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Toei Animation and Funimation to present Dragon Ball Super: Battle of the Battles Global Fan Event later this month

Last December, Dragon Ball Super fans were asked to name the greatest series fights of all time. The answers have now been tabulated, and “the winners” will be revealed on Saturday, March 27th at the special global fan event Dragon Ball Super: Battle of the Battles announced today by Toei Animation and Funimation. Special guest ….

Focus Features to start shooting crime drama The Outfit with Oscar winner Graham Moore at the helm

Focus Features and FilmNation Entertainment announced that they will start production on crime drama The Outfit, marking the feature directorial debut of Oscar winner Graham Moore (The Imitation Game). Moore will direct from his own script that was co-written with actor/writer Johnathan McClain (Mad Men). Oscar winner Mark Rylance (The Trial of the Chicago 7), ….

Queens New York Drive-In returns for 2021 with screenings of Coming 2 America, Fist of Fury, North by Northwest and more

Rooftop Films, the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), and the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) today announced the return of the Queens Drive-In at New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. A collaborative project between the three organizations, the Queens Drive-In hosted more than 80 sold-out events during the summer and fall ….

AMC Theatres releases statement on New York City movie theaters reopening

In response to the announcement that movie theaters can reopen in New York City, AMC Entertainment chief Adam Aron, today issued the following statement: “Governor Cuomo’s announcement that movie theaters can reopen in New York City in the first week of March is another important step towards restoring the health of the movie theater industry ….

Todd McFarlane to create Justice League/Avengers-style universe for Spawn and related characters

Today, Image Comics’ President Todd McFarlane announced his attempt at creating his own multi-character, interconnected comic book universe. His goal is to establish a shared fictional universe over time in the vein of what Marvel and DC Comics have accomplished with their Avengers and Justice League universes. The announcement was made by McFarlane during a ….

HBO’s Watchmen writer to script new Blade film for Marvel

Scoop reports that playwright Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who served as story editor and writer on HBO’s Watchmen limited series, will pen the script for Marvel’s fast-developing Blade film. The project will make Osei-Kuffour the first black woman to write a Marvel film. For the Watchmen series, Osei-Kuffour wrote the episode, “An Almost Religious Awe” in which ….

Thomas Jane returning for Give ‘em Hell Malone sequel

Production company Renegade Entertainment is teaming up with Richard Rionda Del Castro’s Hannibal Media to produce a sequel to the cult favorite Give ‘em Hell Malone, with Thomas Jane returning to star in the namesake role of Malone. Screenwriter Mark Hosack will also return for the sequel, which is planned as the re-launch of the ….

The Maltese Falcon to kick off seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics screening series

Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events are set to launch the seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics series in theaters on Sunday, January 24th & Wednesday, January 27th with The Maltese Falcon 80th Anniversary. John Huston’s 1941 film features an all-star cast, was nominated for three Oscars, and has been listed in AFI’S 100 Years…100 ….

Eddie Murphy’s Coming 2 America has been grabbed by Amazon Prime for streaming premiere in March 2021

Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Coming 2 America from Paramount Pictures. This long-awaited sequel to the iconic comedy Coming to America will launch worldwide in over 240 countries and territories on Prime Video on March 5, 2021. Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his ….