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The Beatles films have found their Fab Four – find out more below.At the end of Sony’s CinemaCon presentation on Monday night in the US (April 1 in the UK), director Sam Mendes took the stage to make a pair of blockbuster reveals for his four upcoming Beatles films.After a year of speculation, Mendes has confirmed that the Fab Four will be portrayed by Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn. Dickinson will play John Lennon, Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Keoghan will play Ringo Starr and Quinn will play George Harrison.The film franchise is being titled The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, and in a shocking announcement, Mendes revealed that all four films will arrive in April 2028, though not at the same time.The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, directed by Sam Mendes.Harris Dickinson (John Lennon)Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney)Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr)Joseph Quinn (George Harrison)In theatres April 2028.

Village Roadshow Entertainment hit Delaware court today after filing for Chapter 11 amid a sea of red ink, legal costs and debt that’s been ratcheting up financial pressure on the indie producer and financier.

EXCLUSIVE: Public relations firm 42West has elevated five longtime publicity professionals in its Entertainment Marketing Division to VP including Taylor James, Kate Lowell, Kabeer Malhotra, Stacey Tesser and Nesma Youssef.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Sony Pictures Classics has acquired “East of Wall,” a critically acclaimed look at a marginalized, neglected corner of the American West that marks the feature debut of writer and director Kate Beecroft. The film was inspired by real people, with Beecroft convincing Tabatha and Porshia Zimiga, ranchers from the Badlands, to play versions of themselves.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Netflix scored a leading 16 Oscar nominations on Thursday, most of which were awarded to “Emilia Pérez,” a genre-spanning musical drama about a drug kingpin who undergoes gender affirming surgery. “Emilia Pérez” landed 13 nods in total, including best picture, best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña, and best director for Jacques Audiard.

Becoming Led Zeppelin has been released – check it out below.The film is the first authorised account of the band’s history ever to come to the big screen and has been in production since its original announcement in 2019.It features new interviews with guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and frontman Robert Plant, as well as rare archival interviews with the late drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980.The trailer shows the band members reflecting on forming the band in 1968 and flying to the United States for their pivotal North American tour in January and February 1969. Watch the clip below.Watch the new full length official trailer for #BecomingLedZeppelin.

Meghan Markle just returned to Instagram and now the Duchess of Sussex has dropped trailer for her playful new Netflix series.

Madame Web and Kraven The Hunter with the critics who “crucified” the films.The two 2024 films were entries in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, which also features the three Venom films and Morbius, both of which had a rough ride at the cinematic box office. Madame Web made just over $100million (£80million) against a similar budget, while Kraven has accrued just $45million against a budget nearly three times as high.Madame Web also sits on a paltry 11 per cent critics score on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, while Kraven is not doing much better with 17 per cent.Now, Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra has given an interview to the Los Angeles Times in which he blames the critical reactions to the films for their dismal commercial performance.“Madame Web underperformed in the theaters because the press just crucified it,” Vinciquerra said.

on “Kraven the Hunter” and “Madame Web” bombing at the box office. Vinciquerra, 70, spoke about the movies during an interview with the Los Angeles Times published Thursday, and admitted that the Aaron Taylor-Johnson-starring Marvel flick “Kraven the Hunter” is “probably the worst launch we had” in his nearly eight year tenure Sony. “I still don’t understand, because the film is not a bad film,” he added.

Blake Lively is suing her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni.

The Bone Temple, the sequel to Danny Boyle‘s and Alex Garland’s anticipated 2025 zombie flick 28 Years Later has received its release date.28 Years Later, which is due for release in June 2025 will mark the long-awaited return of the beloved franchise, and will see the return of Cillian Murphy alongside new leads Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes. Murphy will produce, while Boyle and Garland – who helmed the acclaimed 2002 original – return to direct and write.The 2025 film will kick off a planned trilogy for the series, which will see Garland write for all, but Boyle only directing the first.

28 Years Later is the most-watched horror trailer of 2024 and the second most-watched of all time, it’s been revealed.The 28 Years Later trailer, which dropped on December 10, amassed an impressive 60.2million global views in its first 24 hours, and 141.6million global views altogether. This makes it the second-biggest trailer of all time, after It Chapter Two, which amassed almost 100million global views in the first 24 hours.The 28 Years Later trailer beat out the trailers for huge movies including The Nun, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Halloween, and from this year, Smile 2 and Nosferatu.Deadline has reported that, as a result, Sony is releasing the original 2002 movie 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle, for purchase and rental tomorrow (December 18).The movie’s development began back in 2007, and after multiple delays, it’s set for release on June 20, 2025.

Sony Pictures‘ last Marvel film Kraven The Hunter has raked in an all-time low of US$11million for its opening weekend.Per reports from Variety and Forbes, Kraven The Hunter has earned a meagre $11million in the United States, and is expected to bring in equally bad earnings from overseas markets for its first three days of screening.This would make Kraven The Hunter the lowest-selling film in Sony’s ill-performing Marvel slate, which in 2022 included Morbius and this year’s other box office dud Madame Web. However, as much of a box office flop as Madame Web was, Kraven appears to be struggling even more.Against Kraven The Hunter‘s $11million, Morbius‘ opening weekend brought in $33million, while Madame Web brought in $26.2million – the latter was deemed the lowest opening for a Marvel-based character at the time, now overtaken by Kraven.Going up against Kraven The Hunter in cinemas currently are two box office juggernauts: Wicked and Moana 2.Kraven The Hunter – which was filmed with a budget of $110million and is estimated to not break even in December – stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the title character, a big-game hunter who is set on a path of vengeance as the result of a complex relationship with his father, playing by Russell Crowe.Kraven The Hunter is the sixth instalment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, following on from the three Venom films, Morbius and Madame Web.

Kraven The Hunter, the latest movie adaptation of a Marvel Comics character, is getting a kicking from critics ahead of its release.The film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the title character, a big-game hunter who is set on a path of vengeance as the result of a complex relationship with his father, playing by Russell Crowe.Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) co-stars as Calypso Ezili, a voodoo priestess and Kraven’s love interest and the film is directed by J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, A Most Violent Year).Kraven The Hunter is the sixth instalment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, following on from the three Venom films, Morbius and Madame Web.

K.J. Yossman Jacob Elordi drama series “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” has been acquired by the BBC for the U.K. The five-part adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel, which also stars Ciarán Hinds and Odessa Young, will be broadcast in the U.K.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has agreed a cricket rights broadcast deal stretching eight years with the Asian Cricket Council. The deal encompasses all editions of the Men’s and Women’s Asia Cups, Men’s and Women’s Under-19 Asia Cups, and the Men’s and Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cups. The agreement was sealed after a bidding process and the winning bid represents a 70% increase in the rights value, the ACC said without sharing the bid price. Quoting anonymous sources, multiple Indian media sources reported the value of the contract at $170 million. The substantial increase in rights value “will enable the ACC to channel significant resources into grassroots programs, infrastructure development, and talent pathways, especially for associate nations,” the organization said. “Congratulations to the ACC for conducting a fair and transparent bidding process for the rights to the ACC tournaments! We are delighted to bring these action-packed tournaments, which will also include India and Pakistan matches, to our viewers for the next 8 years,” said SPNI’s MD & CEO, Gaurav Banerjee. Sony had been looking to expand its TV and streaming businesses in India through a merger deal with Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

Sony Pictures‘ Madame Web and Armageddon among those selected.In a thread on Reddit, one user posted a question about guilty pleasure films. They wrote: “Sometimes, the movies we’re ‘supposed’ to dislike are the ones we love the most.

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named the 37 filmmakers and 15 projects selected for the 22nd edition of its Fast Track Film Finance Market, which kicked off in-person November 12 and wraps up today.

It looks like Judd Apatow‘s return to the director’s chair will be in a big way.  Deadline reports the “King Of Staten Island” director will work with Steven Spielberg on Sony‘s “Cola Wars,” about Pepsi and Coca-Cola’s 1980s battle for soda supremacy. Spielberg produces the feature through his Amblin Entertainment banner.

EXCLUSIVE: The CW is exploring the world of professional cowboys and cowgirls on a Montana dude ranch in an eight-part docuseries.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni-starring romantic drama “It Ends With Us” will open in mainland China cinemas next month. Sony Pictures said that the Baldoni-directed picture has received the necessary approvals in China for it to open on Aug. 30. All imported films seeking a revenue-sharing release in China have to undergo multiple approvals and clear censorship before setting a release that is handled by a state-owned company. While there have been times in the recent past that these controls have been used to limit the flow of Hollywood titles into China, at present there seem to be little hampering the U.S.