Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi,’ ‘The Eternals’ May Face Uphill Battle to Enter China
A recent Chinese state media report has added to rumors that two major Marvel superhero films, “The Eternals” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” may not be approved for release in China.In a report on the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four films, the CCTV6 China Movie Channel aired a list of the […]
Continue reading‘Army of the Dead’ in Theaters Means Netflix and Exhibition Both Get to Win
“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”The final line in “Casablanca,” with Humphrey Bogart’s Rick commenting on the marriage of convenience with French Vichy Captain Renault, might serve for theaters and Netflix. The movie that’s testing that bond is not a cinema classic; it’s Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead,” an […]
Continue readingZack Snyder Says WB “Has Been Aggressively Anti-Snyder” When It Comes to More ‘Justice League’ Movies
Zack Snyder is having quite the year. After walking away from Justice League due to a family tragedy, he took a few years off from making feature films and then unexpectedly returned to the center of the movie world earlier this year with Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max, a four-hour, kitchen-sink version of […]
Continue readingRevisiting ‘Oklahoma!’, a Problematic and Influential Technical Marvel That Reshaped the Movie Musical
(Welcome to Out of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.) Hollywood’s eras come in waves. It’s hard to imagine now, because we’re still in the crest of the current one, but the superhero era is a wave that will eventually – yes, really, even if […]
Continue readingDave Bautista Says Marvel ‘Dropped the Ball’ with Drax: ‘Wished They Would’ve Invested’ in Backstory
Dave Bautista has played Drax the Destroyer in four Marvel movies so far, two “Guardians of the Galaxy” films and two “Avengers” films. The actor is gearing up to reprise the character in James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which Bautista is viewing as his MCU swan song. The actor is appreciative of […]
Continue readingHow David and Jessica Oyelowo Turned Hollywood Frustration Into a Disney Production Deal
It’s a studio ritual almost as old as Hollywood: announce a production deal right before the release of a filmmaker’s new movie. For David and Jessica Oyelowo’s Yoruba/Saxon, the twinning of “The Water Man” and a two-year first-look Disney deal is more than industry rite. After seven years and six films, it means that the […]
Continue readingTop Stars Talk Funny Business in ‘Lifetime Presents Variety’s Power of Women: The Comedians’
Top female stars reflect on the “secret weapon” of being funny, their path to fame and their heroes in “Lifetime Presents Variety’s Power of Women: The Comedians,” which premiered Monday on Lifetime.The special featured interviews with Michaela Coel, Mindy Kaling, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kate McKinnon, Maya Rudolph and Sofia Vergara, who were celebrated in the May […]
Continue readingOlivia Williams: ‘I’ve been close enough to stardom to see how horrifying it is’
As she prepares to star in The Nevers, an eerie TV drama about supernatural Victorian women, the actor talks about fame, cancer – and squaring up to Bruce Willis in The Sixth SenseWhat I wouldn’t have given to be in an actual room with Olivia Williams, rather than down a Zoom. For all her early-90s […]
Continue readingPhil Lord & Chris Miller to Direct ‘The Premonition: A Pandemic Story,’ Producing With Amy Pascal
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are set to direct the film adaptation of “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.”Universal Pictures has optioned screen rights to the new book by New York Times bestselling author and journalist Michael Lewis, about the early days of Covid-19 and those U.S. heroes who tried to warn against the dangers of […]
Continue reading‘Sweet Tooth’ Featurette: Robert Downey Jr. Talks About Tweaking the Source Material for the Netflix Adaptation
Jeff Lemire‘s comic book series Sweet Tooth is getting the Netflix treatment as a streaming show, courtesy of executive producers Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey. In a new featurette, the two talk about altering the tone of Lemire’s comics from the “foreboding” vibe of the graphic novels to something that is much more family-friendly…which […]
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