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It’s almost slime season! The 2023 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards are set to make their return on March 7. Nate Burleson, co-host of CBS Mornings and CBS Sports analyst and digital superstar, Charli D’Amelio, will host the event, which promises to pack on the star power, and of course, the slime. The show will simulcast across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, TVLand, CMT and MTV2.

For the first time ever, the KCAs will take place live from the Microsoft Theater and will celebrate fan-favorite stars from television, movies, sports, music and more. Fans will continue to have control, as they enter a magical surreal world. This year’s show will also feature extreme logic-defying stunts, wild celebrity collaborations and games, magical illusions and tricks, interactive moments within the Nickverse and epic slimings.

Ahead of the big night, Et has a look at the nominees for some of the biggest categories,

It’s that Slime Time of the year again. Nickelodeon is turning to CBS Sports analyst “CBS Mornings” co-host Nate Burleson and social media influencer Charli D’ Amelio to host this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards.

As it does every year, the KCAs are set to wow viewers with mind-blowing and gravity-defying stunts, celeb speeches, artist performances, games, magical illusions and tricks, plus a whole lotta slime. Kicking off the awards will be co-hosts Burleson and D’Amelio, who both shared their excitement for event.

“Hosting NFL Slimetime is always a blast, and I can’t wait to bring that same energy and slime as co-host of the iconic Kids’ Choice Awards! I grew up on Nickelodeon and my kids still love watching, so we’re all ready for the stunts, surprises and superstars that await us at this year’s show,” Burleson said.

The KCAs air live Saturday, March 4 at 7p.

Edgar Wright’s exit from 2014 Marvel installment “Ant-Man” is being reframed once more.

Director Wright’s co-writer Joe Cornish revealed that it was the “Shaun of the Dead” helmer’s “auteur”-ism that led to the Marvel pushback in pre-production.

“When Edgar and I first met Marvel, they were in offices above a BMW showroom in Beverly Hills,” Cornish told The Playlist. “It was around the time of Ang Lee’s ‘Hulk,’ and [Jon] Favreau hadn’t even started working on the first ‘Iron Man.’ Superhero movies were not a thing… I guess because VFX hadn’t evolved to the point where they could put what was on page on the screen. So, they always felt like they were reaching for something they couldn’t achieve.”

Cornish continued, “We worked on [‘Ant-Man’] for something like eight years, on and off. And in that time, the landscape changed completely. The technology changed completely.

To get an understanding of just how deeply “Avatar” has ingrained itself in the minds of moviegoers worldwide — as “The Way of Water” has now passed “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on the box office charts — look no further than one of its best-performing countries: France.

Outside the 620 million from U.S./Canada and the 237 million from China, France is the top-grossing market for “Avatar: The Way of Water” with 136.9 million so far. The country was in the same third-place spot behind the U.S. and China with the first “Avatar” in 2009 with 174 million grossed.

For a sense of how strong this number is for the French box office, consider that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” grossed 70 million in the country a year ago. In fact, “Avatar 2” is the first film to gross over 100 million in the country since the locally-made comedy “Serial (Bad) Weddings” back

German films achieved their second biggest market share in five years.

Cinema-going in Germany in 2022 was down 33.1 to 73.5m compared to pre-pandemic attendance figures of 110m in 2019 - and 23.5 below 2018’s total of 96.1m.

The German box office grossed €694m in 2022, down 28.1 on pre-pandemic levels of €964m in 2019. This was up 92.5 on 2021.

The year’s top film - Disney’s Avatar: The Way Of Water - opened in Germany on December 14 and had been seen by over 5.3m cinema-goers by the end of the year, generating more than € 72m in box-office takings.

The first month of 2023 saw the film continue

Since 2018, John Krasinski has portrayed Jack Ryan, the analyst-turned-field agent, on Amazon Prime’s Jack Ryan. The Office alum has come a long way since his days as a sales representative in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to get the coveted part of Ryan. The actor, who has been in the role for three seasons, says his time as Jack Ryan helped him prepare for his role in Marvel’s Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.

John Krasinski is the fifth actor to portray Jack Ryan

For over 30 years, five different actors have portrayed the role of CIA Agent Jack Ryan – John Krasinski is not only the latest to take on the role, but the first to bring the character to the small screen. https://t.co/hgeNtKBPnR

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First introduced in Tom Clancy’s 1984 novel The Hunt for Red October, Jack Ryan is a former marine

Introduced in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Earth-838 has many differences from the McU's main reality, which could be explained by one diversion in the events of The Avengers. The sequel to 2016's Doctor Strange saw Stephen Strange and America Chavez travel through the multiverse, visiting various new universes but spending most of their time in a reality dubbed 838. While looking strikingly similar to the main reality of the MCU, known as 616, Earth-838 had some major differences, including waterfalls flowing from skyscrapers, flora growing from rooftops, and a new superhero team in the form of the Illuminati, comprised of representatives from each superpowered team.

Since Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness released in May 2022, many have speculated about what event could have caused the diversion of the 616 and 838 universes. With Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell) and Maria Rambeau, a.k.a. Captain Marvel (Lashana Lynch), operating as superheroes,

Actress Elizabeth Olsen ("Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness") poses for the Summer 2023 issue of "C" magazine, photographed by James Wright:

"What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you...

"...is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them," said Olsen. 

"I just feel open to learning from people.

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. 

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

"Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don't give up hope. 

"Be open to criticism, keep learning and surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people."

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More "Scarlet Witch" Here

One of the best aspects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the way anyone can reappear at any time. Even when you think they've forgotten a character like Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson) from "The Incredible Hulk," he'll come back as the Leader in "Captain America: New World Order." Did anyone expect Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Valentina Allegra de Fontaine to show up in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever?" And who knew Jimmy Woo (Randall Park) and Darcy (Kat Dennings) would make a great team to investigate the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen)? Putting familiar characters in new combinations is part of the fun of comics, after all.

Sometimes, though, enough is enough. Whether it's dead characters who won't stay dead or bad characters who keep ruining our enjoyment with their presence, some just don't need to come back. Whether a return would cheapen a fantastic exit, belabor a joke, or simply annoy us

The Razzie Awards have introduced an age limit for nominations following blowback after 12-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong (pictured above) was nominated for Worst Actress.

In a statement, Razzies founder John Wilson apologized and confirmed Armstrong’s name has been removed from the ballot. He also said that going forward under-18s would not be eligible to be nominated for the awards.

There was strong criticism after the Razzies — which celebrate the “worst” performances and films of the year — nominated Armstrong for her performance in “Firestarter.” The film, which also stars Zac Efron, bears the logline: “A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.” Efron was not nominated, although the film itself scored a nod for Worst Remake/Rip-off/Sequel.

Among those criticizing the decision to nominate Armstrong was former child actor Devon Sawa, who reportedly tweeted: “The Razzies are run by soulless people.

It does not matter what superpowers you may have, you cannot stop the expansion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The popular comic book franchise led by the indefatigable Kevin Feige has grown to include has grown to include 30 feature films following the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the final film of Phase Four. The MCU has been just as busy on the small screen too with “Moon Knight” and “Ms. Marvel” in 2022.

With each passing movie and TV show, the MCU only adds to its already insane level of talent and the number of actors who’ve both appeared in the MCU and been nominated for an Oscar at least once in their career increases as well. Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham and four-time nominee Ethan Hawke co-starred in “Moon Knight” as the voice of the god Khonshu and the villain Arthur Harrow, respectively. Meanwhile Charlize Theron, who has

Peyton Reed's new film "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" is to be the 31st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it seems it's high time the series have a new, outsize supervillain lurking around its edges again. The last big bad, Thanos, appeared in cameos across various MCU movies before becoming the central villain of "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame," some of the most widely seen films of all time. The character of Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors, first appeared in the 2021 TV series "Loki," and will now serve as the central villain of "Quantumania." 

In his original comic book form, Kang was a long-lived, time traveling despot who may or may not be a descendant -- or ancestor -- of various Marvel characters. Based on the plans that have been announced for the MCU, Kang will become a major, villainous presence in the series moving forward.

My condolences to anyone who dared to bet against James Cameron, because things clearly aren't going their way. Allow me to be the millionth person to state the obvious: with "Avatar: The Way of Water," the blockbuster filmmaker has yet another hit on his hands. Five weeks into its theatrical run, the film has officially surpassed "Spider-Man: No Way Home" as the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time, with a gross of 1.928 billion globally (via Variety). To think — just a few weeks ago, experts were debating whether or not this film would manage to break even and actually garner a profit.

It was a fair question of course: with a rumored budget of 460 million, "The Way of Water" was a very special case. If you account for the costs of marketing and distribution, the film still wasn't profitable after crossing the 1 billion mark. But that number has now been left in the dust,

Director James Cameron has pushed for moviegoers to watch “Avatar: The Way of Water” on the big screen and in 3D — as he did with its 2009 predecessor. That is the format for which it was intended. The box office numbers shows that the majority of those who have bought a ticket have listened.

According to data from Comscore and 3D format company RealD, 61 of all tickets sold worldwide for “Avatar 2” so far have been for 3D screenings, amounting to 1.16 billion in global revenue.

3D’s share of the overall box office for “Avatar 2” has remained consistent since its opening weekend, when two-thirds of the film’s 434 million global launch came from the format. In the United States and Canada, 3D has a 58 share of the film’s 576 million total through Martin Luther King weekend, while internationally outside of China, 3D has a 54 share of the 1.13 billion total.

But within China,

Reports of the movie industry’s death have been greatly exaggerated. When Covid-19 shuttered theaters in 2020 and 2021, some analysts suspected it would lead to the demise of the movie-going experience. Covid Schmovid!

As more and more Americans learn to live with the pandemic, box office numbers continue to rise. In fact, many movies released in the 2022 calendar year became domestic box office hits, crossing the coveted 100 million threshold. With the last blockbuster of the year finally released (the highly anticipated “Avatar: The Way of Water”), 2022 ended up making billions of dollars for Hollywood. But numbers are still coming in strong — in fact, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” entered the 100 million club last week. Scroll through our photos above (or click here for direct access) to see the updated list of the biggest 2022 money-makers so far.

2022 box office hits: Every movie that made more than 100 million this year

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Some haunting "Morbius" concept art.

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Take A Tour Of Avengers Campus In Paris

Avengers Campus is a destination for Marvel fans galore, as a relatively recent addition to the Disney parks across the world. For those who may not have the opportunity to see what Disneyland Paris has to offer in this respect, the above video offers a

For the first time since 2019, Marvel Studios movies will be playing in China. Indeed, despite difficulties that have emerged since the pandemic began, the country has approved the theatrical release of two Marvel Cinematic Universe titles: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and the upcoming "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania." The former originally made its debut throughout most of the world in November of last year, while the latter is due to hit theaters next month. Now, Disney can add China to the list of markets it will be rolling out in.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Wakanda Forever" will arrive on February 7 in China, with "Quantumania" due to follow on February 17. That means, the films will be debuting very close to one another, and one can't help but wonder if they will get in the way of each other a bit. For what it's worth, the latest installment of the "Ant-Man" franchise,

“Avatar: The Way of Water” broke the record of 11 set by the original film and reaped a whopping 14 Visual Effects Society Awards nominations on January 17. No surprise that this blockbuster is the clear frontrunner for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars. Among its Ves bids is one for visual effects in a feature motion picture, which is the society’s equivalent of Best Picture.

Also in competition for this top Ves award are four of its rivals for the Oscar: “The Batman” (3 nominations total); “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (2 nominations total); “Jurassic World: Dominion” (2 nominations total); and “Top Gun: Maverick” (3 nominations total).

Two of the other five films on the academy shortlist for Best Visual Effects — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Thirteen Lives” — are limited to a single mention. The other three — “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” and “Nope” — were snubbed by the society.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” has set a new record for nominations from the Visual Effects Society’s Ves Awards, which were announced on Tuesday morning.

James Cameron’s sci-fi epic picked up 14 nominations in the Ves’ 25 categories, beating the 13 received by “The Mandalorian” in 2021. The previous record for a feature film was 11, which was set by the original “Avatar” in 2010.

“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” led all broadcast nominees with seven, while “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” was the top animated film with six.

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The 14 nominations for “Avatar: The Way of Water” include one for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature, the category that serves as the most direct point of comparison to the Oscars’ Best Visual Effects category. At the Ves Awards, it will face competition in

Actors Naomie Ackie, Sheila Atim, Emma Mackey, Darryl McCormack and Aimee Lou Wood are the 2023 nominees for the BAFTA Ee Rising Star Award.

The five actors, who are all British, have been selected for demonstrating “exceptional talent in film over the past year” and capturing “the imagination of the British public.” Previous winners include James McAvoy, Eva Green, Tom Hardy, Kristen Stewart, Tom Holland, Letitia Wright, Micheal Ward, Bukky Bakray and last year’s winner Lashana Lynch.

The nominees were announced by broadcaster Edith Bowman on Tuesday at London’s The Savoy Hotel. Ackie, Atim and McCormack were present at the event and discussed their career paths with Bowman.

Ackie, whose credits include “The End of the F***ing World,” “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker” and “Small Axe,” is currently riding high on the U.K. box office charts with “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,

A new piece of X-Men fan art shows imagines what popular fan cast choice Giancarlo Esposito would look like as Professor X while using the Cerebro mutant detector. Formerly played by Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy in the Fox X-Men franchise, fans are currently waiting to see who Kevin Feige will pick to play the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of Professor Charles Xavier once the X-Men are properly introduced into their new continuity. While Stewart reprised his role as Professor X for a cameo in last year’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, it is widely expected that the role will be recast once Marvel begins to truly work their mutant characters into the MCU proper.

More accustomed to playing villains in shows like Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian and The Boys, Esposito was a surprising yet welcome pick for many fans to assume the role of

Disney’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” has emerged as the highest Hollywood grosser of all time in India, beating the record set in 2019 by stablemate “Avengers: Endgame.”

James Cameron’s return to Pandora is still in Indian cinemas and has a running total of INR4.6 billion (56.6 million), beating the Russo brothers’ Marvel epic that concluded its run in the country with INR4.3 billion (53.6 million), according to numbers provided to Variety by Disney.

Its mostly a Disney show in the all time Hollywood top 10 in India with “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) in third place, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021) in fourth, “The Jungle Book” (2016) in fifth, “The Lion King” (2019) in sixth, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (2022) in eighth and “Avatar” (2009) in ninth. The only two films that are not part of the Disney behemoth are Universal’s “Furious 7” in seventh position and “Jurassic World” (2015) in 10th.

“The phenomenal response

From producers Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Drag Me to Hell, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) and Roy Lee (It, Doctor Sleep, Don’t Worry Darling) comes the upcoming action-thriller Boy Kills World. The film is said to be a “one-of-a-kind action spectacle set in a dystopian fever dream reality,” and a first-look image has surfaced on social media this week.

Check it out below and expect more soon.

In Boy Kills World, “Boy (Bill Skarsgård) is a deaf-mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.”

Moritz Mohr is directing Boy Kills World, which was written by Arend Remmers (Sløborn) and Tyler Burton Smith (Kung Fury: The Movie).

The cast also includes Happy Death Day star Jessica Rothe, Yayan Ruhian (John Wick 3, The Raid: Redemption), Andrew Koji (Warrior,

The highest-grossing local film was Robert Andò’s comedy ‘La Stranezza’ that is screening at International Film Festival Rottterdam

The Italian box office grossed €306.6m in 2022, down a massive 48.2 on the average recorded between 2017-2019, according to figures released by Italian distributors’ association Anica this week.

Admissions also fell 51.6 in 2022 compared to the three-year pre-Covid 19 pandemic era.

The figures were up 81 and 79.6 respectively on 2021, the year cinemas were closed until August 26 due to the pandemic.

“The effects of the Covid emergency were still very much felt [in 2022],” said Anica in a statement.

The organisation pointed out regulations that prevented the sale

Italy’s box office grosses in 2022 totaled €306 million while the admissions tally was a measly 44.5 million admissions, which reps a 48 drop compared with the country’s average pre-pandemic intake between 2017 and 2019.

On the positive side, the Italian 2022 box office result repped an 81 increase in grosses over 2021 when closures, mandatory Covid masks in cinemas, and other side effects of the pandemic prompted a massive plunge.

But the country’s moviegoing mojo pales in comparison with France’s 152 million admissions in 2022, and also with the admissions tallies in Germany, 74 million, and Spain, 59 million, all of which were also below pre-pandemic levels, but not as dramatically so. For example moviegoing numbers in France and Germany both clocked in at roughly 26 less that their pre-pandemic levels, while Spain was 37 below pre-pandemic par, according to a study by Italian motion picture association Anica which released the country’s box office figures and its contextual analysis

Things just got out of hand.

Yes, technically, that’s a Doctor Strange line, courtesy of his parallel universe, evil self in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” But the words remain true for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” as Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and his family are sucked into the Quantum Realm, and are set to deal with Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors).

And in the new trailer, we see that Kang, the millennia-old despot who is forever at war with other versions of himself from alternate universes, is tempting Scott with “the one thing you want.” “Time.” As in, Kang appears to be dangling the hope of getting back all the years he missed with his daughter, Cassie, either in prison or during the post-“Infinity War” blip.

Obviously that’s a bad idea, as Hope van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) explains. And sure enough, eventually the trailer

2022 saw an interesting turn for the Marvel Cinematic Universe box office in that no film broke the 1 billion barrier, begging the question of if 2023 can rectify this. 2022 saw the release of three MCU movies to end Phase 4. The films in question were Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

While each film received plenty of positive reviews - with Thor: Love and Thunder being the most divisive of the MCU offerings, and Black Panther 2 being the best-reviewed MCU film of the year - the box office returns were less than expected. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness earned a worldwide total of 955 million, falling just short of the milestone. The other two releases, Thor: Love and Thunder and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earned 760 million and 827 million respectively, putting all three superhero movies in 2022's box office top 10, despite the disappointments.

Nearly a year after making her franchise debut, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' America Chavez actor Xochitl Gomez is reflecting on the toxic Marvel Cinematic Universe fan backlash. Chavez appeared in the MCU sequel as she sought out help from Benedict Cumberbatch's titular sorcerer to protect her from Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch, who is hunting her down in order to consume her multiverse-hopping abilities to find a universe to live with her sons after the events of WandaVision. Though a commercial smash and highly anticipated leading up to its release, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was met with a more divided response from critics and audiences alike, who praised Raimi's direction and Olsen's performance, while its overstuffed plot drew much criticism.

In a recent interview with The Wrap, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' America actor Xochitl Gomez looked back on her

It began with 2008’s “Iron Man,” a film that introduced the world to Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark with the hint that he could be part of something greater. Twenty-five films later, the story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is still being told, albeit with various tributaries and detours that introduce new characters and new worlds that may or may not cross paths one day. Each film in the MCU stands on its own to some degree, but like building blocks, they all connect as part of one interconnected universe. And in that way, watching the Marvel movies in order tells one grand story.

There are a couple of different ways to watch the MCU movies, but below we run down how to watch the Marvel films in chronological order. Indeed, some films like “Captain Marvel” and “Captain America: The First Avenger” are full-on prequels set in the 1990s and 1940s,

Total box office revenue across the U.K. and Ireland in 2022 was £978. 5 million (1.17 billion), an increase of 64 versus 2021’s total of £597 million (719.8 million), according to Comscore Movies’ review of the year.

Prior to the pandemic, annual box office in the territory had exceeded £1.3 billion in each of the five years up to and including 2019. The review anticipates a full recovery by 2024.

A total of 911 new titles were released theatrically in 2022, up from 503 in 2021 and almost returning to the peak of 938 in 2019. However, there remains a marked reduction in blockbuster releases due to production delays, the review notes. 2019 saw 186 ‘saturation’ releases i.e. films opening in 250+ cinemas, which dropped in 2022 to 135. As the average revenue for each saturation release was £6.4 million in 2022 and £6.9 million in 2019, the review estimates that a return to 2019 levels of saturation releases could add £325–£350 million to annual box office totals.

Final 2022 admission figures are not yet available

£979m total across full year, from 911 new releases.

Total box office revenue for the UK and Ireland in 2022 was up 64 on 2021 to £978m; but still 28 down on the £1.35bn total from 2019, the last full pre-pandemic year.

In a promising sign of the theatrical recovery, 911 new releases played in cinemas last year – up on 503 from 2021, and returning towards the peak of 938 in 2019.

However, blockbuster numbers are still down, in large part due to production delays caused by the pandemic. There were 135 wide releases (defined as opening in 250+ cinemas) in 2022, down from 186 in 2019. Average revenue for each wide release was £6.4m in

When the Marvel Cinematic Universe began with “Iron Man” in 2008, star Robert Downey Jr. was 43 years old. At the time, Xochitl Gomez was two. “I literally didn’t live in a world without it,” the “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” star points out.

And she’s far from the only new face in today’s MCU who grew up as the franchise took over pop culture. In 2008, “Ms. Marvel” breakout Iman Vellani was six years old. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” actress Dominique Thorne was 10. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” star Kathryn Newton was 11.

Now, all four women are part of the next big wave of heroes, a group that, as a whole, is far younger than the men and women who started this universe.

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Known as the Infinity Saga, the

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An impressive vision for an open world "Superman" game.

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Gotham Knights Players Can Get A Gilded Age Tonfa For Batgirl – Here's How

The ongoing "Gotham Knights: Gilded City" comic book series, which ties in with the recently released video game, hit its third issue not long ago. As noted in the above tweet, those who opt to pick up

It all started with Samuel L. Jackson in 2008 as he spoke for the first time about the Avengers Initiative in the post-credit scene of Iron Man. To this day, MCU fans expect a snippet into the next film, or an inside secret about the storyline if they sit patiently in the theater until the credits finish rolling. End-credits scenes were not invented or started by MCU, but they certainly learned how to master it and use it to their advantage throughout the years.

It is a collective excitement for fans to experience the post-credit scenes and certainly builds anticipation for what Marvel has in store. Phase 4 is no exception.

Updated on January 4th, 2022 by Colin McCormick: With the year at an end, fans can look back at 2022 as a big one for the MCU. Most significantly, the year saw Phase 4 come to an end but each of the projects,

Disney+ is bringing another facet of the Imax theater experience to the living room: The streamer plans to add support for enhanced Imax signature sound by DTS for a select batch of Marvel movies and other titles in 2023.

Disney Streaming, in partnership with Imax and Xperi’s DTS audio-tech subsidiary, announced that Imax Enhanced titles on Disney+ will be available with Imax signature sound by DTS on supported hardware devices sometime this year. According to the companies, the new feature is “specially calibrated” to provide immersive sound reproduction on home-theater systems — ensuring that “filmmakers’ creative intent is fully optimized for an Imax-quality presentation.”

It’s the second phase of Disney+’s partnership with Imax. In November 2021, the streaming service launched 13 Marvel movies in Imax’s expanded 1.90:1 aspect ratio to deliver up to 26 more on-screen picture for select sequences.

All Imax Enhanced titles on Disney+ will be available with Imax

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Explore Wakanda from your living room starting next month. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is arriving on Disney+ on Feb. 1.

The hit Marvel sequel takes place following the death of Chadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa with the people of Wakanda — especially Queen Ramonda (Bassett), Princess Shuri (Wright), Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and M’Baku (Winston Duke) — grieving the loss and searching for a way for their kingdom to endure.

Ahead of the premiere, the “Wakanda Forever” cast members paid tribute to the late Boseman, whose shocking death in 2020 cast an unavoidable shadow over the night’s celebrations.

“I’m bracing,” Wright told Variety on the carpet. “I’ve seen some members of Chad’s team. When we lock eyes, we know how this feels. We have to take a step away.

Hong Kong’s box office managed to stage a partial recovery in the second half of 2022, despite cinemas being closed for nearly four months earlier in the year, due to US titles including Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way Of Water and a strong line-up of local movies.

Total box office for 2022 came in at HK1.14bn (US146.41m), according to figures from Hong Kong Box Office Limited, which was only 5 down on 2021. However, these figures were more than 40 down on the 2019 pre-pandemic box office tally of HK1.92bn (US246.17), prompting Hong Kong Box Office to state that “the situation of the film industry is still very severe”.

Hong Kong cinemas were closed from January 7 to April 20 in 2022, wiping out the lucrative Chinese New Year and Easter periods, compared to a shutdown of 48 days in 2021. When cinemas finally reopened last year, they were subject to a 50 seating capacity for one month,

No surprise here: Walt Disney is the No. 1 studio at the box office, not just worldwide with 4.9 billion, but also domestic with 2 billion and overseas with 2.9 billion. This comes after an initial New Year’s weekend which saw Avatar: The Way of Water overperforming, that pic contributing close to 1 billion abroad. It’s the 7th consecutive year that Disney ahs been No. 1 at the global box office, from 2016-2022.

Disney’s moola was made off of 16 theatrical releases.

Am also hearing that Universal 3.9 billion worldwide for 2022, with 1.649 billion stateside and 2.251 billion offshore.

We told you last week before Dec. 31 hat Disney was eyeing just under 2 billion with 1.93 billion stateside, the most of any studio. Before Christmas, we also told you that Disney was rallying past 4 billion worldwide.

Disney had only three theatrical releases in China: Avatar 2, Death on the Nile and Encanto.

The Burbank, CA-based studio had four of

A recently released Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness BTS video reveals a mystery character that got cut from the film. The Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel had Benedict Cumberbatch's titular sorcerer working with Benedict Wong's Wong to try and protect the young America Chavez from Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda, now embracing her Scarlet Witch persona, as she wanted to absorb America's powers so that she could reunite with her twin sons in an alternate universe. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness would go on to gross 985 million worldwide and garner generally positive reviews from critics and audiences alike, namely for its multiversal characters, one of whom didn't come to be.

A new video released by Insider showed a BTS moment that featured a new mystery character that got cut from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. In the footage, Wanda flies around the Illuminati hall

For the first time since 1989, there were no French movies among the country’s top 10 box officers grossers, which was exclusively dominated by U.S. studio movies.

James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” led the 2022 chart with an estimated 54 million grossed from 7.8 million admissions since its Dec. 14 release, followed by “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Minions: the Rise of Gru,” “Jurassic World Dominion,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” “The Batman,” “Thor: Love and Thunder,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.”

But even these blockbusters failed to lift the French box office back to its pre-pandemic levels. It was down 28 on 2019.

Ticket sales reached 152 million in 2022, a 60 year-on increase, but that’s because theaters were shut down for more than 5 months in 2021. Comscore France says the French box office was impacted by several factors, including the threat of Covid variants,

Avatar: The Way of Water is in the middle of what promises to be a record-breaking run, but it won't be able to land in the domestic box office Top 3 for 2022. The film, which is the long-awaited sequel to the 2009 smash hit Avatar, features the return of director James Cameron as well as many key cast members including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is already No. 1 in international markets, however, inclement weather and heavy competition have prevented it from rising quite as quickly in the United States despite only taking two weeks to amass more than 1 billion worldwide.

Per Deadline, Avatar: The Way of Water's box office run is set to rise to a total of 433.1 million by the end of the four-day New Year holiday weekend. However, with just one day left to amass its 2022 total, it will fall short of breaking into the

Screen Rant's fan poll of the best Marvel Cinematic Universe moments of 2022 has yielded a surprising result that may indicate a shift in the franchise. This year saw the conclusion of Phase 4 of the MCU, the broad sweep of post-Endgame titles which began with WandaVision in early 2021 and are building up to the Multiverse Saga that will take precedence in Phases 5 and 6. This year saw the release of eight different MCU titles, including three theatrical films, three Disney+ series, and two Disney+ specials (Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special).

Screen Rant polled fans to see what the best MCU moment of the year was, and the results overwhelmingly pointed toward the Oscar Isaac vehicle Moon Knight and the atmospheric Halloween special Werewolf by Night as the best two entries overall. However, as far as individual moments go, the sequence where Drax (Dave Bautista) and

With 2022 coming to an end, movie fans are looking at the global box office to find out which 10 films were this year’s biggest.

It was a big year for cinema thanks to the release of blockbusters inclusding Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Top Gun: Maverick.

December saw a huge box office boost also thanks to the release of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water , which became the the third film this year to cross the 1bn (£830m) mark.

Other big films to have been released in 2022 were The Batman and Jurassic World: Dominion.

Also featuring in global the top 10 is Minions: The Rise of Gru and Chinese blockbusters Moon Man and Water Gate Bridge.

Below is the full global box office top 10 of 2022:

1. Top Gun: Maverick (1.489bn/£1.234bn)

2. Avatar: The Way of Water 1.168bn (£965.5m)

3. Jurassic World: Dominion (1.001bn/£829.9m)

4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

“Avatar: The Way of Water” is closing out 2022 on a high note.

James Cameron’s ambitious and mega-expensive return to Pandora dominated the Friday box office, earning 24.4 million to push its domestic total to 382.6 million. The film is on track to gross 66.8 million this weekend or 87.8 million over the four-day holiday (most businesses are giving Monday off because New Year’s falls on Sunday).

By the time the long weekend is over, “Avatar: The Way of Water” may have sailed to more than 445 million, overtaking “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as the second highest-grossing domestic release of 2022. Disney produced both movies — the company acquired the rights to “Avatar” as part of its purchase of much of 20th Century Fox’s entertainment assets in 2019. “Top Gun: Maverick” is still the top domestic ticket seller with 718.7 million in revenues. Currently, “Avatar: The Way of Water” is the fourth highest-grossing domestic release of 2022, just

The year is almost over, which means it's time for one of the best traditions the internet has to offer: fantastic movie montages of the year that was. Few creators have been in the cinematic mash-up game for as long as YouTube user Sleepy Skunk, whose first currently available trailer mash-up dates back to 2010. Every year since then, through thick and thin, Sleepy Skunk has delivered a beautifully edited supercut of some of the year's most striking cinematic moments. Now, the 2022 video has just dropped, and as expected, it's over six straight minutes of movie magic.

As is now traditional for montages of this sort, the "2022 Movie Trailer Mashup" video shifts moods several times to encompass all the big feelings the world of movies had to offer this year. It starts off intense, dark, and action-packed (shout-out to the inclusion of that shot from "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

If you thought Avengers: Endgame's stunning portals scene was impressive, Secret Wars may be about to blow your expectations away entirely. The upcoming Avengers ensemble event movie is the perfect opportunity to take that Endgame scene and dial it up not just to 11, but to a frankly ridiculous level, and the groundwork has already been set in Marvel's Phase 4 multiverse releases. Even better, Secret Wars can turn the silliest Endgame meme into reality.

In the wake of Endgame's release, the climactic portals scene in Wakanda that sees the return of the snapped heroes, led by Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa and Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange became an instant MCU touchstone. It will forever be the high benchmark Avengers movies are judged against until a future Avengers movie does something more spectacular. In Secret Wars - the more tangible of the two upcoming Avengers movies - Marvel Studios has an

In line with most other major markets in continental Europe, boosted by a standout bow for “Avatar: The Way of Water” Spain’s 2022 box office surged 49 over 2021 to €379 million (405.5 million by current exchange rates), Comcast Spain announced Friday. Total admission came in at 61.2 million.

Results, however, despite an upbeat year for Spanish movies, are still sizeably down, by 39, on Spain’s average pre-pandemic 2015-19 total box office of €596 million (637.7 million), Comcast estimates.

In comparison, in 2022, the U.K. was still 28 down compared to the 2015-19 average box office, France was 32 off, Germany 34 and Italy a whopping 54 down, according to Comcast calculations.

Bowing Dec. 16 in Spain, Disney’s “Avatar” has roared to €21.86 million (23.40 million) and 3.2 million admissions through Dec. 29, overhauling Universal’s “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (22.23 million) and “Jurassic World: Dominion” (19.43 million).

Spain’s “Father There is Only One” 3, co-written, directed and starring Santiago Segura, ranked No. 4 (16.70 million). Having also

There was a time (it feels like an eternity ago) that so many in the movie business thought the climb out of the pandemic was going to be swift, looking to 2021 as the industry's big comeback year. Was it a comeback compared to 2020? Absolutely. But the attempt to regain something resembling normalcy in the theatrical marketplace has been far slower than anticipated, with 2024 or even 2025 pegged as the time when the dust will finally settle at this point. This to say, we've got a long road ahead.

Be that as it may, 2022 served as an encouraging year in many ways. Thanks to huge hits like "Top Gun: Maverick," "The Batman," "Minions: The Rise of Gru," "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," "Jurassic World Dominion," and "Avatar: The Way of Water," the domestic box office is expected to finish at 7.4 billion, which would be about a 67 improvement over last year's 4.48 billion tally.

Actress Elizabeth Olsen ("Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness") wearing Gucci and Dior, poses for "Vogue" (Hong Kong) magazine, photographed by Michael Schwartz:

"What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them," said Olsen. 

"I just feel open to learning from people.

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

"Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don't give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. 

"Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people."

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For a few fleeting weeks, it felt like movie theaters and the box office had turned a corner in its efforts to recover from the Covid pandemic that shut down most cinemas for over a year. Summer blockbusters were firing on all cylinders, families and horror buffs were on their way back, and it seemed like all that buzz would trickle down into the second half of 2022.

That second half dashed those hopes, turning 2022 into a roller coaster filled with hopeful highs and devastating slumps. While the biggest blockbusters continued to sell tickets in droves, question marks hang over the future of the box office at large and whether theaters will become the exclusive domain of big-budget franchises, leaving everything else to die on the vine.

“There is going to be a realigning of what we expect from the box office going forward,” said Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “With fewer