The Marvels did what everyone expected it to do and bombed. In its opening weekend, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film debuted with $47 million domestically and $110.3 million internationally. This is the lowest opening weekend take for an MCU movie, underperforming The Incredible Hulk’s...
Read MoreJustin Simien, director of Dear White People and Disney’s Haunted Mansion, was set to write and act as showrunner for Lando, the Donald Glover-starring Disney+ Solo spinoff about Star Wars character Lando Calrissian. A couple of days ago, we learned that Simien had been replaced by Glover and his ...
Read MoreI saw Haunted Mansion this weekend. Coming out a week after “Barbenheimer,” I didn’t expect anything from this film, and I don’t think anyone else did, either. Pirates of the Caribbean notwithstanding, Disney’s theme park adaptations don’t tend to do well finan...
Read MoreRemember Lando, the Lando Calrissian show Lucasfilm has been planning? Me neither, but it’s in the news again because, in a shocking development you’d never expect on a Lucasfilm project, the series’ writer, Justin Simien, has been replaced. According to an exclusive from Above the Line, Donal...
Read MoreToday, Disney released the final trailer for Haunted Mansion, a remake of The Haunted Mansion, which arrived in theaters twenty years ago in 2003, and starred Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, and Terence Stamp. The latest of their attempts to adapt their theme park rides into successful films, Haunted ...
Read MoreToday, Disney released the first full trailer for Haunted Mansion, their latest attempt to capitalize on their theme park attractions. Of course, The Haunted Mansion has been adapted once before to questionable results. This film features a star-studded cast, including Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito,...
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