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Just two months after The CW announced that it would be scrapping the live-action The Powerpuff Girls series, Warner Bros. has now officially canceled the project. The series is no longer in development and according to TVLine, The CW has sent the series back to the studio amidst ownership and strategic changes. Not only did they send The Powerpuff Girls series back to their studios, but the proposed Arrowverse spinoff Justice U, Archie Comics-inspired Jack Chang and the female-led Zorro reboot have all been sent back to their respective studios. Back in May 2021, it was confirmed that the live-action adaptation had casted Chloe Bennet of Agents of SHIELD to be Blossom, Descendants' Dove Cameron as Bubbles and Broadway actress Yana Perrault as Buttercup. The new series was meant to be bas...

Over the course of the next year, Disney+ plans to add a 20-part slate of films and series from East Asia, spanning a variety of genres and eras, to its platform.The streamer has assembled a slew of riveting content, sourced from Japan and Korea, that will release throughout the second half of 2023 and early 2024. Among them, Korean drama series, Moving, produced by webtoon giant Kang Full, will lead the launch, hitting the streaming service on August 9. Detective drama The Worst of Evil, another Korean-based series that stars Ji Changwook, Squid Game's Wi Hajun and Lim Semi, will follow.From Japan, Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc will offer the next chapter in the beloved anime series, and Dragons of Wonderhatch, a "hybrid story" that amalgamates a live-action "real world" with anime, is set...

Insidious: The Red Door surpassed expectations for its opening weekend at the box office, raking in a whopping $32.6 million USD. The film, which arrived as the fifth installment in the Insidious franchise, snatched the No. 1 spot from Disney's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which acquired $26.5 million USD in its second weekend.The Red Door, which is said to be the last entry in the franchise, cost approximately $16 million USD to make, allowing the Sony film to turn a profit in its first weekend of release, across 3,188 domestic venues. Indiana Jones 5, meanwhile, opened with $60 million USD, a far cry from the film's budget, which neared $300 million USD.The new Insidious installment also saw comparable success internationally, bringing in $31.4 million USD from theaters abroad....

Just two months after The CW announced that it would be scrapping the live-action The Powerpuff Girls series, Warner Bros. has now officially canceled the project. The series is no longer in development and according to TVLine, The CW has sent the series back to the studio amidst ownership and strategic changes. Not only did they send The Powerpuff Girls series back to their studios, but the proposed Arrowverse spinoff Justice U, Archie Comics-inspired Jack Chang and the female-led Zorro reboot have all been sent back to their respective studios. Back in May 2021, it was confirmed that the live-action adaptation had casted Chloe Bennet of Agents of SHIELD to be Blossom, Descendants' Dove Cameron as Bubbles and Broadway actress Yana Perrault as Buttercup. The new series was meant to be bas...

Before Sam Levinson stepped into the picture to helm HBO's The Idol, Amy Seimetz was set for the job. The controversial show has garnered mixed reviews with many critiquing the series with negative press even before its official release. Now, new set images of the series from the original version of The Idol have surfaced, giving fans a glimpse of what could have been the direction of the show under the leadership and creative eye of Amy Seimetz. The original concept was reportedly set to be "a dark satire of fame and the fame model.". A stark contrast from the now released series, the original images of the set seem to portray a bright and playful design glimpse, very different from the new version. In the tweet, Twitter user @thisisnotahmad states that the original version by Seimetz was...

Hayao Miyazaki is set to present his final film later this week. The Studio Ghibli animated film, How Do You Live? will be the first of his films to ever release at IMAX, as well as other premium formats including Dolby Atmos, Dolby Cinema and DTS:X.As fans eagerly wait for the premiere of How Do You Live?, it is important to note that this will also mark Miyazaki's first film in a decade, becoming the most anticipated film coming to Japanese theaters in years. The animation master, now 82, worked alongside Toshio Suzuki for the film. Leading up to the release later this week, the studio had confirmed that there will be no trailers nor promotional materials for How Do You Live? ahead of the release as they do not want fans to go into the movie with preconceptions. Suzuki said in regards to...

Britain's first-ever UFC champion Michael Bisping is officially on board to star in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, alongside returning actors Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr., according to The Hollywood Reporter.Bisping appeared in the original film, with a cameo as the character Connor. It's confirmed that Bisping will reprise the role in the forthcoming follow-up film.Den of Thieves 2: Pantera began filming in the U.K. and the Canary Islands in April. The sequel, which is written and directed by Christian Gudegast, will pick up where the original left off, following Big Nick as he traces down enemies on European streets and inches closer to catching Donnie (Jackson).The original movie, which followed a team of police officers attempting to seize a group of bank robbers, starred Butler, J...

As the premiere date for Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated biopic thriller film, Oppenheimer nears, the director has revealed that the film has "zero" CGI shots. Staying committed to the practicality of the historical nuclear tale, Nolan expressed his disinterest in using CGI to create an atomic spectacle. Taking on a realistic and major challenge of recreating the testing of an atomic bomb, Nolan spoke with Collider regarding the process. The film is an adapted story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. It tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist who is known to be the father of the atomic bomb, played by Cillian Murphy. Perhaps the scenes in question include the ones that showcase the devastating ef...

Marvel fans are eager to know when the next Shang-Chi 2 film will be in the works. Simu Liu originally made his MCU debut in 2021 for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and since its release, fans have been wondering about a sequel. The actor recently took to Threads to share an update on the sequel which is currently in development. In a new Threads post, a fan asked for a status update on the highly anticipated second film, to which Liu responded, "Was told it would follow Avengers but that keeps pushing back due to circumstances beyond my control." He also added that he hopes "to have more concrete news to share soon."Liu did not expand on what "circumstances" that may be, however the delays are not unexpected from Disney. Recently, the Disney calendar has seen a slew of changes,...