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Even before Christmas Day sales are recorded, the U.S. box office has reportedly brought in a staggering $11.383 billion in 2018. Despite streaming subscription services threatening box office revenue, blockbuster hits like Black Panther, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Deadpool 2 drove this year’s numbers past the previous benchmark. The last record high was set in 2016 at $11.382 billion. While the […]
On the heels of what appears to be a solid box office weekend for Aquaman, Gal Gadot announced via Instagram that Wonder Woman 1984 had wrapped production. In her heartfelt post, which you can check out below, Gadot expresses her gratitude towards everyone involved in making the sequel to the commercial and critically successful 2017 film from the DC Extended Universe, […]
Warner Bros and DC’s latest entry in their cinematic universe dropped this week with Aquaman, the James Wan-directed underwater epic starring Jason Momoa. Now the second-best reviewed film in DC’s extended universe, Aquaman currently sits at a respectable 63% on Rotten Tomatoes. Early reports on its box office performance indicate that audiences have been receptive to the movie, […]
“A problem-free philosophy?” Not for Disney. As it prepares to release the much-anticipated Lion King remake, the corporation is facing mounting backlash over its trademark of “hakuna matata,” a Swahili phrase that was prominently featured in the original film. The trademark was first filed about 24 years ago; however, the hype surrounding the live-action version has reignited allegations of cultural appropriation […]
A Black Mirror full-length movie called Bandersnatch is dropping on December 28. That’s via a Redditor who accidentally stumbled across the page for the not-yet-uploaded film. While Netflix is doing its best to keep the movie under wraps, fans can’t help but uncover every little bit of information that’s possible to know about the film. […]
In the fall of 2018, just months after Aretha Franklin died, reports surfaced that brought her mourning fans a small measure of relief: The long-buried concert film Amazing Grace was finally, more than 45 years after its filming, going to come out. It ran at several festivals, spent a week in December at New York City’s […]
A Change.org petition calling for Disney to back off its “Hakuna Matata” trademark is just short of 100,000 signatures. The Swahili phrase, of course, is the center of the classic Lion King soundtrack cut of the same name. In the now-viral petition to the Walt Disney Company, Shelton Mpala argues that the practice of trademarking something […]
A sequel to the wildly popular romantic comedy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is coming to Netflix. The streaming service made the announcement with an ode to the letters written by Lara Jean Covey to her crushes. Lana Condor, who plays Lara, and Noah Centineo (Peter) also confirmed the sequel with a video that has many people wondering what […]
Bruce Willis has signed on to make three more films with MoviePass‘ movie-making arm, MoviePass Films. According to Deadline, the deal was finagled through Willis’ prior relationship to the CEOs of the production house. MoviePass Films began its life as Emmett/Furla Films back in 1998, named after its founders Randall Emmett and George Furla. The […]
Forever 21 couldn’t make it to the new year without one more scandal. The fast-fashion retailer found itself in more hot water this week after unveiling a holiday sweater inspired by Marvel’s game-changing movie Black Panther. The piece in question wasn’t too noteworthy, as it featured a Fair Isle pattern with a Black Panther helmet motif and […]
