The director signed on for the project in 201 8 alongside longtime screenwriting partner John Hodge. “I remember thinking, ‘Should I really get involved in franchises?’ Because they don’t really want something different,” Boyle told Esquire UK. “They want you to freshen it up a bit, but not really challenge it, and we wanted to do something different with it.” Boyle later stepped away from the film, with rumors that producer Barbara Broccoli’s Eon Productions did not approve of Boyle’s alleged conclusion to kill off Bond, played by Daniel Craig....

For one thing, Attenborough is onscreen throughout much of this urgent film, which might surprise viewers who know him as the disembodied narrator of the epic nature series he’s made with the BBC in the Blu-ray era. Beyond that, it’s striking how Attenborough isn’t just playing his typical role as the erudite commentator with a contagious enthusiasm for life on Earth in all its forms. The man is still too humble to let himself become the subject at hand, but now — toward the end of his own natural life — Attenborough is showing us the world as he sees it....

In a statement to THR, Johns’ representative explained the executive “believed fans expected the character [of Superman’s grandfather] to look like a young Henry Cavill,” thus a Black actor could not be cast as Superman’s grandfather on the show. Cavill appears as Superman in “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” and “Justice League.” On the issue of Adam Strange, Johns’ rep said, “Geoff celebrates and supports LGTBQ characters, including Batwoman, who in 2006 was re-introduced as LGBTQ in a comic-book series co-written by Johns....

Where to Watch “Detroiters”: Paramount+ I could spend paragraphs explaining why “Detroiters” is one of the best comedies of the past decade. There would be plenty of discussion of the on-screen best-friend chemistry of Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson (here as Sam and Tim, co-heads of upstart Detroit-area ad agency Cramblin Duvet) and an explanation of why this show is the best argument for giving some of the funniest people on the planet the resources to make what they want....

Chapek was called out during the Disney annual shareholder meeting for the company donating to every politician who backed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which prohibits “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in Florida primary schools. Chapek issued numerous apologies for the financing of what President Biden called a “hateful” bill. The Animation Guild and Pixar staff criticized Chapek’s full response, and Disney employees took to social media to voice their disappointment in the conglomerate....

But the singer/songwriter’s controversial public profile at the time, which saw child sexual abuse allegations begin to emerge in 1993, turned the studio off, as composer Alan Menken details in the story. (Via NME.) Menken won Oscars prior to the release of “Hunchback” for “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” and “Pocahontas,” and most recently provided music to the 2019 reboot of “Aladdin.” “I get a call out of nowhere from Michael’s assistant, when Michael was at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York,” Menken said....

Indian cinema is no stranger to western influence, but rather than stealing a story wholesale, the debuting Pareek remixes numerous influences to create something completely Indian. “Groovy!” says one character (at least, in the subtitles), followed by numerous crash-zooms into the many locks, keys and safes meant to tie down the mischievous motorbike. It plays like something out of Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead” horror-comedies, but despite Pareek working in a different genre — his supernatural element is a bit more ambiguous — he makes this visual emphasis work as part of his building mystery....

“The jokes never end,” Johnson said. “People were asking me about [making Diesel jokes] and they just, they find a way, and you know, what’s interesting is, you know, these Vin diesel jokes, which play great by the way to the audience, which is always a good thing because it’s all about [the audience]. But, people think these jokes come from me and they actually don’t. I mean, you’d be surprised at how many people come to me with ‘I got a great one....

As any early-bird shopper knows, the closer we get to the holiday season the harder it’ll be to get certain things. Though most consumers seem to prefer shopping online vs. in-store, buying new gear on the web presents its own challenges. From extended wait times to websites crashing and items selling out in minutes, online shopping can be risky — which is why it’s good to stay ahead of the curve....

The Golden Globes, stripped of their celebratory folderol by the pandemic and tarnished by ongoing scandals haunting the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, feels particularly perfunctory this year. Considering the circumstances, it’s unsurprising that a person’s mind might wander and start thinking about what might have been. Not just what might have been if the HFPA made better decisions — but also, what might have been had the real world not dissolved into shambles for a year?...

Now that new releases are able to be streamed directly to your devices, make your next movie night a special occasion, but don’t forget the snacks. These boxes are a fun way to put a spin on a classic pastime or a cool way to start a new tradition. Refreshments are a major part of any cinema experience as even drive-in movies typically have a concession stand to stock up before the main event....

In fact, it’s unspeakably lucrative. Mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower reported that “Genshin Impact” generated approximately $393 million within two months of its September 28 launch and it now makes more than $6 million per day. (That doesn’t even include revenue from the game’s PC and console versions.) Published by mobile game developer miHoYo, “Genshin Impact” is a free-to-play mobile RPG that also works and looks great on PC and PlayStation 4....

“It is an immense honor that ‘Hayao Miyazaki’ is the inaugural temporary exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures,” said Ghibli co-founder and producer Toshio Suzuki in a statement. “Miyazaki’s genius is his power of remembering what he sees. He opens the drawers in his head to pull out these visual memories to create characters, landscapes, and structures that are bursting with originality. It is our hope that visitors will be able to experience the entire scope of Hayao Miyazaki’s creative process through this exhibition....

Jeevan Chaudhary, brought to tender life by Himesh Patel, is a man of inaction who’s constantly pushed into action. When we first meet the bearded Chicagoan in “Station Eleven,” he’s at a staged production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” when the lead actor (Gael García Bernal) collapses and only Jeevan can see that he’s no longer performing. After the play is canceled, he encounters a young actress, Kirsten (Matilda Lawler), who needs help getting home....

As the international film industry prepares for Cannes — which takes place over roughly the same amount of time — the implications are clear: a physical event, one that teases future content more people want to see! Yes, the Netflix Is a Joke Fest hints at a model that could address one of the biggest challenges in the arthouse distribution landscape. This column seeks big swings and this one hides in plain sight....

“No Time to Die,” the latest addition to the James Bond franchise starring Daniel Craig as 007 for the last time, was released on premium video-on-demand November 9. Want more streaming options? “No Time to Die” is also available on other major platforms including Apple, Direct TV, Xfinity, Spectrum, Google Play, and Vudu. In the blockbuster spy flick directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, Bond (Craig) has retired in Jamaica but his time in paradise gets cut short after CIA agent Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) shows up asking him to embark on a mission to rescue an abducted scientist....

It’s been a year and we’re still stuck in our homes, which means we’ve done more online shopping than ever — for clothes, for DVDs, for practical desk accessories, but also for things that seem silly at first but have actually been almost life-changing, like a fruit bowl with a built-in banana hanger or a car buffer that is almost as good as the super-expensive massager you hear advertised on all your favorite podcasts....

Speaking to IndieWire during CinemaCon, Cinepolis CEO Alejandro Ramírez Magaña credits some of that success to diversification; playing the BTS Concert event “Permission to Dance” in his theaters, “We sold almost half a million tickets at five times the average price for a movie, most of which were sold in the first 72 hours for the film industry going forward,” he said. “It’s crazy.” The need for diversification extends to the films themselves, but that’s only one of many strategies that will be necessary for exhibitors to thrive....

The protest occurred on Saturday, June 25, with “Full House” alum Sweetin shown in a video using a megaphone from the side of a freeway ramp before officers shoved her to the ground. “I’m extremely proud of the hundreds of people who showed up yesterday to exercise their First Amendment rights and take immediate action to peacefully protest the giant injustices that have been delivered from our Supreme Court,” Sweetin said in a press statement....

Of course, that’s not because there’s a lack of worthy contenders. Among the many factors that keep the projects that do make it to screens in the United States from getting recognition, a crucial one is clear economic disparity in relation to titles with deep-pocketed distributors. Most of these movies don’t have sizable budgets for marketing campaigns, which makes it difficult for them to get on the radar of awards pundits, the press in general, and, more importantly, Academy voters....