Remember when Netflix was strictly in the movie business? I mean, it’s right there in the name - Flix. But like any great business, the company began to grow and look to new ways of entertaining audiences on a nightly basis. Or ending humanity for others.
Former Arrow and Doctor Who star John Barrowman has been rushed to the hospital after sustaining a severe neck injury. Currently touring for an event called A Fabulous Christmas in which he sings and acts, Barrowman has canceled upcoming shows in both Bristol and Glasgow.
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman finally arrived on Netflix this week. The highly-anticipated and long-in-development gangster film sees Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci reuniting for the first time since Casino and it’s also the first time Scorsese and Al Pacino have ever worked together (if you can believe it).
Disney is the most successful movie studio by a mile. They’ve got Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar and after acquiring 20th Century Fox, you can add Deadpool and the rest of the X-Men franchise to that stacked lineup, too. Oh, I almost forgot. They also have a little property in Avatar with endless sequels in the works. Long story short: the Mouse House is doing just fine financially.
In the new art book, Avengers: Endgame - The Art of the Movie, it's revealed that War Machine could have been sliced in half in Avengers: Infinity War.
Despite coming out just three weeks ago, Terminator: Dark Fate already feels forgotten, as the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise failed to lure moviegoers despite the return of Linda Hamilton (and James Cameron as a producer).
Henry Cavill is a very large man. A tank even. Ever since he took on the role of Superman in Man of Steel, the British actor has looked like he could be playing middle linebacker in the NFL. But believe it or not, there was a time when he was told he was too chubby to play James Bond.
Marvel Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige isn’t a director. He isn’t a writer, either. What he is is a master planner. Having been the mastermind behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Feige’s greatest achievement has been seamlessly connecting 23 movies culminating in the most successful film in history, Avengers: Endgame.
If you released a sequel/reboot in 2019 that wasn’t produced by Disney, it’s been a rough year. From disappointments (The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Men in Black: International, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) to downright disasters (Hellboy, Shaft, Dark Phoenix, Terminator: Dark Fate, Doctor Sleep), IP isn’t as reliable as it once was. Even movies like The Secret Life of Pets 2 and It: Chapter Two massively underperformed compared to their predecessors.
