Tag: Halloween
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New ‘Halloween’ Movies Set for 2020, 2021
Universal Pictures has unveiled back-to-back “Halloween” sequel movies that will open in 2020 and 2021.The studio made the announcement Friday, noting that last year’s “Halloween,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis and directed by David Gordon Green, went on to become the highest-grossing installment in the horror franchise at more than $250 million worldwide.The first film will…
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New ‘Halloween’ Movies Set for 2020, 2021
Universal Pictures has unveiled back-to-back “Halloween” sequel movies that will open in 2020 and 2021.The studio made the announcement Friday, noting that last year’s “Halloween,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis and directed by David Gordon Green, went on to become the highest-grossing installment in the horror franchise at more than $250 million worldwide.The first film will…
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Daily Podcast: Spider-Man: Far From Home, Child’s Play, Halloween, Bad Trip, Bill & Ted & Keanu Reeves in the McU
On the June 20, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Spider-Man: Far From Home, Child’s Play, Halloween, Bad Trip, Bill & Ted Face The Music, and Keanu Reeves in the McU.…
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Jason Blum and Jamie Lee Curtis Tease Another ‘Halloween’ Sequel
Laurie Strode may be coming back again. Last year’s Halloween sequel/reboot was a pretty massive hit, scoring $255.4 million worldwide against a budget of just $10 million to become the highest-grossing film of the franchise by far. That’s a serious profit margin, so it’s no surprise that another sequel is in the works with the…
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‘Black Panther,’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Nominated for Best Publicity Campaign
Hollywood publicists have selected nominees for the best publicity campaigns of 2018.On the film front, Disney’s “Black Panther,” Fox’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Paramount’s “A Quiet Place,” Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Universal’s “Halloween,” and Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians” received nods for the Maxwell Weinberg award for top movie publicity campaign of 2018.Nominated for top television…
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Sequel Bits: ‘Glass’, ’47 Meters Down’, ‘Star Trek 4’, ‘Hobbs and Shaw’, ‘Leprechaun Returns’, ‘Halloween’, ‘Indiana Jones 5’
In this edition of Sequel Bits: M. Night Shyamalan says “No” to a Glass sequel. The 47 Meters Down sequel will star the daughters of Jamie Foxx and Sylvester Stallone. John Cho has a good feeling about Star Trek 4. See The Rock and Vanessa Kirby running on the set of Hobbs and Shaw. Warwick…
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Stop the horror snobbery! I just want my jump scares back
From Suspiria to Hereditary, the genre is increasingly ditching its B-movie bag of tricks in order to be taken seriously. But I was far more frightened by ‘duds’ such as Overlord and The Nun than this new monstrous Oscar-baitHorror is having a moment. Films such as Suspiria, Halloween, A Quiet Place and Hereditary are no…
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October Delivered a Record $820 Million at the Domestic Box Office
Another month and another record falls as October 2018 domestic calendar grosses topped $800 million for the first time ever, outperforming last October by more than +47%. Leading the charge was Sony’s Venom, but it was a collective effort among several films including fellow October releases A Star is Born and Halloween, all of which…
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Danny McBride Reveals How ‘Eastbound & Down’ Prepared Him for ‘Halloween’ — and What He Has in Mind for the Sequel
When it was first announced that David Gordon Green and Danny McBride would account for two-thirds of the main creative team behind the newest “Halloween,” surprise quickly gave way to curiosity. Neither of them had a background in horror, but the two had collaborated more than once and had strong track records both on their…
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‘Halloween’ Set for Second Weekend at #1 as Holdovers Continue to Dominate
October 2018 is still running at a record pace. As of October 24, the month was pacing +49% higher than last year, not to mention +7.8% ahead of 2014, the largest October on record, though that’s about to change by the end of this weekend. That said, it won’t be the weekend’s new releases doing…