When Billy Batson blasts into theaters the first weekend of April, he's bound to make some big bucks at the box office — but the situation is a more complicated than it seems. Shazam! on track to open to $40 million or more domestically, which would mark the lowest debut for a DCEU movie ever.
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Time is up for One Day at a Time. Netflix announced Thursday that it has canceled its original streaming series One Day at a Time, a comedy-drama inspired by Norman Lear's 1975 sitcom of the same name, after three seasons on the platform.
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Sopranos fans, get out your calendars. Warner Brothers has officially set a release date for Newark, the '60s-set film which will serve as a prequel to the iconic HBO original series The Sopranos. The flick will hit screens on September 5, 2020.
Read MoreBetter late than never, eh? The mightiest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Captain Marvel, has finally arrived in a brand-new trailer for Avengers: Endgame — which Marvel dropped as a complete surprise on Thursday, March 14, just a week after the Brie Larson-led superhero pic launched in theaters.
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In the lead-up to the launch of Avengers 4 on May 3, 2019, gossip has traveled through the grapevine at breakneck speed. The latest bit of Avengers 4 buzz is sure to turn heads: the title and trailer description has apparently leaked online months ahead of time, reshared by users on Reddit.
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Destin Daniel Cretton is headed for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios has hired Cretton, known for helming Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle, to direct the upcoming Shang-Chi movie, which will feature the first Asian lead in the MCU.
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Winter is coming to Saturday Night — and so is Wichita. Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Stone, who will reprise her role as Wichita in Zombieland: Double Tap this October, are set to host Saturday Night Live next month.
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Familiar faces like Will Smith and Naomi Scott are leading Disney's live-action Aladdin, and a familiar voice has just joined the cast. Alan Tudyk is set to voice Iago, the parrot pet of Jafar (Marwan Kenzari), in the forthcoming film. Gilbert Gottfried voiced Iago in the original Aladdin.
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The Ghostbusters rumors continue to materialize. Several character breakdowns for Jason Reitman's forthcoming flick have been revealed, with sources reporting that Stuck in the Middle and Jane the Virgin star Jenna Ortega is up for a lead role, according to That Hashtag Show.
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Guess who's back, back again? The cast of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is back, tell yo' friends. Filming on Sony Pictures' Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sequel is well under way, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has shared a first-look snap at the actors together again behind the scenes.
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Captain Marvel wasn't excluded from the post-credits-scene standard in place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — including not one but two sequences after the actual film wrapped. They were both throughly enjoyable, but one may have been a huge lie.
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Disney+ wants to ask Marvel fans a very familiar question. Marvel Studios is reportedly developing an animated series for the streamer based on the alternate universe anthology series What If?, which has seen publication in various formats since 1977.
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The world of Orphan Black is returning to the small screen. A new series set in the same world as the venerable sci-fi series is in early development at AMC. It reportedly won't be a reimagining or reboot, but will focus on new characters and situations, according to Variety.
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A brand-new boss is here to watch over Barry Allen. The CW announced on Tuesday that a new showrunner is joining The Flash for the superhero series' upcoming sixth season, set to take over for reigning The Flash showrunner Todd Helbing.
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Hollywood's mining of the Master of Horror's works continues at a steady pace. The Handmaid's Tale's Mike Barker is on board to direct The Talisman, an adaptation of the 1984 dark fantasy novel co-authored by Stephen King. Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners will co-produce the film.
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Disney's live-action Dumbo in five words? A three-ring circus of wonder. First reactions to the new Dumbo film are here, with those who attended the film's premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, March 11 sharing their thoughts about the flick on social media. By and large, response has been incredible.
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We may have finally gotten a look at Gotham's Dark Knight. An image was recently posted to the r/DCComics Reddit page which purports to show the Batman costume that Bruce Wayne will be suiting up in for the finale of the long-running Fox series. It looks to be inspired by Christian Bale's Batsuit.
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The House of Mouse and the Fox Den will become one big, (hopefully) happy home before this month is up. On Tuesday morning, The Walt Disney Company announced that it has selected an official closing date for its $71.3 billion merger with 20th Century Fox.
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Between the Captain Marvel comics to the Captain Marvel movie, there exist a handful of differences — but few as big as the gender-swapping of a key character. Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, plus Marvel head Kevin Feige, have revealed which character was originally written as a man.
Read MoreYou ain't never had a friend like him. On Tuesday, Walt Disney Studios lifted the lid off a brand-new, full-length trailer for its upcoming live-action adventure, Aladdin. And the footage? Well, it's magical enough to make skeptics change their minds about Will Smith's iteration of the Genie.
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It's about time for a reimagining of Time Bandits. Red-hot filmmaker Taika Waititi has signed on to executive produce, co-write, and direct a pilot for a potential series based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 cult classic film for Apple's forthcoming streaming service.
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The fourth time's the charm. Tom Holland is yet again teaming with Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. This time, the Spider-Man actor will lead Cherry, an adaptation of Nico Walker's book of the same name.
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Winter is here and the eighth season of Game of Thrones is coming soon — but when the final chapter arrives on HBO, it won't make quite as big a splash as everyone had anticipated. Runtimes for the first two episodes of Thrones season 8 have been revealed, and they're a bit shorter than expected.
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Clark Gregg has a little something to say to the Captain Marvel haters. Gregg, who plays Agent Phil Coulson in Captain Marvel, recently addressed the group of people who lodged hateful, troll-like reviews on the film's Rotten Tomatoes page.
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There will be no sophomore slump for Jordan Peele. Reviews are pouring in for the Oscar winning writer/director's latest fright fest Us, and they are good... all of them. Peele's follow-up to his masterful 2017 debut Get Out currently stands at a sterling 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Higher, further, faster — and now richer, too. The weekend box office results are in, and everything's coming up Captain Marvel. Starring Brie Larson as the titular hero, Captain Marvel opened to the tune of $153 million across theaters in North America, and to $455 million worldwide.
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Captain Marvel is like the Kim Possible of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: call her, beep her if you want to reach her. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) did just that at the end of Avengers: Infinity War — but why didn't he reach out sooner? Here's the real reason why.
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