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A new biopic focused on Rosa Parks is on the way. According to Deadline, the first-ever scripted feature film that will hit U.S. theaters about the Civil Rights activist will start shooting in 2019. The movie industry website claims that Rosa will focus on the immediate aftermath of Parks’ arrest in 1955, after she refused to […]
Being a lover of television and film of a certain age, an artist like Penny Marshall has entertained me for decades. As a kid, I found myself surprisingly enjoying the Happy Days spin-off Laverne & Shirley that she starred in alongside Cindy Williams, but I’d be lying if I said Penny’s work as an actress is why news […]
Avengers: Endgame isn’t exactly a movie in need of any more hype, the past decade of Marvel blockbusters has already laid that groundwork. But it also isn’t a movie that’s going to come up short on the marketing front, and so it should come as no surprise that Disney is going to let out little […]
A 29-year-old deer poacher in Missouri named David Berry Jr. has been sentenced to watch the Disney movie Bambi several times over as part of his sentence for a scheme that led to hundreds of deers being killed. “The deer were trophy bucks taken illegally, mostly at night, for their heads, leaving the bodies of the […]
Family members of pianist Dr. Donald W. Shirley (who is portrayed by Mahershala Ali in Green Book) have publicly denounced the movie’s fictitious narrative, and have received an apology from Ali in response. Two of those family members, Dr. Shirley’s nephew, Edwin Shirley III, as well as Dr. Shirley’s brother, Maurice Shirley, called out the […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has already proved to be a surprise hit for Sony and Marvel, garnering overwhelmingly positive reviews. The Miles Morales-starring animated film, which has some very unique animation technology behind it, has made a huge impact at the box office during its first weekend. As Entertainment Weekly reports, the animated superhero film hit the No. […]
Aquaman is making a splash overseas. According to Deadline, the superhero flick garnered an additional $27 million in its second weekend, earning a total of more than $179 million at the international box office. Aquaman is now playing in 43 international territories and will expand to 28 more hubs—including North America—next weekend. The outlet reports a large chunk of the […]
Spider-Man will remain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—that is, if Amy Pascal gets her way. During a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the film producer said she hopes Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios will extend their Spider-Man partnership. The initial deal took place in 2015, when Sony—which owns the theatrical rights to the Spider-Man universe—allowed the web-slinger to join […]
We’re still wrapping our heads around what Netflix is adding to (and deleting from) their massive streaming service in December, but today they unleashed their heavyweight listings for January of 2019, and it looks like they are kicking off the new year with a BANG! In terms of original content, they have some anticipated projects […]
Deadline reports that Janelle Monáe has signed on to The Glorias: A Life On The Road, a biopic based on Gloria Steinem’s memoir. Monáe is joining a cast that already includes Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander, who will be playing Steinem at various points in her life. Steinem became a voice for equal rights through her work as a journalist in the late 1960s, […]
