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6 on 19 More Titles for More ‘Avatar’ SequelsThis week, the world finally stopped holding its breath, as the BBC revealed what it says are the official titles for the four forthcoming Avatar sequels: Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: The Seed Bearer, Avatar: The Tulkun Rider, and Avatar: The Quest for Eywa. Those movies will take us into 2025 — but what…
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The superhero industry is built on an illusion. The big brands, Marvel and DC, would have you believe that their foundation stones are dashing characters and zip-pow stories. But those properties are only the second level — the true foundation is the unsung toil of freelance comic-book creators, operating on work-for-hire agreements without union protections,…
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Superheroes! Spectacle! Outrageous lines! It’s time again for Comic-Con in San Diego, the biggest gathering of geeks this world can muster. While some heavy hitters like Marvel Studios and HBO will be sitting out this year’s edition, there are still plenty of big titles and major studios that will be touting their upcoming movies and…
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But even as new entries in the Spidey Cinematic U make their way through the development process — Silver & Black, the female-centric superhero buddy thriller to be directed by Love & Basketball filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood, and Morbius, set to star Jared Leto as its “Living Vampire” lead and be directed by Swedish filmmaker Daniel…
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“There are so many,” Feige told Vulture last week, “but I would say, both because of the characters and the actors who’ve created them, Doctor Strange and Tony Stark.” And while Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr.’s clash of goateed titans is practically guaranteed, Feige encouraged fans to think outside the box when pondering which…
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“As of right now we have no connective tissue to those worlds,” Berlanti said when asked if the movie would be part of the DC Extended Universe that already includes Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad (with Wonder Woman and Justice League following in 2017). “It’d be a separate…
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At the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Sunday, where Lucas was being honored for his lifetime achievements in arts and culture, he stopped on the red carpet just long enough to confirm he has indeed seen Episode VII, which was directed by J.J. Abrams and in which Lucas had zero involvement. Cue the John…
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While you no doubt already know Luke Cage because you binge-watched Jessica Jones last weekend, here’s a refresher: Luke Cage the series is one of the live-action shows that Marvel and Netflix are making together, and Luke Cage the man is a superhero with super strength, rock-hard skin, and amazing pectorals (we added that last…
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Perhaps it’s fitting that in director Billy Ray’s time-spanning thriller Secret in Their Eyes, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a dogged FBI investigator pursuing one unsolved murder case for 13 years: After all, Ejiofor’s Hollywood career started 13 years ago, too, after his star-making role in 2002’s Dirty Pretty Things put him on every acclaimed auteur’s radar.…
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Poor Fantastic Four! The buzz has been so poisonous for this comic-book movie that after overwhelmingly negative reviews rolled in this week, even director Josh Trank was moved to disavow the film’s final cut. But in the face of so much that has gone wrong here, is there anything in Fantastic Four that’s somehow so…