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Having been discussed almost 12 years ago, the film was gaining traction with Universal moving forward to bring BioShock to life The pre-production conversations took place until being confirmed to have been canceled in 2013 — noting a high production cost of at least $200 million and the studio's concern for profits on its unchanged[...]

Universal has their own round of delays going into Friday as everyone came to terms with the fact that no, things will not be normal by the spring, theaters aren't going to be open, and that's just the way it is Universal making this decision is interesting, though, considering the 17-day release window they have[...]

Credit: Universal Pictures There is also the cast addition of Dame Helen Mirren, who actually campaigned for a role because she so badly wanted to be behind the wheel of one of these cars She got her wish, and she is very much in F9, and Diesel revealed that she does indeed get to drive. Again, without giving[...]

Wonder Woman 1984 hits $85M at the worldwide box office. Soul debuts soft but has strong word of mouth. The Croods: A New Age approaches $100M worldwide.

Credit: Universal When it comes to action movies, Universal has the Fast and Furious series, which is in the process of developing spin-offs People seem to like that kind of over the top and frankly silly movies when it comes to spy stuff these days, so perhaps it's time to retire the character of Jason Bourne[...]

Image courtesy of Universal Pictures "There were some specific clocks we asked for, such as the Felix the Cat clocks, and we knew we had to have at least one cuckoo clock," Gale said They were very popular in the 50s (who knows, maybe even in the 40s, not sure when it hit the market)[...]

Conglomerates like Warner Bros, Paramount, MGM, Disney, Universal, and Sony have the capacity can pool together and organize a bailout for those suffering during uncertain times, especially when the government isn't willing to do enough. Actors, directors, executives have the influence to pull the trigger To insist that films that originally supposed to be released now[...]

Universal Pictures finally gave us a look at their female-fronted spy thriller The 355 earlier this week This is one of those projects that people have been talking about simply because the cast is so good It's a who's who of awesome ladies teaming up to be awesome lady spies together We have officially ticked two[...]

Credit: Universal Pictures This sort of thing is going to balloon budgets, and this isn't going to be the last time we hear about this The last thing we need in the age of COVID-19 is massive budgets getting even bigger, but that seems to be the case Until these productions can go back to work[...]

The sequel to last year's Addams Family animated film hits theaters next Halloween, here's the first poster.

We got the first look at the posters and met the main cast members today, but Universal Pictures dropped the first trailer tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xugboHXcG94&ab_channel=UniversalPicturesVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The 355 – Official Trailer [HD] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xugboHXcG94&ab_channel=UniversalPictures) Does this movie look like it's going to change the world? Not even a little, but there is something[...]

Universal Pictures brought on Simon Kinberg as the director despite the fact that his first outing as director was Dark Phoenix, which flopped for all involved In this case, we have a great cast of Oscar-winners and nominees that could probably carry a movie regardless of whether or not Kinberg can direct Usually, the release date of[...]

Shyamalan will, of course, write, produce, and direct the film, and Universal Pictures will release it. Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, Vicky Krieps, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rufus Sewell, Embeth Davidtz, and Emun Elliott will all star in Old That is pretty much all[...]

Image courtesy of Universal As the trio land in 2015, Doc knocks Jennifer out with gas, because she was asking too many questions Doc reveals to Marty how his loser son gets framed for a crime he didn't commit The 2015 scenes allowed Fox and Tom Wilson to play their future relatives in Marty McFly Jr[...]

Image courtesy of UniversalDirected by Judd Apatow, who co-wrote with Davidson and Dave Sirus, The King of Staten Island focuses on Scott's life as a dropout and making sense of his immaturity He openly engages with a "friends with benefits" arrangement with his childhood friend Kelsey (Bel Powley) but refuses to commit to a relationship[...]

Universal has a contract to own the tv and digital rights to the series until 2025 So, they will most likely be on peacock for quite some time The deal also includes the Fantastic Beasts films as well Deadline had the news. Harry Potter still Credit Warner Bros. Losing Harry Potter Has To Sting Warner Bros "The Harry[...]

Image courtesy of Universal Trevorrow described how much more life-like the dinosaurs in the film become with Fallen Kingdom "J.A Bayona really, he found the value in creating really photo-real, just beautiful lighting references that could be articulated just slightly," he said "Just a head and a jaw that could move, but painted beautifully, hand-painted[...]

One thing is for sure: it is going to be brutal. Universal Pictures – Halloween (2018) Halloween Kills Has So Much Potential "The first one was more about Laurie's life of isolation after Michael and her attempts at revenge It was personal. This is more about the unraveling of a community into chaos It's about how fear spreads virally,"[...]

Finally, Blumhouse and Universal also announced that Forever Purge, the final film supposedly, moves to July 9th, 2021 Halloween Kills producer John Carpenter, and director David Gordon Green released a statement about the date changes this afternoon. Halloween Kills Teaser Trailer Not all is terrible, though John Carpenter, knowing how bummed fans would be and knowing how[...]

Credit Universal Maybe Dodgson will end up being the big bad of the film Maybe he is who Wong's Henry Wu answers to He has seemed extra shady in the last two Jurassic World films, so that would make sense I do wish these films had less thematically in common with the original trilogy, hopefully, that[...]

Universal Studios' exec Jeff Shell done more than his share of ruffling feathers within the entertainment industry Following the release of the animated feature Trolls: World Tour straight to VOD, Shell suggested the practice to bypass or simultaneous releases with movie theaters could soon become the norm even after the quarantine Universal recently followed through[...]

No, this will be as a reboot/reimagining over at Universal Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski is circling the project, with Hollywood mega-producer Frank Marshall executive producing and the team meeting with writers The original 1996 film was a huge summer hit, grossing over $490 million worldwide That film was directed by Jan De Bont,[...]

The film was released on home video this week and we're super excited to have partnered with our friends at Universal and Blumhouse on a new poster for this excellent adaptation of one of Universal's classic monsters " "Continuing the celebration of this horror stalwart, we also have a new enamel pin for THE INVISIBLE MAN[...]

This weeks Mondo vinyl soundtrack release is form this years new take on EMMA. It will release on Wednesday morning.

Image courtesy of Universal Pictures Back to the Future Crew Appearance Rounding out the reunion was the crew with screenwriter Bob Gale, co-writer/director Robert Zemeckis, composer Alan Silvestri, and rocker Huey Lewis While Silvestri composed the score for the trilogy, Lewis was the primary artist on the 1985 film soundtrack with hits like "The Power of Love"[...]

Shyamalan will, of course, write, produce, and direct the film, and Universal Pictures will release it That is all that anyone knows at this point, and with the shutdowns still in place, they don't even know when it will begin shooting The news was reported by Variety. Director M Night Shyamalan at the Fox Winter TCA[...]

After first announcing that they were moving up the release date, Universal pivoted when theaters started closing Instead of delaying the film for release when things calmed down, they would release the film to VOD streaming the same weekend it was scheduled to release in theaters The film has done very well, according to Universal[...]

LEGO and Universal Pictures have signed a new agreement to bring properties to the big screen The new five-year deal will see the companies partner to bring Universal franchises to screens in brick form while continuing to expand the buildable brick IP as a Hollywood powerhouse To date, with Warner Bros as a partner, two[...]

Universal has purchased the film rights to YA vampire novel Crave by author Tracy Wolff The book is actually not being published until tomorrow, April 7th Universal apparently didn't want to wait and announced the deal today The purchase was first reported by Deadline Tracy Wolff has written over 60 novels Crave is her latest,[...]

She went on to say that there are plans to bring this character back. Their point was, "We just want to see her so she can expand in this world, whether it's Hobbs and Shaw, Fast or whatever." [Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman] Donna Langley was a big part of it, too[...]