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John Cho Gets Jazzy with Lead Role in Cowboy Bebop

brettstevens | Apr 11, 2019 | 0

John Cho is going from White Castle and the Enterprise to the Bebop. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that the Star Trek star has signed on to play the iconic Spike Spiegel in Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, alongside Daniela Pineda as Faye Valentine, Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black, and ...

Disney’s The Lion King Trailer

andrewrodriguez | Apr 10, 2019 | 0

I’ll be the first to admit that when Disney first announced that they were working on a “live-action” Lion King film to add to their growing library of live-action remakes of their back catalog of animated classics, I was skeptical at best. For one, the live-action remakes have been hit and mi...

REVIEW: Kim Possible (2019)

virginiakublawi | Feb 17, 2019 | 0

I try not to judge movies based on trailers because they are often misleading and sometimes poorly edited. Everybody can probably name a movie that had bad trailers but ended up being pretty good, and vice versa. That being said, from the very first promo image of Disney Channel’s live-action Kim ...

Original Kim Possible Christy Carlson Romano’s Character in Live-Action Movie Revealed

virginiakublawi | Jan 30, 2019 | 0

Tuesday night, People released a photo of Christy Carlson Romano’s new character in Disney’s upcoming live-action Kim Possible TV movie. Romano, Kim’s voice actress from the original animated series, also offers some insight into the film’s production, and what the character ...

Live-Action Hunchback of Notre Dame Movie in Works at Disney

virginiakublawi | Jan 17, 2019 | 0

This week Disney, via Deadline, announced plans for a live-action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, written by David Henry Hwang and featuring music by the original film’s composers, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. Josh Gad is also attached as a producer, with some unconfirmed speculation t...

REVIEW: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

virginiakublawi | Dec 23, 2018 | 0

When 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 ...