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Bong Joon Ho's upcoming sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson, Steven Yuen and Mark Ruffalo has set a new release date. Originally expected to release on January 31, 2025, the new date sees the film now premiere three months later. Warner Bros. has shifted the date to make room for the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic titled Michael from director Antoine Fuqua, which was originally set for April 18, 2025. Now, Mickey 17 takes over the April 18 date for the Easter holiday release. A Warner Bros. spokesperson said in a statement, "When the April 18 date became available, we quickly moved to secure it for Mickey 17. We're thrilled with the new date, and very happy the film will be available to audiences in IMAX."The film is based on the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The sci-...

Netflix has announced that the fifth and final season of Stranger Things will premiere next year. The streamer has not yet revealed the next installment's release date; however, the company did reveal the season's full list of episode titles, which you can find below.Episode 1: “The Crawl”Episode 2: “The Vanishing of …” (this title is intentionally unfinished to not spoil plot lines)Episode 3: “The Turnbow Trap”Episode 4: “Sorcerer”Episode 5: “Shock Jock”Episode 6: “Escape from Camazotz”Episode 7: “The Bridge”Episode 8: “The Rightside Up”Fans will have to continue theorizing about what those titles mean until Netflix decides to share further information on what to expect from Stranger Things' finale. The streamer has been largely quiet on the show's fifth season ever since the series' four...

Smile 2, the horror sequel directed by Parker Finn, hit theaters on October 18. Fans of Finn’s eerie universe now have the chance to catch the first seven minutes of the film online. But there’s a twist, Paramount has made the preview available for free, with a unique challenge: viewers must keep a steady smile on their faces throughout the entire clip.The film follows pop sensation Skye Riley, played by Naomi Scott, as she grapples with terrifying and inexplicable events, all while navigating the intense pressures of fame. Upon visiting the Smile 2 website, fans are prompted to enable their camera and maintain a continuous smile. If their grin falters, the video stops, displaying a chilling “Keep Smiling” reminder.Watch the exclusive seven-minute teaser through the official website.Click ...

Tilda Swinton portrays the matriarch of a family that survived the end of the world in the first trailer for The End. Directed and produced by Joshua Oppenheimer, The End shakes up the concept of the post-apocalyptic movie as a musical drama.All of the characters are unnamed, with Swinton playing the mother. Michael Shannon co-stars as her husband, while George MacKay plays the duo’s son. Moses Ingram portrays a young woman who shows up at the family’s underground bunker, where they’ve been living for two decades in solitude.“Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life—until the arrival of a stra...

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has revealed the reason behind the Netflix show's culmination with season three.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, he explained that he "naturally" felt like there are simply no more stories about both the deadly game and Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) to tell. “When I was thinking about the idea for the ending of season three, I think it sort of naturally came to me that this was the finale,” he said. “I believed that with that story, I was able to tell everything that I wanted to tell through the story of Squid Game and also in the perspective of Gi-hun as a character, and I thought that we don’t need any further stories from here.” He also confirmed that he is “nearly done with the editing portion of season three,” with the final season premiering in 2025.Hwan...

The Weeknd is expanding his upcoming album Hurry Up Tomorrow into a feature film.Hurry Up Tomorrow is set to star The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan in the lead roles and is described as "an extension" of his next album of the same name. Trey Edward Shults, the director behind Waves and It Comes at Night, has written and directed the film while The Weeknd's Manic Phase, Reza Fahim, the late Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss will serve as producers. Ortega, Shults, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby and Harrison Huffman will executive produce. Lionsgate will distribute the thriller in theaters worldwide.Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said, “Abel is a visionary whose art cannot be confined by any single medium. With Hurry Up Tomorrow, in partnership ...

Marvel Television Studios could be renewing Agatha All Along for a second season.Variety reports that Marvel is planning to submit the Disney+ series in the comedy categories of the likes of the Golden Globes, Emmy Awards and SAG Awards rather than the limited series/miniseries categories. Since the Television Academy describes a limited series as a program that tells "a complete, non-recurring story and not have an ongoing storyline or main characters in subsequent seasons," Marvel's decision could possibly hint that a new season with the main characters and the same storyline is in development.Neither Disney nor Marvel have officially announced a second season. Variety adds that the studios will have to prove to the Academy that subsequent seasons are in the works.Agatha All Along sees t...

Just over a year after after John Krasinski's Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan adventure thriller series comes to an end at Amazon Prime, Amazon MGM Studios is reviving the character for a franchise film.Krasinski is set to return as the titular intrepid CIA analyst alongside Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly. The feature film will see Andrew Bernstein direct. Bernstein previously served as an executive producer and director for the second season of the series. Aaron Rabin who was the co-executive producer and writer for season four, is slated to pen the script for the film. Jack Ryan was based on Clancy's characters in the "Ryanverse" and the series ran for four seasons on Amazon Prime Video, making it to the streamer's top three most watched series around the world. Krasinski is producing the film ...

Sacrifice, the forthcoming Romain Gavras-directed thriller loosely inspired by the Joan Of Arc Story and led by Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault and Sam Richardson, just welcomed an onslaught of talent to its power-packed cast.According to Deadline, the film will now also star Yung Lean, Charli XCX, Jeremy O. Harris, Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Ambika Mod, Jade Croot and Miriam Silverman.The movie is based on a screenplay that Gavras co-wrote with Succession's Will Arbery. The story follows Joan (Taylor-Joy), who embarks on a mission to save the world from an evil volcanic spirit alongside her mystical squad. The radical group raids a star-studded charity gala and takes three hostages: fallen movie star Mike Tyler (Evans), the world's richest man Bracken (Cassel) and a...

McDonald's Japan continues its series of anime partnerships with a cryptic hint at a potential Dragon Ball collaboration. The fast-food chain released a teaser featuring the unmistakable voice of Masako Nozawa, the legendary voice actress behind Son Goku, sparking excitement among fans worldwide.The brief promotional clip captures Nozawa's Goku expressing enthusiasm about a mysterious meal deal, leading fans to speculate about possible Dragon Ball-themed menu items and collectibles. This potential partnership follows McDonald's successful anime collaborations, including previous promotions with franchises like Jujutsu Kaisen, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh.While specific details remain under wraps, the collaboration could follow the format of McDonald's previous anime partnerships, such as their Hun...

Tyler, the Creator is finally making his film debut and fans now have a sneak peek of what to expect. Linking up with Timothée Chalamet for A24's upcoming Marty Supreme film directed by Josh Safdie, first look up images of the duo in a scene together have surfaced. In the images circling online, the "See You Again" singer can be spotted driving one of New York's famous yellow cabs, with Chalamet's character seated next to him. The film reportedly follows the offbeat life of ping pong champion Marty Reisman, though most details remain under wraps.⁠ Marty Supreme sees Chalamet sporting a 1950s haircut giving fans a hint of the time period. The film is slated to star Gwyneth Paltrow as well as Odessa A'zion, Penn Jillette and Kevin O'Leary. The project was announced in July and has been curre...

Tom Holland and Austin Butler are attached to a new race-car centric film titled American Speed. The movie was recently acquired by Amazon MGM Studios after a competitive auction. The film is slated to sees Oppenheimer's Oscar-winning producer Charles Roven also attached to the film via his Atlas Entertainment banner as well as with RD Whittington and Douglas Banker. Dan Wiedenhaupt is penning the script which is slated to follow the true story of the three historically famous race card drivers known as the Whittington brothers, of which two were part of a major IMSA scandal in the 1980s. During that time, a large number of drivers were charged with financing their racing activities with drug smuggling, money laundering and tax evasion. While both actors have not spoke about the project ye...