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In A Violent Nature, an undead murderous monster’s slow striding through the woods, has generated IFC Films’ second-best opening ever since its indie horror hit Late Night With The Devil in March.
The artsy slasher written and directed by Chris Nash will see an estimated weekend gross of $2.1 million on 1,426 screens, IFC’s widest opening ever, and a no. 8 spot at the domestic box office.
Late Night, by Cameron and Colin Cairnes, which opened to $2.8 million at 1,034 locations, is pushing $10 million. It returns to theaters June 6 and runs through the weekend on about 500 screens.
In A Violent Nature “has been steadily making waves for redefining the classic slasher genre” since its Sundance premiere, said Scott Shooman, head of AMC Networks Film Group, calling Nash’s feature debut “a film that will have a lasting impact in the horror space.”
At 87% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is one of the best reviewed horrors of 2024 (with Late Night, Shudder Original’s Infested and IFC/Shudder’s Stopmotion. Some RT audiences seem less immediately enthusiastic but it’s very early days.
Bleecker Street’s Ezra will gross $1.18 million in its opening weekend on 1,320 screens, a putting the film by Tony Goldwyn at no. 9 at the domestic box office .
And Shout! Studios western The Dead Don’t Hurt, written and directed by and starring Viggo Mortensen, saw a nice $354k at 735 locations, selling out screenings at Regal Union Square in New York where Mortensen and co-star Vicky Krieps appeared for a Q&A, with strong opening weekends across major markets.
“We are delighted the film is resonating and we look forward to audiences continuing to discover this captivating tale of the American West throughout the summer,” said Julie
This week’s 20 Questions on Deadline guest is Seth Meyers.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director A new Batman is here to save Gotham City. Amazon Prime Video has released a cast announcement teaser for its upcoming animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader,” and with it comes confirmation that Hamish Linklater will be voicing the Dark Knight. The teaser also includes a first listen at the actor’s Batman voice.
“The Howard Stern Show” on Tuesday, the Oscar winner, 69, confirmed that a sequel to his hit 1992 film “The Bodyguard” with Whitney Houston was in the works with Princess Diana as his planned co-star.However, Diana’s death in summer 1997 caused the project to be canceled — and Costner subsequently faced the wrath of the royals, who didn’t believe that the princess was willing to do a Hollywood movie.“When Diana passed, about a year later it had leaked out that I was prepping ‘Bodyguard 2’ with her. And what happened was, the royal family kind of turned on me a little bit,” he recalled.
Kim Kardashian is back on the west coast after her recent New York trip!
The Munich International Film Festival will screen 152 films from 53 countries during its 41st edition, which runs from June 28 to July 6.
Sam Feldt is making waves worldwide, and we want Just Jared readers to get to know him even better.
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Joe Jonas has been enjoying his time in Europe for the last couple of weeks as a single man. The singer was in France in May for the Cannes Film Festival, where he took the stage at the amFAR Gala for a surprise appearance with his band, DNCE. But he kept the party going, traveling to Greece, where he has been making memories and sparking romantic rumors with a beautiful Lebanese actress named Laila Abdallah.Jonas and Laila have not been spotted together in the past, but on Tuesday, photos hit the Internet of the 34 and 28-year-old on the beach in Athens, looking very happy in each other’s company.
NBC last month renewed Late Night With Seth Meyers and re-upped its host through 2028. But when Late Night returns next fall for its 12th season with Meyers, it will be without a house band for the first time in the show’s 44th year history.
EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Tomlinson for the win.
Katherine Ryan has opened up about female representation in television, critcising the lack of female hosts of late-night chat shows in the UK.The standup comic appeared on Grace Dent’s Comfort Eating podcast recently, where she claimed that men are more commonly given late-night hosting gigs, whereas women are featured more on daytime TV.She spoke about being raised in Canada before moving to the UK in 2008 when she was 25, saying that she “grew up” with the idea of men more frequently hosting late-night shows compared to women.“I thought that either myself or any of my female peers could have a late-night chat show in this country. I think Sarah Millican had one for a little while, not any more,” she answered when asked about being prevented from certain jobs.“And I think for whatever reason, women are sometimes relegated to daytime and then the boys do all the late-night chat shows,” she continued.The format has been historically dominated by men, with The Graham Norton Show and The Jonathan Ross Show currently being the UK’s biggest chat shows.
Jennifer Aniston found herself in a tearful moment recalling the legacy of Friends, 30 years since its debut.The actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green on the legendary TV sitcom, became sentimental during an episode of Variety's Actors On Actors YouTube series alongside Abbott Elementary star Quinta Brunson. "Oh, god, don't make me cry," she responded when someone off-camera prodded 34-year-old Quinta to question the actress about the beloved show. When he reassured her they didn't have to delve into the topic, Jennifer dabbed her teary eyes with a tissue.
Pat Sajak assumed that he and Vanna White would retire together, but that won’t be the case when he takes his final bow on “Wheel of Fortune” when his last episode airs on Friday.Back in 2019, Sajak predicted that he and the famed letter-turner, 67, would walk of the ABC stage together.“There’s a pretty good chance that when one of us leaves, we’ll both leave, because it would be odd for either of us to work with somebody else,” he said, per USA Today. “I always say that I want to leave while the show is still popular and before people tune in and say, ‘Ooh, what happened to him?'”“I’m not quite there yet, but I don’t know,” he added at the time.
Fans are NOT impressed with Tarek El Moussa’s latest social media skit.
“The Bodyguard” co-star Whitney Houston on Dax Shepard’s podcast, and revealed that he refused to shorten his eulogy at the singer’s 2012 funeral.“I could feel the weight on her, now it’s shifted to me. What am I gonna say about this little girl?” Costner, 69, recalled on the June 3 episode of “Armchair Expert.”“And then I went back to that church in Newark and it was filled,” he said.
Few big new studio wide releases, yes, but Viggo Mortensen’s latest is on 700 screens, plus limited openings for Chris Wilcha’s Flipside, Judd Apatow EP, and Spanish animated, Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams from Neon. Bleecker Street’s family drama Ezra and IFC Films’ arthouse slasher In A Violent Nature are technically wide but both well under 1,500 screens.
In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo roams the forest searching for his next victim while discussing “In A Violent Nature.” The movie follows a resurrected killer through the woods as he stalks his victims, all while searching for his stolen necklace.
EXCLUSIVE: Global TV and film studio Sister is gearing up for a string of projects to hit the small and big screens and today might well see the launch of its most daring.
Viggo Mortensen needed just the right sword. Then he realized he had the perfect one at home.
EXCLUSIVE: James Graham sets a mental timer of strictly 45 minutes for a conversation that will encompass tonight’s gala opening at London’s National Theatre — en route to a run at the Garrick Theatre — of his sublime stage adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s landmark 1982 television drama Boys from the Blackstuff; followed by updates about the BBC TV version of his Olivier Award-winning soccer play Dear England, which will see him doing on-the-ground research at next month’s Euros in Germany; plus revelations about an epic new show he’s developing with House Productions that will explore the “mood sweeping across Europe.”