Warber Bros. PicturesFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga revved up $3.5 million in Thursday night preview screenings, Deadline is reporting.The trade is projecting the George Miller film’s take to be $40 million when the checkered flag is waved at the end of the Memorial Day weekend.Both the sneaks and the projection are slightly behind the 2015 opening…… Read More…
Photo: Sandro BaelberOscar-nominated American Fiction actor Jeffrey Wright has joined HBO’s The Last of Us in a role he’s already quite familiar with. Wright played Isaac, a former Marine who became a leader in the Washington Liberation Front resistance group in the sequel to the post-apocalyptic video game on which the hit show is based —…… Read More…
ABC NewsThe opening night performance of Romeo & Juliet, starring Tom Holland, took place Thursday night, with Zendaya in attendance as his real-life romantic interest.She arrived at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre wearing a sparkling black Vivienne Westwood gown, her hair in a bun, and was captured leaving with Tom after the show, which received a standing ovation.The new iteration of Romeo & Juliet stars Tom…… Read More…
Taylor Hill/FilmMagicGeorge Lucas is at the Cannes Film Festival to receive an honorary Palme d’Or on Saturday, and at a press event a day prior, he answered some criticisms about his six Star Wars films.”They would say, ‘It’s all white men,'” the 80-year-old said, according to Variety.”Most of the people are aliens!” he corrected. “The…… Read More…
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week:The Bachelor (ABC)Former Bachelor Colton Underwood is expecting his first child with his husband, Jordan C. Brown. The couple will welcome their baby via surrogate in early October. “It’s been such an incredible experience…… Read More…
Netflix/Eric CharbonneauIn a new post on social platform X narrated in character by Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc, director Rian Johnson announced the title of his third Knives Out mystery: Wake Up Dead Man.In the animated spot, the tease for the follow-up to 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion has Craig drawling, “In the beginning, the knives…… Read More…
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesPour one out Friday for Kabosu, arguably the most famous dog on the Internet.The “doge” has died at 18.The rescued Shiba Inu not only became a meme star thanks to her suspicious expression, but a meme unto herself when the former shelter dog became the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.The dog’s…… Read More…
Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesMorgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind the award-winning 2004 documentary Super Size Me, died from cancer complications, his family announced on Friday.”Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas, and generosity,” his brother Craig Spurlock said in a statement. “The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so…… Read More…
Paramount+ has tapped Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater and Molly Brown to lead its Dexter prequel series, Dexter: Original Sin, which tells the origin story of Michael C. Hall’s serial killer. Gibson will play Dexter Morgan. Slater and Brown will play Harry Morgan, Dexter’s adoptive father, and Debra Morgan, Dexter’s sister, respectively. Dexter: Original Sin is…… Read More…
Warner Bros.Chris Hemsworth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, and Robert Downey Jr. was on hand to represent their Avengers co-stars, whom he asked for a three-word response to the question, “What is Chris Hemsworth,” according to Variety.Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in the Marvel films, joked, “Absurdly, annoyingly amazing.”Mark…… Read More…