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Aquaman tops U.S. box office, approaching $500 million worldwide

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After two weeks of international rollout, Aquaman finally made its way to domestic shores on Friday, with the DC blockbuster topping the North American box office with a three-day opening of $72.1 million including previews. Aquaman had been tracking a $100 million five-day Christmas opening, and was expected to comfortably top the chart ahead of […]

Is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the best comic book movie ever?

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Anghus Houvouras on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse… If you would have told me at the start of 2018 that the most entertaining, most perfectly realized comic book movie would be released, I probably would have agreed with you. If you told me it was going to be an animated film from Sony, I probably would […]

Gal Gadot announces that filming has wrapped on Wonder Woman 1984

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After kicking off principal photography this past June, star Gal Gadot has announced on Instagram that filming has wrapped on Wonder Woman 1984, the hotly-anticipated sequel to last year’s hit DC superhero blockbuster. “We did it. Again!!,” writes Gadot. “And as much as the first time shooting Wonder Woman was amazing, this time was even […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer ponders what might have been with a December release

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It was quite a controversial decision when Disney decided to push back the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens from the saga’s traditional May date to December, but in the three years following, the Star Wars franchise firmly established its box office dominance over the final month of the year. The Force Awakens amassed […]

Captain Marvel tops list of the most anticipated movies of 2019

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With 2018 drawing to a close, the IMDb has released a list of the most anticipated movies of 2019, as determined by page views on the website and the MOVIEmeter rankings from IMDb Pro. Coming out on top is the Marvel Studios blockbuster Captain Marvel, which will see Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers becoming the first […]

Star Wars: Episode IX will take place roughly one year after The Last Jedi, reveals John Boyega

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While Star Wars: The Last Jedi picked up directly after the conclusion of The Force Awakens, there’s traditionally been a time jump between episodes in the Star Wars saga, and it seems that is going to be the case once again when Star Wars: Episode IX arrives next year. During an interview with Empire, actor […]

Avengers: Endgame directors on trying to top Infinity War and a three-hour running time

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After unveiling the title and first teaser trailer earlier this month, directors Anthony and Joe Russo have been chatting to Empire about the massively-anticipated superhero sequel Avengers: Endgame, and how they can possibly manage to top this year’s epic Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War. “With a lot of hard work,” said Joe. “Whether we top […]

Bumblebee images showcase G1 Transformers designs from the Cybertron battle

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With Bumblebee now in theaters, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled seven new images from the Transformers spinoff, which showcase the classic Generation 1 designs for several characters featured in the film’s opening Cybertron battle, including the heroic Autobots Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Arcee, Brawn, Cliffjumper and Wheeljack and the Decepticons Soundwave, Shockwave and Starscream. Check them out […]

DC Universe’s Stargirl TV series casts the Injustice Society

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After assembling the Justice Society of America these past few weeks, DC Universe has now turned its attention to their villainous counterparts the Injustice Society as casting on the live-action Stargirl series continues. As per Deadline, Joy Osmanski (Santa Clarita Diet), Neil Hopkins (Lost) and Nelson Lee (Sneaky Pete) have been cast as Paula Brooks/Tigress, Lawrence […]