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The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news. Marvel had no comment. Sources told THR that an “Echo” plotline will include Daredevil (Cox) teaming up with a former ally once more. Podcast The Weekly Planet has reported that ally will be Jessica Jones, played by Krysten Ritter. Original, May 19: After months of fan rumors, a “Daredevil” series is in the works at Disney+. The fan-beloved critically acclaimed Netflix show was canceled in 2018 after running for three seasons....

Peters starred as Quicksilver in Fox’s “X-Men” series, while Aaron Taylor-Johnson starred as Quicksilver opposite Olsen’s Scarlet Witch in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Johnson’s Quicksilver was killed off in the movie. Following the Disney-Fox merger, the MCU had free rein to use Fox iterations of the “X-Men” if it wanted to, thus Peters’ appearance ignited fan theories about the multiverse and the possibility of other Fox “X-Men” actors like Patrick Stewart or Michael Fassbender appearing on “WandaVision....

Yet Blunt won, marking her first SAG win and further indication that those modes of thinking might be changing. The work, from Blunt and others, is only getting better. Why not give those performances the same affection and attention? “I was shocked. I was absolutely blown backwards by it,” Blunt told IndieWire about her SAG win. “John and I laughed about it. Going into [the awards ceremony], he goes, ‘I think out of the five, you’re sixth....

“There was quite a bit of backlash about that,” VanCamp told Variety about the Sharon-Steve kiss. “With Sharon, it was always trying to fit her in and these movies are just too big, and it’s completely understandable. To get to see who she’s become over this long period of time, and independent of Captain America as we know him, is really interesting to me. The intrigue for me was to see who is Sharon now....

Per National Geographic: “Many argued that the avalanche theory, initially proposed in 1959, still didn’t seem to stack up: The team’s tent encampment was cut into the snow on a slope with an incline seemingly too mild to permit an avalanche. There was no snowfall on the night of February 1 that could have increased the weight of the snow burden on the slope and triggered a collapse. Most of the blunt force trauma-like injuries and some of the soft tissue damage were atypical of those caused by avalanches, whose victims usually asphyxiate....

In a statement to Variety, the director of public affairs for the Atlanta Police Department said there are several law enforcement agencies dispatched to the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta. The director said the Atlanta Police Department was not involved in allegedly profiling Andre. Variety notes police officers for Clayton County, Georgia also operate in the airport. “The Atlanta Police Department became aware of Mr. Andre’s social media posts, prior to news media reaching out to us,” the Atlanta Police Department said in a statement....

Her Exquisite Shorts Program is “a space that allows filmmakers an opportunity to highlight work they care about, are inspired by, or that they simply believe deserves a platform,” according to a shiny new website, which Romvari launched earlier this month. “Our unique process of curation will encourage communication and support between filmmakers, as the baton is passed from one filmmaker to the next.” The concept is simple: Every two weeks, a new film will screen on the site that was chosen by the filmmaker whose work showed previously....

Universal typically allows three weeks before opening the PVOD box office, but “F9” is the studio’s first title to wait five weeks. It grossed over $50 million on its opening weekend and under Universal’s agreement with theaters that meant a minimum 31 days for VOD. “A Quiet Place Part II” made a surprising move in its second week of VOD availability: After two weeks at $19.99, Paramount dropped the price to $4....

President Biden has announced his intention to issue 17 executive actions in his first day in office, three of which will directly address the COVID-19 virus already in progress. The orders — which include a 100-day mandate asking Americans to wear masks and requiring masks and physical distancing in federal buildings, on federal lands and by government contractors; the stoppage of the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization and institution of Dr....

As Vanity Fair reports: “The success of the first ‘Wonder Woman’ film — for which Gadot was paid only $300,000, a figure that caused outrage in some circles as it paled in comparison to what many male action stars take home — helped catapult her onto the list of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. For ‘Wonder Woman 1984,’ she reportedly earned $10 million — a hefty sum that is still less than half of what some leading male action stars get, yet another sign that in Hollywood, as elsewhere, the gender pay gap still has a long way to go to close....

After audio of Cruise’s rant went viral this week, the movie star received criticism for speaking disrespectfully to his employees. The actor and producer scolded the film’s crew for breaching coronavirus safety protocols on the set of “Mission: Impossible 7,” the Christopher McQuarrie-directed Paramount movie that was hit with a one-week production delay in October after 12 people on set in Italy tested positive for COVID-19. Cruise can be heard swearing at crew members who were standing too close together at a monitor, telling them: “We are not shutting this fucking movie down!...

“I have been at work in my winter garden,” Martin wrote in a blog post on his website. “Things are growing…and changing, as does happen with us gardeners. Things twist, things change, new ideas come to me (thank you, muse), old ideas prove unworkable, I write, I rewrite, I restructure, I rip everything apart and rewrite again, I go through doors that lead nowhere, and doors that open on marvels....

That, at least, is the working theory behind Wang I-Fan’s “Get the Hell Out,” a giddy protest of a film with endless geysers of blood and zero time for subtlety. “A wrong movie makes you suffer for 90 minutes,” declares a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it opening title card that reads more like a disclaimer. “A wrong government makes you suffer for four years.” In other words: No matter how exhausting you find this anarchic cross between George Romero and Scott Pilgrim, it can’t be worse than the reality waiting for you when it’s over (and it definitely isn’t, even if Wang’s debut bleeds out long before it finally stops twitching)....

Sony, the only top studio to lack a streaming outlet, is having a great last quarter that will be capped by the hotly anticipated “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — a good bet to be the top-grossing release of 2021. Unlike its Disney MCU competitors, “Carnage” and “Afterlife” are veritable bargains; they cost less than $100 million each. With these franchise installments, Sony seems to have found a sweet spot. “Afterlife” rebounded from the perceived failure of its 2016 female-reworking predecessor (it was the highest grossing comedy of its year, with a slightly better opening than “Afterlife....

Released December 15, the 2022 GLAAD “Studio Responsibility Report” looks at the theatrically released films produced by major studios in 2021 to determine whether each studio is up to par in terms of onscreen representation. Since the report only looks at the movies released last year, major releases like “Bros” or Disney’s “Strange World” aren’t counted in the tally. According to GLAAD, of the 77 films released theatrically in 2021, 16 (20....

The two-part documentary is described by HBO as a “searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable overproduction, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.” The documentary will examine the origins, expansion, and ultimate fallout of what is now considered one of the most deadly drugs out there. Per HBO, the documentary will include interviews with whistleblowers and insiders, as well as include newly-leaked documents and behind-the-scenes footage....

“I started with a specific dialect from Vignola, then I started to work in the higher-class way of speaking that would have been more appropriate in places like Milan and Florence,” Gaga added. “In the movie, you’ll hear that my accent is a little different depending on who I’m speaking to.” But an Italian accent is not what many viewers of the film’s trailers are hearing, nor is it what Italian actress and dialect coach Francesca De Martini heard on Ridley Scott’s set....

De Wilde brought out the best in Byrne by taking her out of her comfort zone and letting her play with an infusion of color like a box of macarons. “Emma” takes place at the dawn of the 19th century, when England underwent a radical shift in female fashion during the Regency period. Byrne took a deep dive into the liberating period, visiting museums to get a better understanding of the garments up close, before reproducing the right fabrics and figuring out the best color combinations....

“I got [Tommy’s] piercings from Body Electric on Melrose, and I simply took in a photo of Tommy Lee’s chest,” Williams said. “And the man who owns the shop asked, ‘Are you working with Tommy Lee?’ And I said, ‘Well, not exactly, but why do you ask if that’s Tommy Lee?’ [And he said] ‘I know those tattoos!’ It was fascinating how identifiable these people are, their body parts, their individual body parts without seeing their faces....

Season 2 keeps those grand curveballs coming. Maintaining the 15-to-17-minute episodes and bringing back many favorite guest stars (Sam Richardson, Patti Harrison, and Tim Heidecker among them), “I Think You Should Leave” still bucks expectations with every new sketch, while stretching its structure in refreshing new ways. One episode features a nine-minute sketch — nine minutes! — and it comes soon after an opening short (featuring Paul Walter Hauser) that’s so sweet and innocent, I’m not sure it’s meant to be funny....