Henry Cavill might be one of Hollywood's most desirable leading men, but his path to that point wasn't always so smooth. The actor recently opened up about some of his more harrowing auditions — and as it turns out, he was once deemed literally unfit to play James Bond.
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After a week's worth of head-slapping "D'ohs," fans eager to stream classic episodes of The Simpsons in their entirety on Disney+ have finally gotten some good news. The streamer is actually planning to correct the aspect ratio insanity that plagued an already iffy launch — but it'll take awhile.
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December of 2019 is going to be a fateful time for Netflix, with Disney+ having gone live in the middle of November. If you're not quite ready to jump in on Disney+, check out or revisit those particular releases now or forever hold your peace. (Or, you know, pony up for a bunch of Blu-rays).
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Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker will soon hit theaters, but Lucasfilm and parent company Disney aren't yet done hitting us with tantalizing teases. Entertainment Weekly has published a set of eight new stills from the film, and they are more than a little revealing.
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Amazon is extending its stay in Middle-earth. Ahead of the premiere of the streaming service's upcoming Lord of the Rings series, the project, which will bring J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved world back to life for more adventures, has been renewed for a second season before its first even arrives.
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The heroes of Sony Pictures' Charlie's Angels reboot may have taken down the bad guys, but the Elizabeth Banks-directed movie failed to take down the box office. Now, an interview with Banks reveals where she thinks the blame rests.
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Holy refreshing sense of humility, Batman! It sounds like Christian Bale really did know when to say goodbye to his role as the Dark Knight. Bale recently revealed the real reason why we never got a fourth Dark Knight movie from director Christopher Nolan.
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It seems that after stocking his masterful superhero flick Logan with an overflowing basket of winking nods and knowing allusions to all things X-Men and Wolverine, James Mangold saved one of his best Wolverine Easter eggs for a decidedly less mutant-centric flick: 2017's The Greatest Showman.
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The latest Cats trailer seems to be just as much of a trainwreck as the first, and Twitter can't look away. Universal has released the second teaser for its upcoming musical film, and it looks like the studio has failed to find a way to course-correct. The internet, unsurprisingly, has noticed.
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Princess Leia's story still has one last chapter. In a recent interview ahead of the release of the final Skywalker Saga film, The Rise of Skywalker, director J.J. Abrams revealed a few new details about the role Carrie Fisher will play in the film after her tragic passing.
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Charlie might be disappointed to hear that his Angels didn't max it to box office heaven. When the Elizabeth Banks-directed Charlie's Angels reboot starring Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska, and Naomi Scott hit theaters on November 15, it had a dismal debut. Here's why it bombed at the box office.
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The galaxy far, far away has gotten a bit of a makeover on Disney+. In a surprise move, the House of Mouse has debuted 4K and HDR versions of the original and prequel trilogies on its brand-spanking-new streamer, offering all six films at a crisper, more detailed resolution than ever before.
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Crime pays... at least, it does if you happen to be the Clown Prince. A breakdown by Variety revealed what the stars of the year's biggest movies were paid. While Joaquin Phoenix's salary for Joker wasn't in line with your average lead in a comic book film, it was nothing to laugh at, either.
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Since the release of Avengers: Endgame, various members of its creative team have revealed moments that were cut to preserve the three-hour film's pacing. Among these sequences was a moment co-writer Christopher Markus called "the biggest amount of star power" to ever be cut in film history.
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Avengers: Endgame will go down in history as one of the most enormous movies of all time, but you might not realize just how huge it was until you realize that the cast could barely even all fit onscreen at the same time. Only two scenes in the three-hour film featured the cast in its entirety.
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The Mandalorian declared its intention to hit its audience with twists and turns aplenty with its first episode alone, and episode 2 — titled "The Child" — effectively doubled down on that notion. Its ending had our jaws on the floor, and we're champing at the bit to unpack all of its implications.
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Arrows are set to fly when Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye spinoff series hits the Disney+ streaming platform in 2021, but it turns out there was originally a very different plan for Marvel's bow-loving Avenger — to give Clint Barton his moment in the cinematic sun via a feature film.
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Great Scott! How did it take us so long to spot this sly little wink to Back to the Future Part II in Avengers: Endgame? Dozens of fan-service treats have been discovered by the MCU faithful, but there was a fairly glaring nod to the 1989 classic hidden in plain site this whole time.
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The latest chapter in Disney's chilliest saga is warming the hearts of critics. Reviews are rolling in for Frozen 2, the highly-anticipated sequel to the Mouse House's 2013 instant classic Frozen, and the news is good, with the flick being hailed as a worthy addition to the Disney library.
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The climactic final battle with Thanos in Avengers: Endgame is one of the most monumental and ambitious scenes ever put to film. According to visual effects artist Matt Aitken, the Dark Elves — who last appeared in Thor: The Dark World — almost made an appearance during that final melee.
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The sound you just heard was the entire Disney+ launch team smacking themselves in the heads while projecting a collective "Doh!" into the stratosphere, due to Disney's decision to screen The Simpsons on Disney+ in the widescreen aspect ratio — resulting in portions of the picture being lost.
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The Little Mermaid finally has its leading man lined up. After months of speculation, Rob Marshall's live-action remake has found its Prince Eric: British-born actor Jonah Hauer-King. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the casting decision came down to Hauer-King and Krypton's Cameron Cuffe.
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The cat's out of the bag about why Black Panther had such a brief fight sequence in Avengers: Endgame. The hero was one of a countless number that needed to be featured, and they all bore the task of driving the final fight toward that climactic confrontation between Thanos and Iron Man.
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If there is one thing the Star Wars original trilogy is known for, it's that it is constantly changing and evolving — constantly, some would say, finding new ways to tarnish its own legacy. Now, Disney+ has changed the Star Wars scene where "Han shoots first" yet again.
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Sonic has embraced his plushy roots in the newest trailer for the upcoming live-action film Sonic the Hedgehog. With the old trailer scrubbed from the web, the version featuring the newly re-designed Sonic has taken its place, and with it has sprung up a brand new debate about Sonic's design.
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Well, it's here at last, and The Mandalorian's first episode has delivered more lore and backstory than we think anyone could have reasonably anticipated — along with an exciting final twist. Let's dig into this twist, and contemplate where The Mandalorian might take us over its next seven episodes.
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Avengers: Endgame tugged on our heartstrings plenty — but a deleted scene would have straight-up yanked on them. The scene in question, recently made available on Disney+, depicts Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) visiting an ethereal afterlife immediately after his universe-saving snap.
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