The UK sports media have got excited this weekend with reports that Will Ferrell is the latest movie star to bring his celebrity, and his wallet, to English football.
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Paramount’s Ryan Reynolds starring, John Krasinski directed all audience movie, If, is heading for a $40M-plus opening on May 17, which for a non-holiday in May and for an original movie, is very good.
Krasinski produced, directed and wrote If.
The PG movie is hot with parents, kids, and the 17-34 crowd, especially female. If arrived on three-week pre-release tracking with a 16 unaided –that’s the category where those polled express interest in a movie without being prompted– which is very high, and higher than what DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s Kung Fu Panda 4 arrived on tracking with; that fourthquel debuting to $57.9M.
Comps are tricky for If: Hello?! When was the last PG-live action conceived tentpole based on an original property? There was the Jennnifer Aniston and Owen Wilson 2008 dog romance Marley & Me which debuted to $36.3M, but that doesn’t count. There was also 2004’s Nicolas Cage action title, National Treasure which debuted to $35.1M. Remember, Reynolds has been great at launching original, franchise potential fare before: He had Free Guy as we were coming out of Covid which opened to $28.3M and legged out to $121.6M.
Hands down, another No. 1 win for the Brian Robbins-run Paramount studio which has already delivered Mean Girls ($28.6M opening) and Bob Marley: One Love ($51.5M opening) as the Melrose Lot remains in exclusive talks with Skydance/Red Bird for potential takeover.
Also hitting three-week in advance tracking this AM is Focus Features’ Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black, which is eyeing $6M-$8M, the movie having bagged already $15M-plus in its offshore release, as well as Lionsgate’s horror movie The Strangers: Chapter One from filmmaker Renny Harlin, and starring Riverdale‘s Madelaine
The UK sports media have got excited this weekend with reports that Will Ferrell is the latest movie star to bring his celebrity, and his wallet, to English football.
What To Watch.What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — April 19What to Watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — April 26John Mulaney is back with a new comedy special, this time, in the form of six episodes that will air live on a weekly basis. The special will feature performances from various comedians, including Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. After a two year break, “Hacks” is back with a new season, reuniting Deborah and Ava in their strange, co-dependant, and hilarious relationship.
As you are likely well aware, the Walt Disney Company bought 20th Century Fox back in 2019, just one year after “Deadpool 2” hit theaters, and in the process, became the owners of all of Fox’s Marvel properties, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, and the Deadpool franchise. But if you’re wondering why it took so long for a third ‘Deadpool’ movie to happen, six years after the second film, well, we finally have answers.
Emily Blunt has opened up about the time she met Taylor Swift, and shared the compliment the singer gave to her daughter.The actor, who is currently starring in a new film opposite Ryan Gosling, titled The Fall Guy, appeared on The Howard Stern Show recently, where she was asked about Swift.After admitting to being a fan of the singer, who has just released her 11th studio album ‘The Tortured Poets Department‘, Blunt shared a moment where the two stars met.She described how the Grammy-winning artist paid a compliment to her and The Office star John Krasinski’s nine-year-old daughter.Describing Swift as the “nicest”, the Devil Wears Prada actor explained: “She was so nice to my kids. My oldest kid has just cut all of her hair off, this very short haircut that she was very self-conscious about.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Amazon Prime Video‘s upcoming series based on James Patterson’s Alex Cross novels is being renewed for Season 2, Variety has learned from sources. The show, which stars Aldis Hodge as Cross, has yet to debut its first season or even set a premiere date. But according to sources, Amazon was impressed enough with what they have seen from the first season to greenlight the second and begin casting.
While known for their blockbuster, saving-the-world narratives and often billion-dollar grossing earnings, given their costs and expectations, superhero films frequently have a reputation for the way studios often interfere in their making, the endless noting, the insistence of reshoots and sometimes, even the sidelining of the director (see “Thor: Dark World” filmmaker Alan Taylor who has said in the past that Marvel effectively locked him out of the editing process).
Cynthia Littleton Business Editor After helping to transform a soccer team and a town in Wales, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have set their sights on central Mexico as the next spot to invest in a beloved local sports franchise. Reynolds and McElhenney have purchased a stake in Club Necaxa, the century-old Mexican soccer club that also counts Eva Longoria among its owners. The pair will work with Longoria and fellow investors Al Tylis and Sam Porter to enhance Club Necaxa’s standing and grow its profile in international sports circles at a time of heightened TV and streaming demand for soccer content.
Shawn Levy, the director of Deadpool and Wolverine, doesn’t like homework and does not require moviegoers to have prior knowledge of the MCU to enjoy his latest film.
Uberto Pasolini, who wrote and directed the James Norton-starring Nowhere Special that opened this weekend, says, rightfully, the film’s power emanates from the tangible bond you feel between father and son. Norton – the BAFTA-nominated British actor (Bob Marley: One Love, Little Women, Happy Valley) – is John a 35-year old window washer and single father to four-year old Michael (BIFA-nominated Daniel Lamot). John has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and is on a quest to place his son in a loving home.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Game, set, and now what to make of this match? “Challengers,” a sexy, subversive, R-rated drama set in the world of tennis, easily took first place at a sluggish domestic box office this weekend with a so-so $15.2 million. On the one hand, it’s a respectable result for an artsy movie aimed at discerning, adult audiences, but what keeps it from being a championship performance is the fact that “Challengers” has a hefty $55 million budget (to say nothing of its marketing costs).
Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Deadpool and Wolverine” is set to be one of the biggest films of the summer, and fan theories are already flying around the internet regarding what Marvel could have in store for what looks like a bonkers trip across a multiverse populated by characters previously owned by 20th Century Fox and now owned by Disney. Whatever goes down in the sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, prior knowledge of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will not be a mandatory requirement in order to enjoy it. That’s according to the film’s director, Shawn Levy.
The movie industry is arguably waiting around for “Deadpool & Wolverine” to hit theaters, Marvel Studios’ only film of 2024, though hopefully someone enlivens the box office before then. Originally scheduled to be a May 3 release at the top of the summer, the film was delayed because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike of 2023, moving the film into July (before that, there were two previous fall dates in 2023 that the film also had to push off from).
It’s been a long time coming.
Jim Halpert (played by John Krasinski). Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute for eight years, recently took to Instagram to share the room service he received during a stay in Florence, Italy.The 58-year-old actor’s meal came complete with a knife and fork encased in bright red Jell-O.A holdover from the UK version of the show, the gag started in the pilot episode with a stapler.
A member of the kitchen staff at the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi in Florence, Italy must be a big fan of The Office!
Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling are continuing their The Fall Guy press tour abroad!
La La Land and The Fabelmans are love letters to “cinema,” then consider The Fall Guy a love letter to stunt performers. In the action-comedy, Ryan Gosling plays the titular “guy ”who “falls,” performing stunts for a movie-within-the-movie directed by his crush, played by .But IRL, Blunt has done more stunts than Gosling, leading to her nickname, “Stunty Blunty.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.
Hugh Jackman has officially returned as Wolverine in the first trailer for “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which dropped Monday.The highly anticipated teaser kicks off with Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool finding Jackman’s Wolverine at a bar — where he’s “not welcome,” according to the bartender.“Hi, peanut,” Deadpool muses. “I’m going to need you to come with me right now.”“Listen lady, I’m not interested,” Wolverine replies.When Wolverine’s claws come out, Deadpool jokes: “Whiskey d – – k of the claws.
The bickering duo of Marvel are at it again: The trailer for Deadpool and Wolverine dropped today, and finds Ryan Reynolds‘ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine doing what they do best.
Ryan Reynolds shared a new teaser and poster for the upcoming Deadpool and Wolverine movie.