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Chris Hemsworth on Thor 5: “I don’t want people to roll their eyes when they see me”

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We’ve seen Chris Hemsworth’s Thor go from fan-favorite to groan-inducing centerpiece through his time in the MCU, and now the actor wants to return to something more beloved with a potential Thor 5. After the polarizing reception of Thor: Love and Thunder, a film that the actor even called too silly, Hemsworth has opened up […]

Ariel is coming to Disney Junior with The Little Mermaid animated series

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Fresh from last month’s release of the live-action movie, Disney has announced that The Little Mermaid is heading back to animation with the new preschoolers series Disney Junior’s Ariel. Executive produced by Lynne Southerland (Mulan II, Happily Ever After) and slated to premiere in 2024, the official synopsis for the new animated show reads: Set […]

Daredevil: Born Again & The Penguin have halted production indefinitely

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As the picketing heats up, two major comic book-based television productions are about to cool down. Deadline has recently broken the news that Max’s The Penguin and Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+ have halted production indefinitely. Due to the WGA Strike, picketing, and the overall climate of the film industry right now, the teams for […]

James Mangold talks about his Force origins Star Wars movie Dawn of the Jedi

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James Mangold is currently doing the rounds promoting his franchise-ending duties with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, so naturally questions have turned towards another Lucasfilm IP with which he has been entrusted – Star Wars.  Back in April at the Star Wars Celebration in London, it was announced that Mangold, who for a […]

Disney’s Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire trailer teases animated stories of the future from Africa

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Disney has released a trailer and poster for Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, the sci-fi fantasy anthology series which includes 10 animated shorts from creators from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe; take a look here… The action-packed animated anthology draws on the continent’s rich and diverse histories and cultures to present 10 sci-fi […]

LEGO casts a spell with LEGO Ideas Hocus Pocus Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage set

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The LEGO Group has unveiled the official LEGO Ideas Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage, which is inspired by its appearance in the 1993 Halloween classic Hocus Pocus. The set comes with minifigures for the wicked Sanderson sisters Winifred, Sarah, and Mary, siblings Max and Dani, Allison, and a Thackery Binx in cat form. It […]

Avatar sequels delayed again, new release dates announced

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Anyone who followed the production of Avatar: The Way of Water and its sequels will not be surprised Disney has once again delayed the releases of James Cameron’s ambitious Avatar 3, 4 and 5, ensuring audiences will see plenty of the Na’Vi and Pandora all the way until 2031. Avatar 3, which was largely filmed back-to-back with The Way of […]

Oscar-winner Sarah Polley heads to Disney for live-action Bambi

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Sarah Polley wants to break the hearts of another generation of Disney kids. Deadline reports that Polley is currently attached to helm a live-action Bambi, which is in very early development at Disney. Little is known about the project, but there are reports the film is a musical with music from the Grammy-winning country star […]

Disney and Pixar’s Elio gets first teaser trailer

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Disney and Pixar have released the first teaser trailer for their next animated film Elio. Starring the voices of Yonas Kibreab (Sweet Tooth), America Ferrera (Superstore), Jameela Jamil (The Good Place) and Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), the film follows a young boy who is taken up to space when he is mistakenly identified as Earth’s […]