UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

Starting Dec. 24, Universal Orlando Resort will require all guests to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status, at all public indoor locations.

After a pandemic-related absence of a year, Halloween Horror Nights are back with haunted houses based on the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Bride of Frankenstein” planned for Universal theme parks in California and Florida.

Although the box office has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, one studio has good reason to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend.

The Super Nintendo World finally opened at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Thursday

Universal Orlando Resort has officially announced that it is resuming construction on its fourth theme park, Epic Universe.

Universal Pictures has struck another deal with a major exhibitor to shorten the theatrical window from 90 days to as little as 17 days in an effort to adapt to the new business realities of moviegoing.

Halloween Horror Nights will not take place this year due to concerns over public health regulations, Universal Studios announced Friday.

Hugs from Mickey Mouse are out at Walt Disney World. So is bunching up at Six Flags to snag a front-seat roller coaster ride. But the season won’t be completely lost for thrill-seekers. Carefree days of sharing cotton candy on crowded midways will give way this year to temperature scans at the gates, mandatory masks at many parks, hand-sanitizing...

As parts of the country begin to lift stay-at-home orders, theme parks like Universal Orlando and Walt Disney World Resort have announced their plans to reopen and their visions for creating a sanitized environment where they will try to keep park goers and employees safe.

Harry Potter fans and roller coaster lovers are streaming back into Universal Orlando Resort this week. Universal Orlando reopened to passholders Wednesday and Thursday, and it will allow the general public back in Friday.

The company that owns Universal theme parks around the world said it’s delaying construction on a fourth theme park in Florida and that the opening of a Nintendo-themed park in Japan will be pushed back by a few months in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

According to a report in the Hollywood Reporter, Universal and the toy company have inked a five-year exclusive agreement to develop, produce and distribute films based on its intellectual property and original ideas.

The coronavirus pandemic has cracked Hollywood’s traditional theatrical window. Universal Pictures on Monday said it will make its current and upcoming films available for on-demand rental, becoming the first major studio to turn directly to home viewing in light of the virus.

The coronavirus is bringing the entertainment world almost to a standstill.

The magical dates have been revealed for the enchanting experience at Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando.

The resort already operates Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, as well as the Volcano Bay water park, in Orlando.

European Union authorities on Tuesday fined the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty for restricting cross-border online sales of toys, mugs, bags and other products featuring the cartoon cat girl. The EU’s antitrust commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, said that Sanrio Co. was fined 6.2 million euros ($7 million) because the company violated the bloc’s competition rules with licensing agreements that banned traders...

Tiffany Haddish says she chose to join a boycott of Georgia after she read the state’s new anti-abortion legislation. Haddish announced this week that she had cancelled a show in the state and explained her reasoning Tuesday at the launch of a “Harry Potter” mobile augmented-reality game. “The reason that I cancelled the show, is because I read that bill,”...

Tiffany Haddish says she chose to join a boycott of Georgia after she read the state’s new anti-abortion legislation. Haddish announced this week that she had cancelled a show in the state and explained her reasoning Tuesday at the launch of a “Harry Potter” mobile augmented-reality game. “The reason that I cancelled the show, is because I read that bill,”...

Protesters have scaled the Universal Studios globe and are waving green flags on Earth Day Monday.