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Sony Pictures has once again revealed new release plans for Venom: Let There Be Carnage. In an unprecedented move, the Tom Hardy-starring comic book adaptation is now set for October 1, marking the sixth time the release date has been changed. Tom Hardy‘s character, who is a journalist turned alien symbiote will act alongside Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott ad Naomie Harris. Sony announced the new date for the film shortly after Disney and Marvel reported a larger-than-anticipated opening weekend for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Over the weekend, Marvel collected $75.5 million USD and $90 million USD in just its first four days of release. Venom is not the only film Sony has pushed back several films in their repertoire including Ghostbusters: Afterlife an...

Cardi B has given birth to her second child with Offset. Cardi shared the news in an Instagram post on Monday, featuring a photo of her holding their newborn son in a hospital bed while sitting with Offset under a Louis Vuitton blanket. “9/4/21,” Cardi captioned the post. Offset also took to social media to celebrate the moment, posting a photo of himself holding their newborn child while lying on a hospital bed next to Cardi. His caption reads, “Chapter 5,” a nod to this being his fifth child. “We are so overjoyed to finally meet our son,” the couple said in a statement via Cardi’s representatives shared with PEOPLE. “He is already loved so much by family and friends and we can’t wait to introduce him to his other siblings.” Cardi and Offset are already parents to their three-year-old dau...

Three months ahead of The Matrix Resurrections‘ premiere, Warner Bros. has begun its promotional rollout for the hotly-anticipated fourth installment to The Matrix franchise. Aside from a preliminary poster, the film studio has unveiled an interactive website, titled WhatIsTheMatrix.com, where fans can gain access to one of more than 180,000 unique teaser videos. Upon arrival at the site, users are able to choose between taking a red or blue pill, each of which leads to various sneak peeks and character narrations from the upcoming film. One clip features a short narration from Yahya Adbul-Mateen II, who challenges reality alongside The Matrix‘s classic green code, while another visual plays a narration from Neil Patrick Harris, who tells the viewer that they are here b...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has departed Amazon and Donald Glover‘s upcoming Mr. and Mrs. Smith series. The Fleabag star reportedly “had a different creative vision for the series than Donald Glover,” but the pair are still friends and her exit was amicable. Waller-Bridge’s role, which is opposite Glover’s, is now being recast as the series aims to stick to its premiere and production year of 2022. Glover will still be the show’s leading actor, co-creator and executive producer while Francesca Sloane, who worked with him on Atlanta, will also serve as co-creator, showrunner and exec producer. Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer of New Regency will also executive produce. Elsewhere in entertainment, Dune received an eight-minute standing ovation during its Venice Film Festival premiere. Read Full A...

Marvel‘s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has set a new Labor Day box office record with a $90 million USD earning across four days. According to reports, the film surpassed 2007’s record holder Halloween, which garnered $30.6 million USD. Shang-Chi also earned $75.5 million USD from 4,300 domestic locations across across three days, while its international earnings are at around $127.6 million USD. Its three-day earnings also marks the second-biggest domestic opening of 2021, just behind Black Widow‘s $80.3 million USD and above F9‘s $90 million USD. Unlike Black Widow, however, Shang-Chi will be exclusive to theaters for 45 days before hitting Disney+ Premier Access; the Scarlett Johansson-led film, which is also the basis of an ongoing lawsuit, hit both the Disney+ streami...

These past few years have seen Zendaya‘s film career propel into blockbuster success across genres. In a recent British Vogue cover story, Zendaya reveals she has no signs of stopping. The Dune star has plans to go into filmmaking and directing and admits that she would love to be able to “figure out” how to make films that center around Black women as leads. When asked if she plans to share with her future children the current Black American experience, she responded with, “I don’t know what I’m going to tell them. Hopefully, they’ll be able to look at what I’ve done and my body of work and see it.” She emphasized that art itself is a “huge catalyst for change” and adds, “If I ever do become a filmmaker, I know that the leads of my films will always be black women. I gotta hurry up and fi...

Adding onto the latest preview of chapter 364 of late Kentaro Miura’s manga Berserk, Japanese publishing house Hakusensha announced that the 41st volume of the dark fantasy series will be rolling out this Christmas Eve. The first volume in three years will be published in both regular and special editions with the latter boasting a canvas artwork done by Miura himself along with a drama visual CD. In the upcoming Berserk art exhibit to be held in Tokyo’s Sunshine City, the event will be utilizing the artwork as its main key visual. On the other hand, the CD will be showcasing the manga’s focal chapter “Awakening” as the anime’s cast returns in the segment that has never been applied in any of the adaptations. To further celebrate the release, Hakusensha’s 18th issue of Young Animal magazin...

Daniel Scali, an Australian man with CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome), has broken the world record for the longest time in the abdominal plank position (male) with a time of nine hours 30 minutes and one second, according to the Guinness World Records. Scali set the record on August 6, 2021, in Adelaide, Australia. His time beats the previous record of eight hours 15 minutes and 15 seconds, which was set in February of last year by ex-marine George Hood, who was 62 years old at the time. Due to his CRPS, Scali’s left arm is in almost constant pain; in order to set the seemingly impossible record, he wore a compression band on the affected region of his arm to alleviate some of his chronic discomfort. “When I was 12 years old, I fell off my trampoline causing a severe break in my left ...

The Wire staple Michael K. Williams has died at 54 years old. Marianna Shafran of Shafran PR, the late actor’s longtime representative, confirmed the sad news to The Hollywood Reporter, “It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing of Emmy-nominated actor Michael Kenneth Williams. They ask for your privacy while grieving this insurmountable loss.” A representative from the New York Police Department also affirmed that Williams was found dead in his home in Brooklyn on the afternoon of Monday, September 6, however a cause of death was not revealed. Williams appeared on several high-profile HBO shows, including Boardwalk Empire, The Night Of and, most recently, Lovecraft Country — a role that gave him an Emmy nomination. “We are devastated to learn of the passing of Mich...

Marvel‘s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings officially opened in cinemas on September 3, marking the studio’s first film centered around an Asian lead. The day the film was released, Simu Liu, who plays the titular role of Shang-Chi, took to Instagram to share post featuring an illustrated image of a still from an action scene from the film and what appears to be two Asian children looking up at it. The post was accompanied by a caption that read, “The sun rose today to a world where Asian superheroes exist as the leads of their story; that is the gift that @destindaniel and @marvelstudios have bestowed upon all of us, across all communities, everywhere. A celebration and a sharing of culture, of language, of laughter, of excitement, of sorrow and of heartbreak.” Liu takes the oppor...

Warner Bros. has released the official post-credit scene for James Gunn‘s The Suicide Squad. The short clip also gives audiences an unprecedented first look at HBO Max’s highly anticipated show, Peacemaker. Peacemaker sees John Cena reprise his role as the titular character. The post-credit scene alludes to what can be expected in the new HBO Max series as audiences can see Cena’s character Peacemaker seemingly recovering in a hospital bed after Idris Elba’s character, Bloodshot, took him out in battle at the Corto Maltese. The clip show shows fans that Peacemaker is recovering and that he is needed to save the world. Emilia Harcourt and John Economos, played by Jennifer Holland and Steve Agee, respectively, check-in on Peacemaker when he is in the hospital. Peacemaker will be an eigh...

Denis Villeneuve‘s much-anticipated film, Dune made its official world premiere at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend. The film, which was an adaptation to Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi classic, received an eight-minute standing ovation. Amongst those who was in the audience was Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao who, according to The Hollywood Reporter, immediately sprung from her chair and rushed towards Villeneuve to give him a congratulatory hug during the standing ovation. In one impactful word, Zhao called the film “fantastic,” echoing the sentiments of most in the audience that night. A cascade of bravos were directed at the cast and director as the crowd roared on for nearly ten minutes. The film became the talk of the town almost immediately as many praised how well the story was brough...