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Willem Dafoe has officially been cast in the upcoming Beetlejuice 2.Details of Dafoe's character in the Warner Bros. sequel remain under wraps, but he does join an impressive cast comprised of the original Beetlejuice actors Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, as well as Jenna Ortega and Justin Theroux, with Monica Bellucci in discussions to join.Original director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman will return to helm and score the sequel over 30 years later, while Alfred Gough and Miles Millar penned the script. Tommy Harper, Plan B, Marc Toberoff and David Geffen will produce.Beetlejuice 2 is set to premiere September 6, 2024.Elsewhere in entertainment, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has crossed $500 million USD in the global box office in its second weekend in theaters....

Warner Bros. celebrated Mother's Day with an emotional teaser for The maternally-centered upcoming DC film, The Flash.In the 30-second promotional video, the clip focuses on Barry Allen's relationship with his mother, Nora Allen. Barry, who is played by Ezra Miller, is seen grappling with Nora's death from when he was a child. Barry later has an ill-fated attempt to bring her back as the teaser cuts to Nora telling a young Barry, "I love you, monkey" and Barry replying, "I love you more." Nora then adds to the emotions of the scene with a simple, "I loved you first."The film follows a much more grown and still-distraught Barry who travels back in time to try to prevent Nora's death. In his time travel attempt, he drastically alters reality, leading to a change in history that leads to the ...

According to a report, HBO's hit The Last of Us adaptation is the latest series to be affected by the ongoing labor dispute. The report notes that casting for the second season of the series was still happening until last week. Sources note the casting team was asking actors to read from dialogue taken directly from The Last of Us Part II video game and that the crew hopes to begin shooting early 2024 if the Writers Guild of America strike ends in time.It is interesting to note The Last of Usco-creator and showrunner Craig Mazin has been on the picket line supporting the Writers Guild of America. In solidarity, co-creator Neil Druckmann, who served as both writer and creative director on the games, is also not working on Season 2 of the show in any capacity at the moment.Stay tuned for mor...

Following the theatrical release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 for Marvel Studios, director James Gunn has now turned his attention back to his main focus, DC Studios. According to reports, Gunn has recently been holding auditions for the upcoming Superman: Legacy film.The reports note that Gunn has narrowed in on Nicholas Hoult, David Corenswet, Jacob Elordi, and Andrew Richardson to potentially play Clark Kent/Superman. While Emma Mackey, Rachel Brosnahan, Phoebe Dynevor, and Samara Weaving have been discussed for the role of Lois Lane. James Gunn and his team are said to be going through audition tapes and should make a decision in the coming months.Additionally, Gunn has been testing for the role of "Apex," which is believed to be "Apex Lex Luthor", the version of the villain in co...

Universal Pictures continues to give Fast X film one last marketing push before it premieres in theaters worldwide later this week. Fans are ready to strap in to see the end of the journey for the Fast Family as this week will mark the conclusion to the saga. In the past two decades, Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto has led the storyline for the franchise, giving fans a heavy dose of the Fast & Furious lifestyle. A new trailer releases just days ahead of the global premiere, pinpointing how Dom will protect his family at all costs from Jason Momoa's vengeful character. In the new snippet, Momoa's Dante swears to take revenge on Dom's family stating, "Dominic Toretto, you destroyed my family. Now you're going to have to watch who you love most die." The statement is met with a series of adr...

Last week, VIZ Media successfully launched its new app, VIZ Manga. For the first time, a handful of trending manga titles are now available to read in English on the same day a new chapter is released in Japan. This is the result of VIZ Media’s partnership with revered Japanese publishers, Shogakukan and Shueisha, with hopes to reduce manga piracy among its North American readers.At the moment, VIZ Manga’s simulpub catalog only offers 15 titles, but it’s likely that more will be avaiable in the future. The current catalog includes cult favorites such as Komi Can’t Communicate, Black Lagoon, to ongoing classics like Gosho Aoyama’s Case Closed. In addition, a number of iconic manga titles spanning various genres are also added to the app’s library — this range from renowned creators such as ...

Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has already reached a major milestone in the global box office.According to reports, the final installment in the Guardians franchise surpassed the half a billion mark in the global box office in its second week in theaters. Its global tally now sits at $528.8 million USD, after earning an additional $91.9 million USD from 52 markets for a foreign total of $315.6 million USD, and $60.5 million USD from 4,450 theaters domestically for a domestic total of $213.2 million USD.The film only experienced a 49% drop in its second week — a mass improvement in comparison to Marvel's latest films such as Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which suffered from an almost 70% drop. Guardians 3 is only the sixth Marvel movie in history to experience a drop un...

During an interview on the red carpet for the premiere of Fast X in Rome, Vin Diesel claimed that a 12th Fast & Furious film will "probably" be made. Accompanied by co-star Michelle Rodriguez, the Fast & Furious producer shared that three films, not the two announced, could serve to finish up the franchise.Diesel offered the note after being asked what would be in the future for his beloved character Dominic Toretto. "It’s a really good question. As filmmakers, you want to allow people to enjoy the film without tipping the hat too much. I can say this. Going into making this movie, the studio had asked if this could be a two-parter. And after the studio saw this, part one, they said, could you make Fast X, the finale, a trilogy?" Adding to the word of a potential trilogy, Michelle ...

As Fast X gears up to race into the theaters worldwide later this month, some early critics received a chance to watch the the film at early premieres, giving their initial reactions to the saga's finale. The star-studded cast arrived at the Colosseum on Friday at the Rome premiere. Titular characters including Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, John Cena, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren and Rita Moreno were all their on the red carpet. The choice to host the premiere in the Italian capital honors the city where most of the high octane scenes were shot for this film. On the red carpet, director Louis Leterrier told Variety, "All the action scenes we did in Rome were real. When we rolled that ball in the streets of Rome, that was a real one-ton ball that we set on fire."Critics wh...

Apple TV+ has finally dropped the first trailer of the highly-anticipated psychological thriller series starring Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried. Titled The Crowded Room, the series is based on the true crimes of Billy Milligan and is also executive produced by Tom Holland, and created by Academy Award-winning writer and executive producer Akiva Goldsman.The 10-episode series is set to debut on the streamer early next month and follows Holland's character, Danny Sullivan, a man who has been arrested for his involvement in a shooting in 1979 at Rockefeller Center in New York City. The captivating thriller sees Seyfried's character, an interrogator named Rya Goodwin, try to get to the bottom of what happened. As the plot thickens, audiences see Danny's life story unfold, revealing his past a...