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Aug192024 by cineverseNo Comments

John Aprea, ‘Godfather Part II’ and ‘Full House’ Actor, Dies at 83

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By Meredith Woerner According To The variety John Aprea, whose acting career landed him roles on “Godfather Part II” and “Full House,” died on Monday of natural causes in Los Angeles. He was 83. His death was confirmed by Will Levine, Aprea’s manager. Born in 1941 to Italian immigrants in Englewood, N.J., Aprea spent part of his early years in Italy before his family resettled back in the States. In the early 1960s, he set out to pursue his passion, acting, enrolling in Joshua Shelley’s acting classes (who also taught Mia Farrow and Jon Voight) in New York. Eventually, he would land a role in the 1968 Steve McQueen classic film Bullitt, playing Killer. After his splashy debut, Aprea found acting work on sets for the 1970s TV series “Mannix,” the 1970s film “The Grasshopper,” an...

Aug192024 by cineverseNo Comments

Alien: Romulus’ Ends ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’s’ Three-Week Box Office Reign With $41.5 Million Debut

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By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety “Alien: Romulus” ripped into the domestic box office with $41.5 million, marking the second-highest start in the long-running “Alien” franchise. Those ticket sales were enough for the newest chapter in Disney and 20th Century’s sci-fi horror saga to end the three-week reign of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which just overtook “Joker” as the highest-grossing R-rated movie in history with $1.14 billion. These achievements are capping off Disney’s stellar summer streak, which ignited with “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (May’s highest grossing movie with $397 million) and continued through “Inside Out 2” (June’s highest grossing movie with $1.597 billion) and “Deadpool & Wolverine” (July’s highest grossing movie with $1.14 billio...

Aug182024 by cineverseNo Comments

Will The People Who Say They Love Cinema the Most Come Back to the Movies?

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By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety The summer movie season is now all but over, the tea leaves are in, and everyone in the industry is working hard to read them. Sizing up the future of movies, should we be hopeful? Fearful? Somewhere in between? To recap the signs: There were many big hits this summer (“Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Inside Out 2,” “Despicable Me 4,” “Twisters,” “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “A Quiet Place: Day One”), and that’s reason to celebrate. News flash: People still like to go to the movies! But…the total box-office receipts lagged behind those of 2023, so there’s reason to be wary. But…the impact of the strike still registered this summer in a profound way, since there wasn’t enough product to satisfy demand. Th...

Aug182024 by cineverseNo Comments

Lithuanian Teen Drama ‘Toxic’ Wins Big at Locarno Film Festival

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By Guy Lodge According To The variety Lithuanian cinema, not typically that well represented on the international film festival circuit, was the big story of this year’s Locarno Film Festival awards ceremony, with two films from the Baltic nation taking a number of top prizes between them. “Toxic,” an auspicious debut from writer-director Saulė Bliuvaitė, won not only the Golden Leopard for Best Film in the fest’s premier International Competition — from a jury chaired by Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner — but also, in an unusual double, the top prize in the separately juried First Feature Competition. Bliuvaitė’s compatriot Laurynas Bareiša, meanwhile, won Best Director in the International Competition for his sophomore feature “Drowning Dry,” while the same film’...

Aug182024 by cineverseNo Comments

Box Office: ‘Alien: Romulus’ Hatches $18 Million Opening Day

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By J. Kim Murphy According To The variety “Alien: Romulus” slithered to $18 million from 3,885 locations across Friday and preview screenings — a substantial haul that suggests that 20th Century’s latest entry in the survival thriller series will come in north of the studio’s projections and land around a $40 million debut across opening weekend. The killer sci-fi feature also gets a boost from Imax and other premium large-format auditoriums. The solid start marks a victory lap for Disney, which has ruled theaters through the summer season with the two biggest hits of the year, “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Inside Out 2.” “Romulus” was originally greenlit for a Hulu debut, but Disney shifted the Fede Alvarez-helmed production to a theatrical rollout before principal photograph...

Aug172024 by cineverseNo Comments

Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Sets Max Release Date After Box Office Flop

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By Selena Kuznikov According To The variety he wild, wild west will soon be available from your couch: Kevin Costner‘s “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1″ is moseying over to Max on Friday, Aug. 23. The first installment of his western series, which he starred in, co-directed, co-wrote, produced and co-financed, details the life of several characters in the American West during and after the Civil War. Costner planned for the “Horizon” saga to span four movies, the first two of which were shot back to back, but after the first film’s box office disaster it’s unclear how the series will continue. The second movie in the “Horizon” franchise was pulled from its Aug. 16 theatrical release date, after the first film earned only $11 million at the box office...

Aug172024 by cineverseNo Comments

Deadpool & Wolverine’ Overtakes ‘Joker’ as Highest-Grossing R-Rated Film in History With $1.08 Billion Globally

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By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety Deadpool is living up to his self-appointed moniker as Marvel Jesus. Disney’s comic book sequel “Deadpool & Wolverine” has generated $1.086 billion at the global box office after 23 days of release, overtaking 2019’s “Joker” ($1.078 billion) as the highest grossing R-rated movie in history. Marvel’s save-the-universe adventure landed in theaters on July 26, collecting a mighty $211 million in its domestic debut to rank as the sixth-biggest opening weekend of all time. Since then, “Deadpool & Wolverine” has remained a massive draw with $516 million in North America and $568 million internationally. It surpassed the entire theatrical runs of its predecessors — 2016’s “Deadpool” with $783 million and 2018’s “Deadpool 2” with...