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The 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Producer Discusses The Approach That Led To The Biggest-Ever Domestic Opening |
If there’s someone who knows about Spider-Man, it’s Amy Pascal. As the former chair of Columbia Pictures, she was there when the studio first launched the webslinger in his big-screen debut.
That 2002 movie lit the wick on the success of the superhero genre. Director Sam Raimi's 2002 feature not only drew comparisons to the Holy Grail of comic-book movies (Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman), but it also made history as the first Hollywood movie to gross more than $100 million in an opening weekend
We talk with the thrice-Oscar-nominated Pascal, who is also behind the award-winning and near $1.1 billion success of the animated Spider-Verse films, about this weekend’s box office feat with Spider-Man: Brand New Day. >>>Q&A
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals
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Paramount & WBD Earnings Preview - On their Q2 earnings calls with Wall Street analysts this week, Paramount and WBD are likely to pre-empt any merger-related questions. But even if they manage to put the merger to one side, the spotlight on the two separate businesses may not be especially flattering for either of them this quarter. Their’ stock prices lately have reflected the deal’s slowdown in momentum. >>>Par Shares Down 40%
Alan Ritchson & Netflix Do A Deal - Following the success of this year’s War Machine, Netflix and Alan Ritchson are making long-term plans under a new first-look feature deal while also revving engines on their first project under the pact. >>>'Fast & Furious' With Motorcycles
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As Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues its record-breaking swing at the global box office, director Destin Daniel Cretton has had little time to process the whirlwind. The latest Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures collaboration opened to $360 million domestically – the biggest North American debut of all time, surpassing Avengers: Endgame – and $932 million worldwide, quickly cementing itself as one of the biggest launches in box office history.
Here, Cretton opens up about the film's performance, the addition of a legendary X-Men character to the film, his visual style and navigating the friendly-neighborhood Spider-Man toward healing. >>>Q&A
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"She folded like an umbrella" - Donald Trump expressing disappointment toward Jeanine Pirro, the serving U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, after she moved to dismiss a felony indictment of the alleged vandal of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool
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Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television are targeting a big-name replacement for the lead of their high-profile God of War drama series. Dave Bautista is in negotiations to play Kratos in the adaptation of the popular PlayStation video game.
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OBITUARIES
🕯️ UK director and producer Justin Hardy died of a heart attack on July 31, just weeks before the premiere of his sequel to late father Robin Hardy’s 1973 cult folk horror The Wicker Man. He was 61. 🕯️ Mary Egida Rivera, actress who portrayed Ned’s Lola on Spider-Man: No Way Home, has died. She was 82.🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery
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ON THE RADAR
Tue - Paramount earnings
Wed - Disney, News Corp. earnings
Thu - WBD, Versant, Fox & Nexstar earnings
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