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The acting duo were able to draw inspiration, it seems, from the people surrounding them as they filmed. Setting up shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker founded the PTL Satellite Network for televangelism, and the sprawling headquarters of Heritage USA, Chastain revealed how the local color and flavor helped her

The mid-season trailer for Marvel’s What If…? sets up the Guardians of the Multiverse, as well as several other adventures that lie ahead for the Disney+ series. What If…? is about halfway through its first season, and it has been quite a rollercoaster ride for Marvel fans. Over the course of its first 5 episodes, the animated

Rich Gelfond said he’d love Paramount to rethink Top Gun: Maverick’s recent move from this fall to next May, but it’s not likely. “I have spent a lot of time close to a lot of the decision makers at Paramount and… in Top Gun they think they have something very special. Tom Cruise waited more

With the way the Fast & Furious franchise has evolved from a series of films revolving around street races and heists to explosive adventures where its protagonists regularly save the world, I don’t blame the bigwigs at Universal Pictures for wanting to keep things close to the vest, even from its stars. Fast & Furious

Jessica Chastain has opened up about how she hated being labeled a Hollywood “It Girl” because of her quick rise to prominence during a press conference at Toronto International Film Festival. Chastain appeared at the festival to premiere her latest film, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, which she developed for over a decade. She will also receive the

Focus Features landed another specialty success with The Card Counter, Paul Schrader’s biggest directorial opening in over 30 years since 1987’s Light of Day and with a likely No. 8 ranking at the North American box office this weekend. The film – starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe — ran in 580

Now if one were to measure their response proportionately, the inheritance of the James Bond mantle would at the very least be a jolly affair. But as Craig himself goes on to describe, he did indeed incur a hangover in his Casino Royale celebration that lasted, by his own account, for three days. For a

Scott Disick is a Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum whose most recent antics have embarrassed him and Kardashian family members, and his lingering feelings for Kourtney Kardashian may be hurting his image. After Kourtney and Travis Barker were snapped making out in paparazzi pictures during their recent trip to Italy, Scott DM’ed the KUWTK star’s ex-boyfriend about

Refresh for more analysis and chart With great success, comes continued great chaos for the theatrical experience this past week. On the plus side, the domestic box office is continuing its rebound during the pandemic with the second weekend of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings earning $9.7M in its second Friday, -67%

Never thought I’d see it but, about 30 seconds into the The Matrix Resurrections trailer, Keanu Reeves’ Neo can be seen with a duck on the top of his head while soaking in a bathtub for no reason it seems other than to contemplate for a moment. It adds a bit of comedy and personality

Warning: Spoilers for Infinite Frontier #6! When it comes to villains, Darkseid is an ultimate evil that Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the heroes of DC Comics contend with on a regular basis, and now he’s just been given a subtle update to his iconic costume that makes him way cooler than ever before!

Disney said today that the remaining films on its 2021 slate will get an exclusive theatrical window before they stream on Disney+. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto will bow November 24 with a 30-day exclusive theatrical window. Five other pics will have a 45-day exclusive run in cinemas: The Last Duel (October 15), Ron’s Gone

Two months after The Little Mermaid, wrapped filming, Disney has announced that the remake will be released in theaters on May 26, 2023. So it’ll follow three weeks after fellow Mouse House flick Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3 hits the big screen, open the same weekend as a yet-to-be-titled “Universal event film” and one week

Kreese and Silver’s advantage over Daniel and Johnny will become starker as season 4 of Cobra Kai progresses. Season 3 of the top-rated Netflix series saw new rivalries ignite and old enemies reconcile, with Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) finally on the same page as they prepare to battle Cobra Kai

Universal will be releasing the Blumhouse/Miramax movie Halloween Kills in theaters and on Peacock on Oct. 15. The release date stays the same, the distribution pattern changes up. Why is Uni doing this in the wake of moviegoers’ great return to theaters for Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings, that pic having cleared $106M?

In 2018, the Halloween franchise delivered a relaunch of sorts, with the simply-named Halloween serving as only a sequel to the 1978 original, and thus bringing Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode back into conflict with Michael Myers for the first time in four decades within this continuity. While the Blumhouse-produced sequel could have easily been

Classic text adventure fans rejoice because the ’80s are back with 1981’s Arctic Adventure returning for its 40-year anniversary — purely by coincidence. This text-based survival game was written by a 17-year-old Harry McCracken and published in “The Captain 80 Book of BASIC Adventures,” with one unfortunate flaw: The way it was printed in the

Before the industry could calculate summer’s final box office figures, they had to wait for Disney, which had the final say. Because when you have a Marvel movie like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings programmed during the final weekend of the season, and it delivers a Labor Day holiday opening of $94.67M, it

Thanks to Marvel, film soundtracks have been on a steady comeback in recent years. While Guardians of the Galaxy kicked things off, it was the Black Panther soundtrack that made OSTs fashionable again. Hit songs like Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “All the Stars” received most of the credit, but the film’s score played a significant

The gangster movie that started it all, Scarface (1932) was actually banned in several areas of the United States upon its release. The original Scarface was a project of producer Howard Hughes, whose life was documented in Martin Scorsese’s true story movie The Aviator, and director Howard Hawks, becoming one of the first talkies that dealt with

Refresh for latest…: Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings outperformed expectations at the global and international box office this weekend, coming in with $56.2M overseas for the standard frame, and a new Labor Day record $83.5M for the four-day domestic session ($71.4M three-day). Combined, and including the Labor Day estimate, the worldwide

CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. The DC Extended Universe most recently expanded thanks to James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, but there are a number of highly anticipated projects currently coming down the line. Chief among them is James

Warning: contains spoilers for Infinite Frontier #6! In Infinite Frontier, DC has revealed the true nature of its supposed Black Lantern, leading to a major sacrifice to save the multiverse from Darkseid. Thus far in the new series, Darkseid and his agent Psycho-Pirate are seeking to reach what lies beyond the confines of the multiverse in order

It was the worst kept secret in Hollywood that Sony was bound to vacate Venom: Let There Be Carnage from its Oct. 15 release date, but after the enormous $90M Labor Day weekend success of Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Culver City lot has decided to go earlier with their own

I think the film version is superior mostly because of the performances by Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter. The book actually feels kind of sparse on content in comparison, and the ending of the novel is extremely different from that of the film (Read: Not as good). Visually and viscerally speaking, though,

Tango Shalom — where a female Tango dancer (Dancing with the Stars champion Karina Smirnoff) invites an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi (Jos Laniado) to enter a televised dance competition — was an arthouse standout this weekend with a per screen average of over $4,000 at four theaters in New York and LA. The solid performance in a

In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s been a strange and often troubling time in recent weeks for movie studios to release big blockbuster titles. Rising numbers of the COVID-19 Delta variant has stunted box office potential, and it has resulted not only in subdued numbers, but we’re also starting to once again see some notable

Warning: contains spoilers for Dark Ages #1! He may be one of the most powerful superheroes on Earth, but even Doctor Strange makes mistakes – like dooming the entire Earth and causing millions of people to die in the apocalypse. The Sorcerer Supreme causes this disaster in Dark Days #1, the beginning of a new series by

For the pandemic, Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings posted a solid Thursday night preview gross especially before a slow Labor Day box office frame, with $8.8 million  from showtimes that began at 6 p.m. On the high side, that figure is above the Thursday night start of Universal’s F9, which posted $7.1M

Wait… is Keanu Reeves’ birthday a national holiday? The Matrix and John Wick actor turned 57 on Thursday and, in turn, a ton of fans around the world wished him well. Reeves is an iconic and beloved figure in Hollywood, so that’s not surprising. However, one official Marvel account posted a message in honor of