Marvel Studios is back. Director Shawn Levy’s threequel Deadpool & Wolverine delivered up a massive $96 million on Friday at the domestic box office, the sixth-biggest opening day of all time after edging out the final Harrry Potter pic ($91.1 million), not adjusted for inflation. The Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman superhero pic is assured …
When you don’t have star power or a massive superhero movie to show off in San Diego Comic-Con’s highly-visible Hall H, you have to get creative. And Disney and its 20th Century Studios division did just that for its Alien: Romulus panel. A little theatrics — red strobe lights followed by a gurgling man stumbling …
Lashana Lynch is a British intelligence officer hunting down an elusive assassin, played by Eddie Redmayne, in a new trailer for Peacock‘s The Day of the Jackal. The first-look teaser debuted during the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony on NBC and Peacock on Friday night, showing Redmayne’s highly-skilled character in front of a sniper rifle …
A few years ago, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld ran into Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige at San Diego Comic-Con, where he got a tantalizing tidbit about the then-mysterious Deadpool 3. Feige told Liefeld that his desk was currently covered with the writer-artist’s work, specifically the Deadpool Corps – a team of wacky alternate reality versions …
Showtime is expanding the Dexter universe with a new series, Dexter: Resurrection, that sees Michael C. Hall returning to the lead role as Dexter Morgan. Hall will also narrate the inner voice of a young Dexter (played by Patrick Gibson) in the previously announced prequel series Dexter: Original Sin, which takes place in the ’90s. …
It was a meeting of Marvel titans at San Diego Comic-Con, where Marvel editor-in-chief C. B. Cebulski welcomed Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige for a conversation about collecting and the ways comic books inspire films (and vice versa). Cebulski spent part of the panel showing off famous comic book art, and pared them with the …
Standing in the rain, on a barge on the Seine, waiting to be part of the Opening Ceremony for the Paris Olympics, American sprinter Noah Lyles was already talking about his desire to rewatch the entire launch, presumably from a warm and dry place. “I just love seeing moments made,” explained Lyles, an absurdly charismatic …
It’s safe to say that Roland Emmerich and James Cameron aren’t likely to collaborate anytime soon. During a conversation between filmmakers Emmerich and Antoine Fuqua at San Diego Comic-Con, director Louis Leterrier appeared via video to ask Emmerich about the long-gestating remake of the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage that Cameron has been trying to get …
It’s the end of the line for Life & Beth. Hulu has canceled the dramedy, created by and starring Amy Schumer, after two seasons. The second (and now final) installment of the show debuted on the Disney-owned streamer in February. The series follows Beth (Schumer), a woman with “a cool job, a great apartment” and …
Daryl Dixon is moving to Spain. The world-weary Georgia zombie apocalypse survivor-turned-Europe backpacker is rambling over to Spain for season three of the successful The Walking Dead spinoff. The move represents a switch from the show’s first and upcoming second seasons, which are set in France. Production on the new episodes will start next month …