodge of action movies at the international box office this weekend as debut films muscled in and holdovers found new rewards to reap. In the latter category, it’s Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse which is No. 1 overseas for the frame coming off a muscular $59.5M start…

2oth Century Fox is apologizing in the wake of wide criticism over an outdoor ad for X-Men: Apocalypse that depicted a violent act against a woman. The ad, which appeared in Los Angeles and other big cities like New York, showed the movie’s villain Apocalypse grabbing Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) by the throat. It was…

8TH UPDATE, Tuesday 6:30PM: Final actuals Before we blame franchise fatigue as the catalyst for paltry Memorial Day openings, we need to also acknowledge the overall downward trend in openings for sequels this year. It’s been rampant across all genres including Ride Along 2, The Divergent Series: Allegiant even Captain…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU, 11:54 PM and 12:54 PM PT, Tuesday: There were several moving parts to the international box office this weekend, with new entries and holdovers all jockeying for position — and new milestones in the mix. The widest newbie, Disney's live action sequel, Alice Through The Looking Glass, slid down the…

Franchises — big, strong four-quad ones — make all the difference over the Memorial Day weekend. While that might be a duh of a statement, consider how often studios have tried to launch original fare over the four-day holiday and flopped: Disney in 2010 with Prince Of Persia, or Warner Bros. in 2014 with Adam Sandler…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU, MONDAY 12:36 PM: Bryan Singer's fourth turn at the X-Men helm was unleashed in 76 offshore markets this weekend, notably excluding Korea, China and Japan. The debut X-Men: Apocalypse frame cracked the $100 million mark with a final $101.5M (down from yesterday’s estimated $103.3M) from 20,796…

EXCLUSIVE: “The second domino tumbles!” That’s what one Delaware-based theater owner exclaimed to Deadline today, referring to the news in the exhibition world that Universal has followed 20th Century Fox’s lead in not granting exhibitor clearances, beginning with the June 10 release of the Legendary Pictures title War…

Jennifer Lawrence has released a new clip from X-Men: Apocalypse exclusively on her Facebook page. The story as we know it so far: "Just because there's not a war doesn't mean there's peace. He's coming" warns Raven/Mystique (Lawrence) on the impending arrival of Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac), the first and most powerful…

The final trailer for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse is bringing out the big claws, teasing the return of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and introducing what appears to be the most formidable adversary to date. “Just because there’s not a war doesn’t mean there’s peace. He’s coming” warns Raven/Mystique (Jennifer…

Twentieth Century Fox, one of the second to last studios to present today, just went out with a bang, with James Cameron coming on stage to announce four Avatar sequels (vs. the previous three), confirmation of Deadpool 2 going forward and the fact that in 2017, Hugh Jackman’s Greatest Showman on Earth was a go for…