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Disney Responds To Little Mermaid Backlash: Can Be Black
Hollywood has once again replaced a white character of red hair, as the latest sees The Little Mermaid become the victim of PC race bending with the casting of 19-year-old R&B singer Halle Bailey. Following the announcement, fans took to social media to criticize the casting with the hashtag #NotMyAriel, which has now seen Disney…
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Disneyland Fight Under Police Investigation
More bad news for Disneyland, as following the California park being compared to a ghost town, now a fight erupts in Anaheim with police investigating. Video footage of the “violent brawl” has gone viral which shows two men and two women throwing punches near children at Mickey’s Toontown. The footage shows men slapping women and other women…
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Henry Cavill Has Superman On His Mind
Henry Cavill still has Superman on his mind as the latest social media post by the British actor has him joking about superpowers while promoting Boss sunglasses. “While wearing Boss Sunglasses not only can I stare directly into the sun, I can also stare directly into the rain!! Thank you BOSS Eyewear,” Henry Cavill recently…
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Joaquin Phoenix ‘Joker’ Doesn’t Follow Comic Books
With a new image of Joaquin Phoenix putting on makeup comes the non-surprising news that the Joker flick doesn’t follow the comic books at all. Director Todd Phillips informs Empire Online: “We didn’t follow anything from the comic books, which people are gonna be mad about. We just wrote our own version of where a…
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Angelina Jolie Is The Mistress Of Evil In Maleficent 2 Trailer
Disney has released a new trailer for Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil which stars Angelina Jolie. Synopsis: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is a fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora. The film…
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Disney Star Wars Backlash Continues: Galaxy’s Edge Tanking
The backlash to Disney Star Wars looks to continue as the highly anticipated opening of the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge land in California is getting fewer people than expected. Arizona Central, a branch of USA Today, reports that the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge crowds are much smaller than anticipated at Disneyland. The site reports that…
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Zack Snyder Reveals ‘SnyderCut’ Cyborg Grave Scene
Zack Snyder continues to release more images from his Justice League “SnyderCut”; this time with a pic of Ray Fisher as Cyborg at his family and mother’s grave. “Vic pounds the earth at the family plot,” Zack Snyder posted on the Vero app. Update: Justice League cinematographer Fabian Wagner also posted an image (see below)…
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Spider-Man: Far from Home Box Office Swinging High
Good news for Sony and Marvel as Spider-Man: Far From Home will beat the estimates of a 6-day $125 million opening, which it already brought in its first four days of release. Update: It is reported the movie will bring in $185 million for its 6-day release. Original article continues: Sony actually dropped its initial…
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Henry Cavill Superman Tops Christopher Reeve In Poll
Following our Joker survey, now the Henry Cavill Superman takes the top spot in our latest poll pitting the British Man of Steel actor against the Christopher Reeve version from the Richard Donner films. Of the 5,600 votes cast, 62% chose the Henry Cavill Superman over the 38% that Christopher Reeve received from fans on…
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Stranger Things 3 Post-Credit Scene Explained
What’s that you say?! There is a Stranger Things 3 post-credit scene? Yep! I’ve been chatting about the new season of Stranger Things 3 with various friends, all of whom didn’t watch the big post-credit scene! Warning: Spoilers follow below! Stranger Things 3 post-credit scene features Russians Upon my first complete viewing of Stranger Things…
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Spider-Man: Far From Home Has Nova Easter Egg
Blink (or is that blip) and you may have missed it as Spider-Man: Far From Home features a Nova Easter Egg. Ordinarily, I don’t post spoilers, but this one really isn’t anything big (or is it), and I have been fielding questions about the Spider-Man: Far From Home Nova Easter Egg on social media; so…
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‘The Batman’ Getting New Batmobile By Ash Thorp
It looks as if a new Batmobile is being designed for the Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson The Batman movie by artist Ash Thorp. Ash Thorp seemingly confirms his involvement in creating the new Batmobile for The Batman on Twitter in two tweets which saw the artist offer “perhaps” when questioned about the possibility, and…
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Joaquin Phoenix Grins As Joker On Magazine Cover
The latest issue of Empire Magazine sports Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker grinning as the Clown Prince of Crime. It’s possible with Warner Bros. skipping out on this month’s San Diego Comic-Con, that maybe they will release a new Joker trailer to go along with the release and featured article from the magazine. Update: Director…
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WB Passes On Man of Steel 2, Green Lantern By Henry Cavill and Chris McQuarrie
Back in May saw Chris McQuarrie offer Warner Bros. never asked him to direct a Superman Man of Steel 2 movie and that they never will, and now in a trio of deleted tweets, the Mission Impossible director reveals WB actually passed on the project as well as his ideas for a Green Lantern flick.…
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Disney Race Bends The Little Mermaid
Disney once again race bends and replaces a beloved character as following MJ in Spider-Man now the Little Mermaid gets replaced. Interestingly enough, both characters are white female red-heads who are replaced by African-Americans. Disney has announced that 19-year-old R&B singer Halle Bailey will play the part of Ariel in the live-action version of The…
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Zack Snyder Reveals Darkseid Would Have Set Up Justice League 2
Happy 4th of July from director Zack Snyder who again reveals a new image of Darkseid from the Justice League movie with a look at Uxas. In the comics, Uxas is the name of Darkseid prior to him becoming the cosmically powered bad guy. The image apparently reveals that Zack Snyder’s original plan was to…
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Spider-Man: Far From Home Opens On Low End Of Estimates
The Spider-Man: Far From Home opening day box office is said to be at the lower end of estimates, coming in at $39.3 million. The estimates have been all over the place ranging from $38 million to $43 million, with it said possibly “seriously” higher or lower, but we see the official number from Sony…
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Russos and Avengers Assembling At Comic-Con
Anthony and Joe Russo confirm they will be attending the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con, and it is said The Avengers will be in attendance. The Russos brothers posted the following pic on Instagram, which is the Comic-Con logo, confirming their involvement. Russo brothers and Avengers actors returning to San Diego Comic-Con Deadline further offers that…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Comic Book Ends This Week With 193
In a surprise move, the Robert Kirkman The Walking Dead comic book from Skybound and Image Comics is ending this week with issue #193. The issue gets released tomorrow, Wednesday, July 3, and follows the previous issue which featured the death of Rick Grimes. “I hate knowing what’s coming,” Kirkman explained about why he chose…
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Ryan Coogler Has Started On Black Panther 2
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige lets it be known that director Ryan Googler has started work on Black Panther 2. While promoting Spider-Man: Far From Home, Feige is asked about the rumor about Michael B. Jordan returning as Killmonger for Black Panther 2, with Feige replying it’s “pure rumor” and dropping the tidbit about Coogler.…