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The Weight Padraic McKinley’s Sundance entry, the Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe-led “The Weight,” has been acquired by Vertical Entertainment. Plans are for a wide theatrical release on September 18th. The film scored very good reviews at the fest. The 1930s Oregon-set tale follows Hawke as a widower serving a

Tom Holland turned up at the Empire State Building in New York the other day to promote the trailer launch of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” an astounding success considering the viewership numbers touted in its wake. Now, a few days on, Holland’s first interview for the film has gone online

Former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Nicholas Brendon has died, he was 54. Brendon’s family has issued a statement saying the actor had died today “in his sleep of natural causes”. Brendon was a series regular playing Xander Harris on the series across all seven seasons. Following that he would

Two major upcoming titles have hit early box-office tracking with both set to make a splash in their debut. First up, Box-Office Theory is forecasting that Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” is tracking for an opening weekend of around $52-65 million domestically. In the musical biopic genre, that’s a bigger

Netflix is reportedly developing an adult animated series adaptation of the long-running Dark Horse Comics title “Powers”. Creators Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming are reportedly involved in the developing project with Bendis penning the pilot and Oeming involved in the show’s visual development. A blend of police procedural