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Oscar Winner Viola Davis to Play Lead Villain In ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joe Maher / Getty The forthcoming Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, will star Academy Award-winner Viola Davis as deranged Head Gamemaker, Dr. Volumnia Gaul. The exciting announcement came from the film’s official Twitter account writing, “Meet your Head Gamemaker. Viola Davis has been cast as Dr. Volumnia Gaul in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – arriving in theaters November 2023.” The Hunger Games movie franchise grossed over $2 billion worldwide. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the prequel’s synopsis reads: “Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a ...
Daniel Kaluuya Officially Will Not Return For ‘Black Panther 2’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Daniel Kaluuya’s appearance in the 2018 Marvel blockbuster film Black Panther looks like it will be a one-and-done deal, as it’s being reported that he officially will not return for the sequel. According to reports, the Oscar-winning Kaluuya was asked to return to his role as W’Kabi, chief security officer and best friend to T’Challa, played by the late Chadwick Boseman. He, unfortunately, had to back out of appearing in the sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as the schedule for filming would’ve conflicted with the schedule for Jordan Peele’s horror film (potentially) involving UFOs, Nope. Filming for Wakanda Forever began last March in Atlanta, Georgia. Kaluuya had already committed to star in Peele’s film before Disney and Marve...
Tomorrowland Has Inspired an “Epic Fantasy Trilogy” of Novels and Films
The iconic Tomorrowland music festival is getting an official beach read makeover, thanks to an “epic fantasy trilogy” of book adaptations that are about to hit the global entertainment marketplace. Soon, you’ll be able to experience all the highs and lows of a fantasy rave bae relationship, from the physical and emotional comforts of your own home. Just kidding. But what we do know is that—at least for the first installment—themes of unity, love and nature will be at the forefront, according to literary agent Paul Lucas of Janklow & Nesbit. He’ll reportedly be representing the project’s fiction series rights while United Talent Agency’s Jason Richman will be handling the book-to-screen end. What are the books actually about? Where are the characters...
Hocus Pocus 2 Resurrects The Sanderson Sisters For A New Generation
The Sanderson sisters are back for revenge! A spooky teaser trailer for Hocus Pocus 2 was summoned on Tuesday (June 28) almost three decades since the first film’s release in 1993. The film is set 29 years after the famed witches’ supposed deaths. The trailer introduces Cassie (Lilia Buckingham), who wishes “happy birthday” to her friend Becca (Whitney Peak) and asks about her plans. “Birthday ritual, scary movie marathon, same as every year,” she responds. Ominous foreshadowing, perhaps? Later, Becca and another friend, Izzy (Belissa Escobedo), go to the local Olde Salem Magic Shoppe, where a black cat can be seen hopping in front of a crystal ball. The shopkeeper (Sam Richardson) mentions a legend that a witch gains powers on her 16th birthday. At night, the duo descend into the woods to...
Box Office Dance-Off: ‘Elvis’ Opens to $30.5M to Tie With ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for Top Spot
In rare box office dance-off, Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis — starring Austin Butler as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll — and Top Gun: Maverick tied for the weekend crown with an estimated $30.5 million each. The race won’t be declared until Monday morning when final grosses are tallied. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Top Gun: Maverick is doing formidable business in its fifth weekend as it jumps the $1 billion mark globally. The movie fell a scant 32 percent domestically thanks to being rereleased in select Imax and other premium large-format screens. Elvis, from Warner Bros., has older moviegoers to thank for opening ahead of expectations: 56 percent of the audience so far is over the age of 35, i...
Box Office: ‘Elvis’ Rocking to $30M-Plus Opening in Dance-Off With ‘Top Gun 2’
Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis — starring Austin Butler as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll — is dancing to a better-than-expected $30 million to $32 million opening at the domestic box office after topping Friday’s (June 24) chart with $12.7 million, including $3.5 million in previews. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news That could be enough to win the weekend ahead of Top Gun: Maverick, which is doing formidable business in its fifth weekend, thanks to being rereleased in Imax and other premium screens. Elvis, from Warner Bros., has older moviegoers to thank: 65 percent of the audience so far is over the age of 35, including a whopping 30 percent over 55. Naturally, Luhrmann’s frenetic Elvis Presley biopic performed be...
Guy Ritchie to Direct ‘Hercules’ Live-Action Remake
Guy Ritchie has boarded Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of Hercules. Ritchie will direct the remake based on the 1997 film, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Ritchie previously directed Disney’s 2019 live-action Aladdin, which crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office. Dave Callaham, who wrote Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, penned a first draft of the script. The studio is currently in the process of searching for writers for the project. Joe and Anthony Russo, the filmmakers behind Avengers: Endgame and Infinity War, are set to produce the film via their AGBO banner. The original 1997 film, directed by Ron Clements and Jon Musker, offered a musical retelling of the Greek legend i...
Harry Styles Is Moody As Ever In My Policeman First Photos
Don’t Worry Darling — OIivia Wilde’s upcoming period thriller won’t be the only movie Harry Styles is starring in this year. Today (June 9), Amazon released the first promo photos of My Policeman, the romantic drama that finds Styles starring alongside The Crown’s Emma Corrin and The Last Kingdom’s David Dawson. Based on the 2012 book of the same name by author Bethan Roberts, My Policeman is set in 1957 Brighton, England, where Styles’s Officer Tom hides his sexuality by dating a schoolteacher named Marion (Corrin) but simultaneously has a secret, illicit relationship with a museum curator named Patrick (Dawson). The angst-filled queer movie also jumps back and forth between the 1950s and ‘90s showing the characters in older ages, with Tom played by Linus Roache, Marion by Gina McKee, and...
2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards Winners: See The Full List
It’s time. The 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards are here, and it’s time to celebrate all your faves. And this year, the crop of nominees is particularly fave-centric — from big-time standbys like Euphoria, Tom Holland and Spider-Man: No Way Home as well as Ted Lasso to darlings like Hacks breakout star Meg Stalter and beyond. But as we know, there can only be one winner per category. Find them all below, and stay tuned all night as the Movie & TV Awards hit the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles at 8 p.m ET/PT, followed immediately by the Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED. BEST MOVIE Dune Scream Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings WINNER: Spider-Man: No Way Home The Adam Project The Batman BEST SHOW WINNER: Euphoria Inventing Anna Loki Squid Game Ted Lasso Yellowstone BEST PE...
2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards Winners: See The Full List
It’s time. The 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards are here, and it’s time to celebrate all your faves. And this year, the crop of nominees is particularly fave-centric — from big-time standbys like Euphoria, Tom Holland and Spider-Man: No Way Home as well as Ted Lasso to darlings like Hacks breakout star Meg Stalter and beyond. But as we know, there can only be one winner per category. Find them all below, and stay tuned all night as the Movie & TV Awards hit the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles at 8 p.m ET/PT, followed immediately by the Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED. BEST MOVIE Dune Scream Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings WINNER: Spider-Man: No Way Home The Adam Project The Batman BEST SHOW WINNER: Euphoria Inventing Anna Loki Squid Game Ted Lasso Yellowstone BEST PE...
Loki Star Sophia Di Martino Is Your 2022 Breakthrough Performance Winner
As a MTV Movie & TV Awards category, Breakthrough Performance tends to recognize the folks that made TV and film scenes their own, even as they weren’t necessarily the top-billed stars. And this year, no one was more ready to be recognized than English actress Sophia Di Martino for her portrayal of Loki‘s Sylvie, an alternate version of the title character whose anger fuels her as both a hilarious and fierce warrior. “This is actually really heavy!” she said about the Golden Popcorn as she took the podium for her acceptance speech, the latest in a long line of winners who’ve come to that realization upon being handed the coveted statue. After setting it down (wisely), she went into her own story of portraying Sylvie and the story around her casting. “...
Loki Star Sophia Di Martino Is Your 2022 Breakthrough Performance Winner
As a MTV Movie & TV Awards category, Breakthrough Performance tends to recognize the folks that made TV and film scenes their own, even as they weren’t necessarily the top-billed stars. And this year, no one was more ready to be recognized than English actress Sophia Di Martino for her portrayal of Loki‘s Sylvie, an alternate version of the title character whose anger fuels her as both a hilarious and fierce warrior. “This is actually really heavy!” she said about the Golden Popcorn as she took the podium for her acceptance speech, the latest in a long line of winners who’ve come to that realization upon being handed the coveted statue. After setting it down (wisely), she went into her own story of portraying Sylvie and the story around her casting. “...
