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From long-awaited feature films with huge budgets to smaller independent pictures, not to mention summer blockbusters, the year 2022 had such a variety of films to offer audiences. The anticipation makes this year’s films stand out so much compared to past years. An abundance of movies released in 2022 has been on the public radar for years, and the hype surrounding these projects was so great. A perfect example of this is James Cameron’s epic Avatar sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, which was released on December 16....

The MCU has been producing feature film projects that have resonated immensely with viewers since Iron Man in 2008, and recently they have dived into the television industry with the streaming service Disney+. While the MCU television projects have been incredibly successful and have shown the amazing evolution ability of the MCU, Marvel as a whole has produced many fantastic series regardless of relatability to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel has produced a plethora of television shows, animated and live-action, since the 1960s....

Actress Parker Posey has appeared in some classic films, from Best in Show to Personal Velocity. That’s fitting for an actress who, after a short stint on the soap opera As The World Turns, made her feature film debut in Coneheads, followed rapidly by her breakout role in Richard Linklater’s 90s cult classic Dazed and Confused. She spent less than a year working on the soap opera before landing her breakout role, and Posey hasn’t slowed down since....

British actor Rory Kinnear is a versatile performer capable of playing both dramatic and comedic roles. On the stage, he has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theater. During his time with the Royal National Theater, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the villainous Iago in William Shakespeare’s Othello. On the screen, he has played many characters, from pirates to detectives and even the famous Frankenstein’smonster....

Several names have been thrown about to star in director Tony Gilroy’s spin-off The Bourne Legacy, with the latest being Jeremy Renner. It seems Tony Gilroy was interested in casting Oscar Isaac, who currently stars in Sucker Punch, but Universal Pictures didn’t approve of the actor, for unknown reasons. Earlier today, an offer went out to Jeremy Renner to topline this new adventure. Just last week, we reported that actors such as Joel Edgerton, Garrett Hedlund, Dominic Cooper, and Luke Evans were screen testing for the role....

There will be a lot going on in the third season of The Boys when it returns to Prime Video in June, but it doesn’t appear that it will include the return of Stormfront. Played by Aya Cash, the character first debuted in the show’s second season as a new member of The Seven following the death of Translucent (Alex Hassell) and demotion of The Deep (Chace Crawford). She was initially embraced by the public with open arms, but as was revealed over the course of season 2, Stormfront was harboring dark secrets all along....

Here is that conversation. What was most challenging for you about playing character within such a sexual world that had network limitations? Rose McGowan: Well, I don’t think the network limitations were the part that were challenging. I believe I was grateful for those. Sometimes they can actually benefit you, you know? It was funny because I had - it - Daniel Truly is kind of a genius in the way that he couched it, and once you see the episode you’ll know that Bombshell has a double meaning....

According to Variety, Saw II slashed its way past the DVD competish last week in a bow underscoring horror’s vitality on homevid. Lionsgate said it sold 3.9 million total units – rental and sell-through – in the slasher sequel’s first week, compared with the original’s 3 million total units for the same period. Studio declined to provide a further breakdown, but rivals place rental units above 1 million. Regardless of the breakdown, the perf reps another impressive gain for the horror franchise, which found its legs during the original’s homevid release last year....

Recent promotions for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness have certainly created a buzz around the next movie release from Marvel Studios, with promises of a multiverse-spanning adventure that will introduce new characters to the MCU as well as feature variants of well-established heroes and/or villains. However, one of those variants will not be Bucky “The Winter Soldier” Barnes, according to actor Sebastian Stan, who has promised fans that he is not part of the upcoming sequel....

On the heels of the unprecedented critical acclaim for SHOWTIME’s original series The Tudors and This American Life, the network is announcing that both series have been renewed for second seasons. Additionally, the network has also greenlighted five episodes of a new sketch comedy series from the incomparable Tracey Ullman, tentatively titled State of the Union. The announcement was made today by SHOWTIME President of Entertainment Robert Greenblatt. With a 10-episode order and production slated to begin in Dublin, Ireland this spring, The Tudors took SHOWTIME subscribers and the media by storm when it premiered April 1st, generating record viewership....

The Good With it’s hi-tech, cutting edge feel this film is perfect for Blu-ray disc. The Bad Sadly, this movie still never grabbed me like I hoped it would. Rose takes her daughter Sharon to Silent Hill in order to help cure her of her sleep walking disorder. In her dreams Sharon sees a place called Silent Hill and after engaging in police chase to get there, Rose crashes her car and is knocked unconscious....

A new trailer has been released for the anticipated second season of Space Force. Following a new branch of the United States Armed Forces that focuses on space exploration, the series first premiered on Netflix in 2020. It was renewed for season 2 later that year, and in February, new episodes finally make their way to Netflix. You can check out the new trailer for Space Force season 2 below....

According to Variety, Spider-Man 3 will set new records when it opens in 4,253 North American theaters. That’s the single largest U.S. debut of all time. Who the heck is going to fill all of those empty chairs? Easy enough to answer. You are. The movie has already opened in Japan, France, Germany, Italy and South Korea. On Tuesday, Spidey managed to swing in and grab $3.47 million dollars (about 451 Yen) from the honorable citizens of Japan....

Thanks to Disney, Star Wars fans have been bombarded with new material over the last few years. So far, everything has been set around the time of the original trilogy, or just after, with no further exploration of the characters and times introduced in Disney’s sequel trilogy. Well, according to Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, that is all going to change. Speaking with Empire at the Star Wars Celebration event, there are plans in place to take audiences back to the world of Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Kylo Ren....

Bindi Irwin is currently expecting her first child with husband Chandler Powell, and if he were still here, Bindi feels her father Steve Irwin would have been a “perfect” grandfather. Last August, Irwin announced that her “Baby Wildlife Warrior” was due to arrive in 2021 with a photo of herself and Chandler holding a miniature Australia Zoo outfit. She later revealed that the couple was going to have a little girl, due to arrive sometime this spring....

BRÜNO: ALMOST FABUOUS Although some box-office analysts had raised a skeptical eye when Universal estimated that Brünowould wind up with $30.4 million, it turned out that the studio was actually a tad conservative. The movie actually sold $30.6 million in tickets, according to final figures released Monday. Total ticket sales for all films came to $142.5 million, down 6 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago, according to Box Office Mojo....

SAG, PRODUCERS RESUME CRUCIAL TALKS The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday following the AMPTP’s tentative deal with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In the end, the producers acceded to AFTRA’s demands that they obtain consent before using a clip of an actor’s performance online. The producers had earlier insisted that the costs of obtaining such permissions would outweigh any potential revenue from such use....

WAS CONSERVATIVE COMEDY SABOTAGED? The producers of the liberal-bashing satire An American Carolclaimed Tuesday that they had received reports of “ticket fraud,” and suggested that it could be the reason why the film’s weekend box-office figures were so low. On the film’s official website, a notice asked those who attended the movie, “Please check your ticket. If you were in fact one of those people that were “mistakenly” sold a ticket for another movie please fill out the form below....

LET MY PEOPLE GO? ABC SAYS, NO WAY! As if they were obeying an eleventh commandment – Thou Shalt Watch the Ten Commandments Every Year – television viewers made the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille classic the most-watched television program Saturday night. The ABC telecast attracted an audience of 7.87 million – more than those who tuned in to any other program that night. Nevertheless, the numbers were down from previous years when the movie aired on Easter Sunday....

GE SHORT-CIRCUITS Shares in General Electric dropped $1.43, or 8.2 percent, to $15.96 on Thursday as the company admitted facing numerous challenges in its GE Capital and NBC Universal units. The stock is down 57 percent year to date. On Tuesday, GE chief Jeffrey Immelt told investors in New York that in just three years – from 2005 to 2008 – NBC’s earnings have plunged from $1.4 billion a year to just $400 million....