The Flash
Nicolas Cage on Brief Surprise ‘The Flash’ Cameo: “Glad I Didn’t Blink”
[Warning: This story contains spoilers for The Flash.] Nicolas Cage is sharing his thoughts on his surprise cameo as Superman in Andy Muschietti’s The Flash. During an interview with USA Today, published online Thursday, the Oscar-winning actor said it was fulfilling to finally see the character come to life decades after the 1998 film Superman Lives […]
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How Can a Movie Be Marketed Without Stars? A PR Dilemma Amid Actors Strike
Marketing a movie brings inherent challenges, but doing so without the charismatic lead to promote it on the press circuit adds an additional hurdle — as the teams behind a growing number of recent titles have learned, or soon will as SAG-AFTRA’s actors strike begins in Hollywood. Netflix’s They Cloned Tyrone premiere event took place […]
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Box Office: Spidey Edges Out ‘Elemental’ to Win Weekend, ‘The Flash’ Barely Beats ‘No Hard Feelings’
In a box office upset, Sony holdover Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse edged out Pixar’s Elemental to win the weekend all the way in its fourth outing. Rarely does a film reclaim the top spot like that amid fierce summer competition. Spidey took in an estimated $19.3 million as it raced past the $300 million mark […]
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Box Office Stunner: ‘Elemental’ in Close Race With Spidey for No. 1, ‘The Flash’ Battles ‘No Hard Feelings’ for No. 3
There’s high drama at the domestic box office this weekend, where Pixar’s Elemental and Sony holdover Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse are in a close race for No. 1. Based on Friday business, the two pics could gross anywhere from $17 million to $19 million for the weekend. Some are giving Elemental a slight edge. The […]
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‘Kraven the Hunter’ Snares Composer Benjamin Wallfisch (Exclusive)
Composer Benjamin Wallfisch is staying in the comic book space. Wallfisch will compose the score to Kraven the Hunter, the Sony and Columbia feature starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the Marvel antihero. Wallfisch is a veteran of the comic book genre, with his recent score for The Flash being heard in theaters now. He also is […]
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Box Office Upset: Spidey and ‘Elemental’ Pull Ahead of ‘The Flash’ on Wednesday
In a midweek upset, Sony holdover Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Pixar’s new animated Elemental edged out Warner Bros.’ DC superhero tentpole The Flash at the Wednesday box office. Both The Flash and Elemental opened over the June 16-18 weekend to decidedly dismal results. The former started off with $55 million for the three days, […]
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Kevin Smith, Writer for Scrapped ‘Superman Lives’ Film, Reacts to Finally Seeing His Vision in ‘The Flash’: “An Absolute Delight”
[Warning: This story contains spoilers for The Flash.] Filmmaker Kevin Smith had a full-circle moment when watching The Flash and seeing Nicolas Cage’s cameo as Superman. During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the director/producer/writer said he “just about passed out” when he first learned the actor was going to be making an appearance in the […]
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‘The Flash’ Box Office Flameout: David Zaslav’s Regime Suffers First Major Miss
By late April, all indications pointed to The Flash opening to $100 million or more domestically. That’s when Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav took the stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, triumphantly telling theater owners it was the best superhero pic he’s ever seen. The powerful executive could have easily kept a poker face […]
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‘Elemental’ Box Office Debacle: Pixar Movie Opens to Record-Worst $29.6M
Pixar’s movie about a rat with ambitions of becoming an acclaimed French chef started off its box office run at a slow simmer when opening to a less-than-flavorable $47 million in summer 2007. Pundits were quick to pronounce Pixar had botched the recipe in a rare miss. But skeptics were proven wrong when Ratatouille began […]
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Box Office: Ezra Miller’s ‘The Flash,’ Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Get Iced by Moviegoers
Argh. Such was the refrain across Hollywood as opening weekend estimates circulated for DC’s highly anticipated The Flash and Pixar’s Elemental, which are debuting domestically over the long Juneteenth holiday weekend. (As well as Father’s Day on Sunday.) Starring Ezra Miller in the titular role, Warner Bros. and DC’s The Flash is anything but flashy […]
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China Box Office: ‘The Flash’ Opens Sluggishly, ‘Elemental’ Fizzles
Warner Bros.’s The Flash and Disney/Pixar’s Elemental both got off to a slow start in China over the weekend, much like they did in North America. The two films earned quite positive social scores from the Chinese filmgoers who did see them, but their actual ticket sales left a lot to be desired. The Flash […]
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Inside ‘The Flash’ Ending and That Cameo Secretly Filmed Six Months Ago
[This story contains spoilers for The Flash.] Hollywood secrets have become notoriously hard to keep, but Warner Bros. and the filmmakers of The Flash pulled off a doozy with the final moments of their DC film. After more than 25 years, George Clooney returned to the role of Bruce Wayne, marking a remarkable change of […]
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