A spy and a superhero may help develop the atomic bomb. Deadline reports that Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. are in talks to join Christopher Nolan’s next movie, Oppenheimer. Based on the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the film is about Oppenheimer an...
Read MoreThe Wind Rises is in the later batch of Studio Ghibli movies I never saw for one reason or another. I was always curious about this one because it’s actually based on a true story, that being the life of Jiro Horikoshi, engineer of the Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” fighter. The Wind Rises ...
Read MoreWhen I first heard about Disney’s Jungle Cruise, a film adaptation of the famous theme park ride, I felt skeptical that it would be any more than another failed cash-in. I like Dwayne Johnson and the types of movies this one’s trailers have emulated, but I have little faith in Disney’s live-ac...
Read MoreTo no one’s shock, today’s entertainment chatter has mostly been about Scarlett Johansson suing Disney for breach of contract. A Variety article sheds some more light on some of the specifics, according to various Hollywood insiders, and it’s an interesting read with some great quotes. (“Dis...
Read MoreAdventure awaits as the first trailer for Jungle Cruise has gone online. The Adventureland adaptation is being directed by Juame Collet-Serra and written by Michael Green, John Requa, Glenn Ficara, and Lord of the Rings showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne. The Jungle Cruise trailer opens with E...
Read MoreWhen Disney announced that Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to 1964’s Mary Poppins, was in the works, I was intrigued but incredibly nervous. I find myself saying that more and more about Disney projects, especially sequels, reboots, or pretty much continuations of any kind. I say all the time that ...
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