Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure is set to open to Disneyland Resort guests on June 4 with an all new Spider-Man attraction, WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure. The new ride will feature Tom Holland reprising his role as Peter Parker, and will allow guests “to put their web-slinging skills to the Read more…
After two months of fielding criticism from some of Hollywood’s top filmmakers, WarnerMedia executives finally had something to crow about when AT&T CEO John Stankey revealed Jan. 27 that the much-maligned plan to release its films in theaters and on HBO Max had helped to double the streamer’s audience to Read more…
In a potentially transformative experiment in the way Hollywood distributes its movies, WarnerMedia said it will debut its blockbuster sequel Wonder Woman 1984 Christmas Day simultaneously in theaters and on its subscription streaming service HBO Max. In announcing the Wonder Woman decision, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar positioned the move as a fan-friendly experiment in an Read more…
Like a lot of video game sequels, Call of Duty 2 was bigger and better looking than its predecessor. The 2005 follow-up to Infinity Ward’s franchise-spawning 2003 first-person shooter expanded on the original’s formula in a few different ways. Regenerating health replaced a finite health bar, and a new icon indicated the Read more…
Disney has major plans for the Avatar franchise, beginning with the release of Avatar 2 in 2022, and the series could even be bigger than Star Wars in the 2020s. Disney’s takeover of 21st Century Fox was completed in March 2019, bringing them, among other things, a wealth of new Read more…
Broadway will remain dark through May 2021, extending the prolonged shutdown that began in spring due to the pandemic. The Broadway League announced Friday that tickets for shows through March 30, 2021 will be refunded. Click here to read the story at variety.com. Discussion Questions: What is revenue? Why is Read more…
With theaters largely closed due to COVID-19 nationwide (except for a handful of drive-ins), there are many things that make sense financially for major studios when it comes to the distribution of their movies right now.It made sense that current theatrical releases such as Bloodshot, The Invisible Man, The Hunt, Read more…
The COVID-19 coronavirus outrbreak has sparked a dramatic first for the movie industry: movies are being made available at home the same time they’re available in theaters. The distinction between a theatrical and a digital release is disappearing as theaters shut down. Click here to read the story at cnbc.com. Discussion Questions: Read more…