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Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness On Pace For $150 Million (Or More) Opening Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/May 2, 2022 5:45 pm EST In perhaps unsurprising news, it appears as though “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is going to make a lot of money at the box office this weekend. What may be a bit surprising though is just how much money it is now poised to make, given the incredibly strong presale numbers....

The Jon Snow show HBO The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t the only place where Kit Harington may be picking up a sword in the foreseeable future. HBO is also developing a “Game of Thrones” sequel series that would see the actor reprise his role as Jon Snow. As you no doubt recall, “Game of Thrones” ended with Jon Snow killing his aunt and lover Daenerys Targaryen (there’s a lot to unpack there, but, moving on) after she gave in to her thirst for vengeance and reduced King’s Landing’s to little more than ash and rubble....

Grant Morrison Had A Rushed Two Week Window To Write The Flash Script With Ezra Miller Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/June 17, 2022 5:22 pm EST The long, long, long list of delays that have plagued the production of “The Flash” since the solo movie was first announced in 2014 (!) has to be considered the stuff of fanboy legend (and agita), at this point. One simply can’t call any project “cursed” unless it has undergone as dramatic of a revolving door of directors as this one has....

Questing anew for One-Eyed Willie’s rich stuff Warner Bros Turns out, Watson’s inspiration was derived not from “The Goonies,” but “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” specifically, the shot-by-shot home video remake undertaken by teenagers Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb in 1982 (the filming of which was captured in the documentary “Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made”). Producer Gail Berman recently told Variety, “I thought it was an amazing idea, and it always stood in my head of — how can you take an idea like that and turn it into a TV series?...

How Bob’s Burgers Sidestepped A Classic Sitcom Blunder Disney / ABC Domestic Television By Witney Seibold/May 20, 2022 5:45 pm EST Loren Bouchard’s and Bernard Derriman’s “The Bob’s Burgers Movie,” out in theaters at the end of May, will nestle neatly between the show’s 12th and 13th seasons. The long-running animated sitcom has slyly entrenched itself in the American pop consciousness as this generation’s “yeah, I could watch that” show. The Belcher family is a gathering of kooks and obsessives whose bizarre interests set them apart from even other kooks....

How Sylvester Stallone Saved Rambo (And The Franchise) From An Early Grave Orion Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/June 3, 2022 6:56 pm EST When you think of the quintessential embodiment of the ’80s action hero, more often than not it tends to be a muscle-bound merchant of death who mows down a swath of nameless bodies with an entire arsenal at their disposal. If you’ve never seen a “Rambo” movie, it would be easy to think of its machismo lead as such through cultural osmosis alone....

Mads Mikkelsen Had To Write His Own Fantastic Beasts Backstory Warner Bros. By Jeff Ewing/April 18, 2022 2:49 pm EST After a number of complications, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore” is finally upon us and in theaters. The third in the “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them” series of “Harry Potter” spin-off films, the movie had been beset by a number of controversies and complications that ultimately saw “Hannibal” star Mads Mikkelsen take on the mantle of series antagonist Gellert Grindelwald from Johnny Depp....

Percy Jackson Creator Rick Riordan Blasts Racist Backlash Over Annabeth Casting 20th Television By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 10, 2022 6:10 pm EST Leah Jeffries is Annabeth Chase. The young actress, who has appeared in “Empire” and will co-star in the Idris Elba-led movie “Beast” this summer, will play the smart and resourceful daughter of Athena in the upcoming “Percy Jackson” Disney+ adaptation. She, Aryan Simhadri, and Walker Scobell have been cast as the show’s leads: three intrepid heroes who team up at a summer camp for the children of deities....

So Is The Matrix Online Still Canon Or Not? Warner Bros. By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 22, 2021 8:43 am EST This article contains major spoilers for “The Matrix Resurrections.” In the mid-to-late 2000s, after the back-to-back sequels “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions” landed in 2003, the mythology and world of “The Matrix” carried on in an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) that was appropriately dubbed “The Matrix Online.” The idea behind this game — as franchise creators the Wachowskis described it in an interview with IGN — was to let gamers “inherit the storyline....

Superhero Bits: A Doctor Strange 2 Cameo Is Ruled Out, The Long Wait For The Flash Movie & More Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/March 24, 2022 3:57 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Warner Bros. Only two years after Sylvester Stallone tried to end the Cold War through the medium of pugilism in “Rocky IV,” Superman meddled with world affairs in “Superman IV,” determined to rid the world of nuclear weaponry. However, Lex Luthor had broken out of prison again and, with the aid of handy radioactive material, cloned Superman, creating the Nuclear Man, a being just as powerful as the Man of Steel but decidedly more tanned — a Man of Bronze, if you will....

Gloria Trillo HBO In the show’s third season, Tony (James Gandolfini) meets Gloria Trillo (Annabella Sciorra), a fellow patient of therapist Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco). Immediately taken with her, Tony successfully pursues Gloria as the latest of his many extramarital affairs. Although she only appears in seven of the show’s 86 episodes, actress Annabella Sciorra delivers one of the most impactful and emotionally turbulent performances of the series as Gloria....

The Daily Stream: The Passion Of Joan Of Arc Is Potent As Ever Société générale des films By Joshua Meyer/May 21, 2022 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “The Passion of Joan of Arc” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max, The Criterion Channel The Pitch: “The Passion of Joan of Arc” is one of those films that pitches itself right at the outset, as text informs the viewer that a library in Paris “holds one of the most extraordinary documents in the history of the world” — a record of the trial of the 15th-century French martyr Joan of Arc, who was famously burned at the stake for heresy, only to later be sainted....

The Daily Stream: Turn Off Your Brain And Love Brendan Fraser In Encino Man Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By BJ Colangelo/April 6, 2022 5:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Encino Man” Where You Can Stream It: Tubi The Pitch: Dave Morgan (Sean Astin) is your average ’90s teenager in California....

The Ghostbusters: Afterlife Crew Created Secret eBay Accounts To Track Down Vintage Props Sony Pictures Releasing By Witney Seibold/June 1, 2022 2:47 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Jason Reitman’s 2021 film “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” the fourth Ghostbusters film and the third in the continuity of the 1984 original, was a playground for those audiences members keen on rolling around in a warm blanket of nostalgia....

The Grand Budapest Hotel Hit Close To Home For Ralph Fiennes Searchlight Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/June 14, 2022 9:22 am EST Wes Anderson’s 2014 period dramedy “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is a fetching cinematic confection with a profound sense of sadness at its core. The movie pays homage to the work of artists like English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, both of whom used populist genres to explore the changing social and political landscape in Europe during the 20th century....

The Johnny Depp Horror Film That Deserves More Attention Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/April 27, 2022 6:10 pm EST Traditional, long-running soap operas once ruled daytime TV with an iron fist. Since many soaps ran for multiple decades, multiple generations of kids had the gleeful experience of watching contraband adult dramas on the days they were home sick from school, and then, when they grew up, catching up with those same dramas unfettered when they worked at home....

The Morning Watch: Becoming Catwoman In The Batman, Behind The Scenes Of The Offer & More Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/May 6, 2022 8:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)...

The Princess Trailer: Joey King Is A Warrior Princess In The New Action Flick From Furie Director Le-Van Kiet 20th Century Studios By Jeremy Mathai/June 2, 2022 11:28 am EST If you’ve seen one damsel-in-distress movie featuring a princess locked up in old castles and forced to wait on the whims of villainous princes, you’ve seen them all, right? Well, what a certain upcoming princess-themed movie proposes is … maybe not!...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimates Party Wagon Super7 Here’s the product description for the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Ultimates Party Wagon: Time for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimates! party to hit the road! Super7 is here to transport your TMNT ULTIMATES! collection to the next level with the Party Wagon! Measuring 20.25 inches long, 13.8 inches tall, and 12.5 inches wide, this is no regular Turtle hooptie; it’s a bodacious ride that can get six Ultimates!...