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A rewarding process Marvel Studios We have known for a while that Kamala will eventually don her comic book outfit, but the show has taken its sweet time getting there, only introducing parts of the costume at a time while Kamala continues to wear her Captain Marvel cosplay. In episode 3, Kamala’s best friend Bruno (Matt Lintz) made a superhero mask to help hide her identity. In the comics, it was Bruno who made a suit for Kamala that could withstand her polymorph powers....

Nope, That’s Not Mark Hamill In The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special Disney+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/Nov. 26, 2022 2:55 pm EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe has earned a reputation for major cameos, so when “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” dropped on Disney+ this week, it’s no surprise that some eagle-eyed fans thought they spotted someone famous. The special, which follows Drax (Dave Bautista) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) on their quest to find Star Lord (Chris Pratt) the perfect Christmas present, ended with a surprise musical performance from a special guest....

‘He actually didn’t quite look 23 anymore’ Paramount Pictures Reiser was asked about reuniting with Eddie Murphy for the fourth film in a series that has spanned almost four decades. Reiser joked that he tries to “help Eddie out whenever I can and to boost his career. So it’s an honor.” The “Stranger Things” star also had something to say about the fact that Eddie Murphy looks pretty similar to when the first movie premiered, saying, “I was finally glad to see that he actually didn’t quite look 23 anymore....

Qui-Gon takes out a Sith probe droid Lucasfilm THE SCENE: Early in “The Phantom Menace,” Qui-Gon Jinn and Anakin Skywalker were minding their own business, jauntily setting off a course of events that would result in intergalactic war and wipe out millions, when Qui-Gon suddenly turned around and sliced down a probe droid that Darth Maul set upon them. He examined it, then told Anakin they needed to hurry. WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: The relevant footage in this scene runs for 22 seconds, and leaving it in would have:...

Superhero Bits: The Marvels Gets A Synopsis, Todd Phillips May Have Been Eyed To Take Over DC & More David Aja By Ryan Scott/Dec. 19, 2022 5:16 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The 12 Best Studio Ghibli Movies, According To Letterboxd - Did They Get It Right? Warner Bros. By Margaret David/Sept. 27, 2022 2:06 pm EST There was a beautiful time when film buffs, critics, and dudes with strong opinions could gather in the IMDb forums and debate everything from the oeuvre of Sir David Lean to the latest episode of “Charmed.” Today, internet critics make their way to the easier-to-navigate Letterboxd....

The Best New Blu-Ray Releases: Top Gun: Maverick, Malcolm X, And More Paramount By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 10, 2022 4:00 pm EST Do you feel the need? The need for … another Blu-ray column? The biggest entry in this latest Blu-ray round-up is, of course, the mega-hit “Top Gun: Maverick.” But there are a bunch of other major releases here, including a Criterion Collection edition of “Malcolm X,” Mia Goth going crazy in “Pearl,” a massive box set from Columbia Pictures, a 4K release of “Punisher: War Zone,” the latest from George Miller, and a Brian De Palma classic....

The Witcher: Blood Origin Teaser Trailer: Get Ready For The Conjunction Of The Spheres Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 10, 2022 11:21 am EST Sometimes, as the philosopher Huey Lewis once observed, one has “gotta get back in time.” The “Game of Thrones” property is doing just that with “House of the Dragon”; “The Lord of the Rings” has done it before with “The Hobbit” and is doing it again with “The Rings of Power”; and now “The Witcher” is joining the fantasy franchise time-warp party with “The Witcher: Blood Origin,” a miniseries that explores a key turning point in the history of “The Witcher” universe....

Where Does She-Hulk Fit In The MCU Timeline? Marvel Studios By Erin Brady/July 28, 2022 7:44 pm EST “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” is the latest show from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to premiere on Disney+, and it certainly won’t be the last. In this live-action debut of the titular superhero comma lawyer, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) will be seen taking on bad guys both on the streets and in the courtroom, specifically tackling cases involving superhumans....

Why George Clooney And Steven Soderbergh Pushed To Start Warner Independent Searchlight Pictures By Joe Roberts/Nov. 14, 2022 2:05 pm EST Alongside being a movie megastar, George Clooney has always had a penchant for smaller, less commercially ambitious films. For every “Gravity” and “Ocean’s Eleven” there’s a “Solaris” or a “Good Night, and Good Luck.” The latter of those, released in 2005, was a product of Clooney and Steven Soderbergh’s Section Eight Productions — a relatively short-lived production company responsible for the “Ocean’s” franchise as well as smaller productions like “Syriana”....

A Surprising Amount Of Avatar 4 Has Already Been Shot, Because James Cameron Never Sleeps By Witney Seibold/Oct. 6, 2022 3:41 pm EST Way back in 2006, James Cameron was working on a mysterious movie called “Project 880.” In an interview with MTV, he announced that the mystery film was to be called “Avatar,” and that he was hard at work on a whole sextet of feature films that were in various states of pre-production....

Orion Pictures One of the most endearing qualities of Arnold Schwarzenegger as an actor is that despite embodying all of the time-honored cliches of the ’80s action star, he can twist his bodybuilder persona into a number of memorable and distinct characters. He can annihilate an army of soldiers in a nanosecond through his hyper-masculinity in one movie (“Commando”) while becoming the object in another (“Predator”). Schwarzenegger is a man of many talents with so many memorable films under his belt, but the impact of playing “The Terminator” is still felt to this day....

Never Take No for an Answer Independent Film Distributors “Never Take No for an Answer,” directed by Maurice Cloche and Ralph Smart, based on the novel “The Small Miracle” by Paul Gallico, is a relatively obscure 1951 film. starring a young actor named Vittorio Manunta as a boy named Peppino. The young boy, living without parents, moves to a small town in central Italy with his best friend, a donkey named Violetta....

Not returning to Wakanda felt wrong Marvel Studios In an extensive Variety report about the development of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige described what it was like in the wake of Chadwick Boseman’s passing. He, producer Nate Moore, and “Wakanda Forever” co-writer/director Ryan Coogler did what Feige called “a lot of soul searching” before making any final decisions about the sequel. In the end, they agreed: As initially uncomfortable as they all were about making the film without Boseman, they felt even less comfortable about never going back to Wakanda at all....

Chainsaw Man Episode 12 Delivers A Satisfying Conclusion And Anime’s Best Tournament Arc Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 27, 2022 5:06 pm EST The first season of “Chainsaw Man” was one of the most anticipated releases of the year, posed as the likeliest successor to the edgy, violent “Attack on Titan” — but with a healthy dash of dumb humor. Now that the season has ended, it’s hard to argue against Studio Mappa’s adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga delivering on fans’ expectations, delivering energetic animation, great voice acting, and some stunning visual choices that shine a light on the author’s cinematic influences....

Everything Everywhere All At Once Directors Team With Nathan Min And Steven Yeun For A24 Comedy Pilot A24 By Jeff Ewing/Aug. 1, 2022 2:41 pm EST The filmmaking duo known collectively as Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) struck rhetorical gold with their multiverse-spanning A24 outing “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” The film, which just became A24’s first film to cross the $100 million mark at the global box office, had remarkable legs — alongside strong critical acclaim — for a mind-bending feature about a woman who starts jumping through her alternate universe lives while struggling with taxes....

Black Panther’s ’token white guy' Marvel Studios As a presence in 2018’s “Black Panther,” I only found Everett Ross mildly annoying. Did I bristle when he dismissed Wakanda as a “third world country”? Of course. Did I smirk when he laid hands on T’Challa, prompting Okoye to plot his murder? Duh. But I came around! Mostly because I like laughing and he inspired lots of jokes at his expense. When he arrives on stretcher and Shuri looks him over with glee, she utters one of the movie’s funniest lines: “Great, another broken white boy for us to fix....

God’s Creatures Trailer: There’s A Deep, Festering Darkness Inside The Belly Of Guilt A24 By Lex Briscuso/Aug. 16, 2022 1:31 pm EST There is a deep, festering darkness inside the belly of guilt and love — and there is no film that quite sets that tone like the new A24 psychological drama, “God’s Creatures.” The upcoming movie now has a trailer, and it seems as though A24 is continuing to capitalize on works of ruthless cinema that force us to take hard looks at ourselves, the choices we have made, and the ones we have yet to make....

Dwayne Johnson is secretly triplets Warner Bros. Pictures Hawkman and Black Adam are at each other’s throats throughout the story, but Johnson — who also produces the film — wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to shine. Hodge spoke about one moment when the production was “working over a story” and “rooting this in some grounded honesty for these characters, their motivations.” That meant that when something didn’t sit right with Johnson (whom the cast calls DJ), it was changed....

How The Office Creator And Directors Made The Documentary Style Feel So Natural NBC By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 16, 2022 12:42 pm EST The U.S. version of “The Office” came along at a key point in the history of reality TV. At the end of the 20th century, the format had only recently been the target of ridicule and satire in the movies like “The Truman Show” and “EDtv.” However, by the time “The Office” premiered in 2005, reality series like “Big Brother” and “Survivor” had come to dominate the airwaves....