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For CinemaCon 2022, Disney offered a number of exciting updates and looks including the official title of the upcoming Avatar sequel — Avatar: The Way of Water, the opening 20 minutes of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and the first footage from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Following the record-breaking debut of Black Panther in 2018, Marvel Studios immediately worked with director Ryan Coogler to begin developing the sequel. Met with the tragic passing of the original Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, after his private four-year battle with colon cancer, the team took the necessary time needed to craft the film in a way that would honor Boseman’s legacy. While the exclusive footage shown during CinemaCon has yet to be released to the public, descriptions reveal that Le...

The New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has recently teased his upcoming Naruto collaboration with Jordan Brand. With the release of the first look at the Naruto x Jordan Zion 1, the collab has cemented Williamson’s love for the anime. Following the announcement, Williamson took to Twitter to share a one-off custom illustration from Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto. Williamson can be seen showing off the drawing in the photo, accompanied with the caption, “Honored to share a one-of-a-kind drawing by Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto. My interest in anime began at a young age and still inspires me today. Naruto’s motto was to always believe in yourself and everything will work out.” The illustration by Kishimoto’s reimagines Zion Williamson as an anime character in Naruto‘s ...

Tobey Maguire is set to portray Charlie Chaplin in Damien Chazelle’s highly-anticipated film, Babylon. The news arrives a year after Maguire’s casting news and was confirmed during CinemaCon, with attendees watching never-before-seen footage at the event. Variety reports that Babylon, which is set in the ’20s and focuses on Hollywood’s adaptation of talking films, seems like a combination of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood thanks to its “loud music, dazzling costumes and next-level makeup.” Joining Maguire in the cast are Brad Pitt, who plays John Gilbert, Margot Robbie, who plays Clara Bow, Max Minghella, who plays Irving Thalberg, Spike Jonze, Jean Smart, Flea, Samara Weaving and Olivia Wilde. Stay tuned for an official trailer for Ba...

Tom Cruise‘s seventh stint as Ethan Hunt will be titled Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Paramount Pictures revealed during its Thursday presentation at CinemaCon. While Cruise did not physically attend the event, he did deliver a “special message” from an antique red plane on the set of Mission Impossible, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ”Hey everyone,” Cruise said over muffled wind. “Wish I could be there with you. I’m sorry for the extra noise. As you can see, we are filming the latest installment of Mission: Impossible.” Cruise then introduced the film’s title and first trailer before director Christopher McQuarrie informed the actor that it was time to go from inside a yellow plane. Alongside Cruise, resident Mission Impossible stars Ving Rhames, Henry...

Warner Bros. has unveiled the release date and a first look at Margot Robbie as the titular character in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie film. The Australian actress brings life to the Mattel doll in the first look image, which shows her in the driver’s seat of Barbie’s iconic pink convertible and dressed in a summer-ready outfit with a big smile on her face. Warner Bros. also confirmed that Barbie is set release “only in theaters” on July 21, 2023. Joining Robbie in the cast are Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrell, Issa Rae, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Cera and Ariana Greenblatt. Gerwig serves as director and script co-writer with Noah Baumbach. Josey McNamara and Ynon Kreiz will executive produce while Robbie and Tom Ackerley of her LuckyChap E...

Moon Knight‘s director Mohamed Diab has teased that the ending to the Marvel series will leave fans feeling surprise yet satisfied. The series follows protagonist Steven Grant, played by Oscar Isaac. Grant appears to be a regular gift shop employee by day, but soon finds the real reason why his life is so chaotic despite living a relatively normal life. The series is based on the Marvel comic by the same name, which dates back to 1975. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Diab calls Isaac’s performance “unbelievable” as he explores his character’s Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). He adds, “The difference between Marc and Steven is so huge, yet they’re so similar. He did a fantastic job developing those characters, and when he inhabited the two, they’re completely different...

Andrew Garfield has announced that he is officially taking a break from acting. 2022 has been a whirlwind year for the actor, after the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, his Oscar-nominated role for Tick, Tick…Boom! and now his new FX series Under The Banner of Heaven. In a new interview with Variety, he revealed that he needs to “rest for a little bit. I need to recalibrate and reconsider what I want to do next and who I want to be and just be a bit of a person for a while. Because as you know, that is a washing machine, that awards season.” He adds, “I need to just be a bit ordinary for a while.” Garfield’s latest series is a heavy film that mixes elements of religion with murder. The FX series is adapted from Jon Krakauer’s 2003 true crime novel of the same name. The series is set to ...

Migos staple Quavo is set to star in Takeover, an action-thriller feature film helmed by Greg Jonkajtys from Quality Films, Quality Control Music and Trioscope’s production arm. Set against the backdrop of Atlanta’s street takeover car culture, the rapper will portray new parolee Guy Miller as he attempts to start anew. His journey to a clean slate is curt short, however, when he is dragged back into the takeover world and is forced to “live up to his reputation as one of the slipperiest street operators in a lethal, head-long race against time.” Deadline adds that Takeover will utilize Trioscope’s very own animation technique to blend live-action performances and animation in order to execute the car stunts. Takeover is written by Die Hard’s Jeb Stuart and Marvel’s Agent Carter’s Brandon ...

Disney has officially revealed the title of the first upcoming Avatar sequel — Avatar: The Way of Water. According to reports, the title and release date of the film’s teaser trailer were unveiled during Disney’s CinemaCon presentation, with producer Jon Landau stating, “One of the strengths of [James] Cameron’s scripts is they are always universal and relatable themes that he weaves into them.” He added, “At the center of each of the four sequels will be the Sully family. Each story will be a standalone and each will come to its own conclusion.” The Way of Water will be the first of four Avatar sequels in the works, and Landau shared that fans can look forward to a “fulfilling resolution to each film, but when looked at as a whole the journey across all four will create a larger epic saga...

Original Dune director Denis Villeneuve will no longer be helming the film’s HBO Max spin-off series Dune: The Sisterhood. The Canadian filmmaker was originally set to direct the pilot episode of the prequel project, but due to his obligations with Dune: Part 2, he’s now had to step away. Replacing him will instead be Johan Renck, one of the directors behind the critically acclaimed HBO series Chernobyl. Having directed all five episodes of that show, he went on to win two Emmy Awards for his efforts. His other work includes Breaking Bad and Bloodline. As for the spin-off itself, Dune: The Sisterhood is set 10,000 years before the events of the first Dune film and revolves around the founding of the Bene Gesserit, the mysterious group of women who influences t...

Obi-Wan Kenobi may not be the last time fans see Ewan McGregor in a Star Wars franchise project. McGregor who stars as the titular Obi-Wan Kenobi character has appeared in all three Star Wars Prequel Trilogy films between 1999 to 2005. His most recent stint reprising the character does not seem to be last audiences see McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi after he spoke to Total Film and expressed, “If we were to get an opportunity to do it again, I’d be totally up for that.” He joked, “Here I go again. It’s like me knocking at Disney’s door again!” McGregor also discussed his portrayal of the role versus Alec Guinness’ in the original trilogy from 1977 to 1983. McGregor says, “It was nice to come back and to bridge that gap between me and Alec Guinness. I got as much, or more, out of playing him th...

Netflix teases the release of its new Russo Brothers film with the official first look images of the upcoming The Gray Man. The film features a star-studded cast including Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Regé-Jean Page. The film, which is based on Mark Greaney’s book series by the same name, steps away from the average spy thriller storyline. The Gray Man is reportedly Netflix’s most expensive film to date, featuring a budget of over $200 million USD. Gosling plays the protagonist Court Gentry, a CIA black ops mercenary who set off on a global manhunt to uncover incriminating information regarding the agency. He later discovers that Evans’ character Lloyd Hansen, who is Gentry’s former colleague and head is the one to blame. Tensions arise between the two as both go head-to-hea...