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A little over a year after writer and series co-creator Robert Kirkman took to the stage at Image Expo 2018 to introduce the comic book world to Oblivion Song, Skybound Entertainment announced on Tuesday that the hit Image title (co-created by artist Lorenzo De Felici) is being developed as a feature film with Universal Pictures[...]

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Star Vin Diesel hinted that Cena might be joining the series in a video back in April but Universal confirmed today that he is joining the series Cena has been branching out into a bunch of fun roles including comedies such as the underrated Blockers and his turn in the[...]

Wanna see a trailer for the straight-to-video (or, in this case DVD) DOOM reboot from Universal Pictures? OF COURSE you do. "DOOM: Annihilation follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on[...]

The director of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World believes there is a way to keep the series going after this final entry.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is a heartwarming and satisfying conclusion to a series that has defined an entire generation of young people.

Real 3D has shared a new poster for How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ahead of the US release this weekend.

Dwayne Johnson has confirmed via his official instagram page that production on Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw has wrapped production

With Fast & Furious franchise spinoff Hobbs & Shaw due out later this year, some questions are being raised about the possible 9th installment in

with Illumination is moving along for an anticipated theatrical release around 2022." Illumination is the Universal Pictures studio behind the Despicable Me films (including Minions), last year's suprise box office hit The Grinch, Sing, and The Secret Life of Pets. Today's briefing also had Furukawa's assurance that Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario creator and Nintendo creative fellow, is producing the Super Mario Bros[...]

The Fast & Furious franchise continues to grow, with Universal Pictures unleashing the first official trailer for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. The spinoff films returns Dwayne Johnson to his Hobbs character, this time pairing him full-time with Jason Statham's Shaw – and the result is a righteously intense (and pretty damn funny) blockbuster loud enough[...]

We're sure you'll recall Universal Studios' disastrous attempt to bring new life into the Universal Monsters franchise with the pretty terrible Tom Cruise-led The Mummy The thought behind the film was to begin a modern chapter of the monsterverse which would include Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde, etc you get the idea. Thankfully, with[...]

Fast & Furious spinoff film Hobbs and Shaw just gained Joe Anoa'i, aka Roman Reigns, to the cast, and the WWE star will be playing Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's brother. Photo courtesy of Universal The news was revealed in an Instagram post from Johnson, showing the pair standing strong (in a semi-hakka stance) amid chaos behind them:   View this post on[...]

The two actual surprises were the Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston film The Upside taking second place, and the animated film Dragon Ball Super: Broly finishing in third. Take into account that this is a three-day weekend for the USA, and the Monday box office may see an increase in the standings. Universal's Glass took in an estimated $40.5 million over the[...]

Glass might have an interesting concept but director M. Night Shyamalan tries too hard to subvert the genre and ends up with a long and boring production.

Universal's upcoming Happy Death Day 2U is shifting dates from February 14th to February 13th, 2019 Sure, that's not a BIG date change, but there is a big reason for it. Happy Death Day 2U (2019) posterUniversal On February 14th, 2018, 17 people were shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Valentines Day of[...]

Alex Kurtzman probably made the right choice when he opted to exit the planned Universal Monsters Universe after the….disappointing…box office performance of his feature film starring Tom Cruise– The Mummy. To be fair, there were certainly some good ideas contained within the film, like Russell Crowe as Henry Jekyll/Mr[...]

Sounds like Francis Lawrence (Hunger Games) is still on board as director. Last we heard back in February, things were still moving right along at Universal with Lawrence's direction and Joy's script, but obviously that's changed now, at least on the writing front. This announcement comes on the heels of the 15th anniversary of Ronald D[...]

If this one is a hit we can expect Universal to keep making these movies for as long as Johnson and Statham want to come back to these roles. Production for Hobbs and Shaw started production this September, it'll be directed by David Leitch, and it has a release date of July 26th, 2019 The movie[...]

Peele is working again with Blumhouse and producer Jason Blum, with Universal distributing Peele confirmed the date of the trailer drop today on his Twitter A new poster was also revealed, which you can find below. Trailer drops Xmas. — Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) December 13, 2018   "A mother (Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o from Black Panther, Star Wars: The Last[...]

MGM will release the film in association with Universal and Peele's Monkeypaw Productions Candyman originally hit screens in 1992, based on the Clive Barker short story The Forbidden The film was set in the housing projects of Chicago, and this new film is being billed as a "spiritual sucessor" to the original, so look for[...]

In today's BUT WHY ARE YOU REBOOTING THAT?! news, it would appear new versions of Shrek and Puss In Boots are on the way. According to Variety, Universal Pictures has been chatting with Despicable Me's Chris Meledandri about bringing the ogre and swashbuckling cat back to the silver screen in a whole new set of films. Meledandri wants to keep the same[...]

We literally said out loud, "But is this the good Child's Play thing, with Don Mancini?" when prepping to write about this.  Because, as you may know, there is another reboot of Child's Play currently in development on the film side, one which "Chucky Daddy" Mancini (co-writer) is NOT a part of. This project sounds like the one MGM was[...]

The final trailer for the highly anticipated Halloween has been unleashed onto the web today, and we could not be more excited. Only 45 more days!

Michael Myers is making his return to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Hollywood and Orlando A Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers maze will be part of this year's mega-popular series of mazes and haunted houses. Of course, Halloween 4 was the film that saw Michael return after seemingly being killed at the[...]

There is a pretty good reason why Laurie Strode is no longer the sister of Michael Myers in the new Halloween film, opening in October.

The Halloween team marched into SDCC and Hall H and showed us some truly frightening and exciting footage on Friday afternoon!

Halloween will bring Michael Myers to SDCC this year as part of the Universal presentation in Hall H Before that though, Entertainment Weekly has its yearly pre-SDCC issue hitting stands with a new photo of Michael from the film along with quotes from series star Jamie Lee Curtis and director David Gordon Green Read those,[...]

Photo by Mary Anne Butler. The filmmaker posted on his Twitter account earlier this month, thanking fans for their support and urging them to read this op-ed from The Hollywood Reporter: Fans & Friends, thank you for your support: PLEASE READ THIS! https://t.co/cMnF3hLh1L — Don Mancini (@RealDonMancini) July 6, 2018 If you were unaware, MGM is fast-tracking a reboot[...]

Universal is handling the distribution, its first in the series since Halloween III: Season of the Witch, the only film in the franchise to not feature Michael Myers The film is being directed by David Gordon Green, and is co-written by Danny McBride, Green, and Jeff Fradley They have said all the right things up[...]

He's come a long way from his cowboy hat wearin' early days in Buckaroo Banzai, and we're thrilled to report that Jeff Goldblum has recorded an album to be released by Universal's label Decca Records. Actor and national treasure Jeff GoldblumPhoto courtesy of Marvel Studios If you were unaware, Goldblum has been making music for longer than he's been[...]