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Dev PatelOver the years, Dev Patel has showcased a flair for playing passionate, good-hearted men going against the odds to make a name for themselves. Whether it's Slumdog Millionaire, Lion, or 2020's The Personal History of David Copperfield, the British actor excels in leading roles that let him play underdogs who discover their passion, dreams, or enthusiasm for life. Certainly, if this prequel studied Willy Wonka's rags-to-riches adversities in the midst of greatness, Patel has proven his capability in that type of role. Additionally, Patel could really sell Wonka's warmth,...

Michelle Pfeiffer is Hollywood royalty, with a career spanning over five decades. Throughout the years she has managed to appear in a wide range of films, but early in her career was frustrated by the roles she was given. In fact, Pfeiffer recently explained why getting noticed for her looks didn't help her career....

It’s understandable in terms of wanting your kids to retain as much of a normal life as possible, especially in their young years. He and Dax Shepard could relate to each other's experiences, considering the Parenthood star is married to Frozen’s Princess Anna, Kristen Bell, which just about every kid is aware of. Timberlake talked more about it with these words:...

While WandaVision's very different concept could have felt overly complicated, the puzzle of it all is exactly what made it so appealing, not only for Jac Schaeffer but the rest of the writing staff. It's understandable that coming up with something new for Black Widow could have been tough, especially considering how many superhero adventures came before it just in the MCU. Conversely, whatever they came up with for WandaVision was going to feel fresh and new by definition. And the fact that there was no precedent probably gave the...

With the events of Rogue One leading straight into A New Hope, and Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader having worked closely together since the formation of the Empire, it’s not shocking to hear that these two would have conversed in the 2016 Star Wars movie. At this point time, Tarkin would still be “holding Vader’s leash,” and if that’s the same giant screen Tarkin intensely gazed at during A New Hope while aboard the Death Star, it stands to reason that Vader visited the destructive space station plenty of...

Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers married in 2010 and have two children together, but they separated in July 2020. Whether or not Hammer having a rumored affair with Rebecca co-star Lilly James had anything to do with the separation, Chambers is now making it clear that while she won’t comment on this controversy anymore and is focusing on self-care and taking care of her children, she supports victims of abuse in taking steps to heal. In addition to the leaked private messages, various women have also accused Hammer of sexually...

Along with being a critical success, Baby Driver currently ranks as Edgar Wright’s most commercially successful movie, collecting nearly $227 million worldwide off a reported $34 million budget. In addition to Ansel Elgort starring as the eponymous character, Baby Driver starred Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Eiza Gonzalez and Jon Bernthal....

As far as what projects Armie Hammer does have on the way, as mentioned earlier, he’s appearing in Death on the Nile, the second of Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptations centered on detective Hercule Poirot, who the filmmaker also plays. Hammer portrays Simon Doyle, and his costars include Gal Gadot, Letitia Wright, Russell Brand and Annette Bening. Before that movie arrives in the fall, Hammer can be seen in the drama Crisis opposite Gary Oldman and Evangeline Lilly, and he’s also part of the Taika Waititi-helmed sports comedy Next Goal...

Ant-Man And The Wasp: QuantamaniaChris Evans’ Captain America could also squeeze his way back into the Marvel Universe by way of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the recently announced third installment of the Ant-Man films starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfieffer and Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang. The movie is confirmed to feature Lovecraft Country star, Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror, who is often defined by his abilities to time travel. Traveling through time was obviously a huge part of Endgame and something that Quantamania is...

Blake Lively may feel silly for being frustrated with her postpartum body, but she’s speaking to a very real experience that many women have after giving birth. By talking about the insecurities she faced, she’s showing any fans that may have gone through something similar that they are not alone....

Will Smith (Floyd Lawton/Deadshot)In the role of Floyd Lawton, better known as Deadshot, an expert marksman and assassin, Will Smith plays the lead character in this ensemble piece. Having risen to fame for his starring role in NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Smith became one of the biggest movie stars on the planet for Independence Day, the Men in Black trilogy, Hitch, the Bad Boys series, I, Robot, I Am Legend, Hancock, and Aladdin (2019). He was also Oscar-nominated for his lead performances in Ali and The Pursuit of...

As mentioned, this is not the first lawsuit that has been fought over Friday the 13th. Several of the people who worked on the original 1980 film, including screenwriter Victor Miller and director Sean Cunningham, have been locked in legal battles over creative rights of the franchise for years. In 2018, Victor Miller won a lawsuit that awarded him creative ownership of Friday the 13th in the domestic market, despite producers’ claims that he was commissioned under creative control of Sean Cunningham and therefore not entitled to the ownership. Sean...

Now it’s been a while since the pair have been seen together as Jane and Darcy, but I always sensed an electric chemistry between those two. It may have even stuck out more than Jane and Thor’s (oops… throwing some shade – not their fault, especially since Dark World is infamously one of the weaker Marvel scripts). It’s nice to know Portman and Dennings are friends in our reality too, so now reunite them in Love and Thunder, Marvel!....

Of course, now that Michelle Pfeiffer has made it clear that she would return, one wonders if anybody at Warner Bros. might be making a phone call right now. At this point it's unclear how many of the classic versions of DC characters might appear, or how significant their roles will actually be. But it certainly feels like there's an opportunity for a Catwoman cameo at the very least. So who knows, maybe we'll see it....

Within 24 hours of the trailer drop, Godzilla vs. Kong racked up 15.8 million views on the Warner Bros YouTube channel, along with an additional 9.8 million on the Legendary, Warner Bros UK, official Godzilla vs. Kong and HBO Max Twitter accounts. Luiz Fernandez recorded the results on Twitter, sharing that it could very well be the “biggest debut ever” for Warner Bros....

Here’s one last crazy bit of casting that almost happened on the road to Southland Tales. As Richard Kelly went out of his way to cast actors against their usual type casting archetypes, a lot of comedic actors were drafted to make up this film’s ensemble. A good number of these folks, like Amy Poehler, Cheri Oteri and Jon Lovitz, had previously been a part of/would go onto become part of the SNL family. However, it’s a pair of MadTV graduates that make up this last switcharoo, and you can...

In any case, along with Daveed Diggs, The Little Mermaid’s voice cast includes Jacob Tremblay as Flounder and Awkwafina as Scuttle, while the live-action performers include Halle Bailey as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula and Javier Bardem as King Triton, along with Noma Dumezweni and Emily Coates in undisclosed roles. Mary Poppins Returns’ Rob Marshall is directing the Little Mermaid remake off a script by Jane Goldman and David Magee. Filming was initially supposed to begin in April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Financial analyst John Hodulik at firm UBS is is forecasting that attendance at all of Disney's domestic parks, including Disneyland Resort, will rebound significantly starting in the latter half of 2020, and will be at what the Orange County Register calls "historical attendance levels" in 2022. This is a significantly faster turn around than was originally anticipated as it was believed that, due to the economic damage done by the pandemic, combined with crowd avoidance from potential guests, recovery in the parks would take longer....

That changed ever so slightly today, as Godzilla vs. Kong was moved back five days so that it will now premiere on March 31, 2021 – but we can keep our fingers crossed that will be the last move it makes. Should that hold true, that means that as of this article being published there are just a little over two months left to go before its arrival, and you can be sure that we’re counting down the days....

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the release of the animated Disney classic, 101 Dalmatians. It's a great film, but it's perhaps possible that the live-action version made by Disney in the mid-'90s, one of the first in what would become a series of remakes, is even better. Although, if it is a better film, that's entirely due to the performance of Glenn Close as the villain Cruella de Vil. Close is perfect in the role of the and it turns out she can recreate the character anytime she'd...

As of right now we really only know that two members of the cast from the original are coming back, and that's primarily because of the tease featured at the very end of the film. Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld will be reprising their roles as Miles Morales and Gwen Stacey, but right now your guess is as good as mine when it comes to co-stars like Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry,Nicolas Cage, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, and Kimiko Glenn....

While nude scenes likely aren't in Kiera Knightley's future, it seems pretty clear that she won't be doing one shot by a male director. While appearing on the podcast, she went on to explain how awkward it is being nude in a set full of men. The past few years have seen way more women directors helming major projects, including blockbusters like Wonder Woman 1984, Birds of Prey, and Black Widow....

Demme Filled The Cast With Lucky Charms, Mentors And CrewWhile Foster and Hopkins are given their proper due for their tremendous performances, the entire cast of The Silence of the Lambs is fantastic. To fill out all the roles, Demme made some fun and meaningful choices. Demme cast his “lucky charm” Charles Napier as one of guards who is killed by Lecter. Per IMDb, Napier had been in every Demme film between 1977’s Citizens Band and Silence of the Lambs (he would star in nine Demme films in total). He...

Once in a while, a meme goes viral and takes the world by storm. Many have come and gone, and the most recent has put Bernie Sanders at the forefront. The U.S. senator was one of many to attend the recent Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden and, during the event, someone snapped a photo of Sanders sitting and bundled up, complete with a warm-looking set of mittens. Since the image hit the web, many have taken the senator’s likeness and placed it in various settings, leading to some incredible memes....

I definitely look back on it fondly. It was a challenge, in that the script was changing at a certain point.... There was a certain point early on where the story shifted. A new writer was brought in and things were changed. And so, I had met Jyn Erso’s character one way, and they even used it in the trailers where I say, ‘Hello, Cassian said you are a friend. I will not kill you.’ And people, when I would go to Comic-Cons would say, ‘Could you write that?’ I’m...

Multiple Characters Throughout Multiple Titles In The Video Game Series Will Play A Major Role In The StoryThat said, it wouldn’t be Mortal Kombat without the fan favorites. As of right now, the ones who are definitely confirmed are Sonya Blade, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Kano, Liu Kang, Jax, Shang Tsung, Mileena, Kung Lao, Nitara (Interesting) and Kabal (Yes!). Now, if you’re looking at that list of characters, you’re probably wondering, wait, where’s Johnny Cage? Where’s Shinnok? No love for Ermac? I can’t even get me some Bo Rai Cho in...

Under the pandemic, where two-thirds of U.S. theaters are still closed, big movies have struggled to make any money. After a month in theaters, Wonder Woman 1984 has only made $142.5 million, with only $35 million coming from the domestic market. By comparison, 2017’s Wonder Woman made $822 million globally, with about half of its earnings coming from domestic dollars. Tenet, last summer’s only blockbuster, made $363 million worldwide against a production budget of over $200 million....

A new website dedicated to Monarch, the human organization that studies the massive kaiju in the current film franchise, has gone live, and while the site itself is incredibly simple, it should get fans pumped for the upcoming movie. The site looks like any other professional website with a home page asking guests to enter to learn more about the Monarch organization. However, once you click "Enter" the page goes into an alert mode, a klaxon begins to sound and the following image is splashed across the page....

Serving as a direct sequel to the original two Ghostbusters movies (unlike 2016’s Ghostbusters, which was a full-on reboot), Ghostbusters: Afterlife sees a single mother and her two children moving to a farm in Summerville, Oklahoma, and in the midst of some unexplained earthquakes, the kids uncover their family’s connection to the original Ghostbusters. Its main cast includes Paul Rudd, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim and Celeste O’Connor, as well as Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts all reprising their respective roles....

When it comes to modern franchises, we generally see directors staying with successful franchises for the sequels. Patty Jenkins has directed both Wonder Woman movies so far, and she's already signed for the third. The first two Thor movies had different directors, but following Taika Waititi's success with Thor: Ragnarok, he was locked in for the next one as well. As a producer, Colin Trevorrow certainly could have directed Fallen Kingdom if he'd wanted to, but instead he let somebody else do it. We might have expected somebody entirely new...