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Wonder Woman and WW84 director Patty Jenkins has offered her thoughts on films that release on streaming platforms. Though the director’s last film, Wonder Woman 1984 debuted on HBO Max at the same time as its theatrical release, she did not hold back on her comments about films that were made for streaming. In a recent panel at CinemaCon, Los Angeles Times reported Jenkins thought that WW84‘s release on streaming platforms was a “heartbreaking experience and hugely detrimental to the movie.” She alluded that at the time, it was “the best choice of a bunch of very bad choices at the moment.” While Jenkins knew that it would not pull in numbers like a theatrical release would, she was ultimately thrilled to showcase it to the public. She added that she will not be releasing her next film on...

Adult Swim has dropped a short, but sweet new promo for its Rick and Morty live-action. The promo sees Christopher Lloyd play the titular mad scientist character, Rick Sanchez. The reveal has excited many fans since the show is originally a Back to the Future spoof. The 14-second clip sees Lloyd as Rick hop out of a portal and into his garage with, of course, Morty (Jaeden Martell) right next to him. Rick then does his best impression of Han Solo’s famous line from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, adding his signature belch before announcing, “Morty, we’re home.” Morty, who seems unimpressed response with a short, “Oh jeez,” to wrap up the promo. There is no particular mention of whether or not this teases a potential cameo from Lloyd for Sunday’s season five finale. The clip is posted to man...

Netflix has shared the official trailer for its upcoming film Red Notice, starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds. Directed and written by Rawson Marshall Thurber, the movie follows Johnson as an FBI profiler and Reynolds as an art thief as they partner up to catch an art criminal: “When an Interpol-issued Red Notice — the highest level warrant to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted— goes out, the FBI’s top profiler John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) is on the case. His global pursuit finds him smack dab in the middle of a daring heist where he’s forced to partner with the world’s greatest art thief Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) in order to catch the world’s most wanted art thief, “The Bishop” (Gal Gadot). The high-flying adventure that ensues takes the trio around the world, ac...

Parks and Recreation star Rob Lowe and writer/producer and Mouse Rat bassist Alan Yang are joining forces with Parks and Recollection to take listeners and fans alike behind the scenes of the beloved TV show. The podcast is set to feature appearances from the cast and crew of the popular NBC show and even reveal secrets from some of fans’ most beloved moments. The show is a part of a new segment of Conan Obrien’s new digital media brand and podcast company Team Coco. According to Entertainment Weekly, it promises to reveal to fans everything from the origin story of Li’l Sebastian to the making of The Cones of Dunshire. The trailer for the podcast reveals some unexpected tidbits including some of the “heated arguments” that occurred amongst the writers when deciding whether or no...

For fans of 2016’s The Accountant, Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal are set to return sequel to director Gavin O’Connor‘s unique action-thriller. During a recent appearance on Cinema Blend’s ReelBlend podcast, O’Connor said, “There will not be a Way Back sequel, but we are doing an Accountant sequel. We literally just closed that deal. We’re doing The Accountant again. Adding to the exciting news, the director noted that he wants to make a sequel to set up a trilogy series. “Yeah. Yeah. So, I’ve always wanted to do three because what, the second one’s going to be more with – we’re going to integrate his brother into the story,” said O’Connor. “So there’ll be more screen time for Bernthal in the second one. And then the third movie’s going to be, I call it, ‘Rain Man on steroids.’ The third mov...

Anime fans tuning into the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Paralympics have found a new obsession. During the Goalball competition section of the international multi-sport parasports event, team China’s Hu Mingayao drew an unprecedented amount of attention thanks to his resemblance to Gojo Satoru of Jujutsu Kaisen. Designed for athletes with vision impairment, the sport of Goalball sees teams of three try to throw a ball with embedded bells into the opponent’s goal. The game is centered around ear-hand coordination and originated as a rehabilitation exercise, able-bodied athletes are blindfolded while playing the sport. Aside from his striking spikey white hair, Hu Mingayao has a similar height and build to the special grade jujutsu sorcerer and a teacher at the Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical Colle...

Unfortunately for Tom Cruise fans, Paramount has now delayed two of the Hollywood actor’s upcoming films to 2022, along with the release of the highly-anticipated Jackass Forever. Initially slated for release all the way back in 2019, the sequel Top Gun: Maverick has now been pushed back once again, moving to May 27, 2022. The date was originally reserved for Cruise’s other blockbuster Mission: Impossible 7, which has now subsequently been delayed until September 30, 2022. As for those looking forward to the return of Johnny Knoxville and his gang of crazy misfits, you’ll have to wait just a little longer too. Jackass Forever was set to arrive on October 22, but Paramount has now pushed that date back by four months to February 4, 2022. Films from other studios scheduled to ...

IGN Entertainment has shared the first teaser trailer for Roland Emmerich’s upcoming disaster movie, Moonfall. Appearing across the introductory visual, the sci-fi film’s tagline gives way to an action-packed plot: “In the year 2022, the Moon will come to us.” After a mysterious force knocks the Moon out of orbit and into a destructive path towards Earth, the movie centers on NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Halle Berry), who believes she is capable of saving the planet. She enlists an astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson), and a conspiracy theorist, K.C. Houseman (John Bradley), to accompany her on a last-ditch space mission in an effort to halt the impending collision. Last week during CinemaCon, Lionsgate shared a first look at the film’s opening scen...

On-set videos taken by Liam Crowley of The Direct are teasing a huge car chase sequence for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Crowley shared the videos on social media which supposedly reveal the stunt double of Letitia Wright, who portrays Shuri, on a dirt bike and the stunt double for Danai Gurira, who portrays Okoye, in a muscle car. The pair are reportedly chasing a gray van, with Crowley adding, “The muscle car and dirt bike follow a motorcycle as they loop around for another shot.” In late August, Wright was injured while working on a stunt rig in Boston but the unspecified injuries were supposedly minor. “Letitia Wright sustained minor injuries today while filming a stunt for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a Marvel spokesperson revealed. “She is currently receiving ca...

Just as Nia DaCosta’s Candyman tops the U.S. box office, the film’s writer Jordan Peele has now signed a deal with Universal to develop TV shows together. Reports indicate that deal will see a multi-year partnership between Universal and Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions banner to develop and produce various TV shows and series, building on their previous success with the two critically-acclaimed films Get Out and Us, both of which grossed over $500 million USD at the domestic box office. “The term ‘visionary’ is thrown around all too frequently in our business but in the case of Jordan Peele, it could not be more apt,” said Universal chairman Pearlena Igbokwe in a statement. “He brings a clarity of purpose as well as cultural specificity to everything he does, and audiences wor...

Larva Labs has signed an official deal with United Talent Agency (UTA) which means the highly popular CryptoPunks NFT will be receiving film, TV, video games and other media representation. Other NFTs in Larva Labs’ repertoire include Meebits and Autoglyphs and are also expected to receive media representation. The agency is set to represent the crypto-art projects allowing Larva Labs to be some of the first crypto-native IPs to seek mainstream content deals. As NFTs become an area of focus in Hollywood, CryptoPunks could become some of the very first pieces to make the jump away from traditional media. CryptoPunks is one of the most highly notable NFTs on the market and have quickly gained popularity when auction houses like Christie’s and Sotheby’s garnered a lot of attention for their s...

A new film and documentary in the Paranormal Activity franchise are set to premiere this Halloween on Paramount+. The plot of the upcoming title remains under wraps, however a statement from ViacomCBS Streaming confirmed that fans should expect a “reimagining” of the franchise. “A new Paranormal Activity from Paramount Players should bring fans an unexpected reimagining of the beloved horror franchise,” Tanya Giles, Chief Programming Officer, ViacomCBS Streaming, said during a TCA press event. “We’ll also be launching a documentary on the making of the Paranormal Activity feature. Both of which will be coming to the service in time for Halloween.” The new Paranormal Activity is helmed by William Eubank, written by Christopher Landon and stars Emily Bader, Roland Buck III, Dan Lippert ...