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Chiwetel Ejiofor Reveals Whether Doctor Strange 2’s Baron Mordo Was A Victim Of The Snap Arguably the biggest event in the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe remains The Blip (formerly known as The Snap), the catastrophic event that wiped out half of all life in the universe with the snap ofThanos' fingers. Though the event has continued to affect the entire MCU, and its repercussions can be felt on every project since then (except “Moon Knight”), we have seen rather little of it from the perspective of side characters....

Cowboy Bebop Ending Explained: She’s More Than Just A Pretty Face Netflix’s live-action “Cowboy Bebop” adaptation took somepretty major detoursaway from its source material, leaving some fans frustrated, others elated, and many a little confused. The 10-episode first season followed space cowboys Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) and Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir) as they tried to catch bounty-heads and put food on the table, all while dealing with Spike’s violent past, Faye’s amnesia, and Jet’s family problems....

Cyrus Movie Trailer: The Duplass Brothers Give Jonah Hill A Chance To Grow We’ve been writing aboutCyrus, the new film from theDuplass Brothers,for a while — it was announced last year, shot quickly and is now at Sundance. And until about halfway through this trailer I’d completely forgotten thatJonah Hillwas in the film. Then, when he shows up, after just a couple of lines I was floored. Hill looks great in this....

David O. Russell Reveals A Bit More About ‘Uncharted’ David O. Russellis still working on the script for his adaptation of the video game series Uncharted that will potentially starMark Wahlbergas Nathan Drake and featureRobert De NiroandJoe Pesciin supporting roles. We know that he’s using ‘family’ as the hook for the story, and have already been led to expect quite a few story changes from what is in the game. Now he has explained his take on the story in just a bit more detail....

Disney Acquires 20th Century Fox In Landmark Deal, Now Owns A Bunch Of Your Favorite Things Disney and Fox have officially finalized the monumental deal that could alter the very landscape of the entertainment industry. The Walt Disney Company announced that will acquire key entertainment assets from 21st Century Fox in a $52.4 billion deal. This includes the much-debated purchase of 20th Century Fox film studio and TV studio, as well as a few sports assets from 21st Century Fox....

Downton Abbey: A New Era Review: A Vibrant And Emotional Sequel That Brings Out The Best Of These Charming Characters It didn’t seem to matter that"Downton Abbey"had come to a close with its sixth and final season, because people wanted more of these characters. I hopped aboard the show right around its third season when it was airing on PBS' Masterpiece Theater in the US. About a month before the fourth season was about to premiere here, I attended an event put on by PBS in my college town where the place was packed from wall to wall with its most ardent fans, most of whom skewed older....

Exclusive: J.J. Abrams Explains Why Leia’s Hug In ‘The Force Awakens’ Was Probably A “Mistake” One of the bigger fan nitpicks aboutStar Wars: The Force Awakensconcerns a scene in the final minutes of the film: I’m talking about General Leia Organa’s hug (I’m being vague, because spoilers… not that there is a single person reading this post that has yet to see the movie yet).This morning I had the pleasure of chatting withForce AwakensdirectorJ....

Exclusive: The Future Of ‘Star Wars’ Will Be Told In VR With Big-Name Directors And Top Screenwriters The future ofStar Warswill not just be on the movie screen, in books, and in video games. We’ll also be experiencing stories from the future of the Star Wars galaxy through the new medium of virtual reality. And while it’s just in the experimental phase now, Lucasfilm and Disney are developing new stories to connect with the upcoming films that will be directed by big-name filmmakers and screenwriters....

Finally, Here’s The Entire Cliff Beasts Timeline Laid Out In One Video Netflix really seems to be doubling down on the “Cliff Beasts” franchise. After yesterday’s teaser trailer for the sixth entry in the franchise, formally known as “Cliff Beasts 6: The Battle for Everest – Memories of a Requiem” (stylized as “Bea6ts”), the streamer released today a full explainer for the entire timeline of the “Cliff” series. That’s right, Netflix is filling SEO for its own fictional movie-within-a-movie, and it is actually kind of hilarious....

Gary Ross Will Not Direct ‘Catching Fire;’ For Real This Time BeforeThe Hunger Gameswas released, I spoke withGary Rosson numerous occasionsand each time he seemed extremely confident he’d be back to direct the sequel,Catching Fire. He’d hand selected thescreenwriter, hadthoughtsabout casting and Lionsgate even seta release date. Then his film blew up into an gargantuan success andrumors began swirlingRoss wasn’t going to come back.The Playlistthenconfirmed this. Days later,Deadlinewrote otherwiseand we all just thought it was public posturing for a bigger check....

How The Multiverse Works In Spider-Man: No Way Home Now that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is in theaters, it’s time to dig into the nitty gritty of the multiverse. The movie doesn’t follow the promise of “Loki,” whichunleashed the multiversealong with the promise of several worrisome versions of thevillain known as Kang the Conqueror(to beplayed by Jonathan Majorsin “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” in 2023). Instead, the multiverse, as we experience it in the “Spider-Man” sequel, is a result of Peter Parker tampering too much with a spell that Doctor Strange attempted to cast in order to make almost everyone forget that Peter Parker was Spider-Man, including the (former) Sorcerer Supreme himself....

Joe Wright’s Next Movie Is The Psychological Thriller ‘The Woman In The Window’ Fresh off his Oscar-nominated World War II movieDarkest Hour,Joe Wrighthas already found his next project. Wright is directing an adaptation ofThe Woman in the Window, a psychological thriller about a reclusive woman who witnesses something she shouldn’t. Joe Wright is directing the psychological thrillerThe Woman in the Windowfor Fox 2000,Varietyreports.Tracy Letts(August: Osage County) will pen the script, whileScott Rudin(The Social Network) andEli Bush(Lady Bird) are set to produce the picture....

Louisiana Police Apologize For Using ‘The Purge’ Siren To Signal The Start Of Coronavirus Curfew InThe Purge,a blaring siren signals the start of violence and mayhem as all crimes — including murder — become legal for 12 hours. It’s only the dystopian premise of a fictional horror series, thank goodness, but every once in a while, when the world gets really bad, the internet will joke that we’re not too far from going through a real-lifePurge....