Every major motion picture studio, including streamer and theater-embracer Amazon MGM Studios, will be accounted for at this week’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas, with all making onstage presentations inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
However, the tubthumping comes at a time when the domestic box office really stinks – and that’s an understatement.
At a current year-to-date gross of $1.44 billion per Comscore, the domestic business is 11% behind last year for the period of January 1 to March 31. We’re also roughly $1.4 billion behind the same point in Q1 2018, which had cleared $2.8 billion by now.
Motion picture studio executives – and the exhibition industry – are stuck in some seriously antiquated ways. A revolution, a detox, a rewiring is in order if the business is going to change the minds of stubborn quadrants who find that the best experience for a movie is to watch it at home. >>>Cardinal Sins Being Committed
More From CinemaCon, Day 1:
New ‘Spider-Man’ With Tom Holland Gets Title
‘Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse’ Back On The Release Date Calendar, This Time In 2027
Sony Shows Off First Look At Margot Robbie & Colin Farrell In ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’
Sony Motion Picture Boss Tom Rothman Says, “Cost And Windows Can Work For Us Or Against Us”
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Not So Happily Ever After - Disney's Snow White is headed to an estimated loss of $115 million after all global home entertainment, TV and Disney+ ancillaries, according to distribution sources. >>>Cost-Revenue Breakdown
'No Other Land' Filmmaker Speaks - Hamdan Ballal and his fellow No Other Land filmmakers are thanking top members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for signing a letter that pushed AMPAS leadership to take a firmer stance condemning an attack on Ballal by Israeli settlers. >> "We Are Grateful" ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Broadway Review - Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr and castmates Michael McKean, Donald Webber, Jr., Howard W. Overshown and John Pirruccello are so expert in that sleazy, duplicitous and forever captivating world of David Mamet that their combined talents turn the latest revival of his Glengarry Glen Ross, opening at The Palace Theatre, into something thrilling. >>> Greg Evans' Take ABC Renewal Status Report - Supplementing its lineup with reality fare, game shows, newsmagazines, sports and occasional Hulu series reruns, ABC has the fewest scripted shows of the broadcast networks that program three hours of primetime this season with nine: six dramas and three comedies including the six-episode final run of The Conners. >>>No Pilots For Next Season
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Paradise is adding a high-profile cast member. Shailene Woodley has been tapped for a major recurring role in the upcoming second season of Hulu’s breakout political thriller from creator Dan Fogelman and 20th Television.
Sydney Sweeney is in final negotiations to star in the live-action Gundam movie coming together at Legendary, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
Cristin Milioti has joined the FX drama pilot Seven Sisters, starring opposite the previously announced Elizabeth Olsen.
Nathan Fillion has joined Lanterns, HBO’s upcoming drama series based on the Green Lantern DC comic. Deadline has been tracking his casting as Guy Gardner since October.
Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy, Gladiator) has joined the cast of HBO‘s fantasy drama series House of the Dragon for Season 3 in a key role. |
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⚖️ A New Mexico judge ruled that police bodycam footage or photographs of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's dead bodies shall remain out of the public sphere, but the couple’s autopsy reports and images of the couple’s home and animals will be released. 💰 YouTube's revenue will surpass Disney's this year, making it the top global player in media, according to a report by veteran Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson.
🤖 In a 10-page comment directed to the White House Office of Science and Technology earlier this month, the Motion Picture Association said AI “can, and must, coexist with a copyright system that incentivizes the creation of original expression and protects the rights of copyright owners.”
📈 Shares in Newsmax, the cable TV news outlet known for its sympathetic coverage of Donald Trump, soared more than 700% on their first day of trading. The IPO was priced at $10 a share last Friday, with the offering netting $75 million after 7.5 million Class B shares went on sale. |
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$50M - Approximate price paid by Ketchup Entertainment for Warner Bros.' shelved 'Coyote Vs. Acme' movie |
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Fab Four - Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn were confirmed as the cast for Sam Mendes' four-film cinematic event The Beatles at CinemaCon 2025. |
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