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Spider-Man: No Way Home Swings In With Heroic $50 Million Thursday Preview Box Office “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is here not only to save the Marvel multiverse, but to save the box office as well. Indeed, it had been quite apparent for weeks that anticipation on the part of moviegoers for this one was big — and not just by pandemic standards. Now, with the Thursday preview numbers coming in, it’s clear that this is going to be the biggest blockbuster we have seen in a very, very long time....

Sundance Buys: IFC Takes Joan Rivers Doc; Catfish Bought By Relativity Media UPDATE:IndieWirereports that The Weinstein Company picked upThe Tillman Storytoday. The company has been the frontrunner to buy the film for the past week. Original article follows. Purchases at Sundance didn’t come fast and furious this year — do they ever anymore? — but in the wake of the festival a few high-profile films have been fairly swift to land distribution deals....

Superhero Bits: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Iron Man 3 Know a real life super soldier? Why won’t aGreen Lanternsequel work? Is Warner Bros. actually working on one? What’s the huge stuntChristopher Nolanis planning forThe Dark Knight Rises? How doesKevin FeigedescribeIron Man 3? Want an idea of whatAnne Hathaway’s Catwoman costume is going to look like? Find out all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Batman Is In Final Season Of ‘Gotham,’ Agents Of SHIELD More Popular Than Any Marvel Show & More What year doesCaptain Marveltake place? WillBatmanbe appearing in the final season ofGotham? What didDavid Ayersay was different about the original cut ofSuicide Squad? IsAgents of SHIELDreally more popular than every other Marvel show? What doesSebastian Stanhave to say about possible becomingCaptain America? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

The Best Easter Eggs & Cameos In Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 3 Warning:major spoilersahead for episode 3 of “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Episode 2 of"Obi-Wan Kenobi" ended with Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) arriving at the gut-wrenching realization that Anakin was alive and that he had completely turned to the dark side. This epiphany weighs heavy on him throughout episode 3, as we see Obi-Wan stumble through his complex emotions while making sure that Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) gets home safe to Alderaan....

The Menu For Disney World’s New ‘Indiana Jones’ Bar Is Filled With Fun References TheIndiana Jonesthemed “Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar” is set to tomorrow (September 22nd 2015) at Walt Disney World’s revamped Downtown Disney, now called Disney Springs. This brand new lounge will feature small plates and unique cocktails with an “expansive bar with aviation decor and have seating for 150 guests.” We’ve shown youconcept artin the past, one of which you can see in the header above, but now Disney has revealed the restaurant/bar’s full menu which is filled with fun little Indiana Jones easter eggs and references....

The Oscars' Plan For ‘Highlight Reel’ Of Certain Awards Sparks Backlash The94th Academy Awardstelecast this year will not be including eight ofthe awardson the live show in the same way the rest of them are being presented — and people are very, very upset. Those awards include documentary short, film editing, makeup/hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short, and sound, and as Imentioned yesterday, this is absolutely wrong....

The Raid Remake Coming To Netflix With Michael Bay Producing I really don’t like to be the harbinger of news that will absolutely throw you into a frothing frenzy of anger, but Netflix is remaking Gareth Evans' pitch-perfect triumph “The Raid,” and bringing along Michael Bay and Patrick Hughes, the guy who directed no one’s favorite installment of “The Expendables.” Hollywood has been obsessed with trying to Americanize the Indonesian masterpiece since the film’s debut back in 2011, but now with Netflix, Michael Bay, and “The Raid” distributors XYZ Films on board, it’s finally happening....

The Wackness Movie Trailer #3 When I first sawThe Wacknessin January at Sundance, I proclaimed that it was one of my favorite films of the year so far. It’s very easy to make such claims in the first couple weeks of a new year, especially when you’re in Park City. I’ve seen the film now four times, in three different states. We’re now almost half way through 2008, and I can tell you without a doubt, the film stands up....

Unforgiven Ending Explained: Deserve’s Got Nothing To Do With It Nearly 30 years after its release, 1992’s"Unforgiven"remains the benchmark by which other revisionist westerns are judged. It’s a movie that even its prolific director and star, Clint Eastwood, has never quite topped as a filmmaker, although his most recent offering, “Cry Macho,” made fora surprisingly decent thematic epilogueto the brooding, melancholic tale of William Munny. Munny, as played by Eastwood, is an aging former outlaw who’s living as a humble Kansas hog farmer and raising two kids when “Unforgiven” begins in 1880....

‘Animorphs’ Transforming Into A Movie For All The ’90s Kids Out There Even thoughGoosebumpswas the pinnacle of popular books for kids in the 1990s, theAnimorphsseries wasn’t too far behind. The sci-fi series from authorK.A. Applegatefocused on five teens and an alien who have the ability to transform into any animal they touch. Using their powers of transformation, they battle a secret alien invasion of Earth by a parasitic, slug-like race of aliens called Yeerks who can control living creatures by merging with their brain through the ear canal....

‘Avengers Infinity War Part 1 And 2’ Will Be Written By ‘Captain America’ Writers [Confirmed] Did you like the firstCaptain Americamovie? How about the second? Did you sayespeciallythe second? Well, if that’s true – and you’re excited forCaptain America: Civil War– you’re going to be really excited for both parts ofAvengers: Infinity War. After the directors ofCaptain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, theRusso Brothers, have already signed to direct the two partAvengersepic....

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Short Film Introduces Dave Bautista’s Character; Find Out How The Film Is Tracking At The Box Office Blade Runner 2049is less than a month away and it’s fairly remarkable how little we actually know about this movie.Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to Ridley Scott’s science fiction classic has been holding its plot cards close the vest, with the trailers offering up stunning imagery and a vague shape of a story instead of telling us exactly what to expect....