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Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis opened with a measly $4 million USD at the box office, debuting at No. 6 behind the Indian Telugu-language action film Devara: Part 1.The Adam Driver-led film was unable to meet its initial opening weekend expectations of $5 million USD to $7 million USD, and instead fell short against its $120 million USD budget as it earned from 1,854 theaters in North America. Variety points out that the film, which was financed by Coppola himself, received mixed reviews and has been plagued with poor marketing tactics and AI-generated quotes from film critics. “The movie is an ambitious, personal vision. Sometimes a film like this beats the odds and makes a lot of money,” analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research said. “This one is not working. The re...

DC Studios is cooking up a new film, and this time, it places villains at the forefront. Variety has confirmed that DC has tapped screenwriter Matthew Orton, known for writing the script for Captain America: Brave New World, to work on the upcoming feature film that centers around Batman villains Bane and Deathstroke. While the script is currently in the works, no director nor actors are attached to the project just yet. DC Studios chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran have been vocal in the past that project do not receive a greenlight unless the screenplay is complete. There has been an obvious trend within the superhero world in entertainment where villains have become the focus. Examples of this include HBO's The Penguin as well as Disney+'s Agatha All Along and coming up next at Warner B...

Dame Maggie Smith, the actress who portrayed Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter franchise, died on Friday at the age of 89.Smith’s sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens announced their mother’s death through a publicist, saying she died peacefully in a London hospital.“It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September. An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end,” they said in a statement. “She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their care and uns...

Ana de Armas officially enters the John Wick universe with her spin-off Ballerina. Lionsgate has officially dropped the first trailer for the upcoming action thriller which takes place between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 and John Wick: Chapter 4.The spin-off spotlights de Armas' character Eve Macarro, a female assassin -- a Rusk Roman ballerina -- who seeks retribution against a group of hitmen that murdered her family. Her character only made a brief appearance in the third John Wick movie, who was originally played by Unity Phelan. In the trailer, Eve is seen taking on her own quest for vengeance, as she slices through someone's neck, dousing a flamethrower with a hose and even meeting up with Baba Yaga himself at the end. Baba Yaga's appearance confirms Keanu Reeves in the film. ...

The trailer is finally out for the highly-anticipated second season of The Last of Us ahead of its premiere sometime in 2025. Originally a survival game set in the post-apocalyptic US, HBO adapted the game into a show, with the first season premiering in early 2023.Set twenty years after a pandemic ravaged the country, turning those infected into zombies, the first season followed Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with transporting Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across the country in hopes of using her to make a vaccine to the infectious virus.The new season takes place five years after the first with the trailer previewing a seemingly serene community where the two have found refuge. Soundtracked to Pearl Jam’s “Future Days,” the infected storm the community, however, they’re once again forced...

With September coming to an end, Netflix has unveiled its slate of new programming for October 2024.The spooky season is led by the premieres of the documentaries The Menendez Brothers, I AM A KILLER: Season 5, This is the Zodiac Speaking, Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 5, Starting Five, the animated Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft and Hellbound: Season 2, to name a few. Meanwhile, October will be the final month for subscribers to stream the likes of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Crazy Rich Asians, The Expendables franchise, Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL to name a few.Check out the full list below.Coming To NetflixComing SoonChildren of the Church Steps (BR) -- NETFLIX SERIESA group of young friends survive life on the streets, finding in each other hope and resilience to dream of differ...

50 Cent is officially producing a documentary following Diddy's sex trafficking and racketeering charges as well as sexual abuse allegations. 50 Cent is slated to bring the docuseries surrounding Sean "Diddy" Combs to Netflix.50 Cent tells Variety, "This is a story with significant human impact. It is a complex narrative spanning decades, not just the headlines or clips seen so far. We remain steadfast in our commitment to give a voice to the voiceless and to present authentic and nuanced perspectives. While the allegations are disturbing, we urge all to remember that Sean Combs’ story is not the full story of hip-hop and its culture. We aim to ensure that individual actions do not overshadow the culture's broader contributions."Through his G-Unit Film & Television production company, ...

Disney+ is following in the footsteps of Netflix with its rollout of its crackdown on password sharing.Variety reports that its paid-sharing features, which allows subscribers to pay an extra fee for friends and family outside their households to use their account,  are now available in locations such as the US, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Europe and Asia-Pacific. “Your Disney+ subscription is meant to be used within your Household, which is a collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence that are used by the individuals who reside there,” Disney wrote in a message to customers. Those who do not stay in the same household as the account holder “will need to sign up and pay for their own subscription or be added as an Extra Member to your account for an additional...

After three years, Hellbound is finally coming back with a second installment. First premiered on Netflix back in the fall of 2021, the  South Korean dark fantasy horror series quickly dethroned Squid Game’s No.1 spot just 24 hours after its release.Kim Sung-cheol, Kim Hyun-joo and Kim Shin-rock are confirmed to reprise their roles in the new season. New faces and characters are also introduced into the Hellbound universe, such as Im Seong-jae from D.P., actress and screenwriter Moon So-ri and Moon Geun-young.Hellbound season two will premiere 139-minutes of footage at the 29th BUSAN International Film Festival from October 2 -11. Meanwhile, the series will land on Netflix starting October 25. In the meantime, watch the latest trailer above.Read more at Hypebeast

Black Panther alums Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler have joined forces once again for their fifth project together. Announced earlier this year, the duo have officially given fans a glimpse of what to expect for their upcoming film together. Titled Sinners, the gory thriller from Warner Bros. is based on an original script by Coogler. The much-anticipated horror is set in the 1930s Jim Crow era-South and was filmed earlier this year in New Orleans. The supernatural thriller's official description reads, "Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back." The cast features a star-studded cast that includes Delroy Lindo, Jack O'Connell, Hailee Ste...

A forthcoming docuseries from Netflix called This is the Zodiac Speaking will revisit the mystery of the identity of the Zodiac Killer. In the 1960s, the serial killer went on a spree, killing five people in California’s Bay Area.The identity of the killer was never discovered. Over fifty years later, the Zodiac Killer is widely regarded as the most famous – and perplexing – unsolved murder case in the US. The only clue pointing to the killer was a series of letters mailed to major newspapers, which included the use of cryptograms.In the trailer for the documentary, a family comes forward with never-before-seen evidence pointing to the only suspect that the police publicly identified: former elementary school teacher Arthur Leigh Allen, who was a convicted sex offender. Allen was never cha...

The trailer is out for Apple TV’s original series Disclaimer. Cate Blanchett stars in the drama, portraying journalist and documentarian Catherine Ravenscroft.While Ravenscroft herself is famed for her investigative work, she is revealed to be harboring a dark secret dating back to her teenage years as a man named Stephen Brigstocke (Kevin Kline) begins sending the journalist threatening letters.In the trailer, Ravenscroft unravels as she seeks to cover up the secret that has resurfaced in her adulthood.Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Catherine’s husband Robert, while Kodi Smit-McPhee plays Nicholas, the couple’s drug-addled son. Rounding out the main cast are Louis Partridge, Lesley Manville and HoYeon Jung.Watch the official trailer for Disclaimer above. The 7-part series premieres on Apple T...