Tag: Barbie
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Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney Movie ‘Will Not Be Odd,’ Mattel CEO Says After Exec Called It an ‘A24-Type’ Film That’s ‘Surrealistic’ and for Adults
With Mattel Films off to the races thanks to the blockbuster success of “Barbie,” the studio is moving full steam ahead on its upcoming Barney movie produced by Daniel Kaluuya. The project became a subject of fascination for cinephiles after Mattel Films executive Kevin McKeon told The New Yorker in July that the script was…
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Sequels 2, Original 0 at Box Office: ‘Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie’ and ‘Saw X’ Hit, ‘The Creator’ Doesn’t
“Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount) topped “Saw X” (Lionsgate) by a healthy $5 million ($23 million to $18 million) on a weekend when either seemed feasible at #1. However, the order here isn’t the real story.While a “Paw”/”Saw” convergence isn’t exactly the second coming of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” it’s still two films with very…
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Best Director Oscars 2024 Predictions And Contenders
It may only be the end of September, but the race to land a Best Director Oscar nomination may be over before it starts. That’s partially due to the massive critical and commercial success of both Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” Throw in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ already lauded Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner…
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Barbie Mondo Poster Shows Her Living Her Best Vintage Life
There has never been a better time to be a Barbie fan. The Margot Robbie-led Barbie is the highest-grossing film of the year, crossing the billion dollar mark and only continuing to climb even after hitting streaming. And now Mondo, the company behind gorgeous, unique pop-culture artwork, is releasing a brand-new Barbie poster — which…
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‘Fair Play’ Trailer: Phoebe Dynevor & Alden Ehrenreich Star In Chloe Domont’s Netflix Thriller
While many people are looking at “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Poor Things,” “Oppenheimer,” and “Barbie” as serious awards season contenders, there are other films that could sneak in with some surprising nominations. One of those films is the upcoming thriller, “Fair Play.”Read More: 15 Films To See In September: ‘El Conde,’ ‘Henry Sugar,’ ‘The…
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From ‘Barbie’ to ‘Bottoms,’ Smart and Funny Women Win on VOD
With writers off the picket lines, they might consider news pitches to address what’s clearly an underfed genre: Movie star as comedienne, and we’re not talking rom-coms.Cases in point: Well, there’s the Margot Robbie juggernaut that is “Barbie” (Warner Bros.), with its $630 million domestic/over $1.4 billion worldwide theatrical take to date. Perhaps even more…
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Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig sessions headline BFI London Film Festival Screen Talks programme
Further talks from Emerald Fennell, Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang, Kitty Green.Conversations with Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig headline the Screen Talks programme of the 67th BFI London Film Festival.The public programme of talks from acclaimed UK and international filmmaking talents will get underway with Emerald Fennell, who will give her talk on Thursday October 5,…
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‘The Nun II’ tops global box office again; ‘Expend4bles’ disappoints
Total for ’Expend4bles’ including the initial week of release in China is now $33.9m.Worldwide box office Sep 22-24 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l) Territories 1. The Nun II (Warner Bros) $29.2m $204.2m $20.8m $135m 75 2. A Haunting In Venice (Disney/Fox) $21m $71.5m $14.7m $46.2m 53 3. Expend4bles (Millennium Media)$20.6m $33.9m $12.3m…
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Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Emerald Fennell to Deliver Screen Talks at BFI London Film Festival
Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell are among the filmmakers delivering screen talks at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, alongside Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang and Kitty Green.Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation…
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‘Oppenheimer’ Global Box Office Continues to Defy the Odds
Now in its 10th weekend of release, director Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is somehow still doing excellent business at the global box office. The three-hour epic added $1.6 million to its domestic total, and another $6.9 million from overseas markets, as it built upon an already astonishing global gross thanks to a late China debut. Released…