Category: Movies
Sam Mendes Will Direct 4 Separate Beatles Biopics
In 2027, Sony Motion Pictures Group, Columbia, and Apple Corp will release four films, each about a member of the Beatles. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as the families of John Lennon and George Harrison, are cooperating and licensing the music titans’ catalogs for the films. Sam Mendes ...
Read MoreDisney Still Thinks the Audience is the Problem
Time and again, Hollywood sends the message that it refuses to learn from its mistakes. Sonny Bunch, the culture editor at The Bulwark, posted a screenshot of something Matt Belloni of Puck shared in his newsletter. It’s a direct message Belloni received from “a Disney executive” talking about...
Read MoreMadame Web was Supposed to Start a Series
Madame Web’s failure may not be surprising, but the scope of its fallout is. The Hollywood Reporter has a piece on the new superhero film’s disastrous opening weekend, and watching them try to make sense of its dismal performance is funny. (“I don’t get it! They used obscure characters; th...
Read MoreBox Office Breakdown for Weekend of 2/18/24
What’s up, Geeks + Gamers? It’s ODIN! Madame Web Makes HALF of Morbius’ Box Office If it seemed like Madame Web was likely to be a flop, the numbers from today indicate just how badly this film is really doing. Making only about $49,055,000 worldwide after six days of an extended Ash Wed...
Read MoreJames Gunn Disputes Story of Comedian’s Firing from Superman: Legacy over Political Statement
Has another actor lost a role because of his political opinions? That’s in dispute. Bassem Youssef, an Egyptian-American “comedian and TV presenter” (as well as a cardiac surgeon), spoke to Salon recently and claimed he was fired from Superman: Legacy because he criticized Israel over the cu...
Read MoreNew Godzilla x Kong Trailer Thinks it’s 48 Hrs.
Deadpool and Wolverine have nothing on King Kong and Godzilla, or so Warner Bros. hopes. Today, the studio released a new trailer for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the next installment of the Monsterverse that started with Godzilla in 2014. This time, Godzilla and King Kong must team up to fight...
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