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A military expert gives high marks for realism to the critically panned Shia Labeouf movie Man Down. Released in 2015, Man Down concerned a Marine (Labeouf) returning to his hometown after a tour in Afghanistan and finding America mysteriously devastated. Grossing just $167,000 worldwide, the film was eviscerated by critics, a fact reflected in its current 16% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Man Down may not have worked for critics or audiences at the time of its release, but the Labeouf war movie does have more than a few redeeming qualities according to one military expert. In a video for Insider, urban warfare researcher John Spencer broke down the film’s combat scenes, and gave it high marks for its depiction of the devastation wrought by IEDs, its portrayal of weapon use and its accurate reflection of real urban combat tactics. One thing did bother Spencer however: a mule kick a soldier uses to knock down a door.

Rik Mayall wasn’t just a comedy genius, he was at the fundamental core of British comedy from the 80s’ until his untimely death. ‘Al Pacino: The Movies Behind The Man’ author and broadcaster, Mark Searby sheds light into the creative work of the man in his new book ‘Rik Mayall: Comedy Genius’.

With a career born from frustrations, opinions and political strains of the working class in the 1980s, Mayall and a motley crew of young fresh talent led the uprising of alternative comedy. Taking a lead from Punk music, they took no prisoners. It was politically incorrect, anarchic and stuck two fingers up to the establishment and furthermore, it stood for something. In its new form, Mayall and his compadres had made comedy into a vessel to speak freely and represent the feelings of a fresh, passionate and raw new generation, something that has since been remixed...

Call it the Shianaissance, but Shia Labeouf is igniting an indie box office revival.

Labeouf further proved his on-screen bankability last weekend as his autobiographical drama “Honey Boy” kicked off above expectations, garnering $288,824 from four venues in New York and Los Angeles. That haul marks one of the best starts for a platform release this year with ticket sales equating $72,206 per location. Other strong theater averages in 2019 include A24’s “The Farewell”, Disney’s “Avengers: Endgame” and Neon’s “Parasite”.

“It really shows how important a slow theatrical rollout can be,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst with Comscore. “The time of year matters as well. We are in the heart of awards season. ‘Honey Boy’ isn’t duking it out with big named blockbusters in a wide release, it’s doing its own thing.”

“Honey Boy” continues a strong box office showing for Labeouf, whose feel-good film “The Peanut Butter Falcon...

The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival has officially gotten underway. Coming to the cinematic world between the meat market of the Sundance Film Festival every January and the prestige of the Cannes Film Festival every May, the fest is hitting at arguably the perfect time. Each and every April for the last 16 years, Tribeca has showcased a wife variety of (mostly) independent movies, some of which can struggle to see the light of day, while others fare better and break through. Still, there’s always a gem or two in the lineup, along with even the occasional Academy Award nominee. That should still be the case in 2019, so now is a solid time to take a look at some of what Tribeca has to offer for this year. Last year, two of the best movies ever to play the festival hit in All About Nina and Disobedience. They were joined by the...

Cineville has attached writer-director Dito Montiel to the independent dramatic thriller “Afterward,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Production is planned to start in the spring of 2019. Producers are Thomas D. Adelman, production manager on “The Usual Suspects”; Elizabeth Gast Napolitano; Frederic Demey (“Female Fight Squad”) and Carl Colpaert.

The story centers on a father’s struggle to deal with the passing of his daughter, which leads him on a quest for truth and justice against corruption and small town politics.

Montiel made his feature directorial debut on 2006’s “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” followed by “Fighting,” “The Son of No One,” “Empire State,” “Boulevard,” “Man Down,” and “The Clapper.”

“I’m excited to have Cineville behind me as we guide ‘Afterward’ into production,” he said. “While I’m hardly said to have a particular style or type of film I gravitate towards, ‘Afterward’ represents a challenging change of direction and a personal project for me,...

For more than a year, Rihanna and her label Roc Nation have been hunting for beats as they work to complete an album devoted to exploring the singer’s Caribbean roots, according to conversations with eight sources close to the project. In addition, two of those sources suggest that the singer is simultaneously at work on another pop-oriented album.

Rihanna first mentioned the possibility of releasing a reggae-centric album publicly during a Vogue profile for the June issue, but her and her potential collaborators have been quiet ever since. The magazine suggested that Supa Dups,...

DC Comics' "Trinity" #20, now available is written by James Robinson and illustrated by Patrick Zircher, with covers by Guillem March and Bill Sienkiewicz:

"...in 'Man Down', part one, as the 'Trinity' deals with the fallout of the battle for 'Skartaris', each set out to search for the missing 'Steve Trevor'. 

"But looming on the horizon are the magical armies of 'Deimos' and their plan to lay siege to the entire planet. 

"Deimos' true goal will bring 'Superman', 'Batman' and 'Wonder Woman' to their knees..."

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On the final of “The Four” on Feb. 8, Evvie McKinney pulled off a stunning upset by winning over frontrunner Zhavia. Heading into the night, Zhavia was the top pick of a whopping 76% of our readers while McKinney managed a mere 12% of the vote. The other two finalists — Candice Boyd and Vincint Cannady — earned just 8% and 4% respectively. If you haven’t voted in our poll yet, be sure to do so at the bottom of this post and then sound off in the comments section about this new reality competition series hosted by Fergie.

McKinney was named iHeartRadio’s “On the Verge” artist and was signed to Republic Records. That label’s head of talent, Charlie Walk, had been a judge on the first five episodes of this new reality competition series but he stepped aside following allegations of inappropriate behavior.

Without Walk, it was left to judges Sean Combs, DJ Khaled...

Sean Combs, DJ Khaled and Meghan Trainor crowned 20-year old Evvie McKinney the first-ever winner of “The Four: Battle For Stardom” on Thursday, February 8. The gritty R&B singer wowed the panel with her fearless performances and powerful voice. In addition to the title, Evvie was named iHeartRadio’s “On the Verge” artist and was awarded a recording contract with Republic Records. But do you agree with the panel’s decision? Or did you think Candice Boyd, Vincint Cannady or Zhavia gave the superior performance at the finale? Vote in our poll below.

Evvie was the last challenger to audition on “The Four” Season 1, making her first appearance just last week. But her undeniable energy on the stage made her impossible to forget. She sang “Rise Up” for her first song and the panel instantly wondered if they had a star on their hands. Any doubt was erased after she...

In the sixth and final episode of Fox’s reality TV music competition “The Four,” one talented artist was named the show’s first-ever winner after a season of shocking eliminations and breathtaking vocals. At the start of the Season 1 finale, the four artists sitting in the coveted seats were 20-year-old Evvie McKinney from Memphis, Tennessee, 26-year-old Vincint Cannady from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27-year-old Candice Boyd from Rancho Cucamonga, California, and 16-year-old Zhavia from Los Angeles, California. Which artist earned the confetti shower and bragging rights as the inaugural winner of “The Four: Battle For Stardom”?

Below, check out our minute-by-minute “The Four” recap of Season 1, Episode 6 to find out what happened Thursday, February 8. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite singers, which performances had you in tears and what you think of this season’s champion. Zhavia was our readers’ pick for they Wanted to win,...

"Who is The Clapper?" Momentum Pictures has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled The Clapper, the latest from director Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Fighting, The Son of No One, Man Down). The Clapper is about a man, played by Ed Helms, who enjoys his job to be paid to fill seats in infomercial audiences. But when a talk late night TV talk show host discovers and makes fun of him, his whole life gets turned upside-down. Very weird concept for a film, but this trailer actually makes it look kind of amusing, with a sweet side. The cast includes Amanda Seyfried, Tracy Morgan, P.J. Byrne, Charles Halford, and Leah Remini. This probably isn't what you're expecting, but doesn't look too bad. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Dito Montiel's The Clapper, direct from YouTube: Eddie is a guy who gets paid...

Over a decade ago, Dito Montiel made a well received indie movie, “A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints,” but ever since has largely been failing upwards. A string of movies have followed, that find him working with decent names (Dwayne Johnson, Shia Labeouf, Kate Mara, Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Juliette Binoche) but all them have failed critically or commercially or both (“The Son Of No One,” “Empire State,” “Boulevard,” “Man Down“).

Continue reading ‘The Clapper’ Trailer: Ed Helms & Amanda Seyfried Fall In Love at The Playlist.

2017-07-09T09:24:34-07:00Shia Labeouf Released on Bond

Actor Shia Labeouf has been released from a Georgia jail after posting $7,000 bond on charges of public drunkenness.

The Chatham County Sheriff's Office says the 31-year-old was arrested in a hotel lobby at 4 a.m. Saturday by the Savannah Police Department and released.

He also faces charges of disorderly conduct and obstruction.

Police say Labeouf asked a bystander for a cigarette and when he was refused, he became disorderly, "using profanities and vulgar language in front of the women and children present."

Read the rest of this article at The Hollywood Reporter.

Shia Labeouf has recenly appeared in Man Down.

Shia Labeouf was arrested on Saturday morning in Savannah, Georgia, Et can confirm.

A spokesperson for the Chatham County Sheriff's Office tells Et that the 31-year-old actor was booked for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and obstruction.

Related: Shia Labeouf's 'Man Down' Only Earns $26 in the UK, Movie to Be Pulled From Theaters

He was taken into custody at 4 a.m. Et also confirmed Labeouf's release from jail at approximately 11 a.m. Est on a $3,500 bond.

This isn't the first time the Transformers star has been arrested while intoxicated -- in 2014, Labeouf was handcuffed and escorted out of a Broadway performance of Cabaret after downing "a lot of whiskey."

After his 2014 arrest, the actor sought "treatment for alcohol addiction," his rep said in a statement to Et at the time. "He understands that these recent actions are a symptom of a larger health problem and he has taken the first of many necessary steps towards...

Shia Labeouf was arrested in Georgia early Saturday morning, charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. According to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department jail records, the “Transformers” star was arrested in Savannah around 4 a.m. and booked on suspicion of disorderly conduct, obstruction and public drunkenness. His bond was set at $7,000. An official at the Chatham County Detention Center confirmed to TheWrap that Labeouf was detained there and had been released. Also Read: Shia Labeouf's 'Man Down' Sold Only 1 Ticket in UK Release A representative for Labeouf did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Shia Labeouf’s career over the last several years has been overshadowed by his offscreen antics, and it doesn’t seem like that’s going to change anytime soon. The 31-year-old actor was arrested in Georgia earlier this morning on suspicion of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, according to jail records from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department (via The Hollywood Reporter). Labeouf was arrested around 4 a.m. Et. Bond is set at $7,000.

Read More: Why Shia Labeouf Needs a Career Reboot

The details surrounding the incident have not been disclosed, but it wouldn’t be the first time Labeouf was arrested for public drunkenness. He infamously disrupted a Broadway performance of “Cabaret” in fall 2014 by standing up and yelling at the actors on stage. The actor was escorted out of the show in handcuffs at intermission and was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of criminal trespassing.

The first time I really discovered the lovely Kate Mara, she was terrorizing  Dylan McDermott in the first season of American Horror Story. Ever since the actress continues to take on interesting projects including Man Down, Morgan and The Martian. With her latest - the true story of a Marine corporal who develops a wonderful relationship with a combat dog - the actress gives what is possibly her best work to date. Megan Leavey is a true story, and Kate is terrific... Read More...

The first trailer has dropped for Shia Labeouf’s next film, “Borg/McEnroe.” Directed by Janus Metz Pedersen, the biopic tells the story of the famous rivalry between Swedish tennis superstar Björn Borg and his biggest opponent, American player John McEnroe, during 1980’s Wimbledon Championships. Labeouf stars as McEnroe, while Sverrir Gudnason (“Monica Z,” “Gentlemen”) plays Borg. The film also stars Stellan Skarsgård and Tuva Novotny.

Read More: ‘Borg/McEnroe’: See First Image of Shia Labeouf as Tennis Star John McEnroe for Biopic

In an interview with Variety in October, Labeouf said, “[McEnroe and I have] everything in common. Passionate. Perfectionist. Narcissistic. I’m a bit of a caricature also. You look for parallels in your life, and I’m lucky because there is a lot here…I’m eager to meet him before we shoot. I got nothing but love and respect for him. The script is brilliant. We are all here because of that.

Now in its sixteenth year, New York City’s own Tribeca Film Festival kicks off every spring with a wide variety of programming on offer, from an ever-expanding Vr installation to an enviable television lineup, but the bread and butter of the annual festival is still in its film slate. This year’s festival offers up plenty of returning favorites with new projects, alongside fresh faces itching to break out. From insightful documentaries to fanciful features, with a heavy dose of Gotham-centric films (hey, it is Tribeca after all), there’s plenty to dive into here, so we’ve culled the schedule for a few surefire hits.

This year’s Tribeca Film Festival takes place April 20 – 30. Check out some of our must-see picks below.

Read More: Why ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is the Most Anticipated Screening of the Tribeca Film Festival

“A Gray State”

It might be the craziest story...

Shia Labeouf is exiling himself.

For his next trick, the actor-turned-performance artist will spend a month living alone in a cabin in the remote Lapland region of Finland, the Associated Press reports. His only form of communication with the outside world will come via text message to visitors of a Helsinki museum.

The project, called #Alonetogether, is set to include Nastja Ronkko and Luke Turner, the other two members of his art collective. Beginning Wednesday, all three will begin living alone in separate cabins in Finland.

Visitors to the Kiasama museum in Helsinki can communicate with Labeouf, Ronkko and Turner via text message.

Shia Labeouf is taking some time for himself.

Beginning Wednesday, the 30-year-old actor will be spending a month alone in a remote cabin located in Finland, Switzerland, and will only be able to communicate with the outside world via text message. Visitors of the Kiasama museum in Helsinki will be able to text Labeouf, along with members of his art collective, Nastja Ronkko and Luke Turner, who will be in separate cabins nearby.

Watch: Shia Labeouf's Man Down Only Earns $26 in the UK, Movie to Be Pulled From Theaters

While Labeouf, Ronkko and Turner will be able to text with people, they are forbidden to have contact with one another. For fans that can't make it out to Helsinki, a livestream of the museum and Labeouf's texts are on the museum's website.

In January, the Transformers star was arrested in New York City after allegedly attacking a 25-year-old male at a protest. The protest...

In today's Horror Highlights, we have release details for Asylum of Darkness and Chupacabra Territory, a new poster for Hounds of Love, details on Ghost Brothers moving to Destination America, acquisition info on Red Christmas, and details on MondoCon 2017.

Asylum of Darkness: "'Wild Eye Releasing unlocks the doors to award-winning filmmaker Jay Woelfel's supernatural horror feature Asylum of Darkness this April.

Woelfel’s stirring cocktail of supernatural suspense and goosebump-inducing horror features a superlative cast of sci-fi and horror icons including Golden Globe nominee Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), in one his final film appearances.

Tim Thomerson (Trancers, Near Dark, Nemesis) and Tiffany Shepis (12 Monkeys, Tromeo and Juliet, Tales of Halloween) also star in the movie, a striking, spine-tingling horror jaunt, shot in 35mm, that resembles the works of genre icons Lynch and Cronenberg.

After awakening in a mental asylum, a patient plans his escape to freedom while...

That’s quite the gutter talk you’re spouting, Shia Labeouf. In what we’re assuming isn’t one of Labeouf’s many baffling performance-art projects, the “Eagle Eye” star was captured on video Wednesday going off on a bartender at Pinz Bowling Center in Studio City, California, calling the employee a “f—ing racist.” TMZ reports that Labeouf was ushered from the establishment after shouting at the employee. Also Read: Shia Labeouf's 'Man Down' Sold Only 1 Ticket in UK Release It’s uncertain why Labeouf considered the bartender a racist, but an eyewitness told TMZ that...

As they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity. 

After becoming the subject of ridicule following an opening weekend in the U.K. in which it attracted a solitary cinemagoer (a debut of $8.20), the Shia Labeouf starrer Man Down experienced something of a midweek surge.

As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, two additional tickets had been sold at the one theater showing the film (and only once a day), the Reel Cinema in the town of Burnley. This figure had reportedly risen to five by Wednesday evening. 

THR has since learned that the theater's final screening on Thursday attracted a few...

Yes, you read it right, it’s not just Sir Ian McKellen and a football club currently punching above its weight in the Premier League that the Lancashire town is famous for, because you can now add a rather dubious honour to that list. Shia Labeouf’s latest vehicle, war thriller Man Down, premiered in just one UK theatre – Reel Cinema, Burnley – with a single ticket making up the sum total of the box office revenue.

This means that the movie has now grossed a whopping £7 in Britain, which in today’s market equates to a whole $8.70 – gulp.

It is thought that the main reason for this catastrophic performance is that the film was released simultaneously on demand and digitally. However, the fact that it is going to DVD and Blu-ray as early as next month could provide a big clue. There’s no such thing as bad publicity, but...

Shia Labeouf's newest film really didn't hit in the U.K.

Man Down, which also stars Kate Mara, Gary Oldman and Jai Courtney, sold just three tickets across the pond, bringing in $26, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Exclusive: Shia Labeouf Gets Candid About Painful Real-Life Marine Ritual He Endured for New Film 'Man Down'

The box office is astonishingly low, even when considering the film only screened in one theater, and could be a result of poor reviews (it currently has a 15% score on Rotten Tomatoes), and the subject of the movie being more American-centered -- a U.S. soldier suffering Ptsd. Though, the film also under-performed stateside, pulling in only $454,490 during its limited December 2016 run.

As for the U.K. theater screening the film, the movie is set to be pulled on Thursday.

Well, money isn't everything!

Et spoke to Labeouf at the Los Angeles Man Down premiere last November, where he opened...

Man Down, indeed. Shia Labeouf‘s post-apocalyptic war thriller may have opened in the United States last year to negative reviews and an anemic $454,490 but that’s much better than the mere £7 that Man Down made in the United Kingdom on its opening weekend. That’s the equivalent one movie ticket. Though to be fair, the […]

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If all the ticket profits from Shia Labeouf‘s new thriller, Man Down, went directly to the controversial actor, he’d have enough to buy, well, one ticket – at least in the U.K. Man Down, the story of a U.S. Marine with Ptsd returning from Afghanistan to find that his country has been devastated, was released in a limited capacity in […]

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Shia Labeouf’s war drama “Man Down” made headlines Tuesday after selling only one ticket during its UK opening weekend, grossing a total of £7 ($8.73), per ComScore. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the film has sold an extra two tickets, making its total gross $26.19.

Read More: ‘Man Down’ Review: A Great Shia Labeouf Performance Is Wasted On a Misbegotten Genre Mash-Up About the Perils of Ptsd

“Man Down” was being screened at only one theater in the UK, the Reel Cinema branch in Burnley, and only once a day. “I think we’ve sold three tickets in total,” the theater manager told THR, adding that she had not “experienced anything like it before.” She also said that the film would “highly likely” end its run.

Read More: Why Shia Labeouf Needs a Career Reboot

Directed by Dito Montiel (“A guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” “The Son of No One”), “Man Down...

Shia Labeouf needs to press the reset button. The once-bright new face from 2007’s franchise-kickstarting “Transformers” reached a career lowlight over the weekend when “Man Down,” the drama in which he plays a former U.S. Marine suffering from Ptsd, sold exactly one ticket in the U.K. The film has since picked up two more patrons, bringing the total number of tickets sold to three.

It’s worth noting that “Man Down” is booked for just one showing per day in one theater in Burnley, England, and brought in a little more than $450,000 after opening in the U.S. last December, but the film’s dismal U.K. opening is illustrative of the precipitous decline Labeouf’s acting career has taken in recent years.

Read More: Shia Labeouf’s ‘Man Down’ Sold Only One Ticket During Its UK Opening Weekend

Since starring in Lars Von Trier’s two-part “Nymphomaniac...

Rejoice: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg To Adapt Another Comic Property, This One From ‘The Walking Dead’ Creator Robert KirkmanIt’s called ‘Invincible,’ and it’s headed to the big screen.

Fresh off the success of Preacher, the Vertigo comic they adapted into a television series for AMC, THR is reporting that writers, producers, and directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Superbad, This is the End, The Interview) are heading back to the funny-book mine for their next big-screen project, and the vein they’re tapping is Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead.

See, though Kirkman is best known for his zombie drama, shortly before he started publishing Twd he released Invincible, about teenager Mark Grayson just trying to survive adolescence with two big asterisks attached: one, he’s superpowered, and two, so’s his pop, in fact he’s the most powerful being on the planet. Rogen and Goldberg will be writing, producing...

Well, at least they tried... Shia Labeouf's new film Man Down will end it's week-long run in the United Kingdom after extremely dismal sales. The film—which follows the actor as a U.S. soldier returning home from Afghanistan who is suffering from Ptsd—sold one, single ticket during it's opening day in the U.K. In all fairness, it only opened in one theater (a branch of the Reel Cinema chain in the town of Burnley) and has only been shown once a day. Since then, it's garnered a 200-percent box-office leap as two more people bought tickets in the days to follow. "I think we've sold three tickets in total," a manager at the movie theater told The...

While a 200 percent box-office leap is something most producers might offer their right arm for, the team behind Man Down probably aren't finding much reason to celebrate.

The film — starring Shia Labeouf as a Ptsd-suffering U.S. soldier returning home from Afghanistan — made headlines Tuesday after it was found have opened in the U.K. with just one solitary person buying a cinema ticket.

In fairness to Man Down, it was only showing in one theater (a branch of the Reel Cinema chain in the town of Burnley) and only once a day, but a £7 ($8.70) bow must still rank among...

Labeouf’s new film Man Down took a measly amount on its opening weekend, but he’s not the only famous face to fail badly at the box office

Some of you might know that Shia Labeouf still makes films, despite his reputation as an art-pop prank gone haywire, a kind of weaponised James Franco. Actually, that’s an exaggeration. One of you might know that Shia Labeouf still makes films.

Man Down, Labeouf’s new film, opened in the UK last week, and its opening weekend theatrical gross was £7. Not £7m. Not even £700. But a mere £7. Given that an adult ticket in my non-London cinema costs £12.60, it is safe to assume that the only person who saw Man Down last weekend was a solitary toddler with an Nus card who somehow qualifies for a state pension. Admittedly, the film was only shown in one cinema, in Burnley, before it...

Here in the United States, we’ve cautiously re-accepted Shia Labeouf into our good graces thanks to his self-aware attempts to get his life back on track, his excellent performance in Andrea Arnold’s American Honey, and his naïvely optimistic anti-Trump art projects, but things are a bit different in the United Kingdom. Over there, they apparently still think of him as the drunken rabble-rouser from the Transformers movies or—even worse—the guy who ruined the Indiana Jones series, because his film Man Down premiered in the U.K. over the weekend and literally nobody went to see it.

Well, not literally. According to Variety, the movie did manage to gross £7, which is about the price of a single movie ticket. In Man Down’s defense, it did only open in a single theater, and that one guy who bought a ticket might’ve smelled really bad or ...

This wasn’t the kind of singular hit that Shia Labeouf was hoping for.

The controversial actor’s new film Man Down earned £7, or $8.71, during its U.K. opening this past weekend — the value of a single ticket in the U.K., according to multiple reports.

Box-office tracking firm ComScore reported on the gross of the film, which played in one theater: Reel Cinema, in the town of Burnley in northwest England. According to Variety, the film was also released simultaneously on demand, ahead of its home-video berth in May.

In Man Down, LeBeouf plays a U.S. Marine who returns home from Afghanistan,...

If Shia Labeouf ever does a sequel to #Allmymovies in the UK, he could double the total viewership of “Man Down” on the other side of the pond. The actor’s war drama opened at exactly on theater in the town of Burnley over the weekend and sold exactly one ticket — comScore reported a gross of just £7 ($8.70). At least ticket prices are still reasonable there.

Read More: ‘Man Down’ Review: A Great Shia Labeouf Performance Is Wasted On a Misbegotten Genre Mash-Up About the Perils of Ptsd

Stories like this come around every so often — the Katherine Heigl thriller “Zyzzyx Road” grossed just $30 back in 2006, for instance — but attracting five or six viewers is still preferable to just one. “Man Down” fared considerably better during its domestic run, bringing in a little more than $450,000 after opening here last December.

Read More: ‘Man Down’ Trailer: Shia Labeouf Saw Some Things in...

2017-04-04T13:21:56-07:00Shia Labeouf's New Movie Sells Just One Ticket in UK

Ouch.

“Man Down,” a war thriller with Shia Labeouf, grossed just £7 ($8.70) when it premiered in a single U.K. theater over the weekend, according to ComScore. That’s the equivalent of selling a single ticket, given that the U.K. Cinema Association puts the average movie admission cost in the country at £7.21.

“Poor Shia,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore. “That opening could be in the Guinness World Records or something.”

The film played in one location, Reel Cinema in Burnley. It was simultaneously released digitally on demand, making the theatrical release something of an afterthought. It launches on DVD and Blu-ray next month, according to the Guardian.

After scoring in big studio blockbusters such as “Transformers” and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” Labeouf has focused on...

“Man Down,” a war thriller starring Shia Labeouf, grossed a just £7 ($8.70) when it premiered in a single U.K. theater over the weekend, according to ComScore. That’s the equivalent of selling a single ticket, given that the U.K. Cinema Association puts the average movie admission cost in the country at £7.21. “Poor Shia,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore. “That opening could be in the Guinness World Records or something.” “Man Down” played in just one location, Reel Cinema in Burnley. It was simultaneously released digitally on demand, making the theatrical release something of an afterthought. It launches on.

A man down indeed.

Over the weekend, Shia Labeouf-starrer Man Down sold only one ticket in its limited U.K. opening at a cinema in Burnley. That's according to comScore, which reported a gross of £7, or $8.70.

Man Down debuted simultaneously on digital platforms in the U.K., meaning it was never going to be a big earner in theaters. But no one expected only one ticket sale. As of Tuesday, the Reel Cinema in Burnley was still carrying Man Down, which also stars Gary Oldman, Jai Courtney and Kate Mara.

In the film, Labeouf stars as a war veteran suffering...

Shia Labeouf won't be dividing anyone in the U.K. 'cause almost everyone over there agrees ... they're just not that into his new movie. Shia's indie flick, "Man Down," squeaked out 1 ticket sale at a theater in Burnley, England ... according to comScore. That's a weekend haul of £7 ... or $8.70 for the debut weekend. We'd say word of mouth might boost week 2 sales, but the movie also scored 15% on Rotten Tomatoes. On a positive note ... "Man Down...

Belle beats Smurfs and The Boss Baby, but Ghost in the Shell and Free Fire lose out, and Labeouf’s Man Down manages a not-so-magnificent £7

The start of the UK’s Easter school holidays saw the arrival on Friday of Smurfs: The Lost Village, plus preview screenings on Saturday and Sunday of The Boss Baby. However, Beauty and the Beast (starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as Beast) shrugged off those challengers, easily holding on to the UK top spot with third-weekend takings of £6.75m, and a 17-day total of £51.4m. That’s enough to put the Disney flick in 25th place in the all-time UK box office rankings, ahead of the lifetime totals of films such as Quantum of Solace (£51.1m) and The Dark Knight (£48.9m).

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Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Jackie (biographical drama about First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Natalie Portman, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard; rated R) Moana (animated; voices: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House; rated PG) Incarnate (supernatural horror; Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten; available in PG-13 and unrated) Man Down (action-drama; Kate Mara, Shia Labeouf; rated R) Brimstone (Western thriller; Dakota Fanning, Kit Harington; premieres 3/10 on cable Mod and in...

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Discussing the complexities of the psychological and physical horrors of war, with both civilians and soldiers alike, can often times bring everyone on a provocative and emotional journey. People with varying degrees of experience and knowledge of national security all feel they can offer the best insight into how their country should be protected from […]

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As Michael Keaton settles into the peak era of his acting career, his wizened features and melancholic gaze make him perfectly suited for subtle desperation. It was only a matter of time before he channeled the plight of a struggling salesman, and “The Founder” provides the actor with that ideal vessel.

As Ray Kroc, the McDonald’s executive who swindled the franchise’s founders out of their stake in the company, Keaton effectively swings from Willie Loman to Walter White. The movie gives him just enough material to elevate an otherwise straightforward drama that, while littered with smart and subtle moments, has all the depth of a Wikipedia entry. “The Founder” provides some intriguing backstory to a franchise largely taken for granted in American society, and Robert Siegel’s screenplay carries it along well enough through all the expected beats. Keaton, however, makes them credible. It’s his show.

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Last month Shia Labeouf showed off his freestyle rapping skills during SiriusXM Shade 45’s “Sway in the Morning.” Now the actor is back with a new rap, a response to a feud that began with Soulja Boy. The rapper tried to ban Shia from Atlanta and told him to “stick to acting” after Shia called him out on his previous track “Zapruder,” released last week on the New York radio show “The Breakfast Club.”

Then on Monday (December 5), Labeouf released a quick response in which he talks about the feud and also declares that he’ll make a point to visit Atlanta “when [his] schedule is flexible.” In getting his point across, Shia compares himself to Marlon Brando and Stanley Kubrick, as well as notes his latest film role in the biopic “Borg/McEnroe.”

“I just finished playing tennis like I’m John McEnroe,” he raps. “Compare me to Brando, Eminem,...

Hitting theatres today is the tense drama Man Down, which deals with how the horror of war affects those fighting it. Jumping back and forth in time – and packing an intriguing twist – the story focuses on Gabriel Drummer (Shia Labeouf), who joins the U.S. Marines with his best friend Devin (Jai Courtney) and ends up being sent to Afghanistan for a tour.

Gabriel leaves behind his wife, Natalie (Kate Mara) and young son, but promises them he’ll return. While in Afghanistan though, a tragic incident occurs that badly scars Gabriel. He returns home, but finds that things have drastically changed and becomes desperate to reunite with his wife and son.

Earlier this week, we sat down for an exclusive chat with Jai Courtney to talk about the relevancy of the story, what he learned from playing his role and what is was like working with Shia Labeouf.

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The world is a vast and wonderful place, filled with inexplicable and peculiar things, and one of them is the career of musician-turned-model-turned-author-turned-director Dito Montiel. Perhaps with a backstory as colorful as his it’s inevitable that the first Dito Montiel film, “A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints,” which was adapted by Dito Montiel from a book by Dito Montiel based on the life of 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer — naw, just kidding, based on the life of Dito Montiel — was going to be his best.

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With just a few weeks to go in 2016, it’s time to hit the sand with another film set in the (seems like) ongoing hotspot of the world, the Middle East. And while the recent Allied was set in the days of the second world war, this one deals with the current conflict. This time of year has been the release time for several of those armed forces features. Winter of 2013 had Lone Survivor while the following year American Sniper was a surprise box office smash. Odd, that this year we’ve seen three comedies use the war as a backdrop. There was Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, War Dogs, and Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk (it might be a comedy, who knows?). But things are very grim and dour as Shia La Beouf reunites with writer/director Dito Montiel nearly ten years after A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints for the drama Man Down.

And now we’ve arrived at the end of the calendar year. As the final push for year-end viewing continues at a furious pace, some of the last unknown films of 2016 will finally make their way to audiences. To help focus your viewing choices, here is a list of films opening throughout the coming weeks, separated into categories of wide and limited runs. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)

If you’re interested in what still might be in a theater near you, check out our November Release Guide. For those curious what 2017 might bring, you can also visit our calendar page, which has releases through the beginning of the new year.

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Week of December 2 Wide

Incarnate

Director: Brad Peyton

Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Mazouz, John Pirruccello, Keir O’Donnell, Matthew Nable

Synopsis: A scientist with the ability to enter the...