Tag: The Greatest Showman
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‘Unhinged’ Holds Top Spot as U.K. Box Office Declines
As the mercury soared, collections plummeted as the heatwave across England took its toll on the U.K. and Ireland box office over the weekend.Russell Crowe’s “Unhinged,” released by Altitude Film Distribution, retained the box office crown with a weekend gross of £117,633, a decline of 34% from last week, despite increasing screen count from 243…
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Charlton Heston Makes a Comeback in This Week’s Catalog VOD Rentals
Until someone decides to follow in the footsteps of Universal’s “
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‘Contagion’ Still Tops Classic Streaming Titles, Along With ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Fifty Shades’
Not everyone is watching “Tiger King.” As audiences embrace premium VOD, increased interest in the lower-cost library titles follows. FandangoNOW, the streaming portal connected to the leading theater ticket-sales service, has provided its most recent seven-day ranking of pre-2019 features as well as digital sales on franchise packages.Here’s the top 10 of $3.99 catalogue titles.More…
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Justin Bieber’s ‘Cupid’ Movie Adds ‘Greatest Showman’ Director Michael Gracey as Exec Producer
“The Greatest Showman” director Michael Gracey is joining the production team of Justin Bieber’s animated film “Cupid.”The pop superstar will voice the titular Roman god and executive produce the Mythos Studios movie, directed by Pete Candeland.Black List writer Mike Vukadinovich (Hulu’s “The Runaways”) has also been hired to write the script.“Cupid” marks the first film…
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Justin Bieber’s ‘Cupid’ Movie Adds ‘Greatest Showman’ Director Michael Gracey as Producer
“The Greatest Showman” director Michael Gracey is joining the production team of Justin Bieber’s animated film “Cupid.”The pop superstar will voice the titular Roman god and executive produce the Mythos Studios movie, directed by Pete Candeland.Black List writer Mike Vukadinovich (Hulu’s “The Runaways”) has also been hired to write the script.“Cupid” marks the first film…
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Marc Webb Eyed to Direct Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Remake (Exclusive)
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to Disney Marc Webb goes. The filmmaker is in talks to direct the studio’s upcoming live-action adaptation of “Snow White.”While the deal isn’t finalized, sources tell Variety that Webb is the top choice to helm the movie.“The Girl on the Train” screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson is in negotiations to pen the…
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Hugh Jackman announces Australian arena tour, as The Greatest Showman looks set for sequel
‘My knees are bending in ways they haven’t in a while,’ says the 50-year-old actor, of his all-singing, all-dancing live showHugh Jackman’s first world tour will be coming to Australia in August, with special guest appearances from actor and singer Keala Settle, who played the bearded woman in 2017’s Jackman-starring The Greatest Showman.The Australian actor…
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Lady Gaga, ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Black Panther’ Among Early Grammy Winners – Complete List
The Recording Academy handed out the winners of the 2019 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night and a number of the early awards went to movie-centric nominees.Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper won Best Song Written For Visual Media for “Shallow” from “A Star is Born.” Ludwig Göransson work for “Black Panther” wonBest Score…
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‘Greatest Showman’ Rules the Soundtracks Chart for 2018… And All Album Sales, Period
In a music world where streaming services now overwhelmingly rule the market, who still actually bothers to buy albums? One obvious answer: people who also buy movie tickets.BuzzAngle Music’s newly released data for 2018 shows that the two top selling albums of the year were the soundtracks for The Greatest Showman and A Star Is…
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Emily Blunt and Hugh Jackman on Making Musicals (and Horror!) at the Movies
Emily Blunt and Hugh Jackman sat down for Variety’s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.Anyone who’s ever seen “The Greatest Showman” or “Les Misérables,” or the Broadway musical “The Boy From Oz,” knows that Hugh Jackman can belt out a tune. This Oscar season, however, he’s resting his singing voice and taking on another…