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After weeks of new releases either losing outright to or just barely beatingJumanji: Welcome to the Jungleat the domesticbox office, this weekend saw three new releases jump headfirst into the top five with one seemingly destined for first place by the end of Sunday. That would beFifty Shades Freed, the largely ludicrous third film in the Fifty Shades trilogy, which looks to have $18.5 million in the till at this point over another new release,Peter Rabbit, which is trailing in second place with $5....

This summer will bring plenty of action spectacles and superheroes, but the season is also rife with big-studio comedies, fromMike and Dave Need Wedding DatestoPopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Towards the top of the list is the long-gestating remake ofGhostbusters, the 1984 classic that gathered the comedic dream team ofBill Murray,Harold Ramis, andDan Aykroyd, with major assists fromErnie Hudson,Rick Moranis,Sigourney Weaver, andAnnie Potts. The new version will feature the likes ofMelissa McCarthy,Kristen Wiig,Leslie Jones, andKate McKinnon, and though its got a lot of work to do to live up to the clout of the original, the trailers and information we’ve received thus far has been very promising....

From showrunnerDaniel Arkinand executive produced bySuitscreatorAaronKorsh, the USA Network drama seriesPearsonfollows recently disbarred NYC powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres), as she figures out exactly what she can bring to the world of Chicago politics. As the newly appointed right-hand fixer for Mayor Bobby Novak (Morgan Spector), Jessica is now in a crooked and dangerous world where she has to weigh doing the right thing with doing her job, especially when those two things don’t necessarily always line up....

Fresh off her seventh Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win forThe Wife,Glenn Closehas signed on to joinAmy AdamsinRon Howard’s Netflix dramaHillbilly Elegy, Collider has learned. Oscar-nominated screenwriterVanessa Taylor(The Shape of Water) is adaptingJ.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir, whicih saw a family crisis force the former Marine-turned-Yale law school student to return to the home in southern Ohio that he tried so hard to forget. While there, he must navigate the complex dynamics of his Appalachian family, including his volatile relationship with his mother Bev (Adams), who’s struggling with addiction....

Undoubtedly one of the best films of 2018 isMission: Impossible – Fallout. It’s an action masterpiece, plain and simple, but also one of the best (if notthebest)Mission: Impossiblefilms yet. Writer/directorChristopher McQuarrieandTom Cruisetook an epic approach to theirRogue Nationfollow-up, but also married that with an intensely intimate character focus. The result is an astounding and compelling film from start to finish. And one of the highlights of this incredible movie isHenry Cavill’s performance as Walker....

Weekend box office estimates are in, but we’re not in a typical weekend trajectory at the moment so the numbers are a bit different. With Christmas Day falling on a Monday this year, the “holiday weekend” will extend through the next couple of days and into next week, as kids are out of school for holiday break and families flock to the movie theaters to find something to break up the monotony of, you know, family time....

Split screen on iPad lets you use two apps at once. This feature boosts productivity and makes tasks easier.To enable split screen, tap the Multitasking button at the top of an app, then choose Split View. The iPad’s split screen works on many models. It’s great for taking notes while watching videos or browsing the web while writing emails. you may adjust the size of each app window to suit your needs....

It appears as though filmmakerMichael Mannis finally getting ready to make hisEnzo Ferrarimovie a reality. We hope. It was announced this past weekend thatHugh Jackmanwill be taking on the lead role in Mann’s long-in-the-works biopic, which is titledFerrariand is aiming to start filming in Spring 2021. TheHeatfilmmaker has been trying to get this one off the ground for ages, withChristian Balepreviously attachedto play the racing icon before bowing outover health concerns—the versatile actor hit a point where he no longer wanted to be gaining large amounts of weight in short periods of time....

Hollywood is paved with broken dreams and rejection. So when the hashtag #ShareYourRejection bubbled up yesterday, it was unsurprisingly a gold mine of fascinating projects that never came to fruition and Hollywood executives making boneheaded decisions. One of the more intriguing rejections that was shared came from screenwriterJohn August, who broke out with the 1999 filmGoand whose credits range fromBig FishtoThe Nines. He’s also the co-host of the excellent Scriptnotes podcast alongsideCraig Mazin, which is a podcast devoted to the art of screenwriting....

The Spanish filmmaker who gavePenelope CruzandVictoria Abrilsome of their most interesting roles made a much-anticipated return to the Croisette with his 20th film,Julieta. Inspired by three short stories by Canadian authorAlice Munro, taken from her collectionRunaway,Almodovarhas moved the story to Spain and tweaked it to create his own Julieta, a woman plagued with guilt. Fiftysomething Julieta (Emma Suárez) lives in Berlin and is about to move in with her boyfriend, until she bumps into Ava (Inma Cuesta), a childhood friend of her estranged daughter Antia who she bumped into in Italy....

Apple TV+ has released the trailer forFisher Stevens’ upcoming filmPalmer. The film starsJustin Timberlakeas Eddie Palmer, a former high-school football star and ex-convict who finds himself raising his neighbor’s gender non-conforming son Sam (Ryder Allen) when she goes on an prolonged bender. This may seem likea lot, but the thing about Timberlake is he’s maddeningly a good actor. Like it wasn’t enough for him to excel at music and being handsome; he also had to be great at acting, and you can see that in his more dramatic roles like inBlack Snake MoanandThe Social Network....

If you’re interested in learning about an up-and-comer who’s already made a major impression on the industry and is bound to continue doing so, we’ve got a must-watch interview for you -Collider ConnectedwithKaitlyn Dever. She’s been adding titles to her filmography for quite a while now, but the one that had my jaw on the floor was her work inDestin Daniel Cretton’sShort Term12. I’ll never forget seeing that film for the very first time and getting utterly overwhelmed by that wave of certainty that Dever would go on to do big things....

AKanye Westdocumentary has been nabbed byNetflix, who reportedly shelled out $30 million for the deal according toBillboard. The project will derive from 21 years of home videos and never-before-seen footage of the rapper, which were shot byClarence “Coodie” SimmonsandChike Ozah, a.k.a. Coodie & Chike. The duo are the directors behind the unnamed documentary, marking the third time they’ve directed a West-focused project. Coodie and Chike also helmed music videos for West’s singles “Through the Wire” and version three of “Jesus Walks....