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‘Cry Macho’: Will Clint Eastwood’s Loyal Fans Choose Theaters or HBO Max?
Eastwood’s films have historically attracted older moviegoers from red states, but his core audience might take the streaming option this time
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How ‘No Time to Die’ Can Still Be a Big Win for Movie Theaters – If Not for MGM
Daniel Craig’s final Bond film won’t be a megahit, but it can still be a major stepping stone to rebuild box office
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How 9/11 Changed Hollywood – And Is ‘Still Grappling’ With the Terror Attacks 20 Years Later
TheWrap speaks with 20 filmmakers, executives and journalists about the legacy of the attacks on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
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Inside the Pentagon’s Secret Post-9/11 Summit With Hollywood A-Listers (Exclusive)
Oliver Stone, David Fincher and John Singleton were among the industry figures recruited to imagine new disaster scenarios just weeks after the terror attacks
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Toronto Market Preview: Demand Is High but Films Are Scarce Due to COVID and Pre-Festival Sales
TIFF 2021: “There is more demand for content then there has ever been,” one sales agent tells TheWrap
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This Year’s Box Office Is Still Off by 72% From 2019 – Can Fall Bring a Turnaround? | Charts
A turbulent summer reopening brought progress for theaters, but there’s still a long way to go.
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All Bad Choices for James Bond: Should ‘No Time to Die’ Stick to October Release?
MGM insists the 25th film in the 007 franchise will open in theaters Oct. 8
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‘Barbie Universe’: Inside the 62-Year-Old Doll’s Expansion Into Movies, Streaming and Instagram
“We are always looking for new expressions of the brand … everything is on the table,” one Mattel executive says
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Can Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ Break the Labor Day Box Office Curse With a Big Opening?
The chaos of the pandemic has led Disney to try something that no studio has attempted before
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‘The Next Ted Lasso’: After Year in Pandemic, Hollywood Dumps Edgy for ‘Uplifting’ Projects
“The buyers are getting data from the audience and it’s saying: ‘We want more aspirational content,’” one agent says
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With ‘Free Guy’ and ‘Jungle Cruise,’ Disney Is Winning Both Sides of the Debate Over Hybrid Film Releases
While Ryan Reynolds’ film was the toast of CinemaCon, Dwayne Johnson’s adventure tale has reached $100 million despite its premium release on Disney+
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WrapPRO Roundtable: Has Rotten Tomatoes Democratized Film Criticism – or Killed All Nuance?
“I do have some issues with it being a little reductive and simplistic, fresh and rotten. I feel like some nuance can be lost there,” one movie critic says
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How Movie Theater Owners Are ‘Learning to Live With COVID’: A Report From CinemaCon
Even with scaled-down festivities and the shadow of the Delta variant looming, the trade show’s upbeat messaging shines through
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Vaccine Mandates Are ‘Mixed Bag’ for Movie Theaters, NATO CEO John Fithian Says (Video)
The movie theater industry’s top lobbyist says requiring vaccines will bring short-term pain for cinemas but would be helpful in the long run
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Inside Film Critics’ Struggle Over In-Person Screenings During COVID-19
As the public becomes less confident in returning to theaters, critics are pushing for studios to make films available digitally for reviews
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