By the end of 2020, the Marvel Cinematic Universe had started to feel a bit…stale. Part of what makes the superhero genre so universally captivating is its ability to go places that seem too far for other mediums. But by the end of Avengers: Endgame, the MCU was closing the door on a chapter that, no matter how wildly successful, had followed a series of predictable patterns. While that doesn’t make watching Tony Stark save the world any less satisfying, it does make it less nerdy. And no matter how mainstream superheroes get, there’s always a part of the genre…
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Who do you believe? Freeform‘s upcoming thriller series “Cruel Summer” was produced by Jessica Biel, with the interesting approach that it takes place across three distinct summers throughout the ’90s. The series “takes place over three summers in the ’90s when a beautiful and popular teen goes missing, and a seemingly unrelated girl transforms from a sweet and awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town, eventually becoming the most despised person in America.” “Each episode is said to be told from the POV of one of the two main girls (Jeanette and Kate), which will have the viewer’s…
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Breaking News Officials in Atlanta have confirmed the fire that gutted Shaq’s iconic Krispy Kreme was caused by an arsonist … and now, they say they’re on the hunt for the suspect. The famous donut shop — which is located on Ponce de Leon Ave. and has ties to Martin Luther King Jr. — was nearly burnt to the ground shortly after midnight on Feb. 10. Officials say 2 employees who were in the store were able to escape the fire safely … but the place took SERIOUS damage from the flames. Atlanta Firefighters are still hitting hot spots this…
Exclusive Lady Gaga’s dog walker — who put his life on the line for her beloved animals — is expected to make a full recovery … and his family is thanking Gaga for her support. The family of Ryan Fischer tells us, “Ryan is receiving extraordinary care in the hospital right now and his doctors expect him to make a full recovery. We cannot possibly say enough to thank all of the first responders, nurses and doctors who have worked so tirelessly to care for Ryan.” They also give a massive thank you to Gaga, saying, “Of course, we also…
NBC’s new sci-fi drama Debris opens with a fairly standard action scene, with federal agents chasing black-market crooks through a luxury hotel. But the crooks aren’t selling guns or diamonds; they’re selling fragments of a destroyed alien spaceship that are scattered across the globe. And when a hotel maid innocently touches one of those fragments, it instantly teleports her and sends her falling several stories to her death. Yes, Debris — premiering next Monday, March 1 at 10/9c; I’ve seen the series premiere — is anything but standard. Network TV has a decidedly spotty track record with science fiction, but…
Sony Pictures Classics is set to release awards contender The Father in select New York and Los Angeles theaters today before expanding nationwide March 12 before landing on PVOD on March 26. That’s quite a theater-to-digital journey for the Florian Zeller-directed drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. The film, which premiered at Sundance in 2020, is adapted from Zeller’s 2014 play which starred Frank Langella, who won a Tony Award his performance. Zeller and Christopher Hampton adapted the play which follows Anthony (Hopkins), a defiant 80-year-old man who lives alone and refuses the carers that his daughter, Anne (Colman), encouragingly…
The female-driven and directed werewolf thriller Bloodthirsty, which had its world premiere as the closing night film at the virtual Fantastic Fest Celebration, has been acquired by Brainstorm Media for release in the U.S. in limited theaters and on VOD platforms April 23, 2021. “In Bloodthirsty, vegan singer-songwriter Grey (Lauren Beatty) goes to work on her second album with notorious music producer Vaughn Daniels (Greg Bryk). But as the album progresses, she starts to transform into a powerful beast with a thirst for blood, meat and the hunt.” Directed by Amelia Moses (Bleed with Me), conceived and written by mother-daughter…
A new song from late rapper Pop Smoke has been released. “AP” appears in Eddie Huang’s directorial debut BOOGIE, which stars Pop in his first acting role. Listen to “AP” below, and scroll down to check out the film poster.Eddie Huang shared a trailer for BOOGIE last month. The film finds Pop playing Monk, the basketball rival of main character Alfred “Boogie” Chin (played by Taylor Takahashi). BOOGIE was filmed prior to the rapper’s death in February 2020. Pop Smoke’s posthumous album Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon came out last summer, followed by an expanded special edition version. Read…
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Don’t count Jeff Ross among the people — Jewish or otherwise — outraged over Michael Che’s joke about Israel on last week’s ‘SNL’ … he thinks Che should keep it up. We got the “Roastmaster General” out in Bev Hills and asked for his take on the joke … which many decried as anti-Semitic, but Jeff had another word for it — “hilarious.” The comedian says people need to have thicker skin and just enjoy comedy … which he describes as “essential business” after nearly a year of COVID lockdowns. As for those who were…
Though many parts of the Lone Star State are still without consistent power or safe water, other parts of Texas are finally seeing a sense of normalcy return after a climate crisis. Following a devastating snow storm and cold temperatures, people throughout the state lost electricity and potable water, exposing them to long periods of cold weather without adequate tools to prepare for it. Many lost loved ones, and still others across the state lost their homes and belongings as pipes froze and burst. Mutual aid groups have been supporting recovery, as have some of the state’s large and small…
She’s gone from “Twilight” to “Charlie’s Angels,” but now she’s taking on her biggest role yet … and it looks like Kristen Stewart royally nails it. The actress is in full Princess Diana mode in Germany this week on set of the upcoming film “Spencer” … rocking a vintage Lady Di look, with glasses and without. Obviously, Kristen’s Adidas kicks are just for getting around on set and not what the Princess of Wales wore back then … at least we don’t think so. As for the movie … the title is Diana’s maiden name — for the young’uns not…
It’s a flawless victory for Warner Bros./New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat marketing campaign. The studio took a big swing by premiering a red band trailer for their new Mortal Kombat adaptation and hit a grand slam. The trailer has clocked 116M views in its first week, becoming the biggest red band trailer of all-time, besting the 4-day mark of Logan and Deadpool 2 and continuing to do so, wrote Deadline Thursday evening. Adds the site: “The trailer for the Simon McQuoid-directed feature trended in 52 total markets on YouTube and 28 total markets on Twitter, registering a 98% Positive-to-Neutral social…
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com TMZ has obtained dramatic, upsetting video, of the actual confrontation between the shooters and Lady Gaga’s dog walker which ended with the dog walker shot and 2 of her dogs stolen. The surveillance video from a neighbor’s home shows a white sedan roll up on the dog walker, Ryan Fischer, and 2 men get out of the backseat … you hear one of the men cock the gun, saying, “give it up.” Fischer puts up a fight, screaming for help and yelling for Koji — one of the dogs — before the gun goes off,…
Although one might think that the opening of theaters would be all good news for exhibitors, it’s still a risk, and there’s a lot of room for more losses if not enough people are going for both theaters and studios to make a profit. The theaters that do open on March 5 will be operating at a 25% capacity, or up to 50 people in the theater. And time will tell if moviegoers opt to return to theaters at a time when streaming services are offering more than ever, including Warner Bros’ full slate of 2021 movies coming out on…