20 Highest Grossing Disney Animation Studios Movies of All Time, Ranked

Angelique Jackson Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s upcoming movie about the sports marketing executive who relentlessly pursued basketball legend Michael Jordan in the mid-’80s has added a troupe of all-star actors to its line-up.Emmy-winner Jason Bateman, Academy Award-winner Viola Davis, Chris Tucker and Marlon Wayans have signed on to star opposite Affleck and Damon in Prime Video’s untitled film, along with Matthew Maher, Chris Messina, Tom Papa and Julius Tennon.Damon plays maverick sneaker salesman and former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, and Affleck plays Nike co-founder Phil Knight in the film, from Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports and Mandalay Pictures. The movie tells the story of Nike’s long-shot effort to sign Jordan to the shoe company, an endorsement that seemed impossible at the time, but would become the most significant relationship between an athletic brand and an athlete.

nuts – it involves domestic abuse, a sentient tumor and alternate personalities. “Malignant” is the kind of gooey thrill ride that you’d probably pick up from your local video store based on the cover art alone.And so it’s with some amount of excitement that, months after the film debuted on traditional home video, it’s just gotten a 4K HD Blu-ray release. “Malignant” deserves it.

ahead of Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA Draft.Affleck and Damon are also producing alongside Peter Guber, Jason Michael Berman, Jeff Robinov, Madison Ainley, and David Ellison. Executive producers include Jon Weinbach, Jesse Sisgold, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger, Kevin Halloran, Michael Joe, John Graham, Drew Vinton, Jordan Moldo and Peter E.

Marvel‘s Phase 4 isn’t even close to being over yet, but that won’t stop the MCU machine from continuing to hum and turn. After all, there are movies projected for release in the 2030s that need to start development! All jokes aside, there’s big news on the Marvel front today, as the studio’s “Thunderbolts” movie, a total secret until right now, has found a director.

Netflix and Bioware are teaming up for a new animated series titled “Dragon Age: Absolution.”The series is set in Tevinter and features an ensemble of new characters inspired by Dragon Age lore, including elves, mages, knights, Qunari, Red Templars, demons and other special surprises. A teaser for “Dragon Age: Absolution” that was released Friday, which you can watch above, doesn’t give away many details — but teases plenty of action and lore from the award-winning video games. Since debuting in 2009, the video-game franchise has brought players into the world of Thedas with rich stories, unforgettable characters, and beautiful and deadly locales to discover.

After speculation among gamers that a Dragon Age series was in the works at Netflix, the streamer has confirmed Dragon Age: Absolution, an animated series based on the popular Bioware video game franchise, will premiere in December. We’re also getting a first look at the series in the trailer above. Netflix and Bioware announced the series Friday during the streamer’s Geeked Week event.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed award-winning writer, director and producer Andre Gaines (After Jackie), as well as his production company Cinemation Studios, for worldwide representation in all areas. The agency will now look to help expand his business across film, television, podcasts and gaming, also working with him on several hosted programs based on popular brands.

Manori Ravindran International EditorCanada’s Bron Studios has appointed Haydn Snape, CEO of Dubai’s Decentralised Investment Group (DIG), as a Web3 advisor to the group of companies.Through Snape’s appointment, Bron will look to maximize its IP and investments in Web3 platforms and opportunities. Snape and his team will lead the company’s foray into the Web3 space with NFT, token and marketplace strategies for Bron IP.The companies are also partnering on interactive games through DIG’s Miami-based GameFi metaverse company XYZZY.NFT strategies are being assembled for marketing, sales, project financing and global distribution.

In what has been a remarkably high turnover year at the top of the Official Albums Chart so far with no less than 21 different albums gracing the Number 1 spot in 21 weeks so far, Harry Styles this week becomes the first artist of 2022 to bag himself a second week at the top with Harry’s House. The record for the highest number of unique Number 1 albums in a calendar year ever was set in 2020, with 43 albums hitting the top of the Albums Chart between January and December. 

Coronavirus infections in the UK are estimated to have risen for the first time since March at the height of the Omicron wave. A total of 989,800 people in private households in the UK are estimated to have had the virus in the week ending June 2, up from 953,900 the previous week, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Amazon Prime Video renewed its Emmy-nominated, adult superhero series “The Boys” for a fourth season Friday, just one week after the third season debuted its first trio of episodes and saw a 17% increase in viewership from Season 2.Getting to work on another installment of the “The Boys,” created by “Supernatural” mastermind Eric Kripke and based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, is the latest decision made by Amazon Studios to support what has stealthily become its first-ever franchise. It’s also symbolic of the streamer’s overall programming strategy heading into the fall debut of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”“We’re just really excited.

EXCLUSIVE: Captain America, The Purge and Copshop star Frank Grillo is set to star in action movie MR-9, which is shooting imminently in the U.S. and Bangladesh.

Post Malone’s fourth studio album Twelve Carat Toothache earns a Number 3 debut this week, becoming the rapper and singer’s fourth Top 10 album in Ireland.

devours the most pornography on the planet, “Deep Throat” still got the shaft as it looked to return to theaters for its 50th anniversary this year. Banned, protested and subjected to numerous obscenity trials after its 1972 debut, this week’s worldwide premiere for the 4K restoration of “the Golden Age of Porn’s” magnum opus initially had a hard time booking US theaters.“Europe is much more receptive to us. We couldn’t find a venue that was comfortable showing the film, and we even had a couple cancel on us at the last minute.

Ted Sarandos To Be Named Entertainment Person Of The Year At Cannes Lions

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh is heading into the harsh forests of Serbia with adventurer Bear Grylls in an interactive special for Netflix India.

EXCLUSIVE: Leonine Studios is kicking on with a doc series about a global talent scouting program run by German soccer giants FC Bayern.

Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s fantasy family martial arts movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once, has officially taken over Ari Aster’s Hereditary as the highest grossing movie worldwide ever from A24, $80.9M to $80.2M.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDoing press for “Fire Island” has been quite an emotional experience for James Scully, who plays Bowen Yang’s love interest in director Andrew Ahn’s new queer rom-com written by and starring Joel Kim Booster.“I have had these out of body moments where I’m like, remember when you thought you were going to have to pretend to be straight your whole life?” Scully tells me. “Remember when you thought that you were just going to have to find a really patient woman and marry her and just do the best that you could to make it work?”“Fire Island” is an LGBTQ take on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” The all-queer cast also includes Matt Rogers, Margaret Cho, Conrad Ricamora, Tomás Matos, Torian Miller, Nick Adams and Zane Phillips.

appeared in the film “Buddy” with actor Alan Cumming was found alive last week after his former owner faked his death to avoid having him confiscated by PETA, according to Rolling Stone.Tonka’s owner, Tonia Haddix, had previously claimed that he had passed away from heart failure and that she cremated him in a fire pit, the outlet reported.She fabricated the story after PETA sounded the alarm about dire conditions at her Missouri animal sanctuary and demanded its closure, according to the report.The facility eventually went defunct, but Haddix claimed Tonka was no more.PETA didn’t buy her story and joined Cumming in offering a $20,000 for information leading to Tonka’s shrouded whereabouts.“During the months we filmed together, baby Tonka and I became good friends, playing and grooming each other and just generally larking about,” Cumming said in an April statement.The aging primate was eventually located in a small room on a property owned by Haddix, who conceded that she had lied about his death, Rolling Stone said.Tonka, 38, has now been placed in a sprawling Florida sanctuary, PETA said this week.Cumming was elated by his old pal’s new lease on life.“I’m dancing a jig that PETA has rescued Tonka from the woman who locked him away alone in a basement and lied about it,” he said, according to PETA. “The thought of Tonka being able to wander free and happy at Save the Chimps’ lush, spacious sanctuary for the rest of his life has me singing a happy song.”Haddix told Rolling Stone that she expects legal consequences.“I’m sure that there’ll be some jail time in this,” she said.

Marvel Studios may have its next big team-up movie. A film based on the Thunderbolts — a team of supervillains in the Marvel comics — is in early development, with director Jake Schreier on board, Variety has confirmed.“Black Widow” writer Eric Pearson will write the film, and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige will produce.

Marvel‘s Phase 4 isn’t even close to being over yet, but that won’t stop the MCU machine from continuing to hum and turn. After all, there are movies projected for release in the 2030s that need to start development! All jokes aside, there’s big news on the Marvel front today, as the studio’s “Thunderbolts” movie has found a director.

Deadline first reported the news. More to come…

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterJeff Frost is stepping down from his role as president of Sony Pictures Television Studios, Variety has learned.A representative for the studio confirmed Frost’s exit Thursday.Deadline first reported the news of Frost leaving his post.More to come…

Jake Schreier is set to direct top secret project “Thunderbolts” for Marvel Studios, according to an individual with knowledge.Eric Pearson is writing the script. Kevin Feige is producing.The “Thunderbolts” center on a team of reformed supervillains.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Frost, a 15-year Sony TV veteran, is stepping down as President of Sony Pictures Television Studios, a post he has held for the past five years. According to sources, his departure was a mutual decision. With the TV studio coming off a banner year — hitting an all-time high of over 50 produced series and making waves at the 2021 Emmys nominations — I hear Frost felt it was time to leave and start a new chapter. Frost just shared his decision with his staff; Ravi Ahuja, Chairman, Global Television Studios, announced Frost’s departure in a company email. (You can read both in full at the bottom of the post.)

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios’ top-secret Thunderbolts movie looks to have gained momentum as Deadline has learned that Jake Schreier is set as director of the new Marvel tentpole. Black Widow scribe Eric Pearson is penning the script with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige producing.

A small group of freelance post-production coordinators in New York have voted unanimously to join the Communications Workers of America in NLRB-supervised elections at eight separate companies, including Apple Studios, Netflix Productions, Universal Television, CBS Studios, Showtime, HBO, Turner and Disney Pictures.

extremely busy, and one day of exploring is plenty. While most visitors to Tuscany tend to head straight for Florence, Pisa and the Chianti wine country, there is so much more to discover in what is arguably the most-loved region in Italy, and I was on a mission to find the best “unknown” spots.

Mike Nesmith) about a time-travelling biker. He beat the then-unknown Bruce Willis to land the title role in Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous (1985), the first of a planned trilogy of action films. But despite multiple magazine covers positioning Ward as a new, blue-collar James Bond and a memorable Statue of Liberty climax, the film nosedived commercially, recouping only $14 million of its $40 million budget.

Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Amy Sedaris, Alan S. Kim, Patti Harrison, Owen Thiele, Jimmy Tatro, Ayo Edebiri, Caroline Aaron and Nathan Lee Graham will star in the musical comedy Theater Camp, marking the directorial debut of Gordon and Nick Lieberman.

Ghostbusters animated movie and series have been announced.In a series of announcements to mark Ghostbusters Day (June 8), an animated feature film “with all new characters and a whole new take” was revealed to be in the works.The untitled film for Sony Pictures Animation will be directed by Jennifer Kluska (Hotel Transylvania 2) and Chris Prynoski (Beavis And Butt-Head Do America), with a script written by Brenda Hsueh (How I Met Your Mother).A Ghostbusters animated series is also in development at Netflix from Sony Pictures Animation, with Ghostbusters: Afterlife writers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan serving as executive producers. No writer is attached to the project yet.A new animated #Ghostbusters feature is in development with all new characters and a whole new take – helmed by #JenniferKluska and @ChrisPrynoski, and written by #BrendaHsueh.