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In a new MCU tie-in book, The Wakanda Files, Marvel have revealed the in-world secret behind Spider-Man’s famous web-shooters. Subtitled “A technological exploration of the Avengers and beyond,” The Wakanda Files is presented as an in-universe dossier — compiled by Black Panther’s Shuri — which collects various documents and blueprints, charting the technological history of the
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Stan Lee is one of Marvel’s greatest storytellers and comic book superhero creators who has collaborated with other creators to develop countless unforgettable characters – one being the wall-crawling superhero Spider-Man. But in one stand-alone special, Spider-Man comes to Stan to tell him he doesn’t want to be a superhero anymore and Stan proves he will
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The specialty streaming space will be On the Rocks this weekend — so to speak. Sofia Coppola’s father-daughter dramedy is set to drop on Apple TV+ on Friday and it seems like light-hearted movie-watching fare from the Oscar-winning filmmaker. Deadline’s resident critic Pete Hammond seems to sign off on the sentiment that this will bring a
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A government-mandated curfew that was set in place in France last week has been widely extended across the country, and will come into effect from Friday night. An estimated 46M people (69% of the population) will be impacted by the new measures announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex this evening. Residents of the 54 total
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The association of theater owners, NATO, called on Congress Tuesday to get an aid package approved, saying exhibitors are desperate for help. It’s begged for help before. Now Senators Schumer, Cardin and Shaheen have included relief for movie theaters as part of the Save Our Stages initiative, which is included in the COVID relief bill
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Recently, the My Hero Academia manga series has followed the conflict between Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki. The hopeful hero and leading villain have the center of attention from their peers and readers alike. However, the ending of chapter #288 (titled Save Takeo!!) brings back a familiar rivalry between Ochaco Uraraka and Himiko Toga. The two first
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The specialty box office was fairly quiet this weekend with The Kid Detective being the new theatrical release posting numbers. The Stage 6 Films comedy starring Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse banked an estimated $135,000 on its opening weekend. The movie debuted in 865 theaters and took in $45,000 on Friday, $57,000 on Saturday and is projected
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Open Road’s Liam Neeson action movie The Honest Thief posted a notable first night during the pandemic of $225K in previews. Neeson’s action movies outside of Taken typically see largely double that or more than triple that in a healthy marketplace, i.e. last year’s Cold Pursuit posted $540K on its Thursday preview, The Commuter did $700K, and Run All Night grossed
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EXCLUSIVE: Yes, there have been a number of film distributors — big ones — who’ve cut and run during the pandemic, jettisoning their movies onto PVOD or selling them outright to streamers as domestic exhibition hangs in a fractured state. And despite how prevalent it has become, from Universal/Dreamworks Animation’s Trolls World Tour to Paramount’s $125M sale
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Donna Langley, chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, and Ann Sarnoff, chair and CEO of Warner Bros had the same reaction Thursday when asked if their companies had any interest in buying movie theaters. They laughed. “We have no plans to do that currently,” Langley said, appearing with Sarnoff and CBS CEO George Cheeks on
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