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Just a little over one month until the release of Creed III, Warner Bros. and MGM has released another feature for the highly anticipated boxing threequel. The film is set to be Michael B. Jordan's directorial debut as he plays the lead role in the emotional rollercoaster of the plot. The new teaser gives fans a better glimpse of Adonis' past troubles that he must face in order to save the boxing legacy he has built so far. The short trailer spotlights Donnie's "brotherly" relationship with Damian and how his childhood friend seems to come back for "unfinished business." Damian, played by Jonathan Majors, highlights the storyline as the third installment follows Donnie seven years after the events of the second film. Damian's unexpected return after being in prons for many years sees Donni...

The first trailer for the adaptation of Stephen King's The Boogeyman is here.Initially premiering during a broadcast of the NFC championship game, the visual sees Sophie Thatcher and Vivien Lyra Blair and Sadie and Sawyer Harper, two young siblings experiencing the loss of their mother. A supernatural force that preys on misery enters their house and the two girls must convince their grieving father of the evils lurking in their home before it gets to them.The Boogeyman is based on King’s 1978 short story of the same name, which follows the story of Lester Billings as he tells psychiatrist Dr. Harper the stories of how his three children screamed "Boogeyman!" before their deaths.Joining Thatcher and Blair in the cast are Chris Messina, Marin Ireland, Madison Hu, LisaGay Hamilton and David ...

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has officially overtaken Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the fourth highest-grossing film in history.According to reports, the sci-fi sequel has earned a whopping $2.075 billion USD at the global box office to surpass The Force Awakens' $2.064 billion USD run in 2015. This effectively makes Cameron the director of three of the four highest-grossing movies of all time, thanks to the original Avatar's earnings of $2.92 billion USD and Titanic's $2.2 billion USD earnings; the only title not helmed by Cameron is Avengers: Endgame with $2.79 billion USD.Avatar: The Way of Water was also recently nominated for best picture, production design, sound and visual effects at the 2023 Academy Awards.Elsewhere in entertainment, HBO has renewed The Last of Us for...

Amazon is rumored to be working on a TV series adaptation of the long-running media franchise Tomb Raider, with Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge heavily involved.The project is reportedly currently "in the development stages," with the lead actress taking on the role of Lara Croft still unconfirmed. Waller-Bridge is set to pen the script and executive produce alongside Ryan Andolina, Amanda Greenblatt and Dmitri M. Johnson.The Tomb Raider franchise has spawned a total of 20 video games between 1996 and 2023, as well as two movie franchises starring Angelina Jolie in 2001 and 2003 and Alicia Vikander in 2018. Netflix is also currently developing an anime adaptation of the video game franchise, with Hayley Atwell voicing Lara.Stay tuned for more info.Elsewhere in entertainment, HBO has rene...

Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann's The Last of Us series adaptation has officially received a second season renewal order from HBO.A press release confirmed that the show was HBO's second-largest debut behind House of the Dragon, with the first episode surpassing 22 million views domestically and its second episode earning 5.7 million viewers across HBO Max and linear telecasts in the United States; episode two garnered 1 million more new viewers in comparison to the pilot, marking the largest week two audience growth for any HBO Original Drama Series in history.“Craig and Neil, alongside EP Carolyn Strauss, and the rest of our phenomenal cast and crew, have defined a genre with their masterful debut season of ‘The Last of Us,’” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming,...

Back in 2020, Disney announced plans to close all of its Splash Mountain rides following mounting criticism of its controversial 1946 film source material, Song of the South. Earlier this week, (January 23, 2023), Disney's Magic Kingdom in Florida officially closed its 30-year-old log flume ride with many fans in attendance.While some attendees rushed to pick up the remaining merchandise tied to Splash Mountain, some people decided to try and capitalize on the closure by taking home water from the ride. Following the closure, several listings for "authentic" Splash Mountain water ranging from $150 to $10,000 USD started appearing on eBay. The sellers claim that the water was taken from the last day of Splash Mountain's operation at Magic Kingdom.It is interesting to note that Splash Mounta...

Marvel has enlisted Ayo Edebiri for its upcoming action movie, The Thunderbolts. Directed by Jake Schrier, the film is scheduled to debut sometime in 2024 as part of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and follows a group of antiheroes tasked with carrying out missions for the government.Edebiri burst onto the scene with her breakthrough role in Hulu’s sandwich shop-set drama, The Bear. She portrayed Sydney Adamu, a talented young chef who joins the family-run business as a sous chef, and a role that went on to nab her nominations at last year’s Critics' Choice Awards and Gotham Independent Film Awards.Edebiri has also contributed voice work to Big Mouth and will return to The Bear in its second season, slated to release in mid-2023.While the actress’ exact role in The Thunderbolts...

A new trailer is out for DC Comics’ upcoming superhero flick Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The film is slated to premiere in March as a sequel to the first 2019 installment centered on the eponymous character, seeing Zachary Levi reprise the role.In the sequel, Billy Batson and his foster siblings are continuing to grapple with their newfound superpowers when a trio of evil goddesses called the Daughters of Atlas descend to enact vengeance. The kids must tap into their powers to stop the trio from destroying the Earth.Asher Angel will play the younger version of Levi’s Batson. As for the rest of the Shazam family, Jack Dylan Grazer and Adam Brody will portray, respectively, the younger and older versions of Frederick "Freddy" Freeman. Ian Chen and Ross Butler will play Eugene Choi, alongside F...

Following the release of the 65 teaser trailer released last year for Adam Driver's latest sci-fi thriller, Sony Pictures has released the official trailer just over a month until the film premieres in theaters.The just-under two-minute trailer gives audiences a greater glimpse at Driver's character Commander Mills, as he comes face-to-face with dinosaurs as his ship crash lands on an unknown planet. He ends up being the only survivor along with Koa, played by Ariana Greenblatt. The world appears to be an alien-filled planet as the two find out they have landed on Earth 65 million years ago. The pair must fight for their lives against some of the world's deadliest ancient creatures. The official trailer does not give additional plot details, but it does show new footage of the creatures ex...

Succession season four will premiere on Sunday, March 26, HBO revealed on Thursday.Along with the release date, the network dropped off the first official teaser for the next season, which shows the Roy kids seeking revenge against Logan (Brian Cox). “It’s a tightrope walk on a straight razor, a 500-foot reputational drop,” says Kendall, played by Jeremy Strong, in the visual.“In the 10-episode Season 4, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer,” according to the official synopsis. “The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is completed. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and...