Superhero movie premieres tend to be big gets for cable networks hoping to catch the eye of the dwindling-but-persistent channel surfing audience. So nabbing the rights to a Marvel or DC comic book premiere is worthy of some fanfare. Which is why, on Wednesday, TNT announced that it would have the honor of airing the television premiere of Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel on Sunday, Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. ET. But that […]
Anne Hathaway is starring in Locked Down, a new heist comedy from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight set amid the coronavirus pandemic – get a first look below. As first announced last September, the film – previously titled Lockdown – is described as “a heist movie/romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the pandemic lockdown”. The film, which has an under $10 million budget, sees couple Linda (Hathaway) and Paxton (Ejiofor) decide to break up just before a […]
With every superhero movie, an end credits scene has come to be expected now — whether they act as teases to a sequel, essential building blocks for a wider cinematic universe, or just fun meta-nods. The saving grace (or greatest sin, depending on who you ask) of Patty Jenkins‘ Wonder Woman films is that they exist in their own little corner of the DC Universe, with the 2017 Wonder Woman even eschewing the post-credits scene […]
The Wall Street Journal reports that MGM is actively looking to sell off its studio, with the hope being that they can attract companies keen on expanding their reach in the world of streaming. The company, which has already turned to investment banks Morgan Stanley and LionTree LLC to begin the formal sale process, has a market value of $5.5 billion. They hope to attract a buyer willing to pay that […]
It took over 12 chapters for Disney’s The Mandalorian to finally give us a lightsaber fight—Ahsoka Tano squaring off against hordes of idiotic soldiers, and then, the magistrate in a palace garden duel evoking Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1 showdown. Thirteen episodes and our first big lightsaber fight scene was derivative. Sigh. In The Mandalorian's season 2 finale, Chapter 16: "The Rescue," Luke Skywalker makes a successful CGI face-replacement appearance, giving audiences our second major lightsaber […]
Spoiler Alert: This recap of “The Rescue”, the season 2 finale of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, contains major reveals. No Baby Yoda didn’t get turned to the dark side of the force, and he did not die aboard Moff Gideon’s ship as Mando, with the help of Bo-Katan, Koska Reeves, Cara Dune, and Fennec Shand make their way to the Imperial vessel. Mando wants The Child back, and Bo-Katan wants the Darksaber and Gideon’s […]
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is going to be coming to HBO Max on the same date as its theater release, and the director is not happy. He’s written an article for Variety blasting Warner Brothers and AT&T, saying that the the move to release movies on streaming on the same day as in theaters is “a desperate attempt to grab the audience’s attention.” “With this decision AT&T has hijacked one of the most respectable and important studios in […]
Cassie Lang took another step towards a heroic destiny in Avengers: Endgame — but everything that's happened to her could have also perfectly set up a villainous turn ahead of Ant-Man 3. Created by David Michelinie and John Byrne, Cassandra "Cassie" Lang first debuted in Marvel Premiere #47. Cassie eventually took up Scott Lang's superheroic mantle. Joining the Young Avengers, she adopted the name Stature in Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung's Young Avengers #6. With […]
When Warner Bros. announced that “Wonder Woman 1984” would land on the streaming service HBO Max on Christmas, the same time it debuts in theaters, many expected it to be an isolated case in response to an unprecedented pandemic. Instead, the studio will deploy a similar release strategy for the next 12 months. In a surprising break from industry standards, Warner Bros.’ entire 2021 slate — a list of films that includes […]
