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The beloved Fox police procedural drama, Bones, captivated mystery and crime series lovers for 12 seasons, running from 2005 to 2017. Following a brilliant forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan and her charismatic partner, FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, the show skillfully intertwined complex criminal cases with rich character-driven narratives.

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Viewers were drawn not only to the intricate investigations but also by the evolving personal lives and relationships of the main characters. Though the series ended six years ago, with the characters’ stories wrapping up on a satisfying note, it’s intriguing to explore what the actors have been up to since leaving the Jeffersonian.

Emily Deschanel as Temperance “Bones” Brennan

Emily Deschanel’s role as Dr. Temperance Brennan in Bones has been the most popular role of her career so far. During her long run on Bones, the actress experienced significant milestones in her life, including her marriage to David Hornsby...

Prime Video has launched the first official trailer for Kate Beckinsale's next kickass actioner Canary Black, which will see the former Underworld star play a top CIA operative that is forced to go rogue to save her kidnapped husband while simultanously working to prevent the start of World War 3.

The full synopsis reads, "A top CIA operative, Avery Graves, is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want. Betrayed at every turn, she must rely on her cutting-edge training and primitive fighting skills in a deadly race to deliver a ransom that could trigger a global crisis."

This will mark the second action film Beckinsale has launched on Prime Video in recent years, following 2021's Jolt. Her series The Widow was also launched on the streamer,...

For every horror movie that turns into a massively profitable hit, there are plenty more that didn't light up the box office. In fact, they continue to be made with such frequency in part because their budgets are usually low enough that it's pretty easy to recoup expenses with anything other than a total disaster. Still, there are plenty of times when horror films don't perform as well as expected. Sometimes they are reassessed years after release with much more favorable results, and the horror genre is rife with box office flops that became cult classics and underrated "masterpieces."

But then you've got the true, out and out stinkers. The films that couldn't even keep up the pretense of being merely a disappointment, and led their studios to pull them from theaters prematurely in an effort not to send good money after bad. Their downfall could have been a result of controversy,...

The episode of The Black Sheep covering Van Helsing was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Brandon Nally, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Some of the movies we talk about have opinions fueled by nostalgia if they are good or reputation if they are bad. Of course, everything is subjective when speaking about how you feel about a movie. It can be tied to events in your life that make you happy or sad. You can enjoy it on the strength of an actor, writer, or director you enjoy being involved or hate it for those exact reasons on a creator not being your favorite. Some things are irrefutable though such as box office or critical appraisal. Van Helsing (watch it Here) was the culmination of what Stephen Sommers had been working towards with tales of fantasy like The Adventures of Huck Finn...

Marcia DeRousse, who came to the aid of the supernatural as Dr. Patricia Ludwig on the HBO drama True Blood, died Saturday in Altadena after a long illness, a publicist announced. She was 70.

She wrote on Facebook in April that a fall in her doctor’s office was going to “lead to my death,” adding that the spill “caused my hiatal hernia to move to an area where it is now dangerous.”

The 4-foot-4 DeRousse made her big-screen debut alongside fellow little person Billy Barty in the Warner Bros. film Under the Rainbow (1981), also starring Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher. She also was in the movies Tiptoes (2002) and D.J. Caruso’s The Disappointments Room (2016).

DeRousse appeared on episodes on the Alan Ball-created True Blood during its second, fourth and seventh seasons.

A native of Doniphan, Missouri, DeRousse graduated from the University of Missouri and came to Los Angeles with...

Marcia de Rousse, who recurred as Dr. Ludwig on HBO’s True Blood and appeared with Kate Beckinsale in The Disappointments Room, has died. She was 70. Her reps at Beverly Hecht Agency said she died September 2 after a long illness.

The diminutive De Rousse got her start in the 1981 Chevy Chase-Carrie Fisher comedy Under the Rainbow and went on to appear in episodes of The Fall Guy and St. Elsewhere during that decade. She had a few roles in the 2000s before being cast in True Blood as Dr. Patricia Ludwig, who treated illnesses acquired by supernatural beings. She appeared in three episodes from the second, fourth and seventh season, last seen fleeing at the mention of Niall Brigant’s name.

In The Disappointments Room, de Rousse played a local historian who informs Blacker Estate buyer Dana (Beckinsale) that her new house’s previous occupants had a secret “disappointments room” in the attic,...

Marcia de Rousse, a veteran actress with a scene-stealing turn on HBO's True Blood, has died.

Variety reports that de Rousse died from a long illness in Altadena, Calif., on Saturday, September 2.

The actress had been vocal with fans on Facebook about her health issues, revealing in April that she'd suffered a fall at her doctor's office.

"Who knew a fall in my doctor's office would lead to my death? It caused my hiatal hernia to move to an area where it is now dangerous," she wrote.

"Can't eat, can't breathe, just general misery," de Rousse added.

"Palliative care comes soon, and we wait to turn into hospice and then to die."

"Thank you all for being great friends. Love to you."

de Rousse played Dr. Patricia Ludwig on True Blood, a doctor who is called in when there's a medical emergency for supernatural beings.

Her first appearance on True Blood...

Marcia de Rousse, who played Dr. Ludwig on the HBO original series “True Blood,” died in Altadena, Calif., on Saturday from a long illness, her agency told Variety. She was 70.

De Rousse was born in Doniphan, Mo., and graduated from the University of Missouri.

She was known for her role as Dr. Patricia Ludwig, a doctor for supernatural beings, in three episodes of “True Blood.” She first appeared in Season 2 on the episode “Scratches,” and later worked on the drama series’ fourth and seventh seasons. Her other television credits include “St. Elsewhere,” “The Fall Guy” and “Schoooled.”

On the film side, de Rousse worked on the 2003 dramedy “Tiptoes,” starring Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale, Patricia Arquette, Matthew McConaughey and Peter Dinklage. She played Kathleen in the film.

De Rousse made her feature film debut as a Hotel Rainbow guest in 1981’s “Under the Rainbow,” directed by Steve Rash. Set in 1938, the...

Stars: Don Johnson, Lucas Till, Paul Ben-Victor, Ruby Rose, Mercedes Varnado, Tyrese Gibson | Written by Jason James, Matthew Rogers | Directed by Tom DeNucci

In The Collective, the new film by director Tom DeNucci and writers Jason James and Matthew Rogers those men and women belong to the titular agency, a group of ethical assassins under the direction of Liam. Their mission is to take down those who are above the reach of justice.

A man, we’ll find out shortly that his name is Sam, lets himself into a house through a window and begins gunning down masked guards until he reaches his target whom he promptly shoots in the head and snaps a photo as proof of his success. Turns out he was firing paintballs, it was a test to see if he had what it takes to join The Collective. Having proven his skills, he’s promptly given...

Matthew Modine is running for president of SAG-AFTRA again as the leader of Membership First, the union’s opposition party. Joely Fisher, a former national board member, is running for secretary treasurer as his running mate.

Modine was defeated for the presidency by Gabrielle Carteris in a highly contentious election in 2019. In that race, Carteris received 13,537 votes to Modine’s 10,683, with a third candidate, former SAG-AFTRA secretary-treasurer Jane Austin, receiving 5,048 votes. Only 21.2% of the union’s eligible members cast ballots last time.

“The union spends exorbitant amounts of our own members’ money attempting to convince us that our contracts have been successfully negotiated,” Modine said. “The truth is they fall far short of the economic conditions facing performers today. I’m running to ensure that each of the locals across the United States are truthfully and transparently represented.

“One of the biggest issues on the minds of our membership today...

Exclusive: Michaela Conlin is set for a key supporting role in the upcoming second season of For All Mankind, Apple’s alt-history Space Race drama from Ronald D. Moore and Sony Pictures Television. Recently renewed for a third season, the second season will make its global premiere on Apple TV+ on February 19, 2021.

For All Mankind explores what would have happened if the global space race had never ended. The series presents an aspirational world where NASA astronauts, engineers and their families find themselves in the center of extraordinary events seen through the prism of an alternate history timeline — a world in which the Ussr beats the US to the moon.

Season 2 picks up a decade later in 1983. It’s the height of the Cold War and tensions between the United States and the Ussr are at their peak. Ronald Reagan is President and the greater ambitions of science and space...

Make sure you have a bucket of water nearby and a scary story in mind, because in addition to their new big screen adventure, the Midnight Society will be gathering under the stars once again on Nickelodeon in a new Are You Afraid of the Dark? miniseries this October.

Nickelodeon unleashed waves of nostalgia today by announcing a bunch of new shows and revivals, including Are You Afraid of the Dark?, which will return as a miniseries on the network this October, the same month that Paramount will release the Are You Afraid of the Dark? movie in theaters.

While specific plot details and casting for the miniseries have yet to be announced, the press release from Nickelodeon (via The Futon Critic) contains the following tidbit about the revival:

"The beloved anthology series will return this October as a brand-new miniseries and follow new members of the Midnight Society as...

Make sure you have a bucket of water nearby and a scary story in mind, because the Midnight Society will be gathering under the stars once again in Paramount's Are You Afraid of the Dark? movie, which now has a slightly earlier release date than initially planned.

Originally slated for an October 11th, 2019 theatrical release, the Are You Afraid of the Dark? film is now scheduled to haunt cinemas one week earlier on October 4th, according to Exhibitor Relations. The prime Halloween season placement could make this the big horror movie of the fall in 2019, especially for those of us ’90s kids who have been craving the Nickelodeon nightmare fuel we grew up on.

Bloody Disgusting previously reported that D.J. Caruso is "in talks" to helm the Are You Afraid of the Dark? film—an adaptation of the popular horror anthology series that aired on Nickelodeon from 1992–1996 (after premiering...

Let me kick this off by saying that I'm a massive fan of Nickelodeon's 90's kid-horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?. I own every episode on DVD (come on Blu-ray collection!) and, yes, I can hand over some choice episode recommends (see below). And it's armed with this love of all things The Midnight Society, that one of the upcoming horror movies that I'm looking forward to the most is Paramount's big-budget feature film adaptation.

And today we have word that the upcoming film has snagged its director in the form of D.J. Caruso. Caruso is best known for helming such films as xXx: Return of Xander Cage, I Am Number Four, Eagle Eye, and The Salton Sea. But don't let that deter you from being excited about the man's possible involvement with this upcoming kid-horror movie. Caruso also has films like Disturbia and Taking Lives under his belt.

Paramount Pictures is looking to finally move forward with their feature film adaptation of Nickelodeon’s popular ’90s television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?

According to Bloody-Disgusting, Disturbia and Eagle Eye director D.J. Caruso is in talks to helm the film from a script written by Gary Dauberman, who recently wrote the adaptation of Stephen King’s It.

When previously talking about the film project, Dauberman said it will “honor the darker, scarier tone of the show.” The show itself revolved around a group of teenagers who referred to themselves as The Midnight Society. Every week, at a secret location in the woods, one member would tell a scary story to the rest of the group, some of which were based on public domain fairy tales, short stories, or urban legends.

Caruso seems like a decent choice to take on the project, especially with a film like Disturbia under his belt.

Make sure you have a bucket of water nearby and a scary story in mind, because the Midnight Society will be gathering under the stars once again in Paramount's Are You Afraid of the Dark? movie, which could soon have a director on board.

Bloody Disgusting reports that D.J. Caruso is "in talks" to helm the Are You Afraid of the Dark? film—an adaptation of the popular horror anthology series that aired on Nickelodeon in the Us and on Ytv in Canada during the ’90s. Caruso is no stranger to horror, having previously directed 2007's Disturbia and 2016's The Disappointments Room.

The Are You Afraid of the Dark? film is scheduled to come out on October 11th, 2019 from Paramount. The prime Halloween season placement could make this the big horror movie of the fall in 2019, especially for those of us ’90s kids who have been craving the Nickelodeon...

Netflix sued Relativity Media on Friday, accusing the bankrupt mini-studio of violating an exclusivity agreement by providing five films to Amazon and Starz.

The streaming service also accuses Relativity of failing to provide the required number of releases for 2017. Netflix is seeking $12.6 million in damages for the exclusivity violations, plus $5 million for each film Relativity failed to deliver.

Relativity declared bankruptcy last month for the second time in three years, as it seeks a court-approved sale to UltraV Holdings. Since emerging from the first bankruptcy in 2016, Relativity founder Ryan Kavanaugh has been unable to raise fresh capital to produce new films.

Relativity continues to have an output agreement with Netflix, first signed in 2010, which Relativity considers to be “one of the crown jewel assets of the estate,” according to the filing. Under the deal, Relativity was originally supposed to provide 15 titles to Netflix in 2017. Following its first bankruptcy, the company revised that total,...

Relativity Media, the beleaguered movie and television studio that’s been running on fumes, has entered into an agreement to sell the bulk of its remaining assets to UltraV Holdings LLC. The studio’s new owner is described in a release as a joint venture among funds managed by Sound Point Capital Management and Rmrm Holdings.

UltraV says it will inject capital into the company so it can begin producing and developing content. It also made a point of stressing that it believes Relativity’s distribution agreement with Netflix is still in effect. Netflix has previously tried to get out of that pact as Relativity’s financial woes have exacerbated.

Weighed down by film flops such as “Out of the Furnace” and “Earth to Echo,” Relativity filed for bankruptcy protection in 2015. At the time it had a book value of $560 million, and liabilities of nearly $1.2 billion. After exiting Chapter 11 in...

An adaptation of an action-thriller book that has been in development for over 20 years may now finally see the light of day, thanks to star Jason Statham and director D.J. Caruso. Statham is in talks to star in Killer's Game, with Stx Films in talks to finance and distribute the film, with D.J. Caruso set to take the helm. Steve Richards of Endurance Media and Andrew Lazar of Mad Chance will produce, although there is no word on who will write the screenplay adaptation just yet. Over the past 20 years, there have been more than a few well-known writers, directors, and stars who have tried to bring this project to the big screen.

Killer's Game is based on the novel of the same by Jay Bonansinga, which was published in 1997, and Hollywood was seeking this project even before it was published. The story centers on an assassin, who, after learning he is dying,...

Plot: A single mom (Halle Berry) springs into action when her young son is kidnapped during a day out at the park. Review: Kidnap is another one of those Relativity Media leftovers that are hitting theaters this year after having spent years on the shelf. Other movies caught-up in the same limbo include The Disappointments Room, Collide and Masterminds. Of them all, Kidnap is probably the most commercial, with a... Read More...

In this episode: Andy, Josh, Joseph & Mike go house hunting with the new collection of the House films from Arrow Video. We also talk about the Friday the 13th game and more!!

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00:02:15 – What We’ve Been Watching – The Omen Collection, Virus, Herschell Gordon Lewis: Godfather Of Gore, The Disappointments Room, Beyond The Gates, The Friday The 13th Franchise, Leviathan, Needful Things and more…

00:44:50 – Thoughts on the Friday The 13th: The Game

00:57:06 – House: The Collection from Arrow Video (House through House IV)

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Though some people may be unaware, there’s an awards ceremony held every year to honor the true heroes behind our favorite films: the marketing team. That’s right, the Golden Trailer Awards hand out statues to those who work tirelessly putting together trailers, commercials and posters for hundreds of releases each and every year. And not just in film, but video games and TV, too. It’s an incredibly comprehensive ceremony as well, with awards for a whopping 116 categories. Yes, 116 – though not all of those are given out on stage.

The nominations for the 18th annual edition, set to go down on June 6th at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, are now in and it seems that Warner Bros. is leading the pack amongst the various studios, scoring an impressive 68 nods in total, 11 of which come from The Lego Batman Movie – the most of any title to be nominated.

Saturday Am Update: The Fate of the Furious is right on pace with expectations, bringing in an estimated $11.2 million on Friday, en route to a $35-38 million second weekend. Meanwhile, the film will remain the #1 film in the world this weekend as its international total as of last night is $636.3 million and the international weekend estimate is currently $171 million from 65 territories as it looks to top $910 million by Sunday and will cross $1 billion worldwide next week. Of the new releases, it looks like Disneynature's Born in China will lead the way after it brought in $1.59 million on Friday, on its way to an opening weekend three-day around $4.6 million or so. Opening day audiences gave the film an "A-" CinemaScore, which is pretty much typical for these features. Warner's Unforgettable is proving to be anything but as it brought in a meager $1.67 million on Friday and is looking at a $4.4 million opening weekend.

2017-04-19T11:52:55-07:00Kate Beckinsale Proposed to Rob Lowe (A Long Time Ago)

As a teen, Kate Beckinsale accepted a marriage proposal from heartthrob Robe Lowe — sort of.

The now 43-year-old British actress told fans on Wednesday via Instagram that she found a postcard at her mother’s house where her childhood crush, actor Rob Lowe, accepted a marriage proposal from the then-13-year-old.

However, the “Underworld” star admitted that while the card could be authentic, it was probably her “tragic” teen self behind the note.

Either I was a really tragic 13 year old with time on my hands Or Rob Lowe was all kinds of casual proposing marriage via a postcard of himself ,signing his last name And drawing a dick instead of using a stamp .(found at my mum's house)

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Wentworth Miller is best known for his ridiculously good looks and his role as Michael Scofield in Fox's Prison Break, but there's so much more to him than that. Like, did you know that he has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, or that he's starred in not one, but two Mariah Carey music videos? Read on to get to know more about the star in six quick facts. Wentworth is a dual citizen. He was born in England to American parents and moved to Brooklyn when he was just a year old. Each of his parents have at least three different ethnic backgrounds. "My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, at times, caught between two communities," he previously told GQ Germany. His dad has Jamaican, African-American, Jewish, and English ancestry, while his mom is Russian,...

Relativity’s The Disappointments Room took on an entirely new meaning when it stole the slot originally set for Mike Flanagan’s (Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil) long delayed Before I Wake (read our review), a fresh child-horror film starring Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Dash Mihok, Annabeth Gish and Jacob Tremblay. Flanagan’s film has been getting shafted for years now, being […]...

A bankruptcy judge ordered Netflix to pay more than $800,000 in attorney’s fees to Ryan Kavanaugh’s embattled studio Relativity Media after a legal battle the studio fought with the streaming giant over much of the past year relating to the latter’s plan to stream Relativity films “Masterminds” and “The Disappointments Room” without waiting for their theatrical release. U.S. bankruptcy judge Michael Wiles ruled that Netflix was obligated to pay Relativity a total of $818,547.48, consisting of $795,732.50 in reasonable attorneys’ fees and $22,814.98 in litigation expenses. However, the judge did not order the streaming giant to pay for fees and.

Steven Mnuchin, selected by Donald Trump to be the head of the Treasury Department, has made it past the Senate Finance Committee and barring something unforeseen, appears primed to be confirmed by a Republican-led Congress. But before that happens, Mnuchin is once again facing fraud claims for his time at Relativity Media, the much-hyped film studio that emerged from bankruptcy last year only to hit more trouble after the flops of Masterminds and The Disappointments Room.

The lawsuit comes from Rka Film Financing, which loaned Relativity tens of millions of dollars for print and advertising ("P&A") expenses. The plaintiff <a...

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Sully (Clint Eastwood-directed biographical drama; Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney; rated PG-13) Storks (animated; voices: Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer; available on cable Mod on the same day as Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD; rated PG) Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (faith-based documentary; Joel Houston, Brian Houston; rated PG) A Tale of Love and Darkness (drama; Natalie Portman, Gilad Kahana; rated PG-13) The Disappointments Room (horror; Kate Beckinsale, Mel Raido; rated...

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"There's a ghost in the greenhouse that four or five different crew members claim to have seen." Kate Beckinsale's character Dana encounters a supernatural presence within an old home in The Disappointments Room, but the movie's real-life filming location was potentially haunted, too, as director D.J. Caruso discusses in our exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's DVD release of the horror film.

The Disappointments Room is now available on DVD from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Below, we have official details and an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip.

The Disappointments Room DVD: "The door to heart-pounding terror swings wide open in this gripping psychological thriller based on true events! Looking for a fresh start, Dana (Kate Beckinsale), David (Mel Raido) and their five-year-old son move from the big city to a rural Southern mansion in need of restoration. But the young family’s dream home quickly becomes a...

December 20th doesn’t boast a lot of home entertainment releases for horror and sci-fi fans, but what we are getting is an eclectic assortment of Blu-rays and DVDs all the same.

If you missed Rob Zombie’s latest film during its brief theatrical and VOD runs, 31 arrives on both Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday for you to catch up on all the murderous mayhem just in time for the holidays.

Arrow Video is releasing their limited edition Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box trilogy, which is a must-own set for any Clive Barker fan out there, and also coming home December 20th is The Disappointments Room with Kate Beckinsale and Doctor Who: Series Eight, Part Two.

31 (Lionsgate, Blu/Digital HD & DVD)

From the visionary mind of Rob Zombie comes the horrific story of five carnival workers who are kidnapped on Halloween and held hostage in a large compound. At the mercy of their captors,...

Relativity’s The Disappointments Room took on an entirely new meaning when it stole the slot originally set for Mike Flanagan’s (Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil) Before I Wake (read our review), a fresh child-horror film starring Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Dash Mihok, Annabeth Gish and Jacob Tremblay. Flanagan’s film has been getting shafted for years now, […]...

Even though the holidays are upon us, that doesn’t mean the horror and sci-fi genres are slowing down, especially on the VOD side of things. For December, we have 21 different titles arriving on digital platforms, including two films I absolutely adored this year: The Eyes of My Mother (hits VOD on December 2nd) and Beyond the Gates (arrives on December 9th). Several other indie films will be coming home to VOD over the next few weeks, too, including Pet, Abattoir, The Possession Experiment, and Blood Brothers, and for those of you who may have missed it in theaters, Train to Busan hits VOD on December 13th, and it is not to be missed.

Other VOD releases for December include Solace, Morgan, Good Tidings, It Watches, The Disappointments Room, and the V/H/S-based SiREN.

Killjoy's Psycho Circus (Full Moon Features) – December 1st

Killjoy, the demon clown and his gruesome crew - Batty Boop,...

Following the hustle and bustle of the extended, Thanksgiving weekend it makes sense this weekend would be a bit quieter. Set to repeat atop the weekend box office is Disney's Moana followed once again by WB's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as the rest of the field settles in below. The weekend features one new wide release in Bh Tilt's Incarnate, offering horror fans a little something as the lone horror film currently in wide release, while Freestyle issues the moderate release of the faith-based feature Believe. At the top, Moana should drop somewhere around 54% from its $56.6 million three-day weekend for a second weekend around $26 million pushing its domestic cume a couple million shy of $120 million by the end of the weekend. For comparison, Frozen dipped 53% following its record-breaking three-day wide release and Tangled dipped 55.7% after its $48.7 million Thanksgiving weekend three-day debut. In the runner-up position, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them...

Last weekend saw the top twelve outperform the previous year by a whopping +134.6%, a dramatic improvement after a sluggish October and Fall movie season. Fortunately, this weekend is looking like it too will show an improvement over the same weekend last year with a pair of holdovers leading the charge as Doctor Strange and Fox's Trolls are looking at another one-two finish. Among the week's new releases, Paramount's Arrival is looking at an opening that could even surpass the most optimistic predictions followed by Universal's holiday comedy Almost Christmas and EuropaCorp's thriller Shut In. Meanwhile, Sony will debut Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk in just two theaters before going nationwide this weekend and A24 is expanding Moonlight into 176 theaters (+93) as it continues its impressive run in limited release. After an $85 million opening last weekend, Disney and Marvel's Doctor Strange should be looking at a second weekend drop right around 53% or so.

A lackluster October 2016 at the box office saw calendar grosses down ~8% compared to last year, contributing to a disappointing Fall movie season that finished down 9.3% compared to 2015. As a result, only one new release in the Fall 2016 timeframe (Sully) has managed to gross over $100 million domestically so far and it would appear it's going to remain that way. Overall, October saw a record 293 films (+32 compared to 2015) generate $657.4 million compared to the $715.3 million from 261 films last year, resulting in the second worst per film average over the last 35 years. For both, 2016's October timeframe and the Fall movie season, this was the second year in a row that saw a decline in grosses, which could be chalked up to the fact 2014 delivered a record Fall movie season, driven by a record October. That said, while October 2015 was down just 5.6% compared to 2014, October 2016 is down 13.27% compared to 2014.October 2016's largest grossing calendar...

Netflix is moving rather quickly to put an end to the $1.5 billion lawsuit filed three weeks ago by Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media. On Monday, the streaming giant filed a motion to strike Relativity's complaint and took some vindication in the film studio's troubles since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The two sides have been engaged in a legal war since the beginning of the year. Netflix initially opposed Relativity's restructuring and later insisted it had the right to stream Masterminds, a comedy starring Zach Galifianakis, and The Disappointments Room, a horror film that features Kate Beckinsale, ahead of their theatrical release.

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Whatever you do, don't let these out... but via home media release is okay. The Ridley Scott-produced Morgan and the Kate Beckinsale-starring The Disappointments Room are both coming out on home media this December, and we have a look at the cover art and lists of special features.

Press Release: From Producer Ridley Scott, The Intense Sci-fi Thriller Arrives On Digital HD December 2 And On 4K Ultra HD Disc, Blu-ray And DVD December 13

Morgan

From Oscar®-Nominated producer Ridley Scott* and director Luke Scott comes this visceral, edge-of-your-seat thriller with an all-star cast starring Kate Mara, Paul Giamatti, Toby Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rose Leslie. Inside a remote, top-secret lab, a group of scientists are working on an experiment that is leading the way for the next steps in human evolution. But when the experiment’s subject – a genetically designed “human”

(Anya Taylor-Joy) – triggers a terrifying event,...

Two of the year’s most tepid terror tales are coming to home video via Fox Home Entertainment in December, and we’ve got the scoop on each – The Disappointments Room and Morgan. Read on. From the Press Release: From Oscar-nominated… Continue Reading →

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From Producer Ridley Scott, The Intense Sci-fi Thriller Arrives On Digital HD December 2 And On 4K Ultra HD Disc, Blu-ray And DVD December 13 Morgan From Oscar®-Nominated producer Ridley Scott* and director Luke Scott comes this visceral, edge-of-your-seat thriller with an all-star cast starring Kate Mara, Paul Giamatti, Toby Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rose Leslie. Inside a remote, …

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With the exception of The Disappointments Room, the least appetizing major movie title of 2016 might be Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant, a crime thriller starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, and J.K. Simmons, due out this Friday. Accountancy is a necessary profession, but it is not necessarily a cinematic one. Still, there is one demographic that might be especially interested in a film called The Accountant: actual, real-life accountants. Uproxx writer Mike Ryan began to wonder if genuine CPAs were particularly pumped about this film, especially after his tweet about the subject garnered some enthusiastic responses from number crunchers. So he embarked upon an entertaining but admittedly not very scientific study. Ryan’s method consisted of cold-calling accounting firms. The results were hit and miss. This is a surprisingly hectic season for accountants, since it’s now crunch time for stragglers who filed for extensions on their returns ...

After May and June of 2016 saw the monthly box office fall short of 2015 by 12.8% and 11.9% respectively, July and August both saw upticks compared to last year. In fact, August delivered near-record grosses and topped $1 billion in domestic earnings for only the second time, thanks in large part to nearly $290 million from WB's Suicide Squad. That said, while September was a down month*the calendar gross was $586 million from 248 total films, down 6.4% compared to last year ($626.4m)*it was the third largest September gross ever, just behind 2015 and 2011, the only years to ever see the September box office top $600 million. Leading the September 2016 charge was Clint Eastwood's Sully, which nearly doubled its closest competitor with $99.4 million by the end of the month after releasing on September 9. In second was Sony's The Magnificent Seven remake, which grossed $50.5 million in just eight days after releasing on September 23. That same weekend also saw...

Maybe one of the saddest thing that can befall a filmmaker is when they spend months or longer making a movie and then for whatever reason, it ends up sitting on the shelf for years.

That’s what happened with director Mike Flanagan’s Before I Wake (previously called Somnia), which was made with Relativity before they got sidelined with bankruptcy and their entire release schedule got delayed. In the meantime, Flanagan (who directed 2014’s Oculus) went on to make two other movies: Hush, which has been playing on Netflix for months, and Ouija: Origin of Evil, a prequel to the 2014 Universal and Blumhouse horror hit.

Starring Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane and Jacob Tremblay, Before I Wake most recently played the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal this past July and was scheduled to be released September 9, when it was delayed in favor of the appropriately titled The Disappointments Room (which...

When compared to last year, September 2016 has been a bit of a rough and tumble month. While there have been a pair of $30+ million openers, there have also been more than a fair share of disappointments. This weekend closes out the month with two new big budget releases in the form of Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Peter Berg's Deepwater Horizon, both hoping to make a case for their price tag while the long-delayed ensemble comedy Masterminds finally hits theaters after enduring six release date changes over the past 18 months. Overall, the weekend is once again looking to underperform compared to the same weekend last year, which saw The Martian top the box office with $54 million. At the top, Tim Burton returns to work at Fox for the first time since 2001's Planet of the Apes remake and he does so with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,...

Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

This Past Weekend:

While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.

So far at the fall domestic box office we’ve seen a slew of misfires out of the gate including Blair Witch, Bridget Jones’s Baby, Snowden, The Light Between Oceans, Morgan, The Disappointments Room and The Wild Life. Even though some wide product has moved off the fall schedule, it’s still a vicious marketplace particularly since it’s a sleepy time at multiplexes. This weekend alone, there’s only 4% of K-12 schools out, and 1% of colleges according to ComScore. Let’s hope…...

2016-09-18T09:43:55-07:00Weekend Box Office: 'Sully' Bests 'Blair Witch' and 'Bridget Jones'

We knew going into this weekend that the week's new movie releases would have a tough time unseating the defending champ at the box office, but the race wasn't anywhere near as close as expected. Sully easily repeated as the week's winner, and the two biggest new wide releases performed significantly below expectations, setting up a box-office rout that took nearly everyone by surprise.

Sully is set to take in $22 million for the weekend, more than doubling the weekend earnings of its next-closest competitor. Sully's weekend take also represents only a 37 percent drop from last week's $35 million. That's a stellar hold that was no doubt helped by strong word of mouth. Sully's total domestic gross is now around $70 million.

Blair Witch, the sequel to 1999's The Blair Witch Project, will place a distant second for the weekend,...

Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

This Past Weekend:

Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood’s real-life drama about airline pilot Sully (Warner Bros.) far surpassed all expectations, making nearly $10 million more than my prediction with an opening weekend of $35 million in 3,525 theaters, also making it one of the biggest openings for a movie opening the weekend after Labor Day. The Screen Gems thriller When the Bough Breaks disappointed compared to some of their similar releases, taking second place with around where we predicted with around $14 million. The lower profile animated film The Wild Life (Summit/Lionsgate) did end up in fifth place behind Don’t Breathe and Suicide Squad, but with a measly $3.3 million in 2,493 theaters. As expected, Relativity’s theatrical return with its own horror/thriller The Disappointments Room...

2016-09-11T14:32:01-07:00Weekend Box Office: 'Sully' Tops for the Week

The based-on-a-true-story drama Sully won the weekend box-office race, and another of the week's new movies placed a strong second. The other two of the week's new movies, however, had trouble finding audiences during this first true weekend of the fall movie season.

The winner of the week, Sully, had an especially strong showing, earning $35.5 million.That's one of the top five September opening weekends of all time, and it's the first time star Tom Hanks has had a number-one film since 2009. More importantly, the film is getting good reviews and positive word of mouth, so it's likely to perform well in the weeks to come.

Second place for the weekend goes to the thriller When the Bough Breaks. It's a distant second, though, with a total estimated take of about $15 million. Unlike Sully,...

Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” and its $35 million opening weekend isn’t as miraculous as the event it portrayed, but it dovetails nicely with the film’s story about the value of professionalism and the experience of long-term veterans in their fields. Sony’s child-surrogate thriller “When the Bough Breaks” came in a distant second, but together the films helped create a strong weekend at a time that’s accustomed to modest grosses.

Two other new openers – the European animated acquisition “The Wild Life” (Lionsgate) and Relativity’s attempted comeback, “The Disappointments Room,” were afterthoughts. The autumn looks to be as brutal as this summer, and timing – an asset to “Sully” — should play a key role in the performance of many upcoming films.

The Fall Season Starts Off On Even Footing

The Top Ten totals this weekend, around $82 million, are a near duplication of 2015. That leaves the year to date totals about 5% ahead.