Columbus in the spotlight: Filming causes uptown closures
Parts of Uptown Columbus will be blocked off to accommodate the film crews.
Seven Columbus Arts Organizations named recipients of Georgia Council for the Arts Awards
Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA), a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), today announced that more than $3.5 million in competitive grant funding will be distributed to recipients across the state through its Bridge, Project, and Arts Education Program grants.
Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Despicable Me 4’ Leaves ‘Em Laughing With $122M+ 5-Day Over July 4th Frame
Despicable Me 4 bounced back from where we saw it earlier this weekend for a $27M Friday and $26.8M Saturday, which will result in a $75M 3-day and $122.6M 5-day.
Weekend Box Office Results: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Easily Scares Up $53M Franchise Opening Record, But ‘Inside Out 2’ Has Last Laugh
So, as we approach the end of the weekend, it wasn’t a close call for No. 1 between Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 and Paramount‘s A Quiet Place: Day One, with the former beating the latter $57.4M to $53M.
IATSE, AMPTP Jointly Announce Tentative Agreement for Hollywood Basic Agreement and Videotape Agreement
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and Alliance [...]
Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Inside Out 2’ Soars With Record Second Weekend For Animated Pic With $100M
It helps when a studio has a mass-appealing movie during a heat wave-laden and rainstorm-soaked weekend, and that is what’s going on here for Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2, which is heading to a historic second frame for an animated movie with $100M per Disney.
Weekend Box Office Results: Pixar Comes Alive: ‘Inside Out 2’ Turns Box Office Right Side Up With 2nd Best Animated Pic Opening Of All-Time
Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is coming in at the high range of what we told you last night –$155M domestic– and an overall mind-blowing $295M global, by far the biggest Hollywood movie opening both stateside and around the world YTD besting Dune: Part Two ($182.5M) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at $194M.
Columbus native making a name for himself as an actor
Laquan Copeland, a Columbus native, is playing a lead role in an upcoming movie, which will be released later this month.
Weekend Box Office Results: Sony Puts Summer Back On Track
Sony‘s Bad Boys: Ride or Die had a great Saturday of $19.5M, -10% against previews/first day of $21.6M, for what’s shaping up to be a $56M opening.
James Franco and Tommy Lee Jones looking to Columbus for next film
James Franco and Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones are leading the action thriller The Razor’s Edge from producer Corey Large and filmmaker Demian Lichtenstein.