EXCLUSIVE: It’s finally happened, and as Michael and Janet Jackson would have sang, ‘it makes ya wanna scream’. The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has been caught in a landslide as the King of Pop’s biopic, Michael, is now the highest grossing musical biopic ever with $911.9M worldwide. It’s a feat that Lionsgate and Universal […]

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Before the Michael Jackson biopic conquers Japan next weekend, global box office numbers this morning show that Lionsgate’s highest grossing movie ever stands at $897.9M after a $23.1M global seventh weekend. That $897M includes non Universal territories handled by Volga. Volga is handling Russia where the pic has done close to $10M. […]

Amid a period of huge growth for Universal Destinations & Experiences, the Comcast NBCUniversal unit has appointed Donna Mirus Bates to the position of Global Franchise Strategy Officer. In the role, she will oversee franchise management & strategic partnerships for the company’s theme parks, resorts, merchandise and entertainment experiences. She reports to Vince Klaseus, President […]

Comcast NBCUniversal will invest £6B ($8.1B) in a new Universal theme park in the UK, its first in Europe. The UK’s Culture, Media & Sport department has officially revealed that the Universal United Kingdom Resort will begin construction in Bedfordshire soon, expected to complete by 2031, at which point it will aim to attract 8.5 […]

Whatever else you want to say about Leah McSweeney, it can’t be denied that the Real Housewives of New York alum is persistent when it comes to her lawsuit against reality kingpin Andy Cohen, Bravo and its parent company NBCUniversal, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Hoping to fight off a dismissal motion from Cohen and the […]