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Abbey White

Elizabeth Banks Unleashes Blame For Charlie's Angels Bombing

The heroes of Sony Pictures' Charlie's Angels reboot may have taken down the bad guys, but the Elizabeth Banks-directed movie failed to take down the box office. Now, an interview with Banks reveals where she thinks the blame rests.

Chistian Bale in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight

Patrick Phillips

The Real Reason We Never Got A Dark Knight 4 From Christopher Nolan

Holy refreshing sense of humility, Batman! It sounds like Christian Bale really did know when to say goodbye to his role as the Dark Knight. Bale recently revealed the real reason why we never got a fourth Dark Knight movie from director Christopher Nolan.

Patrick Phillips

Sneaky Marvel Easter Egg Found Hiding In The Greatest Showman

It seems that after stocking his masterful superhero flick Logan with an overflowing basket of winking nods and knowing allusions to all things X-Men and Wolverine, James Mangold saved one of his best Wolverine Easter eggs for a decidedly less mutant-centric flick: 2017's The Greatest Showman.

Abbey White

Twitter Is Completely Roasting The New Cats Trailer

The latest Cats trailer seems to be just as much of a trainwreck as the first, and Twitter can't look away. Universal has released the second teaser for its upcoming musical film, and it looks like the studio has failed to find a way to course-correct. The internet, unsurprisingly, has noticed.

Mike Floorwalker

We Now Know Much Money Paramount Spent To Fix Sonic

The price tag for the character's redesign for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie may have been exorbitant, but reports are indicating that this is not the case.

Carrie Fisher Leia The Rise of Skywalker

Nina Starner

J.J. Abrams Reveals New Details About Carrie Fisher's Rise Of Skywalker Role

Princess Leia's story still has one last chapter. In a recent interview ahead of the release of the final Skywalker Saga film, The Rise of Skywalker, director J.J. Abrams revealed a few new details about the role Carrie Fisher will play in the film after her tragic passing.

Mike Floorwalker

Boseman Reveals Why He Won't Star In A Disney+ Show

King T'Challa isn't too keen on the small screen.

Nina Starner

Why The Charlie's Angels Reboot Bombed At The Box Office

Charlie might be disappointed to hear that his Angels didn't max it to box office heaven. When the Elizabeth Banks-directed Charlie's Angels reboot starring Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska, and Naomi Scott hit theaters on November 15, it had a dismal debut. Here's why it bombed at the box office.

Still from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Mike Floorwalker

Disney+ Has Another Surprise For Star Wars Fans

The galaxy far, far away has gotten a bit of a makeover on Disney+. In a surprise move, the House of Mouse has debuted 4K and HDR versions of the original and prequel trilogies on its brand-spanking-new streamer, offering all six films at a crisper, more detailed resolution than ever before.

Mike Floorwalker

This Is How Much Joaquin Phoenix Made From Joker

Crime pays... at least, it does if you happen to be the Clown Prince. A breakdown by Variety revealed what the stars of the year's biggest movies were paid. While Joaquin Phoenix's salary for Joker wasn't in line with your average lead in a comic book film, it was nothing to laugh at, either.

AJ Caulfield

What Are The Five New Marvel Movies Disney Just Announced?

The House of Heroes is about to get a whole lot bigger. On Friday, November 15, Disney confirmed release dates for five yet-untitled Marvel movies scheduled to open between October 2022 and November 2023. Here's what those films might be.

Abbey White

The Team-Up Scene In Endgame That Didn't Make It To The Final Cut

Since the release of Avengers: Endgame, various members of its creative team have revealed moments that were cut to preserve the three-hour film's pacing. Among these sequences was a moment co-writer Christopher Markus called "the biggest amount of star power" to ever be cut in film history.

Meg Bucholtz

The Ending Of The Mandalorian Episode Two Explained

The Mandalorian declared its intention to hit its audience with twists and turns aplenty with its first episode alone, and episode 2 — titled "The Child" — effectively doubled down on that notion. Its ending had our jaws on the floor, and we're champing at the bit to unpack all of its implications.

Nina Starner

Only Two Endgame Scenes Actually Featured The Whole Cast

Avengers: Endgame will go down in history as one of the most enormous movies of all time, but you might not realize just how huge it was until you realize that the cast could barely even all fit onscreen at the same time. Only two scenes in the three-hour film featured the cast in its entirety.

Lea van der Merwe

The Real Reason Duck Dynasty Ended

Controversy wasn't entirely to blame for the Duck Dynasty's cancellation, but it certainly contributed to the network opting to pull the duck hunters' show.

Patrick Phillips

Marvel Fans Spot Back To The Future Easter Egg In Avengers: Endgame

Great Scott! How did it take us so long to spot this sly little wink to Back to the Future Part II in Avengers: Endgame? Dozens of fan-service treats have been discovered by the MCU faithful, but there was a fairly glaring nod to the 1989 classic hidden in plain site this whole time.

Mike Floorwalker

What The Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Are Saying About Frozen 2

The latest chapter in Disney's chilliest saga is warming the hearts of critics. Reviews are rolling in for Frozen 2, the highly-anticipated sequel to the Mouse House's 2013 instant classic Frozen, and the news is good, with the flick being hailed as a worthy addition to the Disney library.

Meg Bucholtz

The Marvel Villains That Were Almost In Avengers: Endgame

The climactic final battle with Thanos in Avengers: Endgame is one of the most monumental and ambitious scenes ever put to film. According to visual effects artist Matt Aitken, the Dark Elves — who last appeared in Thor: The Dark World — almost made an appearance during that final melee.

Patrick Phillips

Why People Are Ticked About The Simpsons On Disney+

The sound you just heard was the entire Disney+ launch team smacking themselves in the heads while projecting a collective "Doh!" into the stratosphere, due to Disney's decision to screen The Simpsons on Disney+ in the widescreen aspect ratio — resulting in portions of the picture being lost.

Meg Bucholtz

The Reason Travis Fimmel Left Vikings After Season 4

For four seasons on History's historical drama Vikings, Travis Fimmel starred as Ragnar Lothbrok. But was Fimmel as blindsided by it as Vikings' audience?

Nina Starner

Little Mermaid Remake Finds Its Prince Eric In Jonah Hauer-King

The Little Mermaid finally has its leading man lined up. After months of speculation, Rob Marshall's live-action remake has found its Prince Eric: British-born actor Jonah Hauer-King. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the casting decision came down to Hauer-King and Krypton's Cameron Cuffe.

Abbey White

The Epic Black Panther Fight Scene Cut From Avengers: Endgame

The cat's out of the bag about why Black Panther had such a brief fight sequence in Avengers: Endgame. The hero was one of a countless number that needed to be featured, and they all bore the task of driving the final fight toward that climactic confrontation between Thanos and Iron Man.

Patrick Phillips

We Finally Know Why Hawkeye Never Got His Own Movie

Arrows are set to fly when Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye spinoff series hits the Disney+ streaming platform in 2021, but it turns out there was originally a very different plan for Marvel's bow-loving Avenger — to give Clint Barton his moment in the cinematic sun via a feature film.

Johnny Brayson

The Real Reason Disney+ Changed The Han Solo Scene With Greedo Again

If there is one thing the Star Wars original trilogy is known for, it's that it is constantly changing and evolving — constantly, some would say, finding new ways to tarnish its own legacy. Now, Disney+ has changed the Star Wars scene where "Han shoots first" yet again.

Meg Bucholtz

The Ending Of The Mandalorian Episode One Explained

Well, it's here at last, and The Mandalorian's first episode has delivered more lore and backstory than we think anyone could have reasonably anticipated — along with an exciting final twist. Let's dig into this twist, and contemplate where The Mandalorian might take us over its next seven episodes.

Meg Bucholtz

Here's What Mary Padian From Storage Wars Is Doing Now

In 2012, Mary Padian came aboard the second season of Storage Wars: Texas, a spinoff of the original A&E reality TV series