Tag: F9
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Warner Bros.’ ‘Tenet’ Rakes in $20.2 Million in Long-Awaited US Debut; Closes in on $150 Million Globally
Labor Day weekend gave us our first glimpse at what a blockbuster looks like in the age of Covid-19. Christopher Nolan’s long-delayed brainteaser, Tenet, was the first major test of US movie exhibition in the coronavirus pandemic. Now, with receipts tallied, it appears the Warner Bros. film passed that test. The twisty, PG-13 thriller starring…
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‘F9’ and ‘Matrix 4’ Helicopter Camera Crews Aim High For Action Shots
Stunt pilot Frédéric North has decades of experience working in Hollywood on films like “Kong: Skull Island,” “Pacific Rim: Uprising” and Justin Lin’s latest “Fast & Furious” sequel, “F9.” So I shouldn’t be nervous as I climb aboard in mid-February for my first trip on a helicopter with him and aerial director of photography Dylan…
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Lionsgate’s ‘Saw’ Reboot, Janelle Monae’s ‘Antebellum,’ Pulled From Theatrical Release
Lionsgate has joined the parade of releases pulled from theatrical release due to the coronavirus pandemic, pulling the Chris Rock-Samuel L. Jackson “Saw” reboot, Janelle Monae’s “Antebellum” and Sarah Paulson’s “Run.”Lionsgate made the moves on Tuesday, in the wake of Disney-Marvel pulling its Scarlett Johansson superhero adventure “Black Widow,” from its May 1 slot, The…
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Hollywood’s Day of Reckoning: ‘F9,’ ‘A Quiet Place Part II,’ ‘Lovebirds’ Delayed Over Coronavirus Fears
Thursday saw a wave of cancellations, pushbacks and delays over the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, with major studio tentpole films like the “Fast & Furious” sequel “F9,” John Krasinksi’s”A Quiet Place Part II” and the Issa Rae-Kamail Nanjiani rom-com “The Lovebirds” all getting pushed back.Paramount also delayed the film “Blue Story,” and these titles…
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Vin Diesel Says ‘F9’ Won’t Be Delayed By Coronavirus & He’d Go To China Now To Promote It
Ever since the news that “No Time to Die” was delayed from its April release all the way until November due to the coronavirus pandemic, film fans have been looking at other big spring films to see which is the next to get moved. It appears, for now, at least, that May’s “Black Widow” release…
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Will Studios Delay Films Like ‘F9’, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’, and ‘Black Widow’ Due to the Coronavirus? Here Are Their Current Plans
With the coronavirus (aka Covid-19) continuing to spread around the world, the film industry is bracing for whiplash: after a record-breaking year at the box office in 2019, some analysts are predicting the virus could result in at least a $5 billion loss in 2020. The virus’s impact is already well underway: 70,000 theaters have…
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‘The Pinkerton’ is a Supernatural Western Coming from Bad Robot
Warner Bros. signed a huge deal with J.J. Abrams‘s Bad Robot production company – and now they have their first original film project. It’s called The Pinkerton, a supernatural in a Western setting written by Daniel Casey. Casey did a re-write on the Bad Robot-produced 10 Cloverfield Lane, and also wrote the script for Kin…