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Exclusive: William H. Macy has signed to star in crime comedy Too Many Crooks as an on parole career criminal whose bank robbery plan takes an unexpected turn when he discovers a heist is already underway at his chosen target.

Craig Berenson (Snakes on a Plane) and J. Todd Harris (Chicago 7) are producing the picture, written by Eddie Richey (Phoenix) and directed by Raja Gosnell.

Film Mode Entertainment (Fme) has acquired global rights to the movie, which is currently in pre-production, and will launch sales on the title at the AFM next week.

Macy and Fme President Clay Epstein also take executive producer credits on the crime caper which is based on a Donald Westlake short story, for which he was awarded the prestigious Edgar (Edgar Alan Poe) award for Best Short Story in 1990.

Westlake has been acknowledged by many...

Actress Emma Roberts’ father, Eric Roberts, recently revealed some of his personal regrets regarding his parenting of his daughter.

In a conversation with Michael Rosenbaum on the Inside of You podcast, Eric responded to a question in regard to his disappointments. “Probably the loss of the relationship with my daughter,” he said. “There’s not a pain, there’s a sadness for the most likely misunderstanding is what I’ll have forever because we’re human.”

In Eric’s memoir Runaway Train: The Story of My Life So Far, he gives a deeper explanation of the complicated relationship between himself and Emma.

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He wrote, “I loved my little daughter with the strength of Hercules, despite my own weaknesses…However, I couldn’t handle the realities of an infant coming into my life, and...

Emma Roberts has announced her engagement to actor Cody John on July 16, delighting fans with a sweet Instagram post featuring the couple and her engagement ring. Emma, known for keeping her romantic life private, surprised many with this public declaration of her upcoming nuptials. While no wedding date or venue has been revealed yet, the couple’s engagement has sparked excitement among their followers.

In her Instagram post, Emma shared a joyful picture with Cody, casually showing off her engagement ring. She humorously captioned the post, “putting this here before my mom tells everyone,” with a heart emoji. This playful caption references an incident earlier this year when her mom, Kelly Cunningham, shared a picture of Emma’s son Rhodes, whom she shares with ex-Garrett Hedlund, without consulting her first. Emma had responded to this with a light-hearted Instagram story, expressing her love for both her mom and son despite the oversight.

Eric Roberts is keeping mum (or at least trying to) on his famous family, per instructions.

The Oscar-nominated actor was asked about his sister Julia Roberts on a recent episode of the Still Here Hollywood podcast, to which he responded, “You’ll have to ask her.”

“I love my sister, but I can’t talk about her,” Eric told host Steve Kmetko of his A-list sibling. “She don’t want to talk about it.”

However, the Dark Knight actor admitted his famous daughter Emma Roberts also “told me not to talk about her, but I stumbled and do. I’m not supposed to talk about either of them. But I do.”

Eric is clearly just a proud brother and father. Later in the podcast, when asked about who he admires in the industry, he couldn’t help but praise Emma — whom he shares with his ex Kelly Cunningham — for her...

Space Cadet, starring Emma Roberts, has a 24% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This marks Roberts' third consecutive low-rated film, following Madame Web and Maybe I Do. Despite the low score, Space Cadet could still find an audience on Prime Video and potentially improve its rating.

Rotten Tomatoes gives a score to Emma Roberts new Prime Video movie Space Cadet, and it continues a bleak trend for the actor. Released on July 4, Madame Web star Roberts latest film concerns a Florida party girl with bigger aspirations, who scams her way into astronaut training school, with comedic results. As directed by Liz W. Garcia, the Space Cadet cast also includes Tom Hopper, Gabrielle Union, Poppy Liu and Dave Foley.

Even with Roberts in the lead role, and a solid supporting cast behind her, critics are not over the moon about Space Cadet, as reflected in its just-revealed 24% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Diane Keaton is a living lesson to all the female actors in the industry on how to stay relevant for more than 50 years. Keaton is definitely one of the most successful actors of all time with a glorious resume of credits to her name. The actor never got married and enjoyed her life as a single woman throughout her long illustrious career.

Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists

Of course, Keaton was one of the most sought-after actors in the 70s, and she showed exquisite beauty and prowess in acting. She appeared in many prominent movies and worked with several directors and actors including Annie Hall, acted and directed by Woody Allen.

Several Actors Wanted To Kiss Diane Keaton In Movies

Diane Keaton and Al Pacino in The Godfather. Credit: Paramount Pictures, FilmFlex

Diane Keaton who has an Oscar win and four nominations to her credit has...

Exclusive: Susan Sarandon (Maybe I Do), William H. Macy (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) and Marcia Cross (You) have signed on to star in Exit Right, a new indie that veteran documentary filmmaker Thomas A. Morgan will direct from his own script for the London-based Garrick Street Productions and Square Zero Films.

Marking Morgan’s narrative debut, the film centers on Jan Randall (Sarandon), whose brain — affected with inoperable cancer — makes her deeply afraid of being trapped inside. Refusing to take medications that would reduce her final days to a hospital bed, she moves into a tent in her backyard. Determined to give her one last gift, her husband John courageously takes her on a trip around the world — on foot, in their own hometown, for what is truly the trip of a lifetime.

Sarandon’s Jan Randall is adventurous, confident and strong-willed. She retired after a successful career as a journalist,...

Mother of the Bride is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mark Waters from a screenplay by Robin Bernheim. The Netflix film follows the story of Lana Winslow as she is surprised, to say the least by her daughter Emma’s bombshell wedding at a resort in Phuket, Thailand. But the surprises don’t stop there as when she gets to the wedding she finds out that the groom’s father is the man who broke her heart years ago. Mother of the Bride stars Brooke Shields in the lead role with Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Chad Michael Murray, Sean Teale, Rachel Harris, Wilson Cruz, and Michael McDonald starring in supporting roles. If you loved all the feels and situational comedy in Mother of the Bride here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Madame Web Starcast Salary: Dakota Johnson Earns 669% Higher Than Sydney Sweeney (Picture Credit: IMDb)

American superhero film Madame Web is all set to premiere in February 2024. Starring Dakota Johnson in the lead, the film, helmed by Sj Clarkson, is based on a Marvel comic of the same name. The film is the fourth film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, which also includes characters like Venom, and a film on Kraven is already being made.

The Fifty Shades actress was the first one to come on board to play Cassandra Webb, a woman with psychic abilities who can look into the future events of Spider-World, along with three superwomen with powerful futures.

After Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney joined the cast of this superhero film. And these stars are being paid a fortune for the film. In fact, while the Euphoria star is paid much less than the Fifty Shades star, Dakota...

Los Angeles, Nov 22 (Ians) Oscar-winner Susan Sarandon has been dropped by a top Hollywood agency after saying frightened Jews are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America.”

The 77-year-old actress has spent the past few weeks raging against Israel and is now under fire for her latest outburst in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas, reports pagesix.com.

Sources say that several staffers at the agency were extremely hurt by Sarandon’s comments.

A spokesperson said the agency is no longer representing Sarandon.

Sarandon, the star of hit movies including ‘Thelma & Louise’, won her Oscar for ‘Dead Man Walking’, and had been a client of the agency since 2014.

Sarandon has appeared in two movies this year, DC spin-off ‘Blue Beetle’, which was a box-office flop, and rom-com ‘Maybe I Do’, with fellow veterans Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and William H. Macy, and...

Los Angeles, Nov 22 (Ians) Oscar-winner Susan Sarandon has been dropped by a top Hollywood agency after saying frightened Jews are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America.”

The 77-year-old actress has spent the past few weeks raging against Israel and is now under fire for her latest outburst in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas, reports pagesix.com.

Sources say that several staffers at the agency were extremely hurt by Sarandon’s comments.

A spokesperson said the agency is no longer representing Sarandon.

Sarandon, the star of hit movies including ‘Thelma & Louise’, won her Oscar for ‘Dead Man Walking’, and had been a client of the agency since 2014.

Sarandon has appeared in two movies this year, DC spin-off ‘Blue Beetle’, which was a box-office flop, and rom-com ‘Maybe I Do’, with fellow veterans Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and William H. Macy, and...

You may recognize Garrett Hedlund from movies and TV series like "The Tutor," "Tulsa King," and "The Marsh King's Daughter," but he also made headlines in recent years for his whirlwind romance with Emma Roberts.

Before the stars got together in March 2019, Hedlund was in a long-term relationship with Kirsten Dunst and Roberts was in an on-and-off relationship with her "American Horror Story" costar Evan Peters. However, when things with their respective partners didn't work out, Hedlund and Roberts soon found love with each other, and in August 2020, the "Maybe I Do" actor announced she was pregnant with the couple's first child. That December, it was revealed Roberts had given birth to a boy named Rhodes.

Hedlund told "Today" in August 2021 that they chose the name Rhodes because he loves traveling. "I thought there was something wonderful within the journey and anticipation and always holding on to your wonderment about something,...

Exclusive: William H. Macy (Shameless), John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Joel Courtney (The Kissing Booth), DeVon Franklin (Jesus Revolution), and Stephanie Szostak (A Million Little Things) are among those set to star in On Fire, another new film from Sean McNamara (Reagan) that has landed a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement and will begin production in St. Louis November 6.

News of the project comes following McNamara’s recent commitment to direct the indie One Man’s Castle, penned by producer John Zaring, for Zaring/Cioffi Entertainment, Virtuosity Media, and his own banner Brookwell McNamara Entertainment. Rounding out the cast of today’s film, based on the bestseller by inspirational speaker John O’Leary, are Masey McLain (I Am Not Ashamed), Natalie Buck (Marry Me), and James McCracken (Christmas Again).

Believed to be the first feature to take advantage of Missouri’s new production tax credit, On Fire was adapted for the...

Exclusive: The Renny Harlin action thriller The Bricklayer, starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), has been picked up by Vertical for a day-and-date release in the U.S. early next year.

An adaptation of the same-name novel by former FBI agent Paul Lindsay — who used the pen name Noah Boyd — the film also stars Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Tim Blake Nelson (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), and Ilfenesh Hadera (Billions). The story is that of a rogue insurgent blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it appear the agency is responsible. As other nations begin turning against the U.S., the CIA must lure Steve Vail (Eckhart) — their most brilliant and rebellious operative — out of retirement. With an elite and deadly skill set, Vail is tasked with helping clear the agency’s name, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.

Mercy Road is a thrilling tale about a man named Tom who is trying to save his daughter while being pursued as her abductor. The movie takes place primarily in Tom's truck, with a tight screenplay that adds to the intense and claustrophobic pace. Luke Bracey delivers a strong performance in this high-octane action film, while Toby Jones shines as "The Associate." Look out for Mercy Road in theaters on October 6.

Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from Mercy Road, a new thriller from writer-director John Curran. The movie stars Luke Bracey (Interceptor) as a frantic man named Tom, who is on the run while simultaneously trying to save his daughter (played by Martha Kate Morgan). The rest of the world thinks he himself is the one who has abducted her, but instead, he is furiously following orders from shadowy figures in the hopes of keeping her safe.

Exclusive: Vince Vaughn (Bad Monkey) will topline Nonnas, an original comedy that Stephen Chbosky (Wonder) has been tapped to direct for Fifth Season (80 for Brady), 1Community (Just Mercy) and Madison Wells (The Eyes of Tammy Faye).

Among those joining Vaughn in the film, which wrapped production last month in New Jersey, are Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon (Blue Beetle) and Academy Award nominees Lorraine Bracco (Goodfellas), Talia Shire (Megalopolis) and Brenda Vaccaro (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). Others in the cast include Emmy nominee Linda Cardellini (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), Emmy winner Drea De Matteo (The Sopranos), Joe Manganiello (The Kill Room), Michael Rispoli (Power Book III: Raising Kanan) and Campbell Scott (Jurassic World Dominion).

Written by Liz Maccie, Nonnas is based on the true story of Brooklyn native Joe Scaravella (Vaughn), who, after losing his beloved mother, realizes he’s wasted...

It’s a new month, and Hulu subscribers are getting a slew of new movies and TV shows to enjoy.

June 1 is jam-packed with more than 30 titles that have landed on the streamer, including the seventh and final season of Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar,” the Jack Nicholson-led film “Hoffa,” Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” and the entire “Twilight” franchise.

Mixing in a little of the old with new come goodies from 2023, like “Flamin’ Hot,” which tells the story of Mexican migrant Richard Montanez who came up with the idea for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos while working as a janitor at Frito Lay. The film lands on Hulu June 9.

Ending June with a bang will the be second season of “The Bear,” (June 22), Season 20 of “The Bachelorette” (June 27) and the sixth and final season of “Grown-ish.”

Here’s everything you can expect to hit Hulu this June.

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It’s summer time on Hulu and that can only mean one thing. With its list of new releases for June 2023, Hulu is bringing back last summer’s unexpected hit.

FX’s The Bear season 2 premieres all episodes on June 22. If you’re not already captivated by this intense culinary story about the little Italian beef shop that could, definitely catch up now. This time around, Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and friends will attempt a major foodie rebrand. The only other Hulu series of note this month is the docuseries The Age of Influence. Premiering on June 5, this doc will examine the dark side of influencer culture.

Just like its corporate partner Disney+, Hulu will premiere Eva Longoria’s directorial debut, Flamin’ Hot, in June 9. The movie tells the true story of Frito-Lay janitor Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) who created an iconic snack that forever changed the food industry. Also...

The Emma Roberts comedy has also sold to Germany, Latin America and other markets.

Vertical has bought North American distribution rights to Cannes market comedy Hot Mess, set to start shooting early next year with Emma Roberts starring.

Sales company Mister Smith Entertainment has also sealed distribution deals for the project with Idc for Latin America, Capelight for Germany, Ascot Elite for Switzerland and Nordisk for Scandinavia. The company says it is closing deals for other major territories.

Currently in pre-production, the film is written by Gabrielle D’Amico and will be the feature directing debut of Katie Locke O’Brien. Roberts will play Laurel,...

Exclusive: Vertical has snapped up North American rights out of Cannes to Hot Mess, a new comedy starring Emma Roberts (Madame Web) which is in pre-production for a shoot early next year.

The film repped internationally at Cannes by Mister Smith Entertainment has also already locked in distribution agreements with Idc in Latin America, Capelight in Germany, Ascot Elite in Switzerland and Nordisk in Scandinavia, with deals for other major territories in closing discussions at present.

Hot Mess marks the feature directorial debut of Katie Locke O’Brien, whose 2018 short film Have It All was a finalist for HBO’s Insider Comedy Short Challenge and a semi-finalist of the NBC Short Film Competition. Written by Gabrielle D’Amico, the film follows Laurel Mack (Roberts), who, after imploding in the worst way possible on a wildly popular American dating show, must do the ultimate walk of shame…back to her hometown. Having failed...

Transaction bolsters Horizon’s independent offering to airlines.

Ashland Hill Media Finance has purchased a 50% stake in airline rights distributor Horizon Distribution and the companies will be engaging in talks with sales agents and producers in Cannes.

James MacLean heads Horizon Distribution, which received a strategic investment from Vertical Entertainment several years ago and has licensed titles like 2022 TIFF selection Riceboy Sleeps, rom-com Maybe I Do with Emma Roberts, Richard Gere and Diane Keaton, and mystery thriller The Tutor starring Garrett Hedlund.

The transaction will bolster the roster at Horizon, which over the years has assembled a pipeline of premium...

Mister Smith Entertainment will be bringing Hot Mess to the Cannes market, and Emma Roberts is attached to the project for the lead role. Per Deadline, the film will be helmed by Katie Locke O'Brien, marking her feature directorial debut. The screenplay comes from Gabrielle D'Amico. It will be produced by Debbie Liebling, Maggie Malina, and Laura Lewis. No additional cast members have yet been announced.

In the movie, Roberts plays Laurel Mack, a person who implodes "in the worst way possible on a wildly popular American dating show, must do the ultimate walk of shame…back to her hometown. Having failed to win love on the show, she finds herself living in her quirky parents' basement, without any friends, constantly bumping into the miserable ex the whole town adores, while experiencing the constant mockery of all who witnessed her public meltdown. She embarks on a hilarious and heartfelt journey to discover self-love and,...

Exclusive: Vertical on Wednesday announced their appointment of former Amazon Prime Video exec Jason Pecora to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Distribution.

The L.A.-based Pecora will be responsible for overseeing Sales, Marketing and Operations. He begins immediately, reporting to Vertical Partners Peter Jarowey and Rich Goldberg.

Pecora spent more than four and a half years as Senior Content Acquisition Manager at Prime Video, during that time overseeing all title promotions with leading suppliers including Vertical, Paramount, Viacom, Lionsgate, MGM and AMC. Notably, he last year oversaw Amazon’s release of Top Gun: Maverick, which was the top-selling item on the platform in the U.S. across every category on the day of its release.

Pecora has, over his 14 years in entertainment, consistently succeeded in growing businesses and contributing significant returns on investment through strong industry relationships. He previously focused on the digital home entertainment space...

Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to Catherine Hardwicke’s “Prisoner’s Daughter,” a thriller with Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale that premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

The film is about a terminally ill father who is recently released from prison and struggles to connect with his daughter and grandson. Vertical will release “Prisoner’s Daughter” in theaters on June 30, 2023.

It’s a starry collection of talent. Cox is best known for playing the mephistophelean Logan Roy on “Succession,” while Beckinsale has starred in blockbusters and indie films such as “Underworld,” “Love and Friendship” and “Pearl Harbor.” Hardwicke has directed critical and commercial hits like “Twilight” and “Thirteen.”

In “Prisoner’s Daughter,” Cox stars as Max, who is diagnosed with cancer after 12-years in prison. Granted a compassionate release he goes to live with his daughter, Maxine (Beckinsale). She resents her father but is financially strapped and working multiple...

Slowly but surely, rom-coms are making their comeback on screen. Mostly recently, it comes in the form of The Avenue’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel “One True Loves,” starring Phillipa Soo and Luke Bracey. And really, Bracey would argue that romances are “some of the best movies you can watch.”

“One True Loves” follows Soo’s character Emma as she grapple with the loss of Jesse (Bracey), and finds love in the form of her childhood best friend Sam (Simu Liu). But, when Jesse suddenly calls her one day after being missing for four years, Emma must choose between her husband and her fiancé. And so, an impossible love triangle ensues.

Bracey may have broken onto the scene in action movies like “Point Break” and “Hacksaw Ridge,” but in the last few years, he’s also solidified himself as a rom-com heartthrob. He starred alongside Emma Watson in Netflix’s “Holidate,...

Four best friends head to Italy for a bit of hedonistic adventure in the full trailer for Book Club: The Next Chapter.

Focus Features’ sequel to the 2018 film Book Club hits theaters May 12 with Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen reprising their roles from the original. Andy Garcia, Don Johnson and Craig T. Nelson are also among the returning castmembers in director Bill Holderman’s follow-up.

As seen in the trailer, Book Club: The Next Chapter focuses on Vivian (Fonda) surprising her pals with the news that she and Arthur (Johnson) are tying the knot. Diane (Keaton), Sharon (Bergen) and Carol (Steenburgen) decide to accompany Vivian on an impromptu getaway to Italy in an effort to provide her with a special bachelorette celebration.

The trailer features Vivian’s friends reacting to the news of her impending nuptials. This includes Bergen’s character quipping, “You’re getting married in a church?...

Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from To Catch a Killer, a new thriller being distributed by Vertical. Serving as Argentine director Damián Szifron's English-language directorial debut, which he co-wrote with Jonathan Wakeham, the film releases in theaters on April 21. The story follows a female police investigator recruited by the FBI to profile and chilling murderer.

Shailene Woodley (The Last Letter from Your Lover) stars as Eleanor, the talented but problematic young cop who bears narrative similarities to Silence of the Lambs' Clarice Starling. When she is called in by the FBI’s chief investigator to track a murderer, she will have to battle demons of her own that resurface. To Catch a Killer centers Eleanor's own disturbed psyche as she helps the nationwide manhunt for a man that perhaps only she can understand.

Related: The Silence Of The Lambs: How Did Clarice Know Where To Find Buffalo Bill?...

M. Night Shyamalan’s “Knock at the Cabin” (Universal/$19.99), his final film at the studio before moving to Warner Bros. Discovery , was #1 on all VOD charts in its first week in release. This comes, as usual for Universal titles, after its third weekend in theaters. By contrast, the director’s 2021 “Old” waited more than two months.

It held off a challenge from “The Whale” (A24/$19.99), which took second place at iTunes and Vudu, and #4 at Google Play. Darren Aronofsky’s film, fresh off Brendan Fraser’s SAG Best Actor award, spent more than two months as a theatrical exclusive.

Four Universal titles took 12 of the 30 possible slots this week, or 40 percent. All were released after their third weekend of wide release; all but “The Fabelmans” remain at the premium $19.99 price. “Puss in the Boots: The Last Wish” is second or third on all charts and “M3GAN” (with an unrated version...

Stars: Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere, Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey | Written and Directed by Michael Jacobs

Michelle and Allen have reached the point in their relationship to take the next steps toward marriage. Thinking it is a good idea to invite their parents to finally meet, they set a dinner and make it a family affair. To everyone’s surprise, the affair takes on a whole new meaning as the parents already know each other all too well — they’ve been cheating on their spouses for months… with each other. Trapped in this precarious predicament, they try to hide their dalliances from the kids while confronting their spouses’ lovers head-on. Let the games begin.

I began to consider the possibility that maybe I was liking Maybe I Do by Michael Jacobs throughout the first fifteen to twenty minutes. Yet after about roughly twenty minutes, I came to the terrible...

It took a price reduction, but Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” (Universal/$5.99) is finally getting some significant viewing. With it down to standard VOD cost ($5.99) rather than its initial home viewing cost of $19.99, it is listed on the three charts below for the first time. And it got above #4 anywhere, hitting #1 on iTunes.

The film has been a major box office disappointment, with only $17 million in domestic grosses and $30 million worldwide with virtually all its take already in. That makes its performance as a home revenue asset that much more important.

Its low level of theatrical interest suggested that it might be a challenge to reach viewers willing to pay its initial premium cost. But it is now at a price where its awards attention, strong reviews, and of course Spielberg’s reputation have all boosted it as expected.

“The Fabelmans” is one of three films to take #1 spots. The...

Maybe I Do is a 2023 romantic comedy written and directed by Michael Jacobs. With Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton and William H. Macy.

About the Movie Maybe I Do (2023)

Amy and Jacob are two high school sweethearts that became separated by life’s circumstances, yet never stopped loving each other.

Jacob eventually joins the military and gets deployed overseas, leaving Amy behind with a broken heart. Although their love for each other was never forgotten, the distance was too great for them to stay connected. After several years of silence, Jacob returns home from his deployment with the intention of reuniting with Amy.

Maybe I Do (2023)

Meanwhile, Amy has become successful in her career as a fashion designer but still finds it difficult to let go of her past with Jacob. She is surprised when he shows up at her doorstep one day, with promises...

Screen Rant is thrilled to share the trailer for Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game, which is releasing in theaters on March 17 with distribution from Vertical. Based on a remarkable true story, Pinball stars West Side Story fan-favorite Mike Faist (who is also BAFTA and Tony nominee) and Teen Wolf heroine Crystal Reed. Filmmaking duo Meredith and Austin Bragg wrote and directed the film, which serves as their feature-length directorial debut.

Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game takes place in 1975 and follows GQ journalist Roger Sharpe (played by Faist), whose passion and talent for pinball helped end New York City’s 35-year ban on the beloved arcade game. Reed, meanwhile, portrays Ellen, the woman he falls in love with as he masters the art of the pinball machine. Check out the new trailer below:

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Maybe I Do Review — Maybe I Do (2023) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Michael Jacobs and starring Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, William H. Macy, Luke Bracey, Emma Roberts, Natalie Ortega, Valeria Marrero, Adrienne Acevedo Lovette, Michael Kostroff, Kirk Kelly, Gina Jun, Setty Brosevelt, Kevin D. Benton and Mezi [...]

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Maybe I Do Image: Vertical Entertainment Dry wit and sexy repartee may, lamentably, be considered “old school” in cinema today, particularly in that wittiest and sexiest of genres, the romantic comedy. But Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, who have chemistry to spare both on screen in Michael Jacobs’ rom-com Maybe I Do...

Multiple Oscar-nominated films opened, expanded, or returned this weekend without much box-office impact. Best Picture Oscar nominee “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Disney) took #1 for its seventh weekend (and likely its last; M. Night Shyamalan’s “Knock at the Cabin” should replace it next weekend). It fell a bit off pace over the past two weeks, but it should still supplant fellow Best Picture contender “Top Gun: Maverick” as the biggest 2022 domestic release. James Cameron’s film stands at 620 million domestic, 2.117 billion total worldwide.

Best Animated Feature Nominee “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (Universal) was #2, but that’s been consistently strong performer. At #3 was the Academy-ignored and critically derided “A Man Called Otto” (Sony). With 6,750,000 million in 3,957 theaters, it is the dominant film for older audiences despite its absence from the race.

Excluding “The Way of Water” and “Puss in Boots,” the other 11 nominated films that played this weekend...

Even on a specialty level, horror just works post-pandemic with the latest pop from a strong showing by a trio of films, Fear and Infinity Pool, released this weekend, and Skinamarink in week three.

Fear hails from Deon and Roxanne Avent Taylor’s Hidden Empire Film Group, the all-Black production company behind cult hit Meet The Blacks (2016) and The House Next Door: Meet The Blacks 2, released into a shaky theatrical marketplace in June of 2021 that made nearly 3 million U.S. Fear, directed by Deon Taylor, was self-distributed by Hidden Empire Releasing on 974 screens, opening to an estimated 1.28 million for a per-screen average of 1,315. The breakdown: Fri: 466.9k (includes 132k in Thursday sneaks); Sat: 504k; Sun: estimated 310k.

Shows were sold out in key markets across the country including LA, New York, Sacramento, Atlanta, Miami, DC, and Chicago. The 50 increase from Friday to Saturday, not including Thursday previews, shows strong...

Warning: Spoilers for Maybe I Do.Michael Jacobs' feature directorial debut, Maybe I Do, is a multi-generational romantic comedy starring Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, William H. Macy, Emma Roberts, and Luke Bracey. Jacobs is known for creating television series including Boy Meets World, My Two Dads, and Charles in Charge. Maybe I Do looks at love, happiness, and marriage through six vastly different life experiences and perspectives, leading to an interesting balance of comedy and drama.

When Michelle (Roberts) begins to question what her future looks like with boyfriend Allen (Bracey), he can't give her an answer that assuages her concerns. Michelle gives Allen an ultimatum: either they are moving toward marriage or they aren't moving forward at all. In an attempt to help their children's now troubled relationship, Maybe I Do sees Michelle's parents, Grace (Keaton) and Howard (Gere), and Allen's parents, Monica (Keaton) and Sam (Macy...

Susan Sarandon is opening up about her parenting style. The same month that Sarandon’s daughter, Eva Amurri, described her upbringing as “a circus,” the 76-year-old actress responded to the claim in an interview with Et’s Matt Cohen.

Amurri, 37, made her statement on TikTok, explaining, “People in the industry, who grew up in the industry, sometimes liken the experience to growing up in the circus.”

“You kind of spend these really surreal periods of time really closely intertwined with other people… You become so, so close almost like family. And then one of the things that’s really disorienting about the acting world is then, when the project is done, a lot of times everyone just goes their separate ways and you kind of just disappear back into real life,” she said. “It can be really sad sometimes… It’s always a unique experience to grow up that way.

Plot: Michelle and Allen have reached the point in their relationship to take the next steps toward marriage. Thinking it is a good idea to invite their parents to finally meet, they set a dinner and make it a family affair. To everyone’s surprise, the affair takes on a whole new meaning as the parents already know each other all too well-they’ve been cheating on their spouses for months…with each other. Trapped in this precarious predicament, they try to hide their dalliances from the kids while confronting their spouse’s lovers head-on. Let the games begin!

Review: I went into Maybe I Do with no expectations. These days, the stars of this film have appeared in countless romantic comedies, some of which have been received better than others. When you make that many rom-coms, they tend to blend together, so unless you are a dedicated fan of the genre,...

Michael Jacobs makes his directorial debut with the multi-generational romantic comedy Maybe I Do. Jacobs has had an important hand in shaping their childhood with Boy Meets World, My Two Dads, and Charles in Charge. His new film looks at love, happiness, and marriage from six different perspectives, with different opinions on how marriage can change a relationship forever.

Michelle (Emma Roberts) and Allen (Luke Bracey) have very different opinions about marriage. When she gives him an ultimatum about the future of their relationship, their parents step in to try and help. Setting up a dinner for their parents to meet for the first time Michelle's parents, Howard (Richard Gere) and Grace (Diane Keaton) are shocked to discover that they already know Allen's parents Monica (Susan Sarandon) and Sam (William H. Macy). Now, the parents scramble to secretly confront the troubles in their own marriages while trying to help Allen...

Maybe I Do is a new multi-generational romantic comedy written and directed by Michael Jacobs, who brought audiences Boy Meets World, My Two Dads, and Charles in Charge. Jacobs' feature directorial debut features a powerhouse cast with Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, William H. Macy, Emma Roberts, and Luke Bracey. Maybe I Do looks at love, happiness, and marriage through six very different experiences and perspectives.

Michelle (Roberts) and Allen (Bracey) have been together for a while, but when she asks him what he sees for their future, Allen is unable to answer. Michelle gives him an ultimatum: either they are heading toward marriage or they don't have a future at all. In an attempt to help, their parents ask Michelle and Allen to set up a dinner so they can all meet and talk. However, Michelle's parents, Grace (Keaton) and Howard (Gere), discover that they are already familiar with Allen's parents,...

Michael Jacobs’ romantic comedy attempts to present a universal portrait of the difficulties faced by couples young and old, those just starting out and those married for many years. So it’s ironic that Maybe I Do, which features such stellar screen veterans as Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and William H. Macy plus relative youngsters Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, has exactly the opposite effect. Instead of relating to the characters onscreen, you marvel at how they all look so good. The dominant message isn’t that all couples have issues, but rather that movie stars age so much better than the rest of us.

Adding to the dissonance is that the film represents reunions for many of the cast members — and that we’ve seen them together before, most of the time in much better films. Gere and Sarandon have played married couples in Shall We Dance...

Even if you walked into “Maybe I Do” knowing nothing about its pre-production provenance, it likely would not take long for you to discern, from the clockwork pacing, punchline-littered dialogue and frequent proscenium-arch framing, that this formulaic but fitfully entertaining trifle is based on a stage play. Indeed, for those viewers who recall the heyday of celebrity-driven dinner theater, the film may spark memories of wolfing down prime rib and knocking back mixed drinks before chuckling at the antics of aging and/or under-employed film and TV stars in everything from comedies by Neil Simon (or Neil Simon wannabes) to Broadway flops that enjoyed extended afterlives in the hinterland.

As it turns out, writer-director Michael Jacobs based “Maybe I Do” on his own “Cheaters,” a comedy that lasted scarcely a month on Broadway in 1978, and was most notable at the time for being the work of a playwright who was then only 22 years old.

With Valentine’s Day just weeks away, many new romantic movies will premiere. One in particular that is worth noting is Maybe I Do. Written and directed by Michael Jacobs, a veteran of sitcoms like My Two Dads and Dinosaurs, Maybe I Do follows the story of Michelle and Allen. These two young people begin to question where their relationship will go next. They decide to invite their parents together for a family dinner. Little do they know, but all of their parents are involved in extramarital affairs with each other. It is a zany throwback to a romantic comedy and one that should appeal to all ages. Plus, it also stars Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, and Willam H. Macy, which makes this one hell of a cast.

I got to chat about the new film with three stars, including Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, and Diane Keaton. Emma talked about...

From left: Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, William H. Macy, Susan Sarandon in Maybe I Do Photo: Endeavor Content Veteran TV writer/director Michael Jacobs makes his feature debut with Maybe I Do, a purported rom-com about marriage and the intertwined relationships among three couples or, more accurately, couplings. At first,...

Diane Keaton loved reuniting with Richard Gere on their latest flick “Maybe I Do”.

Keaton and Gere previously starred in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” together back in 1977, with the actress discussing the reunion in an interview with Et Canada’s Carlos Bustamante.

She insists of the upcoming comedy, “I like the movie, I like the people that were in the movie, and acting in the movie.

“It was a great experience, especially Richard Gere since I worked with him… how many years [ago]?”

Read More: Emma Roberts Says Working Alongside Richard Gere Is ‘Full Circle Moment’

A synopsis for their movie reads, “With their relationship at a crossroads, Michelle and Allen invite their parents to finally meet. As it turns out, their parents already know each other, maybe a little too well.”

The flick also stars Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Susan Sarandon and William H. Macy.

Keaton says when asked if...

Maybe I Do, a romantic comedy from the mind of Boy Meets World creator Michael Jacobs, centers around a young couple, Michelle (Emma Roberts) and Allen (Luke Bracey), as an awkward incident at her best friend's wedding leads Michelle to give Allen an ultimatum—24 hours to decide if their relationship is heading down the aisle or not. Thanks to a suggestion from her father, Michelle decides that in that one-day window, they should have dinner with both sets of their parents to really see if their families should be bound together forever in holy matrimony. The hitch comes from a Crazy, Stupid, Love-style twist: their parents are already having affairs with each other.

In their second rom-com together since 2020's Holidate, stars Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey reunite in Maybe I Do as Michelle and Allen, a young couple at a turning point in their relationship. Trying to figure things out, they get their parents — played by Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere and William H. Macy — together one night for dinner. What they don't realize is that they all already know each other, and not in the way they would expect.

Two married couples, both in the upper echelons of middle-aged. Each couple is bored and disinterested in their own way: he’s too nice, she’s too uptight; he’s too caddish, she’s too wanton. In their desperation, these spouses drift into affairs — sexual, emotional, somewhere in between — all of which are allowed to go under the radar until, that is, their kids decide they maybe, kind of, sort of, just might want to marry each other. Then it all blows up in their faces.

This is the ham-fisted, forced premise of Michael Jacobs’ “Maybe I Do” which, despite its A-list cast, can’t escape its shoddy writing and worse filmmaking. The two married couples in question are Sam (William H. Macy) and Monica (Susan Sarandon), the former’s overt, ho-hum sweetness bucking up against the sensual desire of his wayward wife.

Monica takes up with Howard (Richard Gere...

Rom-coms are certainly back on trend and Emma Roberts has done her fair share in this resurgence. After starring in The Holidate and About Fate, the actress is headed to yet another romantic project in Maybe I Do. Written and directed by Michael Jacobs, the film focuses on Michelle (Roberts) and Allen (Luke Bracey), a young couple on the road to getting married. As they plan their future together, they decide to host a dinner for both of their families to get to know each other and get along. Yet, things take an unprecedented turn when the couple notices that their parents have not only met before but are currently entangled in extra-marital relationships. Michelle's mom (Diane Keaton) is having an affair with Allen's dad (William H. Macy), while Allen's mom (Susan Sarandon) is having an affair with Michelle's dad (Richard Gere). If you are in for a recommendation that...