Avatar earned $2.79 billion back in 2009 off a reported production budget of around $237 million, per Box Office Mojo. Well, the coming sequels will evidently cost over $1 billion, according to Deadline. Alright, did they actually build Pandora? That budget sounds absolutely bonkers. Now the numbers are not specific about how many sequels are
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Robert Downey Jr. ended his Marvel tenure with Avengers: Endgame last year. And it went onto become the highest grossing movie of all time. Now, he is switching alliances, as he heads into the DC camp for a new Netflix series called Sweet Tooth. He won’t actually be acting in the new TV show. Instead
Maul’s journey from Star Wars: The Clone Wars to Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars Rebels is a tedious one. Darth Sidious’ former apprentice is among the franchise’s most persistent entities. He’s seen it all, escaping imprisonment and death many times along the way. Most of his story is complete, but there are
Cheetah is one of the most iconic Wonder Woman supervillains, so their conflict has lasted decades at the point. We’ve seen the two character duke it out on the page, video games, as well as animated shows. But we haven’t been able to see this dynamic played out in live-action– especially with Patty Jenkins at
Arnold Schwarzenegger is officially back as Dutch in the new video game Predator: Hunting Grounds. Previously, we reported that Schwarzenegger would be joining the game at some point, with the actor confirming he had reprised the role by doing his own voice acting for the digital version of the character. Now, a sneak peek photo
CBS’ The Twilight Zone season 2 trailer reveals an early June release date. Premiering on CBS All Access in April 2019, The Twilight Zone is an anthology series that’s based on the original 1959 show created by Rod Serling. The reboot was developed by Simon Kinberg and Marco Ramirez, along with John Peele, who served as
Set over a decade after the events of Avatar, Avatar 2 will follow Jake Sully, Neytiri and their family exploring new corners of Pandora and allying themselves with the Metkayina clan against the RDA, who have returned to finish what they started. Along with plenty of familiar faces coming back, including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana,
4th of July fireworks shows are being canceled across the country. Cautious cities are already starting to make the difficult decision to cancel fireworks and annual events celebrating Independence Day. Movie theaters are looking into trying to open their doors again by July, but even that seems up in the air at this point in
Chris Pratt finally becomes the face of the Indiana Jones franchise in a new deepfake video. The Indiana Jones series gained a huge fan base shortly after Steven Spielberg and George Lucas released Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. Harrison Ford played the famous archeologist in the original trilogy from the ’80s and also returned for the long-anticipated sequel, Indiana
Huge, bombastic action set-pieces have become a way of life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Iron Man 2 was the first film to really nail them into the structure of the series. Again, some work is owed to The Incredible Hulk for doing a little bit of the lifting, but just as the story
A true horror icon is joining Joe Bob Briggs for the latest episode of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs. Lloyd Kaufman, the co-founder of Troma and director of The Toxic Avenger, will join the host this week for Shudder’s mystery Friday night double feature. Though, with Kaufman on the bill, one has to
The early 2010s were very different when it came to the type of blockbuster movies being produced; here’s what happened between then and now. Wind the clock back to 2010 and the tentpole landscape is a far cry from what it is today. The MCU was still finding its footing, the DCEU wasn’t even a
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown into a behemoth force in the film world throughout the last decade of filmmaking. While there are no shortage of superheroic tales to follow, a few franchises
A new image from Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has been released. Josh Brolin’s Gurney Halleck character can be seen with Timothee Chalamet’s Paul Atreides. Villeneuve has slowly been revealing a little bit more about the highly anticipated movie over the past few weeks and many are under the assumption that a trailer release could be close.
Movie theaters in the U.K. aren’t expected to open until at least July 4, according to government officials. Earlier this year, the growing coronavirus pandemic caused the closure of countless movie theaters around the globe. In the U.S., it came after the box office saw a twenty-year low. In China, theaters closed all the way
Rhona Mitra (Sonja) Rhona Mitra has a career much like Kate Beckinsale’s, but in reverse, having starred in multiple thrillers and action projects before she was cast as the Sonja, daughter of Viktor and the female lead of the 2009 prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. The role would spark several more opportunities in the
Michael Douglas teases that some Ant-Man 3 news is coming “pretty soon.” It’s been a little while since we’ve heard some news in regard to the sequel. Douglas confirmed he’d be back reprising the role of Hank Pym back in November 2019 and it was just revealed that Rick and Morty writer Jeff Loveness has
Just under 25 years ago, Dumb and Dumber hit the big screen and changed the comedy world forever. Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) embarked on a quest with his best friend Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) in search of true love. Audiences loved director Peter Farrelly’s celebration of two guys lacking in brain matter, while embracing the spirit of
It seems like February 2020 was three years ago, not three months, considering everything that has happened in the world and to the Fast And Furious franchise. But with the movie industry practically coming to a screeching halt recently, it might be some time before we see the female-led entry in the franchise. The exact
Teen Yoda is a bit of a jerk in The Mandalorian animated sitcom parody. We’ve already seen Baby Groot morph into teenage Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, which is pretty similar to what this new spoof on the hit Disney+ series is doing. However, Teen Yoda is a bit more hardcore than
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War is shockingly close to the Knightmare future of Zack Snyder’s DCEU, albeit with Batman and Superman’s respective roles in it swapped. The final chapter of the DC Animated Movie Universe, Apokolips War finds Earth being torn asunder following the failed attempt of several teams of the world’s superheroes to pre-emptively stop Darkseid’s
The end of the Skywalker Saga was emotional for a plenty of reasons, but one of the saddest parts of it is that it marked the end of the line for several veteran Star Wars actors. This includes Mark Hamill, who returned to play Luke Skywalker for the Sequel Trilogy. Following The Rise of Skywalker,
The news that a live-action Spider-Man 2099 TV show could be heading into production in the near future has been met with cheers from fans of the futurist web-slinger. Well, following this exciting news, a new piece of fan art casts Oscar Isaac as the man behind the mask, Miguel O’Hara. Day 14 of 30…would
Players who are tired of riding around on horses now have another option thanks to a new mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 which makes giant cougars, boars, wolves, and other animals into rideable mounts. Modding has always been a popular pastime, especially in the PC gaming community, and players have already created some pretty impressive
Rodney Rothman shared the exact email he sent to the Shaun of the Dead writer/director during the making of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. As the filmmaker detailed, he wanted to add alternate posters of movies hidden around the movie. He asked Edgar Wright if he would throw out an idea for a movie of his
Rob Liefeld is a comic book writer and artist, best known for the co-creation of Deadpool. He is also a keen follower of films, and have often weighed in on the current state of Marvel projects on the big screen, whether they belong to Disney or Sony. Recently, in an interview with Inverse, Liefeld revealed
So far, Disney has resurrected 11 animated films—with more on the way—from their vault and reimagined them into live-action films. Hercules is now in line for a remake Hercules tells the mythical tale of the Greek legend who is raised by mortals after the failed attempt to end his life. The Disney musical brings audiences on a
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Growing up, my mom and I watched a lot of movies together. Steel Magnolias was on TV one Sunday afternoon? We’re watching it. What about Fried Green Tomatoes? Yeah, that too. And even
The first wave of Joe Exotic’s Tiger King merchandise sold out within hours. Exotic was able to negotiate a deal with streetwear brand Odaingerous while serving his 22-year prison sentence. The deal was finalized on April 30th for a six-month partnership. While a lot of people keep waiting for Exotic’s 15 minutes of fame to
Black Widow star Florence Pugh recently discussed her exercise and cooking routine while filming the upcoming Marvel film. Black Widow is the long-awaited standalone film for Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. Since the character’s first MCU appearance in Iron Man 2, fans have been hoping for a solo film. That will finally come to fruition later this year, when Black