John Boyega Only Had About $60 in His Bank Account When J.J. Abrams Called About ‘Star Wars,’ Then Spent $43 to Go Meet Him: ‘Do the Math
By Zack Sharf According To The variety Joyn Boyega appeared at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (via People) and revealed he only had about $60 in his [more…]
Ellen Pompeo Won’t Leave ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ as That Makes ‘No Sense’ Financially: Everybody Else Would Make Money ‘From My Hard Work and I Wouldn’t’
By Jack Dunn According To The variety Ellen Pompeo has starred in “Grey’s Anatomy” since its debut in 2005, and it sounds like she doesn’t plan to [more…]
Florence Pugh Says Marvel Didn’t Want Her to Jump Off the World’s Second Tallest Building Due to ‘Thunderbolts’ Insurance Risk; She Emailed Kevin Feige: ‘It’ll Do Wonders for the Press Tour’
By Zack Sharf According To The variety Florence Pugh recently told Fandango that she incessantly emailed Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige about not using a stunt double for the filming of a “Thunderbolts*” [more…]
Who Killed Amy Winehouse? Asif Kapadia on the Case of the Dead Singer, and the ‘Really Heavy’ Version of ‘Amy’ His Wife Preferred
By Leo Barraclough According To The variety British filmmaker Asif Kapadia approached Oscar-winning documentary “Amy,” which was released 10 years ago, as if he were a detective investigating [more…]
All Five ‘Breakfast Club’ Actors Reunite for the First Time in 40 Years; ‘I Feel Really Moved We’re All Together,’ Says Molly Ringwald
By Jack Dunn According To The variety The five members of “The Breakfast Club” reunited Saturday, 40 years after the Shermer High School trouble makers first [more…]
Box Office: ‘Minecraft’ Is Already the Highest-Grossing Domestic Release of 2025; Angel Studios’ ‘King of Kings’ Outdoing ‘The Amateur,’ ‘Drop’
By J. Kim Murphy According To The variety A Minecraft Movie” was assured to reign supreme at the domestic box office in its second weekend, but [more…]
Rashida Jones and Tracee Ellis Ross Despair Over ‘Corporate Greed’ at Heart of Comically Bleak ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘Common People
By Alex Ritman According To The variety SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot developments in the “Black Mirror” episode “Common People,” currently streaming on Netflix. Rashida Jones is [more…]
Joseph Quinn Spoke to Marvel About Johnny Storm and ‘Where We Are Culturally’: He Was ‘This Womanizing Guy, but Is That Sexy These Days? I Don’t Think So’
By Zack Sharf According To The variety Joseph Quinn is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in this summer’s “Fantastic Four: The First Steps,” but [more…]
Under Paris’ Director Sets Thailand-Set Psychological Thriller ‘Lady Chang’ Starring Anais Parello, Boarded by Studiocanal (EXCLUSIVE)
By Elsa Keslassy According To The variety Xavier Gens, the popular genre filmmaker behind Netflix‘s hit shark movie “Under Paris,” “Mayhem!” and “Gangs of London,” will next direct [more…]