Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: December 31, 2017 #movienews

It was a close race for the top spot at the box office, but the charts saw little change as we bring in 2018.

Pulling off the three-peat is Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which brought in $52.4 million in its third weekend to raise its domestic total to $517.1 million. Initially (especially after the 69 percent second weekend drop), there was some concern Episode VIII would underwhelm (relatively speaking) commercially, but those concerns are hardly warranted. The Last Jedi has quickly become the highest-grossing film of 2017 in the United States and the latest member of the $1 billion club. This marks the third consecutive time a Star Wars movie has crossed ...

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Gal Gadot is 2017’s Highest-Grossing Actress #movienews

Gal Gadot is named 2017’s highest-grossing actress thanks to her roles in Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Gadot made her debut as Diana Prince, aka Wonder Woman, in Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, and she reprised her role in the Jenkins-helmed solo movie in June 2017 before uniting with the rest of the world’s finest heroes – Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill), Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) – in Snyder’s Justice League in November 2017.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Ticket Presales Pick Up in China #movienews

Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi presale tickets are starting to gain ground in China. Rian Johnson’s long-awaited sequel to J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens hit theaters worldwide in mid-December and expanded Lucasfilm’s Star Wars sequel trilogy in more ways than one, continuing the story left off with Abrams’ 2015 film while also laying the groundwork for the filmmaker to return for the trilogy’s final chapter, Star Wars: Episode IX in 2019.

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The Last Jedi Hits $1 Billion, Becomes Top Grossing Film of 2017 #movienews

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, while becoming the #1 movie of 2017 in the U.S. The Last Jedi grossed $220 million its opening weekend, the second-biggest domestic opening of all-time behind only The Force Awakens. The film continued ruling the box office over the Christmas holiday, grossing $99 million in the four-day window. Projections have The Last Jedi finishing in the top 5 all-time worldwide. Despite huge numbers for The Last Jedi, 2017 box office totals overall are down from 2016.

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New Star Wars Movie Reportedly Filming in Scotland Next Year #movienews

A new Star Wars movie – either Episode IX or Rian Johnson’s new trilogy – is set to start filming scenes in Scotland in June 2018. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, the studio also announced a new trilogy that would kick off in 2015 with J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Disney and Lucasfilm also planned a number of anthology movies that would hit theaters in between each episodic installment, the first of which was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that premiered in 2016. Most recently, Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi debuted.

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Bright: Learn The Alternate History Of Netflix’s Urban Fantasy #movienews

A new video from Netflix explores the alternate history of the world of their new release, Bright. The fantasy cop thriller starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton is a certified smash for the streaming service, racking up 11 million viewers in its first three days alone. Its success comes in the face of some truly awful reviews; the critical consensus on the film is pretty terrible.

One of the chief criticisms leveled at Bright is its largely unexplained (but prominently featured) magical mythology. The world as we see it in the film looks very similar to the one we live in, just with orcs, elves, and magic thrown into the mix. Those elements seem to have had surprisingly little impact on the world itself, however. Throughout the film, three or four exposition-heavy sidebars are thrown in to keep the audience caught up on things, but by and large, the ...

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Iron Man Is Worried in New Avengers: Infinity War Image #movienews

Tony Stark is in distress in a brand new Avengers: Infinity War photo. Dubbed the culmination of everything that has transpired in the Marvel Cinematic Universe thus far, the movie will bring all pockets of the franchise into one massive spectacle that will pit Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against big bad Thanos and his children, the Black Order.

Coming from the fall-out of Captain America: Civil War, Tony and Steve Rogers are still not speaking with each other. While the former was busy mentoring Peter Parker and even getting engaged to Pepper Potts, the super soldier, on the other hand, has gone underground. The last we’ve ...

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Mark Hamill Debunks Rumor That He Didn’t Know Last Jedi’s Ending #movienews

Mark Hamill took to Twitter to debunk a rumor about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In the last few weeks The Last Jedi has been a part of several controversies. In spite of strong numbers at the box office and strong reception by most moviegoers, some Star Wars fans have made their critiques of the movie very well known. Petitions have sprung up on the internet trying to shut down Rotten Tomatoes for having good reviews of the movie, demanding that the film be removed from Star Wars canon, and other even crazier demands.

Nor has the fan reaction been the only controversy surrounding the movie. Star ...

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Jodie Foster Says Superhero Blockbusters Are ‘Ruining’ Moviegoing #movienews

Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster says big budget blockbuster superhero movies are “ruining the viewing habits of moviegoers” in the U.S. and abroad. Without question, Foster has one of the most successful longstanding careers in Hollywood, having appeared on such iconic TV series as Gunsmoke, My Three Sons and Mayberry R.F.D. – and films such as Freaky Friday – in her youth, before making a stark transition in her early teens to more mature subject matter like Taxi Driver.

Winning Best Actress Oscars for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs in-between, Foster at current is taking on more films and TV episodes as a director – including Black Mirror season 4 episode ...

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Aquaman: Jason Momoa Says Aquaman’s Diversity is Relatable #movienews

Aquaman star Jason Momoa talked in a new interview about how he can relate to the superhero’s unique diversity. As a half-Hawaiian, half-German/Irish/Native American man growing up in Iowa, Momoa certainly felt like a fish out of water himself at times. In addition, he studied marine biology and wildlife biology in college – so he’s practically born for this role. And his background combined with his magnetic personality make him one of the most anticipated star turns of 2018 when Aquaman finally hits theaters.

Fans already got a glimpse of the blend of energy and humor that Momoa brings to his performance as Arthur Curry in his appearance in

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Russo Brothers Tease a Major Infinity War Upgrade for Bucky #movienews

Anthony Russo has teased that the Winter Soldier’s new cyborg arm may be Wakandan tech. If that’s the case, Bucky is getting a much-needed upgrade just in time for Avengers: Infinity War.

When Hydra first captured Bucky in the 1940s, they began a decades-long process to turn him into their ultimate assassin. As part of that, they used experimental cybernetic technology to replace Bucky’s injured arm. He was given a powerful cyborg arm, and was likely enhanced in other ways too.

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Thor Continues a ‘Radical Transformation’ in Infinity War #movienews

Off the back of the blockbusting success of Thor: Ragnarok, Anthony Russo promises that the God of Thunder will continue his “radical transformation” in Avengers: Infinity War.

Since first picking up Mjolnir back in 2011, Chris Hemsworth has cemented Thor as an integral part of the MCU. Having played a major part of the first two Avengers movies and starred in three of his own solo movies, Thor is back once again with the rest of Earth’s mightiest heroes to tackle the Mad Titan Thanos in the upcoming Infinity War. While there are sure to be some major casualties in the next two Avengers movies, it’ss doubtful that Thor is going anywhere just ...

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Why It’s Important That Infinity War’s Heroes ‘Feel Pain’ #movienews

Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of Avengers: Infinity War, recently stressed how important it is that heroes “feel pain.”

“You’re not the guy to make the sacrifice play,” Steve Rogers snapped at Tony Stark. Under the influence of the Tesseract, The Avengers saw Captain America highlight the cost of heroism. That’s essentially the theme of the MCU to date; what does it truly mean to be a hero? By the end of The Avengers, Stark had proved Cap wrong. He’d launched himself through a portal, carrying a nuclear bomb on his back. It was the ultimate “sacrifice play.”

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Thanos’ Motivations are ‘Psychotic’ and ‘Compelling’ #movienews

Thanos’ motivations in Anthony and Joe Russo’s highly-anticipated 2018 superhero film, Avengers: Infinity War, are described as being psychotic and compelling. Marvel Studios launched their ground-breaking Marvel Cinematic Universe with Jon Favreau’s Iron Man in 2008, and then Marvel TV expanded the shared universe onto the small screen with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 2013. But the overarching narrative has been building towards an ultimate showdown with the Mad Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) since Joss Whedon’s The Avengers hit theaters in 2012.

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Don’t Expect to See That Four-Hour Cut of Blade Runner 2049 #movienews

As with most years, 2017 had its fair share of movies that offered the potential of a director’s cut being released somewhere down the line, and while Blade Runner 2049 was one of them, chances are very slim you’ll ever see it. The sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi noir already clocked in at a massive 163 minutes, but when Joe Walker, the film’s editor, mentioned an initial four-hour cut had sparked discussion of releasing the film in two parts, intrigue soon followed. Director Denis Villeneuve and cinematographer Roger Deakins delivered an astonishingly beautiful film, so the idea ...

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John Williams to Write Solo: A Star Wars Story Theme #movienews

Legendary Star Wars composer John Williams will write a theme for Solo: A Star Wars Story. How to Train Your Dragon composer John Powell, whose involvement was announced last July, will compose the remainder of the film’s score. The hotly anticipated Star Wars standalone stars Alden Ehrenreich as a younger version of Harrison Ford’s roguish smuggler.

John Williams’ association with Star Wars began in 1977 when he wrote the memorable score for A New Hope. That score, with its iconic main theme, went on to win Williams his second career Oscar. Overall, Williams has written the complete score for all eight of the main Star Wars films,

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Mark Hamill’s Kids Had Cameos In Star Wars: The Last Jedi #movienews

Mark Hamill has revealed via Twitter that his three children made cameo appearances in Star Wars: The Last Jedi as members of the Resistance. Given the global popularity of the Star Wars franchise, it perhaps isn’t surprising that many famous faces are keen to score brief on-screen appearances in that famous galaxy far, far away. This trend began with J. J. Abrams’ The Force Awakens which featured appearances from Simon Pegg as Unkar Plutt, Daniel Craig as a Stormtrooper, and several others.

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Flash Speeds Through Alternate Timeline In Fan-Made Flashpoint Poster #movienews

An awesome fan-made poster for the Flash movie shows the Scarlet Speedster sprinting through the DCEU multiverse. The Flash’s solo movie has been in development hell for a few years now, with some version of the project having been in the works since at least 2013. The script has been written, scrapped, and rewritten on countless occasions at this point, and at least two directors have been hired and let go in that span. (The whole Phil Lord and Chris Miller situation is a bit murky.)

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Pushes Sony Past $1 Billion in 2017 #movienews

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has pushed Sony Pictures past the $1 billion mark at the domestic box office in 2017. Just as the year draws to a close, the company is getting a nice boost from the update to 1995’s Jumanji. The modernized sequel is well on its way to commercial success and won over many critics with its fun blend of action and humor, led by megastar Dwayne Johnson.

Of course, Spider-Man: Homecoming is Sony’s true 2017 cash cow with over $334 million in North America. Sony’s first entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe leads the way. ...

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Star Wars Theory Suggests Snoke Has A Big Role in Episode 9 #movienews

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A popular Star Wars fan theorist is convinced Snoke isn’t dead, and he may just be right. The Last Jedi was full of twists and major reveals — not all which went over too well with fans. Luke Skywalker’s death was the real heartbreaker, but the demise of Supreme Leader Snoke was easily the most shocking. After being set up as the new trilogy’s big bad in The Force Awakens, the seemingly all-powerful dark side user was betrayed and murdered by his apprentice, Kylo Ren. Kylo cut his master down with Luke’s lightsaber, Snoke’s body was ...

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18 Stars You Didn’t Know Were Secretly Royalty #movienews

Try as we all might, non-royalty can’t help but be fascinated with royalty. It’s why the British monarchy stays strong and supported by British tax dollars despite their role being almost completely ceremonial. It’s also why Americans, in the absence of real royalty, have created our own facsimiles in political dynasties like the Kennedys and in the entertainment industry’s cult of celebrity. And boy howdy, do we get excited when actual royalty crosses paths with our self-made monarchies.

Most of the time that happens through marriage — Grace Kelly famously married into the royal family of Monaco and became immortalized as Princess Grace before her untimely death. You also may have heard of Meghan Markle, who just got ...

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2017 Box Office Recap: Biggest Stories and Trends #movienews

NOTE: Box office figures in this post are as of December 27, 2017

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With 2017 winding down to a close, it’s time to take a look at some of the biggest stories that emerged at the box office this year. Over the past 12 months, a total of 719 films opened in theaters, all having varying degrees of success commercially. Collectively, the movies of 2017 were well below their 2016 counterparts, bringing in a total of $10.8 billion (as opposed to $11.3 billion last year). Numerous high-profile works came up short of expectations, which we’ll explore in this space later.

As always, there were ...

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More Avengers: Infinity War Art Revealed in Russian Marvel Calendar #movienews

More Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man & the Wasp artwork has been revealed thanks to a Marvel calendar for 2018. Thanks to the combination of Lucasfilm, Marvel, and more, Disney won 2017 at the domestic box office. The Last Jedi will hit $1 billion this weekend, closing out a year that saw Beauty and the Beast, Coco, and three Marvel movies dominate theaters (though Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s profits landed with Sony). There’s no telling if all of Disney’s ventures next year will pan out, but they’ll likely do just fine.

Avengers: Infinity War may well become Marvel’s biggest film to date at the box office. The Infinity War trailer broke all ...

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Cloverfield 3 is 2018’s Most Anticipated Horror Movie #movienews

Cloverfield 3 is the most anticipated horror movie of 2018. The genre enjoyed its biggest year ever in 2017, led by the enormous box office success of IT, the highest-grossing R-rated horror movie of all time. Jordan Peele’s Get Out also earned a mix of acclaim (99 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and commercial success ($254 million worldwide on a $4.5 million budget). Other notable releases within the horror genre this year include Split, Alien: Covenant, Annabelle: Creation, Happy Death Day, It Comes At Night, and Jigsaw.

There’s a chance that horror can keep it going in 2018, with Insidious: ...

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The Last Jedi to Pass $1 Billion at Global Box Office This Weekend #movienews

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will pass $1 billion at the global box office over the New Year’s holiday weekend. After only a week in theaters worldwide, The Last Jedi had already cracked the half billion dollar mark. With limited competition and an a long weekend, The Last Jedi won Christmas weekend, outstripping contenders such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

Thanks to the success of movies like  Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Beauty and the Beast, Disney has won the domestic box office this year. As for their final film of 2017, The Last Jedi will be the year’s biggest earner when ...

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Thanos is 2018’s Most Anticipated Movie Villain #movienews

Avengers: Infinity War big bad Thanos was named the most anticipated movie villain of 2018 in an online poll. Josh Brolin plays the Marvel comics supervillain, called the “biggest and baddest” of MCU bad guys by Kevin Feige. Even the combined strength of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy may not be enough to stop Thanos when he gets his hands on the all-powerful Infinity Gauntlet.

Past MCU villains have not exactly fired up Marvel fans, to put it mildly. People do love Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, who will indeed return for Infinity War to team with Thanos. But beyond Loki, most MCU baddies have fallen into the “villain of the week” ...

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Black Panther is 2018’s Most Anticipated Comic Book Movie Character #movienews

Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther is 2018’s most anticipated comic book character. This year, 2017, marked a series of unprecedented comic book movie releases. Not only did Hollywood studios release a record number of superhero movies throughout the year – eight, to be exact: from Logan to Wonder Woman to Thor: Ragnarok – but those movies also accounted for Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Wolverine, the first female-led, blockbuster superhero film, and the first time Justice League ever released on the big screen.

The way things are moving, 2018 just might top 2017’s super year. There are nine major superhero-related films releasing next year, of which only one of them, ...

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Black Panther Villain Killmonger Influenced By Heath Ledger’s Joker #movienews

Black Panther villain Erik Killmonger took some inspiration from characters like Heath Ledger’s Joker, according to Michael B. Jordan. The solo Marvel superhero film stars Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa, who fans first met back in Captain America: Civil War. The film will kickoff the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s monumental 1oth year, at the same time that it pulls back the curtain on the high-tech nation of Wakanda and its people.

Reuniting with director Ryan Coogler for the third time after their critically acclaimed collaborations on Fruitvale Station and Creed, Jordan is set to play one of the villains of the upcoming Marvel Studios project. Based solely on what the actor has said about the character, Killmonger is shaping ...

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John Wick 2 Production Designer Returns for Chapter 3 #movienews

Kevin Kavanaugh, who was the production designer for this year’s action sequel John Wick: Chapter 2, will return in the same role for 2019’s John Wick 3. Kavanaugh is also known for his work on The Dark Knight Rises, Nightcrawler, and the upcoming Sicario 2: Soldado.

Following the critical and commercial success of Chapter 2, Lionsgate is quickly moving ahead on another installment in their franchise. Recently securing a summer 2019 release date, it’s expected production will begin at some point in the spring or summer. Originally, the cameras were slated to start rolling this fall, but the schedule was pushed back to accommodate director Chad Stahelski’s ...

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Disney’s Star Wars Passes Lucasfilm Sales Price At Box Office #movienews

The cumulative box office total of the three Star Wars films of Lucasfilm’s Disney era has now surpassed the $4 billion price tag the Mouse House paid to acquire the studio. Though we are currently living in the golden age of superhero cinema, the past few years have proven the galaxy far, far away is the king of the multiplex. Beginning with The Force Awakens in 2015, the franchise has put together a stellar commercial run that has seen it clinch the top spot at the domestic box office for three consecutive years.

Though $4 billion is an enormous sum of money, an argument can be ...

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Jurassic World 2 Stars Have a Close Encounter in New Image #movienews

With Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom hoping to take a big bite out of the box office next year, a brand new image shows Bryce Dallas Howard and Justice Smith’s characters in a whole heap of trouble.

Continuing the Jurassic legacy that Steven Spielberg started way back in 1993, the fifth film in the franchise shows no signs of slowing down. Giving us another excuse to pit man against dinosaur, Fallen Kingdom looks to be pushing the series into a new territory away from just dino theme parks.

Related: Fallen Kingdom Ending Will Set Up Jurassic World 3

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2018 Winter & Spring Movie Preview – The 15 Films to See #movienews

Winter and Spring 2018 are packed with everything from Marvel Cinematic Universe movies to X-Men films, Pacific Rim and Tomb Raider installments, and multiple Steven Spielberg projects. Things will cool off a bit at the start of the new year, following December’s barrage of late year awards season contenders and crowd pleasing tentpoles (led by Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle). However, it won’t be long before things pick back up and big franchise movies – as well as buzzed about filmmaker offerings – begin flooding theaters again.

Acclaimed storytellers like Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Wes Anderson, and the king of blockbusters himself, ...

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Shazam! Director Gives His Captain Marvel Toy A Franchise Hopping Photoshoot #movienews

Shazam! director David F. Sandberg has taken to Instagram to demonstrate the perils of mixing up your toy lines. Shazam! will be the seventh movie in the DCEU, and it’s set to star Zachary Levi as the titular hero (formerly known as Captain Marvel) and Asher Angel as young Billy Batson. The rest of the cast is still being filled out, with shooting scheduled to begin in February.

Sandberg himself made waves in the industry with his first feature length film, the 2016 horror flick Lights Out. He then followed up that smash hit with an even bigger success with last year’s Conjuring series spinoff, Annabelle: Creation. Both films ...

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Infinity War: Robert Downey Jr. Teases More Iron Man/Captain America Conflict #movienews

Robert Downey Jr. has confirmed that there’s more conflict on the horizon for Iron Man and Captain America in Avengers: Infinity War. And you thought a silly little thing like the apocalypse would send their family feud to the backburner. Pshhh.

Thanos’ invasion of Earth is just over 5 months away. He’s coming for those Infinity Stones, and if the Avengers don’t band together, the planet is doomed. The Mad Titan is far and away the most dangerous villain they’ve ever faced, and according to Kevin Feige, that fact will be cemented in the first five minutes of the film. (He’ll apparently ...

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Pacific Rim: Uprising’s Kaiju Have Destructive New Powers #movienews

Pacific Rim Uprising is coming whether we want it or not, and the Kaiju are looking up the ante in the fight. Like most sequels, Uprising is looking to find ways to go bigger and better than its predecessor, meaning bigger monsters and badder Jaegers.

In an interview with Empire, visual effects supervisor Peter Chiang has laid out how exactly they’ve updated the Kaiju’s new destructive powers for the sequel. While the monsters in the original were superbly massive, Chiang and his team had to get creative with how to make the Kaiju more dangerous for new opponents by introducing new abilities and new creature designs. Most notable are the new creatures Raijin, ...

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Fantastic Beasts 2 Images Feature Newt, Tina, & Grindelwald #movienews

The upcoming sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald gets a pair of new images that feature Tina and Newt looking like they’re up to no good, and one of Grindelwald, who is definitely up to no good. The images are the latest from the upcoming Harry Potter prequel to emerge after the official title was announced along with a cast photo last month. That image featured the first look at Jude Law as the Young Dumbledore, but it also spurred discussion regarding the decision to keep Johnny Depp in the role of Grindelwald following allegations of domestic abuse. The discussion grew to the ...

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Dunkirk Fan Edit turns Nolan’s WWII Epic into a B&W Silent Film #movienews

A fan-made video is reimagining writer-director Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk as a black-and-white silent film. Despite the pedigree of the filmmaker, there’s no question that Nolan’s Dunkirk defied the odds at the theaters domestically and worldwide to become one of the biggest surprises at the box office in 2017.

Released smack-dab in the middle of the summer moviegoing season – a season that’s generally reserved for superhero movies, action adventures and lighter popcorn fare – Dunkirk made more than $188 million domestically and $337 million overseas for a staggering global total of more than $525 million (making it the highest grossing WWII film ever at the worldwide box office). Better yet, the film attracted enough critical acclaim to make it one of the year’s earliest awards season contenders.

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What Jon Hamm Would Look Like as Batman #movienews

A digital artist imagines what Jon Hamm would look like as the lead character in Matt Reeves’ The Batman movie. Ben Affleck’s status as Bruce Wayne in Warner Bros.’ unofficially titled DC Extended Universe remains in limbo. The actor has been on the fence about leaving the role since the start of the year, but he has yet to commit to a final decision. Affleck was tapped to write, direct, and star in The Batman at first, but he eventually relegated himself simply to a starring role.

Upon Affleck’s exit from the film’s creative side, Cloverfield and Planet of the Apes‘ Matt Reeves signed on to write and direct the standalone DC film, with ...

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The Last Jedi Expected to Become Highest Grossing Movie of 2017 #movienews

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is projected to earn enough money at the box office this weekend to become the highest grossing film domestically of 2017. While it’s not putting up numbers like its predecessor, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, the eighth film in the Skywalker family saga is a bona fide blockbuster. Having earned more than $22o million stateside in its opening weekend in mid-December and another $99 million over the four-day Christmas weekend, the film is enjoying a very lucrative box office run so far.

Through Wednesday, The Last Jedi has earned more than $445 million domestically, and with huge numbers expected ...

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Sophie Turner Says X-Men: Dark Phoenix Is ‘Revolutionizing’ The Superhero Genre #movienews

Sophie Turner has promised that X-Men: Dark Phoenix is a deeply emotional film that will ‘revolutionize’ the superhero genre.

2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse left fans in no doubt where the X-Men franchise would go next. It featured a dramatic scene in which Sophie Turner’s Jean grey cut loose like never before. Amid prophecies of the world burning in fire, Jean even manifested the Phoenix halo. Few fans were surprised when Fox revealed the next tentpole X-Men film would bear the title X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

In an interview with Empire, Turner has promised that this X-Men film will be a tremendously powerful one. She promised a “dark, gritty drama” ...

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The Music Of The Last Jedi Reveals Kylo Ren’s Future #movienews

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The most telling sign of Kylo Ren’s future within the Star Wars universe may well be the music that accompanies him onscreen. Arguably the best character in The Last Jedi, Kylo takes some massive steps in the right direction in Episode VIII, especially considering where he got his start. Kylo Ren was actually a pretty divisive character when he was first introduced in The Force Awakens. Tough-to-please Star Wars faithful were quick to label him a whiny, wannabe Darth Vader. His ruthless pursuit of Rebellion heroes like Luke Skywalker and his father, Han Solo, was overshadowed by temper ...

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Goosebumps 2 Release Date Moves Closer to Halloween #movienews

Sony has bumped Goosebumps 2 from its original September 2018 release date to October. At one point the film was actually set for a January 2018 release, but it keeps sliding deeper into the calendar. In addition to the shuffled release dates, the movie has also reportedly received a new title. Formerly known as Goosebumps: Horrorland, it will now be dubbed Goosebumps: Slappy’s Revenge. Ari Sandel (Monster High) has taken over directing duties, replacing Rob Letterman. Letterman will instead direct the newly announced Ryan Reynolds in Detective Pikachu.

Adapted from the popular children’s horror books by R.L. Stine, 2015’s Goosebumps successfully tapped into ’90s-kid nostalgia, grossing $85 million domestically. The film starred Jack Black ...

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Avengers LEGO Set Descriptions May Reveal Infinity War’s Ending #movienews

Descriptions of Avengers: Infinity War‘s LEGO sets have potentially revealed several new details about the film, including how the epic showdown between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Mad Titan Thanos will end.

Plot details for the epic start of the MCU finale are light, with the teaser trailer offering clues to the narrative but leaving a lot up in the air. With the film out in a little over five months, however, we can expect a lot more to come to light, especially once Black Panther – which introduces Wakanda, one of Infinity War‘s key locations – arrives in February. Before that, though, we already have some seriously big possible spoilers ...

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New Aquaman Image Features More Shirtless Jason Momoa #movienews

A new image from Aquaman has arrived, along with some teases about Atlantis and Black Manta from director James Wan. Though we’ve been seeing images of Jason Momoa as Aquaman, it was only last month that the character finally got the spotlight in Justice League. Even still, many of the scenes involving Mera and Atlantis were cut, along with all of Willem Dafoe’s Vulko. Given that, next year’s Aquaman will have a lot to explore as it delves into the Atlantean king and his pantheon.

With Aquaman having already wrapped filming, it shouldn’t be long before a teaser arrives to offer a look at the world of the film. In the meantime, set photos and official images ...

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Rocket & Mantis Meet Thor in New Avengers: Infinity War Image #movienews

A new image from Avengers: Infinity War puts the God of Thunder in the care of Rocket and Mantis. When the trailer for Infinity War arrived, Thor seemed to be absent from the main action. What’s more, the Guardians of the Galaxy were relegated to a brief tease at the end. We know from the teaser shown at D23 and Comic-Con, however, that things will likely kick off with Thor careening into the Guardians’ ship, something that Thor: Ragnarok clearly set up.

The end of Ragnarok showed the new ruler of Asgard and the remainder of his people coming face to face with Thanos’ ship. Likely, they’ll ...

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Leaked Infinity War Footage Teases Drax vs. Thanos Fight #movienews

Leaked footage of a scene from Avengers: Infinity War teases a showdown between Drax and Thanos, which certainly won’t go well for the former. Marvel Studios finally gave the general public their first official look at the highly-anticipated sequel last month with a trailer that set the stage for a high-stakes battle against the Mad Titan. Among the many selling points the blockbuster boasts is the fact that it brings together just about every living hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making this a one-of-a-kind cinematic event.

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Netflix’s Bright Streamed By 11 Million U.S. Viewers in First 3 Days #movienews

Early viewing estimates for Netflix’s Bright have been released by Nielsen, which claims 11 million U.S. subscribers streamed the fantasy-action flick starring Will Smith in the first three days after the film was released. The numbers are likely to make executives at Netflix smile after the service’s first foray into big-budget filmmaking – the film reportedly cost between $90-$100 million dollars – was walloped by critics, even earning the toxic “worst film of the year” moniker in at least one case, marking another critical low point in director David Ayer’s body of work after garnering mostly negative reviews for

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Gerald’s Game Director Wants to Adapt Stephen King’s Shining Sequel #movienews

Gerald’s Game director Mike Flanagan says he wants to adapt Stephen King’s The Shining sequel novel, which is titled Doctor Sleep. Flanagan’s Netflix psychological horror film is an adaptation of King’s novel of the same name, starring Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood as married couple Gerald and Jessie Burlingame.

Doctor Sleep was released in 2009 as a sequel to King’s most famous work, The Shining, which was released in 1977. The novel follows a grown-up Danny Torrance, who has taken up his father Jack’s legacy of anger and alcoholism. While traveling across the country, he settles down in the small town of Frazier, New Hampshire, ...

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Actor Reveals Alternate Ending #movienews

This article contains SPOILERS for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle almost ended differently according to the movie’s cast. As a standalone sequel to Joe Johnston’s 1995 action-comedy Jumanji, which itself is based on Chris Van Allsburg’s novel of the same name, Jake Kasdan’s Jumanji 2 brought the series into the modern day by transforming the classic board game into a ’90s-era video game. In the film, Four high school students in detention found the video game and were subsequently sucked into its world, where they had to complete the story in order to return home.

Upon entering the game, the students took control of ...

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Screeners for Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird, & Others Leak Online #movienews

A group calling themselves Hive-CM8 has leaked screeners for four of this year’s awards contenders online as a means of bringing the films to a wider audience. High-profile releases like Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle are posting strong numbers at the box office over the holidays, but for many cinephiles, this time of year is also Oscar season. During the build-up to the Academy Awards, film buffs are always interested in catching the main players to stay up-to-date, but studios don’t always make it easy for viewers to keep up.

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