Peter Bart: Cinemas Confront Doomsday Scenarios As Studios Waffle On Release Dates

Sir Ian Holm passed away Friday at age 88, leaving behind a legacy of film performances in such films as “Alien”, “Chariots of FIre” and his multiple appearances as Bilbo Baggins in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord of the Rings film franchise, is paying tribute to the late Ian Holm, who passed away this week.

Peter Faricy, who was named in 2018 to head up Discovery's global digital and streaming businesses, is leaving the media group. On Friday, Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Faricy was stepping down as CEO, global direct-to-consumer, where he oversaw the company's digital and direct-to-consumer businesses.

The Harry Potter actor Jessie Cave who essayed the character of Lavender Brown in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, is expecting her third child with boyfriend Alfie Brown. The actress, Jessie Cave, 33, shared a post on Instagram wherein she is happily flaunting her baby bump.

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeRonald Reagan once famously asked, “How could anyone be president of the United States without having first been an actor?” His question was not entirely rhetorical. Reagan understood the importance of celebrity cool and celebrity power, and if he were around at this moment, he’d predict a massive detonation in the coming presidential election – one that likely will be history’s most contentious, as befits the era of Donald Trump.Louis B.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmAfter a distinguished run as the visual effects house that brought to life Gollum, King Kong and other incredible creatures for Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth films and other film spectacles including James Cameron’s Avatar sequels and Avengers: Endgame, Weta Digital is making a major expansion.

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Harry Potter's magic isn't just in the spells and potions, but the incredible flying Quidditch scenes, the underwater shots in The Goblet of Fire and the violent 'curses' which throw bodies off walls and castle roofs.

Justin Kroll Film ReporterViggo Mortensen and his “Green Book” director Peter Farrelly are looking to reteam on a new film.Mortensen is in negotiations to join Farrelly’s new untitled movie based on the book “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War.” According to sources, Mortensen would have a supporting role.The book, written by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue, is based on the true story of Donohue, who left New York in 1967 to track down and share a

Perhaps the most frustrating part about the whole release date fiasco surrounding “Tenet” is the lack of information from Warner Bros. We all know that the studio would love to release the film in July, and Christopher Nolan wants to be the filmmaker that ushers in the post-COVID-19 box office with a huge, splashy action epic.

As part of the superb The Shows Must Go On series, Universal has set Peter Pan Live for streaming for a limited period this coming Friday. The production will see Allison Williams appear as Peter Pan, Christopher Walken as Captain Hook and Taylor Louderman as Wendy.

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The popular Harry Potter author J K Rowling has released a new children's book titled The Ickabog and it is available online for free. The writer revealed that’s she wrote the stand-alone fairy tale about 10 years ago but kept the manuscript away after she decided to work on novels for adults instead. She mentioned that the story is about “truth and the abuse of power.” She has been releasing one chapter at a time on .