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‘Black Panther’ Tracking For A Record-Setting $165 Million Opening Weekend Black Pantheris on track to make history — in more ways than one. Marvel Studios' first solo black superhero movie has been steadily gathering buzz throughadvance ticket sales,critical acclaim, and good old word-of-mouth…and the hype is starting to manifest in its box office tracking numbers. Early estimates forBlack Panther’s opening weekend box office put the film at a strong $120 million....

‘DC’s Stargirl’ Season 2 Heading To The CW – Is The DC Universe Streaming Service Dying? DC’s Stargirlis shooting for the stars, and landing at a new network. TheDC Universeoriginal is leaving the fledgling streaming platform forThe CW, which has renewedStargirlfor a second season and will become the exclusive home for the breakout superhero series next season.Stargirlis just the latest series to abandon the fast-dwindling DC Universe, which is losing shows to HBO Max and The CW, in a move that may indicate that Warner Media is abandoning the short-lived DC-centric streaming platform....

‘His Dark Materials’ Author Philip Pullman To Release Unseen Lyra Novella In October WhenThe Amber SpyglassbroughtPhilip Pullman’sHis Dark Materialstrilogy to an end in 2000, that seemed like the end of the story of its protagonist. But 20 years later, and we’re still following the bullish heroine on adventures in her parallel-world Oxford — both on screen in the excellent HBO/BBC TV series adaptation, and in new books published by Pullman....

‘Mary Poppins’ Returns Star Lin-Manuel Miranda On Playing The Spiritual Successor To Dick Van Dyke [Set Visit Interview] Lin-Manuel Mirandais best known as the writer and star of the Broadway smashHamilton, but pretty soon, he may be just as well-known for his work in Disney musicals. After snagging an Oscar nomination for his songwriting work onMoana, Miranda steps in front of the camera inMary Poppins Returns, where he plays a singing and dancing lamplighter named Jack....

‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Trailer: Edward Norton Is A Detective With Tourette’s In 1950s Crime Drama Edward Norton’s longtime passion project is finally coming to theaters. The Oscar-nominated actor has spent nearly two decades trying to getMotherless Brooklynoff the ground, an adaptation of the 1999 novel byJonathan Lethem.And now, it has finally arrived with the officialMotherless Brooklyntrailer signaling that this movie, which Norton directs and stars in, does indeed exist. Watch theMotherless Brooklyntrailer below....

‘Popstar’ Deleted Scene: Andy Samberg Takes A Stand Against Grumpasaurus Parents & Teachers If you didn’t seePopstar: Never Stop Never Stoppingthis summer, you’re part of the problem. Universal Pictures gave us this glorious, original comedy chock full of outstanding new songs from The Lonely Island, a barrage of incredible cameos, and some of the biggest laughs of the year. And how did audiences respond? Well, they didn’t, because the moviedidn’t even hit $10 millionin its theatrical run....

‘RoboCop’ Remake Director Says Michael Fassbender Casting Rumors Blown Out Of Proportion Here’s the problem with the classic “so and so wants actor X for new film” story: it can so easily turn out to be something that is blown out of proportion. The latest case in point isJose Padilha’s remake ofRoboCop. On Friday it was widely reported that the director wantsMichael Fassbenderfor the role originated byPeter Weller. Which, for one, was fairly obvious....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Adds A Sixth Consecutive Episode For The Weekend After The Election WhenSaturday Night Liveannounced their return for the beginning of October, it came with news that they would be having five consecutive weekends of shows throughout the entire month. It’s the longest back-to-back run of episodes that I can remember, and executive producerLorne Michaelshas decided to extend that run adding another consecutive episode to follow the weekend after the 2020 election....

‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Trailers: The Classic Children’s Horror Collection Comes To Life If you were a kid in the 1980s or early 1990s, there’s a good chance that you encountered the children’s book seriesScary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Drawing from folklore and urban legends, the book series written by Alvin Schwartz was made all the more terrifying thanks to the inky, twisted illustrations by Stephen Gammell....

‘The Mandalorian’ Blurs The Line Of Good And Evil In The ‘Star Wars’ Universe When Disney+ arrives next week, it will bring with it the first episode of the live-actionStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorian. But rather than giving us the usual struggle between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance (or the First Order and the Resistance), this series gets caught in the middle of the battle between good and evil, and follows some characters who toe the line between heroes and villains....

‘Westworld’ Spoiler Review: 10 Questions From “The Original” HBO’sWestworldofficially premiered last night and it was one hell of a first episode.Jonathan NolanandLisa Joy’s series take the premise ofMichael Crichton’s 1973 film and sprint with it, carrying this tale of robot cowboys, debauched tourists, and theme park ops into bold new territory. It’s a smart science fiction powered by western imagery and lightly coated with horror. It’s weird. It’s dense. It’s one of the more promising pilots I’ve seen in some time....

‘Young Justice: Outsiders’ Trailer: The Superhero Sidekicks Go To Space The latestYoung Justice: Outsiderstrailer packs quite a punch, as the third season of the beloved superhero animated show sends your favorite sidekicks to space. The team of not-so-young-anymore superheroes are fighting off a multi-universe threat that is somehow tied to a metahuman trafficking ring. It’s all a little confusing, but look! Impulse is so happy to be in space! And Batman skydives!...

‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Trailer: It’s Time To Nut Up Or Shut Up In Washington DC It’s been 10 years sinceZombielandhit theaters, unleashing an irreverent zombie apocalypse being faced byWoody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma StoneandAbigail Breslin, and since then the accolades collected by the cast have grown considerably. Woody Harrelson and Abigail Breslin were already Oscar nominees by the timeZombielandarrived, but now Jesse Eisenberg has an Oscar nomination under his belt, and Emma Stone actually has an Oscar win....