Plenty of Marvel fans were disappointed to hear the Disney+ series “Hawkeye” wouldn’t be getting a second season. Series star Jeremy Renner recently opened up in an interview about why he refused to do more episodes. Apparently, the actor was offered only half of his salary from the previous season. “They asked me to do Season 2, and they offered me half the money,” Renner told High Performance. “I’m like, ‘Well, it’s going to take me twice the amount of work for half the amount of money, and eight months of my time, essentially, to do it for half the…
Author: Amy Davis
We’ve reported on a lot of interesting things from the trenches of the still-raging popcorn bucket wars. From cute to gloomy to unintentionally sexual to very intentionally sexual. But “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” may be the most high-tech entry we’ve seen yet. Regal Cinemas has unveiled an exclusive new popcorn bucket for the upcoming film to help keep your salty treat safe. The popcorn bucket is shaped like a lidded capsule with keys that must be used to unlock it. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is not to lose these keys in a dark theater…
“Road House 2” is officially a-go at Amazon MGM Studios! It’s been confirmed Guy Ritchie (“In the Grey”) will direct from a script by Will Beall (“Bad Boys: Ride or Die”). Star Jake Gyllenhaal (“Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant”) will be reprising his role as ex-UFC fighter Dalton from the 2024 film. Plot details for the upcoming sequel are under wraps at this time. The first film is a reboot of the 1989 movie of the same name starring Patrick Swayze. In it, Dalton (Gyllenhaal) is a former fighter for the UFC struggling to make ends meet. While sleeping in his…
Disney is continuing its efforts to take over every form of entertainment by strengthening its partnership with Epic Games. This time, the companies will be working together to launch an entirely new playable world based on Disney IP. This move includes letting players link their Epic Games accounts to myDisney accounts, in exchange for a special stormtrooper skin. [Just don’t play anything where you have to shoot a gun with any accuracy.] Disney and Epic will also break new ground by launching the first two episodes of the “Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld” animated series inside the video game…
In 2005, Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain” hit theaters and became a cultural phenomenon. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, and the late Heath Ledger. The film went on to win three Academy Awards Best Directing for Lee, Best Original Score for Gustavo Santaolalla, and Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writers Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. The pair adapted the film from the short story by Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx. To celebrate “Brokeback Mountain”’s 20th anniversary, Focus Features will be re-releasing it in theaters nationwide. These special screenings will take place on June 22nd and 25th. “Brokeback Mountain,” is an…
Over the past few decades, actress and writer Natasha Lyonne (“Poker Face”) has certainly left her mark on Hollywood. Now she will make her feature-length directorial debut with the upcoming “Uncanny Valley.” This movie will be done alongside technology innovator Jaron Lanier and actress/co-writer Brit Marling (“A Murder at the End of the World”). Lyonne and Marling are also expected to star. “Uncanny Valley” will take place in the world of immersive video games and look at their dependence on AI. The plot centers around a teenage girl leaving a wildly popular Augmented Reality (AR) video game. The project is…
Casting is in full swing for Lionsgate’s upcoming adaptation of “Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping.” Oscar nominee Jesse Plemons is now confirmed to be among the cast as Plutarch Heavensbee. The character was first portrayed by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1″ and “Part 2.” “Sunrise on the Reaping” is the 6th film adaptation from Suzanne Collins’s best selling book series of the same name. The movie will take place twenty-four years before the events of the first film. Starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games. Plemons will…
Are you into fried chicken? Like we mean REALLY into it? If so, Loungefly has a new line of apparel inspired by fast food giant KFC. The new line consists of three pieces: a mini backpack, a cross body bag, and a wallet. All designed to remind you of crispy, juicy, fried poultry. Chicken Bucket Sherpa Mini Backpack This mini backpack mimics the color palette of KFC’s classic white and red bucket. The bag’s sherpa, embroidered, and pearlescent details are accented by plush chicken wings sitting on the front pocket. Making this the ultimate statement piece to proclaiming your love…
We’ve got great news for all you “Love, Death + Robots” fans out there. Netflix just released a trailer for season 4, and it is wild. The 10 episode, Emmy-winning series, will start streaming on May 15th, 2025. This season stars MrBeast, who commands a space dinosaur, Kevin Hart as a smart fridge, and John Oliver as a robot butler. Behind the camera, David Fincher will direct the premiere episode “Can’t Stop,” starring the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The short recreates the band’s 2003 performance at Slane Castle with Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante voicing marionettes. You…
Paramount+ is crossing over its two biggest IPs in a perplexing new ad for the streaming service. The crew aboard the USS Enterprise from “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is working alongside the residents of Bikini Bottom from “SpongeBob SquarePants.” We guess a pineapple under the sea counts as a strange new world… The advertisement shows Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) taking control of the “Patrick Starship Enterprise,” a new kind of spaceship that resembles a big, pink starfish. [Can’t say that sounds very aerodynamic, but we aren’t scientists here.] Of course, the voice of the ship sounds like “SpongeBob”…