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Dec 10, 2018
The refreshingly modern historical movie The Favourite (above) and the groundbreaking action adventure Black Panther led the film nominations for the 24th annual Critics' Choice Awards. First Man, Mary Poppins Returns, A Star Is Born and Vice also scored big.
Alfonso Cuarón received four nominations for Roma, including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Other multiple film award nominees include Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Spike Lee...
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Dec 10, 2018
Five years after the Gareth Edwards-helmed reboot of Godzilla, the sequel is finally stomping into theaters very soon. Godzilla: King of the Monsters will be an even bigger movie, pitting the iconic title creature against three classic foes. Who will win the battle? Well, the next installment is called Godzilla vs. Kong, so let that help your guess.
Still, Godzilla isn't going to have an easy fight in King of Monsters, as we see in the second trailer. And anyway, humanity...
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Dec 10, 2018
The chilly month of December has warmed up nicely, thanks to superheroes. The animated adventure Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (above), opening in theaters this coming Friday, December 14, has already received rave reviews. Advance word on Aquaman, opening in theaters the following Friday, December 21, has also been very positive.
To further stoke the excitement, Marvel Studios released two new trailers last week, with a third tipped for wide release soon. Let's look a bit closer at...
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Dec 07, 2018
Bradley Cooper's directorial debut, A Star Is Born, is a powerful emotional experience that has won acclaim from critics. It's also proven to be quite popular with audiences worldwide, earning more than $360 million to date.
What makes the film special? No doubt it's a combination of factors, starting with Cooper himself. He stars as Jack, a longtime singer and songwriter who has enjoyed much success, but finds himself struggling with age and addiction. Then he discovers Ally,...
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Dec 07, 2018
In Vox Lux, Natalie Portman portrays Celeste, a famed pop star who burst into stardom as a teenager. Now raising her own teenage daughter, she is struggling to navigate a career that has been plagued with scandals.
Part of Celeste's troubles stem from her dealings with the press. Our online-exclusive clip captures an interview with a journalist that quickly becomes feisty as the testy pop star endeavors to remain positive when a past scandal is brought up. Spoiler: she doesn't quite...
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Dec 07, 2018
Ever since the devastating ending of Avengers: Infinity War, moviegoers have been dying to see what happens next and find out just what's become of not only half of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe. The fourth crossover tentpole of the franchise, Avengers: Endgame, will see theatrical release just under a year later, hopefully with all our questions answered.
The first trailer for Endgame has now arrived to give fans hope that the surviving...
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Dec 06, 2018
Universal Pictures has pulled back the curtains on Mortal Engines, a steampunk fantasy film presented by Peter Jackson. Jackson is also responsible for the film's screenplay alongside writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the trio behind The Lord of the Rings.
Mortal Engines promises to be one of the biggest special effects spectacles of the year, and ahead of the release, we chatted with director Christian Rivers about the challenges of creating the movie's villain,...
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Dec 06, 2018
The nominees for the 76th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning in Hollywood, bringing the best in movies and television from 2018 to the forefront of awards sea-son. We already learned this week that Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg will host the awards ceremony when it's televised on NBC on January 6, 2019. Oh will be the first Asian woman to host a major awards show.
Among the happy surprises are multiple nominations for Black Panther, including a nod for Best Picture - Drama....
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Dec 04, 2018
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Tessa Thompson is one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood these days. Between her entertaining turn on the big screen in Thor: Ragnarok as the enigmatic Valkyrie to her attention-grabbing performance on the small screen in HBO's Westworld as the scheming corporate operative Charlotte Hale, not to mention her provocative appearance in Janelle Monáe's music video, "Pynk"),...
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Dec 04, 2018
At a recent visit to the set of Marvel's highly anticipated Captain Marvel, Fandango had a chance to discover from star Brie Larson what it is like playing Carol Danvers, one of Marvel's most powerful superheroes and, arguably, the mightiest Avenger.
Acting since the age of six, when she became the youngest student ever admitted to the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Larson eventually moved with her mother and sister to Los Angeles. Primarily homeschooled,...
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Dec 03, 2018
We are well into awards season, that special time of year when more high-quality dramas than usual take their place in movie theaters alongside action blockbusters, broad comedies and family adventures. Often set in the past, such awards contenders draw appreciative audiences who welcome a change in pace from typical fare on the big screen.
Recent releases include Roma (pictured above), inspired by filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón's own youth in Mexico; historical comedy-drama The...
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Nov 30, 2018
Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
EXCLUSIVE MOVIE GUIDE
The movies to see this holiday season: We highlight 21 big movies worthy of your attention through the end of the year, from holiday family fare to the most notable awards contenders. Check out our slideshow guide to this season's movies, including Mary Poppins Returns, here.
BEHIND-THE-SCENES REPORT
The fantasy world of Artemis Fowl: We...
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Nov 29, 2018
Fresh out of rehab, former cop Megan Reed (Shay Mitchell) can imagine nothing more soothing and relaxing than working by herself on the graveyard shift at a hospital morgue. What could possibly go wrong when you're surrounded by dead people?
In The Possession of Hannah Grace, everything goes wrong for poor Megan after the arrival of the titular corpse, a young woman who obviously suffered greatly before she died. "Megan thinks she's hearing things," explains Mitchell. Yet...
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Nov 28, 2018
Superheroes come in all shapes and sizes, but we've rarely seen that on the big screen in animated form. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will unleash a new kind of superhero in a new kind of animated adventure, featuring a young man who still has a lot of learning to do.
In the exciting clip, we see Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man (voiced by Jake Johnson), teamed up with young Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore). They breezily walk through a facility where they don't belong,...
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Nov 28, 2018
It is unlike any Spider-Man movie before, and it is on the verge of redefining the way animated movies are made. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse swings into theaters on December 14, and with it comes a super-inventive and visually stunning story that introduces a new Spider-Man of color in Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), along with a smattering of other Spidey characters born out of the character's deep-rooted comics history.
Into the Spider-Verse is essentially about a young kid...
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Nov 27, 2018
Fans of the Artemis Fowl books have been waiting a long time for the title character to appear on the big screen. The first of Eoin Colfer's eight books in the young adult (YA) series was published back in 2001, and there were plans at that time for a movie adaptation. Disney picked up the rights five years ago and things started to look positive. Now, we've got a 2019 release to anticipate.
We've also got the first teaser trailer for Artemis Fowl. Despite having just over...
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Nov 27, 2018
Young people continue to be enchanted anew by Transformers, creatures who start off looking like toys before becoming mighty warriors. Yet their appeal transcends generations, as the filmmakers behind the new Transformers adventure Bumblebee explain in a new video.
"I'm a child of the 80s," director Travis Knight says in the video. "I grew up playing with the Transformers action figures." John Cena declares: "I vividly remember transforming Optimus Prime."...
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Nov 27, 2018
The older Kenneth Branagh gets, the more he values 90-minute movies. "Maybe that's a bladder issue. I don't know," he jokes on the set of Disney's Artemis Fowl. Though, he admits he "inflicted very, very long movie experiences on people" in the past. While in between shooting the movie adaptation of author Eoin Colfer's fantasy book series, he would "watch a 90-minute classic" and "see how master filmmakers did things swiftly."...
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Nov 26, 2018
From the colorful and whimsical to the big, bold and daring, this holiday season promises a whole bunch of new movies guaranteed to entertain in a multitude of ways. The 2018 Fandango Holiday Movie Preview is now here, featuring over 20 upcoming titles arriving in theaters between right now and the end of the year. Whether you're craving more dynamic superhero stories or more dramatic Oscar contenders, we have your complete guide right here.
Click here for our full Holiday Movie Preview...
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Nov 26, 2018
Michael B. Jordan first gained notice as a teenage drug dealer in David Simon's superb series The Wire way back in 2002. He stood out again on the small screen in both Friday Night Lights and Parenthood before his startling turn in Ryan Coogler's charged, true-life drama Fruitvale Station. That led to his sterling starring role as Adonis Johnson in Coogler's gritty and surprising sports film Creed.
Earlier this year, Jordan showed his range with his gripping, villainous...
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Nov 26, 2018
After the monster success of Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book in 2016, Disney announced that the director would take the helm of another "reimagining" of an animated classic, The Lion King. A string of casting announcements followed as we eagerly awaited a peek at footage.
Now the first teaser has been released, and it looks amazing. It's a new version of the opening scene of the original animated classic, featuring the voice of James Earl Jones. Here's everything we know...
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Nov 26, 2018
Exclusive Image: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast perform a big musical number from Mary Poppins Returns entitled, "Trip A Little Light Fantastic."
It's been 54 years since Mary Poppins last graced us with her colorful and spirited presence on the big screen, but now she's back in Mary Poppins Returns (in theaters December 19) -- this time beautifully played by Emily Blunt -- in a story that picks up years later, in Depression-era London, with the Banks'...
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Nov 21, 2018
"When you die, you die" is a phrase that is repeated several times in the trailer for The Possession of Hannah Grace, which is a thought that can reassure anyone worried that the dead might return to life in a very bad mood. Of course, countless horror movies have sought to disprove that phrase by reanimating corpses to very frightening effect.
The Possession of Hannah Grace introduces the protagonist in a sympathetic manner before quickly moving on to its scary setup, making sure...
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Nov 21, 2018
The road trip is a time-honored cinematic tradition that is renewed with a very real sense of racism and danger in Green Book. Rather than a dry historical treatment, however, director Peter Farrelly infuses the film with wry humor and a welcome consideration of the roots of the differences that can divide us.
Remaining focused on the two lead characters bolsters the film immeasurably, since we get to know them intimately, even as they get to know each other. The relationship is...
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Nov 20, 2018
Before Ryan Coogler directed the original Creed and Steven Caple Jr. followed up with Creed II, the two filmmakers attended USC together as film students. Coogler was a senior when Caple Jr. was a freshman, and they formed a bond that would eventually act as a catalyst for Caple Jr. -- who had only directed one feature film previously, 2016's The Land -- to lead the Creed sequel.
In Creed II, Caple Jr. builds off Coogler's rich, character-driven film with a story that...
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Nov 20, 2018
If you seek more grown-up fare at the multiplex, you'll be wishing for Serenity now. The steamy thriller has a terrific cast of dramatic talents, including Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, and a premise that is sure to pique the curiosity of anyone who enjoys old-fashioned crime plots with modern twists.
Yes, Serenity is classified as a neo-noir, and its second trailer has dropped just in time to be a part of everyone's favorite month-long classic-film...
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Nov 20, 2018
Five years have passed since the events in the animated smash-hit The Lego Movie. Construction worker Emmet Brickowski (voiced by Chris Pratt) still thinks everything is awesome! Yet his friend Lucy (voiced by Elizabeth Banks) is far more somber, talking about a "new life that has hardened and toughened us all."
The new trailer for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part shows us a dangerous new threat that could spell doom for the citizens of Bricksburg. Of course, Emmet won't...
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Nov 20, 2018
Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) needs help. In the early 18th century, England is at war with France, but the frail Queen's most pressing need arises in her own household, where her close friend and trusted advisor Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) finds herself battling with charming, ambitious new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) for the ear of the ailing Queen.
In our exclusive images, we can enjoy elegant looks in full, flowing costume of Queen Anne, as well as individual portraits of the Queen...
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Nov 19, 2018
If Mary Poppins ever left the nanny game, she'd be primed for a career in fashion. There's something almost Wintour-ian about her careful posture and stern lines, but Mary Poppins is way more of an influencer than one to be influenced. As the character who first debuted in Mary Poppins will reappear on the big screen in Mary Poppins Returns, out December 19, Academy Award winning costume designer Sandy Powell had to decide how this Mary - whose reemergence is set 25 years after...
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Nov 19, 2018
Calling all superhero fans, it's time to go for a swim! Tickets for DC's Aquaman (in theaters December 21) are now officially on sale here at Fandango, and to celebrate we are debuting this brand new banner above (click on the image to enlarge).
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin...
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Nov 19, 2018
In Ralph Breaks the Internet, former rivals Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) and Vanellope (voiced by Sarah Silverman) are now close friends. A new Wi-Fi router in the arcade, however, leads them on a new, wild adventure. They meet new friends Shank (voiced by Gal Gadot) and Yesss (voiced by Taraji P. Henson), while also encountering new challenges that will test their friendship.
Now Disney has released a series of Ralph Breaks the Internet activity sheets for children. Kids will love the...
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Nov 19, 2018
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Nov 19, 2018
This past weekend marked the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the highly-anticipated new chapter in the so-called Wizarding World series, which was defined by the Harry Potter films from 2001-2011. Two years ago, the series was handed off to a new lead in Eddie Redmayne's magizoologist Newt Scamander - referenced in the Harry Potter books as well as in at least one of the films - resulting in the original Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them....
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Nov 19, 2018
The second installment in a new series written expressly for the big screen by J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is also the tenth film in the Harry Potter universe. Popular interest has been quite strong, as the movie has already earned more than $253 million at the box office worldwide.
Three more installments in the Fantastic Beasts series await, with the next film scheduled for release on November 20, 2020. Before that happens, what other major franchise sequels...
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Nov 16, 2018
Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
SAD NEWS
Comic book legend Stan Lee passed away: Stan "The Man" Lee, who created many of the most iconic Marvel Comics characters and has cameoed in many of their movies, died at age 95. Read our tribute to the legendary co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and many more here.
FESTIVAL REPORT
The best of the AFI Film Festival: We attended...
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Nov 16, 2018
After multiple rounds of film festivals from Venice to Telluride to Toronto to New York that all occur in the span of a little more than a month, the AFI Film Festival is where the almanac of festival movies comes to a close. The Hollywood-set film festival, curated by the American Film Institute, gets a few splashy world premieres (this year On The Basis of Sex, Mary Queen of Scots and Netflix's Bird Box) but it's also the last theatrical release for many titles before Oscar voters...
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Nov 15, 2018
Disney's new, live-action Dumbo draws upon an animated film that was released during troubling times. Yet the original's simplicity and warmth attracted audiences in large numbers, and it subsequently has been recognized as a family classic.
Now the first trailer for the new version has been released, presenting events initially from the perspective of two children at a circus before soaring outward. It, too, looks like a film with a positive spirit and an encouraging...
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Nov 15, 2018
In Creed II, newly-crowned champion Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) is challenged to face the son of the boxer who killed his father in the ring. The great Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) returns to help him train, but there is something else that he needs.
In our exclusive clip, Adonis sits down to have a heart-to-heart chat with Bianca (Tiffany Thompson), the love of his life. The boxer's relationship with the aspiring singer has only deepened in recent times, but she has expressed...
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Nov 14, 2018
Dwayne Johnson returns to the WWE ring every now and then, but he's mostly considered a movie star these days. But he's combining both worlds next year with the biographical comedy Fighting With My Family. The movie will feature Johnson playing himself in support of the story of the Bevis family of wrestlers.
While Johnson, a.k.a. "The Rock," is not the star of Fighting With My Family, he is one of its producers and appears prominently in the first trailer, which made...
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Nov 12, 2018
Comic book writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee has passed away, according to The Hollywood Reporter and multiple other sources. He was 95 years old.
It would be impossible to underestimate Lee's influence upon multiple generations of comic book readers and creators, as well as movie lovers and filmmakers. He has left a lasting mark on popular culture, thanks to the textured and beloved characters he created and/or developed, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, The Fantastic Four,...
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Nov 12, 2018
In an abandoned section of an old park in Depression-era London, with streets so dark, shadows merely shimmer like suggestions of shadows, a group of lamplighters - clad in jackets, vests, and clothes that would be almost dapper if not how worked-in they look - gather beneath streetlamps with ladders and on bicycles.
They're performing "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" - an energetic, contagious song and dance number - the song in the forthcoming Mary...
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Nov 12, 2018
You weren't expecting that the first truly great video game movie would also be a Pokémon movie, did you? All signs point to the former being a possibility, with Warner Bros.' live-action adaptation of the Nintendo game Detective Pikachu, starring everyone's favorite snarky voice actor, Ryan Reynolds.
The first trailer for the upcoming movie (watch it down below) hints that, thanks to Reynolds voicing the title character, this is sort of going to be Deadpool for...
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Nov 12, 2018
Crime thrillers offer audiences the opportunity to live vicariously through the heroes and villians portrayed on screen. Often those characters are brooding and brutal, manly men who have little time for the women in their lives; they are too busy planning spectacular crimes and scheming how they'll spend their ill-gotten gains.
Widows flips the book, so to speak, smashing stereotypes and placing a strong group of women at the heart of an intense crime drama. The film has received very...
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Nov 12, 2018
A cheerful comedy about a grouchy creature who doesn't like Christmas, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, opened over the weekend to grand success. Benedict Cumberbatch, who portrays the titular character with gruff yet winsome authority, leads the voice cast in the animated holiday adventure, joined by Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury and Pharrell Williams.
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch is ideal for families. More family films are coming soon to theaters, including Ralph Breaks the...
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Nov 09, 2018
Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Steven Spielberg is redoing The Color Purple as a musical: Steven Spielberg is revisiting his first serious drama by producing an adaptation of the Broadway musical version of The Color Purple, partnering again with Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones. Read everything we know about the remake here.
GREAT NEWS
Chris McKay is directing...
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Nov 08, 2018
In the fall of 1964, the animated series Jonny Quest debuted on television in prime time, to the delight of children (and some adults) everywhere. After 26 episodes, the sci-fi/action-adventure show was canceled, yet it lived on in the memories of everyone who saw it, whether during the original broadcast or in syndication. The show was revived, first in the 1980s and then in the 1990s.
Now a planned, live-action version for the big screen is finally moving forward (again). Chris McKay (The...
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Nov 08, 2018
In Missing Link, LAIKA's upcoming film by director Chris Butler (ParaNorman), the studio shines a bigger, brighter light on the art of stop motion animation and expands the type of stories created with it.
Missing Link follows the epic adventures of monster hunter Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman), who travels to the Pacific Northwest and discovers a creature widely considered to be a myth: the legendary missing link, aka Mr. Link (Zach Galifianakis). Together they travel the globe in...
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Nov 07, 2018
Five years after Breaking Bad concluded its five-season run on AMC, the show is getting a feature-length sequel. As originally revealed by the Albuquerque Journal, the Breaking Bad movie is set to begin filming in New Mexico (where the show is set and was also filmed) later this month under the alias working title "Greenbrier."
Following that initial report, /Film confirmed the movie, but whether this will be a theatrical release or a broadcast or streaming feature is still...
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Nov 07, 2018
It's been eight years since Lisbeth Salander last surfaced on the big screen as part of a big English-language adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Now she's back in The Girl in the Spider's Web (in theaters November 9; tickets now on sale) - this time portrayed by The Crown actress Claire Foy - in a more explosive story that centers on Salander and the complicated history she has with her own family.
Lisbeth is...
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Nov 06, 2018
It's been eight years since Lisbeth Salander last surfaced on the big screen as part of a big English-language adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Now she's back in The Girl in the Spider's Web (in theaters November 9; tickets now on sale) - this time portrayed by The Crown actress Claire Foy - in a more explosive story that centers on Salander and the complicated history she has with her own family. Spider's...
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Nov 06, 2018
Hugh Jackman said goodbye to his popular alter-ego Wolverine in the magnificent Logan, and then followed that up with his charming performance as P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman. Now he embodies seasoned politician Gary Hart in The Front Runner. A leading contender for the U.S. presidential nomination in 1988, Hart became embroiled in a scandal that derailed his campaign.
In our exclusive video, Jackman notes that Hart valued his private time, so when certain questions arose about his...
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Nov 05, 2018
As long as you're going to remake a movie, you might as well do something different with the material. That's why musical remakes are so much more interesting than straight rehashes. They tend to follow the original movie being turned into a Broadway musical with that stage production then being re-adapted for the screen. We've seen it recently with Hairspray and The Producers, but music-infused remakes used to be a pretty common occurrence in Hollywood.
Now Steven...
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Nov 05, 2018
While segments of Star Wars fandom continue to try and advocate for a spin-off film featuring Obi-Wan Kenobi between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, comics-based movie fans were given one hell of a surprise this week when we learned that actor Ewan McGregor would be jumping into superhero film for the first time -- specifically, into the DC Universe.
McGregor will join the cast of the upcoming Birds of Prey as Roman Sionis/Black Mask in the film, to be directed by Cathy...
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Nov 05, 2018
Rami Malek stars as Freddie Mercury, lead singer of famed rock band Queen, in Bohemian Rhapsody (above), which opened over the weekend to great interest from audiences. The musical biopic earned an estimated $50 million in the U.S., per Box Office Mojo, and has now grossed more than $141 million worldwide.
Naturally, our thoughts turn to what's next in the world of music-themed biographical portraits, and we don't have to wait long. Here's a look at three upcoming movies that...
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Nov 05, 2018
Note: we discuss a few of the film's plot points in this interview, so here's your potential spoiler warning - read at your own risk!
When Ralph Breaks the Internet hits theaters on November 21 (tickets officially on sale now here at Fandango), it will make Disney history as the extremely rare theatrical sequel to a Disney Animation movie. Prior to Ralph Breaks the Internet -- a sequel to the 2012 hit, Wreck-It Ralph -- the last intentional theatrical sequel from the Disney toon...
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Nov 02, 2018
Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Julius Avery will direct the Flash Gordon remake: Perfectly timed to the week of a Queen biopic's release, an update on the Flash Gordon remake arrived, naming Overlord helmer Julius Avery as writer and director. Read everything we know about the project here.
GREAT NEWS
Andy Muschietti is making an Attack on Titan...
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Nov 02, 2018
Young Jared (Lucas Hedges) has been raised by his loving, devout parents (Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman) in a small, close-knit town. When rumors begin to circulate about him, however, he finally decides he must talk with his parents, as revealed in our exclusive clip from Boy Erased.
His father, a Baptist pastor, and his mother must reconcile their own firmly-held beliefs with their love for their son. Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program and comes into conflict...
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Nov 01, 2018
Margot Robbie will reprise her Suicide Squad role as Harley Quinn in the upcoming Birds of Prey; she will also serve as a producer. Her character was very much her own woman; smart, strong and sassy, she did whatever she felt was best for herself in any particular moment. So it should be exciting to see her lead the way in a project that's been described as a "girl gang movie."
Ewan McGregor, who most recently played a heroic family man in Christopher Robin (above), leads the...
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Nov 01, 2018
A swirling tale of darkness, director Guadagnino's Suspiria is set at a dance company in Berlin in 1977. It was a troubling time for the fabled European city and that's reflected fully in the film's dense and brooding atmosphere.
Dakota Johnson stars as Susie Bannion, an ambitious young American dancer who has just been accepted into the world-famous company by artistic director Madame Blanc (Tilda Swinton). In our exclusive clip, Madame Blanc puts Susie through her paces, to...
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Oct 31, 2018
Tiffany Haddish and director Tyler Perry introduce our exclusive clip from Nobody's Fool. Haddish plays Tanya, who has recently been released from prison. She is happy to reunite with her sister Danica (Tika Sumpter), a successful businesswoman, and make a new life for herself.
Tanya cannot help but notice, however, that Danica's life may not be all it appears to be, especially her very mysterious boyfriend. In the clip, we can see that Tanya's protective instincts have kicked...
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Oct 30, 2018
Alex Raymond created Flash Gordon in a comic strip first published in January 1934 and the character soon leaped to the big screen. He appeared in a live-action television series in the 1950s and then debuted on the small screen in animated form in the late 1970s, leading to his return in a starring role in 1980's Flash Gordon.
Sam J. Jones starred in the beloved adventure, featuring a memorable soundtrack by Queen. With Queen getting their place in the sun this week, courtesy of the...
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Oct 30, 2018
After his achievement with last year's record-breaking adaptation of Stephen King's It, Andy Muschietti should be able to do anything his heart desires -- once he delivers the sequel, It: Chapter Two, of course. For his next project, the filmmaker, who got his start turning his own short film into the feature Mama, care of mentorship from Guillermo del Toro, could even take things a little easy.
Instead, however, he is going for something more ambitious: according to Variety,...
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Oct 29, 2018
Whether it's Clue or Clueless, Hollywood is revisiting all the modern classics. How can something so unique and beloved as Clueless be picked for a redo? Well, even though the original is the quintessential '90s teen comedy, complete with a ska song on the soundtrack, it's already a remake of -- or modernized take on -- Jane Austen's Emma. So, why not give it another update?
Deadline reports that a Clueless remake is in early development at Paramount, but details are so scant...
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Oct 29, 2018
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Oct 29, 2018
All the young lady wants is a key. But the key that Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is utterly unique; it will unlock a magical box that contains a precious gift. In The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Clara enters a very strange world, teaming with new friend Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight) as she encounters more magical mysteries than she could ever imagine, including the Sugar Plum Fairy (Keira Knightley) and the ominous Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren).
Now Disney has released a series of The...
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Oct 29, 2018
Opening in only two theaters in New York and Los Angeles, the new version of Suspiria (above) earned $179,000, which gives it the highest per-theater average of the year. Obviously, Luca Guadagnino's reimagining of Dario Argento's classic thriller has intrigued moviegoers beyond the core horror audience. Indeed, it should be fascinating to see if that continues when Suspiria opens across the country on Friday, November 2.
Guadagnino's version is longer and more expansive than...
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Oct 26, 2018
Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Jean-Marc Vallée is making a John and Yoko Biopic: Yoko Ono is overseeing a movie about her marriage to John Lennon, and that would be great enough, but the movie now also has Big Little Lies helmer Jean-Marc Vallée on board as the director, ensuring it's not going to be a generic biopic. Read...
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Oct 26, 2018
A British spy (Rowan Atkinson) comes out of retirement in the action-comedy adventure Johnny English Strikes Again. Due to a security breach that has exposed every current secret agent and threatens the UK, he is the only former spy available to search out the dastardly perpetrator and prevent total disaster.
Johnny, though, is a bit rusty. This becomes apparent when he uses modern gadgets. In our exclusive clip, it also shows up when he orders a previously unknown adult beverage and tries...
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Oct 26, 2018
In Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic tale, all Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key - a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. As the journey unfolds, she is whisked away to a magical place, filled with toy soldiers, an army of mice and other fantastical delights, created by her own mother! Clara soon discovers, however, that an imminent threat has emerged; it is up to Clara to ensure the future of...
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Oct 26, 2018
Inspired by the real-life experience of filmmaker Sean Anders, Instant Family follows what happens when a couple (Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne) seeks to expand their family. Suddenly they find themselves with not one, but three new children, with no clear idea on what they should be doing as instant parents.
In our exclusive video, Walhberg talks about his "amazing experience making a meaningful film." He also expresses his thanks to people who shared their own personal stories on...
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Oct 25, 2018
Back in 2017 it was announced that Lisa Henson of the Jim Henson Company was plotting a sequel to the 1980's fantasy cult hit, Labyrinth, and that Fede Alvarez (Don't Breathe, The Girl in the Spider's Web) was brought on to help develop the project as an upcoming directing vehicle. We haven't heard much about it since then - just that David Bowie's iconic Goblin King character wouldn't be featured, but that the film would be a sequel and not a...
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Oct 25, 2018
In Disney's Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck It Ralph 2, there is much ado about said breaking, but what about creating the internet?
No, this isn't about Al Gore.
The story of the internet, specifically the version we see in Ralph Breaks the Internet, starts like most worlds created by Disney animators: in research. For example, the Frozen team visited Norway to study snow, and for Zootopia they spent hours with all kinds of awesome animals and their respective environments....
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Oct 25, 2018
Richard Linklater has proven himself a versatile filmmaker over the years, but he's never attempted a biopic. He's made a movie about real people, namely Bernie, but he's never depicted the life of a famous figure. Until now. According to Collider, the Boyhood and Dazed and Confused helmer will write and direct a movie about the late stand-up comedian Bill Hicks.
Here's everything we know about the project so far:
Who was Bill Hicks?
Hicks was a comedian...
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Oct 24, 2018
The story that inspired Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms dates back to the early 19th century, adapted most famously into a ballet that became enormously popular in recent years. It tells of a toy that comes to life and engages in battle with an evil royal ruler; much of the story takes place in a magical world, filled with wondrous creations.
Now the story has been adapted into a new adventure that looks dazzling; it will open in theaters everywhere on November 2. Here's...
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Oct 24, 2018
It's been eight years since Lisbeth Salander last surfaced on the big screen as part of a big English-language adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Now she's back in The Girl in the Spider's Web (in theaters November 9; tickets now on sale) - this time portrayed by The Crown actress Claire Foy - in a more explosive story that centers on Salander and the complicated history she has with her own family. Spider's Web is technically the fourth book in...
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Oct 23, 2018
We'll never have too many Beatles biopics. From the band's early days in Liverpool to their stint in Hamburg to the assassination of John Lennon, filmmakers continue to be fascinated with the stories of the Fab Four (and the former and unofficial band members, too). Now it's time for the relationship of Lennon and Yoko Ono to make its way to the big screen.
There was something to this effect in the '80s on British TV (featuring Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi as George...
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Oct 23, 2018
In Bohemian Rhapsody, Rami Malek portrays Freddie Mercury, who became the charismatic lead singer of the fledgling rock band Queen and led them to stardom. Their hits included "We Will Rock You," "We Are the Champions" and "Another One Bites the Dust." It was a journey not without its troubles, perhaps most notably due to Mercury's own private life and public tribulations.
Advance word on the film has been very positive. It will open in theaters everywhere...
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Oct 22, 2018
Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode in David Gordon Green's Halloween (above), a sequel that arrives 40 years after John Carpenter's classic original. Defying modest expectations, the low-budget thriller earned the best opening weekend in the history of the horror franchise, taking in an estimated $77.5 million at the box office; critical reaction has been favorable as well.
Halloween picks up 40 years after the events in the original, ignoring everything that happened in all...
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Oct 19, 2018
Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
GREAT NEWS
The Warrens return to the Conjuring Universe: Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson will star in Annabelle 3, reprising their roles as Lorraine and Ed Warren from the first two Conjuring movies. Read everything we know about the spin-off sequel here.
SURPRISING NEWS
Idris Elba joins Cats: Idris Elba, who broke out as a bad...
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Oct 19, 2018
As if parachuting behind enemy lines during wartime wasn't sufficiently terrifying, the young soldiers in Overlord soon find themselves confronting something even more horrifying. Wyatt Russell, Jovan Adepo, Bokeem Woodbine, John Magaro, Mathilde Ollivier and Pilou Asbaek star in the new thriller from producer J.J. Abrams.
"It starts as a straight war movie," notes Abrams in our exclusive featurette. "You add on this mad, crazy horror element," says director Julius...
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Oct 18, 2018
Well into a successful career, magazine writer and celebrity biographer Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) fell out of favor with readers and publishers. Desperate to make a living, she seized on the idea of forging letters from famous people. It worked … for a while.
Based on true events, Can You Ever Forgive Me? tells Israel's real-life story. In our exclusive featurette, McCarthy explains why she was drawn to the "complicated character" and wants people to see her...
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Oct 18, 2018
Between the Saw series, the Insidious movies and The Conjuring Universe, James Wan has become one of history's greatest horror franchise producers. Now he's shepherding another to theaters, if The Curse of La Llorona proves as successful as all his other brands. There's already been enough confidence in the upcoming feature for Wan to pluck its director for The Conjuring 3.
The first teaser trailer for La Llorona further promises something to look forward to, especially for...
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Oct 17, 2018
Broadway fans who also love movies have a lot to anticipate. Not only has Lin-Manuel Miranda set his directorial debut with an adaptation of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical show Tick, Tick...Boom!, but there is also finally a Cats movie on its way. Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical was announced for the big screen back in 2016; the movie is now gearing up with a cast list.
The latest comes from Variety, which reports Idris Elba is in final negotiations to join the...
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Oct 17, 2018
We were first introduced to a diabolical doll named Annabelle in The Conjuring. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga starred as experienced paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who were called upon to help a Rhode Island family in 1971.
The horror thriller was a breakout success, leading to the spin-off feature Annabelle. That film was also quite popular, inspiring a prequel, Annabelle: Creation that explored the doll's origins, as well as a promised third installment in the...
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Oct 16, 2018
Our initial focus in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald shifts away from the heroic Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) toward the darker side of the magical realm created by J.K. Rowling. This time, the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) commands attention as the adventure continues in Europe.
As Rowling explains in a new video, Grindelwald must answer for the crimes he has committed. Meanwhile, Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller), who previously wreaked much havoc, is now...
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Oct 15, 2018
Outrage turns to affection in our exclusive clip from The Oath. Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish star as a loving couple who will soon face the biggest challenge of their lives.
As our clip demonstrates, they are a fun couple who are in agreement on most things, including their views on the modern political scene. When their family arrives for a visit during the holidays, however, their vastly different perspective threatens to tear apart the fabric of the universe! Or, at the very least,...
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Oct 15, 2018
Timothée Chalamet began appearing on the big screen with brief roles in Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children and Christopher Nolan's Interstellar before snaring larger roles in indie dramas like One and Two. He caught fire in Hollywood thanks to his trio of acclaimed performances last year in Call Me By Your Name (for which he received a well-deserved Academy Award nomination), Lady Bird and Hostiles.
Now he is again receiving plaudits for his sterling performance as a...
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Oct 12, 2018
Bad Times at the El Royale is perhaps one of the most soulful movies of the fall season -- a super stylistic crime drama fueled by soul music about strangers who show up at a rundown motel all searching for something or someone. As their paths begin to cross and their stories intertwine, we're left with a refreshingly unique film that produces shades of Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers and even classic noirs like 1974's Chinatown.
Fandango sat down for a lengthy chat with...
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Oct 12, 2018
Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
James Gunn to write and maybe direct Suicide Squad 2: Following his departure from Disney and Marvel Studios, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has joined the Worlds of DC franchise for the Suicide Squad sequel as screenwriter and possibly director. Read everything we know about that here.
GREAT NEWS
Margot Robbie takes over...
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Oct 12, 2018
Jonathan (Ansel Elgort) leads a very ordinary, even humdrum, life. He gets up in the morning, he goes to work in an office, he comes home, he goes to bed, he falls asleep. But his life diverges in at least one significant way from other people.
Our exclusive trailer for Jonathan paints a picture of his life, which takes a turn when he falls for a wonderful young woman (Suki Waterhouse). That should be great, except his brother also falls for her. One further complication: both brothers live...
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Oct 12, 2018
Disney's live-action adaptations of their animated classics are serious business. Even this year's Christopher Robin quietly grossed more than $180 million worldwide. There are many more to come, including four features arriving in 2019 alone: Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King and Lady and the Tramp, the last of which hits the new streaming service Disney Play later in the year.
Aladdin is sure to be huge, as the 1992 animated version is considered a favorite among all Disney's...
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Oct 12, 2018
Many people have fond memories of hearing Boris Karloff voice Dr. Seuss' classic character the Grinch in the animated television show How the Grinch Stole Christmas, directed by Chuck Jones. More recently, Jim Carrey memorably embodied the grouchy character in Ron Howard's same-titled live-action version in 2000, which won a lot of new Grinch fans.
Now a new animated feature version is heading to theaters and it looks like it will be great fun to watch with the whole family. As...
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Oct 11, 2018
When a young man falls under the powerful sway of addiction, it threatens to tear his family apart. Based on an inspiring true story, Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet star as father and son in Beautiful Boy, which explores survival, relapse and recovery, as well as its heartbreaking effect on a family.
Chalamet is featured in our exclusive clip from the film, talking plainly about his need to deal with "a big, black hole" in himself. He also acknowledges the loving support...
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Oct 11, 2018
It's been 18 years since the release of Unbreakable, one of the most popular superhero movies not based on any comic book or other source material. M. Night Shyamalan had long teased a follow-up, and finally one arrived covertly as the 2016 thriller Split, which revealed itself as a secret spin-off in its final moments. Now, we're also getting a more direct sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, called Glass.
This one will see the return of Samuel L. Jackson's titular villain...
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Oct 11, 2018
Ann Atwater (Taraji P. Henson) is a plain-spoken wife and activist, living in Durham, North Carolina in 1971. When the school her children attend is burned down, she is prompted to take action, finding herself on the opposite side of the issue from C.P. Ellis (Sam Rockwell).
As demonstrated in our exclusive trailer for The Best of Enemies, they are pitted against each other as the school integration issue becomes heated, since the blunt-talking C.P. Ellis is the leader of the local Ku Klux...
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Oct 10, 2018
Paramount has been developing a remake of Pet Sematary since 2011, but the massive success of It has Hollywood scrambling to catch the heat of Stephen King mania. The favor for the author's work has already continued into Netflix's Gerald's Game and 1922. Now we're looking at a new adaptation of Pet Sematary coming soon to theaters.
With just under six months left until the remake arrives, Paramount has released the first...
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Oct 09, 2018
Suicide Squad is one of the highest-grossing of the Worlds of DC movies ($747 million worldwide). It's also one of the worst-reviewed of that franchise (28% on Rotten Tomatoes), also known as the DC Extended Universe. The former being more important to the studios, there was no doubt the comic book adaptation, focused on a team of villains gathered to save the world, would get a sequel. Improving upon the original would be a bonus, and doing so would be an easy goal.
Various...
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Oct 09, 2018
In The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, young Clara (Mackenzie Foy) is transported into a magical world, filled with gingerbread soldiers, an army of mice and other fantastical delights. Yet she soon discovers that there are strangely comfortable and familiar elements in this new world.
Our exclusive video goes behind the scenes with members of the cast as they talk about the effect of seeing the ballet that serves as inspiration for Disney's next family adventure, as well as their hopes...
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Oct 08, 2018
Barbie is finally ready to hit the big screen. Yes, we've seen plans for a movie based on the iconic doll for a few years now, including incarnations that were to star Amy Schumer (cast in 2016) and Anne Hathaway (cast in 2017), but the latest development sounds more promising than ever.
Firstly, according to The Hollywood Reporter, there is an update on the studio that's working with Mattel on the project. Warner Bros. has taken over from Sony, which let its deal for a...
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Oct 08, 2018
Universal Pictures has pulled back the curtains on Mortal Engines, a steampunk fantasy film presented by Peter Jackson. Jackson is also responsible for the film's screenplay alongside writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the trio behind The Lord of the Rings.
For some filmgoers that will be enough to go on, but the movie has just released another action-packed trailer to entice anyone in doubt. You can watch that new spot, which made its debut at New York Comic-Con, down...
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