120 posts tagged ‘disney’
Monsieur Spade shows its hand, The Curse delivers an unforgettable finale, and more from the week in TV
AV Club,
It kind of goes without saying, but here we go anyway: Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal of Dashiell Hammett’s genre-defining private detective character Sam Spade in the 1941 noir classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the all-time great movie performances. Bogie’s brooding gumshoe is vulnerable and cynical at the same time,… Read more...
Jonathan Majors has now been fired from playing Dennis Rodman
Jonathan Majors’ film and TV commitments continue to get pared down to weepy network news interviews, it seems, as The Wrap reports that the former Marvel star has now been fired from 48 Hours In Vegas, a film in which he was slated to star as NBA legend Dennis Rodman. The film has also reportedly been dropped from… Read more...
Laurence Fishburne is joining The Witcher
“Casting news” has not been a source of much joy for Netflix’s TV adaptation of The Witcher over the last few years—and, specifically, since news broke in October 2022 that the show was parting ways with star Henry Cavill, who will be replaced as Geralt of Rivia in the series’ upcoming fourth season by the incoming… Read more...
7 Things We Liked, and 3 We Didn't, About Marvel's Echo
Gizmodo,
For the first time in its history, Marvel Studios went full binge with its latest streaming series, Echo. All five episodes of the show dropped simultaneously on Disney+ and Hulu earlier this week, so by now, hopefully, you’ve had a chance to watch it. Read more...
What the Mandalorian & Grogu movie reveals about the future of Star Wars
This week’s announcement of The Mandalorian & Grogu film added one more major project to Lucasfilm’s already crowded Star Wars slate. While we don’t have many details about The Mandalorian movie at this point, what we do know shows where the studio is focusing its resources, and where the Star Wars franchise is… Read more...
A Star Wars Composer Walks Us Through Creating Music for a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Taking over the mantle from John Williams can be an intimidating task for anyone stepping into the role of composer within the Star Wars universe. After all, Star Wars wouldn’t be Star Wars without its iconic themes. But for Ryan Shore, who’s recently composed for a number of legacy franchises including Scooby-Doo, it… Read more...
Chrome Users Now Worth 30% Less Money Thanks to Google's Cookie Killing, Ad Firm Says
One week ago today, Google disabled tracking cookies for 30 million Chrome users, amounting to just 1% of the 3 billion people who use the internet’s most popular browser. By the end of the year, Google will block these cookies entirely and replace them with a new tracking system that’s a bit more private called “Priva… Read more...
Pixar's pandemic films are heading to theaters. Other studios should follow suit
2020 is a forgotten year at the movies. Namely because the movies and, more specifically, movie theaters barely existed. After Trolls: World Tour broke the dam for movies to bypass theaters and go straight to VOD, the words “day-and-date” emerged as a new form of distribution. Movies would simultaneously go live on… Read more...