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Over the weekend, DC Comics fans celebrated Batman Day. As an event started in 2014 to mark the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of the Dark Knight, the date was chosen to also coincide with San Diego Comic-Con. Fans poured in over Twitter to express their admiration for the Caped Crusader and the various actors who have played the superhero across numerous movie iterations of the franchise. On top of the numerous memes, fan art, and cosplay tweets, fans were most excited to see Matt Reeves tease a behind-the-scenes shot of the editing room in anticipation of the release of The Batman. Check out some of the tweets below. Happy #BatmanDay everyone!! We have been hard at work and can’t wait to share what we’ve been up to!! @mattreevesLA #DCFanDome #TheBatman @TheBatman pic.twitter.co...

Netflix has released the official trailer for the third season of its psychological thriller, You.  The third season picks up after Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) and the pregnant Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti) move to Northern California to start their new lives, in an effort to leave behind their horrific actions in Los Angeles. But wherever Goldberg goes, obsession and murder follow. Now that Goldberg has met his match with his wife, the situation becomes even stickier. The trailer opens with Goldberg’s thoughts on his new suburban neighborhood followed by his contemplation of fatherhood. Specifically, he claims that now having a son is changing him for the better. But of course, matters swiftly go awry as Goldberg sets his obsessive sights on a new woman. Different from previous occu...

Dune director Denis Villeneuve has offered his own criticism on the artistic substance of Marvel films. Villeneuve is not the first director to weigh in on the debate as Martin Scorsese once compared MCU movies to theme parks. After speaking to The Direct, Villeneuve revealed that Marvel movies “have turned us into zombies a bit.” He claims that the issue “is that we are in front of too many Marvel movies that are nothing more than a ‘cut and paste’ of others.” He added, “Just think of the golden age of Hollywood to see that commercial films can make a different artistic proposal and, therefore, political. I have never felt like a loss or an impediment to have a generous budget to do what I wanted to do. Upside down.” Villeneuve seems to want to debunk the myth that large budget films cann...

Ten years ago, Berlin-based duo Sven Schumann and Johannes Bonke launched The Talks, an online magazine which publishes weekly interviews with various leading names from the world of art, film, fashion, literature and sports. From Raf Simons, Giorgio Armani and Iris Apfel, to Al Pacino, Jeff Goldblum and Wes Anderson, The Talks has an international roster of more than 350 contributors including actors, filmmakers, artists, writers, chefs, architects, fashion designers, choreographers, musicians, athletes and more. Now, to celebrate its tenth anniversary, The Talks has teamed up with Phaidon to release No Idea Is Final: Quotes from the Creative Voices of Our Time, a 400-page collection of the finest excerpts from a decade’s worth of conversations. Described as “an insightful look into the l...

Almost two years following the season two finale of HBO‘s Succession, the Emmy-winning drama series will return on October 17. And ahead of season three’s debut, HBO on Friday dropped off the official full trailer. The visual begins in the aftermath of the jaw-dropping press conference Kendall (Jeremy Strong) gives at the end of season two, showing how family members ultimately pick sides while Kendall tries to take down his father, Logan (Brian Cox), and gain control of Waystar RoyCo. The official logline reads, “Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of season two, Logan Roy begins Season three in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. Tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.” The tra...

Netflix on Friday dropped off the official trailer for NBC‘s top-rated sitcom Seinfeld, which is slated to land on the streamer with a 180-episode premiere on October 1. The two-minute trailer humorously calls Seinfield “this fall’s hottest new show,” though the series’ nine seasons originally aired from July 1989 to May 1998. “We all have that one friend,” the visual reads, before introducing the show’s main characters. “Meet four of them.” Set in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Seinfeld stars comedian Jerry Seinfeld as a fictional version of himself and follows the story of his personal life alongside three of his friends, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards). The series was co-created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfel...

Soviet chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili has filed a $5 million USD defamation lawsuit against Netflix over a “sexist” line in The Queen’s Gambit. According to reports, Gaprindashvili’s suit refers to a line said by a commentator during the series finale. “The only unusual thing about her, really, is her sex, and even that’s not unique in Russia. There’s Nona Gaprindashvili, but she’s the female world champion and has never faced men,” the commentator says as Beth Harmon, portrayed by Anya Taylor-Joy, plays a white-knuckle match in Moscow. The chess icon’s suit begs to differ, stating that Gaprindashvili has “won many championships, beat some of the best male chess players in the world, and was the first woman in history to achieve the status of international chess grandmaster among men,”...

According to reports, Warner Bros. is now developing a remake of Whitney Houston‘s The Bodyguard. Reports note that Tony-nominated playwright of The Inheritance fame, Matthew López, has been tapped to write the reimagination of the iconic. Lawrence Kasdan of Kasdan Pictures, the original writer-producer of the original 1992 romantic drama, will be producing the upcoming Warner Bros. title with Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback. While Rideback’s Nick Reynolds will serve as Executive Producer. The remake of The Bodyguard has been rumored for years with an array of casting duos. Current pairings being floated around include Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson to Channing Tatum and Cardi B. For more entertainment news, Tracy Morgan has joined Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito for the...

Guillermo del Toro has released the trailer for his upcoming film Nightmare Alley, starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett. The esteemed filmmaker’s psychological thriller is based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name and follows Cooper’s Stan Carlisle, “a former carnival worker who becomes a big-city star as a nightclub performer, using cold-reading tricks he picked up in the sideshow to create the impression he is a powerful mind reader.” He then meets Blanchett’s Dr. Lilith Ritter, a psychologist who initially attempts to expose him but eventually becomes part of his plans. Joining Cooper and Blanchett are Willem Dafoe, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara and more. “When I was growing up, I wanted for sure to do two genres: noir and horror,” del Toro said ...

Kevin Hart‘s next venture sees him star alongside Wesley Snipes in an upcoming limited drama Netflix series, True Story. The series marks the first time the comedian is featured in a dramatic TV role, allowing the star to blend his reality with fiction as the protagonist Kid. The synopsis of the series follows Kid, who is similar to Hart, a world-famous comedian who returns home to Philadelphia as one of his tour stops. While he is home, Kid reconnects with his older brother Carlton and experiences a night that becomes a matter of life or death. As the comedian navigates the events of the day, he soon realizes that his brother could destroy everything that he has built. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kevin Hart responded to his initial reactions of being part of this proj...

Krysten Ritter, who played the titular role in Marvel‘s series Jessica Jones on Netflix had expressed her desire for returning to the MCU. Ritter recently spoke Screen Rant about wanting to come back to the show and would “die to play Jessica again.” She added, “I had the best time doing it and I just love her so much. I’m so proud of that character. Not only because it was like a great role and she’s such a bad-ass, but that character has really resonated with people in a way that I don’t know who else has.” Her role as Jessica in the series resonated with Ritter as she explained how the character’s relationship with past trauma connected deeply with her. “It’s just so, so big and such a thing I’m so grateful to have been a part of. So if there’s ever an opportunity for me to put on those...

Nicki Minaj sparred with British Prime Minister Boris Johson, his chief medical officer, Chris Whitty and TV personality Piers Morgan on Tuesday over comments she made about the COVID-19 vaccine on Twitter. The feud began on Monday after Minaj tweeted about an alleged incident that happened to her cousin’s friend in Trinidad. According to the rapper, the man’s “testicles became swollen” after getting the vaccine, apparently rendering him impotent. My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied — Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 13, 2021 Minaj followe...