In this edition of Sequel Bits:
- The Nightmare Before Christmas is finally getting a sequel (just not in the form fans might have been hoping for)
- Who will direct Fantastic Beasts 4 and 5?
- The Disney+ sequel to Stargirl has added a new cast member
- Downton Abbey 2 was waylaid by the coronavirus
- Will Sacha Baron Cohen make Borat 3?
- And more!
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?
This week, we take true crime a little less seriously, remember what it was like to be 16, wait longingly for our lover, get force-fed more dystopian, young adult nonsense from the guy who gave us Divergent, and work through some issues at a shiva.
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Tahar Rahim is currently a dark-horse awards contender for his performance in The Mauritanian, a legal thriller based on the memoir of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who was innocent for the crimes for which he was imprisoned. But in the upcoming Netflix limited series The Serpent, Rahim is playing a real-life con man and serial killer who was guilty of all his crimes, and probably more. Watch The Serpent trailer below.
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A day after a horde of Twitter users completely lost their minds talking about the perceived attractiveness of a cartoon rabbit from a movie aimed at children, the director of Space Jam: A New Legacy has revealed some new information about Lola Bunny, the female member of the Tune Squad basketball team in the original Space Jam and its upcoming sequel. It sounds like filmmaker Malcolm D. Lee and his team put a lot of energy into de-sexualizing the character, but he also revealed that when audiences are re-introduced to Lola, she’ll be hanging out with the Amazons from WB and DC’s Wonder Woman movies. Yes, really. Read More »
FX is striking Pose from its line-up.
This morning, the co-creators of the groundbreaking, history-making drama series announced that the show is ending with its upcoming third season, which will premiere this May. Read their comments and see some reactions from the cast below.
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In less than two weeks, Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be unleashed via HBO Max. The four-hour re-cut of Justice League will answer the prayers of fans everywhere, and bring with it a whole new soundtrack to boot. The theatrical cut of Justice League used the music of Danny Elfman, but Zack Snyder‘s new cut of the film features a score courtesy of Tom Holkenborg, AKA Junkie XL. A new cut from Holkenborg’s score has been released, along with the complete tracklist, which features a whopping 54 tracks.
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Oscar season is always a mixed bag for movie lovers. For many, it’s a chance to heap praise and awards on the best films of last year, but for most others, it’s an exclusive horse race for which they’ve only seen a few of the contenders. Arthouse movies are just that — films for the arthouse, frequently only seen at film festivals or during limited theatrical releases, and often not available for the wider audience to see until long after the Oscar ceremony is over. But NEON is making all six of their Oscar shortlisted titles available to anyone with an account on the movie review website Letterboxd.
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Paramount+ is here, bringing yet another streaming service into an already crowded market. To be fair, Paramount+ isn’t entirely new – it’s a rebranding of CBS All Access, with even more stuff. But will it find subscribers in a world that’s already oversaturated with studios launching their own streaming services? Time will tell! For now, in the spirit of drawing in viewers, Paramount+ has released a series of premiere episodes of various shows directly to YouTube, and we’ve gone ahead and rounded them up below.
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For the California residents who have been eager to return to Disneyland in the era of the coronavirus pandemic, the Happiest Place on Earth will soon be able to reopen its gates and let them back inside.
After a year of closures and a lengthy stalemate regarding the immediate future of the parks, the California health department has issued updated guidelines indicating that Disneyland, Universal, and other California-based theme parks will be able to open back up on April 1, 2021. But only California residents will be able to attend…for the time being, anyway.
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Back in 2019, Judd Apatow teamed up with Billy Eichner to produce a yet-to-be-titled romantic comedy starring and written by the Billy on the Street host and comedian. Two years later, that rom-com now has a name and a release date, and a history-making precedent that will set it apart from the rest of the genre.
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