Jumanji: The Next Level had an impressive win with a $59.2 million debut last weekend, but The Rock’s stint atop the box office will be a short one, as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is set to hit theaters this weekend. Disney is looking to put a big fat punctuation mark on the record-breaking
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Fandango reports Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker presales are similar to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. When Disney relaunched the iconic franchise in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it broke box office records with its $247.9 million opening and still stands as the highest-grossing film of all time domestically, not adjusting for inflation. The Last Jedi’s box office total
5 minutes ago Starting Thursday night, Star Wars fans will leave The Rise of Skywalker with certain feelings and opinions connected to the final chapter of the over-40-year saga. We hope we’ll walk out with tears of joy in our eyes – a moment of release and satisfaction surrounding a franchise that is deeply important
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Marriage Story star Adam Driver really doesn’t like the sound of his own voice, as the actor reportedly walked out of a recent interview after a clip of his performance from the movie was played. To help promote the Netflix Original, Driver had been scheduled to speak about the movie on the National Public Radio
When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, the deal came with the promise of more movies, including a new trilogy in the Skywalker saga. That sequel trilogy launched in 2015 with J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens and continued in 2017 with Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Now it ends with Abrams’ Star Wars:
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is red meat for the ravenous masses. It is a filet mignon of fan service, a film that checks every box. And ties all threads together for an epic saga; a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It is anti The Last Jedi, for those who
Rick and Morty visited a lot of worlds in the first three seasons of the show – from a world where chairs sit on people, to a miniature theme park inside the body of a homeless man. In Rick and Morty season 4, however, they seem to be encountering an unusual number of worlds run by
7 seconds ago Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker blasts into theaters this week, and with it, hopefully the answers to our most pressing questions. These questions don’t just pertain to the Sequel Trilogy either. This story has many loose ends that need tying up, from the Original Trilogy to the Prequels to the modern
Some new photos from Birds of Prey have dropped online. Margot Robbie hasn’t graced the screen as Harley Quinn since 2016’s Suicide Squad, but that’s all set to change early next year, as this is going to be the first comic book movie coming our way in 2020, and Robbie is back. This time, as
With her performance as the power-hungry Lucretia on Spartacus, Lucy Lawless crafted one of TV’s most complicated yet compelling villains. Perhaps surprisingly for a series set in uber-patriarchal Ancient Rome with more than its fair share of sex and violence, Spartacus had plenty of strong and multifaceted female characters – both villainous and otherwise. One
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The classic buddy comedy movie Turner and Hooch is getting a revival, as a TV series adaptation is in early development at Disney+. Released in 1989, the original starred Tom Hanks as a detective who partners up with a canine to fight crime. As part of a deal with 20th Century Fox TV, Matt Nix
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5 minutes ago Almost from day one, Star Wars has had one of the most dedicated fan bases around. Even years after the original trilogy, when that’s all we thought we were ever going to see, people were in love with Star Wars in a way that they simply weren’t to other parts of pop
J.J. Abrams, going against the grain a bit, has hinted that a fan-favorite Clone Wars character could be making an appearance in The Rise of Skywalker. Abrams has historically been very tight-lipped with his projects and doesn’t like to reveal too much and would rather let moviegoers experience things for themselves. However, he may have
A new trailer has been released for Star Wars Battlefront 2 that shows some of the new content from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that is coming to the game, including new appearances for Finn, Kylo Ren, and Rey. EA Dice had previously revealed that The Rise of Skywalker content was coming to Star Wars Battlefront 2 in a future update and that
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The World Premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is tonight in Hollywood. The highly anticipated conclusion of the Skywalker Saga is about to come to an end. The iconic story that has spanned four decades over nine episodes and spawned legions of fans worldwide has many wondering how it’ll come to an end.
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Mandalorian episode 6. It took The Mandalorian six episodes, but it has finally become the type of series Disney promised it would be. Created by Jon Favreau, the first live-action Star Wars series focuses on lone gunslinger and skilled bounty hunter Dyn Jarren (Pedro Pascal). His mission to retrieve
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The former contestant on The Masked Singer, Victor Oladipo - also known as Thingamajig – asked judge Nicole Scherzinger on a date after his unmasking and has plans to get her on a date. The two have had a whole season of flirting and smiles that even caught the attention of the rest of the judges and audience.
16 minutes ago CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. When will Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker be available on Disney+? Not in 2019, as you might imagine, although I suppose some fans may have hoped that the new