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Box Office: ‘Dune 2’ Delivers on Promise With Big $81.5M Domestic Opening
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Wendell Pierce Cast as Perry White in James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ (Exclusive)
The actor will lead The Daily Planet as boss to Clark Kent and Lois Lane.
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‘Superman: Legacy’ Gets Title Change From James Gunn
The filmmaker shared the news on the first day of filming.
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Jared Leto Shares ‘Tron: Ares’ First-Look Image
Disney's long-awaited sequel with an AI-inspired storyline is shooting in Vancouver and targeting a 2025 release.
How Marvel Is Quietly Retooling Amid Superhero Fatigue
Just over a year ago, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was set to take Marvel Studios to the next level. A new villain was going to be introduced, setting the stage for several years’ worth of storytelling. And the movie itself was a giant-sizing of a franchise that was previously modest in scope. Instead, the […]
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Paramount’s ‘Ferris Bueller’ Spinoff Film Lands Director David Katzenberg
Paramount Pictures’ feature spinoff of 1980s touchstone Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is revving up. The studio has set David Katzenberg to direct the follow-up movie Sam and Victor’s Day Off, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Taking place on a single day, the film centers on the two titular valets who borrow the Ferrari belonging to […]
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‘Jurassic World’ Director Found in ‘Rogue One’ Filmmaker Gareth Edwards
The dinosaurs are ready to roam once again. Gareth Edwards is in talks to direct Universal’s latest installment of the Jurassic World franchise and to step into shoes that were worn, if ever so briefly, by Bullet Train filmmaker David Leitch. Universal and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners are moving as fast as hungry velociraptors on […]
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Heat Vision Breakdown
The latest from Heat Vision's video series
‘Civil War’ Trailer: New Footage of Alex Garland’s American Apocalypse
The second trailer for the highly anticipated action-drama Civil War has been released. The A24 film from writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) depicts a near-future United States where 19 states have seceded from the Union, while much of the rest of the country is ruled by a tyrannical three-term president (Nick Offerman), who has ordered […]
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After 70 Years, EC Comics Returns from the Crypt in Oni Press Deal
In the early 1950s, EC Comics was the bad boy of comic publishers. Its comics such as Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science and Two-Fisted Tales sold millions in mid-century America. Unfortunately, its stories — at times shocking, horrifying, and even progressive — also drew scrutiny and backlash, and the company found itself in the […]
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Inside Sony’s ‘Madame Web’ Collapse: Forget About a New Franchise
The trailer buzz was worrisome, advance ticket sales anemic. Then last week, the critic reviews for Madame Web were posted, and they stung deepest of all — Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff received the lowest average Rotten Tomatoes score (13 percent) of any major superhero film in nearly a decade. “On Wednesday night, you could actually watch […]
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Anya-Taylor Joy’s Secret ‘Dune 2’ Role Confirmed
Well, it seems that the cat is out of the bag — or better yet, the giant spaceworm of a secret about Dune: Part Two has burst forth from the sand. On Thursday, online rumors of Anya Taylor-Joy’s secret role in the Dune sequel were confirmed after she spoke in London of the hotly anticipated […]
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What Did Dakota Johnson Actually Say?
Oh, what a tangled web we’ve woven. Sony’s latest entry in its Spider-Man Universe, Madame Web, opened this week to dismal reviews and pessimistic box office prospects. I’m not here to defend the film. But I am here to take issue with the discourse surrounding the movie in recent weeks. It seems it’s no longer […]
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‘Superman: Legacy’ Wrote Out Bassem Youssef’s Character Before He Criticized Israel
Superman: Legacy sources are pushing back on actor Bassem Youssef’s claim that he lost a potential role in James Gunn’s upcoming Warner Bros. film over comments he made that were critical of Israel. The Egyptian-born comedian told Salon this week that he had been in talks for a role but was later told that the […]
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Christopher Nolan Says He Wants to Make a Horror Movie
A Christopher Nolan horror film? The Oppenheimer director says he “would love” to make that happen. During a conversation with the British Film Institute on Thursday, Nolan said that doing an outright horror picture was something he’d eventually like to tackle — and he broke down precisely why the genre appeals to him. “I think […]
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How ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Star Liza Soberano Stole the Show in Her American Debut
[This story contains graphic spoilers for Lisa Frankenstein.] If Lisa Frankenstein is any indication, we’re going to be seeing a lot more of Liza Soberano in years to come. At the age of 10, the Filipino-American actor moved from Visalia, Calif. to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and she found countrywide success at the […]
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‘Dune 2’ First Reactions From the Premiere: “Jaw-Dropping Masterpiece”
The first reactions are in for the first hugely anticipated movie of 2024: Dune 2. The long-delayed sequel from director Denis Villeneuve continues the story of author Frank Herbert’s space epic and the initial reactions are extremely enthusiastic, with many calling the film a masterpiece of cinema that is even better than Dune. Dune: Part […]
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‘Land of Bad’ Director William Eubank Talks His Full-Circle Experience with Russell Crowe
In late 2011, William Eubank took a job as second unit director of Allen Hughes’ Broken City. Hughes hired Eubank off of early footage from his feature directorial debut, Love (2011), which is a Kubrickian arthouse film that he made in collaboration with Tom DeLonge and his band Angels & Airwaves. The second-unit gig was […]
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John Wick Experience Tourist Attraction to Open in Las Vegas
A John Wick tourist attraction is set to open in Las Vegas. The hit Lionsgate film franchise has inspired an immersive and interactive experience that’s set to open later this year. Franchise director Chad Stahelski and his team at 87Eleven Entertainment are collaborators on the project. The official description reads: “The John Wick Experience an approximately […]
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Michael Keaton, James Marsden Share a Deadly Bond in ‘Knox Goes Away’ Trailer
Michael Keaton faces no shortage of obstacles as an aging assassin in the trailer for Knox Goes Away. The trailer was released Wednesday for the thriller that features Keaton as director and star. The movie centers on Keaton as a hit man diagnosed with dementia who learns that his estranged son (James Marsden) needs help […]
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Romance Sizzles Between Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in New Look at ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
Joker, will you be my Valentine? “Hoping your day is full of love,” wrote Joker 2 director Todd Phillips on Instagram, alongside new images of Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in the upcoming sequel. In one photo, Joaquin Phoenix is seen in his familiar burgundy suit and Joker clown makeup standing next to Lady Gaga […]
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