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Live-Action ‘Moana’ in the Works From Dwayne Johnson, Disney
Disney is setting sail with Moana once again, this time in vibrant live action. The studio has teamed with Dwayne Johnson to develop a live-action remake of its 2016 animated musical sensation. Johnson plans to return to the role of Maui, the grandiose demigod of the wind and sea. He will produce via his Seven […]
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Zachary Levi Says He Doesn’t Blame Dwayne Johnson for the Nixed Post-Credits Scene in ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’
Zachary Levi took to Instagram to clarify that he doesn’t blame Dwyane Johnson — or anyone — for nixing the originally planned post-credits scene in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which would’ve seen Justice Society of America members inviting the sequel’s title character to join their group. On Tuesday, Levi seemed to call out Johnson […]
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Zachary Levi Backs Report That Dwayne Johnson Nixed Post-Credit Scene in ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’
Zachary Levi was casting thunderbolts Tuesday, after a report circulated that Black Adam star Dwayne Johnson blocked characters from the Rock’s film showing up in a post-credits scene in Levi’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods. It was already known that members of Black Adam’s Justice Society of America were originally slated to appear in Fury […]
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Chris Chesser, Producer on ‘Major League,’ Dies at 74
Chris Chesser, the film and documentary producer best known for bringing the iconic baseball comedy Major League to the big screen, has died. He was 74. Chesser died suddenly Feb. 2 at his Los Angeles home, his brothers, Alan and Steve Chesser, announced. No cause of death was revealed. As a production executive, Chesser supervised […]
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‘Black Adam 2’ Not Moving Forward as Part of New DC’s “First Chapter”
The hierarchy of power did change at DC, just not in the way Dwayne Johnson intended it. Black Adam, the DC superhero movie that Johnson starred in and produced, was to have launched a new franchise, but Johnson announced Tuesday that plans for a sequel were halted and will not be un-halted any time soon. […]
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Jennifer Lopez, Snoop Dogg, Issa Rae, Machine Gun Kelly and More Stars Take The Hollywood Reporter’s Entrepreneurs Survey
In putting together its second annual list of the top Celebrity Entrepreneurs in the entertainment industry, The Hollywood Reporter surveyed some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez and Ellen DeGeneres, about why they decided to branch out from acting and singing to also launch brands. Everyone from Dwayne Johnson, Drew […]
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Box Office: ‘Black Adam’ Tops Another Slow Weekend With $18.5M Before ‘Black Panther 2’ Arrives
DC and Warner Bros.’ Black Adam stayed atop the weekend box office chart in its third outing with an estimated $18.5 million from 3,985 theaters for a domestic tally of $137.4 million through Sunday. Globally, the pic has jumped the $300 million mark. Black Adam also dominated overseas, earning another $25.4 million from 76 markets […]
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‘Black Adam’ Star Aldis Hodge Talks Superman Surprise, Reshoot Secrets and His New Take on Alex Cross
[This story contains spoilers for Black Adam.] Aldis Hodge’s bucket list has gotten much shorter in recent weeks. For nearly half of his 33-year career, Hodge has been trying to land a superhero role, and it finally came by way of Carter “Hawkman” Hall in Black Adam, the reigning number-one movie in the world. The […]
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Box Office: ‘Black Adam’ Leads So-So Halloween Weekend With $27.7M
DC and Warner Bros.’ Black Adam had no trouble topping the Halloween weekend box office, although the superhero pic dropped more than expected considering it had little competition. The film earned an estimated $27.7 million from 4,402 theaters in its second outing. That’s a drop of 59 percent, one of the bigger declines for a […]
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With ‘Black Adam,’ Dwayne Johnson Puts His “Franchise Viagra” Reputation to the Test
In 2015, the cast of Saturday Night Live crooned about Dwayne Johnson being “franchise Viagra” during the actor’s opening monologue. Seven years later, the $142.9 million global debut for Black Adam suggests that, in a time of transition for DC, Johnson is indeed the boost the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned comic brand needs. Even if Black […]
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Why “Mogul” Is the Title Everyone in Hollywood Is After
In the premiere of Welcome to Wrexham, the Hulu docuseries chronicling Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s purchase of a fifth-tier Welsh football club, the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star does a bit about his partner’s various (and lucrative) business pursuits. “I have TV money, but as I started to look at how expensive it […]
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Box Office: ‘Black Adam’ Blazes With $67M Opening, ‘Ticket to Paradise’ Flies to $16.3M
Phew. Thanks to a pair of movies featuring some of the world’s biggest movie stars, the domestic box office came alive after a tough fall. DC and Warner Bros.’ superhero pic Black Adam flew to the top of the weekend chart with a promising $67 million to mark the biggest domestic opening of Dwayne Johnson’s […]
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