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Candyman Comes Out on Top Universal In a normal year, late August would have been perceived to be a soft landing spot for such a heralded and buzzy (pun intended!) film like “Candyman.” Of course, nothing about 2021 has been even close to “normal.” Though the film undoubtedly would have done even better without the looming specter of the pandemic, IndieWire reports that DaCosta’s legacy sequel still managed to pull in over $22 million this weekend, far exceeding the very conservative industry estimates of roughly $15 million and more than enough to land “Candyman” at No....

David Gordon Green Will Direct A Movie About The Creation Of Disneyland Bloomberg / Getty Images By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 11, 2021 9:06 pm EST David Gordon Green has developed quite an eclectic filmography. He’s directed stoner comedies and slasher films, one of which — “Halloween Kills” — is set to premiere on Peacock and in theaters this very weekend. Next, he’s setting his sights on a movie about Disneyland. You’ve seen Green follow Michael Myers around the town of Haddonfield, the kill-happiest place on Earth....

Dune Production Designer Breaks Down The Sand Worm Mural & Fremen Writing [Exclusive] Warner Bros By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 15, 2021 12:17 pm EST One of the biggest advantages (or drawbacks, depending on your perspective) when it comes to adapting “Dune” is the overwhelming amount of world-building, lore, and mythology that author Frank Herbert created for his original novel. The Denis Villeneuve movie, by necessity, simply couldn’t include each and every one of those rich details while still clocking in at a reasonable runtime....

Eddie Murphy Took A Break From Acting After Winning Too Many Razzies Awards By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2021 9:30 am EST After shooting A Thousand Words in 2011, Eddie Murphy decided to take a break from acting. In a recent appearance on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, the comedian explained why. Murphy said (via The Playlist): If you’re unaware, the Razzies are given out annually to the worst movies and performances of the year....

Edgar Wright Has Not Seen Ant-Man And Has A Good Reason For Never Seeing It Marvel By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 29, 2021 3:36 pm EST A film based on the Marvel superhero Ant-Man had been waffling around Hollywood since the 1980s, but it was when Edgar Wright and his writing partner Joe Cornish brought their take to President of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, that the tiny, mighty hero finally found a future....

Everything We Know About Zootopia+ So Far Walt Disney Animation By Ben Pearson/Oct. 27, 2021 3:19 pm EST For years, Disney animated shows like “DuckTales,” “TaleSpin,” “Recess,” “Gravity Falls,” and dozens more have been produced by the Disney Television Animation department. But now Walt Disney Animation – the unit responsible for the studio’s animated movies ranging from “Moana,” “The Princess and the Frog,” and “Wreck-It Ralph” all the way back to “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” – is getting into the TV game, much in the same way that Marvel Studios has finally begun producing its own television shows for Disney+....

Future Of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man Universe Is Still Up In The Air, Sony CEO Says Marvel Studios By Max Evry/Dec. 14, 2021 10:49 am EST With the first wave of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” reactions hitting the web, it looks like Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have another winner on their hands. Our own Hoai-Tran Bui praises it for having “fan service with heart,” while the initial batch of reviews at Rotten Tomatoes have earned it a rare 100% rating....

Hit-Monkey Season 1 Release Date, Cast, And More Hulu By Ryan Scott/Sept. 21, 2021 8:22 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Hulu isn’t done with Marvel animation just yet. Following the release of the acclaimed “M.O.D.O.K.” the streaming service is bringing us “Hit-Monkey” later this year....

How The Harder They Fall Reinvents, And Remains True, To The Classic Western Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 26, 2021 8:40 am EST Saddle up for “The Harder They Fall,” a new Netflix Western that puts a fresh twist on an old genre that has traditionally been dominated by white actors like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. The film stars Jonathan Majors and Idris Elba as cowboy gang leaders embroiled in a feud that is sure to have deadly consequences....

James Gunn Is Considering More DC Comics Projects After ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2021 8:01 am EST The Suicide Squad is in theaters (and on HBO Max) right now, and it sounds like another home run for director James Gunn. Even before the movie opened, the Guardians of the Galaxy filmmaker was working on a TV series spin-off featuring John Cena’s sociopathic, hyper-violent Captain America-type character Peacemaker....

Kevin Smith Reveals ‘Clerks III’ Script Pages After He Finishes First Draft By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 14, 2021 11:30 am EST Behold, part of the first page of the Clerks III script! The page cuts off before we get anywhere, really, but at least we now know that main character Dante is back, he’s headed to the Quick Stop, and I guess he’s also listening to My Chemical Romance? Anyway, there you have it....

King Of Kong Helmer Seth Gordon To Direct King Dork By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2009 11:27 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Seth Gordon, director of The King of Kong, is in talks to direct a big screen adaptation of Frank Portman’s young King Dork. The high school dramedy is about a teenage misfit who seeks refuge in music, and tries to uncover the truth about his father’s death....

Licorice Pizza Review: Alana Haim Is A Revelation In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Wonderful Trip Back To The 1970s MGM By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 16, 2021 12:00 pm EST Some performers just have it. I don’t know what it is, exactly. It’s a mood; an attitude; a je ne sais quoi, if you want to get real pretentious about it. A certain kind of confidence. When people take one look at someone in a movie and think, “that person is a star,” what they’re saying is, “That person has it....

Misha Green Sets Up Shop At Apple TV+ After ‘Lovecraft Country’ Cancellation By Eric Vespe/July 11, 2021 11:39 am EST Well, that was fast. We found out less than a week ago that HBO was nixing Misha Green’s second season of Lovecraft Country and now she’s already been scooped up by a competing streaming service. Apple TV+ is giving Green a multi-year deal to develop new content for their streaming service....

Nearly 25% Of Fans Believe This Is Guy Ritchie’s Best Movie — Here’s Why They’re Wrong Disney By Ryan Scott/Nov. 18, 2021 11:55 am EST Guy Ritchie has had a downright fascinating career trajectory since making his feature directorial debut in 1998 with “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” From indie favorites like “Snatch” to massive successful blockbusters like “Aladdin,” and even not-so-successful blockbusters like “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” the man has covered a lot of ground over the last two decades and change....

A Showcase for Top Talent Netflix Since premiering in 2013, “Peaky Blinders” has served as a showcase for a number of talented actors, including but not limited to Annabelle Wallis, who had another breakout role in “Malignant” this year, as well as Paul Anderson, Sam Neill, Charlotte Riley, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen, Sam Claflin, and Anya Taylor-Joy. For fans of the genre stylings of “28 Days Later” and “Red Eye,” it has also served as a much-needed star vehicle for Murphy (beyond his dramatic work in unreleased and lesser-seen independent films of the kind highlighted in his appearance on the Team Deakins podcast)....

Peter Jackson Is Selling His VFX Company Weta Digital — Here’s Why That’s A Big Deal Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Nov. 10, 2021 11:46 am EST Movie lovers around the world are familiar with the name Peter Jackson, the man behind the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies, as well as genre flicks like “Dead Alive.” But what everyone might not know is that Jackson also co-founded Weta Digital, one of the biggest digital effects companies in the business, which has worked on many of the biggest blockbusters of the last 20 years....

Scarlett Johansson Joins Wes Anderson’s Next Film By Ben Pearson/Aug. 16, 2021 2:12 pm EST Wes Anderson’s next movie has just picked up another Oscar nominee.Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit) is the latest A-list actor to sign on to Anderson’s mysterious new project, joining the likes of Tom Hanks and Margot Robbie. Here’s what we know about the movie so far. (Spoiler alert: it isn’t much!) I, for one, would love it if Anderson would release an actual title for this movie so we can stop referring to it as “Wes Anderson’s next movie,” but alas, the famously eclectic director is still playing things close to the vest at the moment....

Star Trek Day Trailer Few franchises do nostalgia better than “Star Trek” does and this trailer tugs at the heartstrings with ease. It seamlessly blends together footage and cross-cuts between several decades of spacefaring adventures, all while linking together disparate generations of “Trek” to show how the stories faithfully echo and build off what came before. Audience appetites, real-world technology used to bring these stories to life, and even the chosen medium may have changed and evolved over time, but the longstanding vision that created “Star Trek” in the first place continues to guide the series even now....

Stop And Go Trailer: A Covid-Era Comedy Invites You On A Wild Road Trip DECAL Releasing By Shania Russell/Sept. 2, 2021 2:39 pm EST Remember early 2020? Back when we all had plane tickets and plans that involved other people who weren’t wearing masks? Yeah, me neither. So prepare for a flashback, because the upcoming release of “Stop and Go” is inviting us back to the early pandemic days of 2020....