Business of Hollywood The IATSE Strike: What to know Over the weekend, IATSE, the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees, voted by an overwhelming 98% majority to authorize a strike, which will shut down virtually all film and television production across the US (and it could affect some Canadian productions, which often have a portion of American crew, especially By Sarah • Oct 05, 2021 09:45 am
Business of Hollywood Tom Cruise: Helicopter Life Forever There were reports recently that Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell, who are still working on Mission: Impossible 7, which may as well be called Mission: Impossible Never-ending, considering how long they’ve been in production for this movie, broke up – even though it’s never been confirmed that they were By Lainey • Oct 04, 2021 11:19 am
Top Reads Cary Fukunaga spills the tea Theoretically, No Time To Die is slated to premiere next week before opening in North America on October 8. I sort of won’t believe it’s happening until I am actually watching it, but it seems the time for Daniel Craig’s final Bond movie has come at last. By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 11:33 am
Business of Hollywood More Disney drama Do you know how rare it is to have two posts in one day about Disney’s business? I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve written about Disney’s business (other than box office, that is) in the last ten-plus years, but here we are By Sarah • Sep 07, 2021 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu Liu hit a grand slam…and a back flip Despite the ongoing pandemic, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings posted a record-breaking opening weekend of $90 million for the four-day frame in the US. Even in normal times, this would be a Labor Day box office record, so it’s HUGE that Shang-Chi accomplished this at a By Sarah • Sep 07, 2021 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Paramount shoves off (again) In yet another ill omen for the remainder of 2021, Paramount has moved their remaining movies, including Mission: Impossible 7 and Top Gun: Maverick, to 2022. We’ve been here before, and has always been the case with Paramount, they simply will not risk Tom Cruise’s ire by attempting By Sarah • Sep 02, 2021 09:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond, for real this time Way back when this interminable nightmare began, No Time To Die was the film industry bellwether, being the first major movie to push back its release date due to coronavirus. Now, though Team Bond is sticking with their current release plan, dropping a final trailer ahead of the film’s By Sarah • Sep 01, 2021 12:14 pm
Business of Hollywood Celebrities and the D&G Comeback As mentioned in the previous Bennifer post, JLo wasn’t the only celebrity in Venice this weekend for the Dolce & Gabbana show. A gallery of the high-profile guest list is attached including Anna Wintour, Helen Mirren, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana, Bebe Rexha, and more. So the comeback of the By Lainey • Aug 30, 2021 12:14 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 27, 2021 Dear Gossips, Apple released a new trailer for the second season of The Morning Show this week and the big surprise reveal is that Will Arnett has joined the cast; he plays Jennifer Aniston’s (Alex Levy) agent, Doug. The stereotype of agents in show business is usually douchebag – and By Lainey • Aug 27, 2021 09:14 am
Amazingness Warner Brothers tries to win back theater owners CinemaCon, the annual summit between distributors and exhibitors held in Las Vegas, is happening right now. It just occurred to me that this might be the last CinemaCon as we’ve known it for the past 30-ish years. Next year, studios will be able to buy theaters, and then what By Sarah • Aug 25, 2021 12:29 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 25, 2021 Dear Gossips, Here’s another sign that we might be in the most f-cked up timeline – the show that was supposed to be the least messy, the most organised, a show that was all about showing your work, is currently a total sh-tshow, the opposite of good work: Jeopardy! and By Lainey • Aug 25, 2021 09:22 am
Business of Hollywood Emma Stone sticks with Disney When news of Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against Disney broke, there was rapidly a rumor that Emma Stone, whose star-vehicle Cruella was also moved to a Premiere Access title on Disney+, would follow suit and join ScarJo in the suit. Well, no. That is not happening. In fact, the opposite By Sarah • Aug 16, 2021 10:08 am
Business of Hollywood Reese Witherspoon’s Billion Dollar Baby Actors tied to production companies used to be a big story (like back when Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt started Plan B in 2001) but it is now a standard – big name actors are often producers with “first look” deals and back-end credits. “Executive producer” is a vague term and By Maria • Aug 04, 2021 01:19 pm
Top Reads Scarlett Johansson v Disney: Hollywood’s next labor battle Last Thursday, Scarlett Johansson dropped a bombshell lawsuit on Disney, alleging breach of contract. The suit claims that Johansson had a theatrical-exclusive guarantee in her contract for Black Widow—which would not be unusual for an actor of her stature—and that by putting Black Widow on Disney+ day-and-date with By Sarah • Aug 03, 2021 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Widow: The box office is back Over the last few months, as theaters have reopened, the box office has been lurching back into gear. Godzilla vs. Kong got the ball rolling, F9 kicked it into second gear, and Black Widow just set a record with a record domestic opening during the pandemic with $80 million, besting By Sarah • Jul 12, 2021 10:27 am
Top Reads Simu Liu’s Big Day There was a lot of Simu Liu in the headlines yesterday. Here’s how it started – with a Facebook post, ahead of the release of season five of Kim’s Convenience on Netflix, which of course as we all know now is the show’s final season, and not because By Lainey • Jun 03, 2021 10:52 am
