'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan and wife Emma Thomas to get British knighthood and damehood
The U.K. government says that the Oscar-winning โOppenheimerโ director Christopher Nolan and his producer wife Emma Thomas will receive a knighthood and damehood for their services to film.
'Oppenheimer' crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair's Oscar after-party
Vanity Fair's post-Academy Awards party had its usual decadent food, dancing and opulent fashions where the most popular accessory is an Oscar.
Cillian Murphy wins his first best actor Oscar for role in โOppenheimer' biopic
Cillian Murphy came away from the Academy Awards with his first Oscar, the best actor statuette for his role in โOppenheimer.โ.
'Oppenheimer' crowned best picture at an Academy Awards shadowed by war
โOppenheimer,โ a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowed best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.
Inside the SAG Awards: A mostly celebratory mood for 1st show since historic strike
Inside the ballroom at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, โOppenheimerโ was front and center โ literally and figuratively โ snagging the nightโs top prize along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. Ahead of this yearโs Academy Awards, Christopher Nolanโs summer blockbuster increasingly looks like the run-away favorite.
Jason Reitman and Hollywood's most prominent directors buy beloved Village Theater in Los Angeles
Some of Hollywoodโs most prominent filmmakers have purchased a 93-year-old iconic theater known as a cultural landmark for moviegoers in Los Angeles.
'Oppenheimer' wins 7 prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards
Atom bomb epic โOppenheimerโ has won seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards.
Stars, royalty and a 'Poppenheimer' showdown. Here's what to expect at Britain's BAFTA film awards
โOppenheimerโ and โPoor Thingsโ are the leading contenders for Sunday's British Academy Film Awards.
The Oscars are almost here. Here's what to know and how to watch
After a winter barrage of award shows โ the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys โ the grandaddy of them all, the Academy Awards, are around the corner.
Greta Gerwig, Ryan Gosling join fellow Oscar nominees for annual celebratory luncheon
The casts of โBarbieโ and โOppenheimer are gathered alongside far less famous Oscar hopefuls at the annual Academy Award nominees luncheon.
Christopher Nolan, Celine Song, APโs Mstyslav Chernov win at Directors Guild Awards
Christopher Nolan was awarded the top prize at the Directors Guild Awards for โOppenheimerโ Saturday in Los Angeles, solidifying his frontrunner status for next monthโs Oscars.
What to stream this weekend: 'Young Sheldon,' Amy Schumer, 'Oppenheimer' and lots and lots of JLo
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include โYoung Sheldonโ returning for its seventh and final season, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. exploring the power of gospel in a two-part PBS documentary and two projects from Jennifer Lopez, a movie about her love life and a 13-track album.
Christian Bale breaks ground on foster homes he's fought for 16 years to see built
Christian Bale has broken ground on a project heโs been pursuing for 16 years -- the building of a dozen homes and a community center intended to keep siblings in foster care together.
Q&A: Nolan and Villeneuve on โTenetโ returning to theaters and why โDune 2โ will be shown on film
Christopher Nolan has, by any account, had a banner year with โOppenheimer.โ.
Christopher Nolanโs โTenetโ returns to theaters, in IMAX 70mm, with new โDune: Part Twoโ footage
Time isnโt inverting: Christopher Nolanโs โTenetโ is coming back to movie theaters for a week, including on IMAX 70mm and other large-format screens.
Christopher Nolan on 'Oppenheimer' Oscar success: 'Sometimes you catch a wave'
Christopher Nolan was still sleeping when his film, โOppenheimer,โ landed a leading 13 Academy Awards nominations Tuesday.
โFreaky Tales,โ Kristen Stewart and Christopher Nolan help kick off Sundance Film Festival
Thousands of cinema lovers, Hollywood celebrities, industry executives and filmmakers from around the world have arrived in Park City, Utah, for 10 days of movie watching.
A chaotic Golden Globes night had a bit of everything: The silly, the serious, and Taylor Swift, too
The Golden Globes had a bit of everything: Silliness, seriousness, history, a few good jokes and many bad ones, loads of stars โ and Taylor Swift, who didnโt ascend the podium but still made her presence known as perhaps only Swift can.
Was 2023 a tipping point for movies? 'Barbie' success and Marvel struggles may signal a shift
For the first time in more than two decades, the top three movies at the box office this year didn't include a sequel or a remake.
What to stream this week: Barbenheimer, 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' and K-pop act TVXQ
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include the return of โNight Courtโ and the release of an early K-pop sensation, the boy band TVXQ.
Oscars shortlists revealed: Here are the films one step closer to a nomination
The โBarbieโ power ballad โIโm Just Kenโ and AP and Frontlineโs documentary โ20 Days in Mariupolโ just got one step closer to an Oscar nomination.
Comedian Jo Koy is picked to host the Golden Globes as award season kicks off
Comedian and actor Jo Koy has been tapped to host the Golden Globes, picked by producers for his โinfectious energy and relatable humor.โ.
The Golden Globe nominees are out. Let the awards season of Barbenheimer begin โ Analysis
Early awards in Hollywoodโs unfurling awards season have gone to films like Celine Songโs tender relationship drama โPast Lives,โ Jonathan Glazerโs piercing Holocaust film โThe Zone of Interestโ and Martin Scorseseโs sprawling Osage murders epic โKillers of the Flower Moon.โ.
Sundance lineup for 40th edition features Kristen Stewart, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Steven Soderbergh
Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun play a satellite and a buoy in love, and Will Ferrell takes a road trip with his best friend who is transitioning in films heading to Sundance this year.
'Killers of the Flower Moon' named best film of 2023 by New York film critics
Martin Scorseseโs โKillers of the Flower Moonโ has been named the best film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle.
The 'Oppenheimer' creative team take you behind the scenes of the film's key moments
Impossible is often just a starting point on a Christopher Nolan film and โOppenheimer,โ about the father of the atomic bomb, was no exception.
Think they've seen it all? Holiday gift ideas for the movie lover who wants more
Itโs been a wonderful year at the movies for cinephiles, but what do you get for the film lover who has seen everything already.
What's streaming now: 'Oppenheimer,' Adam Sandler as a lizard and celebs dancing to Taylor Swift
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include Adam Sandler playing a 74-year-old elementary class lizard in the latest Netflix animation offering โLeoโ and โOppenheimerโ finally arriving on home screens.
Visitors tour New Mexico atomic site in likely record attendance fueled by 'Oppenheimer' fanfare
Visitors have lined to tour the southern New Mexico site where the worldโs first atomic bomb was detonated.
โEqualizer 3โ cleans up, while โBarbieโ and โOppenheimerโ score new records
According to studio estimates, the third installment in the Denzel Washington-led โEqualizerโ franchise has topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million.
โBlue Beetleโ unseats โBarbieโ atop box office, ending four-week reign
The DC superhero film โBlue Beetleโ led weekend ticket sales with an estimated $25.4 million, according to studio estimates, dethroning โBarbieโ from the top spot after a record-setting run that left movie theaters colored pink for a month.
โBarbieโ joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors
In just three weeks in theaters, โBarbieโ is set to sail past $1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins.
In 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer' smash success, audiences send message to Hollywood: Give us something new
In the massive movie weekend of โBarbieโ and โOppenheimer,โ there were many winners.
What to stream this weekend: Post Malone, 'Beanie Bubble,' 'This Fool,' Rolling Stones and 'Heels'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Post Malone, a movie starring Zach Galifianakis about the creation of the cute collectable Beanie Babies and a video game for the whole family with Disney Illusion Island.
โOppenheimerโ in San Antonio: IMAX 70-millimeter showings extended due to popularity
โOppenheimerโ comes out in theaters this weekend, and folks in San Antonio are lucky enough to have the opportunity to see the movie in a special IMAX theater -- the way its supposed to be seen.
'Oppenheimer' stirs up conflicted history for Los Alamos and New Mexico downwinders
An upcoming movie about a man who changed the course of the worldโs history by shepherding the development of the first atomic bomb is expected to be a blockbuster.
The story behind Barbenheimer, the summerโs most online movie showdown
The very online showdown between Greta Gerwigโs โBarbieโ and Christopher Nolanโs โOppenheimerโ all started with a date: July 21.
Q&A: Robert Downey Jr. on how 'Oppenheimer' represents the Manhattan Project with nuance
Robert Downey Jr. says he came away from Christopher Nolanโs โOppenheimerโ thinking about how โcontext is so criticalโ to understand significant moments in history.
Cillian Murphy, playing Oppenheimer, finally gets to lead a Christopher Nolan film
The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, โOppenheimer,โ Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief.
Christopher Nolan breaks down the best ways to watch a movie, ahead of his โOppenheimerโ release
It's no secret that Christopher Nolan made โOppenheimerโ to be seen on the big screen, but not all โbig screensโ are created equal.
Nolan to debut โOppenheimerโ IMAX trailer with โAvatar 2'
Christopher Nolan is ready to show the world the first full-length trailer for his new epic โOppenheimerโ and heโs doing so in the splashiest way possible: With an IMAX exclusive spot in front of the โAvatar" sequel.
With box office bare, 'Black Panther' makes it 5 in a row
On one of the quietest weekends of the year in movie theaters, โBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreverโ has topped the North American box office for the fifth straight weekend.
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New this week: 'CODA,' Chance the Rapper film and 'Heels'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include new music from Lizzo and Ben Platt and an animated series on Disney+ that features a bevy of heroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in reimagined events called โWhat If.
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Fueling box office rebound, 'Quiet Place' opens with $58.5M
John Krasinskiโs thriller sequel โA Quiet Place Part IIโ opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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'Nomadland' wins best picture at a social distanced Oscars
Chloรฉ Zhaoโs โNomadland,โ won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman โ and the first woman of color โ to win best director.
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New York cinemas reopen, brightening outlook for theaters
Kathyn Dennet, center, and Brian Haver leave the IFC Center after viewing a screening on "Mank", Friday, March 5, 2021, in New York. Theaters in many other areas reopened last summer around the release of Christopher Nolanโs โTenet,โ but that attempted comeback fizzled. โItโs a symbolic moment,โ said Michael Barker, co-president of the New York-based Sony Pictures Classics, which on Friday released the Oscar contenders โThe Fatherโ and โThe Truffle Huntersโ in Manhattan theaters. Some of the cityโs prominent theaters, including the Film Forum, the Alamo Drafthouse, the Metrograph and Regal Cinemas were targeting openings in the coming weeks. โWe in the movie theater business live off of movies that play all around the country and all around the world.
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โDark Knight,โ โGreaseโ added to National Film Registry
This image released by the Library of Congress shows Heath Ledger, left, and Christian Bale in a scene from the 2008 film "The Dark Knight." The film was added to the National Film Registry. (Warner Bros.-Library of Congress via AP)LOS ANGELES โ This year's inductees into the National Film Registry include a record number of female directors and filmmakers of color as well as a new crop of movies ranging from a silent short film thriller, classic musicals and an acclaimed Batman film. The national library said this yearโs selections include a record nine films directed by women and filmmakers of color. Christopher Nolanโs 2008 Batman film โThe Dark Knightโ was a blockbuster and the top public vote-getter.
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Disney unveils plans to stream a galaxy of new series, films
NEW YORK โ The Walt Disney Co.โs streaming plans shifted into hyper speed Thursday, as the studio unveiled a galaxyโs worth of new streaming offerings including plans for 10 โStar Warsโ series spinoffs and 10 Marvel series that will debut on Disney+. But Disney also kept its biggest films โ including Marvel's โBlack Widow," Pixar's โLuca,โ a โLion Kingโ prequel โ on course for theatrical release. Jenkins becomes the first woman to direct a โStar Warsโ film. Among the โStar Warsโ series are two spinoffs of โThe Mandalorian,โ set during the series' timeline: โRangers of the New Republicโ and โAhsoka,โ with Rosario Dawson. Seven Disney films topped $1 billion worldwide.
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Christopher Nolan calls Warner's streaming plan โa messโ
Christopher Nolan, one of Warner Bros.โ most important filmmakers, has come out strongly against the companyโs decision to debut its films on HBO Max and in theaters in 2021. The โTenetโ filmmaker told The Associated Press Monday that itโs not a good business decision and criticized how the company handled it. โIโve never seen everybody so upset about one particular decision,โ Nolan said. And itโs not a good business decision," Nolan said. With major markets like Los Angeles and New York closed, domestic ticket sales fizzled, and Warner Bros. and other studios responded by delaying the yearโs remaining major films.
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'Tenet' to head to home release in Dec. after theatrical run
NEW YORK โ After several months in pandemic-altered theaters, Christopher Nolan's โTenetโ will head to home release on Dec. 15, Warner Bros. said Thursday. Contending with limited capacity regulations and theaters that remained closed in some states, the Warner Bros. release has so far grossed $53.8 million at the U.S. and Canadian box office. In its ninth week of release in the U.S., โTenetโ grossed $885,000 in 1,601 locations last weekend. But following the release of โTenet," along with rising virus cases in the U.S. and Europe, other big-budget releases moved out of 2020. Warner Bros. didn't announce on-demand or streaming plans for โTenet.โ
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Liam Neeson's 'Honest Thief' notches No. 1 at box office
LOS ANGELES โ Liam Neesonโs thriller โHonest Thiefโ stole the top spot at the box office in yet another quiet weekend of moviegoing. The Open Roads Films movie brought in $3.7 million in North America the weekend of its U.S. debut. The film, starring Neeson as a notorious bank robber who turns himself in but was double crossed by two FBI agents, opened in Canada last week. Despite coming in second, the comedy starring Robert De Niro earned $2.5 million. The action-thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson has totaled $50.6 million in the U.S.
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Outlook not improving for beleaguered US movie theaters
About three quarters of the countryโs movie theaters are open, but Americans are not going back in significant numbers in the COVID-era, even with new films coming into the marketplace weekly. The faith-based โInfidel,โ which stars Jim Caviezel, did the best with $1.5 million from just over 1,700 theaters. Both played in under 500 theaters across the country and neither got much more than $200 per location. โThe Nestโ earned an estimated $62,000 from 301 locations and โThe Secrets We Keepโ brought in just under $90,000 from 471 theaters. Christopher Nolan's โTenetโ has only earned $36.1 million from North American theaters to date.
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North America box office remains muted as โTenetโ tops again
Moviegoing audiences in North America are not rushing back to the theater just yet. In the second major weekend for U.S. and Canadian movie theaters, Christopher Nolanโs โTenetโ earned only $6.7 million from 2,910 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday. Although it is enough to top the charts, it also isnโt enough to jumpstart the struggling domestic exhibition industry. The weekendโs only major new opener was Sonyโs PG-13 rom-com โThe Broken Hearts Gallery,โ which earned an estimated $1.1 million from 2,204 North American locations. Other still-closed markets include North Carolina, Michigan, New Mexico and the cities of Seattle and Portland.
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Pandemic chases 'Wonder Woman 1984' to Dec. 25
NEW YORK โ Following the less-than-stellar theatrical debut of Christopher Nolan's โTenet,โ Warner Bros. is delaying its next big release, โWonder Woman 1984," to Christmas. The postponement of the โWonder Womanโ sequel, which had been scheduled to hit theaters Oct. 2, comes on the heels of Hollywood's strongest attempt to lure moviegoers back to theaters during the pandemic. Warner Bros.' $200 million โTenet" fared well in its international-first release, but found ticket sales harder to come by in the United States. The โWonder Woman 1984โ postponement suggests Hollywood's fall may go little better than its summer. โWonder Woman 1984,โ one of many blockbusters originally set for the summer, had been the next big-budget release on the calendar.
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Launching in U.S. theaters, 'Tenet' tallies $20.2 million
NEW YORK In a litmus test for American moviegoing in the pandemic, Christopher Nolan's Tenet brought in an estimated $20.2 million through the holiday weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters. Theaters in Canada, where COVID-19 cases are much lower than in the U.S., began showing Tenet a week earlier. In two weeks of release, its overseas total is $126 million, with a global tally thus far of $146.2 million. The film, which cost $200 million to make and at least $100 million to market, will need to get close to $500 million to break even. Disney's The New Mutants," a long delayed X-Men spinoff, collected about $7 million in 2,412 locations last weekend.
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'Tenet' launches with $53M in overseas gambit at box office
Given the circumstances, it was difficult to forecast the performance of the $200 million Tenet, starring John David Washington Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki. As part of their safety protocols, movie theaters are mandating mask wearing, cleaning cinemas in between showings and operating at 50% capacity to distance moviegoers usually crowded shoulder to shoulder. The large-format exhibitor accounted for $5 million of the film's box office. Tenet will open this week in the U.S. and China, the two largest markets. We're very encouraged.Disney will next week release the live-action remake of Mulan for a $30 digital rental through its streaming service, Disney+.
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Tenet to screen early at theaters in some U.S. cities
Some U.S. moviegoers will be able to see Christopher Nolans Tenet a few days early. Warner Bros. on Tuesday said that it would be offering early access screenings starting Aug. 31 as a gesture of support to the domestic theaters that are reopening after five months of being closed because of COVID-19. Tenet is the first major new Hollywood movie to be released in theaters since most locations shuttered in mid-March. Warner Bros. is proud to support our partners in exhibition as they reopen their doors, said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution, in a written statement. Early domestic screenings of Tenet will be scheduled on the evenings of Aug. 21, Sept. 1 and Sept. 2 where theaters are open in the U.S. Tickets go on sale Friday.
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Elizabeth Debicki to play Princess Diana on 'The Crown'
NEW YORK The Crown has found its Princess Diana. Elizabeth Debicki will play the Princess of Wales in seasons five and six of The Crown, the Netflix series announced Sunday. Debicki will join a new cast for the series that includes Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth and Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret. Emma Corrin is playing Diana on the dramas upcoming fourth season, but Debicki will take on the part for what's sure to be the character's most dramatic chapters. Princess Dianas spirit, her words and her actions live in the hearts of so many, Debicki said on Twitter.
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AMC to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopening
NEW YORK AMC Theatres, the nation's largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie. AMC theaters have reopened in numerous international countries but have remained shuttered in the U.S. since March. During its opening-day promotion, AMC will show catalog films, including Ghostbusters, Black Panther," Back to the Future and Grease." AMC confirmed that Disney's much-delayed New Mutants will debut in theaters Aug. 28, with Christopher Nolan's Tenet to follow Sept. 3. AMC said Thursday is expects about two thirds of its theaters will be open in time for Tenet. Several states, including California and New York, are yet to allow movie theaters to reopen.
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'Tenet' to open internationally first, in US a week later
This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Elizabeth Debicki, left, and John David Washington in a scene from "Tenet." Warner Bros. said Monday that Tenet will not make its August 12 release date. Warner Bros. on Monday said Tenet will arrive in more than 70 countries on Wednesday, Aug. 26, including Japan, Russia, much of Europe, Australia and Canada. The $200 million thriller will open in the U.S. a week later on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Warner Bros. will also deliberately spread out its opening weekend, debuting the film mid-week to space out eager moviegoers.