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How 'Thanksgiving' Director Eli Roth Turned a Fake Trailer Into His Best-Reviewed Movie
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‘The Omen’ Prequel ‘First Omen’ Shares First Look, Sets Release Date
The 20th century feature has been in the works since 2016.
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‘Spider-Man 2’ Star Nadji Jeter Studied Sign Language to Bring Out New Side to Miles Morales
The actor also bonded with co-star Tony Todd while making the game: "it was like the President was there."
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‘Loki’ EP Kevin R. Wright Says Tom Hiddleston’s Finale Performance Felt Like a Sendoff
The actor has kept fans guessing if he will return to Marvel or if he's hanging up the horned helmet after 14 years.
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How ‘Thanksgiving’ Director Eli Roth Turned a Fake Trailer Into His Best-Reviewed Movie
Thanksgiving filmmaker Eli Roth has been dreaming of a Thanksgiving-themed slasher movie since he was 12 years old, and he thought he’d forever scratched that itch when he made a fictitious trailer for a movie called Thanksgiving inside of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse (2007) double feature. But much to his surprise, genre fans […]
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‘The Omen’ Prequel ‘First Omen’ Shares First Look, Sets Release Date
20th Century has set a date to return to the world of The Omen. The First Omen, a prequel to Richard Donner’s horror classic, is set to hit theaters on April 5, 2024. The studio also shared a first-look image of the film, which according to the logline, kicks off when “a young American woman […]
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‘Spider-Man 2’ Star Nadji Jeter Studied Sign Language to Bring Out New Side to Miles Morales
For Nadji Jeter, stepping back into the role of Miles Morales for Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 was a chance to learn some new skills — outside the realm of webswinging. Among them was studying American Sign Language, which Miles uses to communicate with street artist Hailey Cooper in the game, which has been praised for its […]
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‘Loki’ EP Kevin R. Wright Says Tom Hiddleston’s Finale Performance Felt Like a Sendoff
[This story contains spoilers for season two, episode six, “Glorious Purpose.”] Now that Loki season two has closed the TVA Handbook on Loki’s story, the question remains as to whether Tom Hiddleston has bid adieu to the MCU. It’s hard to imagine a better ending for the former God of Mischief, and since Loki‘s potential […]
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Pedro Pascal Circling ‘Fantastic Four’ to Play Reed Richards
Marvel Studios is homing in on a Mr. Fantastic. Pedro Pascal is in talks to star as Reed Richards in Fantastic Four, marking perhaps the most significant casting move since the end of the actors strike earlier this month. Sources say scheduling is a factor in whether the deal will work out, and the current […]
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‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’ Loses Director Destin Daniel Cretton
Destin Daniel Cretton is no longer taking a trip to the multiverse as director of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Cretton had been attached since last year, with the news announced on the heels of San Diego Comic-Con. Jeff Loveness, who wrote the Kang-centric feature Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, penned […]
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‘Madame Web’ Trailer Teases First Look at Spider-Man Spinoff
Sony Pictures has unwound the first trailer for its upcoming Spider-Man spinoff Madame Web. S.J. Clarkson’s feature is part of the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters and set to hit theaters Feb. 14, 2024, just in time for Valentine’s Day dates. Dakota Johnson stars in the titular role based on the Marvel comic book […]
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‘The Fall Guy’ Pushes Release Date to May 2024
The Fall Guy is crash-landing a little later than expected. The action film, starring Ryan Gosling, was originally set to hit theaters March 1, 2024 and will instead be released May 3, 2024, the date originally held by Deadpool 3 before it moved to July 26, 2024. The new date makes the Universal film, which […]
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Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Praise ‘Coyote vs. Acme’: “It’s Delightful”
Oscar-winning filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have given the much-talked-about Coyote vs. Acme his seal of approval, describing the film as “delightful.” Lord and Miller, the producers behind the animated hits Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Lego Movie franchise, took to X on Tuesday night to reveal that they […]
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‘Loki’ Star Ke Huy Quan Says He Relates to Loki: “All My Life, I’ve Felt Like an Outsider”
[This story contains spoilers for Loki season two.] In 2022, Ke Huy Quan’s comeback story was the talk of the town. As a child actor, he endeared himself to audiences with back-to-back roles in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and The Goonies (1985), but by the early 2000s, he left acting behind […]
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Congressman Slams Warner Bros. for Canceling ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ Calls for Federal Investigation
A congressman is calling for a federal investigation of Warner Bros. for its handling of Coyote vs. Acme. Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro took to X to blast the studio for its original plan to shelve the movie for a tax break. “The WBD tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and […]
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DC Movie ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’ Finds Its Writer in Ana Nogueira (Exclusive)
James Gunn and Peter Safran’s slate of DC movies continues to move forward. Ana Nogueira, the actress and playwright who is now making forays into screenwriting, has been tapped to pen Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, a standalone feature centered on the Kryptonian cousin of Superman being developed by DC Studios. No director is attached and […]
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‘Deadpool’ Filmmaker Tim Miller, Warner Bros. Tackling Adaptation of Sci-Fi Comic ‘Alien Legion’
Warner Bros. is building its own galaxy that is far, far away. The studio has picked up the rights to Alien Legion, a star-spanning, sci-fi comic initially published by Marvel Comics, with the aim of building a homegrown space opera franchise. Tim Miller, who directed the original Deadpool as well as Terminator: Dark Fate, is […]
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Why the Age of Marvel Is Not Quite Over
There was a time, not so very long ago, when a new release from Marvel Studios would be a guaranteed hit, regardless of whether the film starred one of the world’s most popular superheroes or introduced audiences to characters few knew. Pundits wondered how long such an interconnected franchise could sustain itself, as the Marvel […]
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‘The Marvels’ Star Iman Vellani Talks That Final Scene and ‘Ms. Marvel’ Season 2
[This story contains spoilers for The Marvels.] If you’ve kept tabs on the conversation surrounding The Marvels, then you’ve likely noticed that Iman Vellani’s Kamala “Ms. Marvel” Khan is unanimously considered to be the scene-stealer of Nia DaCosta’s superhero team-up pic. Vellani picked up where she last left off on her Ms. Marvel Disney+ series, […]
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‘Loki’ Finale Inches Up From Season 2 Premiere
The season two finale of Loki drew an audience in line with that of its premiere — a pattern that repeated throughout the season, according to Disney+. According to figures from the streamer, the finale brought in 11.2 million views worldwide in the three days after its Nov. 9 premiere, with a “view” defined by the […]
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