In 1978, 20th Century Fox sued Universal claiming that 'Battlestar Galactica' infringed on 'Star Wars'. Universal countersued, alleging that 'Star Wars' stole from their 1972 film, 'Silent Running' ( www.plagiarismtoday.com )
Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll: The company hasn’t paid employees in over a week and owes money to almost everyone in Hollywood ($970M in debt) ( www.theverge.com )
‘Aliens,’ ‘Avatar’ Star Sigourney Weaver to Receive Venice Golden Lion ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
First trailer for 'Hellboy: The Crooked Man' unveils newest incarnation of the big red hero ( ew.com )
Something is wrong in Appalachia in the first trailer for 'Hellboy: The Crooked Man.' Jack Kesy stars as the big red hero trying to figure it out....
Bill Cobbs, Actor in ‘The Hudsucker Proxy,’ ‘Night at the Museum’ and ‘Air Bud,’ Dies at 90 ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
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Martin Mull, Comic Actor of 'Clue,' 'Roseanne' and 'Arrested Development,' Dies at 80 ( www.thewrap.com )
"Inside Out 2" is the fastest animated film to reach $1 billion at the global box office ( www.thewrap.com )
Will The Rock’s Red One be the worst Christmas movie ever? ( www.theguardian.com )
Red One, the upcoming Christmas movie from Amazon, is arguably among the most talked-about of the year. However, until now, the conversation has had little to do with the film itself. Instead, Red One looks set to go down in history as the film that tanked Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s reputation....
Viggo Mortensen on Respecting Audiences, How Scripts Are Key “Unless I’m Broke,” New ‘LOTR’ Films ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
20 years on, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón and producer David Heyman reflect on taking the series in a darker direction ( www.gamesradar.com )
Inside the battle to release controversial Trump movie ‘The Apprentice’ ( www.washingtonpost.com )
A24 Raises Significant New Investment Round, Valuing Company at $3.5B ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
'Here': Robert Zemeckis’s New Movie Spans a Century, but the Camera Never Moves ( www.vanityfair.com )
Alamo Drafthouse Will Reopen 6 Recently-Closed Theaters Following Sony Acquisition ( www.indiewire.com )
Movies Are Dead! Wait, They’re Back! The Delusional Phase of Hollywood’s Frantic Summer ( variety.com )
Horizon is The Biggest Gamble of Kevin Costner’s Career ( www.theatlantic.com )
Warner Bros. and Legendary Set Denis Villeneuve Event Film for 2026, Next MonsterVerse Movie for 2027 ( variety.com )
Ian McKellen Teams Up With ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.’ Star for Animated LGBTQ+ Musical ‘Dragfox’ ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
The unofficial retirement of Jack Nicholson – where did Hollywood’s most charismatic star go? ( www.independent.co.uk )
Where’s Jack? This year marks the 50th anniversary of Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974), the 1930s LA-set crime thriller that has one of Jack Nicholson’s most famous performances, as sardonic detective Jake Gittes. It’s also nearly half a century since Nicholson played rebellious everyman RP McMurphy, who is incarcerated...
Sony Group to cut 250 jobs from recordable media business' key hub - The Mainichi ( mainichi.jp )
Channing Tatum still wants to make '23 Jump Street' with Jonah Hill: ‘We’ve been trying to get it done’ ( ew.com )
Crunchyroll to Release ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’ in Theaters as Film Trilogy ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
A24 zine celebrates the extravagance of old multiplexes – especially their carpets ( www.itsnicethat.com )
Shira Inbar and Julia Dufossé have been learning a lot about carpets recently. Not just any carpets, Electra-Dye carpets; a type of wacky flooring, usually covered in swirls or planets, that populated movie theatres and multiplexes of the 1990s and early 2000s. “One of the things that really cracked me up is learning that...
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