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$31 Million Dollar Spider-Man Musical Hits A Few Speedbumps According to a report on theBloombergwebsite (at the end of a trail I picked up atJoBlo), the massively expensive, tremendously ambitious Broadway musical based upon Marvel Comics' friendly, neighbourhoodSpider-Manhas been smacked with delays. On the new schedule, rehearsals will begin in the Autumn and the show is likely to premiere at some point in 2010. The official reason for the hold up is simple: directorJulie Taymorand her collaborators are still chewing over some key decisions…...

‘Avengers: Endgame’: Dark Elves Were Almost In Thanos’s Army; Howard The Duck Was In The Script From The Beginning [Interview] Of all the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe thus far, 2013’sThor: The Dark Worldholds the lowest percentage on Rotten Tomatoes (it’s currently at 66%). So it was surprising to see that film play such a significant role inAvengers: Endgame, and according to the visual effects supervisor who oversawEndgame’s final battle, there was almost another callback toThe Dark Worldin the form of dark elves serving in Thanos’s army....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Recruits Black Panther’s Sister The already-massive cast ofAvengers: Infinity Warkeeps growing by the minute, and another superhero supporting character has been recruited for the cause. Black PantheractressLetitia Wrightconfirmed that she will appear in the thirdAvengersfilm as Shuri, the younger sister toChadwick Boseman’s T’Challa. Wright confirmed that she will appear in the superhero super-sequel on Twitter, writing “Blessings … super excited to be a part of this,” in a quote-tweet of IMDB’s casting announcement....

‘Bad Trip’: Hidden Camera Prank Film Skips Theaters, Goes Straight To Netflix Bad Trip, a movie which starsEric Andre,Lil Rel Howery, andTiffany Haddishand features a mixture of traditional narrative and hidden camera pranks, was originally set to hit theaters last October. It got delayed to April 2020, and later it was moved up one week by the resurrected Orion Pictures. But the coronavirus pandemic put a stop to that, and now the film has found an entirely new home: it’s bypassing theaters and going straight to Netflix....

‘DC League Of Super-Pets’ Teaser Introduces The Super Voice Cast, Including Kevin Hart As Ace The Bat-Hound DC Comics has produced a wide variety of animated movies featuring their iconic superheroes and villains. But only every now and then does one of those animated comic book productions make it to theaters. Next year, we’ll get to see a team of DC Comics superheroes make their debut on the big screen, including a couple very good boys....

‘Face/Off’ Sequel Director Adam Wingard Sure Makes It Sound Like John Travolta And Nicolas Cage Might Be Back For His Movie When word broke thatAdam WingardwasdirectingaFace/Offreboot, I’ll admit I was immediately skeptical. More than that – I was annoyed.Face/Offis perfect as-is – we don’t need a remake. Then things got weirder, as Wingard took to social media toclarifyhe wasn’t making a reboot or a remake – he was making asequel. This raised all sorts of new questions, specifically: how?...

‘Five Eyes’: Guy Ritchie And Jason Statham Reunite For A Spy Thriller DirectorGuy RitchiepluckedJason Stathamfrom the world of modeling and gave him his first acting job in 1998’sLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The two have reunited multiple times over the years – in 2000’sSnatch, 2005’sRevolver, and again in next year’sWrath of Man– and now the duo are getting together to make yet another new movie. Ritchie will directFive Eyes, a spy thriller in which Statham will play the lead character…who happens to have a pretty spectacular name....

‘Flash Gordon’ Getting A 4K Restored Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition This Summer We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The campy sci-fi classicFlash Gordonis finally getting the proper home video release it deserves. Based on the comic strip of the same name byAlex Raymond, the movie directed byMike Hodges,starringSam J. Jones,and featuring an epic soundtrack from the rock bandQueenwas a bit of a box office flop back in 1980 that attempted to capitalize on the popularity of sci-fi in the wake of the success ofStar Wars....

‘Haunting Of Hill House’ Ending Fan Theory (Ghost)Busted By Director Mike Flanagan Some people love coming up with fan theories after they take in a particular type of entertainment, but here’s one fan theory everyone is going to have to let go.Mike Flanagan, director of Netflix’s fantasticTheHaunting of Hill House, is officially putting to bed a popular fan theory about the show’s ending. Read about theHaunting of Hill Houseending fan theory below, and of course,beware of spoilers....

‘Inside The Actors Studio’ Reboot Taps Alec Baldwin And Jane Lynch As First Rotating Hosts Last fall, we got word thatJames Liptonwould be leavingInside the Actors Studio, the series featuring intimate interviews with actors, filmmakers and musicians about their craft, origins in entertainment, and much more. The longtime host and dean emeritus at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University in New York City was said to be replaced with a rotating chair of guest hosts filling in, and now the first two hosts and guests for theInside the Actors Studioreboot have been revealed....

‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Recruits Cary Elwes, Indira Varma, Rob Delaney, And More Christopher McQuarrie’sMission: Impossible 7cast continues to get bigger and better. Not content with the exceptional ensemble that he’s already pulled together for the next two movies, McQuarrie announced today that five more actors have been brought on board, includingCary Elwes(The Princess Bride,Stranger Things),Indira Varma(Game of Thrones, the upcomingObi-Wan Kenobi), and more. Is McQuarrie teasing a new organization thatTom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his pals will need to face off against?...

‘Mr. Robot’ Review: ‘Kill Process’ Flips The Switch In A Jarring And Explosive Mid-Season Climax (We’re going to kickstart our weekly discussion of USA’sMr. Robotseason 3 by answering one simple question: who had the biggest mental breakdown in this week’s episode?) Just when you thoughtMr. Robotcouldn’t amp up the tension any more after last week’s single-take episode, Sam Esmail’s ambitious hacker show delivers once again with the visual and auditory cacophony of “Kill Process....

‘Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny’ Trailer: The Director Reflects On His Past Work Not nearly enough people sawRichard Linklater’sEverybody Wants Some!!It’s another great hangout movie from Linklater, and it’ll likely age well and catch on more with time. Linklater has made a few movies that didn’t click with audiences right away, but like his financial hits, they’ve so far proven to have a staying power. The 55-year-old, who rarely ever seems to age, has had a career driven by variety....