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Following the release of two trailers, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has now premiered the first full scene from the film at The Game Awards, picturing Mario wandering through a section of Mushroom Kingdom. Led by a hurried Toad who loudly reveals that Luigi is in big trouble, Mario makes his way through the bustling streets filled with subtle references to the original games including the appearance of Cheep Cheep pufferfish and the Crazy Cap shop from Super Mario Odyssey. With the music in the background working in sound effects and classic tracks by Koji Kondo from the original games, Mario is seen hopping around levitating platforms and shooting through the warp pipes before eventually making it to the steps of Princess Peach’s Castle. The upcoming film is an origin story of sorts, echoi...

Already making his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Spider-Man: No Way Home and appearing in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Charlie Cox has now ignited talk of Daredevil showing up in Deadpool 3. To build up anticipation for the upcoming 18-episode Disney+ series, Daredevil: Born Again, Cox was part of a Marvel Studios panel at German Comic Con in Dortmund, Germany. The Daredevil star and his co-star Elden Henson offered their experiences of bringing back the series and being part of the MCU. But the most important moment of the talk came when Cox said, “Because of the tone of our show, I think there’s a place for Daredevil to show up in Deadpool.” Adding, “Would be really cool…great, now that’s a news story!” Although this does not mean anything has been confirmed, it appears that Charlie C...

The battle for the Friday film franchise between Ice Cube and Warner Bros. appears to still be ongoing. Variety has reported that Ice Cube recently spoke about the issues he has been facing regarding getting the possibility of buying the rights from the studio himself. He spoke on Mike Tyson‘s Hotboxin podcast that Warner Bros. has neglected to give him the film rights to the Friday franchise he started. He previously starred in and wrote three Friday films, all produced and distributed by New Line Cinema. Since Warner Bros. now owns New Line, Ice Cube is unable to move forward with the fourth installment of the franchise without the studio signing off. In the podcast, Cube touched on his ongoing discussions with Warner Bros., “I don’t know. Warner Bros is weird right now. I don’t know wha...

Wednesday, Netflix‘s new fantasy series following the titular morbid daughter of The Addams Family, has achieved unprecedented success on the streaming platform. Now, fans of the show (specifically those living in Los Angeles) can further encapsulate themselves in the world of Wednesday with a ride in the quirky family’s famous hearse. Car-share company Turo is offering the 1950 Cadillac Hearse Edition to drivers in Los Angeles for $13 USD per day until December 19. The real hearse, driven by Lurch in the series, is a hard-to-find custom vehicle, but West Coast Customs body shop crafted a one-of-a-kind ride to replicate the experience, with a purple hue, bat-wing mirrors, spider-web windows and a distinct Gothic flair. The listing, which is written by Wednesday herself, reads, “This is a 1...

The highly anticipated The First Slam Dunk anime film has opened in Japanese box offices with great success. Currently ranked No.1 in the domestic market, the animated film adaptation of the manga was screened at 40 IMAX cinemas and 34 Dolby Atmos cinemas where it raked in ¥1,295,808,780 JPY ($9.50 million USD) from 847,000 ticket sales. While The First Slam Dunk has dethroned Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume no Tojimari in weekend performance, now resting in second place in its fourth weekend, it failed to top Suzume‘s ¥1,880,000,000 JPY ($13.7 million USD) weekend opener. As of writing this, Suzume no Tojimari has pulled in a total of $55.7 million USD in ticket sales. With such a strong opening, The First Slam Dunk could be on its way to the top 50 list, especially when it is set to enter Dolby ...

A release date for Wes Anderson‘s next film Asteroid City has been revealed. According to reports, the rom-com drama will receive a limited theatrical release on June 16, 2023 and a planned wider release on June 23, and will feature a high-profile cast comprised of Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Ed Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Grace Edwards, Aristou Meehan, Sophia Lillis, Ethan Lee, Jeff Goldblum and Rita Wilson. Anderson co-wrote the film with Roman Coppola and produced alongside Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson. Set in the 1950s, Asteroid City takes place in a fiction...

Released as part of the restructuring at DC Studios under co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran, Black Adam is now expected to lose $100 million USD. Despite earning $387 million USD globally, the box office sales for the blockbuster have missed the mark expected during production. Starring Dwayne Johnson, the film released on October 21 cost DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures $195 million USD to make and a marketing budget of around $80-100 million USD. While half of the $387 million USD in earnings generated by Black Adam is kept by theaters that screened the film as ticket sale revenue. Meaning that altogether the film stands to lose at least $50 million USD, even if ticket sales pick up. Reports are noting that Black Adam would need to earn $425 million USD in total to break even. Blac...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is bulking up for season two, with eight additions to its recurring cast. In its next installment, the popular fantasy series will feature newcomers Oliver Alvin-Wilson (Murder in Provence), Stuart Bowman (Bodyguard), Gavi Singh Chera (The Lazarus Project), William Chubb (Vampire Academy), Kevin Eldon (The Last Kingdom), Will Keen (The Pursuit of Love), Selina Lo (Hellraiser) and Calam Lynch (Bridgerton). In classic Lord of the Rings fashion, the franchise did not disclose any further details about the new cast additions. The series’ new faces join previously revealed recurring actors Gabriel Akuwudike, Yasen ‘Zates’ Atour, Ben Daniels, Amelia Kenworthy, Nia Towle, Nicholas Woodeson and Sam Hazeldine, who will assume the role of Joseph Ma...

Shortly after having its release date moved up to June 16, 2023, the long-anticipated The Flash movie now has a new poster and a series of promotional artwork. Earlier this year an official release was uncertain, but with DC Studios‘ restructuring, the film was given a June 23, 2023 release date and has now been pushed forward to likely avoid the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, coming June 30, 2023. Unveiled at CCXP 2022, DC Studios delivered a poster teasing the interconnected nature of the flashpoint storyline to be introduced with The Flash and promotional artwork showing the look of the hero. Aside from showing a more comic-accurate upgraded suit, we interestingly get a first look at what is currently dubbed the “improvised suit.” From the circular batman logo, it is ...

Warner Bros. Discovery is on track to formally launch a new name and platform for its upcoming joint streaming service that combines the preexisting HBO Max with Discovery+. The news was first revealed back in August this year, claiming that HBO Max and Discovery+ is merging into one streaming giant. The merged platform is slated to be called “Max,” but is still going through the vetting process by the company’s lawyers and others familiar with the strategic move. While the executives have not yet finalized their decision, “Max” is the most likely choice, according to sources. CNBC reports that senior executives are still debating the name and that internally, Warner Bros. Discovery is calling the new streaming platform, “BEAM.” The new combined service will share similarities with Disney+...

Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3 has reportedly been cancelled by DC and Warner Bros. as new leadership takes over the studio. According to reports, James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures co-chairs and co-CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy told Jenkins that her Gal Gadot-starring sequel is “considered dead,” as it does not match up with the studios’ new and upcoming plans. THR adds that although the cost to make the film was not a reason behind the cancellation, the studio may be saving “tens of millions of dollars” as the actress was set to receive $20 million USD for her role as the titular superhero and Jenkins would have received $12 million USD. The news arrives around the same time Gadot herself took to Twitter to thank fans for their support of her role a...