One minute after midnight on Wednesday, March 20, the Walt Disney Company closed its deal to acquire the majority of 20th Century Fox's assets, offering up $71.3 billion in a mix of cash and stocks per the terms of the purchase. Disney CEO Bob Iger issued a statement following the acquisition.
Read MoreHe's got slicked-back hair, a cheeky attitude, and a touch of conceit. Who is he? He's Rick freakin' Dalton, and he's the central character of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Sony finally drew the curtain on the first teaser for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood on Wednesday.
Read MoreOne summer can change everything. On Wednesday morning, Netflix dropped the first trailer for the third season of Stranger Things, which features "Baba O'Riley," a sinister mayor, blossoming romances, surprise parties, showdowns at carnivals, and the introduction of a brand-new Upside Down creature.
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Hope you weren't expecting the next Terminator flick to be all sunshine and puppies. Paramount has announced the title for the upcoming James Cameron-produced, Tim Miller-directed entry in the series, and it is Terminator: Dark Fate. The studio also confirmed the film's November 1 release date.
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This up-and-coming actress may have just gotten caught in the Black Widow web. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fighting with My Family and Outlaw King actress Florence Pugh is in talks to star in Marvel Studios' standalone Black Widow movie, which stars Scarlett Johansson as the titular hero.
Read MoreNo diamonds here, only existential crises. The first trailer has arrived for Lucy in the Sky, starring Natalie Portman as an astronaut who begins to feel a bit out of her element back home on Earth after returning from a mission. The flick is the big-screen directorial debut of Noah Hawley.
Read MoreAs wild as the headline of this article sounds, it's all completely true: the official trailer for Toy Story 4 does include a tune by the Beach Boys that will probably (definitely) make you cry and introduces Keanu Reeves as the voice of a Canadian doll Duke Caboom.
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Despite originally refusing to remove controversial footage included in its flash-in-the-pan horror hit Bird Box, Netflix has now changed its mind. The streamer will cut from Bird Box footage of the real-life Lac-Mégantic rail disaster that took place in 2013.
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The deep cast of Raised by Wolves just got even deeper. Narcos star Matias Varela has landed a major supporting role in the upcoming TNT series, which will mark the first small-screen effort for Sir Ridley Scott since well before the director became a household name. Deadline reported the news.
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This summer, famed director Quentin Tarantino will rewind the clock 40 years to 1969 with his hotly anticipated mystery crime film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — the first poster for which was unveiled on Monday, March 18. Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie lead the upcoming pic.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't exactly a powerful character desert. Everyone in the MCU (especially the Avengers and co.) is tough, it's true, but there's one character who's the best of the best — going higher, further, and faster than the rest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
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Surprise, Marvelites — bet you thought you'd seen the last of the Mad Titan. The first look at Thanos, played to tyrannical perfection by Josh Brolin in Avengers: Infinity War, for the fast-approaching and long-awaited superhero ensemble Avengers: Endgame has been revealed.
Read MoreHome is where the abject terror is. Warner Brothers and New Line have finally announced the title for the third entry in the Annabelle series, and it is as simple as it is ominous: Annabelle Comes Home. A very short teaser has also been released, revealing the flick's new release date of June 28.
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The Guardians have their captain back at the helm. In a stunning reversal, Disney has reinstated James Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, fulfilling the wishes of the franchise's cast, crew, and legions of fans. Production will begin after Gunn completes work on The Suicide Squad.
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When Billy Batson blasts into theaters the first weekend of April, he's bound to make some big bucks at the box office — but the situation is a more complicated than it seems. Shazam! on track to open to $40 million or more domestically, which would mark the lowest debut for a DCEU movie ever.
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Time is up for One Day at a Time. Netflix announced Thursday that it has canceled its original streaming series One Day at a Time, a comedy-drama inspired by Norman Lear's 1975 sitcom of the same name, after three seasons on the platform.
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Sopranos fans, get out your calendars. Warner Brothers has officially set a release date for Newark, the '60s-set film which will serve as a prequel to the iconic HBO original series The Sopranos. The flick will hit screens on September 5, 2020.
Read MoreBetter late than never, eh? The mightiest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Captain Marvel, has finally arrived in a brand-new trailer for Avengers: Endgame — which Marvel dropped as a complete surprise on Thursday, March 14, just a week after the Brie Larson-led superhero pic launched in theaters.
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In the lead-up to the launch of Avengers 4 on May 3, 2019, gossip has traveled through the grapevine at breakneck speed. The latest bit of Avengers 4 buzz is sure to turn heads: the title and trailer description has apparently leaked online months ahead of time, reshared by users on Reddit.
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Destin Daniel Cretton is headed for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios has hired Cretton, known for helming Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle, to direct the upcoming Shang-Chi movie, which will feature the first Asian lead in the MCU.
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Winter is coming to Saturday Night — and so is Wichita. Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Stone, who will reprise her role as Wichita in Zombieland: Double Tap this October, are set to host Saturday Night Live next month.
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Familiar faces like Will Smith and Naomi Scott are leading Disney's live-action Aladdin, and a familiar voice has just joined the cast. Alan Tudyk is set to voice Iago, the parrot pet of Jafar (Marwan Kenzari), in the forthcoming film. Gilbert Gottfried voiced Iago in the original Aladdin.
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The Ghostbusters rumors continue to materialize. Several character breakdowns for Jason Reitman's forthcoming flick have been revealed, with sources reporting that Stuck in the Middle and Jane the Virgin star Jenna Ortega is up for a lead role, according to That Hashtag Show.
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Guess who's back, back again? The cast of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is back, tell yo' friends. Filming on Sony Pictures' Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sequel is well under way, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has shared a first-look snap at the actors together again behind the scenes.
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Captain Marvel wasn't excluded from the post-credits-scene standard in place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — including not one but two sequences after the actual film wrapped. They were both throughly enjoyable, but one may have been a huge lie.
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Disney+ wants to ask Marvel fans a very familiar question. Marvel Studios is reportedly developing an animated series for the streamer based on the alternate universe anthology series What If?, which has seen publication in various formats since 1977.
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The world of Orphan Black is returning to the small screen. A new series set in the same world as the venerable sci-fi series is in early development at AMC. It reportedly won't be a reimagining or reboot, but will focus on new characters and situations, according to Variety.
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