The Force has awoken and brought to life a new and unpredictable Star Wars movie, challenging much of what fans were expecting in the sequel to The Force Awakens. Director Rian Johnson brought to life a beautiful looking film that focuses on the passing of the baton from the old generation of heroes to our new protagonist in…
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Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ Disney Movie Is Official
If we’re going to have a movie based on a theme park ride, then at least it stars Dwayne Johnson. The Rock himself has been attached to a Jungle Cruise movie, based on the Disney adventure, since 2015, but the project has gone through a number of script rewrites and changes (which feels like a smart…
Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Originally posted on MovieBabble:
Disney has taken it upon themselves to give all their classic stories a face lift by making them into live-action films. The next one on the list may just be the most popular Disney story of all: Beauty and the Beast. The following review will be spoiler free. Beauty and the…
S.J. Clarkson Set As ‘The Defenders’ Director
Per Marvel, S.J. Clarkson will be helming the first two episodes of The Defenders and will serve as an executive producer on the first installment of the eight-episode miniseries. The filmmaker is no stranger to Marvel series, as she did a terrific job directing the first two episodes of Jessica Jones, which still stands as the…
Disney Developing ‘Don Quixote’
The studio is developing an adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra‘s classic 1605 novel with producers Gordon Gray (Million Dollar Arm, Secretariat) and Billy Ray. Ray, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Captain Phillips will also pen the script. Fully titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Don follows Alonso Quixana, an older man in the Spanish countryside…
‘Finding Dory’ Crosses $1 Billion
After opening this past June, Finding Dory finally crossed the $1 billion worldwide box office mark this weekend. The movie has grossed $485 million domestically and $517 million internationally for a total of $1,001.5 million worldwide. It becomes Pixar’s second movie to gross $1 billion worldwide (the first being Toy Story 3, which made $1,067…
‘Enchanted’ Sequel Lands New Director
Enchanted 2, otherwise known by its official title Disenchanted, has struggled to get its mojo working over the last decade. The last news we’d heard about the sequel was confirmation of that title just over a year ago when Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) was still attached to direct. As THR reports, Adam Shankman (Hairspray) is in negotiations to direct Disenchanted….
Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Movie Gets Release Date
Back in March of 2015, it was reported that Disney was working on a live-action adaptation of their animated property Mulan. One of those dates that were announced back then – specifically the November 2018 release–has been now confirmed to be a live-action take on Mulan. The modern, live-action adaptation of the 1998 animated film based on…
Mary Poppins 2 May Add Ben Whishaw In A Familiar Role That Connects To The Original
Ben Whishaw is no stranger to family films, what with his role as the titular bear in Paddington managing to be a surprise hit at last year’s box office.But now he’ll possibly have another legendary franchise of British children’s literature under his belt. Brace yourselves, as Michael Banks is all grown up, and he might end…
Wreck-It Ralph Sequel Arrives In 2018
We’ve known for a while that a Wreck-It Ralph sequel was in the works at Disney, especially because ‘Ralph’ himself has talked about it several times in the past.
First Trailer for Disney’s Animated Adventure ‘Moana’ Released
The first teaser trailer for Disney’s sea-set adventure ‘Moana’ has officially been released, giving a short insight into the world that the studio is going to sail in next.
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