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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes snags the top spot at the global box office and nationwide box office this weekend, proving that the passion for The Hunger Games is still very much alive. Nearing the $100 million USD mark worldwide just three days after the release which included hitting $44 million USD in North America and $54.5 million internationally, the numbers might just be enough to convince studios like Lionsgate that there might just be more to explore here.Perhaps the strong numbers do push towards a justification of more films, however, they did not come close to the original franchise that launched Jennifer Lawrence's stardom. Collectively, the films starring Lawrence grossed $3 billion USD globally. The first four installments were released between 2012 an...

According to a report, another Creed film is reportedly in development. The report also notes that star Michael B. Jordan could be set to return to direct Creed IV.During Deadline's Contenders Film event in Los Angeles, Creed franchise’s producer, Irwin Winkler, shared, "We are planning to do Creed IV right now... We have a really good story [and] a really good plot. We got a little delayed because of the strikes, but about a year from now we’re going into pre-production."Despite noting that Jordan was set to direct the upcoming installment, Winkler peddled back stating he "wasn’t supposed to say." "[We're] just glad that this one worked and people want to see more," said panelist and producing partner Elizabeth Raposo, joined by writer Keenan Coogler.Released earlier this year, Creed III ...

Dune: Part 2 is coming to theaters a little sooner than expected. The news of the new release date for the highly anticipated sequel comes after Universal moved Ryan Gosling's The Fall Guy premiere from May to March of next year.The second part of Dune is slated to move up a couple of weeks, though the new release date may be little solace to fans who had expected the project to open earlier this month. However, due to the actors strike, it was delayed since Warners and Legendary did not want to release the film without stars like Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet are unable to promote it. Denis Villeneuve returns to direct the film once again. This film will see new faces like Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken and Léa Seydoux join the cast. Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista and ...

Sony Pictures has finally given fans an official look at the upcoming Spider-Man spinoff Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson. Johnson plays the titular role of Cassandra Webb, a mutant with psychic sensory powers that allow her to foresee the future of other superheroes in the universe. The trailer shows Cassandra Webb having mysterious encounters from a man from her mother's past, "I've been having visions. If you want to live, you have to trust me." In the comic books, Web is a blind, elderly woman who suffers from myasthenia gravis. The trailer highlights four new Spider-Man heroes, hinting at an expansion of Sony's Spider-Man universe. S.J. Clarkson directs the film and co-wrote the script with Claire Parker. Lorenzo di Bonaventura serves as producer, while Parker and Adam Merims execut...

Olympus is calling at Disney+ with the official release of the trailer for the upcoming series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The series, which is based on Rick Riordan's popular young adult book series of the same name, follows a 12-year-old boy named Percy, played by Walker Scobell. While he does lead a normal life, he later learns that he is actually a half-blood -- half human, half Greek god. As the son of Poseidon, Percy moves to Camp Half-Blood, where he meets other demigod children who also receive protection and training to hone in their unique skills. Percy is called ot his first quest, finding Zeus's stolen lightning bolt with the help of his friends, a satyr called Grover (Aryan Simhadri) and a fellow-blood Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) who is also the daughter of Athena.Scob...

Fans finally have an official release date for Donald Glover's upcoming Prime Video project. Glover's newly created series with Francesca Sloane Mr. & Mrs. Smith is slated to arrive on the platform early next year. Glover stars in the series alongside Maya Erskine. They both play two lonely strangers who are undercover as married couple and working with a mysterious spy agency. However, inevitably, they fall in love. The series is inspired by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's 2005 spy film of the same name. On the eight-episode Prime Video series, Glover told Entertainment Weekly, "It's definitely going to be different for a lot of people, which I think is good. You can always go back and watch the old one, but this one gives you a different feeling. People are definitely going to be shoc...

Ted – as in the raunchy talking teddy bear – is a name we haven't heard in years, seeing as the original Seth MacFarlane-penned film is now over a decade old. Ted is readying his triumphant return in the new Ted Peacock series, also written by MacFarlane, that is expected to drop next January.MacFarlane will again be voicing Ted, with Max Burkholder, Scott Grimes and Alanna Ubach starring as the Bennett family with Giorgia Whigham as cousin Blaire.  Original film stars Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg have not been announced to return. Led by a “supersized" first episode, the series is set to "take fans on a “hilarious R-rated nostalgic journey back to the 90s." Find the full logline below:“It’s 1993, and Ted the bear’s moment of fame has passed. He’s now living back home in Framingham, Massac...