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Fathom Events Will Screen ‘The Thing’ in Original Aspect Ratio After Fan Outrage
Fathom Events has planned screenings of John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film “The Thing” with projection in the original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 widescreen after previous screenings displayed the film in a cropped ratio of 1.85:1. Over this past weekend, Fathom held screenings celebrating the 40th anniversary of Carpenter’s classic. However, many ticket buyers were disappointed to see the film outside of its original format.
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Christian Bale on entering the MCU with Thor 4: 'I've done what? I haven't entered s---'
Don't expect the Dark Knight to be well-versed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Christian Bale claims he had no idea what the MCU was before he joined Thor: Love and Thunder. The Batman Begins star, set to make his Marvel debut as the villainous, goth-adjacent Gorr the God Butcher in the fourth instalment of the Thor franchise, shared as much in an interview with Total Film Magazine published Tuesday.
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Jurassic World: Dominion proves that the once-beloved franchise is ready for extinction
After three decades and six Jurassic Park movies, audiences have been treated to all kinds of adventures—good, bad, brisk, repetitive, you name it. Until Jurassic World: Dominion, I would never have expected one that’s utterly boring. Back in 2015, Jurassic World asked the question: What would happen if dinosaurs became so commonplace that they were no longer exciting? Dominion answers by making even the most unique dinosaur encounters so routine and uninspiring that even the people involved cannot muster the enthusiasm to be frightened.
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'Deadpool 3' won't be Disneyfied, say writers
Deadpool 3‘s writers has given an update on the new sequel, and have assured fans not to “worry” about the character under the ownership of Disney. While the first two films were made under 20th Century Fox before its purchase by Disney, allowing more R-Rated humour, there have been fears that the character may be reined in somewhat under the more family-friendly brand.
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Tom Cruise Soars to Highest Ever U.K. Opening With ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Tom Cruise is looking at the biggest hit of his career in the U.K. and Ireland with “Top Gun: Maverick.” The film scored a £15.9 million ($20 million) opening weekend (including Wednesday and Thursday previews), according to numbers released by Comscore.
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‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’ Trailer Teases Tom Cruise’s Biggest Stunts Ever
On the heels of “Top Gun: Maverick,” another Tom Cruise action franchise is back, with the first trailer of “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.” “Dead Reckoning” is the seventh entry in the spy thriller series, which stars Cruise as Ethan Hunt, a special agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The trailer shows the return of several “Mission: Impossible” series cast members, including franchise stalwart Ving Rhames...
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Cannes screens the last testament of filmmaker killed in Ukraine’s Mariupol
“Mariupolis 2”, a raw portrayal of Ukrainian civilians’ struggle for survival, was completed after the death of Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius. FRANCE 24 spoke to his partner and co-director,…
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'Top Gun: Maverick' star Jennifer Connelly reveals how Tom Cruise helped her get over fear of flying
Jennifer Connelly wasn’t about to admit her fear of flying to Tom Cruise as the action star asked her to take to the skies with him inside a vintage P-51.
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‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Prequel in the Works With Margot Robbie
The actor is attached to star in a prequel to “Ocean’s Eleven,” a heist comedy about con artists who rob hundreds of millions from a Las Vegas casino. The upcoming film is still in development at Warner Bros. and has not been greenlit.
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Natalie Portman Is Reportedly A Lot Funnier In Thor: Love and Thunder
After the insanity and gravity that came in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Studios will return to one of its funnier franchises with Thor: Love and Thunder in July. With Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman both in tow as the Gods of Thunder, this new solo outing looks to take the Thor franchise to new levels of excitement and hilarity at the same time.
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Mercedes LeAnza, Lead Creative Producer at Amazon Studios, Dies at 40
Mercedes Angelica LeAnza, a film and television producer who had been serving as a lead creative producer at Amazon Studios and Prime Video, died on April 10 of bile duct cancer. She was 40.
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China Box Office Falls to New Low as Cinemas Hit by Closures
China’s theatrical box office fell to a new low over the weekend as anti-COVID restrictions forces thousands of cinemas to close. Data from consultancy Artisan Gateway showed that nationwide box office across the world’s most populous country amounted to just $10.5 million. That was the lowest scoring weekend of 2022 and means the year-to-date cumulative at $2.42 billion is now running some 28% below last’s equivalent figure.
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Brie Larson Joins Fast & Furious 10
The next “Fast & Furious” is getting some additional Oscar-winning talent. Best Actress winner Brie Larson is joining the family for “Fast & Furious 10,” franchise star and producer Vin Diesel revealed on Instagram. A source with knowledge further confirmed news of Larson’s casting to TheWrap.
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Haven’t You Seen These 10 Epic Kristen Stewart Movies Yet?
Looking for some new Kristen Stewart movies? Yeah, I can understand. She has already been nominated for her performance as Princess Diana in her biopic, Spencer. So, the excitement to scroll through her new movies is justified.
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Going full meta: Nicolas Cage and the actors who love playing themselves
Acting is all about immersing yourself in a character, embracing someone else’s reality and leaving yourself behind in the process. That is, unless you go for the ultimate role: yourself. For those who have been unable to resist the allure of the familiar, appearing as a heightened version of themselves in a film can lead to one of the most intriguing performances of their career.
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Nicolas Cage Says He Doesn’t ‘Understand the Conflict’ Over ‘Masterful’ Marvel Movies vs. Art Films
Nicolas Cage doesn’t see eye to eye with his uncle, Francis Ford Coppola. After Coppola again slammed comic book films as “one prototype movie that is made over and over and over and over and over again to look different,” Cage revealed in a March GQ interview that he doesn’t “understand the conflict” between Marvel and independent cinema. “Yeah, why do they do that?” Cage posited to GQ regarding directors like Coppola and Scorsese bashing comic book films. “I don’t understand the conflict. I don’t agree with them on that perception or opinion.”
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Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Sees Jack Black's Return
Jack Black has returned to the “Kung Fu Panda” franchise. Black will return to voice Po in “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight,” a new animated original series coming soon to Netflix from DreamWorks Animation. Previously, he voiced the titular Kung Fu Panda in three DreamWorks Animation features, some short films that appeared on the home video releases of the films, and a Christmas special (2010’s “Kung Fu Panda Holiday”).
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Benedict Cumberbatch Expects ‘Doctor Strange 2’ to Challenge ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Box Office Record
Benedict Cumberbatch is Oscar-nominated this year, but already he’s looking ahead to his next film’s release: “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” in theaters May 6. The “Power of the Dog” star gushed to Empire magazine that the “Doctor Strange” sequel is a “big, big movie,” one that could rival the box office record–breaking “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in terms of scale.
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Stockholm Film Festival Says It Will Not Screen Any Russian State-Funded Films
The Stockholm Film Festival, due to run November 9-20, says it will not program any films that benefit from Russian state funding due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “That decision is regrettable but a necessary mark in a time like this. Russia’s actions are unacceptable,” said Beatrice Karlsson, program coordinator of the Stockholm Film Festival. The event added that the decision would stand as long as the current war is ongoing.
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MCU’s accident: Leaks Iron Man’s Return
‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ is one of the first MCU Phase 4 projects to be revealed, and it will see Marvel Studios thoroughly explore the concept of numerous universes. The notion has been explored in ‘Wanda Vision’, ‘Loki’, Marvel’s ‘What If…?’, and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, but the upcoming sequel will fully explore it as it becomes a big component in the franchise’s future. The plot details for the movie are still few, but different rumours about it have been circulating on the internet for some time.
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