Monthly Archives: March 2018
What It Was Like to Live Through That Oscars Wrinkle in Time Screening
Host Jimmy Kimmel pulled off an epic stunt during the 90th annual Academy Awards when he and a crowd of Hollywood's biggest stars -- including Gal Gadot, Guillermo del Toro, Mark Hamill, Lupita Nyong'o and Lin-Manuel Miranda -- took a break from the Oscars and headed next door to crash a screening of Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time at the TLC Chinese Theaters. The stunt might have been a surprise to Oscar viewers, but no one was more shocked by the way the events unfolded than the unsuspecting audience watching the movie. Here's what it was like to be sitting in the front row.
What Shape of Water, Get Out’s Wins Mean for the Future of the Oscars
As Guillermo del Toro and the cast and crew of The Shape of Water took the stage after their Best Picture win at the 90th Academy Awards, I couldn’t help but feel like we were witnessing a turning point for the Oscars. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that we’ll look back on last night’s show as a mold for how the Oscars progress going forward in terms of genre films being represented in the major award categories.
The 90th Academy Awards seemed to speak to folks like me (and I presume a lot of you) who have felt like horror, fantasy, and science fiction films generally get overlooked during Hollywood’s big night. Honestly, in 2018, it’s harder to find someone who isn’t caught up on Game of Thrones or the Marvel Cinematic Universe films than it is to find someone who is. So it makes perfect sense that these giant pillars of popular culture are rewarded when they’re excellent.
Spider-Man Faces Green Goblin/Carnage Combo This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Once you check out our picks, head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Writer Dan Slott | Artist Stuart Immonen | Cover Alex Ross (Marvel Comics)
Rampage Movie Shifts US Release Date
Rampage will be released one week earlier than originally planned in North America.
As reported by Deadline, Warner Bros. has moved up the release date of the Dwayne Johnson-led movie from April 20 to April 13.
It's worth noting Disney recently moved up the release date of Avengers: Infinity War, which will now open in theaters on April 27, so this release date shift for Rampage provides an extra week of breathing room before the release of Marvel Studios' big superhero ensemble movie.
Deadpool #300 Is the End for Current Creative Team
Deadpool #300 will be the last issue worked on by the current creative team of the past five years.
Newsarama reports the issue will end the run from writer Gerry Duggan, artist Mike Hawthorne, and Editor Jordan D. White, who if added up, comprise nearly 20 years of work on the series.
The three announced their departures from the anti-hero on their individual Twitter accounts, all remarking on how much they will miss working on the project.
In his tweet, White remarked on his seven year run with Deadpool saying, "I've been editing the Deadpool line for over half my career
Black Panther Overtakes The Dark Knight in All-Time Domestic Box Office List
With Black Panther crossing the $500 million mark in its first weekend at the domestic box office, it joined a select group of films to push past that milestone, and has only continued to gain traction.
All top 10 highest grossing films domestically have made over $500 million, with Black Panther being the latest to cross this mark. Find out where it falls — and what the rest of the top 10 is — in the gallery below.
The top 10 films and their unadjusted domestic grosses:
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — $936,662,225
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Anniversary Special Is a ‘Love Letter’ to the Franchise
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Anniversary Special will celebrate 25 years of Saban's Power Rangers.
A Boom! Studios press release reveals the oversized anniversary special comic will feature standalone stories of fan favourite Ranger teams including the original team, which debuted back in 1993.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Anniversary Special Main Cover by Steve Morris
Rainbow Six Siege Doubling Down on Banning Racist, Homophobic Language
Rainbow Six Siege is making changes to the systems in place to ban those using racist and homophobic language, as well as other hate speech, in game.
A Reddit post details the punishments, ranging from 2 days to permanent bans, which will be applied case-by-case depending on the severity of the infraction.
The post states the language taken action against is explained in the games Code of Conduct to be “Any language or content deemed illegal, dangerous, threatening, abusive, obscene, vulgar, defamatory, hateful, racist, sexist, ethically offensive or constituting harassment is forbidden.”
Regular Show Jumps 25 Years Into the Future in New Comic
Regular Show is coming back via a new comic book series set 25 years after the series finale.
BOOM! Studios and Cartoon Network have teamed up for a six-issue limited comic book series titled Regular Show: 25 Years Later. The comic, from writer Christopher Hastings and artist Anna Johnstone, will follow an older Mordecai, Rigby, and the rest 25 years into the future.
The Regular Show: 25 Years Later Issue #1, image via BOOM! Studios.
Live-Action Aladdin Remake New Songs From Greatest Showman Duo
Disney's upcoming live-action Aladdin remake will feature new songs form The Greatest Showman songwriters.
In an interview with Variety, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the duo behind music for The Greatest Showman as well as La La Land, revealed they've worked on two new songs for Aladdin. Pasek and Paul collaborated with longtime Disney composer Alan Menken on the new music.
“We got to collaborate with one of our heroes, Alan Menken," Pasek said. "We collaborated with him and wrote the lyrics for two new songs for Aladdin.”
Menken composed scores for several classic animated Disney films, such as Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and the original Aladdin. Meanwhile, Pasek and Paul won the Oscar for Best Original Song for La La Land's "City of Stars” last year. They also received a nomination this year for The Greatest Showman's "This is Me."