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By Jake Coyle | Associated Press NEW YORK — Apple has had its first box office flop. “Argylle,” the $200-million star-studded spy thriller from Apple Studios, debuted with $18 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The film, directed by Matthew Vaughn, managed to lead the weekend box office, but still found little interest from moviegoers. Although Apple has been in the original film business since 2019 and won the Oscar for best picture with 2021’s “CODA,” the company has only recently produced…

Leonardo DiCaprio has got a new project. Fans are in for a treat as acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson has announced his next untitled project with Leonardo, along with Regina Hall and Sean Penn, as per a report by Deadline. The film has been picked up by Warner Bros. (Also read: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz among Hollywood stars named in Jeffrey Epstein court documents) Leonardo DiCaprio will lead Paul Thomas Anderson's next film. Details about Paul Thomas Anderson's nextPaul Thomas Anderson, whose…

Eva Longoria Says “I Used Desperate Housewives As My Film School” (Photo Credit: Bang Showbiz) Eva Longoria used her time on ‘Desperate Housewives’ as an education. The 48-year-old actress had been featured in few small roles on TV and enjoyed a two-year stint on daytime soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless’. She landed the role of Gabrielle Solis on the comedy-drama series in 2004 and explained that because the show was high in budget, she was able to observe behind the scenes in the years before she eventually…

Nicole Sperling / New York Times: Sources detail Netflix's internal debate over embracing theatrical releases for big-budget movies, something Ted Sarandos and Reed Hastings call a distraction — The company agreed to some exclusive theatrical distribution for “Glass Onion” and “Matilda the Musical,” but it's not clear exhibitors will get much more. Nicole Sperling / New York Times: Sources detail Netflix's internal debate over embracing theatrical releases for big-budget…

The fantastical world of dreams proves to be predictably fertile territory for an extravagant adventure for kids in Netflix’s big-budget big bet Slumberland, an imaginative and mostly agreeable adaptation of an early 20th-century comic strip centered around the character of Little Nemo. Created by cartoonist Winsor McCay, Nemo would find himself visiting bold and surreal new worlds in his sleep and here we meet him as a her, newcomer Marlow Barkley, living in a lighthouse on a remote island with her father, played by Kyle…

Landing Argylle was a big deal for Apple TV Plus. Ever since the release of sparkly fantasy adventure Stardust in 2007, director Matthew Vaughn has only overseen the release of blockbusters, blockbusters that have included three Kingsman movies, X-Men prequel First Class and the beloved festival of violence, Kick Ass. So, when Deadline reported in August 2021 (opens in new tab) that Apple had offered up a reported $200 million to snag Vaughn's next project, a spy thriller named Argylle, there was much excitement and…

Netflix’s period romance “Bridgerton” enjoyed broad appeal among Asian, Black, Latino and white households in 2020–21; it also generated plenty of buzz on Instagram and Twitter. Credit: Netflix UCLA researchers see signs that could foretell a retreat in the industry's diversity gender and racial diversity—especially on big-budget shows and in writing positions.…

Thirty years ago, audiences came out in droves to see an over-the-top political satire about the mayoral campaign of a disgusting sewer mutant – a movie that also doubled as an oddball romantic comedy about two weirdos with mask fetishes, trading blows and spit in a snowglobe metropolis. Hindsight has a way of turning every box-office sensation into a curious time capsule, letting us gawk at the strange attractions that used to put butts in seats. But through the lens of the modern blockbuster machine, and the reigning…