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Pokemon Detective Pikachu Gets PG Rating
The release of the Pokemon Detective Pikachu movie gets a PG rating for “action/peril, some rude and suggestive humor, and thematic elements.” The rating shouldn’t come as a surprise as the Pokemon franchise is geared toward kids and people of all ages. Check out the latest trailer below. A sequel is also in development. The first-ever…
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Maleficent 2 Gets New Release Date and Poster
Disney releases a new poster and announces the release date for Maleficent 2 gets moved up seven months from its previous May 29, 2020 release date to an October 18, 2019 release. The poster features Angelina Jolie returning as the titular character in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. The film also stars Juno Temple, Ed Skrein, Elle Fanning,…
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Tolkien Trailer #2 and Poster Released
Fox releases a full trailer for the new Tolkien movie with an introduction by its stars, Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins. A new poster has also been released stating, “A Life of Love, Courage & Fellowship.” J. R. R. Tolkien is responsible for writing The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit, which inspired the epic Peter…
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Star Wars: Episode IX Will Blow People Away Says Oscar Isaac
There is a lot of hope surrounding the December release of Star Wars: Episode IX as it has already been said to be getting the franchise back on track, and now star Oscar Isaac offers promising comments. “It was the most fun it’s been. There was just an energy, a looseness, an excitement to the…
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Mortal Kombat 11 Story Trailer
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios today released the new Mortal Kombat 11 Story Trailer, introducing an original, time-bending narrative that continues the franchise’s epic saga. In Mortal Kombat 11, Raiden’s defeat of the evil Elder God, Shinnok, has drawn the ire of Kronika and upset her desired balance between good and evil. To…
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Kevin Feige Confirms James Gunn Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Script
Last Summer saw Disney fire James Gunn from Marvel Studios and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 over tweets about rape and pedophilia, which caused a lot of backlash online, but at least some good news is that they will still be going with the original draft of the script. “Yes, we are. That’s as far…
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The Avengers: Endgame Runtime Will Be Perfect Says Kevin Feige
Last month saw directors Joe and Anthony Russo offer their current cut of The Avengers: Endgame stood at around 3 hours. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is questioned if the length of the film will be cut down, responding that it will be perfect. “We’re gonna release the movie at the exact right running time.…
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Tyrese Joins Morbius
With Morbius now filming, it is announced that Tyrese joins Jared Leto in the Spider-Man spinoff vampire superhero flick. Tyrese, who actually heavily campaigned to play DC’s Green Lantern John Stewart at one time, gets his wish to star in a comic book movie granted, but his role is being kept a mystery. It would be…
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Ricky Whittle Wants To Play Green Lantern
With a Green Lantern Corps movie currently in development, which has been said to feature Hal Jordan and John Stewart, actor Ricky Whittle offers he wants to play the latter fan-favorite character or a new one. “The character Green Lantern needs to be reborn,” The 37-year-old actor known for American Gods told SYFY. “Even Ryan…
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Captain Marvel Bad Reviews Blamed On White Dudes
It’s another day, and there is another Captain Marvel controversy, this time surrounding the number of bad reviews for the film with blamed being pointed at who else? White dudes. Earlier saw the Captain Marvel Rotten Tomatoes score reach a high of around 91%, leading many fans to believe their prayers had been answered; however,…
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Justice League 2 Not Coming Soon Says DC Producer
With Warner Bros. finally finding their way with the Patty Jenkins Wonder Woman movie and the James Wan Aquaman film, both big successes, does that mean a Justice League 2 could be in the near future? Echoing sentiments from Jenkins and WB execs, The Conjuring and DC producer Peter Safran says a second Justice League…
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Aquaman ‘The Trench’ Spinoff Details Revealed
With Aquaman being such a huge success, WB has announced a spinoff movie with The Trench, and now producer Peter Safran offers new details about the horror flick. The Trench focuses on the deadly amphibious creatures seen attacking Arthur Curry and Mera in Aquaman, with Sarfan confirming the spinoff will be released prior to the…
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Disney Lion King Actor Wants Trump Supporters To ‘Burn In Hell’
Following the Twitter controversies surrounding James Gunn, Rian Johnson, Chuck Wendig and Samuel L. Jackson, now a tweet has been unearthed by an actor on Disney’s live-action The Lion King movie that sees Billy Eichner having stated he wants supporters of President Trump to “burn in hell.” The 40-year-old actor took to Twitter in January…
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Captain Marvel Reviews Mixed
Reviews are coming in for Captain Marvel, and while its Rotten Tomatoes score is high, when a better aggregator is used, the critic thoughts come in rather mixed. Over at Metacritic, which assigns reviews a number scale between 1-100, and doesn’t simply label them Fresh or Rotten, the reviews for Captain Marvel tell a different…
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Jared Leto Teases Morbius
Jared Leto takes to social media to tease the new Sony Pictures Spider-Man spinoff Morbius movie, which sees him star as the titular character, a scientist turned vampire. Leto posted the following image on Twitter noting, “1 week down…11 to go… Get Ready.” The pic features a look at a clapperboard with the film’s logo, and…
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Wesley Snipes R-Rated Blade Movie Rumored
Follows Disney CEO Bob Iger’s comments about Marvel doing an R-Rated Deadpool 3.
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Captain Marvel Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In!
Following the first reviews out of France, the first batch of Captain Marvel reviews has hit Rotten Tomatoes and they seem to be just a bit more positive. With 35 reviews counted so far, the Captain Marvel Rotten Tomatoes score comes in at 86%. Obviously, the score could swing either way as only a select…
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First Captain Marvel Review: Cold, Disappointment, Unworthy
The first Captain Marvel review lands online as the movie has been released in France, and it is not good for Disney, Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, Brie Larson or the future of the MCU. The French website Avoir Alire has posted their Captain Marvel review giving it one out of five stars noting (translated via…
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Godzilla vs King Ghidorah In Battle of the Titans
Another image from Godzilla: King of the Monsters lands online this time featuring a battle of the Titans as the titular kaiju takes on none other than King Ghidorah! In one corner we have King Ghidorah, from parts unknown, coming in at 521 feet tall! In the other corner stands the King of the Monsters,…
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Mark Hamill Outraged, Shocked, Tricked By Disney Star Wars: ‘Big Mistake’
In an interview, while promoting his History Channel Knightfall series, Mark Hamill again comments on Star Wars and echoes a lot of fans’ feelings toward what Disney did with the franchise and offers new insights including at times he has been outraged, shocked and tricked, even offering that some things were a big mistake. Mark Hamill…