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The mother studio of franchise pics, Disney, made some release date changes today which further underscores studios’ planning that the summer box office season starts later than sooner. With Artemis Fowl, originally on Memorial Day weekend, heading to Disney+, and Universal’s Candyman now on Sept. 25, Disney/Pixar’s Soul is left standing at the expected first pic of summer. First off, despite

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Cate Blanchett’s voice is one of the first audiences hear in the prologue of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, during which time her character, Galadriel, explains the creation and history of the Rings of Power. Throughout here appearances in the trilogy, the wise elf provides guidance to

One Animal Crossing: New Horizons player has recreated Pallet Town, the starting location of the original Pokémon games. This is just one of many fan-made tributes to other games and properties, built using the island-life simulator’s in-depth terraforming and town-building gameplay, which allows fans to flex their creativity in ways few could see coming. Based

With movie theaters closed to hopefully no later than early June, the major studios have a permission slip to test out big pic releases in the home. Now, they’re not so insane that they’ll burn down the house to keep warm. Major movies like Disney’s Mulan and Black Widow which have the potential to do $1 billion at

Epic Universe There’s a lot that isn’t happening right now on the theme park front, and for obvious reasons, but interestingly, the biggest current project of them all is reportedly still moving forward. Universal Orlando’s fourth gate, Epic Universe, is, according to the company, still moving forward. Universal states that all appropriate protocols are being

Marvel Studios has officially set a Captain Marvel 2 release date for 2022. It took 11 years, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe finally released their first female-led solo movie at the beginning of this year. Captain Marvel took the MCU back to 1995 to tell the origin of Carol Danvers aka. Captain Marvel (Brie Larson). The movie

In what is considered an anomaly in the industry for an on-demand rental title (not sellthrough): Dreamworks Animation/Universal’s Trolls World Tour is now available for pre-order on FandangoNOW in advance of the pic’s April 10 availability date. While pre-orders for sell-through titles like Bad Boys for Life are quite common, that’s not the case with VOD rental titles. In

The thing about John Krasinki’s sequel is that, unlike some other major releases, it’s finished and ready to go. It actually is one of the last movies I was lucky enough to see in theaters before all of this hit the pause button, as CinemaBlend covered the press junket in New York City. Man, this

To pretty much everyone’s displeasure, one of the world’s most beloved sit-comes is coming to an end. The last episode of the tenth season of Modern Family aired recently, and it’s been officially announced that season 11 will be the last. The show aired back in 2009, and it’s been going strong for a decade, without ever

Last week, Illumination/Universal’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru stepped off of its global release which was previously set for late June in some offshore markets and for July 3 domestically. It has now been scheduled for July 2, 2021, taking the slot that belonged to Sing 2, which in turn is now headed to Christmas

With the Skywalker Saga over, it’s hard to say if we’ll ever see BB-8 in live action again. It’s doubtful it would happen in future movies since they’ll be exploring other corners of the Star Wars galaxy unconnected to Luke Skywalker, Rey and the rest of the gang we’re used to. Still, with Disney+ becoming

Plunking a quarter into 1988’s seminal arcade beat ‘em up Bad Dudes prompted the compelling, accusatory challenge: “are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?” Modernizing that essentially straightforward premise and adapting a cheeky 80s energy to 00s culture, Treachery in Beatdown City commands several tropes from the brawler genre but mashes them

It might appear that Sony just gutted their 2020 schedule. WTF just happened? Did the studio suddenly abandon all hope in its slate? That’s hardly the case: it’s just insurance for the future. And, yes, by and large, all the schedule changes that occurred tonight were in response to the current coronavirus climate. With various

It’s a scene that divided audiences, but you can certainly see Zack Snyder’s comments reflected in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. As Batman lifts his kryptonite spear to destroy Superman, he calls out for Martha. The Dark Knight sees vision of his own mother’s death in that moment, revealing himself to be the killer

During Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman live commentary watch party on Vero, he mentions that he believes a live-action The Dark Knight Returns movie could still be made. The BvS director held a watch party for the 4-year old film on the social platform. While BvS may have been released years back, it’s still a hot discussion topic in

Focus Features’ latest title Never Rarely Sometimes Always, will be available at home on-demand for $19.99 48-hour viewing period starting Friday, April 3. The Eliza Hittman directed and written teenage drama, which has 99% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, faced the unfortunate circumstance of opening in New York and Los Angeles during the weekend when

An entire army of supporters fight daily to get Zack Snyder’s vision for Justice League restored. (Perhaps you have heard of the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyder Cut?) And every time that Snyder contributes efforts to the DCEU and the movement like this, it fuels the fire of support that he has in the fanbase, and makes the

A limited series based on eccentric zoo owner Joe Exotic is currently in the works, with Kate McKinnon set to star as Exotic’s rival Carole Baskin. Exotic, whose real name is Joe Maldonado-Passage, has become a very well-known name as of late thanks to Netflix’s wildly successful documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. Directed by Eric Goode

truTV’s surprise winter feature sleeper Impractical Jokers: The Movie will be available on Wednesday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, just five weeks after its theatrical play due to the national shutdown of cinemas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Again no shocker here about the early home release given how all current theatrical releases such as Onward, Sonic

At first glance, any place at Walt Disney World being open seems strange, but when you think about it, golf is one leisure activity which lends itself to social distancing. It’s a game that can be played alone or in a group that usually doesn’t exceed four, and it requires a significant distance between each

Sony has unveiled a new poster for Morbius that teases star Jared Leto’s transformation into the infamous Spider-Man villain. Morbius is Sony’s follow up to box office hits Venom and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, the former consuming an impressive $855 million at the worldwide box office and the latter swinging its way to $375 million. Sony Pictures (via ComicBook)

EXCLUSIVE: I hear the dailies of Jennifer Hudson in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect are mind blowing, and to tee off the feature just right, the studio is moving it off its Oct. 9 release date for a limited Christmas Day debut. From there, Respect will expand on January 8 in theaters with a full-on wide release on January

Aladdin (2019) When it was released in 1998, Mulan was part of an incredible boom period for Walt Disney Animation Studios, and as a result the film tends to be closely associated with the other titles that were a part of that particular era. This very much includes Ron Clements and John Musker’s animated Aladdin,

As part of the global effort to quell the spread of coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched Clara, an online coronavirus symptom checker bot. While it’s not intended to diagnose coronavirus or to prescribe treatment, the CDC hopes that Clara will ease the burden on medical personnel called on to

With the closure of movie theaters nationwide out of safety during the coronavirus, layoffs have been rampant, with the Big Three exhibitors contending with these atrocious times in varying degrees of severity. Word began to spread last week among distribution folks that Regal had been the most acerbic out of the three chains in the

While drive-in theaters were incredibly popular decades ago, there are only a few left that operate regularly and you would not expect to see them doing big business, especially this time of year. If there’s a time that drive-ins are popular, it’s going to be when it’s warmer, so March is not prime drive-in movie

[The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead season 10, episode 13] The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang talks about Michonne’s discoveries in the latest episode and teases that they lead into the Rick Grimes movie. The original Walking Dead show that premiered on AMC in 2010 was a bit of an unlikely success story as

As the number of new cases of the coronavirus shows signs of abating in China, a smattering of cinemas re-opened in a handful of provinces across the country this weekend. On Friday, there were 486 movie theaters back at work, while Saturday the total was upped to 507, local reports say. This reps just 4.5%

Of course, there is one big question that would need to be sufficiently answered: if mutants descended from the Eternals in one form or another, then how come they haven’t been seen or heard from yet? Assuming the MCU’s Celestials ran their experiments millions of years ago like in the comics, then that means by

Animal Crossing New Horizons introduces a plethora of new characters to the world of Animal Crossing. And while the majority of the new cast is pretty lively, one, in particular, is fairly ghostly. Nevertheless, helping this little ghoul will net the player some sweet rewards. Related: Theory: Animal Crossing Is Set On Post-Apocalypse Earth (& New