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‘Dune 2,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Help AMC Theatres Quarterly Earnings Beat Projections

Brent Lang Executive Editor Movie theaters can’t sell tickets if they don’t have a lot of new blockbusters to advertise on their marquees. And the actors and writers strikes that ground Hollywood to a standstill in 2023 left them with fewer movies to release as 2024 got started.

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Box Office: ‘Challengers’ Scores First Place Finish With $15 Million Debut

Brent Lang Executive Editor Game, set, and now what to make of this match? “Challengers,” a sexy, subversive, R-rated drama set in the world of tennis, easily took first place at a sluggish domestic box office this weekend with a so-so $15.2 million. On the one hand, it’s a respectable result for an artsy movie aimed at discerning, adult audiences, but what keeps it from being a championship performance is the fact that “Challengers” has a hefty $55 million budget (to say nothing of its marketing costs).

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Ana de Armas Kicks Serious Ass and Meets Keanu Reeves’ John Wick in ‘Ballerina’ CinemaCon Trailer

Brent Lang Executive Editor Ana de Armas is out for blood in “Ballerina,” the upcoming spinoff to Lionsgate’s successful “John Wick” franchise. And she’s got a question for Keanu Reeves. “How do I start doing what you do?” de Armas asks the legendary hit man.

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Cartilage Films Buys Queer Buddy Comedy ‘Summer Solstice’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Cartilage Films has acquired worldwide rights to “Summer Solstice,” a new comedy that marks the feature debut of its writer and director Noah Schamus. The movie boasts an ensemble cast led by breakout performances from Bobbi Salvör Menuez (“Under the Silver Lake”) and Marianne Rendón (“Charlie Says”). The producers are billing Schamus’s film as a modern twist on the buddy comedy, with this one told from a queer and trans perspective.

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Dark Star Pictures Buys LGBTQ Comedy ‘Big Boys’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to “Big Boys,” an LGBTQ coming-of-age comedy. The company is planning a theatrical release in May, followed by a digital launch in June, which will coincide with Pride Month. Written and directed by Corey Sherman, “Big Boys” follows a group of teenage boys whose unexpected romantic attachment transforms a simple camping trip into a weekend of self-discovery.

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Air Supply Getting Movie Biopic Treatment With ‘All Out of Love’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Air Supply may be the latest chart-topping musical act to get the big screen treatment. Altit Media Group said it plans to make biopic about the band that will, in a nod to one of the group’s biggest hits, be entitled, “All Out of Love: The Air Supply Story.” The film will be released in summer 2025 to celebrate Air Supply’s 50th anniversary. Filming is set to take place in Australia and the U.K.

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Olivia Colman and Ed Sinclair’s South of the River Pictures Signs First-Look Deal With Searchlight Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Searchlight Pictures has signed a first-look deal with Olivia Colman and Ed Sinclair’s South of the River Pictures. Under the new pact, the specialty studio, which has worked with Colman on “The Favourite” and “Empire of Light,” will develop and produce feature-length motion pictures with the production company. South of the River Pictures was founded by Colman, Sinclair and their long-time partner in crime, Tom Carver, to develop and produce original scripted comedies and dramas with “an authored sensibility.” Colman and Sinclair have been married since 2001.

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Vertical Buys David Duchovny’s ‘Bucky F*cking Dent,’ Dramedy Set During the 1978 Red Sox-Yankees Pennant Race (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to “Bucky F*cking Dent,” a father-son story set against the 1978 Red Sox vs. Yankees pennant race.

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Neon Partnering With ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Producers Jon Read and Allison Rose Carter to Bolster Production Arm (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Neon, the indie studio behind “Parasite” and “Anatomy of a Fall,” has tapped the producers of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Jon Read and Allison Rose Carter, to lead their growing production arm. Read and Carter are the co-founders of Savage Rose Films.

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Bill Hader, Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang to Star in Animated ‘Cat in the Hat’ Remake

Brent Lang Executive Editor Bill Hader or, at least, an animated character that he voices, will don a red-and-white striped top hat in a new adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat.” The “Barry” star will lead a vocal ensemble that also includes Quinta Brunson (“Abbott Elementary”), Bowen Yang (“SNL”), Xochitl Gomez (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”), Matt Berry (“What We Do in The Shadows”) and Paula Pell (“Girls5eva”). Warner Bros.

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New ‘Super Mario Bros.’ World Animated Movie in the Works From Illumination, Nintendo

Brent Lang Executive Editor Illumination and Nintendo will join forces to produce a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. The companies previously partnered on last year’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which grossed more than $1.3 billion and became the second highest-grossing movie of 2023.

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Magnolia Pictures and Participant Buy ‘The Grab,’ Global Thriller From ‘Blackfish’ Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Magnolia Pictures and Participant have partnered to jointly acquire North American rights to “The Grab,” a new documentary from “Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite. The film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, follows journalists from The Center for Investigative Reporting as they work high-profile sources and utilize a cache of secret data to uncover the money and influence being used by countries, corporations and members of the uber-elite to control the planet’s most vital resources.

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Filmmaker Jeff Rowe Enters First-Look Deal With Paramount Animation (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Paramount Animation has entered an exclusive, multi-year first-look development deal with writer, director and producer Jeff Rowe.  The pact extends the relationship between the studio and the filmmaker following the success of last summer’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” which Rowe directed and co-wrote. The agreement covers Rowe’s development and directing services, as well as his producing and executive producing work, on both animated and live-action projects.

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Broadway Licensing Global Founder Sean Cercone Steps Down, as Ted Chapin and Dan Markley Become Interim Leaders (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Sean Cercone has stepped down as head of Broadway Licensing Global. It’s unclear why he left the company that he acquired in 2019. Broadway Licensing Global has announced who will lead the company on an interim basis: Ted Chapin will serve as interim CEO and Dan Markley will be interim COO.

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Black Bear Hires Courtney L. Cunniff as SVP of Film (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Black Bear has hired Courtney L. Cunniff as senior vice president of film.

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Shudder Acquires Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Psychological Thriller ‘The Devil’s Bath’ Ahead of Berlin Film Festival Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror films, thrillers and supernatural stories, has acquired “The Devil’s Bath,” the new film from Austrian horror auteurs Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. The deal comes ahead of the psychological thriller’s world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it will play in competition.

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David Leitch Won’t Direct ‘Jurassic World 4,’ Universal on the Hunt for New Filmmaker

Brent Lang Executive Editor Universal is down a director for its next “Jurassic World” installment after negotiations with David Leitch went the way of the dinosaur. The parting is said to be amicable. However, the breakdown in talks leaves the studio in search of a new filmmaker to take over one of its most popular franchises.

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