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Ben Affleck to star in and direct WWII drama Ghost Army for Universal

Posted 7 years ago

After spending a number of years attached to THE BATMAN before he finally departed, it seems that Ben Affleck is ready to step behind the camera once again. The actor/director is slated to star in and direct GHOST ARMY for...

Elisabeth Moss officially boards Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man remake

Posted 7 years ago

Universal's Dark Universe franchise came to a disappointing end after just a single film, but the failure of THE MUMMY may have been the best thing for the Universal Monsters. The studio announced that they would be charting a new...

Cinemacon: Universal panel teases Ma, Yesterday, Good Boys, Cats, and more!

Posted 7 years ago

Our own Editor-in-Chief Paul Shirey is our boots on the ground for this year's CinemaCon in Las Vegas, and recently, he's been blowing up the official JoBlo Twitter account with updates from today's Universal panel. While the presentation remains ongoing, the...

Elisabeth Moss circling Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man remake

Posted 7 years ago

Universal Pictures certainly had big plans for their Dark Universe franchise. Even before THE MUMMY was released, Universal assembled a group of actors who would have significant roles in future Dark Universe films, including Javier Bardem as Frankenstein's Monster, Johnny...

Jason Blum on how the deal to develop The Invisible Man came together

Posted 7 years ago

After Universal's grand plan for their Dark Universe franchise came crashing down after just one film, the studio will be charting a new course which will move away from an interconnected universe and instead focus on bringing in creative directors...

Universal’s Wicked to conjure some holiday magic with Christmas 2021 release

Posted 7 years ago

Universal has announced that their feature adaptation of the Broadway powerhouse WICKED will arrive in theaters on Wednesday Dec. 22, 2021. Based on the three-time Tony Award-winning musical, which had been adapted from the ficticious Wizard of Oz tell-all novel penned...

Pete Davidson & Judd Apatow team up for semi-autobiographical comedy film

Posted 7 years ago

Among the many funny folks who appeared in Judd Apatow's TRAINWRECK was Pete Davidson, who so impressed Bill Hader that he reached out to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels to tell him about the young comedian. "I told Lorne...

Blumhouse rebooting Dark Universe starting w/ Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man

Posted 7 years ago

Well, this is a great f*cking surprise here on a Monday! It looks like none other than Blumhouse Productions will be tasked with rebooting the once defunct Dark Universe of Universal monster movies and it's all set to kick off...

2019 Universal Preview

Posted 8 years ago

Alex Universal Pictures accounted for 15% of box office revenue in 2018 for a total domestic gross of $1.8 billion and that was without a new FAST AND FURIOUS movie. With five movies grossing over $100 million, including MAMA MIA:...

Movie studios to push for shorter theatrical windows next year

Posted 8 years ago

Movie studios and theater chains have been fighting on and off again for years about the window between a movie’s theatrical release and its home video release, and now the battle looks to be picking up again. Warner Bros. and...

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