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Aaron Couch

Film Editor

Aaron Couch oversees THR’s film team, managing the flow of news and industry reporting. He also edits THR’s Heat Vision blog, which is dedicated to genre movie coverage and is home to the weekly Heat Vision Newsletter. Couch began contributing to THR as a freelancer in 2012 and joined the staff in 2013 as an online editor.

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Box Office: ‘The Fall Guy’ Lands with $28.5M, ‘Phantom Menace’ Tops ‘Challengers’ for No. 2

It was the ‘80s and ‘90s all over again at the weekend box office. Universal’s The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling starrer inspired by the 1980s TV show, kicked off the summer movie season at No. 1 with $28.5 million, while Disney’s re-release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace surprised by coming in at No. […]

Box Office: ‘The Fall Guy’ Headed Toward $28M Debut

The Fall Guy is kicking off summer movie season with a No. 1 debut at the box office this weekend, but it’s coming in below initial tracking. After earning $10.4 million on Friday, the feature is now projected to open to $28 million for the weekend, down from earlier tracking that had it in the […]

Rosamund Pike Joins ‘Now You See Me 3’

Even after playing a sorceress on Wheel of Time, Rosamund Pike still has a few more tricks up her sleeve. The actor is the latest to join the cast of Lionsgate’s Now You See Me 3, the upcoming installment of the magic heist franchise. She’s among a number of newcomers to the series, following Justice […]

‘Fantastic Four’ Enlists Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser will be making his Marvel debut with a role in The Fantastic Four, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. No character details were available, but he joins a cast that includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, Ebon Moss-Bachrach […]

Warner Bros. in Talks to Land Olivia Wilde, LuckyChap Comic Book Movie ‘Avengelyne’

Avengelyne may be flying to Warner Bros., with the studio in early talks to acquire the comic book package that hit earlier this month. Don’t Worry Darling filmmaker Olivia Wilde is attached to direct the feature, with Barbie team Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara of LuckyChap producing. The banner has a first-look deal […]

‘Kraven the Hunter,’ ‘Karate Kid’ Pushed Back by Sony

Kraven the Hunter is seeking new hunting grounds, with the Aaron Taylor-Johnson starrer taking a release date just vacated by The Karate Kid. On Friday evening, Sony moved the villain-centric Kraven the Hunter to the prime winter spot of Dec. 13, 2024 (back from Aug. 30, 2024). Kraven steps into a date that was occupied […]

Sony Pictures Taps Jill Ratner as General Counsel

Jill Ratner is moving from Disney to Sony. The executive is joining Sony Pictures Entertainment as executive vice president and general counsel. She steps into a role vacated by Leah Weil, who announced in January she would transition to an advisory position after 30 years with the company. Ratner begins her new post on May […]

Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman to Voice Star in Charles Dickens-Themed ‘King of Kings’ (Exclusive)

Kenneth Branagh has spent much of his career bringing to life the works of British writers William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie. Now he will now get a chance to play a different famed scribe. Branagh will voice star as Charles Dickens in The King of Kings, a faith-based feature inspired by the lives of both […]

’28 Years Later’ Casts Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes are looking to take a bite out of 28 Years Later, with the actors joining the long-awaited sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Danny Boyle is once again directing, after helming 2002’s 28 Days Later, which centered on a man (Cillian Murphy) who wakes up in the hospital […]

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Trailer Brings Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Together as Frenemies

For Ryan Reynolds, the latest Deadpool & Wolverine trailer is a chance for audiences to see two marquee characters together, a pairing that “took seven years and a lot of begging” to get Hugh Jackman to return as Wolverine. Ahead of the new trailer (watch below), Reynolds shared the post-credits scene from Deadpool 2 (2018), […]

Elliot Page Developing Sci-Fi Novel ‘The Darkness Outside Us’ as Feature (Exclusive)

The Darkness Outside Us is looking to move from the page to the screen. Pageboy Productions, the shingle run by Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, Matt Jordan Smith and Tuck Dowrey, has optioned the rights to the 2021 YA sci-fi novel. Author Eliot Schrefer’s The Darkness Outside Us is a love story about two young men […]

Quentin Tarantino No Longer Making ‘The Movie Critic’ as Final Film

Quentin Tarantino is going back to the drawing board for his 10th and final film. The auteur had been preparing to start shooting The Movie Critic this year, but is backing away from the project, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Tarantino had been honing The Movie Critic for months. Set in 1977 California, it initially […]