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Adam Sandler and the Safdie Brothers are reuniting for a new film, and he expects the intensity of filming to be on the same level as their 2019 collaboration Uncut Gems. The actor revealed to Vanity Fair that they are scheduled to begin filming in late winter, “So part of my brain right now is like, ‘I’m on tour.’ Then once that Safdie brothers movie starts—and I love those guys, I know we’re going to dedicate ourselves into working our asses off and making sure it’s as good as it can be, and I know that takes a lot of time.” Sandler continued, “So part of my brain is going, ‘Wow, once that movie starts I’m in deep and our lives are going to change.’ Like everybody, when you work hard you’re tired, you’re knocked out, and you miss out on some stuff that you wish you could’ve seen. But ult...

Brendan Fraser isn’t closing his doors to doing a fourth entry in Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy franchise. The actor briefly spoke to Variety about the possibility of returning to the franchise, and what will need to be done in order for him to sign on. “I don’t know how it would work,” Fraser said. “But I’d be open to it if someone came up with the right conceit.” Meanwhile, Sommers revealed why they gave the role of Rick O’Connell to Fraser, giving him his flowers for being tough, funny and humble. “He could throw a punch and take a punch and he had a great sense of humor,” the director shared. “You really like the guy. He never comes across as cocky or arrogant.” He added that even though filming put a physical strain on Fraser’s body — including a knee injury — he stayed professional and ...

Less than a month after its release, Ryan Murphy‘s Dahmer: Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has landed as Netflix’s second most-watched English series. The biographical limited ten-part series clocked 205.33 million hours viewed globally during its third week on the streaming platform, Deadline reported. This brings the total number of hours Dahmer has been viewed since its premiere to 701.37 million, with 196.2 million hours watched in its first week and 299.84 million in its second. In terms of overall hours viewed, Dahmer is just second place to Stranger Things 4, which accrued 1.35 billion hours in its first month on the streamer. Alongside co-creators Murphy and Ian Brennan, who also serve as executive producers, Dahmer is produced by Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Evan Peters,...

Heritage Auctions is hosting an auction dedicated to the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z later this month with a variety of over 200 items unique to the hit anime. Lots will include original printings of Weekly Shōnen Jump, trading cards and production cels from the shows. Cels showcase iconic characters such as Goku, Vegeta, Krillin, Piccolo and Bulma, as well as some of the anime’s villains. Among the rarer collectible items are a set of seven PSA-graded trading cards from the Dragon Ball Z Trading Card Game’s Saiyan Saga, the first-ever Dragon Ball manga issue and several copies of the Viz Media Dragon Ball comic books. Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball was launched in 1984 and has since grown to become one of the most popular franchises of all time. The series has spawned multiple spin-o...

Hasbro‘s Entertainment One is developing a documentary about the highly-popular roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. The film, which is set to premiere in tandem with the title’s 50th anniversary in 2024, will travel back to the game’s creation in the early 1970s and cover its famous wizards and elves via more than 400 hours of archived footage. Joe Manganiello, the actor who doubles as an official ambassador for Dungeons & Dragons, will co-direct the feature with Kyle Newman. Nick Manganiello, Anthony Savini and Cecily Tyler will produce. “I couldn’t be more proud and excited to get back behind the camera for another documentary, this time with the D&D dream team of Jon, Kyle and my brother and producing partner Nick. I lived through the rise and fall and rise again...

Marvel is officially putting a pause on its highly anticipated reboot of Blade. The news has been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter that the studio is placing the project on hold after the announcement of director Bassim Tariq‘s departure. Fans expected Marvel to immediately announce Tariq’s replacement, however, in the two weeks following the announcement, it is clear that the studio really wants to make sure they get it right. The film was already in preproduction in Atlanta and was heading towards a November start of photography. With the hold, the film timeline is expected to be pushed back. The studio was hoping to begin production of the Blade in early 2023. The film was originally set to release on November 3, 2023, however, now the studio has pushed the release date to September ...

Sydney Sweeney is making moves in Hollywood. She is officially set forward plans to star in and executive produce Sony Pictures‘ upcoming Barbarella film. While the project is currently in the very early stages of development, the young star took to Instagram recently to confirm the news. Sweeney posted an image of the original artwork from the 1968 space opera along with the caption, “time to save the universe.” In the original film, Jane Fonda played the role of Barbarella. The film was adapted by French writer and illustrator Jean-Claud Forest’s comic series surrounding a space-traveling heroine. At the time, it was not considered a box office hit, however, in the decades after, it has developed its own cult following. Sweeney and Sony Pictures have previously partnered with one another...

Bella Ramsey, who portrays Ellie in HBO Max‘s adaptation of The Last of Us, revealed that she was “encouraged” to not play the beloved Naughty Dog game while she was auditioning for the series. Speaking to USA Today, the young actress explained that the advice came from the show’s team, “After my first audition, they asked me, ‘Have you played it?’ And I said, ‘Nope,’ and they said, ‘Keep it that way.’” She admitted that she “did watch some of the game play on YouTube just to get a sense of it,” but her excitement for it remains the same, “…it was such a big part of my life. I shot for a whole year, which is quite a long time when you’ve only lived for 19 years.” Ramsey also shared that her co-star Pedro Pascal, who plays Joel, wrote her a card when production wrapped that read, “How inter...

Dune: Part 2 is heading to theaters sooner than originally planned. Just hours after Disney announced it was pushing back the premiere of Marvel Studios‘ Blade, Warner Bros. revealed that Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune: Part 2 will open in theaters on the Marvel pic’s original premiere date, November 3, 2023. The new date is two weeks earlier than the film’s previously-scheduled release. Hailing from Legendary Pictures, with producers Mary Parent, Cale Boyer, Tanya LaPointe and Villeneuve, the Dune sequel will see the return of several actors, including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgår, Javier Bardem, Charlotte Rampling and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Additionally, Part 2 welcomes a bevy of famous faces like Academy Award wi...

Amazon Prime is entering into the world of college football docuseries with the release of a new exclusive clip from the upcoming Coach Prime. Focusing on one of the best coaches in college football, Deion Sanders gets a four-part documentary that shows just how the head coach of HBCU Jackson State University has transformed the program. Sanders has been known to bring in a plethora of high-ranking football recruits, changing the fortunes of the team under his leadership. The docuseries, produced by SMAC Entertainment and executive produced by Michael Strahan, Constance Schwartz-Morini and FredAnthony Smith, follows the events of how Jackson State has risen from its rough patch at the start of the season which was caused by the water crisis in the city. With players moving to different loc...

Universal Pictures on Tuesday unveiled the first official trailer for M3GAN, a forthcoming horror following an AI robot doll with a blood-thirsty agenda. The film, hailing from thriller masterminds James Wan (The Conjuring) and Blumhouse (Halloween), stars Allison Williams as Gemma, a toy roboticist who creates the namesake artificial intelligence doll. Gemma programs the doll to befriend her niece Cady (Violet McGraw), whose parents both died in a car crash. At first, everything goes as planned, but over time, M3GAN’s protective nature brings out a vicious side that no one saw coming. “M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally,” reads an official synopsis for the film. “M3GAN can listen an...

Michael J. Fox and his Back to the Future co-star Christopher Lloyd had fans tugging at their heartstrings. The pair reunited on stage at New York Comic Con, reflecting on their two decades of friendship and career together. Fox and Lloyd took a trip down memory lane, recalling the days of filming the iconic Back to the Future. The film was released in 1985 and became an immediate success that has grown into a major franchise. The lasting legacy of the film was perpetuated over 30 years of friendship between the two. Lloyd discussed how he found out Fox replaced Eric Stoltz for the role of Marty McFly, “The announcement — at one o’clock in the morning after we were shooting for six weeks — was that the actor playing Marty would no longer be playing Marty, and that tomorrow, we would start ...