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Bullet Train, an action thriller starring Brad Pitt as a deadly assassin, has been released.Directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde), Bullet Train stars Pitt as Lady Bug, an experienced assassin who boards a Japanese bullet train filled with other professional killers who have been sent to fulfil their own assignments.Based on the novel Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka, the film also stars Joey King, Andrew Koji, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, Masi Oka, Michael Shannon, Logan Lerman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Karen Fukuhara, Benito A Martinez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny, and Sandra Bullock.In the trailer shared by Sony Pictures, Pitt is shown encountering another assassin played by Bad Bunny, soundtracked by Bee Gees track ‘Stayin’ Alive’.Lady Gaga was originally cast for Bullock’s role but she was forced to exit the project over scheduling conflicts with Ridley Scott film House Of Gucci.Along with Bullet Train, Pitt is set to make an appearance in upcoming film The Lost City alongside Bullock and Channing Tatum. He’s also been cast in Babylon from director Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash), set to be released in December.

Clayton Davis For the upcoming Oscars ceremony, the Academy is making a mindful approach to connect with consumers with their Oscars Fan Favorite poll recognized during the show’s telecast. On Monday, the Academy revealed the top 10 finalists that have received votes from utilizing the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite or voting on OscarsFanFavorite.com.The leaderboard includes: Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” (Netflix), Kay Cannon’s “Cinderella” (Amazon Studios), Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” (Warner Bros), James Wan’s “Malignant” (Warner Bros), Andrew Levitas’ “Minimata” (Samuel Goldwyn Films), Garth Jennings’ “Sing 2” (Illumination/Universal Pictures), Jon Watts’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony Pictures), James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” (Warner Bros) and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” (Netflix).

Clayton Davis The Critics Choice Association announced the nominations for the 2nd annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across film and television.Destin Daniel Cretton’s “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and Jon Watts’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” led the film nominations with five noms each. Two of the three Peter Parkers landed acting mentions for Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland, but Tobey Maguire was omitted from the list.“Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” the four-hour cut of his superhero film with Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot, also landed in the best superhero movie category alongside “Black Widow,” “Eternals,” “Shang-Chi,” “Spider-Man” and “The Suicide Squad.” On the television side, Paramount Plus’ “Evil” and Netflix’s “Midnight Mass” led with six apiece.

In an interview with IGN, Sommers and McKenna said the most challenging scene to write in “No Way Home” was the moment when the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Peter Parker, played by Tom Holland, met his cinematic predecessors portrayed by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. Of course, as MCU fans know by now, that meeting comes right after the biggest gut punch of Peter’s life when Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) died in his arms. While Maguire and Garfield made their big entrance in a previous scene, Sommers and McKenna knew this scene was critical because it would be the first time audiences have seen these Parkers in years, and would tell them about the characters’ state of mind.

The Jeff Bridges drama The Old Man is back in production and set to premiere this summer via FX and the next day on Hulu.

According to early industry estimates this morning, Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home has beat the $760.5M take of James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi spectacle Avatar to become the third highest grossing movie at the domestic box office with an estimated running total of $760.9M. This feat comes after a solid $1.6M Valentine’s Day haul for the Jon Watts-directed, Tom Holland-Zendaya-Benedict Cumberbatch starring movie at 3,300 theaters. Sony has yet to make the record official this morning.

There could be more Daredevil in the future.

THR that director Jon Watts even built an applause break into his appearance in the “Spider-Man” sequel. “Jon said, ‘I have built in this moment where we reveal you, and no one speaks for a few beats because the audience will have a big reaction.” Watts turned out to be exactly right.But there was also a “Daredevil” Easter egg that was left on the cutting room floor.

Despite the presence of a troika of web slingers past and present and a bonanza box office, Spider-Man: No Way Home was (basically) nowhere to be found amidst today’s Oscar nominations unveiling.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWith Oscar nominations just around the corner — they’ll be announced on Feb. 8 — pundits wonder if Academy members will embrace a superhero movie by giving a best picture nod to “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”Variety’s film awards editor Clayton Davis wrote in a Dec.

Refresh for latest…: With a major assist from the phenomenal global box office performance of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sony Pictures Entertainment has recorded a third-quarter profit of $1.314 billion, up a staggering 570% from the comparable period in 2020. Revenues saw a 122% increase to $4.063 billion versus the same quarter the previous year.

J. Kim Murphy Another weekend, another easy No.

Oceans Eleven and Burn After Reading are reuniting once more for an as yet untitled film.The thriller, helmed by Spider Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts, was won by Apple Original Movies after a major bidding war. It’s described as a “tale of two lone-wolf fixers assigned to the same job.”Speaking to Deadline, Clooney revealed that they’d taken a pay cut and that he believes films can co-exist in cinemas and on streaming platforms together.He said: “It was an exciting time because it got to be one of those weird bidding wars which happen every once in a while, and it ended up being pretty extreme, and Apple came in with a really big number for Brad and I.”He said: “And we said we’d like to take less as long as we can guarantee that we can have a theatrical release, and they said great.“I do think that there’s a way that we can all co-exist.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt triggered an intense bidding war that was ultimately won out by Apple Studios. But before the stars agreed to sign on, they volunteered to take a lower salary under one condition.Clooney opened up about the caveat in an interview with, telling the outlet that it was intriguing to watch how much interest was generated by the untitled film that will be written and directed by filmmaker Jon Watts.«Yeah.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney are putting their money where their mouths are to stick up for movie theatres.

George Clooney is opening up about his upcoming movie with Brad Pitt, which was recently bought by Apple Original Films after a bidding war.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Spoiler Alert: This story contains major plot details of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.

New Republic Pictures has won the rights to John Glenn’s spec Cut and Run in a bidding war, with Jake Gyllenhaal (The Guilty) coming aboard to produce and star, Deadline has confirmed.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorBack in 2018, “Black Panther” cracked the best picture race and showed that the industry was ready to recognize the superhero movie. It also landed five other nominations and made Oscar history when Ruth E.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJosh Duhamel has joined Season 2 of the Disney Plus series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.”Duhamel joins the show as a new character named Gavin Cole, a former NHL player turned coach. Described as inspirational, charming, and hardcore, he’s big on the hockey metaphor that applies to life.

Refresh for latest…: With an amazing $1.69B worldwide cume through Sunday, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the No. 6 film ever globally, passing Jurassic World ($1.67B) and The Lion King ($1.662B) to get there. This includes a running $970.1M from the international box office, which should portend an eventual $1B overseas gross — and without a China bump. Domestic is at $721M+.

Zack Sharf Andrew Garfield revealed on this week’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that protecting his return as Peter Parker/Spider-Man for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” meant he even had to lie to his former “Spider-Man” co-star Emma Stone. Garfield and Stone starred together as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in the Marc Webb-directed “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” While Garfield’s return for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was heavily rumored, the actor lied to everyone he knew in order to protect the major secret.“Emma [Stone] kept on texting and she was like, ‘Are you in this new ‘Spider-Man’ film?'” Garfield answered when asked if he had told either Stone or Webb about his “No Way Home” return. “And I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ She was like, ‘Shut up.

In the wake of his $1.5 billion grossing Sony Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel, Spider-Man: No Way Home, filmmaker Jon Watts is boarding New Line’s Final Destination 6 as a producer. Lori Evans Taylor and Guy Busick are writing the screenplay from a story by Watts based on his treatment.

Refresh for latest…: Arachnomania continues to grip the globe as Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home has increased its worldwide cume to $1.53B through four weekends. Tom Holland’s Peter Parker now fronts the No. 8 movie on the all-time global chart with No Way Home leaping past Marvel’s The Avengers, Furious 7, Frozen II and Avengers: Age Of Ultron across the frame.

His spidey senses are tingling! After keeping his Marvel Cinematic Universe cameo a secret long before Spider-Man: No Way Home hit theatersin December 2021, Andrew Garfield is spilling all the tea about putting the spandex suit back on and the most “beautiful” moments from set.

Apple really, really likes being in the Brad Pitt film business. After one mega-deal for a Jon Watts-directed, Brad Pitt-starring thriller last year, the tech company is starting 2022 on a similar note, writing a big check to finance, produce, and distribute the upcoming untitled racing drama starring Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski.

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” has swung into the record books with the second-biggest opening day of all time in North America, and the biggest debut ever for December.Directed by Jon Watts, the latest installment of the web-slinger’s saga took in $121.5 million from 4,336 theaters nationwide Friday night, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The total included $50 million from limited-release Thursday previews, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The big total made “No Way Home” the first film of

the red carpet at the premiere in West Hollywood on Monday night. “No Way Home” marks Tom Holland’s second standalone Spider-Man film release after 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and 2019’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” “No Way Home” faced its fare share of COVID-19 delays, originally planned for release in July before being pushed to the holiday season.

In Spider-Man’s last film installment, and replayed at the top of high-spirited sequel Spider-Man: No Way Home (★★★★☆), the teen superhero’s ally-turned-enemy Mysterio (Jack Gyllenhaal) took to social media to let the biggest spoiler in the MCU out of the bag. As his last villainous act before dying, Mercurio revealed Spidey’s secret identity as New York City high schooler Peter Parker (Tom Holland).Instantly, and thanks to online troll J.