#Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt Star – /Film

#Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt Star – /Film

“#Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt Star – /Film” Any movie based on a theme park ride is going to raise some eyebrows. But it looks like it could be smooth sailing for Disney’s Jungle Cruise, a new adventure movie based on one of the first Disney theme park attractions, which takes passengers on a riverboat cruise through the…

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#Jac Schaeffer Marvel Deal For New TV Shows – /Film

#Jac Schaeffer Marvel Deal For New TV Shows – /Film

“#Jac Schaeffer Marvel Deal For New TV Shows – /Film” Marvel is sticking with Jac Schaeffer. The WandaVision head writer (Marvel doesn’t like to use the term “showrunner”) and Black Widow screenwriter just inked a three-year overall TV deal with Marvel Studios and 20th Television. The deal will have Schaeffer developing projects for both Marvel and 20th Television,…

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#Craig Gillespie on Villains – /Film

#Craig Gillespie on Villains – /Film

“#Craig Gillespie on Villains – /Film” Cruella is a crime movie, and director Craig Gillespie seems to relish that. Sure, this is Disney’s latest live-action reboot, an attempt to bring an iconic character back into the spotlight with an expensive origin story. But it’s also a tale of revenge set against the backdrop of the…

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#Great Costumes, Sluggish Pacing – /Film

#Great Costumes, Sluggish Pacing – /Film

“#Great Costumes, Sluggish Pacing – /Film” Each of Disney’s live-action/CGI remakes, reboots, revivals, and re-imaginings has run up against the same challenge. Whether they’re about a boy growing up in the jungle, a young woman falling in love with a beast, or a girl falling through a rabbit hole to a magical fantasy world, these…

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#Hayao Miyazaki Influences – /Film

#Hayao Miyazaki Influences – /Film

“#Hayao Miyazaki Influences – /Film” Luca is the closest Pixar has gotten to making a Studio Ghibli film. It’s not particularly in the visuals, though there are plenty of similarities — the characters look like they’d be comfortable strolling through Kiki’s Delivery Service, albeit in a 3D version of it — but in the feeling. There’s a…

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#Why is Chloé Zhao Credited Twice? – /Film

#Why is Chloé Zhao Credited Twice? – /Film

“#Why is Chloé Zhao Credited Twice? – /Film” This morning, Marvel Studios released the first trailer and poster for the upcoming cosmic superhero movie Eternals. The film is directed by Chloé Zhao, fresh off her Oscar win for Best Director at the 93rd Academy Awards last month for her Best Picture-winning film Nomadland, which she…

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