Tag: Rocketman
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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ & ‘Madame Web’ Hope To Bring Moviegoers Together Over Valentine’s-Presidents Day Frame With At Least $25M+ Each – Early Box Office Look
Paramount’s musical biopic Bob Marley: One Love and Sony/Marvel’s Madame Web are expected to provide more pulse to what’s been a very dormant 2024 box office that’s -9% behind last year’s near half billion.Bob Marley: One Love, is expected to lead over the six-day, Wednesday, Valentine’s Day through Monday, President’s Day frame with $27M-$33M; strong…
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Superhero Bits: A Phase 5 MCU Teaser Trailer, A New Look At Adam Warlock In Guardians 3 & More
(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)In this edition of Superhero Bits:Phase 5 of…
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Best Weird Al Yankovic Songs for Movie Buffs
It’s time to get weird! Even though we’ve been overwhelmed with music biopics lately, thanks to the success of Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, Straight Outta Compton, and Elvis, a Roku Channel original film is finally telling the story of the greatest parody artist of all-time. Weird Al Yankovic has been a staple of popular culture since…
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody Trailer: Naomi Ackie Looks Transformative As Whitney Houston
It’s still hard to imagine how musical biopics can exist in a post “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” world, but the last few years have been bursting with big-budget biopics centered on some of the most iconic performers in music history. Jennifer Hudson belted her face off as Aretha Franklin in “Respect,” Taron Egerton…
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Taron Egerton Talks About How Conversations For Cyclops Went Nowhere Very Early
After his performance in 2019’s “Rocketman,” Taron Egerton‘s Hollywood star is the highest it’s ever been. And Egerton’s 2022 is off to a great start with AppleTV+. He co-stars in Dennis Lehane‘s true-crime series “Black Bird,” just released earlier this month. He’s also in “Tetris,” about the creation of the uber-popular video game, but its…
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Taron Egerton Has Discussed Marvel Role with Kevin Feige, Hopes ‘They’ll Give Me a Shot’ at Playing Wolverine
Taron Egerton’s upcoming role in “Black Bird,” a new Apple TV+ series written by Dennis Lehane, marks his first major onscreen acting part since his star-making turn in 2019’s “Rocketman.” The role as a drug dealer serving prison time is a departure from Egerton’s previous roles, but the thespian is already looking ahead to his…
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Kingsley Ben-Adir To Play Reggae Legend Bob Marley In Biopic From ‘King Richard’ Director Reinaldo Marcus Green
While the adult drama has largely migrated to television, there is one sub-genre that has received a new lease of life on late thanks to a trifecta of success: the rock biopic, which, in very recent years, has earned Best Picture Oscar nominations and wins, acclaim, and more importantly, actual box-office returns. While there has…
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‘The Offer’: Dexter Fletcher To Direct Paramount+ Series About The Making Of ‘The Godfather’
You can safely say, based on his output in “Rocketman” and the Oscar-winning film, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Dexter Fletcher is a filmmaker that understands how to craft a biopic. So, when the folks at Paramount+ were looking for a director for “The Offer,” based on the story of how “The Godfather” was made, Fletcher got the…
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Elton John Calls Out ‘Hypocrisy’ of the Vatican for Refusing to Bless Gay Marriages
Elton John is speaking out against the Vatican after they issued a statement saying that the Catholic Church will not bless same-sex marriages.On Monday, the Vatican’s orthodoxy office issued a response to a question asking if members of the Catholic clergy can bless gay marriages. Their statement, which was approved by Pope Francis, stated that…
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Oscars 2021: Best Original Song Predictions
The music branch of the Academy often leans into pop stars in this category, partly because the members want to see stars like last year’s winner, Elton John for “Rocketman,” sing their original songs on the Oscar stage. But that may not be possible in this pandemic year. Voters also go for hit songs from…