20 minutes ago Of course, the Skrulls got their moment last year with the release of Captain Marvel – but their inclusion in that movie created a number of interesting challenges for the filmmakers involved. One key query was in regard to the look of the transformation each character would undergo as they took on
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Spoilers for The Rise of Kylo Ren #2 below Marvel’s Star Wars comic line continues to reveal new details and insights, fleshing out the already expansive galaxy of stories and characters. Right off the heels of The Rise of Skywalker coming to theaters, Marvel is releasing The Rise of Kylo Ren, revealing Ben Solo’s dark transformation into Kylo Ren, apprentice to
Sam Mendes’ Universal/Amblin WWI pic 1917 already is seeing a Golden Globes bounce from its surprise wins for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Director. Fandango reports a boost in advance sales this morning for 1917, selling five times more tickets than the film did a week ago for the Sunday-Monday overnight. Industry projections see the movie
40 minutes ago Against all odds, The New Mutants seems as if it is finally going to see the light of day and on theater screens no less, not relegated to a streaming service. The final Fox X-Men film is set to release in April and despite the horror movie vibes and previous indications an
The host of The Bachelor, Chris Harrison, revealed that “something’s not done between” the star of the new season, Peter Weber and his former lover and Bachelorette, Hannah Brown. The host hinted that Hannah and Peter’s saga will continue beyond the premiere episode. Last summer Hannah was cast as the star of season 15’s The Bachelorette. Fans watched as she struggled to
A post-Christmas Broadway box office fell like so many dry pine needles last week, with most shows taking fairly significant tumbles as ticket prices settled back to reality. In all, total grosses for the 36 productions dropped 23% from Christmas week to $43,095,641. Attendance of 317,679 was down only 9%, putting the box office blame
15 minutes ago The title Grown Ups 3 is the sort of thing that would strike fear into the hearts of any sensible citizen of this universe, and several of the parallel ones that border it. And yet, thanks to an unsolicited “fan script” that popped up on Twitter, the possibility of a third entry
The Timeless Child is the biggest mystery of Doctor Who season 12 – and here’s everything we know about her to date. Chris Chibnall’s first season as showrunner didn’t really have much of a central theme; although the Stenza were a recurring threat, each episode still felt like a standalone. For all that’s the case, though,
Sony Pictures has pushed back the release of its Kevin Hart starrer Fatherhood by eight months to January 8, 2021. The move was a strategic one by the studio and not tied to injuries the actor sustained in a late-summer car accident. Sony had planned to move the pic from its announced April 3, with its
19 minutes ago Jennifer Lopez has been back in the news this week, thanks to the “gift” of an outfit she wore to the Golden Globes, but she was at the event to begin with not to be fashionable but because she was in the big female-led flick Hustlers in 2019. While doing press during
Keanu Reeves is a Jedi in a new cool fan-made trailer for a Star Wars film set in the era of the Old Republic. While an official adaptation of a Star Wars story set in an era long before the Skywalkers has yet t0 be made, Lucasfilm had announced earlier this year that a Knights of the Old Republic movie was in the works,
Refresh for latest…: Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker continued its global domination in the third weekend, now with a worldwide cume of $918.8M. It will soon become the Mouse’s 7th release of 2019 to cross the $1B mark. The current split is $450.8M domestic and $468M at the international box office. This weekend
20 minutes ago We are now three weeks into the release of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, and that equates to three weeks at the top of the box office. The film has not yet crossed the $1 billion mark globally, but it is on its way, and the ticket sales from
Director Nicolas Pesce’s The Grudge 2020 “sidequel” was released January 3, 2020, and, given the fact that reviews have been largely negative, will a sequel happen? While a unique, ambitious concept, Pesce’s take on The Grudge has been heavily critiqued as unnecessary, too violent, and has been said to not fit the overall vision for the franchise. Despite having
Not to gush, but let’s seriously behold the success of Media Rights Capital and Lionsgate’s Knives Out. We’ve already overwritten how the whodunit is a win for original movies in last year’s Disney franchise-laden theatrical environment. But this Rian Johnson-directed, star-studded film just won’t give up in its current sixth weekend of release, poised to
15 minutes ago When the pitfalls of procrastination are discussed, Tom Hooper’s Cats is now a prime example to be mentioned. Often described as “nightmarish” is the movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway musical, Cats purred “flop” from the moment its first trailer dropped over summer. Even after the studio’s best efforts to mess
Wonder Woman 1984 is the most exciting superhero movie of 2020. Releasing on June 5th, 2020, Wonder Woman 1984 will likely be the blockbuster event of the year. The upcoming DC film features a strong cast, solid director and limited competition. Directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot as the titular superhero, Wonder Woman 1984 follows up on
As blockbusters battled it out at the box office, the specialty space hit high notes with Judy, flew with The Peanut Butter Falcon, shined with Uncut Gems and gave us one helluva Farewell. Major box office strides were made in 2019 with fare from indie, art-house-driven distributors that delivered confident numbers, proving that audiences are craving bold and
14 seconds ago CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. The Star Wars franchise is a beloved part of film history, with entire generations of moviegoers invested in the galaxy far, far away. George Lucas’ colorful franchise is endlessly entertaining,
Iceman has become the X-Men‘s ultimate weapon against global warming. Climate change is easily the most important environmental issue of the day, with the current Australian bushfires driving home the scale of the problem. In the comics, Iceman has a solution to help. Superhero comics have traditionally been wary of having their superheroes apply their powers –
In early December, Disney became the first studio in history to cross the $10B mark globally. Now that 2019 has drawn two a close, the numbers have jumped even higher. For the calendar year, The Walt Disney Studios has posted a combined global gross of $13,151.7M across both Disney and Fox releases. That reps $4,328.3M
23 minutes ago While LGBTQ inclusion is becoming more common in movies in general, and while Disney has added inclusive characters to movies like Avengers: Endgame and Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker recently, when we are talking about LGBT+ characters in movies the T is often overlooked, which is why a fan asked Kevin
WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The finale to the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, featured a Star Wars cameo appearance from a classic Return of the Jedi character. Directed by J.J. Abrams, the most recent addition to the Star Wars canon has been scowled at by critics for, among other things, its
EXCLUSIVE: Twentieth Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s Ford V Ferrari has revved its engines past the $200M mark globally, accelerating to $200.6M through Monday. The split is $106.6M domestic and $94M at the international box office. Disney is handling the awards-season contender that reps the sort of movies Fox has excelled at making. Directed by James Mangold
1 hour ago It has only been recently that we learned Murder Mystery actually topped the list of most popular Netflix programs in 2019. The news is coming when another Adam Sandler project, Uncut Gems, is having a bit of a moment in theaters, breaking all kinds of records for parent studio A24. Ultimately, 2019
The 2010s saw Disney rise from being one of the major Hollywood studios to dominating the field, thanks to its stream of animated films and live-action remakes, not to mention the revival of Star Wars and the expansion of Marvel Studios. And now, Disney has positioned itself to be even bigger in the 2020s thanks
Hollywood’s unofficial wake-up call came on February 1, 2013, when Netflix dropped the first season of House of Cards in a single, binge-able chunk. While that distinctive release pattern hasn’t yet become the official norm — many new rivals to Netflix insist on the traditional episode-at-a-time approach — the whole gestalt of the show signaled
10 minutes ago 2020 is upon us, and with the dawning of the new year we’re just one more day closer to seeing Tom Cruise firing up a fighter jet in the long awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Reteaming with Oblivion collaborator, director Joseph Kosinski, the legendary military action drama will take to the skies
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featured the death of Leia as she sacrifices her life to free Ben Solo from Kylo Ren. Carrie Fisher, the actress who embodied the princess turned general, sadly passed away in 2016, and fans have wondered how the character would be written out. Leia’s role in Star Wars 9 was always going
The holiday season boosted Broadway box office for the week ending December 29, with a spate of weekly records established by shows including West Side Story, Beetlejuice, a couple of bio-musicals and others. Total grosses came in at $55,765,408, according to the trade group Broadway League. That was about $2 million lower than the tally for