32 minutes ago After a long and rough start, Matt Reeves’ The Batman has been surprising us on a pretty regular basis with casting info. And, Reeves himself has been using his Twitter feed to update fans on many of the casting decisions made so far. Just today he posted a welcoming gif of actor
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Mandalorian season 1, episode 5. The Mandalorian‘s latest episode featured the Tusken Raiders, also known as Sand People, and the show just significantly change their culture from what Star Wars had previously established. Disney+’s live-action Star Wars show continues with a fifth outing titled “The Gunslinger”, directed and
The last wide entries of 2019 hit tracking today with projections for the 5-day Christmas holiday as follows: 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky’s animated feature Spies in Disguise ($23M-$30M), Sony’s Greta Gerwig directed Little Women ($19M-$35M), and A24’s Adam Sandler crime thriller Uncut Gems ($15M). Distribution sources always say that people don’t begin to go to
22 seconds ago Don’t read this if you don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of Star Wars theories and revelations. Some of you might want to stay totally pure about J.J. Abrams’ conclusion, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We get it. But for the rest of you, this is pretty damn important,
Warner Bros. has released a new Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) poster that puts more focus on the Birds of Prey team, and not just Harley Quinn. Margot Robbie’s turn as Harley was easily the most widely loved element from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad when it opened in 2016, and WB has been moving
EXCLUSIVE: After exhibition experienced the richer side of November with Disney’s Frozen 2 and Lionsgate/Media Rights Capital’s Knives Out, they can look forward to a snowfall of cash come the late December period. Fandango reports today that in a recent poll of 1,000 participants, 93% of all moviegoers 18 and up plan to see at least 2 movies
12 seconds ago With Uncut Gems, Adam Sandler is once again on top. It’d be an understatement to suggest the comedic actor hasn’t always received critical or even commercial admiration, but his acclaimed turn in the newest A24 film is considered one of the Saturday Night Live veteran’s best to date. There’s even a chance
Heroland is a light-hearted look at the turn-based RPG, whose charm is slightly undermined by an over-reliance on grinding and repetitive gameplay. The ragtag RPG adventure party is one of the oldest tropes in video games. From Final Fantasy through to Pokemon, some of the biggest game franchises in history have depended on having a strong
Broadway’s Thanksgiving Weekend was a trip to bountiful, with Tina and Beetlejuice breaking house records, David Byrne joining the Million Dollar Club and total box office for the 35 productions soaring a big 30% over the previous week. In all, Broadway grossed $41,687,333, strong if not quite matching last Thanksgiving’s $43M. With attendance of 292,940
21 minutes ago James Bond fans have bene chomping at the bit for new footage from Cary Fukunaga’s upcoming 007 thriller No Time to Die. We figured that a new trailer would be coming soon enough, probably attached to the two Sony movies reaching theaters in the next few weeks: Jumanji: The Next Level or
Game of Thrones fans were not happy with Daenerys Targaryen’s “Mad Queen” arc, but it could have been fixed if it had only had more time to develop. The series finale concluded with Jon Snow riding north into exile after stabbing Daenerys in the heart, putting an end to her fiery conquest. It’s an ending that probably
Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker has been set for a December 20 China release, in step with domestic. This marks a change from the saga’s recent holiday installments which have each bowed in the Middle Kingdom in January, after initial rollout elsewhere. The official Star Wars Weibo account posted a Chinese-subtitled trailer today
24 seconds ago Before we ever got our first official look at Shazam!, images from the set were leaked showing off Zachary Levi’s superhero. These images prompted criticisms that the actor was wearing a padded suit to attain the superheroic physique of the character, and from then on the suit and Zachary Levi’s body became
A fan dying of cancer got to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker early thanks to Disney. The final chapter in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker brings back new school heroes Rey, Poe, Finn, Rose and others while also reaching into the past to resurrect the most evil of all
As indie darlings and awards season contenders like Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, The Lighthouse, Waves and Dark Waters continue to impress, the Thanksgiving weekend has a handful of offerings at the Specialty box office. 63 Up This week will see the premiere of Michael Apted’s (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Gorillas in the Mist) 63 Up, the latest installment of
36 seconds ago Ever since they first worked together on 2015’s Central Intelligence, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart have slowly been turning into a Hollywood performing duo powerhouse (and are having plenty of fun in the process). Their professional collaboration shows no sign of slowing down, but what are the chances that Hart
The world of The Lord of the Rings may feel as detached from reality as fiction can possibly get, but so much of Tolkien’s Middle-earth is inspired by or based on real-world cultures, locations and experiences. Beginning with the release of The Hobbit in 1937, the history and composition of Middle-earth was then developed exponentially
Exhibitors continue to thank the movie gods for Disney’s Frozen 2 after an awful month at the box office. Yesterday the Jennifer Lee-Chris Buck directed movie made an estimated $13.1M, besting 2013’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire‘s $12.3M for the best Monday ever in November. Running tally for Elsa and Anna’s second-go round is $143.3M. Business,
42 minutes ago Having already left his mark on the Jurassic Park franchise with 2015’s Jurassic World, Colin Trevorrow was supposed to jump to a galaxy far, far away and direct Star Wars: Episode IX, which we now know as The Rise of Skywalker. Due to creative differences, Trevorrow ended up departing Episode IX, but
Kylie Jenner sold half of her company Kylie Cosmetics to Coty, but instead of going up, the conglomerate’s stock crashed to a new low. Has the “Kylie Effect” officially come to an end? Coty’s stock climbed to $12.22 after the acquisition of Kylie Cosmetics was announced. However as the week progressed, the stock plummeted nearly 5.5 percent,
We’ve been hearing for quite some time from exhibitors and distribution sources that advance ticket sales are strong, but not overly robust for Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, meaning in the way that they were for 2015’s Force Awakens ($247.9M) and 2017’s Last Jedi ($220M). Hence, early AM estimates for the J.J. Abrams movie hitting
16 minutes ago Thanksgiving is upon us – and for a lot of us, this means we’ll get to finally enjoy some time off to feast with family and friends. The holiday is also the perfect time to get caught up on the season’s most exciting releases while they are still in theaters! There are
Warning: SPOILERS for New Mutants #1! Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men relaunch has revealed that Charles Xavier’s daughter, Xandra, is about to take command of an entire alien empire. The X-Men have a long history with the aliens known as the Shi’ar, an Avian race who have involved themselves with human affairs on several occasions. In fact, for a time
In its fifth day of release, Disney’s Frozen 2 scored the best Tuesday ever in November with an estimated $21.1M. This is after landing November’s best Monday with $12.77M reported by Disney yesterday. On both days, Anna and Elsa beat Lionsgate’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire which held previous November highs for Monday ($12.3M) and Tuesday ($15.96M). Among all animated
10 minutes ago There are still some huge movies yet to come in 2019, but as we approach the end of the year, it’s time to start looking ahead to 2020. And next year gets off to a fast start in January with the release of the long-anticipated and long-delayed third film in the Bad
Warning: SPOILERS ahead for The Knight Before Christmas, A Christmas Prince and The Princess Switch. Netflix’s fluffy Christmas rom-coms have become as much of a festive tradition as twinkling lights and Starbucks red cups. Up until recently, the only thing thy were believed to have in common was far-fetched, Hallmark-like plots involving charming princes, heroines who
2ND UPDATE: Sylvester Stallone’s MGM thriller Samaritan is heading to Dec. 11, 2020. I hear that the actual reason for the move was that the Stallone film needs more time to be completed. That’s one week after the first weekend in December which following Black Friday weekend is a no man’s zone for wide entries. Samaritan