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Unfinished Business bombs at the box office, lowest opening of Vince Vaughn’s career

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Unfinished Business, the latest gross-out comedy from Vince Vaughn, was not press screened for critics in fear that poor reviews would deter people from going to see it. Well, it looks like that didn’t matter all that much. The movie only managed to pull in a pathetic $4.8 million domestically, and an even worse $2.6 million […]

Sigourney Weaver hopes for a role in the Ghostbusters reboot; calls the all-female cast “awesome”

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With all of the hullabaloo over Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5, Sigourney Weaver has had the majority of her Chappie interview questions surrounding her return to the role of Ripley. But someone did take the time to ask about her thoughts on Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot. “I think that’s awesome,” she told Screenrant. “I think […]

James Gunn says Captain Marvel and Venom will not be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2

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When it was announced at Comic-Con last year, James Gunn said that his “favourite Marvel character” (who was also a woman) would be making an appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Since the announcement of Captain Marvel joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe ranks, some speculated that Carol Danvers could be the mystery comic book […]

Live action Akira movie delayed; no progress has been made says director

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It’s a movie that hasn’t entirely won over fans of the original movie (or George Takei for that matter), but it looks like the live action adaptation of Akira has hit a bump in the road. At a press conference for his upcoming action movie Run All Night (starring Liam Neeson), director Jaume Collet-Serra was asked about […]

Big Hero 6 passes $600 million worldwide; third highest grossing Disney movie of all-time

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Baymax may not be fast, but he’s certainly bringing home the big bucks as Big Hero 6 passed a huge milestone over the weekend. Now that the movie is out in most major territories following a late-2014 release in the US, Disney’s Big Hero 6 has become the studio’s third highest grossing animated movie of all […]

Interview: Vince Vaughn talks Unfinished Business, Swingers and True Detective

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Flickering Myth chats with Vince Vaughn… Vince Vaughn leads an all-star cast as the boss of a small company desperately trying to secure a make or break contract in Ken Scott’s cutting edge, R rated comedy Unfinished Business. Frustrated with in fighting and office politics, Dan Trunkman quits his secure job to launch his own company […]

Interview: Dave Franco talks Unfinished Business

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Flickering Myth caught up with Dave Franco… Dave Franco joins an all-star cast – including Vince Vaughn and Tom Wilkinson -for director Ken Scott’s outrageous comedy Unfinished Business. Franco plays Mike Pancake, a young, naïve recruit to Dan Trunkman’s struggling company (Vaughn) who, along with the third member of the team, Tim (Wilkinson), set off […]

Mike Colter says Luke Cage is “geared towards an adult audience”

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Mike Colter is set to play Luke Cage in A.K.A. Jessica Jones next year before getting his own series shortly thereafter. We’ve already heard that Daredevil will be taking on a “dark and gritty” tone which is unlike the MCU movies, but what can we expect from Luke Cage? “It’s geared towards an adult audience, […]

New details on Daredevil villains including The Owl and The Gladiator

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We’re less than two months away now from the debut of Daredevil in the Marvel Universe as he kicks off their new TV franchise, before handing the reins over to A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. We know that we’ll be seeing Daredevil’s biggest adversary The Kingpin in the show, but Brazilian site The […]