Interviews News Stories Exhibition Features Hard Boiled: Director Chad Stahelski Doesn’t Pull Any Punches in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Daniel Loria • May 14th Chad Stahelski had been around the industry well before his directorial debut in 2014’s John Wick. After spending two decades as a stunt double—taking and doling out punches for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars—Stahelski tried his hand at directing alongside... Exhibition Features Celebrating Adrian Smith: The Executive Looks Back on Three Decades at Sony Pictures Entertainment Daniel Loria • May 10th Adrian Smith began his career in the entertainment industry over 40 years ago, following in the footsteps of his father in the exhibition business. Chalk it up to teenage rebellion, but Smith always had his eye on joining the distribution... Exhibition Features Why Superheroes and the Big Screen Experience Still Matter: An Interview with Avengers: Endgame Co-Director Joe Russo • Apr 23rd “It’s going to be a unique and singular experience in movie history, and people are going to want to share that experience together—even more than Infinity War, frankly.” CinemaCon CinemaCon 2019 Filmmakers’ Roundtable: Anthony Russo, Olivia Wilde, Dexter Fletcher, & Elizabeth Banks on the Audience Experience • Apr 5th CinemaCon 2019 wrapped up yesterday, and earlier this week NATO's convention played host to a quartet of successful filmmakers at their annual roundtable. Exhibition Features High Five: Interview with FIVE FEET APART Director Justin Baldoni Boxoffice Staff • Mar 12th An interview with the director of the new romantic drama coming out this Friday, March 15. Exhibition Features What’s on Second?: Interview with SECOND ACT Director Peter Segal Boxoffice Staff • Dec 18th Peter Segal has directed comedies starring some of Hollywood’s biggest names: Anger Management with Jack Nicholson, Get Smart with Steve Carell and Dwayne Johnson, The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, Grudge Match with Robert De Niro and... Exhibition Features Straight from the Hart: Interview with THE FRONT RUNNER screenwriters Matt Bai and Jay Carson Boxoffice Staff • Nov 5th Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Weiner—in the past three decades, allegations of extramarital affairs or sexual improprieties committed by all these men were fair game for reporters. Yet once upon a time, politicians from Franklin Roosevelt... Exhibition Features Greatness Awaits: Interview with IN SEARCH OF GREATNESS Director Gabe Polsky Boxoffice Staff • Oct 30th What made the best athletes of all time the best? In his provocative new documentary In Search of Greatness, in theaters November 2, Gabe Polsky puts forth a counterintuitive explanation – with implications extending far beyond the world of sports.... Exhibition Features Not So ‘Simple’ — Interview with A SIMPLE FAVOR Director Paul Feig Boxoffice Staff • Sep 11th Paul Feig’s last four movies—Bridesmaids, Spy, The Heat, and Ghostbusters—each earned more than $100 million at the box office. Now the director is crossing genres with the thriller A Simple Favor, in theaters September 14. In the film, Anna Kendrick... Exhibition Features Still No Capes!: Pixar launches a sequel to one of its most beloved films with INCREDIBLES 2 Boxoffice Staff • Jun 14th Typical teenager Tony Rydinger has just asked out his classmate Violet Parr and is enjoying a sunny day outside a track and field competition. Suddenly a supervillain bursts out from underground with a gigantic drill hundreds of feet long. Proclaiming... Exhibition Features You’re It: Interview with TAG Director Jeff Tomsic Boxoffice Staff • Jun 12th “Based on a true story. We’re not kidding.” That’s the apt tagline for Tag, the action comedy in theaters June 15 taken from a real-life story almost too crazy to believe. Several friends from Spokane, Washington, in the 1980s devised... Exhibition Features Writer’s Block: Interview with Director Kay Cannon on BLOCKERS Boxoffice Staff • Apr 5th Three high school girls make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night—but their parents find out and spend the whole increasingly crazy evening attempting to stop them. That’s the premise of Universal’s R-rated comedy Blockers, out April 6.... Load more stories
Exhibition Features Hard Boiled: Director Chad Stahelski Doesn’t Pull Any Punches in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Daniel Loria • May 14th Chad Stahelski had been around the industry well before his directorial debut in 2014’s John Wick. After spending two decades as a stunt double—taking and doling out punches for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars—Stahelski tried his hand at directing alongside...
Exhibition Features Celebrating Adrian Smith: The Executive Looks Back on Three Decades at Sony Pictures Entertainment Daniel Loria • May 10th Adrian Smith began his career in the entertainment industry over 40 years ago, following in the footsteps of his father in the exhibition business. Chalk it up to teenage rebellion, but Smith always had his eye on joining the distribution...
Exhibition Features Why Superheroes and the Big Screen Experience Still Matter: An Interview with Avengers: Endgame Co-Director Joe Russo • Apr 23rd “It’s going to be a unique and singular experience in movie history, and people are going to want to share that experience together—even more than Infinity War, frankly.”
CinemaCon CinemaCon 2019 Filmmakers’ Roundtable: Anthony Russo, Olivia Wilde, Dexter Fletcher, & Elizabeth Banks on the Audience Experience • Apr 5th CinemaCon 2019 wrapped up yesterday, and earlier this week NATO's convention played host to a quartet of successful filmmakers at their annual roundtable.
Exhibition Features High Five: Interview with FIVE FEET APART Director Justin Baldoni Boxoffice Staff • Mar 12th An interview with the director of the new romantic drama coming out this Friday, March 15.
Exhibition Features What’s on Second?: Interview with SECOND ACT Director Peter Segal Boxoffice Staff • Dec 18th Peter Segal has directed comedies starring some of Hollywood’s biggest names: Anger Management with Jack Nicholson, Get Smart with Steve Carell and Dwayne Johnson, The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, Grudge Match with Robert De Niro and...
Exhibition Features Straight from the Hart: Interview with THE FRONT RUNNER screenwriters Matt Bai and Jay Carson Boxoffice Staff • Nov 5th Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Weiner—in the past three decades, allegations of extramarital affairs or sexual improprieties committed by all these men were fair game for reporters. Yet once upon a time, politicians from Franklin Roosevelt...
Exhibition Features Greatness Awaits: Interview with IN SEARCH OF GREATNESS Director Gabe Polsky Boxoffice Staff • Oct 30th What made the best athletes of all time the best? In his provocative new documentary In Search of Greatness, in theaters November 2, Gabe Polsky puts forth a counterintuitive explanation – with implications extending far beyond the world of sports....
Exhibition Features Not So ‘Simple’ — Interview with A SIMPLE FAVOR Director Paul Feig Boxoffice Staff • Sep 11th Paul Feig’s last four movies—Bridesmaids, Spy, The Heat, and Ghostbusters—each earned more than $100 million at the box office. Now the director is crossing genres with the thriller A Simple Favor, in theaters September 14. In the film, Anna Kendrick...
Exhibition Features Still No Capes!: Pixar launches a sequel to one of its most beloved films with INCREDIBLES 2 Boxoffice Staff • Jun 14th Typical teenager Tony Rydinger has just asked out his classmate Violet Parr and is enjoying a sunny day outside a track and field competition. Suddenly a supervillain bursts out from underground with a gigantic drill hundreds of feet long. Proclaiming...
Exhibition Features You’re It: Interview with TAG Director Jeff Tomsic Boxoffice Staff • Jun 12th “Based on a true story. We’re not kidding.” That’s the apt tagline for Tag, the action comedy in theaters June 15 taken from a real-life story almost too crazy to believe. Several friends from Spokane, Washington, in the 1980s devised...
Exhibition Features Writer’s Block: Interview with Director Kay Cannon on BLOCKERS Boxoffice Staff • Apr 5th Three high school girls make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night—but their parents find out and spend the whole increasingly crazy evening attempting to stop them. That’s the premise of Universal’s R-rated comedy Blockers, out April 6....
