Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament is back. While studios during Covid wildly embraced the theatrical day-and-date model when cinemas were closed, they soon realized there’s nothing more profitable than a theatrical release and the downstreams that come with it. If anything, theatrical is the advertisement for a movie’s longevity in subsequent home...

Has it been that long? George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is getting a 25th anniversary re-release by Disney on May 3. That’s in time to celebrate Star Wars day, May the 4th. As part of the “The Phantom Menace” screenings, fans will be treated to an exclusive look at Disney+/Lucasfilm new series Star Wars: The Acolyte...

After debuting early last weekend, Universal’s The Fall Guy expanded to 78 overseas markets during its sophomore session, adding $25.4M for a running total of $36.9M at the international box office. That’s in line with Bullet Train and above The Lost City at the same point in release. Globally, the David Leitch-directed action romance is at $65.4M.  This is a fun picture...

The following contains spoilers for 32 movies with great cliffhanger endings.  One of the things that usually defines the cinematic experience is that movies, unlike an episode of TV,  tell a complete story. They have a beginning middle and end. While sequels are always possible, that only means more adventures with our favorite characters. However, not all movies end quite so...

Navigating the labyrinth of the best gifts for men can often feel like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded. It’s a journey through uncharted waters where the compass of common sense spins wildly between the Isle of “What on Earth Does He Need?” and the Peninsula of “Will He Even Use This?” But fear not, intrepid gift-giver. You’re about to...

Fans of movies and long-running series often have a list of sequels they wish were never made. Hollywood’s increasing reliance on sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes means that not all interconnected stories will please all audiences. To that end, fans have made a list of sequels that they think “ruin” what came before, and it’s not just the notoriously debated Star...

Open Extended Reactions In exactly 100 days, Florida State and Georgia Tech will kick off the season on Aug. 24 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. With what’s unofficially dubbed “Week 0,” college football’s offseason drought will mercifully end with a game that has ACC title implications. But this isn’t just a countdown to kickoff. It’s a flare ahead...

If you’ve been missing out on seeing magicians commit major heists on the big screen, good news, it looks like the dry spell will be over soon. Although Now You See Me 3 was announced all the way back in 2015, the threequel has been making notable progress over the last several years, particularly with the hiring of Ruben Fleischer as director in 2022. Today, Now You See Me 3 took...

When movies come out, we grade them with reviews, define them by box office returns or eyeballs on streaming services, and maybe trophies down the line. But every successful, ambitious film starts with a dream, followed by compromise and adversity. Deadline offers the occasional peek into the creative aspirations, and the sweat and blood that propels ambitious films. The Movie Dune:...

Greta Gerwig has entered the prestigious league of filmmakers whose films have crossed the $1 billion mark in box office earnings, thanks to the summer smash Barbie. The movie stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and has propelled Gerwig into the rankings as the second female director to break global and US Box Office Records. Director Jennifer Lee achieved this milestone for Disney’s...

These days, as technology continues to advance, we seem to have become so distracted by the latest creations to come from mankind that we too often forget to acknowledge the gifts that have already been provided to us in nature. Luckily, there is a new film coming out soon that could very likely be the reminder we need about the importance of appreciating the natural world. Curiously, however,...