Road House Director Doug Liman Boycotts Premiere, Issues Statement

Director Doug Liman is boycotting the premiere of his upcoming Road House remake in protest to Amazon’s decision to release the movie straight-to-streaming on their Prime Video platform. Road House’s premiere is set to take place at the 2024 SXSW film festival in March, and in a statement released to Deadline, Liman said that he … Read more

Lionsgate Closes Acquisition of eOne, CEO Issues Statement

Lionsgate has closed its acquisition of Entertainment One/eOne after reports of the deal “intensifying” emerged all the way back in August. Variety has reported that the $375 million acquisition will bring “6,500 film and television titles” from Hasbro to Lionsgate, including the popular series The Rookie and Yellowjackets. That being said, some major IP like … Read more

Scream 7 Director Christopher Landon Exits Movie, Issues Statement

Scream 7 will no longer be directed by Christopher Landon, as the director announced his departure in a statement today. The Freaky and We Have a Ghost director’s exit comes after the departure of Jenna Ortega and the firing of Melissa Barrera. No replacement has been named yet for the upcoming horror movie. “I guess … Read more

‘Percy Jackson’ Didn’t Want Another Adaptation After Film Issues

Rick Riordan “wrote off Hollywood” after being left frustrated by the Percy Jackson films. The 59-year-old author has never watched either of the movie adaptations of his work – Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – and refused to consider other takes on the books as the … Read more

Matthew Vaughn on Kick-Ass reboot, X-Men issues, studio clashes

This year’s NYCC, director Matthew Vaughn reflected on various problems with studios, the hope for a Kick-Ass revival and new film Argylle. With this year’s New York Comic Con coming to a close, undoubtedly one of the biggest draws of the event was director Matthew Vaughn, who gave details on an upcoming Kick-Ass reboot, why … Read more

Martin Scorsese Issues Call ‘Save Cinema’ From Franchises

Martin Scorsese is an extremely well-respected director in almost all circles. If anyone gets to issue audiences an ultimatum, it’s probably him. Scorsese has called out superhero movie culture before, deriding it as not being an official example of “cinema.” With the way superhero movie releases have been going lately, he might have a solid … Read more

CM Punk Fired by All Elite Wrestling, Tony Khan Issues Statement

CM Punk is no longer a member of the All Elite Wrestling roster following a backstage incident with Jack Perry at AEW‘s All In pay-per-view event in London. AEW announced on Twitter today that it has terminated the wrestler and employment agreements with Punk (real name Philip Brooks) with cause, effective immediately. The decision is … Read more