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The producers behind ‘Winnie The Pooh’ horror flick prepping ‘Avengers’-like “Poohniverse” team-up
Jagged Edge Productions/ITN FilmsThe producers behind the horror pic Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey aren't letting leading this year's Razzie Awards get them down.Instead, ABC Audio has confirmed Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Films are doubling down, creating a shared "Poohniverse" a la Marvel Studios' MCU, which will focus on the now-public domain characters from Pooh creator A.A. Milne and other works including J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Disney's Bambi.A sequel to Blood and Honey is already on the way on March 26, as is Bambi: The Reckoning in the fall and Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare around Halloween.After those, beloved children's book characters including Pooh, Tigger, Owl, Rabbit and Piglet will break bad along with Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, ... Read MoreNetflix drops trailer to ‘Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver’
NetflixOn Monday, Netflix dropped an action-packed trailer to the second chapter of director Zack Snyder's sci-fi epic Rebel Moon. Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver continues where the original film's cliffhanger left off: Sofia Boutella's Kora and her band of rebels have fought off an occupying force on the peaceful planet Veldt. However, all is not well: "As the full force of the Realm bears down on the burgeoning rebellion, unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge, and legends are made," Netflix teases.With the exposition handled by the first film, Snyder gets down to the action in the second trailer: Kora is seen battling enemies with her pistol and disarming and running through a baddie with his own lightsaber-like energy sword. "Their nightmare is ... Read MoreLucasfilm reveals Star Wars series ‘The Acolyte’ premiering June 4; trailer drops Tuesday
LucasfilmOn Monday, Lucasfilm revealed that its anticipated Star Wars series The Acolyte will debut June 4 on Disney+.A trailer will drop Tuesday, the company also noted.A poster marking the release date shows a lightsaber hilt, but with a streak of blood emerging where its glowing blade should be, teasing the darker nature of the show, which stars The Matrix's Carrie-Anne Moss, Logan's Dafne Keen and Bodies, Bodies, Bodies' Amandla Stenberg.A legend on the poster reads, "In an age of light, a darkness rises," hinting the series takes place during the galaxy far, far away's relatively peaceful time known as the High Republic era.The show centers on the "investigation into a shocking crime spree that pits a respected Jedi Master (Squid ... Read MoreAll eight ‘Spider-Man’ movies headed back to theaters
Holland in 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'On Monday, Sony Pictures announced it is bringing every single live-action Spider-Man movie back to theaters, beginning with 2002's Spider-Man, starting April 15.That means fans can watch Tobey Maguire in his original turn as Peter Parker/Ol' Webhead, as well as 2004's Spider-Man 2 and 2007's Spider-Man 3 -- yes, even with that dance scene.Also on tap is Andrew Garfield's turn as the web-slinger in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and its less successful 2014 sequel, as well as Tom Holland's 2017 effort Spider-Man: Homecoming, his Spider-Man: Far from Home from 2019 and then 2021's blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home, which united all three actors thanks to a little tinkering with the Multiverse from Benedict Cumberbatch's Dr. ... Read MoreWith call to support his favorite charities, Lance Reddick’s widow marks year since star’s death
LionsgateJohn Wick star Lance Reddick passed away unexpectedly at 60 years old on March 17, 2023, and his widow, Stephanie, has taken to social media to mark the somber anniversary for a good cause. To a smiling photo of the star and one of his beloved dogs -- both wearing sunglasses -- Stephanie posted, "To mark the one year passing of Lance, I'd like to encourage his fans to give back."She then listed the Instagram handles of "two of Lance's favorite charities," MomCares.org and The Walden School.The former provides "compassionate care to historically under-supported mothers with previous NICU experience," while the latter is a New Hampshire-based organization that runs summer music education programs.Stephanie closed by thanking fans "for all your love and support." The couple ... Read MoreKelly Reilly on shifting gears from ‘Yellowstone’ to new film ‘Little Wing’
Paramount+/Alysson RiggsThe coming-of-age film Little Wing is now on Paramount+.In it, Yellowstone fans will see a different side of that hit show's resident firecracker Kelly Reilly: She plays a detective and single mom, Maddie, whose daughter, Brooklynn Prince's Kaitlyn, is on the wrong track.Kaitlyn and her best friend hope to solve her mother's financial woes by stealing a valuable racing pigeon, but instead she forms an unlikely bond with its owner Jaan, played by Succession Emmy winner Brian Cox."I knew I had one day with him and that was enough for me to get on board," the English actress tells ABC Audio."I grew up watching his work and he was very warm and playful in the scene we had," she ... Read MoreTom Holland and Zendaya get their Whitney fix during break in tennis match
Matthew Stockman/Getty ImagesWhenever famously private couple Tom Holland and Zendaya get spotted being cute together it becomes a thing, and such was the case at Sunday's BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.It was there during a break in the tennis action that cameras caught them grooving in their box seats and singing along when Whitney Houston's 1987 smash "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" played over the stadium's speakers. Coincidentally, as Dune Part Two continues to rake it in at the box office, Z's next film happens to be the tennis-themed love triangle film Challengers, due out April 26. After the match, which saw Iga Swiatek winning her second Open trophy, she got some face time with Zendaya -- to the athlete's apparent shock. According to video that The Open ... Read MorePhotos surface of Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan
Disney/Randy HolmesThe public is getting its first look at Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan.People has shared photos of the actor on the New York City set of the upcoming Dylan flick A Complete Unknown. In the pictures he’s seen in a green jacket with a yellow backpack, hat and brown scarf, carrying a guitar. A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold, has been in the works for more than four years. It is expected to cover the early '60s in New York, when a 17-year-old Dylan comes to the Big Apple and meets artists like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, and follows him through his famed 1965 performance at the Newport Folk Festival, when he shocks the crowd by plugging in an electric guitar.In addition to Chalamet, ... Read MoreIn Brief: Anne Hathaway’s ‘The Idea of You’ breaks trailer records, and more
Michael Showalter's new rom-com The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, is already making waves ahead of its May 2 release on Prime Video. Deadline reports the film's trailer has broken the record for the most watched trailer for any original streaming movie, registering 125 million global views across social media. The Idea of You follows a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with a 24-year-old boy band singer, played respectively by Hathaway and Galitzine ...Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney is hinting the Emmy-winning HBO series may start filming soon. When asked if she planned on taking time off after the South by Southwest premiere of her new horror movie Immaculate, Sweeney told MTV, "I go ... Read More‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ repeats at No.1 at the box office with $30 million weekend
Universal PicturesKung Fu Panda 4 topped the domestic box office for the second time in as many weeks, with an estimated $30 million weekend. The animated sequel, once again featuring Jack Black as the voice of the titular character, has collected $107.7 million in North America and $176.5 million worldwide.Second place went to Dune: Part Two, which grabbed an estimated $29 million. Its three-week domestic tally now stands at $205 million and over $400 million globally. The Dune sequel -- starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Austin Butler -- is expected to surpass the $433 million earned by its predecessor.The Mark Wahlberg-led Arthur the King debuted on the lower end of expectations, finishing in third place with an estimated $7.5 million in North ... Read More“My heart is broken today”: Cara Delevingne posts about house fire
Mike Marsland/WireImage via Getty ImagesThe Studio City, California, home that is believed to belong to actress and model Cara Delevingne and is registered to her band burned down overnight.Firefighters arrived to find the home with heavy fire in the rear as flames consumed one room in the back before developing into an attic fire that led to the roof's collapse, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.It took 94 firefighters more than two hours to access, confine and put out the fire.The LAFD said one firefighter was injured and is in fair condition while one occupant, a house sitter, had minor smoke inhalation. The LAFD said the injured firefighter fell off a ladder.The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.Delevingne has ... Read MoreFiasco Willy Wonka experience being turned into parody musical
Getty ImagesA veritable who's who of musical comedy talent is coming together to roast one of the biggest social media fiascos of the year, that "Willy’s Chocolate Experience" in Glasgow, Scotland. Hoping to steal some of the shine from Warner Bros. smash Wonka, organizers promised to immerse patrons in a wonderland of candy-covered delights. In reality, people shelled out around $60 a ticket to stand in a partially decorated warehouse that some on social media said looked more like a meth lab than anything from the movie.Due out in late 2024, WillyFest – A Musical Parody intends to add some fuel to the Fyre Fest-like disaster."It takes a special kind of magic to devastate children and adults alike – and it feels like ... Read More‘Doctor Who’ returns on Disney+ May 10
L-R: Gatwa, Gibson -- James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC StudiosOn Friday, Disney Branded Television and BBC jointly announced that beloved British sci-fi show Doctor Who will return Friday, May 10, at 7 p.m. ET on Disney+.It will be the first-ever installment to be released on the streaming service and worldwide -- except fans in the U.K. will have to wait one extra day.The first season to feature Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor will kick off with a revisit of December's episode "The Church on Ruby Road" and segue into two new installments.At the side of the time- and space-spanning titular hero will be his companion Ruby Sunday, portrayed by Millie Gibson.According to the joint announcement, the pair's "infinite adventures" championing the ... Read MoreElijah Wood, Yvette Nicole Brown and more added to CBS Studios’ animated ‘Among Us’
InnerslotAmong Us, the animated adaptation of the hit video game, has attracted some colorful Hollywood names, CBS Studios announced Friday.Among Us, which at one point had some 500 million monthly active users and more than 4 billion views on YouTube, has groups of small, colorful space-suited characters trying to fix a damaged ship called the Skeld — and avoiding a murderous imposter among them who wants to sabotage their craft.The Lord of the Rings' Elijah Wood has joined the cast as Green; Community and Avengers: Endgame actress Yvette Nicole Brown will play Orange; WandaVision co-star Randall Park will voice Red; and Ashley Johnson, a veteran voice-over actress who guested in another game adaptation, HBO's The Last of Us, will play ... Read More‘Squid Game’ star Oh Yeong-su convicted of sexual misconduct
Netflix/Noh JuhanOh Yeong-su, the 79-year-old star of Netflix's phenomenon Squid Game, is vowing to appeal the verdict after he was convicted of sexual misconduct in his native South Korea.According to the Korea Herald, Oh was given an eight-month prison sentence, which was suspended for two years, for a 2017 incident of sexually harassing an actress.The actor was found guilty of inappropriately touching an actress — including hugging her, kissing her cheek, and holding her hand — according to the publication. She filed charges against him four years later, when he became a global star thanks to the success of the series.The Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court ruled, "The content of the victim's journal, and the content of her ... Read MoreChristie Brinkley reveals she ahad surgery to remove skin cancer
Christie Brinkley attends the American Humane Hero Dog Awards at The Breakers on Nov. 10, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Mireya Acierto/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Actress and model Christie Brinkley revealed she has been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, in an Instagram post featuring photos of her recovery from surgery."The good news for me is we caught the basal cell Carcinoma early," said Brinkley, 70, in the post on March 13. "And I had great Doctors that removed the cancer and stitched me up to perfection like an haute couture Dior."Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, and is diagnosed in at least ... Read MoreTikTok influencers say ban would be ‘devastating’
Tik Tok supporters are seen outside the U.S. Capitol, March 13, 2024, in Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- TikTok influencers -- accustomed to their voices being heard by thousands on the wildly popular social media app -- now are speaking out in hopes lawmakers hear their frustrations about efforts in Congress to possibly ban the platform in the United States.The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell it or face a ban in the U.S. It's now headed to the Senate where its future is uncertain.While several steps would need to happen before any ban would be implemented -- including giving ByteDance six months to divest from TikTok ... Read MoreChristina Applegate says she lives ‘kind of in hell’ battling multiple sclerosis
PHOTO: Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts speaks with actresses Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Christina Applegate. Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts speaks with actresses Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Christina Applegate. Eric Mccandless/ABC(NEW YORK) -- Actresses Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler are opening up for the first time together about the health battle they both share: multiple sclerosis."I live kind of in hell," Applegate, 52, told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts about her battle with MS. She was diagnosed with the disease in 2021."I'm not out a lot, so this is, like, a little difficult, just for my system," Applegate said. "But, yeah, of course, the support is wonderful, and I'm really grateful."Applegate received a standing ovation in January when she ... Read MoreTop of page