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Tenet has already grossed more than $54m from its first wave of international releases with the UK leading the pack. In fact, the UK-Ireland box office is around £5.4m which is very strong. Asian cinemas are also having a strong splash as the numbers are following:

South Korea: $744k (+25%) / $2.88mn

Taiwan: $0.7mn (+25%) / $1.25mn

Vietnam: $0.14mn (+50%) / $0.23mn

It should be noted that the film is having a better opening than  “Interstellar” on Taiwan which is currently getting a decent box office in China in its re-release. Among the grosses reported by Warner Bros., the U.K. led with $7.1 million in the U.K., not that far behind Nolan’s Inception and Interstellar.

France turned in $5.7 million, followed by Germany with $4.2 million. Warner Bros. didn’t provide other territory grosses but said that 32 markets in Europe, Middle East, and the African region accounted for $37 million of the weekend’s grosses despite reduced capacity.

All things considered, the numbers are very strong in this situation which shows that people are eager to go back to cinemas and Christopher Nolan remains a draw for audiences, even if his new film’s Letterboxd score isn’t as strong as it used to be, there’s still a Nolan-mania going on.

How this and other films that make a splash on the international box office will effects coronavirus cases are still a question. We’ll wait and see. Filmiere.com will keep you updated on box office news of both “Tenet” and other films. It’s a question if its international success will have an effect on its US run or not.

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“Scream” fans will have to wait a little longer. Filmiere.com recently informed you about Courtney Cox’s involvement in the new reboot, the first film in the franchise that will not be directed by Wes Craven, a horror legend we lost a few years ago.

Now we, unfortunately, inform you about the fact that “Scream” will come a little late than expected. Paramount Pictures has decided to release its untitled ‘Scream” reboot on Jan. 14, 2022, at the start of the MLK holiday weekend while pushing back three other titles by a year.

The studio also announced it will release its untitled Billie Holiday movie, directed by Lee Daniels, on Feb. 12, 2021. Paramount bought the project, starring Andra Day, in July when it was called “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” Many studios are still going through financial troubles and hard times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, it’s understandable that they don’t want to take risks. Paramount’s next theatrical release will be Eddie Murphy’s comedy sequel “Coming to America 2” on Dec. 18 but rumors are out there claiming that Netflix might be interested in buying that.

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Unfortunately, Filmiere.com reports a lot of deaths recently, it’s truly striking when someone well-regarded and respected people die back to back but Chadwick Boseman has to be most shocking.

Not only he was at the peak of his career with playing back-to-back iconic characters, most notably as the titular character in “Black Panther” which raised his popularity and made him one of the most in-demand actors around.

Apparently he was battling with cancer for nearly four years and despite this, he managed to make a lot of films and faced with their mental and physical demands. This is the only testament to his courage and bravery as a human being and only as an artist.

He’s mourned by fans and fellow actors around the world. Boseman most recently appeared in Spike Lee’s much-acclaimed “Da 5 Bloods” in a supporting but a pivotal role which is now heartbreaking to think. His charismatic screen presence will be missed in movies.

He’ll next be seen on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” opposite Viola Davis which will be his last on-screen appearance unless he filmed any other unreported project.  His account’s last tweet on Twitter is now the most “liked” post on the website.

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Madonna and her manager Guy Oseary just followed Julia Garner on Instagram. Rumors are Madonna wants to direct her own biopic with Julia Garner starring. Could it possible? Garner definitely has an 80s Madonna vibe.  Madonna is recently reported to be seemingly working on a script with Diablo Cody (“Juno”).

While the filmiere.com can’t confirm it yet, we can say that the rumors are pretty much everywhere. Madonna biopic script “Blond Ambition” was on a blacklist for so long but on her Instagram account, she made it clear that only she knows the “Truth”.

So it’d not be surprised if she’d co-write or at least check the script (and even direct) her own biopic. Madonna is often considered to be one of the greatest entertainers of all time; with her work in the music industry often recalled as revolutionary, groundbreaking, and versatile.

She’s also a successful businesswoman, an icon in so many fields, and inspiration to many other artists not just in music but also on fashion and others.

As a movie actress, her career was full of failures but she also had notable successes including raved performance in Abel Ferrara’s “Dangerous Game” and a Golden Globe-winning performance in “Evita” alongside popular, beloved films “Dangerously Seeking Susan”, “A League of Their Own” and “Dick Tracy”.

Her career and life are full of incredible stories but when you’re this huge, it’s hard to make a movie from your life… even by yourself. We’re hoping this project to turn out as best and would be a well-deserved tribute to Madonna’s remarkable career.

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Abel Ferrara was one of the most celebrated American indie filmmakers of the 90s but his films are a bit “too out there”, so he preferred to went to Europe, live there, and producing his films there also.

European film festivals and critics have always been kind to Ferrara; his unique style and personal films are celebrated there as much as his better-known films like “King of New York” and “Bad Lieutenant” where he explores themes of regret, guilt, compassion and other universal things through his own philosophy, some religious symbolisms and the touch of Italian cinema.

Certainly an important voice in the world cinema, Abel Ferrara is now celebrated by Venice Film Festival with a special award, Filmiere.com reports. Ferrara previously had several films competing for the Golden Lion and “The Funeral” (1996) won two awards, while ‘Mary” (2005) won even four of them.

He’ll also screen his documentary on the making of his latest film “Siberia” and his trip to Berlin to show it to the audience with his regular actor Willem Dafoe. Ferrara always keeps himself busy and it’s great to see that. Of course, it’s also great that his terrific body of work gets recognized.

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Unfortunately, some of the big movies are re-scheduled again. It’s mostly for American release dates, so it’s still a bit unknown if Disney will use the same release policy for the international releases or not but certainly alarming. Also understandable given the current situation.

“Tenet’ is doing a fine box office but it’s unknown if it’ll be successful or not in these conditions. As for the changes; “The King’s Man” moved from this year’s September to next year’s February 26. Marvel release “The Eternals” (now just titled “Eternals”) remains in February so far.

“Nomadland” however is confirmed for December 2020 with a limited release. So the big change is mostly “The King’s Man” which is a franchise that is a priority for Disney, which inherited the series when taking over 20th Century Fox.

The adult-skewing movies have always done particularly well on both coasts. The latest installment is directed by Matthew Vaughn and is said to be a prequel.

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The European Film Academy previously announced the first wave of feature films considered for nomination as we – Filmiere.com shared with you weeks ago. Now it’s time to learn about documentary choices. Nominations will be announced on November 7 at the Seville European Film Festival and the 33rd European Films Awards is set to take place on December 12 in Reykavik, Iceland. Here are the documentaries that will be eligible for the nominations. You can start watching them if they’re available and can make up your minds:
Acasă, My Home (Dir. Radu Ciorniciuc)

Collective (Dir. Alexander Nanau)

I Am Not Alone (Dir. Garin Hovannisian)

Little Girl (Dir. Sébastien Lifshitz)

Once More Unto The Breach (Dirs. Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini)

Saudi Runaway (Dir. Susanne Regina Measures)

Self Portrait (Dirs. Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset, Espen Wallin)

State Funeral (Dir. Sergei Loznitsa)

The Cave (Dir. Feras Fayyad)

The Earth Is Blue As An Orange (Dir. Iryna Tsilyk)

The Euphoria Of Being (Dir. Réka Szabó)

They Call Me Babu (Dir. Sandra Beerends)

Walchensee Forever (Dir. Janna Ji Wonders)

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Legendary filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich is an absolute cinema treasure. He’s made masterpieces such as “Paper Moon”, “The Last Picture Show”, “Targets” and “What’s Up Doc?”, he wrote scripts, produced them, mentored directors like Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, hosted TV shows on cinema, he had been a film critic, film journalist, wrote many books as a film historian and tried his best to keep Golden Age of Hollywood alive.

This year TCM dedicated a podcast to him called “Plot Thickens” where he talked about his remarkable career, personal life, and tragedies, his friendships with fellow filmmakers and actors. Due to quarantine many public events are postponed but TCM did something interesting; they were supposed to hold a virtual conversation, similar to some kind of public event with Bogdanovich.

Filmiere.com unfortunately reports that the conversation was postponed. It’d be interesting to see how they were going to making it happen but hopefully, we’ll soon find out.  We hope it has nothing to do with Mr. Bogdanovich’s health and he’ll keep on sharing his stories on Old Hollywood and go on to work on new film projects.

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It seemed Sofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks’ was going to skip all festivals which were slightly alarming given her being festival darling in general but no need to worry, New York Film Festival announced new additions and Sofia’s film “On the Rocks” starring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones will be there.

Not just her, Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar’s first English-language “Human Voice” stars Tilda Swinton in an adaptation of a play by Jean Cocteau. Another work that should make cinephiles excited must be the documentary “Hopper/Welles” which is a film newly unearthed by Welles that records an extraordinary poolside chat between Welles and actor Dennis Hopper as recorded in 1970.

The same producers that helped restore and complete Welles’ “The Other Side of the Wind,” producer Filip Jan Rymsza and editor Bob Murawski, helped do the same for “Hopper/Welles.” That’s great that after all those years Orson Welles still goes on to bless the cinephiles with his genius, both as a person and as a director.

Filmiere.com previously reported that Spike Lee’s David Byrne concert film will open Toronto and it will appear here as well. Spike seemingly has two hits on his hands this year.

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William Friedkin had been a force on cinema for decades and Filmiere.com gladly reports that he’s going to get another lifetime achievement award, this time from Germany.

The German independent festival Oldenburg will hold a retrospective and they said Freidkin’s career has always “remained on the threshold between independent film and blockbuster cinema,” making him an ideal candidate for the German festival, which prides itself on maintaining the exact same balance between audience and art-house appeal.

Indeed, Friedkin had started with rather small films with “The Birthday Party” and “The Boys in the Band”, both acclaimed and unusual works of their time. He later hit it big with “The French Connection” and ‘The Exorcist”, two films that are considered among the best movies of all time.

His following films “Sorcerer”, “Cruising” and “To Live and Die in L.A.” were not necessarily instant successes but they gained a large cult following and praise during subsequent years. Friedkin recently went to his arthouse independent roots with “Bug” and “Killer Joe”, both controversial but acclaimed movies.

He also had other small-scale projects through his career like the Emmy-nominated TV version of “12 Angry Men”. We wish good health to Friedkin and more awards to come.

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