Nope, “Barbie” isn’t the most anticipated film of 2023, according to writer-director Jordan Peele.The “Get Out” and “Nope” auteur is counting down the days instead until Christopher Nolan’s nuclear biopic “Oppenheimer” debuts in theaters. During the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, host Josh Horowitz asked “Oppenheimer” cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, who collaborated with Peele on “Nope,” […]
Continue readingVariety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and […]
Continue readingTakings remain low across the board with no release topping £1m for the first time since December 2020.Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Aug 26-28) Total gross to date Week 1. Andre Rieu’s 2022 Maastricht Summer Concert (Piece Of Magic) £798,706 £816,375 1 2. Beast (Universal) £600,259 £781,947 1 3. DC League Of Super-Pets (Warner Bros) […]
Continue reading‘Eiffel’ with Emma Mackey, ‘Where Is Anne Frank’ also starting.Nope, the latest horror from US filmmaker Jordan Peele, is the leading title opening at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend; as Indian Forrest Gump remake Laal Singh Chaddha receives the widest opening ever for a South Asian film.Universal’s Nope is Peele’s third feature, and centres on the […]
Continue readingWe keep updating these predictions through the awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2023 Oscar picks. Nominations voting is from January 12 to January 17, 2023, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 24, 2023. The final voting is March 2 through 7, 2023. And finally, the 94th Oscars telecast will be […]
Continue readingJuly 2022 generated 1.133 billion in domestic gross — the best month’s gross in the Covid era, and it represents 88 percent of the take in July 2019. The majority came from two 300 million+ grossing releases with “Thor: Love and Thunder” (Disney) as the biggest film. “Minions” opened a week earlier, but it should […]
Continue readingThe actor’s role in Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror is her biggest billing to date, after a lifetime in the industry. She talks about the harm done to young actors, her response to colorism – and why she doesn’t mind being a memeKeke Palmer was at home in New York, “hanging out on the couch, or […]
Continue readingThe Warner Bros animation has eclipsed holdover US studio titles such as Minions: The Rise Of Gru and Thor: Love And Thunder.World box office July 29-31RankFilm (distributor)3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l)Territories1. Moon Man (various) 129.7m 147.3m 129.7m 147.3m 1 2. DC League Of Super-Pets (Warner Bros) 41.4m 41.4m 18.4m 18.4 64 3. Minions: The Rise […]
Continue readingJordan Peele, of all filmmakers, shouldn’t be surprised that the conversation around “Nope’s” box office performance has stirred up several hot takes.The director’s cerebral science-fiction thriller took in 44 million in its box office debut, easily leading domestic charts and impressively landing one of the biggest opening weekends in years for a film that’s not […]
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