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Dennis Villeneuve‘s Dune is projected to enter atop the domestic box office, with projections stating that the film could earn $33 million USD in its opening weekend. According to reports, the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic opened with $17.5 million USD on its theatrical premiere date of October 22, with other industry professionals hinting that the film could even reach $39. 1 million USD. As of writing, it has earned a total of $130 million USD from the international box office. Dune, which stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem, premiered on HBO Max a day early. WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff previously hinted to Variety that the viewership on the platform will be one of t...

Hayden Christensen, who portrayed Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, is reportedly set to return in the new Disney+ series Ahsoka. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that Christensen will reprise the role in the upcoming spinoff, which stars Rosario Dawson as Anakin’s former apprentice and Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano. According to the outlet, production is due to begin in early 2022. Dawson appears to have confirmed Christensen’s reprisal in an Instagram post featuring a photo of the two actors alongside the caption: “Skyguy,…they know!!! See you soon, Snips.” The post has since been taken down. Rosario Dawson comments on Hayden Christensen joining #Ahsoka ? (via rosariodawson | IG) pic.twitter.com/aWMr2Y95er — Fandom (@getFANDOM) October 22, 2021...

Director Denis Villeneuve has always envisioned telling the story of the Dune universe over a number of installments in order to really pay tribute to the original book’s extensive nature, but so far Warner Bros. has yet to greenlight a sequel despite the success of the recently released first film. Luckily for fans, it now seems most likely that a sequel will indeed be on its way. Speaking to Deadline in a new interview, WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff hinted that a second movie will almost definitely happen. “Will we have a sequel to Dune? If you watch the movie you see how it ends. I think you pretty much know the answer to that,” the executive said. While it’s not concrete confirmation, the sentiment does echo Villeneuve’s optimism about a second installment. The esteem...

Sony Pictures has revealed a new trailer for the highly-anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife film set to debut in less than a month. The movie is directed by Jason Reitman, the son of original Ghostbusters filmmaker Ivan Reitman, with a cast that includes Paul Rudd as Mr. Groober, Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard as Trevor, McKenna Grace as Phoebe, Carrie Coon as Callie, with cameo appearances featuring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and the late Harold Ramis from Ghostbusters (1984). The movie follows Callie and her two children as they’re evicted from their home and are forced to move into a dilapidated farmhouse owned by the children’s late grandfather in Oklahoma. After a series of unexplained earthquakes and strange occurrences, the children soon discover their grandfather’s secret legacy. The...

Russell Crowe and Zac Efron are set to star in Peter Farrelly’s film adaptation of the book, The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War written by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue. The film, which has a shortened title, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, is based on a true story of the author, Donohue, who in 1967, left New York to track down a childhood friend from the army for a beer. According to Variety, Production for the film is set in Vietnam, though filming is using Thailand as a stand-in. The film is produced for Apple TV+ by Skydance Media and will see Brian Currie and Pete Jones co-write the script with Farrelly. Both Crowe and Efron have taken to social media to share their arrival in Southeast Asia. A spokesperson for the project has also confirm...

Kanye West has this innate inability to be restrained by boundary, especially when it comes to his innovations whether that involves apparel design, sneakers, architecture or music. After dropping one of the most anticipated albums of the year in DONDA, the one that you can now refer to as Ye, is aiming to further elongate his laundry list of innovations with a new initiative: his very own Donda Academy private school. The new institution is expected to be based in Simi Valley, CA. Details are still somewhat foggy in terms of when this venture will actually come into fruition, be we do know that the intention of it will be first to provide its students with a curriculum that centers around problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, and sustainability. And secondly, Ye will start to ma...

The Sopranos franchise may be receiving another series, Deadline reported. The publication spoke to a CEO at WarnerMedia who said that Chase would possibly be up for writing another spin-off for the series. “We’re talking to David about a new series, Sopranos related,” said Ann Sarnoff, CEO of Studios and Networks Chase penned a prequel to the show, The Many Saints of Newark, which hit theaters last month. Set in the late 1960s and 70s, the film follows a young Tony Soprano and his mentor Dickie Moltisanti. In an interview with Deadline last month, Chase said that any potential spin-off would take place after the events of the movie and before the original series, the latter of which begins in 1998. “There’s only one way that I would do it, and that was if Terry [Winter] and I could write ...

MGM, Eon and Universal’s No Time to Die is officially the second-highest grossing film of 2021. According to reports, Daniel Craig‘s last stint as James Bond surpassed $368 million USD at the international box office and $474 million USD worldwide, and is projected to cross $500 million USD this weekend. Cary Joji Fukunaga’s 007 film is also the Universal’s most popular title in the U.K. and is the highest-grossing film in the EMEA region. No Time to Die trails F9, which is also a project of Universal’s. In a recent interview with HYPEBEAST, Craig touched on the lessons he learned from portraying the 007 agent and shared his thoughts on how Bond has progressed throughout the years: “I think they’ve always mirrored politics and they’ve certainly mirrored the styles at the time. We’ve defini...

Universal Pictures has just dropped the first trailer for Ambulance, an upcoming heist and action film by Michael Bay featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Based on a Danish film by the name of Ambulance, the upcoming movie follows two old friends who decide to rob a bank in order to pay for surgery for one of their wives. As things pan out, the heist goes south and Gyllenhaal and Abdul-Mateen II are forced to escape on a hijacked ambulance, which happens to be carrying a police officer who was shot during the altercation. Onboard the vehicle is Eiza Gonzalez, who plays a medic trying to keep the officer alive. Joining the three actors will be Remi Adeleke, A Martinez, Keir O’Donnell, Moses Ingram, Wale Folarin, Cedric Sanders, Jackson White, Colin Woodell and Oliv...

Most Marvel fans would agree that Captain America: Civil War was a pivotal moment for the MCU, disbanding a group of avenging superheroes that wouldn’t reunite until many movies later at the end of Phase 3 to take on Thanos. However, as it turns out, things could’ve been very different for the cinematic universe, as it has now been revealed that Marvel almost axed the fight scene between Cap and Iron Man at the very end of the film. A new book titled The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe recorded some of the key moments within the creation of the mega-franchise, and one part detailed how the Marvel Creative Committee disagreed with Kevin Feige and the Russo Brothers on how Civil War should have ended. While the latter group wanted Steve Rog...

With less than a month away from the theatrical release of King Richard, Warner Bros. has released a new trailer, this time focusing on the Will Smith playing Venus and Serena Williams‘ loving and doting father. Smith is cast as the titular character, “King” Richard Williams, also known as the father and coach of two of tennis’ biggest stars. Young Serena and Venus are played by Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney, respectively. While the trailer still showcases some of the evident drama, it also shows another side of King Richard. The trailer gives audiences a glimpse at the relationship the two girls have with their father and focuses less on Williams as a coach. The trailer also previews a new song from Beyoncé titled “Be Alive.” The initial trailer largely highlighted on Williams’ coachi...

The Los Angeles house in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street is officially on sale for $3.25 million USD. According to reports, the home was used as the façade for the film’s protagonist and was fictionally known to be located on 1428 Elm Street, but is actually found in Spaulding Square, Los Angeles. Hustlers director Lorene Scafaria purchased the Dutch Colonial-style home, which was built in 1919, for $2.1 million USD in 2013 and kept most of the green and white façade, except for the red front door that is now black. “The whole neighborhood gets the tour bus treatment. People always get tickled when they see it,” Heather T. Roy of Douglas Elliman, who is listing the home with Learka Bosnak, said. The L.A. Times note that the absence of palm trees in Spaulding Square makes it a f...