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Josh Brolin Passes on HBO’s Green Lantern TV Show (Exclusive)
DC is now looking to put the power ring on another actor for 'Lanterns.'
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John Cassaday, Artist on Joss Whedon’s ‘Astonishing X-Men’ and Co-Creator of ‘Planetary,’ Dies at 52
The Eisner Award-winning illustrator also drew a run of "Captain America" while his Star Wars work set sales records.
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AMC’s $31 ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Drink Goes Viral (But There’s More to the Story)
The cinema chain's "Sandworm Slayer" blue gummy-topped promotional drink is turning heads.
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‘Agatha All Along’ Creator Jac Schaeffer Took Steps to Prevent a Repeat of ‘WandaVision’ Fan Theory Commotion
[The following story engages with Agatha All Along’s marketing campaign and does not contain major spoilers.] Jac Schaeffer’s WandaVision wasn’t supposed to kick off Marvel Studios’ foray into television on Disney+, but that pandemic-related pivot in early 2021 ended up going so well that the showrunner spun off her wildly successful series into the Kathryn […]
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Josh Brolin Passes on HBO’s Green Lantern TV Show (Exclusive)
Josh Brolin will not be wearing the ring, after all. The actor has passed on an offer to star in Lanterns, the DC Studios series based on the Green Lanterns superhero character, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Brolin was eyed to play Hal Jordan, the cocky Green Lantern hero previously played by Ryan Reynolds in […]
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John Cassaday, Artist on Joss Whedon’s ‘Astonishing X-Men’ and Co-Creator of ‘Planetary,’ Dies at 52
John Cassaday, the artist who co-created the influential turn-of-the-century comic Planetary and then drew an award-winning X-Men comic written by Joss Whedon for Marvel, has died. He was 52. His sister Robin Cassaday announced his death Monday on Facebook. She previously wrote that he had been admitted to the intensive care unit of Mount Sinai […]
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AMC’s $31 ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Drink Goes Viral (But There’s More to the Story)
The cinema chain's "Sandworm Slayer" blue gummy-topped promotional drink is turning heads
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‘Spider-Man 4’: Destin Daniel Cretton in Talks to Direct (Exclusive)
Destin Daniel Cretton is doing whatever a spider can. The filmmaker behind Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is in talks to sign on to direct Spider-Man 4. The move brings an end to speculation of who would spin the web for one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood. Cretton will bring fresh […]
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Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, and Esai Morales Enlist for Sci-Fi Action Movie ‘War Machine’ (Exclusive)
The Alan Ritchson action vehicle War Machine has found its battalion. Dennis Quaid, currently starring in Reagan, The Piano Lesson star Stephan James, Jai Courtney, and Esai Morales have been enlisted into War Machine, a sci-fi action movie that Patrick Hughes (The Man from Toronto) is directing for Netflix. Also on the call sheet are […]
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Box Office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Scares Up Near-Record $111M Domestic Opening
Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is off to a rip-roaring start at the domestic box office as if no time had passed between now and when the first film graced the big screen 36 years ago. From Warner Bros., the first event pic of the fall season opened to a monstrous $111 million, coming […]
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‘Agatha All Along’ EP Mary Livanos on the Ever-Changing Title Gag and Following Up a Chart-Topping Single
2013 indie darling Short Term 12 managed to collect a number of notable talents before their careers reached another level, and Agatha All Along executive producer Mary Livanos happens to have her own Marvel-related connection to it all. Besides names like Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield and Kaitlyn Dever, Short Term 12 marked the beginning of […]
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‘Agatha All Along’ Star Joe Locke on His Role’s Secrecy: Spoiling “Would Ruin the Whole Point of the Show”
With a name like Joe Locke, the 20-year-old star of Agatha All Along was practically born to play his top-secret role that’s currently regarded as “Teen.” The marketing for the Kathryn Hahn-led series establishes that Locke’s character is an Agatha Harkness fanboy who breaks Agatha free of the spell that Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) cast on […]
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‘Picard’ Actor Todd Stashwick Joins Paul Bettany in Marvel’s Vision Series (Exclusive)
Todd Stashwick, who played a key role season three of Star Trek: Picard, has joined Paul Bettany and James Spader in Marvel Studios’ untitled Vision series, the follow-up series to its Emmy-winning WandaVision. The actor is reuniting with Terry Matalas, the much-heralded showrunner Picard, who is spearheading the new show that has sometimes been referred […]
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Writers Tackling Horror Anthology Comic ‘Ice Cream Man’ for Screen Gems (Exclusive)
The Ice Cream Man is ready to ring you up a scoop of suffering. Sony genre label Screen Gems has acquired film rights to the horror anthology comic book that was written and created by W. Maxwell Prince. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the creators of the smash hit Wednesday series and writers of the new […]
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How ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Producer Tommy Harper Became a Franchise Whisperer
Tommy Harper is used to getting phone calls featuring unusual requests. His phone might ring and it’s Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski asking him to figure out how to film Top Gun: Maverick in real jets. Or J.J. Abrams is on the line, asking how to bring the massive crew of a Star Wars movie […]
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‘Wolf Man’ Trailer Teases Christopher Abbott’s Grisly Transformation
Things are getting hairy for Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner in the first teaser trailer for Wolf Man. Universal Pictures is set to release director Leigh Whannell’s horror feature in theaters Jan. 17, 2025. The film is a reimagining of the classic monster franchise that launched with 1941’s The Wolf Man. The new version centers […]
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Box Office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Delivers Pulpy $13M in Previews
The Juice is on the loose. Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice grossed a promising $13 million in Thursday and Wednesday previews at the North American box office. The Warner Bros. event pic is on course to deliver one of the biggest September openings of all time with anywhere from $90 million to $110 million […]
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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Tracking for Anemic $5M-Plus Domestic Opening
Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project Megalopolis is tracking for an anemic domestic opening in the $5 million-plus range against a budget of $120 million before marketing, according to one major Hollywood research firm. Another leading service thinks it could come in at between $6 million to $8 million. Either way, that would rank among the […]
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‘The Killer’s Game’ Star Sofia Boutella Talks Her Action Respite and ‘Rebel Moon’ Character’s Future
Sofia Boutella desperately needed a break from action, and J.J. Perry’s The Killer’s Game provided exactly that. After devoting nearly the entirety of 2022 to her most physically demanding role yet as Kora/Arthelais in Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon franchise, Boutella was relieved that she didn’t have to bear the burden of being the primary action […]
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