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As the world awaits for James Cameron‘s upcoming Avatar sequel, many have speculated how much this film actually cost to produce. Earlier this month, Hypebeast reported that in order for Avatar: The Way of Water to break even, it would have to become the “fourth or fifth highest-grossing film in history.” According to a recent report from The Hollywood Reporter, the budget for the long-awaited sequel sits somewhere between $350 million USD and $400 million USD, easily making it one of the most expensive films of all time, next to Marvel‘s Avengers: Endgame and Age Of Ultron. The first Avatar film currently sits as the highest-grossing film of all time with $2.9 billion USD. Avengers: Endgame is second with $2.79 billion USD, while Titanic, which was also directed by Cameron comes in at thi...

Paramount Pictures on Thursday dropped off the official teaser trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, providing a first look at the film inspired by the ’90s Beast Wars cartoon. Directed by Steven Caple Jr., the forthcoming seventh installment in the Transformers franchise will mark the first effort without Michael Bay‘s involvement. The new movie, which is set between the events of Bumblebee and Bay’s films, will include familiar Autobots like Optimus Prime and Bumblee, and it will also introduce new characters, including the Maximals, Terrorcons and Predacons. The trailer focuses primarily on the new characters, spotlighting the leader of the Maximals, Optimus Primal, vocied by Ron Perlman. To the beat of Notorious B.I.G., it also offers glimpses of Optimus Prime, played...

According to reports, Oscar-winning director Ang Lee is now set to direct a film chronicling the life of Chinese American martial arts legend Bruce Lee. The director has also cast his son, Mason Lee, to play Bruce Lee in the 3000 Pictures project, a division of Sony Pictures. Set to cover Bruce Lee’s career from his origins in Hong Kong and Hollywood breakout, the biographical film will be written by Dan Futterman of Capote fame. Despite his death in 1973 at the age of 32, Lee has maintained an enduring legacy as an actor, director, and martial arts icon. “Accepted as neither fully American nor Fully Chinese, Bruce Lee was a bridge between East and West who introduced Chinese Kung Fu to the world, a scientist of combat and an iconic performing artist who revolutionized both the martial art...

Universal Pictures has officially launched the first trailer for Elizabeth Banks‘ upcoming thriller directorial effort, Cocaine Bear. The film follows a black bear that embarks on a murderous rampage and as the title suggests, it ingests an unintentional copious amount of cocaine. While the film is based on a true story, the murderous rampage is of course dramatized. Cocaine Bear is based on actual chain of events that occurred in September 1985 when a convicted drug smuggler named Andrew Thornton offloaded a duffel bag of cocaine over Northern Georgia. The 175-pound bag of cocaine was accidentally ingested by a black bear which later overdosed and discovered three months later next to 40 plastic containers of cocaine. Thornton also died when attempting to abandon the overloaded plane in a...

Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro is set to star in his first-ever TV lead role in his long, storied career for Netflix‘s new limited political series, Zero Day. The series is slated to be led by Narcos showrunner Eric Newman and president of NBC News, Noah Oppenheim. The political thriller show is said to see De Niro play the former president while Newman and Oppenheim will pen the script together. The script is based off of a story by Newman, Oppenheim, and Michael Schmidt. Newman currently has an overall deal with the streaming giant while this project will see Oppenheim, De Niro and Jonathan Glickman of Panoramic Media executive produce. It is uncertain if Zero Day has received the green light, however, if it does, it will mark De Niro’s first ongoing lead role in a series. De Niro di...

Following the release of an official trailer for the highly-anticipated Super Mario Bros. movie, new 30-second commercials which aired in Switzerland have now been circulating the web. Showing exclusive footage, the short teasers offer a glimpse of Mushroom Kingdom, its residents, and the character Toad. Also shown are special coin ATM machines and the inner workings of the world’s pipe system the film echoes. The upcoming film seems to echo the classic storyline for the classic Super Mario Bros. game, following a plumber named Mario who travels through an underground labyrinth with Luigi to save Princess Peach. The cast is said to include Jack Black as Bowser, Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Luigi Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach Seth Rogan as Donkey Kong, Keegan-Michael Key as Toa...

Hollywood’s upcoming psychological thriller, Fear, is not for the faint of the heart. Described as not your typical horror film, Fear follows a group of friends on a weekend vacation that takes a dark turn very soon as they reach their remote getaway in a historic hotel. Each of the friends must face their deepest fear one by one, due to a powerful force in the hotel. The trailer gives audiences a glimpse of some of the types of fear in play. The clip shows the group sitting together as they go around naming what scares them most, unknowingly speaking into existence and manifesting the fear. The only way out alive is to fight away their worst nightmares as it comes to life. The ensemble facing their deepest fears include Joseph Sikora of 50 Cent’s Power, Andrew Bachelor a.k.a. King Bach, T...

Nintendo and Universal Pictures has officially dropped The Super Mario Bros. official trailer. The film is the first cinematic foray for the beloved Italian cartoon plumber, expanding Mario’s adventures over the past three decades. The film sees Super Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, find where he fits in the Mushroom Kingdom. The new trailer also gives fans a first glimpse of Anya Taylor-Joy as she voices Princess Peach. Second to Pokémon the Super Mario franchise is Nintendo’s second most profitable IP. The upcoming film is the Nintendo’s second time trying to bring the famous characters created by Shigru Miyamoto to the big screens. In 1993, the company faced a box office bomb when they released the 1993 Super Mario Bros. live-action. This time around, they stuck to animations, bringing a ...

Quentin Tarantino has sparked a lot of conversation lately with his claims that Marvel actors are “not movie stars.” Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Nick Fury in the MCU and a frequent collaborator of Tarantino has now addressed the director’s recent comments on an episode of The View. Entertainment Weekly reports, that Jackson challenges Tarantino’s comments stating, “It takes an actor to be those particular characters, and the sign of movie stardom has always been, what, asses in seats? What are we talking about? That’s not a big controversy for me to know that apparently, these actors are movie stars. Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther. You can’t refute that, and he’s a movie star.” In Tom Segura’s podcast, Tarantino suggested that the superhero characters were more famous than the actors t...