Why will we have to wait until Shazam 3 for Black Adam to square off with Zachary Levi? How close is Avengers: Endgame to surpassing Avatar at the global box office? Do some inactive Facebook pages hint at what Marvel is announcing at Comic-Con? What deleted scene from Avengers: Infinity War featured a trippy Guardians of the Galaxy moment? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits. Read More »
Unless you spent this past spring trapped in the burned-out ruins of Harrenhal, you probably know that HBO’s Game of Thrones came to an end a couple of months ago. That shortened final season drew some loud, negative responses from many viewers – but fear not, for author George R.R. Martin is not the reactionary type. If you think he saw the divisive reaction to the show’s ending and is currently scrambling to make changes to his A Song of Ice and Fire ending, rest easy knowing that he’s not going to change a damn thing. (Whether he’ll ever finish writing, of course, still remains to be seen.) Read More »
In this edition of Theme Park Bits:
- Rise of the Resistance gets an opening date on both coasts.
- That fighting family from Disneyland denies anything happened.
- A new Pirates of the Caribbean themed frozen treat
- And more!
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When The Predator arrived last year, it was to mostly mixed responses. While there was plenty of bloody action to behold and a great ensemble to revive the sci-fi action franchise, there was something about the final cut of the movie that felt slapped together, almost like pieces of the movie were missing. And since the movie underwent reshoots that significantly altered the ending, it’s clear that something went on behind the scenes resulting in an entertaining mess. And now we know more about that debacle. Read More »
In this edition of Star Wars Bits:
- Find out why Han never paid back Jabba the Hutt
- Watch a new Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures animated short
- Learn why Daisy Ridley almost quit Star Wars
- See what you think about some Rise of Skywalker predictions
- Check out some leaked images of The Mandalorian shirts
- All that and more
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Jake Gyllenhaal‘s Mysterio, aka Quentin Beck, makes a big entrance in the opening minutes of Spider-Man: Far From Home, blasting into frame and announcing himself as a new hero in front of Nick Fury and Maria Hill. But while that flashy introduction got everyone’s attention, there was a different moment in the film in which Quentin Beck blended in so well that he went totally unnoticed. Read about Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio cameo below, and see a photo of what he was wearing that day so you can try to spot him during a rewatch.
Fair warning, though: spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home are ahead. Read More »
Parental grief can take many forms, but for Noomi Rapace’s Lizzie in Angel of Mine, it takes the form of deranged stalking and kidnapping. The domestic thriller stars the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo actress as a grieving mother who becomes obsessed with another woman’s daughter after she comes to believe that the girl is her own dead daughter. Watch the Angel of Mine trailer below.
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The 1920s weren’t as buttoned-up as modern day audiences would believe: skirts were shortening, bohemians were thriving, and literary icons were embarking on lesbian affairs. The latter is the subject of Vita & Virginia, the upcoming historical drama starring Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki as writers Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, respectively, who fall in love against the backdrop of high society 1920s England. Watch the Vita and Virginia trailer below.
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Even though Avengers: Endgame ended up not being able to topple James Cameron’s Avatar as the highest-grossing movie of all time, Marvel Studios still has plenty to be proud of. This year’s colossal sequel, which marked the culmination of more than a decade of superhero movies, turned out to be pretty damn great, and the studio is extending its victory lap beyond the sure-to-be-adoring crowd of Comic-Con’s Hall H on a nine-city tour across the country, bringing special guests along for the festivities.
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Cool Posts From Around the Web:
Amazon wants more shows about dudes named Jack. The media company, which already has Jack Ryan to their name, just won the rights to develop a Jack Reacher TV series. The series will adapt the still-going book series from Lee Child. Child’s work was previously adapted into two films starring Tom Cruise, but you can safely assume Cruise won’t be the lead in the new Amazon series.
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