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© 2021 Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment All Rights Reserved. I just finished watching the entire franchise with my nine-year-old, and we could not be more excited about this To see her face light up the first time, they showed a dinosaur onscreen in that original film…that is a moment I won't forget anytime soon. Jurassic World:[...]

Universal put on a pretty good show at CinemaCon this year, and one of the movies that sort of came out of nowhere and now looks like it could be a lot of fun is Easter Sunday. As someone who has never heard of Jo Koy, I was quite impressed with him when he came out to[...]

Last week, the franchise that has been more or less keeping the lights on at Universal Pictures hit a significant roadblock Justin Lin stepped away from the director's chair of Fast X just mere days into production and set everything into chaos While all parties said that the parting was about as amicable as a parting[...]

The CinemaCon presentation for Universal was a long haul that went on for two and a half hours and seemed almost never-ending That likely has something to do with the way that the studio has decided to set everything up They bring up theater workers to present with talent and while that is very cute[...]

Wicked, the upcoming adaptation of the Broadway musical sensation is going to be split into two films, Universal has announced Jon M Chu is directing both, which will have release dates of Christmas Day 2024 and Christmas Day 2025 Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have been cast as Glinda and Elphaba, with production on the films[...]

According to The Wrap, the Universal release will hit theaters on April 7, 2023, instead of December 2022 The change is also reflected for its release in Japan, where Nintendo is based, for April 28, 2023. credit//Nintendo Chris Pratt will lend his voice to the famous plumber originally conceived in 1981 in Nintendo's Donkey Kong, which was[...]

A little over a year ago, Universal dates a movie starring Idris Elba and Sharlto Copeley called Beast for August 19, 2022 It is coming from director Baltasar Kormákur, who has brought some pretty awesome pictures to the big screen, including Everest, one of the few movies that has given me full-blown vertigo in an IMAX theater, and the[...]

Minions: The Rise Of Gru is finally seeing release on July 1st after many delays, and if the world is not excited about it, Universal sure is The other films in the series have combined to gross billions of dollars at the box office, so the delays, I am sure, have caused them anxiety Steve[...]

The Suicide Squad breakout star Daniela Melchior is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Fast and Furious 10. It will be released on May 19, 2023.

We still have a little ways to go, though, and maybe Universal will kick up the marketing in the last two or three weeks leading up to the release Bay's movies tend to do well, but his films based on established properties tend to do better these days While Ambulance might not be the most[...]

© 2021 Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment All Rights Reserved. Jurassic World: Dominion and all of these movies have always been about animal rights, and Wise was no different when it came to getting attached to these fictional dinosaurs She talked about Leonard, a "friend" that she made on set that she would have taken home[...]

However, with a modest budget of $16 million and a marketing budget that didn't seem to break the bank, there is an excellent chance that Universal made some money on this one We learned back in June of 2021 that a sequel was being worked on but not greenlit yet, but it seems like everyone[...]

I am actually more excited to see what he does when he has to pull the reigns back a bit and, dare I say, show off his comedy chops? Early reports are that this is heading straight to Peacock, which makes sense, but that has not been confirmed by Universal, the owner of the streamer, though[...]

Below you can find the cover and extensive features list. Credit Universal Sing 2 Blu-ray Release Details Buster Moon and his crew are back preparing to launch their most dazzling extravaganza yet in SING 2, available for the very first time to own and enjoy forever on Digital March 1, 2022, and on 4K UHD, Blu-rayTM and DVD March[...]

A second, full length trailer for The Bad Guys was just released. The film will hit theaters on April 22nd.

Universal will release an adaptation of his short story, The Boogeyman, to Hulu. Rob Savage will direct, with 21 Laps' Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Dan Cohen producing. Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher will star alongside Chris Messina. Deadline reports today that David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad), Marin Ireland (Y: The Last Man, The Umbrella Academy), Vivien Lyra Blair (Bird Box, Mr[...]

Nolan had spent the last several years working exclusively with Warner Bros., yet he moved his next big project, Oppenheimer, to Universal after this decision The irony of that is not lost on anyone since Universal were the ones who pulled the initial "skip theaters put it on streaming" in April 2020 with Trolls World[...]

Universal decided to use the massive stage of the Superbowl to drop a new 30-second TV spot for the new movie Is this something you're going to be checking out this week? There isn't much going on in theaters right now, so if you're looking for something to do this weekend, maybe this one could[...]

The Nope poster is below, but it doesn't offer much either for those that have not seen it yet. Credit Universal Maybe that rogue cloud is just returning that nice string of balloons to that nice carnival down there where nothing scary at all will happen Maybe this is a horror-comedy! Who puts a carnival at the[...]

The Fast and Furious series continues to chug along as one of the most fascinating ongoing franchises that no one ever expected would be as big as it was.

Universal eventually delayed the movie a whole year due to the pandemic-related delays, and the film moved from a 2021 release date to a 2022 release We haven't seen that much about it since then, but now that we're into 2022 and it's looking like we might have some sort of a summer movie season[...]

Deadline Hollywood previously revealed actress Emily Blunt was also in talks for the Universal film Nolan-favorite Cillian Murphy is set to star as the title character J Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist behind the Manhattan Project that produced the weapon. Robert Downey Jr at the premiere of Disney and Marvel's 'Avengers: Infinity War' held at the El[...]

Universal Pictures' classic monsters such as Dracula, The Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, Bride of Frankenstein, and more are set to be the focus of an original, animated short-form miniseries titled We Will Be Monsters that sees Universal tag-teaming with Epic Games & its online video game Fortnite to update the popular characters for modern (video game-loving)[...]

During the Universal presentation at CinemaCon, we got to see the trailer for the new Michael Bay movie called Ambulance The premise is one of those really simple but also kind of ingenious things that just seems tailor-made to Bay's aesthetic On top of that, he managed to get an excellent cast to join him on[...]

so much that his next movie, Oppenheimer, is being made at Universal The irony being that Universal was the first studio to move a theatrical release to streaming during the pandemic, but that's something that doesn't matter, apparently Earlier this month, it was confirmed that Cillian Murphy had joined the cast, and now Deadline is reporting that Emily[...]

When does that happen for anyone?" King Kong, which also starred Naomi Watts and Jack Black, was a box office success grossing $556.9 million globally for Universal Connery was originally eyed for Gandalf and turning it down before it went to Ian McKellan Regretting his decision, Connery decided not to pass on 2003's League of[...]

Halloween Kills will have a bonus ending on the Blu-ray according to director David Gordon Green. What did you think of the one we got?

so much that his next movie, Oppenheimer, is being made at Universal The irony being that Universal was the first studio to move a theatrical release to streaming during the pandemic, but that's something that doesn't matter, apparently Now The Hollywood Reporter has a casting announcement, and Nolan is bringing back one of his mainstays for[...]

Since the 2010 Universal film adaptation, the primary stars of the film make their return for a sequel series for the NBCU streamer Peacock While promoting his latest comedy Lady of the Manor, I spoke to the actor on his surprise finding out the cult classic is getting a second life. Ryan Phillippe as Dixon Piper[...]

A quick refresher on the highs and lows of the Candyman franchise. Yes, we watched all the bad sequels so you don't have to.