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 MoreEarlier today, Jonathan Majors was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment, two of the four charges filed against him in New York. (He was found not guilty of the two other charges – intentional assault in the third degree and aggravated harassment.) Not long after the ...
Read MoreKevin Feige is echoing one of arch-villain Thanos’ promises. In a recent Vanity Fair article about Robert Downey Jr. (in which Downey is not interviewed because it was written during the actors’ strike), Feige talked about going to bat for Downey when it came time to cast Tony Stark in Iron Man...
Read MoreAs disastrous as The Marvels’ opening weekend box office was, its second weekend painted an even direr picture. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new Marvel film dropped 78%, the largest second-weekend drop not just for an MCU film but for any superhero film “in the modern era” (which i...
Read MoreThose reports of Marvel preparing to ditch Kang the Conqueror may not have been premature. In the most recent episode of the House of R podcast (via Dexerto), Joanna Robinson, co-author of the book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, talked about Jeff Loveness, the writer of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Qu...
Read MoreThe Marvels did what everyone expected it to do and bombed. In its opening weekend, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film debuted with $47 million domestically and $110.3 million internationally. This is the lowest opening weekend take for an MCU movie, underperforming The Incredible Hulk’s...
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