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What is it with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom? Is it Wednesday? Is it Friday? The DC sequel will now open on Friday Dec. 22 this year instead of Dec. 20. Know that Warners knows what they’re doing here: They turned Aquaman back in 2018 into the highest grossing DC movie of all-time at $1.15 billion. That…

UPDATED with new trailer: After debuting the first footage from Paul King’s Wonka at CinemaCon last year, Warner Bros has unwrapped the latest trailer for the prequel to Roald Dahl beloved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Timothée Chalamet stars as the enigmatic Willy Wonka in the pic that focuses on…

UPDATED, 11:34 AM: Just as it came in lower than hoped for domestically, Universal/Blumhouse/Morgan Creek's The Exorcist: Believer didn't fully convert overseas audiences, summoning a $17.9M international box office debut for $45.1M global. The R-rated David Gordon Green-directed reboot/sequel did see…

The production team behind Barbie was on hand at Deadline’s Contenders London event to reveal some of the secrets behind the smash hit’s unique journey and what set it on the road to becoming the year’s biggest movie at the box office. Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed fantasy comedy, starring Margot Robbie…

Film extra Cristina Stanovici has detailed the severe injuries she suffered when she was hit by a speeding motorbike on the Glasgow set of the Batgirl movie. Stanovici told The Sun newspaper that she felt it would have been "easier if she had died" rather than go through multiple surgeries. Her…

Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed it plans a major expansion of its Leavesden studio lot, with the UK location set to become the epicenter of DC Studios production. The media company has spent the past year-plus in cost-cutting mode, delivering $4 billion in cost savings related to the 2022 merger…

UPDATED, 9:21 a.m.: Warner Bros on Thursday unveiled the first full-length trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the very long awaited sequel to the subaquatic James Wan superhero pic which remains one of DC’s biggest successes. Related Stories …

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah were the directors behind Batgirl, the DC film at Warner Bros. with Leslie Grace in the titled role. The superhero movie would end up being axed by the studio and with the release of The Flash earlier this year, the filmmakers are reflecting on their film. “We watched…

Everyone’s gone to the festivals. But here on the home front, one thing still leads to another. Last Saturday, I picked up a slightly tattered copy of an old crime biography, Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Underworld, at one of those sidewalk libraries. Published in 1974, the year after…

Having become Warner Bros. and 2023’s top grossing movie of the year at $1.38 billion worldwide, Barbie will become available in homes next week on Tuesday, Sept. 12 for digital purchase and rental. The Greta Gerwig-directed, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling starring pic based on the Mattel doll…

Warner Bros’ Barbie ain’t missin’ no steps as the Greta Gerwig-directed title is clicking past the $600M mark at the domestic box office in its 43rd day of release. Note that it took Top Gun: Maverick 47 days to cross that threshold, with the Tom Cruise pic ending its stateside run at $718.7M. Barbie…

UPDATED: As we told you earlier this week, Barbie was kicking Super Mario Bros Movie out of the top domestic spot of 2023 on Wednesday. The Warner Bros. theatrical release made $2.55M sending its total running cume stateside to $575.4M. Barbie isn’t the highest grossing YTD yet around the world with $1.3…