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Story Ave starring Luis Guzman grossed $9.85k in a limited opening at one theater, Quad Cinema, with multiple sold-out shows. The first feature from director Aristotle Torres, which won for Best Cinematography at SXSW (see Deadline review) expands to Chicago and the Bronx next week, followed by LA and additional markets October 13.
Guzman plays a no-nonsense subway operator who becomes an unlikely mentor to a teenager (Asante Blackk) caught up in the dangerous world of Bronx graffiti gangs. Written by Torres and Bonsu Thompson. Produced by Jamie Foxx.
In an overall market “that’s not exactly easy,” Story Ave pulled in a diverse crowd, said Kino’s director of theatrical distribution, Maxwell Wolkin. “You have to get creative, and find an angle, and find things that hit. And it’s not necessarily always what you expect, but this film is audience friendly, it’s got a real voice, it’s connecting with people. We saw it at South by Southwest and thought we had something.”
He said big rainstorms Friday in the New York metro area didn’t hit grosses that night. The Quad stayed open. Others including Alamo Drafthouse and AMC shuttered theaters for a chunk of the day. “We were lucky,” he said, with sellout shows Friday night.
Kino Lorber has Scrapper and Radical Wolfe still in theaters.
Uptown from the Quad, crowds packed Lincoln Center theaters for the New York Film Festival, which started Friday.
In a big expansion, A24’s re-release of Stop Making Sense grossed over $1 million on 786 screens. The remastered 1984 Talking Heads concert film is set to top a $3 million cume.
It was a relatively quiet weekend for new specialty openings: Sony Pictures Classics Tribeca Festival- premiering documentary Carlos, on the life and career
EXCLUSIVE: The expansion of the Basketball Wives franchise looks to be a slam dunk for VH1.
“Suits” fans, rejoice!Following a surge in viewership via Netflix, the USA Network series could be getting a second life. A new show set in the world of “Suits” is reportedly in development, according to Deadline.Showrunner Aaron Korsh is partnering with NBCUniversal for the untitled series.However, the new project will not be a reboot or a spinoff.Sources told Deadline that “deals are still being negotiated,” but the show is “expected to be fast-tracked with a serious commitment.”The outlet added that there would be a new cast and wouldn’t have any returning characters from the OG 2011 series.The new “Suits” project would be similar to the “NCIS” or “CSI” crime dramas, where they take place in different cities around the globe.The show’s setting would be in workplace in Los Angeles with themes of a legal dramatization.It is still unknown which NBCUniversal platform it would be broadcasted on.The only other spinoff that came of the “Suits” universe was 2019’s “Pearson,” which only lasted one season on the USA Network.The series dropped in 2011 and ran for nine seasons, and starred Patrick J.
Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent Hire Survivors Hollywood, an advocacy organization that works to end retaliation against survivors of sexual violence in the entertainment business, has landed a fiscal sponsorship, now allowing the organization to take donations towards its cause. This is the latest step in Hire Survivors Hollywood’s expansion.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In an intimate performance and conversation in Los Angeles Monday night, Olivia Rodrigo admitted that there were tears shed during the making of her new album, “Guts.” But she and producer/co-writer Dan Nigro clarified that it wasn’t just about the emotion in the lyrics. Some of those were tears of frustration as they obsessed over songs and struggled to get her all-important sophomore release just right over its 10-month creation. “We cried just because we were frustrated.
Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria have a very large family and they just made a rare public appearance together!
Fans have shared their concern for megastar Madonna after the singer appeared to look different than usual in new photos.
Holly Jones Continuing its quest to promote and center women in genre cinema, Sitges will hold its annual networking, scholarship, and conference strand, WomanInFan, which head of the industry department, Patricia Salvatierra declared “is growing by leaps and bounds.” The events take place over Oct. 6-8, as part of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, unspooling Oct.
Coronation Street fans seem to be wondering if a major change could be on the cards for Courtney Vance as Stephanie Davis underwent an off-screen transformation. The actress is currently starring in the ITV soap as blonde bombshell Courtney after joining earlier this summer.
Naturally” ecstatic. Pop singer Selena Gomez caused quite a stir in Pasadena on Sunday after she surprised Coldplay fans while the band played at the Rose Bowl. The “Only Murders in the Building” star joined the British band and sang their 2021 collaboration, “Let Somebody Go.”Gomez, 31, later took to Instagram to thank the band as well as R&B singer H.E.R., who also performed.“Thank you @coldplay @hermusicofficial for an amazing night,” wrote Gomez in the post.
“Gangs of New York.”“I realized that I couldn’t work if I had to make films that way ever again,” Scorsese told GQ in a profile published last week.“If that was the only way that I was able to be allowed to make films, then I’d have to stop,” he said. “Because the results weren’t satisfying. It was at times extremely difficult, and I wouldn’t survive it.
Strictly Come Dancing fans were left delighted during Saturday night's episode as a show legend made a shock return. Ed Balls burst back into the studio performing some of his iconic moves from his time on the programme back in 2016.The former Labour MP was on hand to help host Claudia Winkleman with the terms and conditions of the public vote.
Legendary director Martin Scorsese came close to quitting Hollywood during a peak time in his career in the early 2000s. In a recent GQ interview, the director revealed working on 2002’s "Gangs of New York," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day-Lewis, left him frustrated due to interference from disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. "I realized that I couldn’t work if I had to make films that way ever again," Scorsese told the outlet.
A really wet Friday in New York – National Weather Service flash flood warning wet – is likely to take a bite out of specialty film in one of its biggest markets this weekend. Alamo Drafthouse shut its NYC locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island until further notice due to “severe flooding in and around the area,” saying “Please everyone stay dry & stay safe, and we hope to have you back at the movies very soon.” Subways are jammed up and the water makes it hard to get around.
Near the end of Aristotle Torres’ assured feature debut “Story Ave,” a title card comes up on the screen, noting the film is “by The Bronx.” It’s a short moment, leading into the end credits, but it nevertheless speaks volumes to the textured approach that Torres gives to a film that, at least in its outline form, could feel cliché.
Coronation Street star Cait Fitton has shared a beaming behind-the-scenes snap with her co-star Ryan Prescott as fans share how they really feel about the new ITV soap storyline involving the pair.
KBA, a leading financial planning company with multiple offices across the North West and Cheshire, is excited to announce the opening of its new office in the heart of Spinningfields, Manchester.
Holly Jones Frenetic and high-flying ‘90s rock emblem Mauricio Aznar trades his position as enigmatic frontman of Zaragoza’s Más Birras for a journey towards the soul of his craft in Spanish writer-director Javier Macipe’s highly-anticipated second feature, “The Blue Star” (“La Estrella Azul”) saw its world premiere in the New Directors strand of the San Sebastian Film Festival on Monday. Macipe’s (“Los inconvenientes de no ser dios”) short efforts, 2014 release “Children of the River” and 2019’s “Gastos incluídos,” earned Spanish Academy Goya nominations, placing him among Variety’s 10 Spanish talents to track in 2021.
Thania Garcia Florida-born trap-soul rapper Rod Wave has scored his third No. 1 album in a row with his latest, fifth studio LP “Nostalgia.” His entrance pushes Olivia Rodrigo’s newly-released “Guts” out of the summit by a couple thousand units sold. Despite being described an underdog of the hip-hop field, Rod previously earned a No.
David Byrne met A24’s young fans as the Talking Heads Stop Making Sense is set to gross $800,673 from 264 Imax screens in North America this weekend. Its cumulative gross of $1.43 million includes Thursday screenings and a live event at TIFF for this remastered version of the 1984 Jonathan Demme-directed concert film ranked by critics as one of the best ever.
Stop Making Sense, the remastered concert film that sowed delight at TIFF, opens on 300 Imax screens in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Ireland. Locations Stateside number 260 ahead of a nationwide release next week.