Anyone But You
New Rom-Com Wave Is Big on Imagining Real-Life Offline
I’m not embarrassed to admit that I consume all kinds of rom-coms: the good, the not-so-good, the somewhere-in-between. (I draw the line at anything that stars Ashton Kutcher. Hollywood: Please put Pedro Pascal on your rom-com leading-man shortlists. Many thanks in advance.) Anyway, I’ve sensed a shift of late. A change in the vibe. A […]
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Glen Powell to Star in Edgar Wright’s Remake of ‘The Running Man’
Glen Powell, Hollywood’s favorite rising star, has nabbed his first action vehicle. The actor, who cemented his leading-man status with the hit romantic comedy Anyone but You, will star in Paramount’s The Running Man, a new adaptation of the Stephen King novel that Edgar Wright will direct. Wright, who’s been attached to the project since […]
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Sydney Sweeney Says ‘Madame Web’ Was a “Building Block” for Relationship With Sony
Sydney Sweeney has no regrets about Madame Web and sees the film as a catalyst for other projects. In an interview with GQ U.K. published Monday, the actress reflected on how the franchise opened the door for career opportunities such as Anyone But You and Barbarella. “To me that film was a building block. It’s […]
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Where to Stream ‘Anyone But You’ Starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Online
Loosely based on Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing,' the romantic comedy directed by Will Gluck is now available to watch at home.
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Drew Barrymore and Dermot Mulroney Have Tear-Filled ‘Bad Girls’ Reunion
Drew Barrymore and Dermot Mulroney had a tear-filled reunion when the actor surprised the talk show host on Thursday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. The Anyone But You star was one of three people who made an appearance and caught Barrymore off-guard, as the episode was only intended to be a sit-down with Andie […]
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‘Anyone But You’: How TikTok (and Shakespeare) Saved the Romantic Comedy From the Theatrical Graveyard
TikTok may have just saved romantic comedies from being banished forever from the big screen to the hinterlands of streaming. Sony’s Anyone But You, based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, has become a box office darling and could reach $85 million to $100 million domestically against a $25 million budget, despite mediocre reviews and […]
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Box Office: ‘Wonka’ Leads New Year’s Waltz as ‘Aquaman 2’ Continues to Sink
Wonka is winning the long New Year’s weekend box office race as a tumultuous 2023 comes to a close. The Warner Bros. origin pic — starring Timothée Chalamet as young candymaker Willy Wonka — is on course to gross an estimated $29.5 million for the four-day holiday weekend, putting its domestic tally at a sweet […]
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Box Office: ‘Wonka’ Emerges as Christmas Winner, Crosses $100M in U.S. as ‘Aquaman 2’ Drowns
Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka has emerged as this year’s Christmas box office winner, while DC superhero pic Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom drowns. Overall, this holiday season isn’t so joyous for Hollywood studios and theater owners. Case in point: Wednesday revenue was down 52 percent from the same Wednesday in 2019, the last year before the […]
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Box Office: ‘The Color Purple’ Trounces ‘Aquaman 2’ With Near-Record $18M Christmas Day Opening
The Color Purple has brought some much-needed cheer to the year-end holiday box office. The musical — whose producers include Oprah and Steven Spielberg — opened to $18.1 million from 3,142 theaters on Monday, the second best showing ever for a movie opening on Christmas Day and the best since 2009. Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. […]
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Box Office Humbug: ‘Aquaman 2’ Opening to $38M-$40M in U.S. But Swims to $80M Overseas
Christmas revenue at the domestic box office is running behind 2022, a sobering stat as Hollywood studios and theater owners prepare to ring out a topsy-turvy year. As it stands now, combined ticket sales in North America for the marquee holiday weekend (Dec. 22-Dec. 25) are down 7 percent from last year, although the gap […]
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‘Anyone But You’ Director Will Gluck on His Romcom Return, Paparazzi Set Photos and Nathan Fielder “Feud”
Anyone But You filmmaker Will Gluck has returned to the genre in which he first made his name. The New York native has spent much of the past decade making family films such as Annie (2014) and two Peter Rabbit movies, mainly because he wanted to entertain his own young family. Now that his children […]
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‘Anyone But You’ Review: Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Can’t Fake the Fizz in Strained Rom-Com
Having drawn from ‘The Scarlet Letter’ in ‘Easy A,’ Will Gluck now tries a contemporary Shakespearian revamp, dispatching an antagonistic couple to an Australian playground.
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