Sing is an animated children’s musical set in a world populated by humanoid animals. The movie’s main protagonist Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) is a debonaire koala with a dream. Buster oversees the once-majestic Moon Theatre, which, inherited from his father, is now on the brink of financial ruin. Hounded by a representative from the bank, Judith (Rhea Pearlman), he must think of a plan to save his beloved theatre and fast....
As many predicted, The Batman 2 has now been officially announced by Warner Bros at tonight’s CinemaCon panel. With The Batman having pulled in over $750 million at the box office and launched on HBO Max with over 4 million views in the first week on streaming release, there was never a doubt that Warner Bros. would not be going ahead with a sequel. This will stand alongside the upcoming spin off series focusing on Colin Farrell’s Penguin, and one centered on Arkham Asylum....
The trailer opens up with Homelander descending from the sky, with his face covered in blood and looking rather distressed. Why, precisely he’s looking so rough remains mysterious for the time being. It then quickly transitions into a chaotically arranged sequence of shots that don’t offer a lot of context, in terms of story, but give us quite a few looks at returning characters, including Billy Butcher, who is staring down the scope of a sniper getting ready to take out an unidentified target....
The cast of the Roseanne spin-off, The Conners, is officially back to work for the first time without Roseanne Barr. To mark the occasion, a first-look photo of the cast has been released. The image features stars John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Lecy Goranson, Jayden Rey, Ames McNamara, and Emma Kenney. The cast is spotted around the table in the very familiar kitchen from the Roseanne series. Goodman recently revealed that The Conners will be taking place after the death of Roseanne Conner....
The Satanic Temple has made good on their promise to sue Netflix over Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Last month, temple co-Founder Lucien Greaves revealed on social media that he was going to pursue a lawsuit against Netflix for the use of a Baphomet statue, which he claims is a copyright violation, amongst other things. According to court documents, the Satanic Temple is suing the streaming giant $50 million for each violation of copyright for a staggering total of $150M....
The critics are, for the most part, enjoying the new Scream. The fifth installment of the slasher movie series, Scream is the first to be made without legendary filmmaker Wes Craven at the helm. Ready or Not directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett sought to make Craven proud with the new film, and while not every viewer is completely satisfied, the critics have labeled the sequel as Certified Fresh with a score of 77% with an 83% audience score....
Legendary director Martin Scorsese has a reputation for collaborating with his leading men over and over again. His team-ups with actor Robert De Niro have resulted in some of the most celebrated films of all-time including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino. While his recent collaborations with Leonardo DiCaprio have produced some of the best films of the last ten years including Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed (for which the director finally won his long over due Oscar)....
Disney’s live-action Snow White remake has not been without controversy since it began earlier in the year. However, as new images of Rachel Zegler as the titular Princess surfaced online, there can be no complaints about how the new version of the classic tale has captured the animated costume of Snow White perfectly. Along with Zegler, the new take on Disney’s own version of the Snow White fairy tale stars Andrew Burnap and Gal Gadot as the Wicked Queen....
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Sony Electronics brought out its 2010 BRAVIA LCD HDTV line. From black-and-white, to color, to digital, Sony Electronics is once again setting the new standard for how televisions look and perform. Today, the company introduced its 2010 BRAVIA® LCD HDTV line featuring its first 3D HDTVs, a new innovative and stylish Monolithic Design Concept, and LED backlighting. The new Sony televisions are another example of how Sony is providing consumers with networked products that enhance the home entertainment experience by offering built-in Wi-Fi® (802....
Star Jones, formerly of The View, was the center of controversy Sunday when she evoked the ire of journalists by refusing to discuss her incredible transformation from the way she looked when she was on The View to how she looks today. The past year has been an incredibly life-changing year for her appearance-wise. Yes, she has lost a lot of weight but her whole appearance has changed. Her features appear different....
Director J.J. Abrams is currently doing press rounds for the Television Critics Association’s winter tour, where he revealed that he still hasn’t made a decision about directing Star Trek 2 yet: J.J. Abrams claims that the Star Trek 2 script will be ready by March. The director also confirmed that the first trailer for J.J. Abrams’ latest directorial effort Super 8 is coming in March as well. “I guess the idea of not wanting to choose to direct a film, for which I’ve not read a script....
Following the success of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, Lucasfilm is beginning production on its next live-action Star Wars series. Ahsoka Tano was a character created by George Lucas and Dave Filoni for the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars back in 2008. She was introduced as an apprentice for Anakin Skywalker, and became a focal point of the ensuing Clone Wars animated series, along with making appearances in Star Wars Rebels....
i>RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC SLOWS A BIT Traffic was fairly heavy but not all thatheavy for Rush Hour 3, which opened over the weekend with an estimated $50.2 million – much less than the $67.4 million its predecessor, Rush Hour 2, earned six years ago. New Line said it performed as expected. Last week’s winner, The Bourne Supremacy lost about half its audience in its second week as it pulled in about $33....
THE DEATH OF PRIMETIME? Announcements by three major networks that they plan to make their content available on demand has spurred speculation that the day of primetime television as we have known it may be about to pass. In separate announcements, ABC said it would make some of its programming available on Apple’s iTunes store; CBS said it would place some of its on Comcast’s video-on-demand cable platform; and NBC said its programs will be accessible on the DirecTV satellite system (a corporate sibling of the Fox TV network)....
FOX RECORDS ITS BEST RATINGS EVER For the first time in memory, Fox TV shows held the top seven positions on the weekly Nielsen ratings chart, producing the highest-rated week in the network’s history. Moreover, the average weekly ratings for Fox far exceeded the ratings of the other three major TV networks combined, averaging a 16.4 rating and a 26 share. CBS, the second-highest-rated network, registered a 4.7/7 average, while ABC and NBC tied for third place with a 4....
COMCAST SEES 22% RISE IN PROFITS Comcast, which is reportedly in negotiations to take over control of NBC Universal, posted a 22-percent increase in third-quarter profits – but made no mention of the negotiations in its quarterly report. The company said earnings reached nearly $1 billion in the quarter – $944 million to be precise, versus $771 million for the comparable period a year ago. As in previous quarters, Comcast beat analysts’ estimates....
Zack Snyder has apparently impressed the folks at Warner Bros. enough that they’ve agreed to fund a special extra for the DVD release of Watchmen. A source at Moviehole.net tells us that Tales of the Black Freighter will be filmed as an extra for the DVD. Tales of the Black Freighter is a comic book that appears within the pages of the Watchmen comic which casts insight into the main plot....
Throughout the years, the American South has been a place of both hardship and happiness. Despite the darker aspects of its historic past, this region of the United States has been known for its distinct subculture, culinary palette, vernacular, and natural landscapes. An article from Deep South Magazine on the subgenre of Southern film stated, “The South, more so than other regions, must often return to its past to examine our stories, some beautiful and some haunting, in a quest to discover our identity....
Mostly known for its gruesome deaths and terrifying traps, the series also gained a name for itself for its genius twists. The Saw franchise, is among one of the most successful horror franchises of all time, and fans cannot get enough. With nine movies in the series, the Saw franchise is often referred to as a soap-opera, for its long-running story, tremendous amount of flashbacks, and some very interesting twists and turns....
Brian Oliver, President of Cross Creek Pictures and Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media Group (“Exclusive”), announced today that they will be co-financing director Ron Howard’s Formula 1 film Rush. This marks the third collaboration between Exclusive and Cross Creek, who are also co-producing the picture with Imagine Entertainment, Working Title and Revolution Films, with Howard, Oliver, Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner, Peter Morgan and Andrew Eaton all named as producers....
