Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz Fans Flock To ‘Official Competition’ In Limited Release – Specialty Box Office

Moviegoing is definitely back with viewers flocking to franchise films that 1) continue to roll out in the first sustained barrage of big new titles since Covid, and 2) continue to do huge business as they stick around in theaters. They’re sucking up screens and exacerbating a release-pattern quandary for independent distributors seeking signs that a rising tide raises all boats.

interview Tuesday. The 30-minute film is a Western and will be done in English when it kicks off production this August. Almodóvar will also shoot the project ahead of working on his next feature, “A Manual For Cleaning Women” starring Cate Blanchett, which was originally billed as his official English-language debut after a lengthy career working with Hollywood stars but only in Spanish.“Strange Way of Life” stars Hawke and Pascal as a pair of former hired-gunslingers in the Old West who have reconnected after working together more than 25 years earlier.

EXCLUSIVE: Alice Eve (Belgravia), Shelley Hennig (Unfriended) and Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) have signed on to star in Jon Keeyes’ thriller The Last Girl for Yale Entertainment, which will head into production in Ireland this summer.

Longtime friends and collaborators Antonio Banderas and Andrew Lloyd Webber are joining forces under the banner of new company Amigos Para Siempre (APS), aimed at producing theatre, musicals and live entertainment shows, including some of Webber’s best-loved works, for major Spanish-speaking markets.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAndrew Lloyd Webber and Antonio Banderas are teaming to create a joint company Amigos Para Siempre (APS) aimed at producing musicals, stage plays and live entertainment for major markets in the Spanish-speaking world, including the Latino U.S. Upcoming productions will include Spanish-language makeovers of Lloyd Webber classics, such as “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Sunset Boulevard,” “Starlight Express,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Evita,” “Cinderella,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and “School of Rock.”Spanish-language adaptation rights to these works will be ceded to the new joint venture  by Lloyd Webber’s company, Really Useful Group.  Building on a decades-long friendship, APS will also license third-party works, as well as develop and produce original shows for the Spanish-speaking market, the biggest easily accessible non-English-language market in the world, whose theater and musical scene is experiencing robust growth. The joint venture will be overseen by Emanuel Nuñuz, CEO of the NuCO Media Group, who has a deep knowledge of the Spanish-world entertainment scene, and Jessica Koravos, president of Really Useful Group. “Antonio Banderas not only forms part of entertainment royalty but is also one of the most versatile creative minds with whom I’ve have the pleasure of working,” Lloyd Webber said.He added: “It’s really moving to associate with Antonio to present my work, as well as other brilliant Broadway and West End titles, in new markets. Though millions of people in all of the Spanish-speaking world already love our shows and music, there’s an extraordinary appetite to receive more and the levels musical and stage play talent is extraordinary.

It took 30 years to convince Tom Cruise to make a sequel to 1986’s “Top Gun,” hit by Tony Scott, but the decision has definitely paid off. Today, “Top Gun Maverick” crossed the $ 1 billion mark worldwide, becoming Cruise’s highest-grossing film ever worldwide.

The big screen debut of Marcel The Shell With Shoes On opened at $170K on six screens in New York and LA, the highest PSA of the weekend at $28,267 for the iconic lonely snail voiced by Jenny Slate.

J. Kim Murphy It’s a 20th century showdown at the domestic box office this weekend, with the baby boomer epic “Elvis” contending against Gen X revamp “Top Gun: Maverick” for the top spot on domestic charts.Director Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about the King of Rock and Roll is projected to draw $30 million from 3,906 theaters in its opening.

Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has crossed the $400M threshold at the global box office, including $190.6M from domestic and $209.5M internationally through Tuesday. It is currently the No. 8 film worldwide in 2022 and is likely to jump up a few notches as it still has Japan and Hong Kong to release. At Paramount’s CineEurope presentation today, a threequel was touted.

Zack Sharf Reports surfaced in 2019 that Quentin Tarantino was going to continue the “Django Unchained” universe on the big screen by adapting his own crossover comic book “Django/Zorro,” which finds the freed slave (played by Jamie Foxx in the film) teaming up with the masked vigilante. Tarantino courted comedian Jerrod Carmichael to write the script, and he even went to Antonio Banderas to get him to reprise the Zorro character he played in 1998’s “The Mask of Zorro” and 2005’s “The Legend of Zorro.”Banderas recently confirmed to USA Today that Tarantino approached him to star in the crossover movie.

Several years ago, it was announced that Quentin Tarantino was going to team up with writer-comedian Jerrod Carmichael for a potential “Django/Zorro” crossover film. Not much else was known at the time, but it was assumed that the film would include Jamie Foxx reprising his role as Django.

Jaime King and Antonio Banderas are teaming up in the new action thriller Code Name Banshee!

Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner hosted by Chanel is back with a star-studded evening. The event took place at the restarant Balthazar, in Manhattan, New York.

It’s been over a decade since the last adventure in the “Shrek” universe (if you don’t count Netflix‘s ‘The Adventures Of Puss In Boots‘ series). But prepare to head back to that world’s offbeat take on fairytale lore with “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish,” a sequel to that series and the 2011 film.

Penelope Cruz made an appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday for the American premiere of her film Official Competition.MORE: Penelope Cruz turns heads in statement pink dress as she joins famous friends at annual Tribeca dinnerShe stars alongside Oscar Martínez and prior co-star Antonio Banderas, who was also at the premiere with her, and both also spoke to the audience prior to the screening.VIDEO: Penelope Cruz stars in The 355 trailerAfter Antonio shared his remarks, Penelope commented that she was excited for audiences to see their passion project and talked of returning to New York City."I've been totally in love with this city since the first time I came here almost 30 years ago, and that's when I met Antonio, we were neighbors" she said.MORE: Penelope Cruz strikes a pose in a chic power suit with an unexpected touchHowever, she also shared a surprising detail about their working relationship, explaining: "But it's taken us all this time to get to work together and really having a lot of scenes together, in the other movies we were always separated."A post shared by Penélope Cruz (@penelopecruzoficial)The two star in Official CompetitionThe two friends have been part of quite a few projects in the past, most recently 2019's Pain and Glory, which netted Antonio his first Oscar nomination.

Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz are back together again! ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the pair at the premiere of their new movie, , at the Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday, where they dished on reuniting, Banderas' role in  and more.«It was good, because I think the admiration is mutual,» Banderas said of getting to share the screen opposite Cruz again — their first time was in 2013's . «We have been friends from a long time ago.

Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas have reunited on the red carpet!

Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz are back together again! ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the pair at the premiere of their new movie, , at the Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday, where they dished on reuniting, Banderas' role in  and more.«It was good, because I think the admiration is mutual,» Banderas said of getting to share the screen opposite Cruz again — their first time was in 2013's . «We have been friends from a long time ago.