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Disney’s live-action remake of 2002’s Lilo & Stitch has become a ginormous box-office hit thanks to millennial and older Gen Z audiences who flocked to the theater for a sweet dose of nostalgia. The Big Picture: While 80s and 90s nostalgia has fueled the box office over the past decade, Lilo & Stitch may signal […]
Oscar-winning blockbuster filmmaker Chris Nolan is shooting his next film, an adaptation of The Odyssey for Universal, entirely on IMAX film cameras — the first time it’s ever been done. The Big Picture: IMAX has been blowing up in popularity with moviegoers over the past decade, reaching a fever pitch in the past few years. […]
A Minecraft Movie blasted past industry expectations with a $160 million box-office debut in just the US and Canada, despite projections that it would make around $65 million (a big win in and of itself). It’s another surprise in recent years that has Hollywood studios and media analysts wondering why the typically reliable box-office forecasting […]
In the run-up to M3GAN 2.0 coming out in June, Blumhouse is bringing the first installment back to theaters with a twist — a second-screen experience provided by Meta that allows audiences to interact with the killer doll during the movie. The Big Picture: Blumhouse has never been shy about experimenting with technology, such as […]
Immersive entertainment company Cosm has struck a deal with Warner Bros. and creative studio Little Cinema to bring sci-fi classic The Matrix to its immersive theaters in a new “shared reality” format. The Big Picture: While moviegoing is still recovering from its pandemic lows, cutting-edge experiential showings — IMAX, 4DX, ScreenX, etc. — are blowing […]
Fake movie trailers created using a mix of AI-generated material and shots from other movies are all over YouTube… and the studios aren’t doing much to stop their spread. Sometimes, they even profit from them. The Big Picture: A great movie trailer that goes viral is one of the most impactful drivers of ticket sales. […]
A survey by the Global Cinema Foundation found that while many people would love to go to the movies, they feel underserved of the films they actually want to watch more of… so they choose streaming or other forms of entertainment instead. The Big Picture: Recent data shows that while most sectors of mass entertainment have recovered, […]
Robert Rodriguez — the renegade filmmaker behind genre classics like From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty, and Machete — is launching a new banner called Brass Knuckle Films, allowing fans to directly invest in movies in exchange for various perks. The Big Picture: Trying to boost fan involvement in movie slates has taken off in recent years, whether through platforms like Legion M or […]
Timur Bekmambetov, director of movies like the Angelina Jolie-starring Wanted and the upcoming Chris Pratt-starring Mercy, recently launched a new platform called Screenlifer. The platform hopes to incubate and support “screenlife” projects — movies and shows in which all the action takes place on a computer, tablet, or smartphone screen. The Big (Little) Picture: Bekmambetov has become the patron saint of […]
The internationalization of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ membership body is starting to have a major impact on which films get nominated for and win the biggest award in American cinema — the Oscar. The Big Picture: For decades, the Academy-Award nominations and wins have been an integral motivator for American studios to make more […]