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Warner Bros has set a slew of release dates for its movies next year and beyond, including dating The Matrix 4 for May 21, 2021, and its DC superhero stand-alone The Flash for July 1, 2022. Among the 12 titles in the mix Wednesday as the studio solidifies its slate for 2020 and beyond include moving Taika Waititi's…

UPDATED, 12:33 PM: Amid a slew of changes to its…

Focus Features has set an August 21 release date for Let Him Go, a thriller starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane from writer-director-producer Thomas Bezucha. In the film based on the novel by Larry Watson, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) leave their Montana ranch after the…

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to Elsewhere, a dramedy starring Rectify alum Aden Young. The digital distribution unit of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios will release the film from writer-director Hernan Jimenez (About Us) day-and-date in select theaters and VOD on January 24. Here’s…

Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker has been set for a December 20 China release, in step with domestic. This marks a change from the saga's recent holiday installments which have each bowed in the Middle Kingdom in January, after initial rollout elsewhere. The official Star Wars Weibo account posted a…

2ND UPDATE: Sylvester Stallone’s MGM thriller Samaritan is heading to Dec. 11, 2020. I hear that the actual reason for the move was that the Stallone film needs more time to be completed. That’s one week after the first weekend in December which following Black Friday weekend is a no man’s zone for wide entries. Samari…

Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong is heading to Nov. 20, 2020. Warner Bros. already had the pre-Thanksgiving frame on hold for a major release, and well, this is it.  The pic directed by Adam Wingard will be released in 3D and Imax. After the under-performance of the second film this past summer, Godzilla: King…

Netflix has announced that the second season of its British comedy Sex Education will premiere on January 17. “Get in losers, the new term is starting,” Netflix UK & Ireland tweeted on Monday, announcing the return of the Eleven Film show, starring Gillian Anderson and Asa Butterfield. Get in losers, the new term is…

The China release of Lulu Wang's indie breakout The Farewell has been delayed. The Sundance hit was due in theaters on Friday, November 22, but was abruptly pulled from the schedule this week. There's been no official word as to the reasons behind the change, although it is believed the family dramedy will get a later…

This afternoon, Disney reserved a ton of slots for Fox features all the way into 2023. While we haven’t listed the entire Disney/Fox schedule, we’ve listed the notable changes and tallies below. What’s interesting with all these changes is that the Star Wars films remain on Disney’s calendar, despite the recent…

The New Line movie, Black Adam, based on the DC comics property will hit cinemas on Wednesday Dec. 22, 2021, five days after Fox’s Avatar sequel on Dec. 17. Pic is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, who recently directed star Dwayne Johnson in Disney’s upcoming Jungle Cruise. Black Adam will open up against Sony’s Hotel T…

UPDATED with DOC NYC winners, 6:30 PM: CNN Films has acquired the documentary feature Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice and set its television premiere for New Year’s Day on CNN. Ronstadt was 21 when she first hit the national charts with the Stone Poneys’ “Different Drum,” and her plaintive vocal leapt off the…