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Killing Eve star Jodie Comer claims Broadway as her own in her tour de force performance of Prima Facie, a scalding indictment of the law and its limits opening tonight at the Golden Theatre.

Comer plays Tessa, a young, working class Liverpool woman who has become one of London’s most promising defense lawyers through sheer intelligence and needle-sharp courtroom instincts. Her specialty – perhaps, or perhaps not, foisted upon her by the cynical male superiors who run things in ways Tessa only slowly comprehends – is the defense of men charged with sexual assault.

Tessa’s outwardly compassionate, woman-to-woman cross-examinations of assault victims are no less effective for their sympathetic overtones, perhaps more so. Her probing questions and geiger-counter instincts for finding the hidden bombs that will blow a victim’s story to smithereens make Tessa an invaluable force in the courtroom.

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Throughout the early portion of the play, Comer...

The Phantom of the Opera went out on a high in its final week of performances on Broadway, bringing in an all-time record of $3.7 million.

The musical, which had been running on Broadway for 35 years, played its final performance on April 16, in an evening of celebration and spectacle with a red carpet, appearances by original cast members, Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron Mackintosh and an after party. In its final week, the show played to a capacity of 101.46 percent, with its average ticket price hitting $287.07.

These numbers were reached even as the tickets to the final performance were all given away for free. The proceeds from the show’s April 13 performance were donated to four New York City Arts organizations.

The musical had been playing the Majestic Theatre since January 1988, and was the longest running show in Broadway history. After first announcing that the Broadway production would end its run on Feb.

Peter Morgan (The Crown) was among the top winners at this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards with his latest production, Patriots, which took home the coveted Michael Billington Award for Best New Play.

Patriots is the first new play penned by Morgan in a decade. The production is billed as an “incisive study of Russian dissidence via Putin’s friend-turned-foe, Boris Berezovsky.”

Deadline first broke news of the production, which opened at the London’s Almeida Theatre in July with Tom Hollander in the lead role.

Elsewhere, Jodie Comer – who has swept the theatre awards circuit this year for her performance in Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie – was pipped to the Best Actress gong by Patsy Ferran, who won for A Streetcar Named Desire. Ferran joined the production four days before the first performance, where she stars alongside Paul Mescal.

The prize for Best Actor went to Hamilton alum...

Holdovers dominate chart again.

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Aug 5 - 7) Total gross to date Week 1. Bullet Train (Sony) £1.9m £2.9m 1 2. DC League Of Super-Pets (Warner Bros) £1.2m £6.2m 2 3. Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Universal) £1.1m £36.7m 6 4. Thor: Love And Thunder (Disney) £938,102 £33.3m 5 5. Elvis (Warner Bros)

£737,624 £22.7m 7

Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.21

Sony action thriller Bullet Train opened top of the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, with a £1.85m three-day start.

Playing in 671 locations, Bullet Train took an average of £2,751 per site – down on the opening averages of recent number ones DC League Of Super-Pets , Thor: Love And Thunder and Minions: The Rise Of Gru.

The total U.K. and Ireland box office for July 2022 was £126.5 million (152.7 million), according to numbers released by Comscore. While the number is a significant chunk above June’s 116 million, it is still running 20 behind the same period in pre-covid 2019.

“Minions: The Rise Of Gru” debuted at No.1 with £10.4 million, achieving the highest opening of an animated film for 2022. With a total of £35.5 million, the film is now the highest-grossing animation of the year, and No.19 in the all-time animation chart, behind “The Secret Life Of Pets” (£36.5 million).

At No.2, “Thor: Love And Thunder” scored the fourth-highest opening of 2022 with £12.2 million. With a total of £32.3 million, the film is now the sixth-highest grossing film of the year. In third position, late June release “Elvis” added a further £14.7 million for a total of £21.9 million.

After ten weeks on release, Tom Cruise vehicle “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar and is the No.

‘Westlife: Live From Wembley Stadium’ leads event titles.

Sony blockbuster Bullet Train opens in 671 locations at the UK-Ireland box office on a quiet weekend for new releases.

Starring Brad Pitt with a supporting cast including Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon and Sandra Bullock, Bullet Train is set upon the fast-moving eponymous vehicle, as five assassins discover that their missions have something in common.

In a 35-year screen career, Pitt has repeatedly visited the action genre – often in films with another genre element, such as historical action, action-comedy and zombie action.

His highest-grossing film in...

Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy will star in “Loving” and “Take Shelter” director Jeff Nichols’ next feature, Variety has confirmed.

Titled “The Bikeriders” after the 1967 Danny Lyon photography book, the film tells an original story about a ’60s midwestern motorcycle club as it evolves over the course of a decade from a community for outsiders into a far more sinister gang. The film will be Nichols’ sixth directorial effort, and his first since “Midnight Special” and “Loving” premiered in 2016. Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will produce via Tri-State with Nichols, alongside New Regency. Fred Berger executive produces. The film will begin production in Cincinnati, Ohio this October.

Butler recently portrayed legendary rock star Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of the singer’s life. Prior to the film, he was known for his role in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and his television work on “Zoey 101,...

Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy are set to star in the next film from “Midnight Special” and “Loving” director Jeff Nichols in a project called “The Bikeriders” set up at New Regency, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

Nichols will both write and direct the original film that is a period drama set in the 1960s and is inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon from his 1967 book also titled “The Bikeriders.”

Production will begin on the film in Cincinnati, Ohio, this October.

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Though inspired by a group of motorcyclists photographed throughout Chicago, Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” is an original story inspired by the book and follows the rise of a fictional, midwestern motorcycle club. Seen through the lives of its members,...

Exclusive: Mud director Jeff Nichols’ next project looks to be coming together with quite the A-list cast as Deadline is hearing Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy are set to lead the ensemble of The Bikeriders for New Regency. Nichols will direct the pic, which is a fictional story inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon and his 1967 book The Bikeriders.

Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones are producing through Tri-State, the company they share with Nichols, alongside New Regency. Fred Berger is executive producing.

The film is an original story set in the 1960s following the rise of a fictional Midwestern motorcycle club. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life.

Nichols has been putting the project together since the spring,...

Takings up on last year although football-mania hits this weekend.

RankFilm (distributor) Three-day gross (July 29 - 31)Total gross to date Week 1. DC League Of Super-Pets (Warner Bros) £2.6m £2.6m 1 2. Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Universal) £2m £33.5m 5 3. Thor: Love And Thunder (Disney) £1.9m £30.8m 4 4. Elvis (Warner Bros) £1.1m £20.9m 6 5. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) £981,000 £76.1m 10

Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.23

Warner Bros’ animation DC League Of Super-Pets topped the UK-Ireland box office on its opening weekend, as total takings for 2022 passed 2021 with five months still to go.

DC League Of Super-Pets grossed £2.6m across the weekend. It was the widest opening ever for an animated title,...