Are you ready to get smacked in the face with another barrage of nostalgia and random pop culture references? A sequel to Steven Spielberg‘s “Ready Player One” could already be in the works thanks to the pandemic. “Ready Player One” author Ernest Cline has revealed during a chat with Inverse that his follow-up novel “Ready […]
Continue readingNine years after author Ernest Cline‘s nostalgia-drenched, pop culture-obsessed sci-fi novel Ready Player One novel debuted, a sequel is about to arrive. Plot details about the aptly-named Ready Player Two have been kept under lock and key so far, but Cline appeared on a virtual New York Comic Con panel today and finally pulled back […]
Continue readingMargot Robbie’s “Birds of Prey” flew to $4 million on Thursday night.The figure matches the preview gross for 2018’s “Ocean’s 8” and is comparable to the Thursday night earnings for “Ready Player One,” with $3.8 million.“Birds of Prey,” a spinoff of 2016’s “Suicide Squad,” is on pace to earn $50 million to $55 million when […]
Continue readingSince Lena Waithe won an Emmy for writing the touching, years-spanning “Thanksgiving” episode of Netflix’s Master of None, her career has been on fire: she created the Showtime series The Chi, had a supporting role in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, and is about to appear in the third season of Westworld. As if that […]
Continue readingFaith-based drama Breakthrough does well in third place.New Line horror The Curse Of La Llorona opened top of North American box office via Warner Bros on an estimated $26.5m as all the releases combined for the worst Easter box office performance in 14 years.Even though the latest film to emerge from The Conjuring Universe surpassed […]
Continue readingWarner Bros. has acquired the life rights of Teddy Pendergrass and will produce a biopic with Tyrese Gibson to star as the R&B legend.Donald De Line (“Ready Player One”) will produce through his De Line Pictures studio banner, along with Lee Daniels and Gibson via his Voltron Pictures. The studio has also tapped Little Marvin, […]
Continue readingIt was a great night for Marvel at the 17th annual Visual Effects Society Awards on Tuesday night. The comic book publisher’s wares led the film fields, with “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” nabbing four wins apiece.“Spider-Verse,” a dominant animated feature on the awards circuit this year, swept each of its categories. […]
Continue readingIt was a great night for Marvel at the 17th annual Visual Effects Society Awards on Tuesday night. The comic book publisher’s wares led the film fields, with “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” nabbing four wins apiece.“Spider-Verse,” a dominant animated feature on the awards circuit this year, swept each of its categories. […]
Continue readingThe Visual Effects Society announced nominees for the organization’s 17th annual awards on Tuesday.Leading the way in the film and TV fields, respectively, were Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” and Netflix’s “Lost in Space.” Each picked up six nominations. Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” received the most nominations among animated feature contenders with five.“Ready Player One” also landed […]
Continue readingSpoilers for 3Below follow … below. Science-fiction has always managed to tell entertaining stories while also commenting on actual world problems. From Westworld’s questions of consciousness to Ready Player One’s message of the dangers of not spending time outside, the genre has always offered more than just entertainment. At first, Guillermo del Toro’s newest installment […]
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