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Spider-Man: No Way Home has surpassed James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi movie Avatar in domestic box office sales, becoming the third-highest-grossing domestic film of all time with a total of $760.988 million USD, according to Sony via Deadline. No Way Home, which star Tom Holland in the titular role, reached the milestone in just 60 days and in its ninth week of release after raking in $1.615 million USD over Valentine’s Day weekend across 3,300 theaters. Avatar, on the other hand, took approximately nine months to reach the figure, earning $749.7 million USD, according to Box Office Mojo, and an additional $10.7 million USD from its re-release in 2010. Avatar, which earned a total of $760.5 million USD in the domestic box office, remains the No. 1 film globally, with total earn...

Paramount+ has already renewed its live-action Halo series for a second season, a month before the first season makes its debut. David Wiener, who has worked on Brave New World for the streamer, will serve as showrunner and executive producer. The TV show takes place in the original Halo world from when the game launched on Xbox in 2001, chronicling an epic face-off between mankind and an alien threat known as the Covenant. Pablo Schreiber stars as the Master Chief of Spartan-117 and Natascha McElhone portrays Dr. Halsey, the creator of the Spartan super soldiers. Jen Taylor returns as an AI assistant named Cortana, the same role she voiced in the Halo video game franchise. Fans have been awaiting the Halo show for nearly a decade. It was first announced in 2013 as a promotion for the new ...

Netflix is officially working on a movie adaptation of the BioShock video game series. According to reports, the streaming platform is teaming up with video game holding company and publishers Take-Two Interactive and 2K, while Vertigo Entertainment will co-produce alongside 2K. “Netflix is among the best and most forward-thinking storytellers in all of entertainment today. We are thrilled that they share our vision and commitment to the BioShock franchise, which is beloved by millions of fans around the world,” Take-Two Interactive’s Chairman and CEO, Strauss Zelnick, said in a statement. “2K’s Cloud Chamber studio is deep in active development on the next iteration of the series, and coupled with our partnership with Netflix, we remain highly confident that BioShock will continue to capt...

Though the Los Angeles Rams made national headlines for their win over the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI wasn’t just about football. With an estimated 36 million US households tuned into the broadcast, international brands cashed in astronomical sums (roughly $7 million USD for a 30-second slot, to be exact) to showcase their latest commercials during the highly-watched sporting event. Between Doja Cat‘s rendition of Hole’s “Celebrity Skin” for Taco Bell, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd reminiscing on not-so-golden memories for Lay’s and NFL player Jerod Mayo tackling Pete Davidson for Hellman’s Mayo, HYPEBEAST has rounded up some of the best 2022 Super Bowl commercials below. Lizzo in Real Tone #SeenOnPixel In Google‘s Pixel 6 camera commercial, Lizzo sings an unreleased track, dub...

Fight Club director David Fincher has responded to the film’s controversially changed ending on Tencent Video, the Chinese video streaming website owned by Tencent. Speaking to Empire Magazine, the filmmaker compared the decision to change the ending to the finale of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel, which saw “Jack” enter an institution, “It’s funny to me that the people who wrote the Band-Aid [ending] in China must have read the book, because it adheres pretty closely.” “Here’s what we know,” he said. “A company licensed the film from New Regency to show it in China, with a boilerplate [contract]: ‘You have to understand cuts may be made for censhorship purposes.’ No-one said, ‘If we don’t like the ending, can we change it?’ So there’s now a discussion being had as to what ‘trims’ means.” Fi...

More than a year after Hulu‘s cancellation of High Fidelity, actress Zoë Kravitz reminded the network that canning the series was “a big mistake.” In a recent interview with Elle, the 33-year-old actress doubled down on the comments she made about Hulu’s move. “They didn’t realize what that show was and what it could do,” Kravitz shared. “The amount of letters, DMs, people on the street, and women that look like us—like, that love for the show, it meant something to people. It was a big mistake.” Upon the show’s cancellation, Kravitz took to social media to share her gratitude for the short-lived series. “I wanna give a shout out to my #highfidelity family,” she wrote on an instagram post. “Thank you for all the love and heart you put into this show. I’m in awe of all of you. And...

Warner Bros. Animation and New Line‘s forthcoming anime film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, is slated to premiere in theaters on April 12, 2024. The movie, which was first announced in June of last year, takes place hundreds of years prior to Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and centers on the Helm’s Deep fortress. Additionally, the anime will chronicle the war-filled reign of Helm Hammerhand, King of Rohan. Kenji Kamiyama, who directed Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, will helm the upcoming film, based on a script written by Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou. Philippa Boyens, who worked on the Oscar-winning screenwriting teams for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, is executive producing. The cast has ...

During Super Bowl LVI, Marvel Studios dropped the second trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The latest look at the upcoming sequel which picks up after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home was loaded with Easter eggs and hidden details. The trailer which runs a little over two minutes shows Doctor Strange dealing with the fractures in the universe he caused. Coming to terms with his decisions and confronting the ancient being Shuma-Gorath, Baron Mordo, Scarlet Witch and more. Aside from getting more looks at Evil Doctor Strange and Defender Strange, we get glimpses of Monica Rambeau, Rintrah, Captain Marvel, America Chavez, Captain Carter and Doctor Strange as a zombie. Though the biggest reveal was undoubtedly the existence of the Illuminati who meet a shackled Stra...

Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes are reportedly “finalizing details” to host the 2022 Oscars. According to sources, the three comics are the frontrunners for the 94th Academy Awards. Producer Will Packer is supposedly looking into “a three-act structure” that will feature different hosting pairs per hour, and allegedly met with a number of high-profiles names including Jon Hamm of Mad Men, who left the discussion pool over the weekend. The hosts will officially be named on Good Morning America on Tuesday, and while the reps for Sykes, Schumer and Hall have not commented, Schumer teased on Instagram that she has “Big fun news comin.’” Elsewhere in entertainment, Simu Liu is joining the cast of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s Barbie film. Read Full Article

The anticipation for Matt Reeves‘ Robert Pattinson-starring The Batman continues to pick up steam as the film’s release date nears. In a recent interview with Den of Geek, Pattinson appears to jump the gun on a potential The Batman sequel. While no announcement has been made just yet, the Caped Crusader revealed who he would like to see play opposite of him as the villain in The Batman sequel. Pattinson said, “I’d love to do something like Court of Owls.” Court of Owls is of course referring to the 2011 DC Comics horror story that follows a hidden society that has secretly ruled Gotham for centuries from an underground lair. The storyline itself was originally developed by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, who have both kicked off a new era for Batman. Pattinson continues, “There are elements...

Moon Knight star Oscar Isaac has big words for the upcoming Marvel series, stating that the show is Marvel‘s first “character-study” since Robert Downey Jr.‘s Iron Man. Speaking to Empire, the actor firsts revealed that he wanted to move away from major franchises after working on Apocalypse and the Star Wars trilogy. “Often on these big movies it can feel like you’re building the plane on the runway,” he explained. “The idea of getting back to ‘handmade’ films, character studies… I was desperate for that feeling,” Isaac continued, and he felt that “‘handmade’” feeling with Moon Knight. “And it’s the first legitimate Marvel character-study since Iron Man,” he said, adding, “I thought, ‘Maybe I can hijack this thing. Maybe this is the chance to do something really f*cking nutty on a major s...

Simu Liu is set to officially join the cast of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie‘s Barbie film. According to reports, the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star “is in negotiations” for an unspecified role. Liu will be starring alongside Robbie, who is portraying Barbie and producing, Ryan Gosling who is portraying Ken and America Ferrera. The plot is yet to be revealed. The Barbie movie is written by director Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, while Tom Ackerley of Robbie’s LuckyChap banner, Mattel Films’ Robbie Brenner and Paddington’s David Heyman will all be producing. Stay tuned for more info, an official trailer and release date for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film. Elsewhere in entertainment, take a look at the official trailer of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Read Full Article