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For many Marvel fans, meeting the mysterious Illuminati was one of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‘ biggest moments, but as it turns out, none of the cast members were actually on set together at all during production. Speaking to Esquire in a recent interview, Black Bolt actor Anson Mount revealed that they had to use other body doubles during the shoot and cut together shots that ultimately brought everyone together. No, [Patrick Stewart] was actually not there! He was shooting Picard,” the actor explained. “That was a very interesting shoot because my role came up in the reshoots. As you can imagine, several of the actors were quite busy. Patrick was not there. Chiwetel [Ejiofor] was not there. [John] Krasinski‘s contract wasn’t even done. He wa...

Marvel Studios‘ Thor: Love and Thunder debuted with a total of $143 million USD at the domestic box office — just slightly behind its projections of $150 million USD. According to reports, the Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman-led film opened in 4,375 North American theaters and although it fell behind its estimates, Love and Thunder still surpassed the $123 million USD opening of its 2017 predecessor Ragnarok. The movie also holds the third-biggest opening weekend of 2022 so far after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‘ $185 million USD and Jurassic World Dominion $145 million USD. Love and Thunder exceeded its projections in the international box office, earning $159 million USD from 47 markets to push its global total to $302 million USD. Variety adds that the film proved to ...

After releasing the final official chapter of its manga earlier this year with a special chapter announced for later this year, the popular anime series Dr. Stone has now confirmed the release of Season 3 for April 2023. Titled Dr. Stone: New World, season three will see the return of genius teenager Senku as he continues to find a way to revive the rest of humanity, restore civilization, and find the cause of the cataclysmic event that turned all of humanity into stone. Yusuke Kobayashi (Food Wars) is expected to return to voice Senku, while Makoto Furukawa (One Punch Man) is set to return as Senku’s muscular friend Taiju. For those that have yet to catch up, below is the series’ official synopsis: “One fateful day, all of humanity turned to stone. Many millennia later, Taiju frees himsel...

On July 9, 1982, the classic sci-fi adventure film Tron made its debut, marking the beginning of a franchise that would make way for sequels, a spin-off animated series, video games, novels, and theme park attractions. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original live-action film, Disney offers a first look at the upcoming Tron LightCycle ride at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida — one of the fastest coasters in any Disney park — and revisits Tron and Tron: Legacy (2010) on Disney+. The original Tron film follows genius video game maker  Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) as he’s beamed into a life-like digital world while attempting to hack into the mainframe of his ex-employer. As he’s thrust the game he was designing, Flynn is forced to participate in gladiatorial games as he fights...

On July 9, 1982, the classic sci-fi adventure film Tron made its debut, marking the beginning of a franchise that would make way for sequels, a spin-off animated series, video games, novels, and theme park attractions. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original live-action film, Disney offers a first look at the upcoming Tron LightCycle ride at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida — one of the fastest coasters in any Disney park — and revisits Tron and Tron: Legacy (2010) on Disney+. The original Tron film follows genius video game maker  Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) as he’s beamed into a life-like digital world while attempting to hack into the mainframe of his ex-employer. As he’s thrust the game he was designing, Flynn is forced to participate in gladiatorial games as he fights...

Netflix has released the first trailer for its upcoming original movie Day Shift. Directed by J.J. Perry, the action flick stars Jamie Foxx as a dad seeking to provide for his family by working as a pool cleaner in San Fernando Valley. The gig, however, is secretly a front for how he actually makes his money: by hunting vampires. Snoop Dogg and Dave Franco star alongside Foxx as fellow members of the vampire hunter union. In the trailer, Foxx and Franco pull up to a house in their work van, where Foxx sneakily breaks into the house to confront a vampire. “You know what I see when I see a vamp?” Foxx says in a voice-over. “A big old dollar sign.” The screenplay for Day Shift was written by Shay Hatten and Tyler Tice. Alongside the main trio, the cast includes Natasha Liu Bordizzo and Meagan...

A new featurette has revealed that Jordan Peele‘s upcoming film NOPE is the first horror epic to be shot using IMAX Film Cameras. The two-minute behind-the-scenes clip explores how Peele and cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema utilized the technology of IMAX’s iconic 15/65mm cameras for NOPE, allowing them to fill the IMAX screen directly “with unprecedented crispness and clarity.” The director shared, “IMAX is movie magic pushed to its limit. When you see a film in an IMAX theater, it feels like you are there. It’s complete immersion, and there’s nothing quite like it. And we are only at the beginning, there’s still so much to be explored in this format.” NOPE will mark Peele’s next film following Get Out and Us: “The film reunites Peele with Oscar® winner Daniel Kaluuya...

Two days ahead of its release, Netflix has now dropped a chilling trailer for its live-action Resident Evil adaptation featuring the Wesker family on the run. While there’s not much context offered for the clip, we see Albert Wesker instructing his two daughters Billie and Jade to escape from what seems like the compound we’ve seen in earlier trailers before Wesker covers himself with what appears to be blood from a dead dog. As for the series overall, the plot jumps back and forth between Jade Wesker’s childhood with her father and sister and 2036, 14 years later. Jade is left to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where zombies run rampant and “mind-shattering creatures” roam the land. “In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilli...

Despite confirming the fact that he is passing down the Captain America shield, Chris Evans felt the need to remind the world that there is a new Cap in town — Sam Wilson. The actor took to Twitter to directly respond to The Hollywood Reporter’s thread about Julius Onah directing the upcoming Captain America 4, part of which reads, “Anthony Mackie is reprising his long-time Marvel character of Sam Wilson, but will not, however, portray Wilson’s long-time alter ego and #CaptainAmerica sidekick, Falcon” and “It is unclear if Chris Evans would reprise his role as the first #CaptainAmerica (though if the question of who is entitled to carry the shield continues, all bets are off). Having stacked casts in solo outings is a key Marvel ingredient at this point.” Chiming in with the fans who were ...

As the manga and anime of the beloved Naruto franchise continues on through Boruto, certain pivotal events of the past have yet to be properly explored, leaving room for the creation of its Retsuden novel series in 2019 which focuses on Team 7 ninjas Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke. Following a domestic release in Japan, Viz Media has now announced that “Sasuke’s Story“ will be arriving in English later this year. Set in the period after the Fourth Ninja War, the novel describes the moment Sasuke proposes to Sakura and explores their joint adventures as a couple. Below is the official synopsis for Sasuke Retsuden: The Uchiha Descendants and the Heavenly Stardust: “Sasuke goes to the Astronomy Institute of Research, far away from the Land of Fire. In order to find traces of the Rikudo...

Earlier last month, Obi-Wan Kenobi‘s original creator Stuart Beattie revealed that his very original plan for the beloved Jedi Master was to create a full film trilogy around him, exploring his transformation from the Republic’s revered General to a recluse in the caves on Tatooine. Unfortunately, given Disney‘s influence, the idea ultimately turned into a six-part television series, but now a fan has edited the entire run into a two-and-a-half-hour film. The man behind the project is Kai Patterson, who felt that the show had subpar pacing and so decided to cut out all the unnecessary shots and condense the six-episode series into a feature-length film. Saying that the show had “awkward pacing, whole scenes that ultimately amounted to nothing, goofy dialogue and directing choices,” Pa...

Earlier last month, Obi-Wan Kenobi‘s original creator Stuart Beattie revealed that his very original plan for the beloved Jedi Master was to create a full film trilogy around him, exploring his transformation from the Republic’s revered General to a recluse in the caves on Tatooine. Unfortunately, given Disney‘s influence, the idea ultimately turned into a six-part television series, but now a fan has edited the entire run into a two-and-a-half-hour film. The man behind the project is Kai Patterson, who felt that the show had subpar pacing and so decided to cut out all the unnecessary shots and condense the six-episode series into a feature-length film. Saying that the show had “awkward pacing, whole scenes that ultimately amounted to nothing, goofy dialogue and directing choices,” Pa...