Artificial scarcity sucks for all manner of reasons, from encouraging a completely needless scalping industry to ruining an indefinite number of Christmases. And where it makes less sense than anywhere else is “limited editions” of video game hardware in different colors. Just stop it.
Artificial scarcity sucks for all manner of reasons, from encouraging a completely needless scalping industry to ruining an indefinite number of Christmases. And where it makes less sense than anywhere else is “limited editions” of video game hardware in different colors. Just stop it.
The recently released trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (which you can watch in the embed above) showed that there’s going to be a lot of water-based action in this new sequel, and now a behind-the-scenes video has arrived online to show us a moment of star Tom Cruise preparing to perform some of those underwater stunts. Cruise himself also shared an image of him working on the movie underwater with the caption, “The training and preparation we put into this film is a culmination of all before it. From the depths, to the skies, I can’t wait to share more with you.” The video and the image can be seen below.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning tells the second half of the story that began in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, with Ethan Hunt out to destroy an AI system called The Entity, which is housed in a sunken Russian stealth submarine.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and Dead Reckoning writer/director Christopher McQuarrie remains at the helm, working from a screenplay he crafted with Erik Jendresen.
Cruise is being joined in the cast by Hayley Atwell, reprising her Dead Reckoning role of thief-turned-IMF-recruit Grace; Vanessa Kirby as arms dealer Alanna Mitsopolis, a.k.a. the White Widow, a character who was previously seen in both Fallout and Dead Reckoning; Ving Rhames as IMF agent Luther Stickell, who has been part of this franchise since the first Mission: Impossible movie in 1996; Simon Pegg as IMF agent Benji Dunn, who joined the party back in Mission: Impossible III; Henry Czerny as CIA director Eugene Kittridge, who was introduced in Mission: Impossible (1996) and finally made his long-awaited return in Dead Reckoning; Rolf Saxon as William Donloe, a CIA analyst who got in trouble after Ethan Hunt accessed his computer way back in the first Mission: Impossible; and more Dead Reckoning reprisals: Esai Morales as the Entity-serving terrorist Gabriel; Pom Klementieff as Gabriel’s former ally Paris; Shea Whigham and Greg Tarzan Davis as US Intelligence agents Briggs and Degas; Mariela Garriga as Marie, a mysterious woman from Ethan and Gabriel’s past; Mark Gatiss and Charles Parnell as the heads of the NSA and NRO;. There are also a handful of new additions to the franchise: Holt McCallany as Secretary of Defense Bernstein; Nick Offerman as Sydney, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Katy O’Brian, Stephen Oyoung, Tramell Tillman, Janet McTeer, Hannah Waddingham, and Lucy Tulugarjuk in unspecified roles.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is set to reach theatres on May 23, 2025. Will you be catching it on the big screen? Take a look at the behind-the-scenes video and image, then let us know by leaving a comment below.
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Disney’s latest animated adventure, Moana 2, is hitting the pre-Thanksgiving box office like a tidal wave with $13.8M in preview screenings. Astonishingly, this is the best preview figure for a Walt Disney Animation release, the best for the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and the second-highest preview total for an animated movie after Brad Bird’s 2018 sequel, Incredibles 2. Films like Moana 2, Wicked, and Gladiator II are serving audiences an entertaining amuse-bouche before their Thanksgiving meal, helping them loosen their belts (and wallets).
It’s impressive to see another animated film blow up the box office so soon after Pixar’s Inside Out 2 made history by becoming the highest-grossing animated movie ever. Regarding preview figures, Inside Out 2 earned $13M during its first preview day, with $154M to show over the 3-day debut. Toy Story 4 snagged $12M in previews, with $121M over its 3-day launch. Finally, Frozen II sent a chill down the box office with $8.5M in previews, followed by $130M for its 3-day opening.
Jon M. Chu’s Wicked is also doing well at the box office, with $16.6M added to the enchanting musical’s Tuesday total. Gladiator II is also ripping it up in the arena with $6M in Tuesday tickets sold.
It’s wild to think we’re far from through the 5-day Thanksgiving holiday window, giving Moana 2 time to reach a predicted $125M to $135M before cinemas close on Sunday night. Moana 2 might have a 69% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but that’s not keeping fans from singing the sequel’s praises and spreading the good word. Between Moana 2 and Wicked, theater owners have much to crow about after years of shaky box office earnings. Blockbuster films are truly back after the push and pull of pandemic woes and the SAG-AFTRA strike backlash. There’s even a chance that Wicked will make it to $145M before the end of the weekend. Insanity!
Do you plan to go to the movies over the next few days? I plan to see Wicked tomorrow evening and catch Moana 2 over the weekend if I have the strength. I’m tired, y’all. Still, today’s technically my Friday, so enjoy your holiday, and see you on Monday.
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Second seasons are hard. Great TV shows establish familiar rhythms and ensemble chemistry in their initial runs that then gets uprooted and can take time to reestablish. At least with Squid Game, the Netflix hit has the luxury of returning to a sadistic premise that structured its first batch of episodes. Will season…
Second seasons are hard. Great TV shows establish familiar rhythms and ensemble chemistry in their initial runs that then gets uprooted and can take time to reestablish. At least with Squid Game, the Netflix hit has the luxury of returning to a sadistic premise that structured its first batch of episodes. Will season…
Neva is a linear experience from start to finish, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t feature some secrets to uncover. In particular, each chapter tends to have a few unique collectibles, including Winter I’s hidden birds. If you’re wondering where each of these little guys are located, we’ve got you covered.
Neva is a linear experience from start to finish, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t feature some secrets to uncover. In particular, each chapter tends to have a few unique collectibles, including Winter I’s hidden birds. If you’re wondering where each of these little guys are located, we’ve got you covered.
War Machine himself, Don Cheadle, is set to star in the crime thriller Canyon for Alcon Entertainment, taking on the role of a jazz-playing killer. Deadline reports that veteran music video director Colin Tilley, who made his feature directorial debut with Halsey’s concept horror film If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, will be taking of the helm of Canyon, working from a screenplay by John Wick and Nobody writer Derek Kolstad.
The story Kolstad has crafted for this one takes place over the course of one scorching night. Canyon — a part-time jazz musician and full-time killer — finds himself the unlikely protector of a young siren pulled into a turf war between feuding crime families. When you mix crime, murder, and jazz, I immediately think of the 1992 John Woo classic Hard Boiled – which would be a great film for the makers of this movie to draw inspiration from.
Kolstad is producing the film with Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, and Davis Entertainment’s John Davis and Jeremy Stein, as well as Cheadle and Karyn Smith-Forge, who are producing through their company This Radicle Act.
Tilley has directed music videos for the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Zendaya, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, Enrique Iglesias, 50 Cent, Tyga, Lil Wayne, Jason Derulo, Diddy, Usher, Rita Ora, Megan Thee Stallion, Busta Rhymes, Machine Gun Kelly, and others. In addition to writing the first John Wick and Nobody, Kolstad has also written John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, two episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the Kevin Hart / John Travolta action comedy Die Hart, and the upcoming films Nobody 2 and Normal, among other things.
A Best Actor Oscar nominee for his performance in Hotel Rwanda, Don Cheadle has over 100 screen acting credits to his name and his career stretches back 40 years. Among his many notable credits are roles in Devil in a Blue Dress, Boogie Nights, Out of Sight, The Rat Pack, the Ocean’s Eleven franchise, and The Wonder Years. He has played the role of James “Rhodey” Rhodes, a.k.a. War Machine (and sometimes an alien in disguise as Rhodey), in Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, What If…?, and Secret Invasion.
Are you interested in seeing Don Cheadle play jazz and kill people in Canyon? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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Here’s a question: What is movie magic? Is it the modern age of digital effects, giant green warehouses being turned into sweeping other worldly landscapes, is it hiding Collin Farrell’s perfectly symmetrical features under blobs of rubber blubber? Yes, it is…
But today, we’re here to discuss a different type of movie magic. A more analogue and old-world approach to making miracles that the modern master of moviemaking brought together- Christopher Nolan- in what I would consider to be one of his best films to date– and maybe even the most obvious parallel between a life in the spotlight vs the obsession that fuels it. That’s right, folks; today, we’re going to take a trip down memory lane and finally figure out once and for all what The Prestige is really about.
2006’s The Prestige follows two magicians who start off as friends and partners, only to sink deeper and deeper into their shared obsession to become the best of their time. Of course, this creates a conflict that will run the spectrum of casually spying on each other- to eventually both being consumed by the secrets they both keep trying to keep. It’s poetic, but it’s also in line with Nolan’s tendency to write movies that reflect the filmmaker’s feelings. And that’s what we’re here to explore!
Firstly, it’s a well-known speculation that all of Nolan’s movies are in some way about the price you pay to pursue your dreams. Inception was about a man who spent so long LITERALLY chasing dreams that it cost him his family. The Dark Knight Trilogy tells an epic three-movie story about choosing to sacrifice your own happiness to serve the work. And then there’s Interstellar which… nah. I’m not getting into it because i literally can’t think about this movie without crying.
The point is that Nolan knows how to write the things that he knows while dressing the story up in practical effects and pageantry. He’s a tried and true filmmaker. But as a result, it leaves me thinking that The Prestige is really no different. This movie wants the audience to witness the dangers of obsession and the pursuit of perfection. If there is one thing Nolan is saying with these incredibly thoughtful stories with smooth and masterful direction- it’s that chasing the big life comes at a price. And that price- is usually the people you love, as we examine in the video embedded above!
Let us know in the comments if you agree with our speculation about The Prestige!
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