ENTERTAINMENT

As the theatrical release for Avatar: The Way of Water nears, the entertainment world has its eyes on the James Cameron-directed sequel. The much-anticipated film is projected to dominate opening weekend at the box office, poised to debut with $150 million and $175 million USD. While it is expected to be a major hit at the box office, with early critics giving the sequel overwhelmingly positive reviews, Variety says expectations need to be managed when it comes to the sequel becoming the highest-grossing film in history. The original Avatar was released in 2009 and debuted with $77 million USD domestically. It held the top spot at the box office for seven weeks and eventually soared to $760 million USD in North America. The sequel has a runtime of 3 hours and 12 minutes, intimidating many ...

Amazon Studios has ordered a live-action series of the celebrated video game series, God of War. According to reports, the adaptation will be based on the 2018 game and will follow Kratos’ supposed attempt in “retirement” in Midgar. When his wife dies, however, he and his estranged son, Atreus, go on a journey to the highest peak in order to spread her ashes. “Kratos soon realizes the journey is an epic quest in disguise, one which will test the bonds between father and son, and force Kratos to battle new gods and monsters for the fate of the world,” Variety adds. The series has enlisted Wheel of Time’s Rafe Judkins as showrunner and executive producer, with Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby serving as writers and executive producers alongside Cory Barlog, Yumi Yang and Jeff Ketcham of Santa Moni...

Henry Cavill has officially announced that he will not be “returning as Superman.” He took to Instagram to release a statement, while DC Studios’ new head James Gunn also took to Twitter to confirm the news that the titular actor will not be joining their new universe. The news comes after Gunn took to Twitter to reassure fans that, “Superman is a huge priority, if not the biggest priority.” Since Gunn and Peter Safran were named co-CEOS of DC Studios, there have been major shakeups involving what the future DC Universe will look like. Gunn has often taken to Twitter to debunk rumors, including the recent one that Robert Pattinson‘s Batman will be a part of “their wider DC Universe.” Gunn has since said that “this is entirely untrue.” In regards to Cavill not returning as Superman, Gunn po...

Building up anticipation for his next film, Oppenheimer, director Christopher Nolan has been discussing the lengths he has gone to make the biopic about the life of famed nuclear scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer. During a recent interview with TotalFilm magazine, Nolan revealed that he recreated a nuclear test without the help of “computer graphics.” Although it is pretty certain that the director did not create an atomic bomb for a scene, Nolan was quite careful about what he shared. Stating that he and his team “recreated the Trinity test,” which points towards a major explosion based on the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m., July 16, 1945, in Jornada del Muerto, the test was an instrumental part of the Manhattan Projec...

Director Patty Jenkins is officially breaking her silence and clearing the air about what happened with Wonder Woman 3. Jenkins recently released a lengthy statement on Twitter that debunked any rumors regarding the third installment of Wonder Woman. She began the statement with, “Sigh…I’m not one to talk about private career matters, but I will not allow inaccuracies to continue.” She wanted fans to understand that she did not choose to walk away from WW3 explaining, “Here are the facts: 1 originally left Rogue Squadron after a long and productive development process when it became clear it couldn’t happen soon enough and I did not want to delay WW3 any further. When I did, Lucasfilm asked me to consider coming back to RS after WW3, which I was honored to do, so I agreed. They made a new ...

Adam Sandler is hitting the road again in 2023 for his standup tour. The new round of dates is set to kick off on February 5, 2023 in Chicago’s United Center and will see him perform in Cincinnati, Colombus, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Kansas City, Houston, Austin, Dallas and Nashville before closing it out in Charlotte on February 18. The announcement of 2023 dates arrive shortly after Sandler ended his Fall 2022 tour, which began in late October. Check out the full list of dates below. Tickets are available starting December 16. Adam Sandler 2023 Tour Dates02/05 – Chicago, IL @ United Center02/06 – Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center02/07 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena02/08 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena02/10 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center02/11 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Cent...

New official first-look images have surfaced in anticipation for Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming film on the atomic bomb scientist, Oppenheimer. TotalFilm has revealed exclusive photos of scenes from the highly anticipated film which features Cillian Murphy who plays the titular J. Robert Oppenheimer character, known for creating the atomic bomb during his time at the Manhattan Project. Murphy acts alongside Emily Blunt who plays his wife Katherine and Robert Downey Jr. who plays Lewis Strauss, a member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Some of the images revealed are in black-and-white, showcasing select film sequences that are comparable to the others shot in color to present a different time period. While not much of the plot’s structure is unveiled, Oppenheimer will be the fi...

Netflix has greenlit a Japanese live-action film based on Tsukasa Hojo’s famed manga, City Hunter, which will be available for streaming worldwide. Described as a “modern-day updated version of the manga” by Netflix, this is the first time ever that City Hunter receives a live-action adaptation in its native language. Throughout the years, the source material has spawned numerous adaptations from anime feature films, the 1993 Hong Kong live-action film starring Jackie Chan, a 2011 K-drama featuring Lee Min-ho to a 2018 French action-comedy movie. However, the original manga as well as the late ‘80s anime series remain the most popular amongst fans. In the first visual released for the project, Ryohei Suzuki, best known for Hentai Kamen and Tokyo MER, will be playing Ryo Saeba, City Hunter’...

Studio Ghibli has officially announced the release date for Hayao Miyazaki‘s How Do You Live?, the legendary director’s first full-length production since The Wind Rises (2013) which was originally intended to be his last. When asked by Film why his father decided to return last year at the age of 80, Hayao Miyazaki’s son Goro Miyazaki responded, “He needed to create something in order to live, basically.” On Tuesday morning, the official Studio Ghibli Twitter shared a black-and-white picture of Miyazaki at work with the message “Good Morning” followed by another post in the afternoon presenting new illustrations for the upcoming movie. The imagery teases an ambiguous seagull-like figure with a yellow beak and white feathers. Based on Yoshino Genzaburo’s 1937 novel of the same name which M...

Two of Hollywood’s biggest action stars John Cena and Jason Momoa are officially joining forces for an upcoming Warner Bros. action comedy film. Titled Killer Vacation, the movie follows the muscular actors in a rowdy plot that evidently sees a holiday go wrong. Cena and Momoa initially met on the set of the upcoming conclusions to the Fast and Furious franchise. While Warner Bros. has kept the plot details fairly under wraps, those close to the project have compared it to the fun adventures of True Lies and The Killer. The script is said to be written by Mark and Brian Gunn and is set to be produced by John Rickard and Peter Safran. The film had already been packaged and set before Safran and Gunn took the reins to head up Warner Bros. DC Films Unit. No stranger to action, both Cena and M...

Following five films set in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, the Scream franchise is headed to New York City for its sixth installment, as revealed in the forthcoming film’s first official teaser trailer. In the one-minute visual, Scream 5‘s Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, whose characters survived the previous film’s brawl, return to the franchise. This time, as the group attempts to leave Woodsboro in the past, Ghostface terrorizes the squad on an NYC subway train headed to Brooklyn, surrounded by dressed-up Halloween partygoers. Scream staple Courteney Cox returns, along with Scream 4 star Hayden Panettiere. New to the franchise are Samara Weaving, Dermot Mulroney, Tony Revolori, Josh Segarra and more. Notably, Neve Ca...

Hulu has just released a brand new docuseries titled Grails: When Sneakers Change the Game that details the origin story of Eastside Golf and entrepreneurs Olajuwon Ajanaku and Earl Cooper. Directed by ESPN’s Hannah Storm, the series is divided into six episodes that dive into sneaker culture and the brand’s partnership with Jordan. With each episode running about a half hour, the opener serves as a primer for viewers unfamiliar with the brand and its co-founders, who met as teammates on the Morehouse College golf team. As interviews establish the connection between sneaker culture and golf and Michael Jordan’s role in creating this shift, notable athletes, entertainers and sneakerheads such as DJ Khaled, Chris Paul, CC Sabathia and Fat Joe weigh in on the still nascent lifestyle golf...