Patty Jenkins Says She Had to Fight for Creative Control on Wonder Woman

MOLLY-MAE Hague tucked into pizza on the beach in Mexico days after sparking wedding rumours. The Love Island star, 22, is loving every second of her work trip in Tulum, enjoying some of the best food she's ever eaten and soaking up the picturesque sunsets.

OUR House viewers were left fuming after the premiere was derailed by a huge ITV tech blunder. The first episode of Martin Compston's new four-part series started at 9pm on ITV last night, with many excited to see the drama unfold.

BRENDAN Cole has revealed he's suffered an injury that put his place on Dancing On Ice at risk. The 45-year-old took to Instagram to show that he had to put ice on his BUM and said that the treatment is for an ongoing issue.

EAMONN Holmes has heaped more fuel onto his fiery debate with This Morning bosses, claiming he "wasn't being treated with respect." The veteran broadcaster, 62, and his wife, Loose Women anchor Ruth Langsford, were dropped from their Friday morning slot on the programme in November 2020 after 14 years. After the ousting Eamonn headed to rival broadcaster GB News, where he now co-presents the breakfast show.

Necrosoft Games director Brandon Sheffield announced that the Bundle For Ukraine is now live.Available for just under ten days, the Bundle For Ukraine offers 991 games including plenty of big-name indie title.The https://t.co/vTbmDLvWUP bundle for Ukraine is live!! ~1,000 games worth over $6,500, $10 minimum donation, all proceeds donated to charity. Let's do what we can! https://t.co/oSgXio6UkJ pic.twitter.com/6oTPoo2g57— brandon sheffield (@necrosofty) March 8, 2022As Sheffield detailed last week (March 1), all money raised by the Bundle For Ukraine will be donated to Voices Of Children and International Medical Corps, two charities that are currently operating in Ukraine to support victims of Russia’s invasion.At the time, Sheffield said that “What we do as game developers can have a very positive effect on the world.”The goal is to raise £763,325 ($1million) in total, however it’s already raised £329,483 ($431,643) within its first few hours of being live.

South of Scotland Enterprise is organising a series of business breakfasts during March.

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Two houses are to be built at a former railway site in the Stewartry – despite strong opposition.

Perth table tennis sensation Gavin Rumgay has proudly lifted his 16th national title.

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The pupils of Kirkgunzeon Eco Group have recently planted a tree gifted to the school by the P7 class of 2021.

Dolly Parton paid tribute to the people of the Ukraine while co-hosting the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards in Las Vegas last night (March 7).The singer asked the audience at the Allegiant Stadium and those watching at home to “pray for peace around this crazy world” in reference to the ongoing war in Ukraine, which broke out last month following an invasion by Russian military forces.While opening this year’s ACM Awards, Parton said: “I don’t want to be political and this is not. I’d rather pass a kidney stone than do that.

Wonder Woman 1984 stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its third outing, but continued to fall off steeply. Overall it was a grim weekend for the North American theaters as total revenue tumbled 93 percent compared to the same weekend a year ago due to the ongoing pandemic and no new wide releases.

Wonder Woman 1984, Patty Jenkin’s sequel to the 2017 Wonder Woman, has been submitted for consideration in all categories at the Oscars by Warner Bros. , as reported by Comic Book.

International box office was led again by China this weekend with local titles A Little Red Flower and Shock Wave 2 at the top of the charts, and Disney/Pixar’s Soul continuing its jazzy run there. The Pete Docter-directed original is soon to become Pixar’s No. 3 highest-grossing title ever in the market. Other weekend highlights include Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984 nearing the $100M overseas mark as Russia prepares for its date with Diana Prince, and the ongoing strength of family offerings, all things considered.

Refresh for chart and more analysis Even if there wasn’t a pandemic, odds are this would still be a hard weekend at the domestic box office, what with all the distraction that came out of our nation’s Capitol this past week. Television news seems to be filled with enough suspense and cliffhangers with the Capitol Insurrection, versus the big screen, as we all cling to our TV screens at home to witness how President Donald J. Trump will leave office, expectedly with chaos in tow.

Wonder Woman 1984 remains on top.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Wonder Woman 1984” led domestic box office charts for the third straight weekend without much in the way of competition. The superhero sequel nabbed $3 million between Friday and Sunday, bringing its total in the U.S.

With the pandemic dragging on and vaccine efforts falling behind schedule, the total domestic weekend box office once again fell below $10 million with “Wonder Woman 1984” leading the charts with $3 million to reach $32.6 million in domestic grosses after its third weekend.Between widespread closures in Europe and lower-than-expected performance in China, the DC blockbuster has now grossed just $131.4 million worldwide.

would not be recast after Fisher left the project. He said Warner Bros.

Lord knows filmmaker Zack Snyder has a) been working on the zombie movie “Army Of The Dead” for what feels like an exorbitantly long time and b) has a checkered history with working with Warner Bros. — though to be fair, they were extremely on #TeamSnyder for several years, giving him “Man Of Steel,” and the keys to the DCEU universe even after expensive flops like “Suckerpunch,” and the underperforming “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” and “Watchmen.” READ MORE: ‘Army Of The Dead’ & The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2021 For one, these two issues are part and parcel.

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins slammed the New York Post on Tuesday for an article that discussed the process of bringing the Gal Gadot-starrer to screen.

In a matter of weeks (supposedly), the world will be graced by the long-awaited Snyder Cut of “Justice League” on HBO Max. Though it doesn’t have an official release date, as of yet, the fan enthusiasm surrounding the release is at an all-time high, as everyone wants to know what Zack Snyder’s vision of “Justice League” really was before Warner Bros.

John Stephens, the outgoing CFO of WarnerMedia parent AT&T, defended the company’s move to release its 2021 film slate concurrently on HBO Max and in theaters and cited Warner Bros. century-long relationship with Hollywood talent — with some disgruntled at the move and the way it was communicated.

Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast to promote the film’s new hit sequel “WW84,” Jenkins described how studio bigwigs were less interested in her ideas than in the optics of having a woman direct a female-centric superhero flick. “Everybody in the industry wanted to hire me,” said the 49-year-old director, who also helmed the critically acclaimed “Monster,” which won Charlize Theron the Oscar for Best Actress in 2004.

Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins has discussed the “internal war” she faced with Warner Bros over the new DC film.Speaking on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Jenkins alleged that Warner were more interested in the symbol of having a woman direct a superhero film than her actual ideas.“They wanted to hire me like a beard,” she told Maron. “They wanted me to walk around on set as a woman, but it was their story and their vision.“And my ideas? They didn’t even want to read my script.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Wonder Woman 1984” used its lasso of truth to rope in a modest $5.5 million over the New Year’s holiday. The sequel also ensnared another $10.1 million from overseas markets, bringing its global total to a ho-hum $118.5 million.Wonder Woman may be an iconic comic book character, but the film’s lackluster results aren’t that surprising given how severely coronavirus has upended the movie business.

After crossing $100 million worldwide on New Year’s Eve, Warner Bros.’ “Wonder Woman 1984” reached $118 million on the first weekend of 2021. But the pandemic is making its presence felt as domestic grosses fell 67% from the film’s $16.7 million opening weekend.The DC blockbuster took in $15.6 million worldwide this weekend, with $5.5 million grossed in the U.S.

The first weekend of the year, which at its apex in 2016 grossed $219.5M off the heat of Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, registered under an estimated $13M for the entire weekend in a continued decimated exhibition marketplace that’s praying to reopen in 2021. Warner Bros.’ theatrical release of Wonder Woman 1984, which is also available on HBO Max for the next 21 days, grossed $5.5M, -67% for a running domestic B.O. of $28.5M.

It’s historically been a week when we’re reporting on Star Wars movies doing a daily box office average of $20M, but in this distressed Covid environment where 60% of all U.S./Canada theaters are closed, we have only to highlight that Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984 did an estimated $22.5M in its first week. Eeesh. Now these numbers do not come from Warners as they’re not reporting until Sunday, rather box office sources with their ears to the ground.

The Patty Jenkins-directed DC sequel has grossed more than $100M worldwide according to Warner Bros.

What better way than to end 2020 with a Jared Leto story, right? In a recent interview with Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast, Leto was a guest to discuss his upcoming film, “The Little Things,” opposite Denzel Washington and Rami Malek, from director John Lee Hancock. Leto plays a serial killer in the film, and it opens on January 29, 2021, via Warner Bros.

Hong Kong action sequel Shock Wave 2 rocked China's box office over the weekend, opening to a healthy $64.5 million. Youth fantasy film Dream of Eternity also did decent business, debuting to $38.9 million.