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Get Your First Look At The Studio Ghibli Theme Park Concept Art Come 2022, you can be spirited away to the world ofStudio Ghibli. An upcoming theme park will bring to life the vibrant and surreal worlds that were first introduced to us in the animated movies byHayao Miyazaki,Isao Takahata, and other illustrious anime directors. The theme park’s opening is still several years in the future (they’re probably trying to figure out how to make a real-life Catbus as we speak), but for now, we can get a first look at some absolutely magical Studio Ghibli theme park concept art....

Hayao Miyazaki Will Chronicle The Designer Of Japan’s Zero WWII Fighter Plane The next film from master animatorHayao Miyazaki(Spirited Away,My Neighbor Totoro,Princess Mononoke) has beenroughly slatedfor 2013, and the directorhas saidthat the film will not be “the sort of work that everyone in the audience can relax and watch.” When he made that statement, combined with another comment that the film would be “something realistic,” there was supposition that the film could have something to do with Japan’s reliance on nuclear power....

Heaven-Sent Casting: Neil Gaiman’s ‘Good Omens’ Casts Michael Sheen And David Tennant The Apocalypse is looking pretty good right now. Michael SheenandDavid Tennanthave been cast in the Amazon TV seriesGood Omens, the adaptation ofNeil Gaiman’s whimsical, andveryBritish, apocalyptic comedy. It’s some inspired casting that bodes well for the adaptation of another Gaiman work, who is on a roll right now afterAmerican Gods. A good omen for the show, you might say....

Hold Your Fire: Jon Bernthal’s The Punisher Isn’t Getting A Spin-Off (Yet) Last month, rumors emerged thatJon Bernthal’s Frank Castle, who is set to debut in the second season ofDaredevil,would be getting his own spin-off series on Netflix. And there was much rejoicing, asThe Punisheris the exact kind of comic book character who could thrive in the more intimate (and slightly cheaper) television corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But that report may have been a little premature....

How ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ Brings Back Leia (And Carrie Fisher) WhenCarrie Fisherdied in 2016, the immediate assumption was that her character General Leia would not be returning for the nextStar Warssequel. But that idea was soon put to rest when it was revealed directorJ.J. Abramswould be utilizing unused footage of Fisher to complete the Skywalker saga. Now, we have even more details on how Abrams and company are bringing back Leia forStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....

How The ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Fight Scenes Draw From Hong Kong Action Films [Interview] Raya and the Last Dragoncame out at a charged time. In March 2021, the anti-Asian violence instigated by the COVID-19 pandemic was reaching a new peak, just as Disney was releasing its first Southeast Asian-inspired animated film in theaters and on Disney+. Now,Raya and the Last Dragon’s home video release on Blu-ray and DVD comes as the anti-Asian hate has far from diminished, and screenwriterQui Nguyenis aware of both the pressure that puts on the animated film, as well as its perhaps naive message of trust....

Jackass Forever Wins The Weekend Box Office With $23.5 Million Opening Move over,“Spider-Man: No Way Home!“There’s a new superhero sitting atop the box office charts this weekend and his name is Johnny Knoxville. Okay, he’s not really a superhero. He just wears a cape sometimes, like when he showed up to theWWE’s annual Royal Rumbleevent last month. But still, the fact remains that he and the Jackass crew have managed to maim and mangle themselves into a massive opening with their fourth feature film"Jackass Forever....

Joel Edgerton To Appear In Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Kill Bin Laden’ Looks like the stars aligned forJoel Edgerton. The man who earned new fans thoughAnimal Kingdomafter years in the trenches was a possible lead for bothThe Bourne LegacyandSnow White and the Huntsman. ButBourneslipped his grasp and now he has passed onSnow White and the Huntsman. Instead he’ll be a key part of the film being calledKill Bin Laden, which is theKathryn Bigelowpicture that focuses on a raid intending to take out the Al Qaeda leader....

Killers Of The Flower Moon Release Date Set For November These days, the impending release of any new Martin Scorsese movie comes with a handful of inevitable occurrences: astacked castof must-watch actors, the sheer anticipation of a master storyteller taking us all back to film school for an impromptu lesson, and, from the glass-half-empty perspective, most likely yet another round of social media resembling a hellscape as some of the more tired talking points resurface....

Leaked: MGM Internal Memo On Valkyrie’s Breathtaking Buzz Surge UPDATE:It turns out that roughly 80% of the quotes in this memo came from FirstShowing’sAlex Billington. I should have known. ;) Alex’s glass is 80% full. Not content with being owedone million dollarsfrom Harvey Weinstein, vigilante bloggerNikki Finkehas published anMGMinternal memo that breaks down the online perception ofValkyrie2.0 aka “Play down the eye patch and Valley Boy voice, win over graphic designers....

Lego Jurassic World Trailer: Four Jurassic Park Movies Rolled Into One The fact there’s aLego Jurassic Worldvideo game coming out pretty exciting. What’s even more exciting is it’ll tell a story that spans all fourJurassic Parkmovies. Out this June, theLego Jurassic Worldgame just released a new trailer that shows iconic scenes from the original films reimagined in that trademark Lego way. You’ll hear the actual voices ofJeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, but unfortunately get no real sense of what to expect in terms of the fourth movie, Colin Trevorrow’sJurassic World....

Louis C.K. is Not Thinking About ‘Louie’ Much [TCA 2017] Louis C.K.took a long break from his acclaimed FX comedyLouie. That break has now turned into an indefinite hiatus. On a panel withPamela Adlonfor her showBetter Things, which he also produces, C.K. told the Television Critics Association he doesn’t imagine doing moreLouieunless he updates the show dramatically. “The version ofLouiethat was on FX, I don’t think I’ll do that again,” C....

Lucasfilm Promises Female ‘Star Wars’ Director DirectorsJ.J. Abrams(Star Trek),Rian Johnson(Looper),Phil LordandChris Miller(22 Jump Street),Colin Trevorrow(Jurassic World), andGareth Edwards(Godzilla) are all white dudes. All very talented white dudes, mind you, but they’re white dudes. This has caused a slight uproar amongstStar Warsfans, but Lucasfilm promises there will be a femaleStar Warsdirector. Read more after the jump. We know two of the upcomingStar Warsfilmsstar women—Daisy Ridley(Mr Selfridge) andFelicity Jones(The Theory of Everything) — but, according to Lucasfilm President,Kathleen Kennedy, in an interview withFortune, her story group also mostly consists of women....