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Every Major Studio Got Together to Declare The Big Screen Is Back, But It Was a Lot We d Seen Before
Adam B. Vary, provided by
May 19, 2021
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After nearly 15 long and bleak months for the movie theater industry, a consortium of the major and independent studios gathered inside an AMC theater in Century City on Wednesday to celebrate and cheerlead the return of theatrical exhibition. Part of the industry-wide campaign called “The Big Screen Is Back,” the event showcased over 30 feature films from massive tentpoles like “Black Widow” and “F9” to indies like Janicza Bravo’s “Zola” and Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” set to debut in movie theaters through the rest of the year, as introduced by a parade of filmmakers, actors, and executives. Some including executives from every major studio, as well as filmmakers like Bravo, J.J. Abrams, and Jason Blum appeared in person; others appeared
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Saw franchise is set to make a comeback next weekend with
Spiral: From The Book Of Saw. The movie, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, will be one of the first major movies to kick off the summer blockbuster season after a year of uncertain times concerning the box office. Ahead of its debut, shall we play a game and predict how itâll do commercially?
Spiral: From The Book of Saw, it looks like it will have a decent debut.
Spiral to make between $10 to $15 million domestically during its first three days at the box office and go on to make in the range of $20 to $45 million before exiting theaters. Based on the forecast, it doesnât sound like the
‘Mortal Kombat’ & ‘Demon Slayer’ Continue Gritty B.O. Fight For No. 1; But Both Pics Hit The Mat Hard In Weekend 2 Deadline 3 hrs ago
Demon Slayer, which had very notable openings and further revived the domestic B.O. last weekend, dropped precipitously this weekend, respectively at
-73% and
$6.4M for No. 1, with a running total of
$32.2M, and New Line’s
Mortal Kombat is at No. 2 with a weekend 2 of
$6.2M and a $34M 10-day total. No one was expecting this type of tumble. What does this say as the US has close to 70% of 40,7K screens reopened, and there’s talk of Los Angeles and San Francisco moving to the yellow tier, which could get theaters at 75% capacity? (It’s not as easy as that reads, more on that in a bit).
Photographed by Seye Isikalu
In Limbo, Amir El-Masry’s Syrian refugee character Omar has far more depth than simply a war-ravaged victim. “Through the movie, Omar is constantly talking about Syria in a positive light and saying that he actually wants to go back,” the actor notes. He was photographed April 13 at Sunbeam Studios in London.
The British Egyptian actor an advocate for inclusion for creatives of Middle Eastern and North African heritage in the U.K. industry gives a soulful performance in Ben Sharrock s dark comedy about asylum seekers.
In Netflix s romance/tech sci-fi series
The One, Amir El-Masry also recently seen on the HBO/BBC financial drama
Eight years later, Netflix has a total of 36 Oscar nominations across 17 films the most of any distributor in this year s slate. Its film Mank, a film centered around Citizen Kane co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, leads the pack with 10 nods.
While Netflix is outpacing its rivals in nominations in recent years, it hasn t collected many wins. Since 2013, the streamer has garnered 54 nominations and 8 wins.
In the past, some have attributed Netflix s lack of wins to Hollywood being wary of rewarding the streaming service with top prizes because of how it has rebuffed traditional theatrical release windows, a sacred piece of the film industry. However, it s much more likely that it s a combination of steep competition and Netflix having multiple films nominated for the same categories. This year, for example, Mank and Trial of the Chicago 7, which are both Netflix films, are up against each other for best picture.