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'Despicable Me 3' Gets 'South Park' Creator as the Villain
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Day 3 of CinemaCon closed out with Universal Pictures' two-hour presentation, which, like the studios before them, included plenty of news about their upcoming slate. The studio announced during their presentation that South Park co-creator Trey Parker has come aboard to voice the new villain in their upcoming animated sequel Despicable Me 3. It was also announced that Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 star Steve Carell will return as Gru, but he will also be voicing a brand new character.
The studio revealed that Steve Carell will also be voicing Drew, Gru's long-lost identical twin brother, who looks just like Gru, except for a full head of blond hair. Trey Parker will be voicing Balthazar Bratt, a former child star from the 1980s who is obsessed with the character he once played, and becomes Gru's new nemesis. It hasn't been confirmed if any of the other Despicable Me and »
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'Doctor Strange' Preview Goes On Set with the Director
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Yesterday, Marvel unveiled the first trailer for the highly-anticipated Doctor Strange, which hits theaters nationwide on November 4. If you're craving even more from this superhero adventure, then you're in luck because USA Today has debuted a new preview featuring footage from the trailer and new insight from director Scott Derrickson and producer Kevin Feige. While Benedict Cumberbatch isn't featured in this preview, the site did talk to the star, who had this to say about his character's mindset, when he first discovers this supernatural world.
"He's enraged by the mumbo jumbo he gets hit with until he's catapulted into the reality of that world, and then the teachings begin, as they say. I hope you root for him. He's like, 'Whaaat?' He's not like, 'Ok, cool, I'm in.' He's not swallowing the Kool-Aid straight away. But it's wonderful the way it's explained to him, because it's a hell »
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'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' Gets Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch
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Benedict Cumberbatch is The Grinch! And this time, he doesn't have to wear those painful contact lenses that almost made Jim Carrey walk off the set of the live-action adaptation back in 2000. Because this reboot of the popular Dr. Seuss story is going to be a fully animated feature film. Chris Meledandri of Illumination Entertainment, the company behind this new take on Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, made the announcement from CinemaCon 2016.
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas will be directed by Pete Candeland. The movie will arrive in theaters next year just in time for the Holiday season, debuting on November 10, 2017. Some footage was shown off to those in attendance for this massive Las Vegas convention. And it's said to be quite stellar. During the presentation, Chris Meledandri also showed off the first ten minutes of The Secret Life of Pets and the first 20 minutes of animated animal musical Sing. »
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'Captain America: Civil War' Reviews Call It a Marvel Masterpiece
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Last weekend, Marvel held the first screenings for its Phase Three adventure Captain America: Civil War, and the early reactions were filled with praise for new characters such as Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman). Earlier today, the embargo lifted, and the initial wave of reviews came flooding in. Although there are only 14 reviews posted on Rotten Tomates, all of them are positive, giving this superhero adventure a 100% Rt score right out of the gate, with some critics even making some parting shots at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice while calling this latest superhero epic a true Marvel masterpiece.
Marvel's Captain America: Civil War is set in the aftermath of Avengers: Age of Ultron, with Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, »
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Margot Robbie Reveals Harley Quinn's Secret Weapon in 'Suicide Squad'
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The Suicide Squad was set loose on Las Vegas yesterday as part of DC and Warner Bros.' big CinemaCon presentation. On hand to talk about her devilish role was Margot Robbie, who is already being called the movie's premiere scene stealer. She stars as iconic DC villain Harley Quinn, who, believe it or not, did not get her start in the pages of a comic book, but originates from the 1992 Batman Animated Series. During an interview held throughout the course of CinemaCon, the actress opened up about bringing this unique creature to the big screen, and teased the clown princess' secret weapon.
Harley Quinn has a unique relationship with The Joker in the movie, played by Jared Leto. The girl actually has a sick obsession for the iconic DC Comics villain. Despite clearly being insane, she holds a special place in many fans' hearts. And they can't wait to »
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'Star Wars': Story Behind C-3Po's Red Arm Finally Revealed
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In the months leading up to last year's massive blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fans were itching for any new details about the movie, since Disney and LucasFilm hadn't revealed too much about the story. In June, new merchandise photos surfaced which showcased an intriguing yet puzzling detail: the beloved protocol droid C-3Po now has a mismatched red arm. Then in September, it was revealed that a new comic book would explain how C-3Po ended up with a red arm, and today that comic book, C-3Po #1, was finally released. io9 has a rundown of this comic, which tells a much more intriguing story that some might expect.
Back in December, a Star Wars companion book revealed that C-3Po wears this red arm as a "memento of another droid's sacrifice." The one-shot comic book, C-3Po #1, by James Robinson, Tony Harris and Joe Caramagna reveals how this sacrifice was made, »
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'Godzilla: Resurgence' Trailer Brings Back the Original Monster
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Just over one year ago, the legendary Japanese studio Toho, which first brought a big screen icon to life with the 1954 classic Godzilla, announced a new Godzilla film, which was eventually titled Godzilla: Resurgence. Back in December, the first trailer was released, but it only gave us a tease of the monster. Today, Toho Movie Channel unleashed the second trailer and a new poster for Godzilla: Resurgence, which is set for release on July 29. And as you can see, the original Gojira is on full display. Toho has brought this iconic creature back to its roots with an all new action-thriller that finds the big green lizard smashing Japan to pieces.
Toho has released 28 Godzilla movies since the 1954 original classic, which was directed by Ishirô Honda. The studio last released Godzilla: Final Wars back in 2004, and licensed the rights to Godzilla to Warner Bros. for director Gareth Edwards' remake, »
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Disney Brings Marvel, Pixar and 'Star Wars' to CinemaCon 2016
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Disney took a slightly different approach to its CinemaCon presentation earlier today. The studio decided it was best to screen the first 30 minutes of Pixar's Finding Dory before showing Captain America: Civil War in its entirety to those in attendance. Disney started its CinemaCon presentation with a sizzle reel, highlighting all the great movies both recently released and upcoming. The Jungle Book, which opens this weekend, featured prominently among a slate of largely family friendly titles from Disney's 5 major studios.
Dave Hollis took the stage to thank exhibitors and promised much from the upcoming slate. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, headlined by Felicity Jones, kicked things off with its teaser trailer. As Hollis claimed, this was the first time it was being shown on the 'big screen'. The Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer will be attached to Captain America: Civil War in theaters.
Hollis went onto mention »
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'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Wants Michael Keaton as the Villain
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Less than one day after the official title was announced for Spider-Man: Homecoming at CinemaCon yesterday, another report has surfaced regarding a new cast member. Variety reports that Michael Keaton in in early talks to portray the villain in this superhero adventure. Unfortunately, this report doesn't reveal the identity of this villainous character.
Yesterday, another report claimed that the Marvel Comics character Vulture will be the main villain. While Sony and Marvel haven't confirmed this character's presence in the movie, that same report revealed that the title was in fact Spider-Man: Homecoming, hours before it was announced on the CinemaCon stage. While the studio did confirm the title during last night's panel, there was no mention of Vulture as the villain.
The CinemaCon presentation also included a clip from Captain America: Civil War, which showed Peter Parker (Tom Holland) coming home to find Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in his »
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'Batman' and 'Fantastic Beasts' Highlight Warner Bros. CinemaCon Panel
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Warner Brothers opened their CinemaCon presentation with a sizzle reel of marquee films developed by the studio, concluding with a splash of upcoming titles like Suicide Squad and Central Intelligence. As the reel wrapped, Warner Entertainment Chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara took the stage. Tsujihara made some big promises to the exhibitors in attendance, that he would not let new technology or any middle man come between the iconic studio and the cinema operators. His talk leaned heavily on the upcoming DC slate of at least 10 films over the next 5 years, one of which he confirmed will be a standalone Untitled Batman Reboot directed by Ben Affleck.
Tsujihara thanked the audience and brought up two of his key execs, Sue Kroll, President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of Worldwide Distribution. Both women, the keys to the worldwide success of the marketing and distribution of the Warner roster, »
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'Game of Thrones' 360 Video Lets You Explore Westeros
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Back in September, Facebook debuted an innovative new feature called 360 Degree Video, which gives viewers the interactive experience of rotating a full 360 degrees around the original frame. The feature kicked off with a new video from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with Jurassic World debuting another clip a month later. Earlier today, the hit HBO series Game of Thrones has partnered with Facebook, Oculus Rift and Elastic, the company who designed their opening credits sequence, to debut a 360 Degree Video for the iconic opening of the show.
Of course, this video is a bit different from the actual show's opening, which is used to give fans a heads up about which parts of Westeros and Essos will be featured in that particular episode. Instead, this three-minute video explores this entire fantasy world, giving fans the chance to explore different parts of the universe created by George R.R. Martin, along with »
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Here's Why Cable Is Perfect for 'Deadpool 2'
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As you likely know by now, given Deadpool's massive success at the box office, this unconventional superhero adventure includes a post-credits scene, an homage to Ferris Bueller's Day Off, where the Merc With the Mouth shows up to confirm that the iconic comic book character Cable will be featured in Deadpool 2. In hindsight, it was quite a bold move, considering that a sequel was not a sure thing. Now that the movie has made more than $757 million worldwide, we know a follow-up is coming. We reported in February that Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were coming back to pen the sequel. During an interview with Hitfix for the Blu-ray and DVD release on May 10, Rhett Reese had this to say about how Cable will be the perfect "foil" for the Merc, much like how Colossus was in the original Deadpool.
"There's a lot of fun in »
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'Ready Player One' Reteams Rylance and Spielberg Yet Again
6 hours ago
With production scheduled to begin this summer, director Steven Spielberg has reunited with a recent Oscar winner for his adaptation Ready Player One. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Mark Rylance, who won an Oscar in February for his work in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, has signed on for a pivotal role in Ready Player One. As it turns out, though, the actor had to work out scheduling difficulties with another Warner Bros.' project, Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk.
Mark Rylance joined the cast of Dunkirk in December, but the studio had to work out scheduling complications for the actor to star in both Ready Player One and this WWII thriller. Filming is scheduled to begin on May 23 in France on Dunkirk, while Steven Spielberg is eyeing a June production start on Ready Player One, which recently shifted from a December 15, 2017 release date to March 30, 2018. It isn't known which »
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New 'Scooby-Doo' Movie Sets Up Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe
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Warner Bros. has had a rough go of it the last couple of years, as they continue to try and set up franchises that don't go anywhere. They are currently in the midst of launching their DC Comics Extended Universe, which faltered with a less than stellar box office reception for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. While The Lego Movie saga and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them are quite important to the studio, Warner Bros. is now banking on one of their most iconic animated properties to set up a whole new world of interconnected movies. Yes, they are using their impending Scooby-Doo animated feature to launch the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe.
This news was revealed at CinemaCon 2016. It was in Las Vegas that Warner Bros. announced the new title of the Scooby-Doo movie is S.C.O.O.B.. Though, we're not sure yet what that stands for, »
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Here's How 'Alien: Covenant' Connects to 'Prometheus'
7 hours ago
Back in November, 20th Century Fox confirmed a rumor that their sequel to 2012's Prometheus will now be entitled Alien: Covenant. This new adventure, which was given an August 4, 2017 release date last month, has been confirmed as the first movie in a new trilogy, which will eventually connect to director Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi classic Alien. We have always known that this new movie will connect to Prometheus as well. Earlier today, Bloody-Disgusting discovered a new photo from the set that offers visual proof of this connection.
The photo came from an Instagram account belonging to Charlie Tong, which was tagged as being taken at Fox Studios Australia, where production will begin later this month, according to a report from February. The photo features one of the "giant alien heads" that were featured in Prometheus, in the Engineers' secret temple. Here's what author Stephen Messing had to say about these massive heads, »
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'Spider-Man' Animated Movie Logo Revealed
7 hours ago
The big news out of last night's Sony Pictures presentation at CinemaCon was the new Spider-Man Tom Holland taking the stage, where the official title Spider-Man: Homecoming was unveiled. However, that wasn't the only Spidey news that came out of the convention, with the studio unveiling the official logo for their Untitled Animated Spider-Man Project, which is arriving in theaters sometime in 2018. Here's what Sony Pictures Animation president Kristine Belson had to say about the project last night.
"(It's) a vision of Spider-man that will take your breath away. Conceptually and visually, it will break new ground for the superhero genre."
We first reported on the animated Spider-Man almost exactly one year from today, when Sony announced the project at last year's CinemaCon. The studio had original scheduled the movie for July 20, 2018, but back in December, the studio shifted the release date to December 21, 2018. Unfortunately, the studio didn't offer any plot details regarding this project, »
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Is This 'Breaking Bad' Character Returning in the 'Better Call Saul' Season 2 Finale?
7 hours ago
Last month, Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk shot down a theory that Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston will return as Walter White this season. Oddly enough though, Vince Gilligan teased at PaleyFest last month, via The Hollywood Reporter, that they almost had a big Breaking Bad cameo in the Season 2 finale, Klick, which airs Monday, April 18 at 9 Pm Et on AMC. But he wouldn't say which character was being eyed to return. TV Line has discovered a unique tweet from Twitter user Sirena6783, who appears to have solved this mystery.
While apparently on vacation, Sirena6783 discovered that all 10 episode titles for Better Call Saul Season 2 may in fact be an anagram that, when deciphered reads, "Frings Back," referring to the iconic Gus Fring, played by Giancarlo Esposito in Breaking Bad. Since Better Call Saul takes place before the events of Breaking Bad, a Gus Fring cameo certainly wouldn't be out of the question. »
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'When the Bough Breaks' Trailer Introduces the Surrogate from Hell
7 hours ago
Last night, during Sony Pictures' CinemaCon presentation, the studio unveiled the first footage from their upcoming Screen Gems thriller When the Bough Breaks, arriving in theaters September 16. If you weren't in Las Vegas last night, then you're in luck, because Screen Gems has debuted the first trailer for all to see. This thriller will most likely have eager parents thinking twice about the use of a surrogate to bring them a child.
John and Laura Taylor (Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall) are a young, professional couple who desperately want a baby. After exhausting all other options, they finally hire Anna (Jaz Sinclair), the perfect woman to be their surrogate - but as she gets further along in her pregnancy, so too does her psychotic and dangerous fixation on the husband. The couple becomes caught up in Anna's deadly game and must fight to regain control of their future before it's too late. »
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Thanos Arrives Early In 'Avengers: Infinity War Part 1'
8 hours ago
Way back in 2012, The Avengers not only brought Marvel Phase One to a close, but the now-iconic post-credit scene introduced us to the villain pulling the strings all along, Thanos. It wasn't until 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy that we got our first full look at The Mad Titan, played by Josh Brolin, but there is still very little we know about the villain himself. While promoting Captain America: Civil War, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely teased that fans will learn a lot more about Thanos early on in Avengers: Infinity War Part I, which they are also writing. Here's what Christopher Markus had to say, when it was mentioned that fans don't known a whole lot about Thanos up to this point.
"That's a good point. We don't get an element of surprise. Everyone knows he's coming, and yet he hasn't had terribly many scenes that have illuminated very much about him. »
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Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt Talk 'Passengers' Sci-Fi Plot
8 hours ago
Day 2 of CinemaCon wound down in Las Vegas last night with a huge presentation from Sony Pictures, which showcased some of its biggest movies hitting theaters over the next few years. Part of the studio's impressive slate includes a sci-fi thriller featuring two of the biggest stars in the world, Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) and Chris Pratt (Jurassic World), who both star in the sci-fi drama Passengers, arriving in theaters December 21. The duo showcased the first footage from Passengers, while shedding light on their characters.
Set in the future, Passengers centers on Jim Preston (Chris Pratt), a mechanic on a 120-year journey to a distant colonized planet in another galaxy, who becomes the first traveler to experience pod hibernation failure. Having woken up 100 years too soon, he is stranded in the world of an interstellar spaceship with only robots and androids for companionship. A year into his journey, he »
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