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Spider-Man: No Way Home quickly became one of the most successful films across the U.S. and the world after it shattered pandemic era box office records upon its release in December 2022. Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna led the script which saw J.K. Simmons‘ character J. Jonah Jameson out Peter Parker, played by Tom Holland, as Spider-Man. Mysterio, who was the villain in Far From Home, framed Spider-Man as a murderer and Peter, M.J. (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) are all rejected from the prestigious M.I.T. due to their association with Spider-Man. Peter later reaches out to Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in hopes he can cast a spell and makes sure that everyone will forget that he is Spider-Man. However, the spell went wrong and attracted other villains from the previous Spider-...

The Righteous Gemstones is officially returning for a third season. The news was confirmed by HBO, with HBO Programming executive vice president Amy Gravitt stating, “After a season of literal fire and brimstone, blood, sand, and rollerblading, who wouldn’t come back for more?” She added, “The Gemstone family makes us laugh like nobody else.” The critically acclaimed comedy series premiered its second season earlier this month after two years, and saw the return of John Goodman as Dr. Eli Gemstone, the patriarch, Danny McBride as Jesse, the oldest son, Adam DeVine as Kelvin, the youngest son, Edi Patterson as Judy, the middle child and only daughter, Cassidy Freeman as Amber, Eli’s wife, Skyler Gisondo as Gideon, Jesse’s estranged oldest son, Tony Cavalero as Keefe Chambers, Tim ...

Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to star in and produce Cut & Run, a film about thieves that use high-powered speedboats to rob superyachts. Plans go awry, however, when the thieves “steal the wrong thing from the wrong group of people,” per the project’s logline. New Republic Pictures has won the right to the movie’s spec script, which was written by John Glenn, in a bidding war. Glenn penned the script for the Eagle Eye (2008) and Clash of the Titans (2010), among other action and thriller films. Gyllenhaal will also be producing through his own company, Nine Stories Productions. Alongside him, New Republic founder Brian Oliver and president Bradley Fischer will also produce. New Republic signed a first-look deal with Nine Stories last year. The studios worked together on Michael Bay’s ...

Paramount+ has shared a new official poster for its upcoming live-action Halo series, which is based on the highly-popular Xbox gaming franchise. The upcoming series’ official Twitter account shared the new imagery on Tuesday, showcasing an all-new look at Pablo Schreiber’s Master Chief in his suit. The imagery also reveals that the official trailer for the series will arrive this Sunday. “Suit up Spartans, the wait is almost over,” the post reads. “The official trailer for #HaloTheSeries lands this Sunday during halftime of the AFC Championship Game on @CBS and @ParamountPlus.” Suit up Spartans, the wait is almost over. The official trailer for #HaloTheSeries lands this Sunday during halftime of the AFC Championship Game on @CBS and @ParamountPlus. pic.twitter.com/fRzZ1Ml6cD — H...

Mortal Kombat, the action-adventure movie based on the widely-popular video game franchise, will receive a sequel, according to Deadline. The forthcoming film will be created from a script written by Jeremy Slater, who was the head screenwriter for Marvel‘s Moon Knight. Slater is also known for his co-writing 2015’s Fantastic Four with Josh Trank and Simon Kinberg, along with developing Netflix‘s The Umbrella Academy and Fox TV’s The Exorcist. The new film will follow last year’s Mortal Kombat, which was written by Greg Russo and David Callaham. That movie, which opened at No. 1 at the box office, was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max in April 2021. Simon McQuoid directed the reboot, though it is unclear at this point whether he will...

Disney has released a statement following Peter Dinklage‘s criticism of the studio’s live-action Snow White film. A spokesperson for the House of Mouse told The Hollywood Reporter, “To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community. We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period.” Dinklage shared his comments during a recent episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, stating that the film took one progressive step forward by casting Rachel Zegler — a Latina — as Snow White, but is moving backwards because of the dwarves’ storyline. “Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when th...

Following his end with the James Bond franchise, Daniel Craig is set to reprise his role as private detective Benoit Blanc in the sequel to 2019’s Knives Out. In a recent interview with Variety, Craig discussed what it was like filming for Knives Out 2, “We did the second one [in 2021] in Greece, and then we filmed studio work in Serbia. It’s in the can. Rian [Johnson – director] is editing now, and it’ll be out, I think, in the Fall of this year.” Craig has mentioned in the past that the film is quite different from the original. When speaking with Empire, the actor said he felt very “lucky” to have Johnson “in [his] life.” He added, “He’s such a great writer. That script arrived and I was literally like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ I couldn’t believe that he wanted me to play it. I was going, ...

Filmmaker Sam Raimi shared his thoughts on Spider-Man: No Way Home and offered an update on his work for Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Speaking to Variety, Raimi called No Way Home “refreshing” and expressed his happiness in seeing Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina reprise their roles from his first two Spider-Man films in 2002 and 2004. “It was so much fun,” the filmmaker said. “I love ‘No Way Home’ and the audience I was with went crazy. It was delightful to watch Alfred play his role, and Willem Dafoe, just seeing these guys take it to the next level. And Tobey was awesome as always. The best word I can say is it was refreshing for me.” In regards to the Doctor Strange sequel, Raimi revealed that he was unsure if they were done filming due to reports ...

Crunchyroll has just announced the date for the theatrical release of Jujutsu Kaisen 0. The animated film will arrive in theaters in the United States and Canada on March 18 with a later release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France with CRG events, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, French-speaking Africa, and Latin America. The 105-minute-long film will be released across 1,500 theatres in the States (also to IMAX theaters) where it looks to share some of the success it had in Japan as the second-highest opening for a film in Japan’s box office history — just below Demon Slayer – Mugen Train. Fans can expect tickets to go on sale on February 25. In other entertainment news, Daniel Craig says Knives Out 2 will likely ...

John Krasinski and Steve Carell are set to reunite for the first time since The Office in the upcoming film, IF. Billed as Krasinki’s next directorial project, Deadline reports that IF is “based on Krasinski’s original idea about a child’s journey to rediscover their imagination.” The A Quiet Place filmmaker will also write and produce the film via his company Sunday Night, while Ryan Reynolds, Alan Kim, Cailey Fleming and Louis Gossett Jr. are part of the cast. Also serving as producers are Allyson Seeger and Andrew Form, and Reynolds via Maximum Effort, along with George Dewey executive producing. Krasinki and Carell’s last project together was the famed TV series The Office. Although Carell left the show in the seventh season, he did return for the series finale to serve as Dwight ...

As the release of The Batman is around the corner, director Matt Reeves has revealed his inspirations for the film and his choice to cast Robert Pattinson as the titular Dark Knight. When Reeves was called to take on the monster film, Ben Affleck was still cast as the Caped Crusader in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In a recent interview, Reeves said, “Ben [Affleck] had been working on a version of the script and I said, ‘Here’s the thing: I respect that the DC Universe has become an extended universe and all the movies were kind of connected. But another Batman film, it shouldn’t have to carry the weight of connecting the characters from all those other movies. I didn’t want them in there.” Reeves was very careful with not wanting to just “reboot Batman,” saying that “It’s been done ...

Neil Young is asking Spotify to choose between him or Joe Rogan. Addressed in a letter to his label, Young commented, “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both. I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform. I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them. Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, though the company presently has no misinformation policy. Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule.” This is all in response to Rogan’s stance on the vaccine and the ongoing pandemic. While Rogan has gone on record to state that he is not against vaccine...