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The first official clip of Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele‘s Candyman has finally arrived. The one-minute and 40 second teaser is set in a high school bathroom and previews what exactly will happen if you say the name “Candyman” in front of a mirror five times. While viewers are unable to see just exactly how Candyman takes his victims, it does confirm that his methods are bloody, cruel and painful as the young girls attempt to make a run from the vengeful spirit. Candyman is set to star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Anthony McCoy, Teyonah Parris as Brianna Cartwright and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Troy Cartwright and will see the return of Tony Todd as Daniel Robitaille/Candyman — marking the actor’s fourth appearance as the titular antagonist. “It’s a continuation of the first film,” Todd told Bl...

Following the release of Godzilla vs. Kong earlier this year, Legendary Entertainment has announced plans for a live-action adaptation of the popular superhero manga and anime series, My Hero Academia. Shinsuke Sato, the director of Netflix series Alice in Borderland and Kingdom, and live-action adaptations Death Note: New Generation and Bleach, will make his English-language film debut with this project. My Hero Academia was created by Kohei Horikoshi in 2014, and has become a hit sensation in Japan and abroad, with over 50 million manga copies sold, five seasons of anime, and a feature film. For those unfamiliar with the show, the story is centered around Izuku Midoriya, a young student who’s a huge fan of superheroes despite not having any natural abilities (quirks) of his own. In a cha...

Apple TV+ dropped off the trailer for its upcoming series adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. After publishing his initial works as short stories in the 1940s, Asimov converted his writings into a trilogy in the following decade, before continuing his stories with both prequels and sequels in 1981. Now, helmed by showrunner David S. Goyer (Batman Begins), Foundation will have a new lease on life as a 10-episode sci-fi series. The official synopsis reads: “When revolutionary Dr. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) predicts the impending fall of the Empire, he and a band of loyal followers venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to establish The Foundation in an attempt to rebuild and preserve the future of civilization. Enraged by Hari’s claims, the ruling Cleons (led by Lee Pace) — ...

Daniel Craig has claimed Hollywood’s largest movie-star salary, taking home more than $100 million USD thanks to Netflix‘s acquisition of two upcoming sequels to Knives Out, according to a new report from Variety. Craig’s sizable paycheck can be credited in part to the fact that Netflix pays film actors for the projected back-end box office participation they would have claimed had their movie released in theaters. That figure, combined with the additional salary Craig would have received for the mystery series’ subsequent films, breeds a whopping nine-figure check. Ranking in a distant second place, Dwayne Johnson earned $30 million USD for his starring role in Amazon‘s Red One, a figure which Variety reports could reach as high as $50 million USD once his backend is comple...

Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that they are charging three former Netflix employees and two close associates for revealing confidential information regarding the streaming giant’s subscriber growth that led to them netting a profit of $3.1 million USD. In a recent report, the SEC identified Sung Mo “Jay” Jun as the prime suspect for the insider trading scheme. The scheme began when he first started working for Netflix and he is currently accused of providing his brother, Joon Mo Jun and close friend, Junwoo Chon a series of classified information through a messaging channel, Rage Against the Market. He had supposedly revealed the information before the streamer would make its earning announcements where Jun was allegedly paid $60,000 USD for tipping ot...

Batman fans were filled with joy when Michael Keaton confirmed his return as the older Bruce Wayne in Andrés Muschietti and Ezra Miller‘s The Flash, and now the actor has touched on why he decided to reprise the role after almost 30 years. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the 69-year-old actor revealed that he was impressed by Christina Hodson’s script and Muschietti’s vision. Keaton was also intrigued by the mere idea of his return as Batman. “Frankly, in the back of my head, I always thought, ‘I bet I could go back and nail that motherf*cker,’” he explained of the role of Batman, which he walked away from in the mid-90s because he wasn’t a fan of the Batman Forever script. “And so I thought, ‘Well, now that they’re asking me, let me see if I can pull that off.’” Keaton added that...

Just shortly after Marvel gave Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings its Hollywood premiere, the massively popular studio has now released the final trailer for Eternals ahead of its November release, shedding more light on the backstory of these godlike beings. Featured above, the new trailer answers a whole series of questions many fans have been asking since the introduction of the film, such as why the immortal group never interfered with the battle with Thanos (or any other war in the history of Earth), where these superheroes came from and what their powers might be, and who the new enemies are: the Eternals’ counterpart named Deviants. On top of this, we also see the return of another cosmic species known as Celestials who might prove to be a threat to Earth, and ...

Star Wars fans have finally got a detailed explanation as to how Emperor Palpatine survived after Return of the Jedi to show up in The Rise of Skywalker. In a new blog post over on Star Wars‘ official website, Emily Shkoukani of the Lucasfilm Story Group finally explained in detail how Palpatine survived the events of Return of the Jedi when thrown into the depths of the second Death Star by Darth Vader. In fact, he didn’t so much “survive” as he did simply transfer his consciousness into a clone of himself. According to Shkoukani, the entire plan for the Sith Emperor to return to power began long before his death, when he came up with a plan known as the Contingency which would help him regain control of the Empire if he were to be struck down. Aside from various ...

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has addressed Simu Liu‘s response to Disney CEO Bob Chapek‘s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings “experiment” comment, calling the situation “a misunderstanding.” According to reports, Feige shared his thoughts during the premiere of Shang-Chi. “[Liu] is not a shy man. I think in that particular tweet you can see — and I think everyone does — a misunderstanding. It was not the intention,” he said. “The proof is in the movie, and we swing for the fences as we always do. With the amount of creative energy we put in and the budget, there’s no expense spared to bring this origin story to the screen.” He added that that the “impactful feel” of Shang-Chi was similar to that of Black Panther‘s. “When you have the opportunity to showcase a hero that looks...

Netflix has shared the official “trailer” of its upcoming documentary film, Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed. Directed by Joshua Rofé, the documentary will supposedly tell audiences “the shockingly untold story” of prolific landscape artist and The Joy of Painting host, touching on the legal battles and the betrayal of the late icon by the people he trusted. Netflix’s take on the docu’s trailer is a little different — instead of showing actual footage of the film, the streaming service shares that it’s unable to do so and audiences can only find out why when they watch the documentary. “With a keen appreciation for nature, and a kind and gentle demeanor, Bob Ross encouraged everyone he met to embrace their creativity and believe in themselves, becoming a cultural phenomenon ...

Fans have taken to social media to share their thoughts on Chadwick Boseman‘s final appearance as T’Challa in the latest episode of Marvel and Disney+‘s What If…? Many of the responses were emotional ones, with some explaining how they felt hearing Boseman’s voice and some touching on the dedication to the late actor at the end of the episode. The newest episode in the animated series follows the alternate plot of T’Challa as Star Lord after he was kidnapped from Wakanda as a kid. Boseman recorded his dialogue for the series prior to his death in August 2020, and his legacy as both an actor and in the Marvel world remain as strong as ever. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige recently shared that Black Panther paved the way for their newest film Shang-Chi, “I remember seeing a viral v...

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