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Owen Wilson is set to lead an upcoming golf comedy series over at Apple TV+.According to Deadline, the 55-year-old actor, who is a big golf fan in real life, will executive produce and portray the role of an ex-pro golfer named Pryce Cahill whose career prematurely came to an end two decades prior. The former athlete's life hits a new low after he loses his job at a sporting goods store in Indiana and is left by his wife, and decides to go all-in on a problematic 17-year-old golf prodigy.The still-untitled series is the brainchild of Ford v Ferrari writer Jason Keller, who will write and co-executive produce the ten-episode series alongside Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Rodney Ferrell, Guymon Casady, Lee Eisenberg, Natalie Sandy, Chris Moynihan and Bill Callahan. Apple Studios will produ...

Sony Pictures' Tom Hardy-starring third installment of the Venom franchise has an official title and earlier release date. The film, now revealed to be titled Venom: The Last Dance and is set to release a couple weeks before the previously announced November 8. While it is still uncertain what the plot direction will be, the film has confirmed the return as Hardy as Eddie Brock/Venom. Joining Hardy are Juno Temple, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Clark Backo in the third sequel. Kelly Marcel is set to make her feature directorial debut. Marcel and Hardy worked on the screenplay together while Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, Hutch Parker are producing alongside them. The combined previous films in the franchise earned over $1 billion USD at the box office, releasing in 2018 and 2021 respectively. ...

Warner Bros. is officially delaying the return of Robert Pattinson in Gotham. The highly anticipated sequel, The Batman Part II sees Pattinson reprise his role as the Caped Crusader and was slated to be one of the upcoming films released as a part of the studio's superhero tentpole. A reshuffling of the schedule sees Pattinson return to the big screens pushed back to 2026, a year after its initial date. Matt Reeves is slated to come back to direct the sequel. The first film followed Bruce Wayne's earlier days as he becomes "the world's greatest detective." Catwoman was played by Zoë Kravitz and Colin Farrell as tPenguin. The first film made $772 million USD at the box office globally. It is uncertain who will be back for the sequel as of now. Warner Bros.' decision to push back the film w...

Netflix has finally unveiled the much-awaited teaser trailer for Parasyte: The Grey.Based on the popular Parasyte manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki, the Netflix live-action series sets its premise in the same universe but follows a completely new set of characters in modern-day South Korea. The trailer begins with a speech made by a “parasite” representative, explaining to a group of his peers that they “have no choice by to parasitize human bodies to live.”As the video intensifies, offering snippets of these parasitic creatures disrupting ordinary life and terrorizing humans, claiming that they “Look like humans,” “Think like humans,” and “Act like humans.” The plot focuses on Su-in (played by Jeon So-nee), a woman whose body has been infiltrated by a parasite but remains to have control over her m...

Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball has passed away at the age of 68.As confirmed in a statement posted earlier today on Dragon Ball’s official website, Toriyama died on March 1, 2024 from an acute subdural hematoma. The statement, issued by Bird Studio and Capsule Corporation Tokyo, expressed the teams’ “deep regrets” as Toriyama “still had several works in the middle of creation with great enthusiasm.” and that “he would have many more things to achieve.”“Thanks to the support of so many people around the world, he has been able to continue his creative activities for over 45 years. We hope that Akira Toriyama’s unique world of creation continues to be loved by everyone for a long time to come. “Toriyama first achieved mainstream recognition with Dr. Slump, which was serialized in...

First released in 1997, the Fallout video game series has been one of the largest and most celebrated gaming franchises in history. In fact, the franchise is still holding strong with Fallout 76 releasing in 2018. Now to build on the franchise's apocalyptic story, Amazon's Prime Video is gearing up to release its new Fallout television series. So to gear up for the show, the streaming platform has released its official trailer."200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them," reads a description from Prime Video. The show sees executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa ...

Adam Sandler was officially named the highest-paid actor of 2023 by Forbes.The publication revealed that the 10 highest-paid actors of the previous year earned a combined total of $449 million USD. A majority of their earnings come from movie projects rather than TV, partly due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that halted television work for months.57-year-old Sandler took home $73 million USD ($97 million USD gross) thanks to his lucrative Netflix deal and 44 stand-up comedy shows. He's starred in eight films for the streamer and produced even more via his Happy Madison production company since first signing the $250 million USD deal in 2014. The actor starred in three Netflix films in 2023 including Murder Mystery 2 with Jennifer Aniston, while a number of his previous comedies were made...

A24's TIFF-winning film Sing Sing starring Colman Domingo has an official trailer released. The studio's next moving drama is directed by Greg Kwedar and follows a true story of a theater troupe leader in prison, played by Domingo. Leading a group of inmates through acting to escape their incarcerations, Domingo's character puts on a play while he seeks parole. The movie is based on a real-life rehabilitation program and even features a cast that includes actors who were formerly incarcerated. The synopsis reads, "A theater troupe finds escape from the realities of incarceration through the creativity of putting on a play in this film based on a real-life rehabilitation program and featuring a cast that includes formerly incarcerated actors."In the trailer, Domingo's character goes through...

Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender is returning for a second and third season.The streamer announced the news just two weeks after the show premiered, sharing that Seasons 2 and 3 will "bring The Legend of Aang to its proper conclusion." The Last Airbender earned 41.1 million views in its first 11 days and is currently Netflix's No. 1 English TV show. It was also ranked No. 1 in 76 countries and in the top 10 in 92 countries. Further details for the upcoming two seasons are yet to be announced.Season one features a total of eight episodes and follows the return of Aang, the Avatar and last Air Nomad, after being frozen for a hundred years. He's joined by Southern Water Tribe members and siblings Sokka and Katara as they try to save the world from the Fire Nation...

Dakota Johnson addressed the backlash Madame Web has been receiving, stating that she "probably will never do anything like it again."In a recent interview with Bustle, the actress revealed that she's "not surprised" by the film's negative reviews. Johnson went on to explain that the decisions in major studio films are being made by committees, "and art does not do well when it’s made by committee." She continued, "Films are made by a filmmaker and a team of artists around them. You cannot make art based on numbers and algorithms." She also stated that audiences "are extremely smart" and "will always be able to sniff out bullsh*t" despite the common belief amongst executives, and that no one would want to se AI-made films.She added that her time on Madame Web "was definitely an experience"...