WB Executives Confirm ‘Dune’ Won’t Have An Exclusive Theatrical Window, Despite Reports To The Contrary

HBO and HBO Max chief programmer Casey Bloys has a key message to get across: the storied pay network and the year-old streamer are both on full throttle creatively with ample funding despite all the noise around corporate mergers.

Almost every blockbuster film from 2020 was delayed at some point due to COVID. So, it’s not unique that Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” was a victim of release date juggling, which saw the sci-fi epic’s original release date of November 2020 turn into December 2020, then finally October 1, 2021.

and her first one-hour comedy special,, comic Sam Jay is now changing up the late-night game with her HBO Max series,, by simply making a series that’s tailored to her style. And while the format may feel radical, “I was trying to make something that felt like me,” she tells ET. “I was just trying to find a suit that fits, like, what is my way to do this late-night thing that is not going to make me feel not myself.

Since the end of his run as Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey, Jr. has really taken a step back from acting and focused primarily on his producing work with Team Downey.

TIFF 2021 is going forward with some big names and big premieres.

Though the Toronto International Film Festival isn’t expected to begin until the fall, the organizers announced a dozen features that will play the event, as TIFF intends on welcoming back festival-goers with in-person screenings. And yes, one of the new films that will have a special screening at the event is Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” which is proving to be one of the most sought-after festival films of 2021.

identity of the Golden State Killer. ET has an exclusive preview of the special as Grace Puccetti recounts her brief interactions with McNamara before her untimely death in 2016. Four years later, former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo was sentenced to life in prison for multiple rapes and 13 murders he committed during the 1970s and ‘80s in California.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent“Game of Thrones” co-executive producer Vince Gerardis is developing “Provvidenza,” a prequel to Italy’s national literary classic “I Promessi Sposi” (The Betrothed) to be set in a 16th-century plague-stricken Milan that is dirty, dark, lethal and corrupt.After setting up a Rome-based company called CIAO, Gerardis — who specializes in packaging big world-building film and TV projects based on literary properties, such as “Game of Thrones” — has now

The Sopranos.The comedian and actor said he was asked to join the HBO show a number of times but always refused because he didn’t want to “spoil it”.Speaking on a panel for The Hollywood Reporter, Rock said: “Sometimes you can respect something so much, you don’t even want to be a part of it.“Years ago, when I had my own show on HBO, it was at the height of The Sopranos, and I got a couple of offers to be on The Sopranos, and I was like, ‘I like it too much, I don’t want to spoil it’.”It comes

Canadian director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic “Dune” will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentIt’s official: Denis Villeneuve’s hotly anticipated “Dune” reboot will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September.As first anticipated by Variety, the fest has announced that the big budget sci-fi epic toplining Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya will world premiere in Venice out-of-competition on September 3.The film is adapted from Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction bestseller about young Paul Atreides (Chalamet), scion of the noble House

The Venice Film Festival has confirmed that Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will make its world premiere out of competition at the 78th edition in September. Deadline reported in May that the film was expected. From Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures, Dune is the highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction bestseller of the same name. The film will be shown on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Sala Grande. The fest runs from September 1-11 on the Lido.

Laura Anderson and her boyfriend Dane Bowers have been moving at breakneck speed after they reconnected back in January following a three-year hiatus.The happy couple confirmed their relationship and moved into their dream home together in Dubai, and according to their Instagram, have been going from strength to strength.The pair, who recently revealed to OK! that they want to have children together soon, shared a sweet snap together on a boat out on the open ocean in the gorgeous Middle Eastern

Dani Soares gave birth to her baby girl in May — and the infant’s father is not in her life.

Kid Cudi an action figure of himself from upcoming blockbuster Dune.Cudi posted a snap of the limited edition figure on his Instagram account. “To the true master of the universe,” Chalamet had written on the side of the box.

The Wedding Crashers are reportedly reprising their roles for a sequel.According to a report in industry paper Production Weekly, Wedding Crashers 2 is in development with HBO Max.As the report states, the shoot for the new movie is set to begin in August 2021 in Puerto Rico.Rumours of a sequel to the 2005 comedy have been circulating since its release.

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