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Watch Bob Odenkirk Kick Ass in a New Nobody TV Spot
Universal Pictures is also kicking up the marketing for their new action movie, Nobody. The movie was recently delayed to April, and the first trailer got a ton of praise from people who were comparing it to the John Wick movies They ended up delaying the movie a little over a month, which was kind of[...]
Universal Shares a New TV Spot and Images for F9
Universal Pictures has decided it's time to start marketing the next entry in the Fast Saga, F9 The movie was delayed a full year back in 2020 in a move that initially looked like an overreaction and now seems more like Universal knew something about the state of the pandemic that the rest of us[...]
Dracula Remake Discussed By Karyn Kusama On The Kingcast
Credit Universal Pictures Sigh Couldn't She Just Do Dracula? "Chloé's singular lens shines a light on stories of the overlooked and misunderstood," said Universal Pictures president Peter Cramer "We are thrilled to be working with her as she reimagines one of the most iconic outsider characters ever created." Her film Nomadland was nominated for four Golden Globes[...]
Universal Sets New Release Dates for Nobody and Last Night in Soho
Credit: Universal Pictures | Thomasin McKenzie stars as Ellie in Edgar Wright's LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, a Focus Features release Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh / Focus Features The release date change for Nobody is probably the strangest of this bunch The trailer was hailed as "John Wick with an old guy," and people thought it looked pretty[...]
Halloween Kills Footage Debuts During BlumFest 2020, Trailer Is Here!
Image Courtesy of Universal Pictures. Halloween Kills More Aggressive, Looking At The Culture Around Fear "It's one thing to be afraid of the Bogey Man, to have someone who might be in the closet, under the bed, creeping around your house But what we wanted to explore next was confusion, misinformation, and paranoia What happens when fear[...]
"F9": Vin Diesel Teases "a Big Surprise" That "Is so Awesome"
Universal Pictures were the ones who saw the writing on the wall and delayed all of their movies a year right out of the gate and then released Trolls World Tour on VOD to the anger of theater owners They have now worked out a deal with AMC and Cinemark to shorten the theatrical window[...]
New Michael Myers Halloween Kills Pic & Details Revealed
Image Courtesy of Universal Pictures Halloween Kills More Aggressive, Looking At The Culture Around Fear "It's one thing to be afraid of the Bogey Man, to have someone who might be in the closet, under the bed, creeping around your house But what we wanted to explore next was confusion, misinformation, and paranoia What happens when fear[...]
A photo from Trolls World Tour (2020).
Universal Pictures is the winner of the pandemic when it comes to making good business decisions They were ahead of the pack when they decided to delay F9 by a full year instead of a couple of months They also decided to move all of their then in theaters movies to VOD, but the big[...]
"F9": Vin Diesel Teases "a Big Surprise" That "Is so Awesome"
When Universal Pictures came out and decided to delay the release of the scheduled for May release of F9, no one was surprised However, what did surprise people was the decision to delay the movie a full year to April 2021 At the time, it seemed like Universal was overreacting as everyone thought things would[...]
The Boss Baby Sequel Delayed from March to September 2021
Universal Pictures might be at the top of the list in terms of studios that have been playing it safe during the COVID-19 pandemic While many studios delayed their major blockbusters to the late summer or fall at the beginning of the pandemic, Universal delayed everything a year right out of the gate It ended[...]
Universal Announces the Cast and Poster for Sing 2
Credit: Illumination/Universal Pictures Buster (Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey) and his cast have turned the New Moon Theater into a local hit, but Buster has his eyes on a bigger prize: Debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, Buster and his cast—including harried mother pig Rosita (Oscar® winner Reese Witherspoon),[...]
The Green Hornet (ABC) 1966-1967 (Image: ABC) Shown from left: Van Williams, Bruce Lee
Universal Pictures looks to tap David Koepp to pen the latest live-action film adaptation of the popular serial in The Green Hornet and Kato The franchise was last adapted to film in 2011 in The Green Hornet, directed by Michel Gondry with Seth Rogan in the title role and Jay Chou as his partner Kato[...]
James Wan Brings In Overlord's Julius Avery For Van Helsing Film
Credit: Universal Pictures Van Helsing Is In Great Hands Watch Overlord If You Haven't They really screwed up with that first Van Helsing film, making it basically a superhero film What they always needed to do with the character is to hire a quirky, smart-aleck person to handle the monster hunter Think the Robert Downey Jr[...]
Liam Neeson Thriller Honest Thief Hits Blu-ray & Digital This Month
Global action hero Liam Neeson (Taken franchise, Batman Begins) stars as a notorious bank robber who turns himself in only to be double-crossed by a pair of corrupt FBI agents in the gripping thriller Honest Thief, available to own on Digital December 8, 2020, and on Blu-ray™, DVD, and On-Demand December 29, 2020, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment[...]
Universal and Cinemark Strike a Deal to Shrink the Theatrical Window
When the pandemic first started, Universal Pictures opted to release Trolls World Tour on PVOD AMC Theatres was not happy about this and threatened not to show Universal movies anymore At the end of July, when it became apparent that COVID-19 was not going to be a thing that went away quickly, AMC and Universal[...]
The Scorpion King Will Live Again With Franchise Reboot
It another unexpected announcement of a franchise revival; it looks like we'll be getting more of The Scorpion King! It was just announced today through Deadline that Universal Pictures, along with Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia's Seven Buck Productions, is interested in relaunching The Scorpion King title and has locked down Jonathan Herman to write the[...]
Saigon Bodyguards Remake Casts Chris Pratt, Wu Jing from Russos
Universal Pictures cast Chris Pratt (Jurassic World) and Chinese star Wu Jing in an action-comedy English-language remake of Saigon Bodyguards Anthony and Joe Russo will produce reuniting with Pratt, previously worked on Avengers films in Infinity War (2018) and Endgame (2019) The brothers also worked with Wu on Wolf Warrior 2 Based on the 2016[...]
Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, and Sam Neill in Jurassic Park (1993). Image courtesy of Universal Pictures
Image courtesy of Universal Pictures One of the film's stars in Sam Neill, documented his journey from the time he arrived on set to finish He retweeted Trevorrow, adding, "There were days we thought we might not make it But we have…we pulled off what seemed well nigh impossible Great crew Lovely cast[...]
Halloween Kills: Jamie Lee Curtis Talks How Film Reflects Real Life
Credit Blumhouse/Universal Pictures Halloween Kills Tackles Trauma Head On, Like The First One "What we were seeing around the country of the power, of the rage of voices, big groups of people coming together enraged at the set of circumstances, that's what the movie is The movie is about a mob And so it's very interesting because[...]
Fast & Furious and Franchise Ready
Credit: Universal Pictures Vin Diesel is said to have passed on 2 Fast and Tokyo Drift because he thought the scripts were stupid, so with this one, the idea was to get back to the original characters and have it feel like the first film again Which, of course, meant getting everyone back (because Tokyo Drift[...]
Jordan Peele Bringing People Under The Stairs Back As A Producer
He will be re-teaming with Universal Pictures for the film, who also released his films Get Out and Us The original 1991 film was directed by Wes Craven and starred Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J Langer, and Ving Rhames For those that never saw the film, it followed a young boy and two adult thieves who become[...]