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The disastrous debut of Warner Bros’ spy thriller “Tenet” at movie theaters has Hollywood studios fingering the panic button. “Tenet” — a $200 million Christopher Nolan production which has amassed less than $30 million in ticket sales since it hit US theaters on Sept. 3 — has given Tinseltown a wakeup call, with studios grappling …
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“Ant Man 3” has its villain. Kang the Conqueror will likely be played by “Lovecraft Country” star Jonathan Majors, sources told the Hollywood Reporter. Majors, 31, would appear in the Marvel Studios flick along with Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily. The movie is scheduled to hit theaters in 2022. “A time-traveling despot from the far-future, …
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ABC will pay tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman with a commercial-free broadcast of “Black Panther” and special on his life following his death from colon cancer, according to a report. The Marvel Studios hit — which starred Boseman as King T’Challa — will air without interruption at 8 p.m. Sunday then will be followed by …
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Fox’s 20-year, 13-film X-Men series goes out not with a bang or a whimper . . . but a bear attack. Yes, every camper’s worst fear is the asinine conclusion of a two-decade stretch of mutant movies that earned both Oscar nominations (“Logan”) and critical ire (“Dark Phoenix”). It also gave us big stars. Before 2000’s “X-Men,” Hugh …
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Introduced in 1982 as the younger teen students to the now-grown X-Men, “The New Mutants” have always been the grittier, left-of-center B-team that turned the teen angst up to 11. Still think Wolverine is your favorite mutant? OK, boomer. Here’s a quick rundown of the new superpowered kids on the block, finally hitting theaters Friday …
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“The New Mutants,” which comes to theaters Friday, is not as new as you think. Fox’s final X-Men film has been floating around for years, plagued by delays, corporate acquisitions, changes of taste and, the cherry on top, a pandemic. Up until a month ago, there were rumors that its new owner, Disney, would quietly …
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Sony Pictures is not only growing its slate of its Universe of Marvel characters but is building on the female characters at the center of it, and looks to have landed one of the sought female directors in Hollywood. Sources tell Deadline that Olivia Wilde has closed a deal to direct and develop a secret …
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Even superheroes are having a hard time weathering this pandemic. The majority of comic books giant DC Universe’s streaming service staff was laid off on Monday amid larger WarnerMedia cuts, sources told the Hollywood Reporter. The layoffs hit about one-third of DC’s editorial positions, as well as high-ranking individuals, including Editor-in-Chief Bob Harris, senior VP …
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The son of late “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actor Brian Tarantina is set to inherit his dad’s $209,000 estate, court records show. Tarantina — who died Nov. 2 from an accidental overdose — didn’t leave behind a will and so his only son and “sole distributee,” Sean Tarantina, is set to inherit the estate, court papers …
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Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Holland have joined their “Avengers” castmates in speaking with 6-year-old Bridger Walker, who saved his younger sister from an attacking dog on July 9. Bridger’s aunt, Nicole Noel Walker, first caught the attention of “Captain America” actor Chris Evans with an Instagram post on July 12 in which she tagged …
The disastrous debut of Warner Bros’ spy thriller “Tenet” at movie theaters has Hollywood studios fingering the panic button. “Tenet” — a $200 million Christopher Nolan production which has amassed less than $30 million in ticket sales since it hit US theaters on Sept. 3 — has given Tinseltown a wakeup call, with studios grappling …
