Darth Maul actor Ray Park may have just teased the iconic characters’ return to the screen. There are some obvious complications about the character’s current fate in the Star Wars universe, but there have been quite a few rumors about a possible return in the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, which is all set to
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While Disney CEO Bob Chapek remains flexible about release strategies for movies between the big screen and the studio’s streaming service Disney+, he said today that Marvel’s long-awaited feature Black Widow is still set to be a pure theatrical release as mentioned back at the company’s December investor day. However, “we’ll be watching to see the reopening
Once an Avenger, always an Avenger. Jeremy Renner recently took a trip down memory lane when he posted a picture from the sets of Avengers: Endgame, in which the actor can be seen alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth. Both Renner and Hemsworth were sporting their hairdos from Endgame. The photo was captioned, “Miss
EXCLUSIVE: NEON and Bleecker Street have formed the joint home entertainment distribution company DECAL. The standalone full-service operation, which is a joint venture between the two film labels, will handle distribution deals on the home entertainment rights to both NEON and Bleecker Street’s curated slate of features and will be overseen by NEON’s Andrew Brown
The Star Wars world was recently rocked with some big news. Gina Carano, who played Cara Dune in the first two seasons of The Mandalorian, is no longer a part of Lucasfilm. She will no longer be a part of any future projects within the franchise. As such, a major character who had become quite
The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal will play Joel in HBO’s TV series adaptation of The Last of Us. Word of Pascal’s casting comes just hours after it was announced that Game of Thrones breakout star Bella Ramsey will co-star in the series as Ellie, the teenage girl Joel cares for in the original video game.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Charisma Carpenter claims Joss Whedon cultivated a “toxic” and “hostile” environment on the set. Carpenter alleges Whedon’s behavior carried over to the set of Angel. The latest allegations come months after Justice League star Ray Fisher came forward with his own allegations against Whedon, which resulted in WarnerMedia conducting an
Rumors of dramatic reshoots on Rogue One may have been greatly exaggerated. This, according to Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in the 2016 Star Wars movie as Galen Erso. It is indeed true that the Disney/Lucasfilm production underwent extensive reshoots and rewrites before its release. Much was made of this in the press ahead of and
Filmmaker Christopher Landon has made a mark in Hollywood with his unique approach to horror-comedies, with movies like Happy Death Day and its sequel, and 2020’s Freaky. Fans have long wondered whether we could be getting a second sequel to Happy Death Day someday. In a recent interview, Landon confirmed that he has every intention
More bad news for exhibition, and this from the distributor which has been good about releasing movies during the pandemic: Universal is moving their Jennifer Lopez musical-driven romantic comedy Marry Me from May 14, 2021 to Feb. 11, 2022. Translation: The studio has enough confidence in the movie to postpone it, and give it the full box
Ever since Man of Steel debuted in 2013, the DCEU has been battling a general perception that the films in the franchise are unnecessarily dark and “edgy”. The problem is a vocal minority of fans loudly dismiss any DCEU films that lean more towards comedy or fluff. Director of Shazam. David F. Sandberg recently had
Refresh for updates and top 10 chart: On one of the most difficult box office dates on the calendar, Super Bowl weekend, and during a pandemic, Warner Bros.’ second weekend of its Denzel Washington-Rami Malek-Jared Leto thriller The Little Things made $2.1M at 2,206 theaters, -55% from its first weekend; putting it’s running domestic total through ten
Jack Black has deemed himself the “New God of Thunder” in his new Thor Ragnarok spoof video. By the time talks started to come up about a possible third Thor installment, Chris Hemsworth was over playing the character. That all changed when Taika Waititi came on board to make Thor: Ragnarok, a movie that made
Studio Ghibli released Earwig and the Witch on February 3 in 430 theaters and dropped the animated feature from the legendary studio on HBO Max on February 5. The Goro Miyazaki-directed film with the voice talents of Richard E. Grant, Kacey Musgraves, and Dan Stevens earned an estimated $99,941 on its opening weekend to bring its
Amazon gifted the Super Bowl audience with a new trailer for Coming 2 America. Eddie Murphy and crew are back to bring Zamunda to the rest of the world. Just don’t mistakenly call it Wakanda. Murphy is back playing multiple characters, just like he did in the iconic original movie, while introducing a brand-new generation
Disney/Pixar’s Soul continues to shine overseas with a $96.2M cume after seven frames. In 11 markets this session, the Pete Docter-helmed original added $6.9M to its international box office kitty with No. 1s again in Russia and Korea. In China, it has surpassed Incredibles 2 to become the market’s 2nd highest-grossing Pixar title ever. China
Although Friends was a sitcom, the massive popularity of the show saw some of the biggest stars in Hollywood making cameos over the years. Fisher Stevens was one such actor who guest-starred early on the show, in the capacity of Phoebe’s psychiatrist boyfriend Roger who drives everyone crazy with his constant psychoanalysis of their behaviors.
Released in 2019, horror movie Ma proved to be one of the most bizarre studio movies made in years. Despite its tepid critical reception, Ma has garnered a dedicated following, which has led to writer and director Tate Taylor devising ideas for a potential Ma 2, with the idea to resurrect the title character and
AMC Entertainment and GameStop shares dipped Thursday amid high level meetings to discuss recent trading convulsions and as Reddit users argued furiously on the now infamous WallStreetBeats chatroom about whether to fold or fight. GameStop shares are down 34%, extending yesterday’s losses. AMC Entertainment has slipped 19% and other stocks that were vigorously promoted on
ViacomCBS’ upcoming Paramount+ streaming service is preparing to launch next month, so they brought along some heavy hitters to help promote at the Super Bowl. Did anybody ever think they’d see Star Trek icon Patrick Stewart partying with Beavis and Butthead? They all made it to the peak, after a series of teases from various