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In the past year, fans have speculated whether or not Disney will plan to revive the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Last summer, the titular actor Johnny Depp shut down any rumors of returning as Captain Jack Sparrow in the future. However, a recent conversation with Disney Studio Motion Picture Production president Sean Bailey suggests differently.It comes as no surprise that the Pirates of the Caribbean films are one of the most beloved live-action franchises at Disney. In 2020, the studio announced that there will be a spinoff starring Margot Robbie, however, towards the end of 2022, it was announced that the film has been scrapped. Now, it appears that Disney is putting the film back on the table, addressing the possibility of a Depp return to the franchise. In an interview with t...

For Greta Gerwig's Barbie, she needed to paint the world pink to achieve the correct aesthetic that has caught the attention of audiences around the world. With less than two months until the premiere of the live-action film, the teasers have unveiled a fantasy land, leaving fans in awe of the production behind the film.In a recent profile on Architectural Digest, production designer Sarah Greenwood, set decorator Katie Spencer and director Gerwig explained how they managed to capture the essence of Barbie and specifically, Barbie's iconic Dreamhouse. Gerwig said, "I wanted the pinks to be very bright, and everything to be almost too much." She shared that "the 'kid-ness' was paramount" in evoking the feeling she has never forgotten from Barbie since she was a little girl. In order to achi...

HBO and production studio Words + Pictures have announced that they're working on a Barry Bonds documentary. Bonds is one of the greatest and most controversial players in baseball history — a star slugger who holds the all-time MLB home run record (762) and the single-season home run record (73) while also being the only player in league history to hit more than 500 home runs and steal more than 500 bases, but he was also a key figure in the sport's steroid scandal and has never been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.A statement from HBO indicated that a documentary on Bonds is "in production" and that it chronicles the story of "one of the greatest talents in the history of baseball, and one of the most compelling and polarizing figures in all of sports.” Bonds, for his part, has a...

Dwayne Johnson has officially confirmed his continued return to the Fast & Furious franchise. The actor took to his Twitter account to say that he is "one hundred percent confirming" his return and reprisal of the role of Luke Hobbs. In a long post, he thanked fans for their ongoing support of the franchise and for the excitement surrounding his cameo in Fast X. CNN reported that he recently teased that fans can expect more between Hobbs and Jason Momoa's villainous character Dante. He said, "If you thought that 'The Rock' versus 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin headlining three WrestleManias was earth-shattering, well, wait until you see Dante and Hobbs collide." In the Tweet, Johnson gives audiences a glimpse of how Johnson and Vin Diesel's conversation played out stating that it "lead with...

Another horror flick from The Conjuring Universe franchise is on the way. Four years after The Nun grossed over $350 million USD at the box office, the rollout for its sequel, the ninth installment in the overarching Conjuring franchise, has begun.Directed by Michael Chaves, the film was written by Akela Cooper, Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing. The Nun 2 will see Sister Irene (played by Taissa Farmiga) make her return to once again face off against the demonic force Nun named Valak.Few additional details are known about the plot but filmmakers have shared the first production stills from the project. The photos offer fans a preview of Sister Irene encountering the Nun in a doorway, while another set of stills seemingly shows a young girl being possessed.As for the cast of The Nun 2, Bonnie ...

The Office is heading down under for an Australian adaptation.According to Variety, the comedy franchise is set to see a woman be the middle management lead for the first time. The series is slated to arrive on Amazon Prime Video and will feature Australian comedian and actor Felicity Ward as the titular character. Ward will portray Hannah Howard, the MD of packaging at the Flinley Craddick in The Office Australia. Taking inspiration from reality, the plot follows Howard as she gets news from the headquarters that they must shut down her branch and staff will be working from home. Ward's character goes into survival mode, making promises she finds hard to keep and even launching outlandish plots to keep her "work family" together. The Australian version will be the 13th iteration of the sh...

According to reports, ahead of the theatrical release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the producers behind the animated trilogy shared plans aside from Beyond the Spider-Verse coming 2024. During the premiere of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse earlier this week, producer Amy Pascal shared that an animated Spider-Woman film and a live-action Miles Morales movie are currently in development.Simply adding "It’s all happening," Producer Avi Arad also teased that the Spider-Woman project will be arriving "sooner than you expect." Amidst the reveal, Pascal shared that a fourth Spider-Man film with Tom Holland and Zendaya is also in development. Although the plans are set, the current Writers Guild of America strike has now put a halt to the project. "Are we going to make another movi...

Nostalgia is in full-force with the rollout of Seth Rogen's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem continuing. At the start of the week, co-director Jeff Rowe confirmed that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails are set to score the film. Now, following up on the initial teaser trailer in March, Paramount Pictures has closed the month of May with the movie's full-length official trailer.Throughout the action-packed preview, the beloved Turtle brothers are presented with an army of mutants -- including a first look at the main villain Superfly -- to take on as they seek to become heroes. The loaded cast includes Nicolas Cantu (Leonardo), Micah Abbey (Donatello), Shamon Brown Jr. (Michelangelo), and Brady Noon (Raphael), along with Ayo Edebiri (April O’Neil), Jackie Chan (Spl...

Black Mirror viewers have been waiting for season six of the show for the past few years now. The fifth season of the sci-fi anthology series debuted in 2019 and was a short one at that, clocking in at just three episodes.Fans thankfully won’t have to wait much longer for their next dose of Charlie Brooker’s eerie Netflix series, which will be slightly longer at five episodes. Ahead of its premiere on the streamer on June 15, an official trailer is out for Black Mirror season six.One of the more meta plotlines of an episode seems to be a Netflix show mirroring a woman’s (played by Annie Murphy) real life events, being updated on a daily basis.Alongside Schitt’s Creek’s Murphy, the star-studded cast includes Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman...

Erykah Badu is set to make an appearance in Malcolm Washington's The Piano Lesson.The Baduizm artist will make a musical cameo and stars alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Malcolm's brother John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Potts and Corey Hawkins. The Piano Lesson is a film adaptation of August Wilson's 1987 play of the same name, which recently concluded its Broadway revival run and set a record for the highest grossing revival of a play on Broadway and the highest grossing Wilson production on Broadway; Jackson and Washington will be reprising their roles from the Broadway revival.Denzel Washington, the father of Malcolm and John David, will be producing alongside Todd Black, while Denzel's daughter Katia Washington, and Constanza Romero and Jennifer Roth will ser...