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Upon the revival of Doctor Who in 2005, many longtime fans of the franchise were left scratching their heads as to why the series didnt follow the tradition of showing the regeneration from one Doctor to another. This includes Paul McGann, who portrayed the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 made-for-tv film Doctor Who: The Movie, and was unceremoniously left out of the mix when Christopher Ecclestons Ninth Doctor ushered in the modern era of the series.

In an interview with Doctor Who Magazine (via the official website), McGann revealed that when he first heard the rumblings that a new TV show was in the works that would once more bring the iconic franchise back to the small screen following its cancelation in 1989, he was ready and waiting for a phone call to at least make an appearance so that they could film the regeneration between him and Eccleston. Unfortunately, that call never came,...

“Creed III” has enjoyed exactly the kind of success that MGM and movie theaters were hoping for, blowing by studio expectations to deliver the largest opening weekend that MGM has seen in years outside of the hallowed James Bond series. It also showed that Amazon can do more with MGM than just exploit its library.

Heading into the weekend, pre-release projections had predicted that the third installment in the “Rocky” spinoff series would get an opening of around $40 million, not particularly exceptional but still respectable and higher than the $35.5 million three-day opening of “Creed II” on Thanksgiving weekend in 2018.

But as the weekend progressed, “Creed III” went farther than anyone could have expected. Weekend estimates rose from around $45 million on Friday afternoon to $51 million on Saturday morning, then up to what ended up being its final total of $58.3 million on Sunday morning, combining with a $43.1 million total from its overseas...

Chris Pratt teams up with co-star Charlie Day to troll critics dissing his voice acting for The Super Mario Bros. Movie in a new video. For the upcoming movie, Pratt and Day will voice Mario and Luigi, respectively. The Super Mario Bros. Movie will also feature vocal performances from Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Fred Armisen, and Seth Rogen. With the film set to release on April 7, Pratt received immense criticism for his voicing of Mario following the first trailers that dropped.

On Instagram, Pratt and Day mocked detractors of their Super Mario Bros. Movie voices. In a video posted on Pratt’s Instagram, the Mario actor offered a “sneak peek at the Mario voice for the first time.”

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Day also offered a look at the “Luigi” voice, beginning with the voice before switching to gestures as the audio cut out.

With this year’s domestic box office expected to rise to 9 billion, of course the major Hollywood studios are taking Super Bowl Lvii ad spots seriously.

The big game, which last year attracted 112 million viewers, remains an enormous bullhorn when it comes to drawing attention to your tentpole movies — and this year, starting with Disney/Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, has a lot of them. So if you’re a studio looking to draw attention and separate your movie from the conveyor belt of events films that are occurring every weekend from late February through September, well then best to pony up a record 7 million for a 30-second spot on the February 12 Fox telecast of the Kansas City Chiefs-Philadelphia Eagles showdown.

In recent years –before and after the pandemic– Super Bowl trailers have become events in of themselves. Studios often debut a portion of them in advance...

A Warner Bros. Pictures are all with a gamut of big films including four DC titles, ‘Barbie’ and ‘Nun 2’ among many others for the silver screen. With the slate, Warner Bros. Pictures has the highest number of theatrical releases in 2023.

Four DC Titles to release in 2023 include ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ starring Zachary Levi on March 17, ‘The Flash’ starring Ezra Miller on June 16, ‘Blue Beetle’ starring Xolo Mariduena on August 18 and ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ starring Jason Momoa on December 21.

‘Creed III’ starring Michael B. Jordan will be released on March 3. ‘Evil Dead Rise’, the fifth installment in the horror franchise, will release on April 21.

‘Barbie’, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, will be released on July 21. ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ will hit the screens on August 4. The film stars Jason Statham.

‘The Nun 2’, the latest entry in ‘The Conjuring’ Universe, will be released on September 8.

The...

Minions: The Rise Of Gru

This summer, from the biggest global animated franchise in history, comes the origin story of how the world’s greatest supervillain first met his iconic Minions, forged cinema’s most despicable crew and faced off against the most unstoppable criminal force ever assembled in Minions: The Rise Of Gru.

Opening on July 1, check out the brand new trailer and see it in IMAX https://www.imax.com/movies/minions-rise-gru

Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement.

It’s not going particularly well. When Gru crosses paths with the Minions, including Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto—a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please—this unexpected family joins forces. Together, they build their first lair, design their first weapons, and...

Taraji P. Henson (Empire) will lend her voice to Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie—Spin Master Entertainment, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ sequel to 2021’s Paw Patrol: The Movie, which opened in the number one spot in more than 25 countries and grossed over 150M worldwide.

Paw Patrol: The Movie stemmed from Spin Master’s series Paw Patrol, which debuted on Nickelodeon in the U.S. in 2013. The children’s TV show centers on the young boy Ryder and his crew of search and rescue dogs known as Paw Patrol, watching as they go on missions to protect their community of Adventure Bay and nearby areas. Last year’s Paw Patrol film saw Ryder (Will Brisbin) and the pups be called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger (Ron Pardo) from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos. With a simultaneous day-and-date release on Paramount+ in the U.S.

To celebrate the success of Illumination’s smash musical sensation, Sing 2 — which has been playing in theaters and delighting audiences everywhere since December 22, 2021 — allowing the blockbuster franchise to earn more than $1 billion worldwide. Illumination and Universal Pictures have announced the launch of “The Sing 2 Sing-Along Experience” in theaters nationwide.

Beginning on March 25, audiences in both the United States and Canada will be able to choose from multiple Sing 2 Sing-Along showings at participating theaters in all major markets and experience the thrill and joy of sharing unforgettable musical performances with fellow fans as, together, they sing their favorite songs along with the film’s beloved characters. Tickets are available on Fandango right now (look for the button below to purchase them).

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Conceived and designed as a one-of-a-kind experience for fans, the Sing 2 Sing-Along welcomes audiences to join together in creating the kind of magic that usually...

Exclusive: Comedian and actor Bill Burr (F Is for Family) is writing, directing and starring alongside Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire) and Emmy nominee Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo) in the original comedy Old Dads, which Miramax has come aboard to produce in conjunction with Burr’s All Things Comedy.

Burr’s feature directorial debut centers on a middle-aged father (Burr) and his two best friends (Cannavale and Woodbine) who after selling their company to a millennial, find themselves out of step and behind the times as they hilariously struggle to navigate a changing world of culture, career and fatherhood. Burr and Ben Tishler penned the script and are producing with Bill Block, Monica Levinson and Mike Bertolina. Production kicked off in Los Angeles yesterday.

“I’m very excited to start shooting Old Dads,” said Burr. “This comedy is based on my own and my co-writer,...

Illumination and Universal have set release dates for their forthcoming animated films Migration and Despicable Me 4. The former original will be released wide on June 30, 2023, opening against the untitled fifth film in the Indiana Jones franchise from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The latest installment in the top-grossing Despicable Me franchise is set for a wide release on the wide-open weekend of July 23, 2044. Both films are taking up slots inhabited by previously announced, untitled Illumination Animated Films.

Migration is a modern-day comedy following a family of ducks who convince their over-protective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime as they attempt to migrate from New England, through New York City, and ultimately down to the Bahamas. Oscar nominee Benjamin Renner (Ernest et Célestine) is directing from an original screenplay by Mike White, with Illumination founder Chris Meledandri producing.

The Despicable Me franchise,...

As the box office labors through another dry spell, Sony/Marvel’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has retaken the No. 1 spot on the charts from Paramount/Spyglass’ “Scream,” earning $14.1 million in its sixth weekend.

Having passed the domestic run of “Black Panther” last weekend, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” now joins the fellow MCU film among the shortlist of films since the turn of the century to earn at least five No. 1 weekends. Such an achievement has become increasingly rare as the rise of home entertainment has made the box office more frontloaded than in the ’80s and ’90s.

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” currently ranks fourth on the all-time box office domestic charts with a North American total of $721 million. “Avatar” sits in third with $760.5 million. Globally, the film now stands sixth all-time with $1.69 billion, passing the global run of “Jurassic World” in 2015.

“Scream,” meanwhile, slipped to No. 2 with $12.4 million in its second weekend,...

Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation are further aligning under president of animation Ramsey Naito with a pair of major executive moves.

Latifa Ouaou has been named executive vice president of movies and global franchises for Paramount Animation and the Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Ouaou will oversee theatricals and streaming film content across both Paramount and Nickelodeon.

On the series side, Eryk Casemiro has been promoted to executive vice president global series content for Nickelodeon Animation. Casemiro will oversee animation series content for preschool and kids ages 6-11 across all formats and platforms for Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

“Latifa has an incredible resume and an incredible reputation,” Naito says. “The community knows her and loves her. She’s a talent magnet. She has great taste in material. And she really has worked in so many aspects of animation that she can really see a movie through from development through production. She’s just really topnotch.

Powered by a slate of major tentpoles including Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die, Cineworld Group reports it generated positive cash flow for Q4 2021. The world’s second largest exhibitor, which owns Regal in the U.S., did not disclose dollar amounts, but released a trading update this morning for the six-month period ending December 31, 2021. The company will announce its full-year results on March 17.

Box office and concession revenues saw significant growth across the second half of 2021. Notably, group performance was at 50% of 2019 levels in July, increasing to 90% in October and with December reaching 88%. In the U.S., Regal grew from 45% in July to 91% in December. In the UK, boosted by No Time To Die, October exceeded 2019 levels at 127% of...

In Theaters & On Demand Now Is Sing 2.

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This holiday season, the new chapter in Illumination’s smash animated franchise arrives with big dreams and spectacular hit songs as the ever-optimistic Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet …all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world. There’s just one hitch: They first have to persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star—played by global music icon Bono, in his animated film debut—to join them.

Buster (Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey) has turned the New Moon Theater into a local hit, but Buster has his eyes on a bigger prize: Debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City.

Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, the gift that keeps on giving, raked in an estimated $25.4M on Monday at 4,336 theaters, off 23% from Sunday’s $33.2M, which puts the MCU title at $495.8M in U.S. and Canada. For sure, Spider-Man: No Way Home will click past the half billion mark stateside today; our sources believing a $750M final domestic is possible, which would yield a $610M net profit after all ancillaries. We’ll update you once studios file their official numbers this Am. This morning’s report is based off industry early estimates.

For the second Monday of a big Christmas blockbuster, No Way Home files behind 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, ($32M), 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($31.3M) and 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. However, No Way Home‘s second Monday is skyscraper heights above Star Wars: Rise...

In “Sing 2,” the sequel to Illumination’s animated box office hit, “Sing,” Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) and his troupe sneak into the Vegas-like tourist oasis and con their way into mounting “Out of This World,” a Cirque du Soleil-inspired musical space show, climaxing with a surprise appearance by reclusive lion rock star legend, Clay Calloway (Bono).

The third act musical extravaganza represents Illumination’s most ambitious work to date in terms of design, costumes, animation, choreography, playlist, and performance. The theme of breaking artistic barriers was also personal to director Garth Jennings, since the “Sing” sequel marked only his second animated feature.

“The whole movie, when you break it down into its parts, is incredibly simple and relatable,” Jennings said. “The Clay story and his grief is the emotional soul of the film. There was no one else we had in mind besides [U2 star] Bono. It had to...

Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed $31.4 million on Tuesday, off 15% from Monday’s $37.1M at 4,336 locations. All in, Spider-Man: No Way Home counts $328.7 million at the domestic box office through five days, the second-best five-day gross of all time after Avengers: Endgame ($427M) and the highest December five-day gross of all time beating Star Wars: Force Awakens ($325.4M).

Global for No Way Home, as Deadline’s Nancy Tartaglione reports, is closing in on the highest-grossing total of the pandemic, which for now is No Time to Die‘s $774M. The latest Spider-Man crossed $700M worldwide Tuesday with a cume that now stands at $751.3M. Many analysts believe $1 billion is a feasible target for the latest MCU title even without China in the mix; Sony is still awaiting a date for that market.

Spidey’s Tuesday ranks fifth on the all-time domestic box office list for the day after...

Taking an early look at 2022, Gower Street Analytics is projecting global box office to reach $33.2B next year. That would rep a 58% increase on 2021 if the current year stays on track for the London-based firm’s projected approximate $21B. Gower Street estimates 2021 worldwide box office stood at $19.2B as of December 11, repping a roughly 75% increase on 2020.

Gower suggests the industry will need to wait at least until 2023 to see a full return to pre-pandemic global box office levels of over $40B.

The domestic, Chinese and international markets are all poised for improvement in 2022. However, says Gower Street, the most notable gain is expected to be in North America. Currently projected to hit $9.2B in 2022, up from an estimated $4.4B in 2021, that would see it...

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This holiday season, the new chapter in Illumination’s smash animated franchise arrives with big dreams and spectacular hit songs as the ever-optimistic Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet …all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world. There’s just one hitch: They first have to persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star—played by global music icon Bono, in his animated film debut—to join them.

Buster (Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey) has turned the New Moon Theater into a local hit, but Buster has his eyes on...

Exclusive: We hear that Scott Mosier has closed a deal to direct the live-action movie Meebo and Me at Warner Bros.

Deadline first told you that Warners snapped up the comedic family adventure spec by Free Guy‘s Matt Lieberman in a bidding war back in April.

In Meebo and Me, a divorced dad goes through great lengths to get his son the hot new toy, an adorable robot. But when the other toy robots rise up against their owners, the dad and his defective robot set out to save his son and the world while building a profound friendship along the way.

Kenya Barris is producing through his Khalabo Ink Society, along with Lieberman and Adam Kolbrenner’s Lit Entertainment Group.

Lieberman’s Free Guy was one of the high points for original movies over the pandemic summer, earning $121.6 million at the domestic box office and $210M worldwide.

Mosier...

Sunday Writethru final with chart: As is typical, the weekend following the Thanksgiving stretch is a downer. And even duly so over omicron headlines, coupled with a Disney animated movie that isn’t as mass-appealing as its predecessors. Read Encanto, which grossed $12.7M estimated second weekend, -53%. That second weekend is lower than the pre-pandemic second weekend takes of some of Disney’s lowest grossing Thanksgiving titles, i.e. The Good Dinosaur ($15.3M) and Tangled ($21.6M), however, it’s a tad higher than the second wide December weekend of The Princess and the Frog which in the lead-up to Christmas did $12.1M in its second frame over Dec. 18-20, 2009. That movie, which posted a wide debut (after a limited run) of $24.2M. That movie made it to $104.4M, and rival analysts believe Encanto will click past $100M stateside. The Colombia-set Latino animated film stands at $116M WW to date. Encanto...

Sunday Am Update: Without Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick in the marketplace, the Thanksgiving box office was much lighter than previous holidays, grossing an estimated $141.3M over 5-days, off 46% from 2019’s pre-pandemic holiday over the same period of time. Two family movies, Disney’s animated Encanto, which banked 52% of its $40.3M 5-day gross from Latino and Hispanic audiences, and Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife which delivered $35.3M in its second weekend over Wednesday-Sunday, were the top destinations for families. Worldwide, Encanto hit its global studio projection with a $70M start.

For our previous updates of the Thanksgiving box office, click here.

If Disney CEO Bob Chapek is wondering whether families went to the movie theaters or not, the answer is yes, they did. It’s just that there was another family movie on the marquee doing business. Box office analytics company EntTelligence clocked that over five days, 3.7M moviegoers saw...

Feeling bullish about Sing 2, the animated sequel hitting theaters December 22, NBCUniversal and parent company Comcast are using it for their annual Thanksgiving promotion for Xfinity.

Much longer than the usual 30 seconds of most TV commercials, Comcast’s cinematic spots for its flagship broadband and TV brand have become an annual staple. They first appear during NBC’s broadcast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and get amplified by other synergistic platforms like Today.

Directed by Garth Jennings, the writer and director of the Sing films, the short that debuted during today’s parade coverage is titled “Come Home.” It introduces a new group of anthropomorphized animal characters who are not seen in the films. (Watch it above.)

The holiday season finds most of a dog family at home as a snowstorm hits. Angie, voiced by actress and TV personality Keke Palmer, is the pack’s mother. As a...

Universal Pictures has launched the final trailer for Illumination’s upcoming sequel ‘Sing 2.’

Buster (Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey) has turned the New Moon Theater into a local hit, but Buster has his eyes on a bigger prize: Debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City.

But with no connections, Buster and his cast—including harried mother pig Rosita (Oscar® winner Reese Witherspoon), rocker porcupine Ash (Scarlett Johansson), earnest gorilla Johnny (Taron Egerton), shy elephant Meena (Tori Kelly) and, of course, porcine provocateur Gunter (Nick Kroll)—have to sneak their way into the world-famous Crystal Entertainment offices, run by ruthless mogul wolf Jimmy Crystal (Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale).

In a desperate attempt to get Mr. Crystal’s attention, Gunter spontaneously pitches an outrageous idea that Buster quickly runs with, promising that their new show will star lion rock legend Clay Calloway (Bono). Problem is, Buster has never met Clay,...

No, it wasn’t a horrible shared dream that we all suffered through back in September: Chris Pratt is really going to do the voice of Mario Mario in Illumination’s Super Mario movie, even though Mario has had one voice actor for 25 years (Charles Martinet) and he’s very good at saying the three or four things that…...

Buster Moon has a dream: to be the most successful koala in showbiz. In “Sing,” he managed to salvage the run-down venue where his musical theater ambitions might thrive, much to the delight of family audiences. Now, in that toon’s jam-packed “let’s put on a show” sequel, Buster Moon and his menagerie of pigs, primates and other crooning critters head to Redshore City — the Las Vegas-like entertainment capital of their parallel universe, which is basically human in every way except for the fact that there are no humans to be found in it — to launch a massive song-and-dance extravaganza.

If “Sing 2” sounds like a shameless excuse for a bunch of celebrities to perform cover versions of Top 40 hits while animated animals lip-sync the lyrics for our amusement … well, that’s essentially what it is. Buster Moon (voiced by Matthew McConaughey) and friends set out to pitch an...

A bit further down on this page, you can check out the new Shadow Series Art from Sing 2 featuring the characters and the actors who voice them, including Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Bono and more!

This holiday season, the new chapter in Illumination’s smash animated franchise arrives with big dreams and spectacular hit songs as the ever-optimistic Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet…all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world. There’s just one hitch: They first have to persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star—played by global music icon Bono, in his animated film debut—to join them.

Buster (Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey) has turned the New Moon Theater into a local hit, but Buster has his eyes on a bigger prize: Debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City.

Who says people don’t want to go to the movies and are complete lemmings for streaming?

Comscore this morning reports that the October domestic box office clocked $638M, the highest month to date during the pandemic beating July’s $583.8M.

Seventy-five percent of October’s figure was driven by major studio event pics Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, MGM/United Artists Releasing’s No Time to Die, Universal/Blumhouse/Miramax’s Halloween Kills and Warner Bros./Legendary’s Dune. True, the latter two titles were made available in homes day-and-date which siphoned theatrical ticket sales, but there’s much to celebrate here as both movie studios and exhibition look forward to getting back on track.

This October, while down from 2019’s $789.5M and 2018’s $832M, was 12% ahead of 2017’s $569.8M according to Comscore.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which was released on a pure theatrical window, saw...

During its presentation at CineEurope in Barcelona, Universal celebrated the success of the past weekend’s James Bond pic, No Time To Die, which grossed $121.3M across 54 Uni and MGM markets, setting a new pandemic record as the first film to cross $100M overseas in its opening without China in the mix.

In keeping with the sentiment of gratitude here this week, Uni execs thanked exhibition for its part in helping make winners of such films as F9 and No Time To Die, and for weathering through the last 18 months. Said Niels Swinkels, EVP and MD for Universal Pictures International, “Thank you for standing by us as we had to shift and reshift. Together we are bringing audiences back to theaters.”

The company’s President of International Distribution, Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, commented that throughout the pandemic, Universal kept its eye on delivering “a diverse and broad lineup to cater to a variety of tastes.

The “Super Mario Bros” animated movie has set a voice cast that will include Chris Pratt and Charlie Day as Mario and Luigi.

Nintendo announced the full cast today as part of their #NintendoDirect event, and it also includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Keegan-Michael Key, Jack Black, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Kevin Michael Richardson, Sebastian Maniscalco and special cameos from Charles Martinet, who is the original voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario and more.

Pratt and Day will play the title characters Mario and Luigi, the two heroic plumbers who must make their way through the Mushroom Kingdom and rescue Princess Peach (Taylor-Joy) from the evil Lord Bowser (Black). Among the other key cast, Key is playing Toad and Rogen is playing Donkey Kong.

The “Super Mario Bros.” movie arrives in theaters on December 21, 2022, from Universal, Nintendo and Illumination Animation, which is behind the “Despicable Me” and “Minions” movies.

Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic...

The Emmy Awards are notorious for shocking wins that defy Gold derby odds and best guesswork from top pundits. But the 2021 Creative Arts ceremony instilled a false sense of security in awards-watcher’s forecasts after votes appeared to be united around a select few series. Emmy voters still had some shockers up their sleeves however. Even the clean sweep for Netflix’s “The Crown” didn’t play out as expected. Check out the top seven shocking moments of Emmys 2021, below.

Brett Goldstein fends off co-stars in Comedy Supporting Actor

Keenan Thompson had dominated our odds for the majority of the season, and Bowen Yang swooped in towards the end with a compelling narrative and viral “iceberg” sketch. So it seemed unlikely that Brett Goldstein could prevail, no matter how strong his series “Ted Lasso” looked. After all, he was nominated alongside three other co-stars in this category. How would voters choose their favorite supporting player?...

From football (the actual footie kind) to monarchy to Michaela Coel, it was a great night to be British at the 2021 Emmy Awards.

Netflix had the biggest night of any streamer or network, with its Queen Elizabeth drama The Crown running a clean sweep of its categories and taking home seven awards. On the comedy side of things, Ted Lasso was nearly as dominant, winning nearly every award it was up for save for writing, directing, and lead actress in a comedy series (all three of which went to HBO Max’s Hacks). Mare of Easttown, I May Destroy You, and The Queen’s Gambit all split the limited series honors, with the Netflix chess series taking home the big prize.

It was a quiet ceremony for Marvel Studios, which was making its Primetime Emmy awards debut thanks to Disney+’s WandaVision. Though the series didn’t win any hardware Sunday night,...

Outstanding Drama Series

The Crown

The Boys

Bridgerton

The Handmaid’s Tale

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian

Pose

This Is Us

Outstanding Comedy Series

Ted Lasso

Black-ish

Cobra Kai

Emily in Paris

Hacks

The Flight Attendant

The Kominsky Method

Pen15

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

The Queen’s Gambit

I May Destroy You

Mare of Easttown

The Underground Railroad

WandaVision

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama

Josh O’Connor – The Crown

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us

Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country

Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton

Billy Porter – Pose

Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason

Outstanding Lead Actress...

The 73rd Emmys on CBS, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, were a night to remember for “The Crown” and “Ted Lasso.”

The Netflix monarchy drama won every single award it was up for on Sunday. “Ted Lasso” didn’t pull off a clean sweep, but it certainly felt that way.

“Hacks” and “Mare of Easttown” also had a heck of an evening. See all of the winners and nominees below.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Aidy Bryant, “Saturday Night Live”

Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks“

Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”

Rosie Perez, “The Flight Attendant“

Cecily Strong, “Saturday Night Live”

Juno Temple, “Ted Lasso”

Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso” *Winner

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Carl Clemons-Hopkins, “Hacks”

Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso“ *Winner

Brendan Hunt, “Ted Lasso“

Nick Mohammed, “Ted Lasso“

Paul Reiser, “The Kominsky Method”

Jeremy Swift, “Ted Lasso“

Kenan Thompson, “Saturday Night Live”

Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live...

“The Crown” and “Ted Lasso” will be by far the biggest winners at the Primetime Emmys this Sunday, September 19, when they’re presented at a ceremony on CBS hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. That’s according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. Scroll down for those complete forecasts in all 27 categories listed by program. And make or update your own predictions here before this weekend’s show for a chance to win our contest.

SEEEmmys predictions slugfest 2021: Chris Beachum and Rob Licuria debate all 27 categories in 27 minutes [Watch]

“The Crown” is favored to win Best Drama Series for the first time after four seasons on Netflix. It would also be the first win in that category for the pioneering streaming service. But that’s not all. We’re also betting on it to win acting prizes for leads Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor, plus supporting actress Gillian Anderson,...

It’s checkmate on the first of three 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards shows, and Saturday was a huge evening for “The Queen’s Gambit.” The excellent Netflix limited series led by Anya Taylor-Joy has already won seven 2021 Emmys, technically (and in mostly technical categories).

(By the way, if you think three is a lot of shows to celebrate the television industry’s mostly below-the-line workers, 2020 had Five Creative Arts Emmys shows.)

Sunday’s first show began at 1 p.m. Pt. The second Sunday show, the final one of the two-day 2021 Creative Arts Emmys, begins at 5 p.m. Pt. That’s the presentation that has most of the mainstream categories that don’t fit in next week’s Primetime Emmys.

None of the three Creative Arts Emmys shows are being televised live. Next Saturday, a highlights show of sorts will air on Fxx starting at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

The *real* Emmys,...

Welcome to Emmy Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Emmy race — via Slack, of course. This week, we take a gander at the writing and directing categories.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! Emmy voting ended Monday and the Creative Arts Emmys ceremonies are just around the corner, so what better time than now to type about the brains behind this year’s biggest nominees: the writers and directors. Let’s start with the comedy side of things: We’ve both had “The Flight Attendant” winning in the directing category. It tracks: Susanna Fogel also won the Directors Guild Award for her work on the show and the Kaley Cuoco series is certainly flashier than the other nominees here. But I’m starting to wonder if that will actually matter. When faced with multiple options from the beloved “Ted Lasso,...

Universal’s CinemaCon presentation was packed with footage from its upcoming titles, including an extended preview of Sing 2 and first looks at Michael Bay’s Ambulance and Scott Derrickson’s Ethan Hawke starter The Black Phone.

Kicked off by Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic theatrical distribution, eight Universal films were introduced via video by stars including Matthew McConaughey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hawke and Jennifer Lopez, joined by employees of movie theaters across the country.

“Few businesses felt the pandemic hit as hard as yours did,” said McConaughey, who returns to Illumination’s Sing franchise to voice Buster Moon. “Sadly we did ...

Universal’s CinemaCon presentation was packed with footage from its upcoming titles, including an extended preview of Sing 2 and first looks at Michael Bay’s Ambulance and Scott Derrickson’s Ethan Hawke starter The Black Phone.

Kicked off by Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic theatrical distribution, eight Universal films were introduced via video by stars including Matthew McConaughey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hawke and Jennifer Lopez, joined by employees of movie theaters across the country.

“Few businesses felt the pandemic hit as hard as yours did,” said McConaughey, who returns to Illumination’s Sing franchise to voice Buster Moon. “Sadly we did ...

Heading into the opening remarks of CinemaCon on Tuesday morning, Illumination founder and CEO and Despicable Me franchise producer Chris Melendandri gave an impassioned speech about moviegoing and why the big screen is vital. Among his sentiments: Without the big screen, there would be no streaming. The two go hand in-hand, and it’s important for the small screen guys to know that.

Meledandri’s opening remarks (read them in full below) preceded MPAA boss Charles Rivkin’s at the Colosseum Theater here at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

It was buzzed that no significant Hollywood heavyweights would dare make the trip to CinemaCon during the pandemic, however, big thumbs up to Melendandri for rallying exhibition in the room, as well as Sony Pictures Motion Picture chairman Tom Rothman and Jason and Ivan Reitman of Ghostbusters: Afterlife for going the distance. Their presence and their words mean the world to...

Over “The Crown’s” four seasons, the halls of Buckingham Palace have become familiar visual signifiers for both the grandeur and the pressure placed upon the royal family. But in the third episode of this most recent season, “Fairytale,” cinematographer Adriano Goldman and director Benjamin Caron stretched the limits of the show’s visual language to create — and then to destroy — Princess Diana’s (Emma Corrin) fairytale fantasies.

Much of the episode is given over to Diana slowly realizing that, like many princesses stuck in a castle before her, she has fallen into a trap. But Goldman and Caron opened up the ways they shoot their Buckingham Palace sets to show how the demands of the Crown consume everyone on the eve of the fateful marriage.

They force the jaws of the trap open wide with a pre-credits sequence of Diana’s night out with her friends after Charles (Josh O’Connor) proposes to her.

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.

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2021 Emmys Predictions:

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Updated: Aug 19, 2021

Awards Prediction Commentary: Portraying the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is...

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.

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2021 Emmys Predictions:

Outstanding Drama Series

Updated: Aug 19, 2021

Awards Prediction Commentary: One of the top two nomination leaders with 24, the 73rd Emmy Awards looks primed...

The 2021 Gold Derby TV Awards are scheduled to premiere on our home page this Wednesday, August 18, at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern. But while this is our 18th annual event honoring the best achievements in television, this year’s prizes will be a first: more than 20 of our 30 winners will be joining us to accept their prizes. Scroll down to refresh your memory on our complete list of nominees.

SEEEmmy Experts Typing: Will Michael K. Williams (or someone else) spoil ‘The Crown’s’ crowning moment?

These winners were decided by more than 2,000 registered Gold Derby users who supported their favorite shows, performances, and episodes throughout July. This year’s awards ceremony premiere date comes right before television academy members start voting for the Emmy winners on Thursday, August 19, so they’re more than welcome to copy our homework since our users represent some of the most committed and knowledgeable...

“The show is a character-driven dialogue-lead show and so it’s really important that the sound serves a story but doesn’t get in the way of the story,” explains Emmy-winning supervising sound editor and re-recording sound mixer Lee Walpole. He just earned his fourth career Emmy nomination, this time for his work on season 4 of “The Crown,” which he shares with collaborators Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen and Chris Ashworth. “It’s not flashy, it’s not ‘crash bang wallop,” he says. “The show is letting you into a world of opulence and decadence, so we’re trying to achieve that sound across every level,” he says. Watch our exclusive video interview with Walpole above.

See Thanks to ‘The Crown,’ Tobias Menzies is first ‘Outlander’ star nominated at Emmys

“The Crown,” was created by Oscar, Emmy and Tony-nominated writer Peter Morgan, who is now in production on the show’s anticipated fifth season.

The Crown editor Yan Miles and visual effects supervisor Ben Turner are guests in a new episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s Behind the Screen.

Season 4 of Netflix series The Crown, along with The Mandalorian, earned the most Emmy program nominations this year, with a remarkable 24 apiece. For The Crown that includes nominations for outstanding drama series, and in the creative arts, it includes two for editing and one for special visual effects.

Of the episode “Fairytale” — which follows Charles and Diana’s engagement and concludes on their wedding day — Miles points out that viewers know the history, so ...

The Crown editor Yan Miles and visual effects supervisor Ben Turner are guests in a new episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s Behind the Screen.

Season 4 of Netflix series The Crown, along with The Mandalorian, earned the most Emmy program nominations this year, with a remarkable 24 apiece. For The Crown that includes nominations for outstanding drama series, and in the creative arts, it includes two for editing and one for special visual effects.

Of the episode “Fairytale” — which follows Charles and Diana’s engagement and concludes on their wedding day — Miles points out that viewers know the history, so ...

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.

To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Emmys Collective

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2021 Emmys Predictions:

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Updated: Aug 12, 2021

Awards Prediction Commentary: Well-respected in the industry and steering the “Fairytale” episode, which presumed...

In 2017, “The Handmaid’s Tale” director Reed Morano ended a 22-year dry spell when she became the only the third woman to win the Best Drama Directing Emmy. A woman has not won since, but this year, three have a chance to become the fourth.

Liz Garbus (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Jessica Hobbs (“The Crown”) and Julie Anne Robinson (“Bridgerton”) are up for the honor alongside Steven Canals (“Pose”), Benjamin Caron (“The Crown”) and Jon Favreau (“The Mandalorian”). If Garbus, Hobbs or Robinson wins, they’ll join Morano, Karen Arthur (“Cagney & Lacey,” 1985) and Mimi Leder as the category’s only female champs.

This is the second straight year with three female drama directing nominees. Leder was nominated last year for “The Morning Show” alongside Hobbs for “The Crown” and Lesli Linka Glatter for “Homeland,” but they lost to Andrij Parekh for “Succession.”

See Can Elisabeth Moss return the favor to ‘The Crown...

Gold Derby can exclusively reveal that Emerald Fennell is entering “The Crown” episode “Fairytale” as her 2021 Emmy Awards submission for Best Drama Supporting Actress. This program streamed November 15 and was the third episode of the fourth season for the Netflix show.

In this installment, Diana (Emma Corrin) realizes she doesn’t know her fiance Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) at all after having lunch with Camilla Parker Bowles (Fennell). After returning from a trip, Charles visits Camilla to break off his romance. Several family members believe he is still in love with her and not Diana.

This year marks her third career Emmy nomination with no wins so far. For this 2021 contest, she is competing against co-stars Gillian Anderson and Helena Bonham Carter, “The Handmaid’s Tale” stars Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, Yvonne Strahovski and Samira Wiley, plus Aunjanue Ellis from “Lovecraft Country.”

For a complete list of all episode submissions announced so far,...