You may not have thought it was possible for J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens to break any more records during this first few days of release, but that's exactly what's happened. According to Deadline, the critically acclaimed return to the galaxy far, far away will finish Monday with a very impressive $30 million, surpassing the highest Monday earnings record previously held by Spider-Man 2 back in 2004 when it chalked up $27.7. The only other movies that have come close to this are Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($26.8 million) and Jurassic World ($25.3 million).
Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out in the open and almost everyone has seen it, the filmmakers behind the massive blockbuster have started to open up about why they made the decisions they did.
As part of 20th Century Fox's 12 Days of Deadpool marketing blitz for their upcoming big-screen take on the popular Marvel Comics nutjob, they've released the following batch of emojis. They feature lots of variations of the Merc With A Mouth, as well as a few cute little animated likeness of X-Men character Colossus, and Wade Wilson's housemate/prisoner, Blind Al. Plus, there's a few cats thrown in for good measure.
As we all know, there was one major character death in Star Wars: the Force Awakens, as Han Solo met his maker by the hand (and lightsaber) of his twisted son Kylo Ren - but in an early draft of the script by J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan, one of the new young faces we meet in the movie was also set to perish.
Well, perhaps cameo is the wrong word since these famous names didn't actually appear in the movie, only their voices! If you've seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens you'll no doubt recall the scene in which the force reaches out to Rey and guides her to a chest containing Luke Skywalker's old lightsaber. When she touches it, she receives a vision of the past, and several different voices can be heard throughout it - voices that should have been very familiar to fans, because they were none other than Ewan McGregor, Frank Oz and Alec Guinness (previously recorded, obviously) reciting dialogue from their characters, Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda.
Bizarro is coming to Supergirl. The villainous (usually, anyway) mirror image of Superman will feature on the CBS series when it returns in 2016. The news was confirmed by the show's executive producer, Andrew Kreisberg when he appeared on Kevin Smith's Fatman on Batman podcast - but he didn't specify which version of the character we'd be getting.
Deadpool
20th Century Fox's #12DaysOfDeadpool campaign has been pretty successful so far, treating fans to some very clever pieces of marketing. The whole thing is set to culminate in a new Deadpool trailer which will drop on the 25th, but until then, the little nuggets the studio has been dropping each day have kept us very entertained.
Almost any filmmaker would jump at the chance to direct a movie like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but J.J. Abrams isn't just any filmmaker. Though he's always been a big fan of the series, he actually had some hesitations about helming Episode VII and didn't sign on right away when he was initially offered the job.
Late last night, analysts predicted a $100 million North American haul for Star Wars: The Force Awakens on its first day of release. While that number easily would have shattered records by a long shot, today we have the final figures, and it turns out that J.J. Abrams' sequel actually pulled in $120.5 million. Combine that with the money it's made overseas and it's now over $250 million globally since it hit theatres.
