The upcoming Masters of the Universe film is once again finding itself pulled into a familiar cultural conversation, this time following new comments from Teela actress Camila Mendes that tie her character directly to themes of “toxic masculinity.” The remarks add to...
When Marvel Studios released Eternals in late 2021, the company thought it was launching the next Avengers-level franchise. According to Variety, Kumail Nanjiani, one of the “stars” of Eternals, had signed on for an ambitious six-picture deal across a decade, complete with appearances in a video game and even a planned theme-park attraction.
For more than a decade, comic book movies were Hollywood’s surest bet. Audiences could count on at least one Marvel or DC (usually Marvel…) release smashing past $700 million globally every single year. However, that comic book movie box office hot streak is now broken.
The movie industry just got blindsided. In a shocking turn of events, the Sony Netflix animated feature KPop Demon Hunters has taken the #1 spot at the domestic box office this weekend, pulling in an estimated $18 million despite already being available to stream on Netflix for weeks.
Quentin Tarantino finally revealed his next project. And surprise! It’s not his long-awaited 10th, and potentially final film. Since scrapping his screenplay for The Film Critic, because, as a source told Deadline, he simply changed his mind, the 61-year-old auteur has apparently written a stage play.
Quentin Tarantino’s forbidden country, or perhaps his final frontier, is playing in an established movie franchise. But speaking at Fan Expo in Boston earlier this month, Montgomery “Scotty” Scott actor Simon Pegg spoke to Collider and reminded us that we nearly got a Tarantino take on Star Trek. It’s an idea, “That was what we call in the business bats*** crazy,” Pegg told the outlet.
Weapons is the number-one movie in the world right now, and it may not be the last time audiences step into its unsettling universe. Director Zach Cregger has revealed that he already has another idea set within the same world, hinting that a Weapons sequel could one day make its way to the big screen.
When one of the biggest names in entertainment takes aim at Disney, people notice. That’s exactly what happened this week when Snoop Dogg, the rap legend and cultural icon, openly criticized the Disney Pixar film Lightyear for inserting a same-sex parent subplot into what was marketed as a children’s adventure.
The folks at Imagineering now have a story they’re telling, and we all know they loudly proclaim that it’s all about the story, right? This one’s a real doozy. They claim draining the Rivers (now swamps) Of America and removing as much Americana as they can from Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom is part of “reimagining” and helping guests discover and create “their own folklore.” (And the unstated subtext, as with all such pronouncements from Disney management in the past 10 years or so is—“…and if YOU disagree, you’re an ikky, yukky doodoohead, so there!”)
Margot Robbie has been one of the biggest names in DC’s film slate for nearly a decade, thanks to her breakout performance as Harley Quinn. From the original David Ayer “Suicide Squad” to Birds of Prey to James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” she has been front and center whenever Warner Bros. needed the character to carry a movie. But according to Margot Robbie herself, James Gunn’s new DCU isn’t knocking on her door.
James Gunn’s much-hyped Peacemaker Season 2 premiere has finally arrived — and I sincerely wish it hadn’t and that I didn’t have to review it… What unspools in the first episode is a chaotic, vulgar, self-indulgent disaster that makes even Gunn’s shaky Superman reboot look like a cinematic triumph by comparison. I enjoyed much of the first season. I like John Cena. But this episode? It is amateurish, infantile dreck with almost nothing redeemable.
For years, Disney has been accused of alienating men and boys, the very audience that once made Marvel and Star Wars global juggernauts. Now, according to a Variety exclusive, the company is quietly admitting its mistake. Executives are instructing their film division to create content specifically targeted at Gen Z males—boys and young men between the ages of 13 and 28, who Disney has been pushing away for years.
The Muppets are going to Broadway, but not in any way that should excite longtime fans.
Disney has finally answered the question everyone was asking since they closed the door on MuppetVision 3D: “What’s next for the Muppets?” The answer, apparently, is licensing them out to a magician for a Broadway magic show.