• ‘Artemis Fowl’ review: Disney movie destroys beloved books

    ‘Artemis Fowl’ review: Disney movie destroys beloved books

    If I were Kenneth Branagh, I’d use a pseudonym for the credits of “Artemis Fowl,” his new movie premiering Friday on Disney+. “Artemis Fowl,” directed by Mark Twain! This fantasy flop is sunglasses-and-fake-mustache bad. Of course, not all of Branagh’s projects have been winners. “Murder on the Orient Express” was overrated, “Thor” was serviceable and …
  • Ricky Gervais negotiated Judi Dench privates joke before 2020 Golden Globes

    Ricky Gervais negotiated Judi Dench privates joke before 2020 Golden Globes

    How many words for female genitalia are there? It sounds like Ricky Gervais went through all of them while negotiating a joke about 85-year-old Judi Dench‘s unmentionables for this year’s Golden Globes in January. Appearing via video on Tuesday’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” the five-time Globes host said he had to run his jokes …
  • Judi Dench really, really hated her ‘Cats’ movie costume

    Judi Dench really, really hated her ‘Cats’ movie costume

    Dame Judi Dench may be the picture of elegance and poise — but bring up “Cats,” and the claws might come out. The 85-year old Oscar winner covers the latest issue of British Vogue, and during her interview, she was asked about her role as Old Deuteronomy in the critically panned Tom Hooper adaptation that’s …
  • Surprise! Why ‘Cats’ wasn’t the biggest box office bomb of 2019

    Surprise! Why ‘Cats’ wasn’t the biggest box office bomb of 2019

    Deadline’s annual film revenue tournaments have celebrated the triumphs of each year’s most profitable films. For a third year in a row, we decided to look at the ones that amounted to a big swing and a miss. Here are the movies our experts said posted the worst losses of 2019. X-Men: Dark Phoenix 20th …
  • ‘Artemis Fowl’ will skip theaters and go straight to Disney+

    ‘Artemis Fowl’ will skip theaters and go straight to Disney+

    Disney has made its biggest move yet amid movie theater closures due to the coronavirus pandemic: It’s sending a major film straight to Disney+. “Artemis Fowl,” based on the popular teen crime novels by Eoin Colfer, was due to open in theaters worldwide on May 29, but the likelihood of chains such as AMC and …
  • Celebs send messages of hope amid Chinese virus fears

    Celebs send messages of hope amid Chinese virus fears

    Celebrities are doing their bit to keep the world calm during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic